Best Selling Books by Jay Williams

Danny Dunn tries to track down the missing manager of the local department store with the aid of a bloodhound robot.

There are insights and practices for any leader in any industry including, doctors, lawyers, entertainment, retail, sciences, technology, teaching, etc. Influencing doesn''t require a title, it only requires certain thinking, behavior, and skills. Leave Your Mark is a book about influencing as a leader. It represents my lifetime of experience, study, leading, and professional speaking. My aim is to help you leave your mark in the world and with the people around you.The purpose of this book is to convince you that leaving your mark is the most important think you will ever do. Each chapter is designed to help you achieve that by providing you with new thinking, behaviors, and people skills you''ll need."I am here to shift your thinking."Let the first shift be this: It''s not what you are born with that matters. It''s what you do with it. Together we can unleash the possibilities already inside you to surprise the world.

A princess uses common sense to get rid of a dragon, save herself from imprisonment, and find a handsome prince.

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

The ideas that governed chivalry--honor, vassalage, brotherhood, piety and prowess--are the keys to understanding the problem presented in the Song of Roland. During a tournament in 1448, two young squires hear the story of Roland for the first time, and as each has his own abilities tested, he gains understanding of the Song, of the meaning of chivalry, and of his own character.

A kindly fisherman is sent by the king to find the Water of Life but gives away all his magic implements to needy creatures along the way.

An account of the life, work and times of the most famous painter of 16th century Venice.

Experiences of a scholar during the Lutheran Rebellion.

Determined not to be outdone by her brothers in seeking a fortune in the world, a young princess sets out to find a prince to rescue.

An account of the early life, military experience and death of Joan of Arc.

Although the Crusades failed to achieve their military or religious objectives, these wars waged by Christian nations to recapture the Holy Land left the world with amazing legends that have endured for ages. This work explores the remarkable period, recognising the lasting achievements made in the field of the peaceful arts.

A tale of the 13th-century wars initiated by the Pope against the Albigensian heresy.

An historical novel of sixteenth-century Scotland.

"I challenge you to a duel of desert islands!" Dr. Grimes cries, when Professor Bulfinch accuses him of not being practical. Grimes plans to go ashore on an uninhabited desert island, and the Professor on another. After a month they will see who has survived the best! Danny and his best friend Joe soon get permission to join them, and the four take off in the scientists'' plane. But when they crash-land in the ocean and are really marooned on an island off the coast of Peru-the four must survive and come up with a plan to be rescued, using only their scientific ingenuity!

"The definitive examination of the early works of Jack London through London''s incorporation and understanding of the role of imagination"--

While he is caring for Professor Bullfinch''s computer Danny Dunn discovers how to feed his homework into the machine

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.

Two boys who are enemies at school find they must rely on each other when they are transported to a strange world parallel to the one on earth.