Best Selling Books by Jay Williams

New York Times Bestseller This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness. Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career. The Chicago Bulls'' top draft pick—and the second pick of the entire draft—he had the great Michael Jordan''s locker. Then he ran his high-performance motorcycle head-on into a light pole, severely damaging himself and ending his career. In this intense, hard-hitting, and deeply profound memoir, Williams talks about the accident that transformed him. Sometimes, the memories are so fresh, he feels like he''ll never escape the past. Most days, he finds a quiet peace as a commentator on ESPN and as an entrepreneur who can only look back in astonishment at his younger self—a kid who had it all, thought he was invincible, and lost everything . . . only to gain new wisdom. Williams also shares behind the scenes details of life as an All-American. He tells it straight about the scandalous recruiting process and his decision to return to Duke and Coach K—a man who taught him about accountability—to finish his education. He also speaks out about corruption—among coaches, administrators, players, and alumni—and about his time in the NBA, introducing us to a dark underworld culture in the pros: the gambling, drugs, and sex in every city, with players on every team.

Danny uses a computer that Professor Bulfinch has created for NASA to prepare his homework, despite Professor Bullfinch''s warning that Danny is to leave the machine alone. With his friend Joe Pearson and his new neighbor, Irene Miller, Danny has some success with the machine before it is sabotaged. Can Danny figure out what is wrong with the computer and fix it? And will their teacher learn what''s really going on with homework?

With a glut of health information assailing readers, there''s never been a better time to bring the best, most reliable facts together in one source. Jay Williams inspiring book offers a total life makeover, including all the latest information on: * exercise that changes your metabolism by combining cardio and weights for the most effective workout; * diet that interacts with exercise and hormones for maximum anti-aging effects; * motivation: a new technique that can be used for weight loss - and anything else in your life; * stress reduction: yoga, meditation, and other proven methods; * hydration: the little secret that gives major results; * hormones and how they affect weight loss, energy and aging; and * sleep and its profound effects on aging, weight loss, hormones and mood. Jay Williams provides a proven, quick ''jumpstart'' action that will give you results within 24 hours - and inspire to keep going with more valuable lifestyle changes.

Danny is soaring above Midston in a plane with his pilot friend when he catched sight of a man stranded in a field and helps rescue him. The man happens to be millionaire Gledway Pippit, who is interested in Professor Bullfinch''s new heat ray -- but Danny and the Professor must prove to him that the invention can be useful. One afternoon, Danny''s friend Irene is listening to her short-wave radio when she hears about a forest fire nearby. Danny realizes that the Professor and Mr. Pippit drove their cars in that direction. Soon the police spot the men -- but they are surrounded by fire! Danny things he knows how to rescue them and put the heat ray to practical use. But can he do it in time? Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray is the seventh novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams.

Tells the history of left-wing theater in the United States between the World Wars.

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign: Implications for National Discourse provides a lens through which to explore the implications of the monster metaphor as applied to Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Analyzing the overt and buried usages of the monster metaphor in the media’s and Trump’s discourse, as well as the structure of the monster narrative generally, offers connections between the metaphor and the actions incited by its narrative. This book explores the ways in which this language also serves as a metaphor to understand the ecology of Trump’s candidacy and the polarized responses drawn by his campaign, and considers its troubling implications for the future direction of national discourse.

Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch''s laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. The natural use, of course, is for a spaceship -- the paint can replace rockets to get the ship into space. Unfortunately, the spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bulfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a one-way trip out of the Solar System -- unless they can repair the spaceship in time!

Mountains to Markets: The Grit Behind Free Bird Water is the bold, behind-the-scenes journey of Jay Williams, a former real estate developer turned accidental beverage founder who transformed a wild idea into a rebellious Southern water brand. In a space filled with sterile plastic bottles and wellness jargon, Free Bird Water burst onto the scene with soul, edge, and aluminum cans that feel like a party in your hand. From the spring-fed hills of the Blue Ridge to retail shelves across America, this is the story of how grit, storytelling, and culture can build more than a busines;s they can spark a movement. This isn’t just a tale of hydration. It’s a manifesto on starting messy, staying real, and building something unforgettable. Crack open a cold one—and the story inside.

A fourteen-year-old girl who has grown up in Angola must find a way to overcome the hostility of the Kimbutus when she accompanies her guardian to his native village.

A mistake by Danny leads to one of the Professor'';s most startling inventions—ISIT, the Invisibility Simulator with Intromittent Transmission—a dragonfly-like probe which could be piloted with a telepresence helmet and gauntlet gloves. They all get to try it out. Irene uses it for bird watching. Joe investigates a bee hive. And Danny discovers a bully plans to cheat in a spelling bee. But none of them realizes the ISIT has military possibilities—until a general tries to sieze it!

Professor Bullfinch and Doctor Grimes take Danny and his friends to the beginning of the Nile River in Africa to investigate local legends of a swamp monster. Despite unforeseen calamities, a new, rare species of electric catfish is discovered.

Danny, Irene, Joe, and Professor Bullfinch launch themselves on an amazing journey -- through time! They land in the year 1763 and one of the first people they meet is Benjamin Franklin. The Professor plans to return soon to the future, but when he throws the switch, the time machine won''t start. While he and Mr. Franklin try to repair it, Danny and his friends explore the colonial era -- and Joe is kidnapped by an angry innkeeper who mistakes them for a runaway. Can the Professor get them back to their own time before more disasters happen? Danny Dunn, Time Traveler is the eighth novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams.

Finding himself without a kingdom, a king goes into the world to improve his fortunes and finds six friends whose special skills help him to get what he wants most.