Best Selling Books by Jay Williams

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This fascinating exploration of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec provides readers with a detailed look at this important geographic feature. With the inclusion of detailed maps, it is an essential resource for geographers and historians alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Four modern fairy tales about the adventures of Princess Amaryllis, King Ludwig, Dr. Ambrosius, and Jonathan Fizz the Fixer.

A boy tries to catch a kestrel--a sparrow hawk--so he can look at it whenever he wishes but the hawk eludes him until he tries a new trap--with paper and crayon.

Robbie and Rowan Turner are identical twin witches. They spend the bulk of their time conjuring up ways to get their hands on a magical chest which is closely guarded by their lifelong nemesis, Drew Freeman. The twins and their longtime friend Colter Wash devise a plan to conceal the chest in wulfenite to hide it away from Drew. To obtain the mineral they begin working at a mineral mine in Schickard, Arizona. They quickly learn that things aren't as they seem at the Arzabarrow mining company. They realize that some of the miners are disappearing, so they begin to investigate. They discovered a coven of witches, a mysterious instructor, and an unknown force lurking about the mine. Robbie, Rowan and their friends are thrown back to the year 1647. There they find their ancestors engaged in a fierce battle with a local coven of malevolent witches. The fighting is intense and brutal. Robbie and Tillis Wells, a nascent witch with Chrono-telekinetic abilities, are catapulted into the year 1918. Robbie had never been separated from his twin brother Rowan. While in the past Robbie meets his young grandfather in post-war Connecticut. Robbie finds he is a hostage in time. Tillis is unaware that Robbie is tethered to him. Robbie is forced to witness the secret relationship between his grandfather and Tillis. Robbie tries desperately to get back to Rowan. When he finally succeeds in getting back he has a fateful encounter with a werewolf changing his life irrevocably. Shortly after returning to 1647 Robbie finds himself in another predicament this time Drew Freeman and his friends come to Robbie's rescue. The two former rivals become friends forging a lifelong bond. Robbie begins to see eye to eye with Drew's philosophy. Robbie helps Drew fortify the chest to keep it out of Rowan's hands, causing a rift between the twins. Now Robbie has to find a way to get Rowan and his clique to come together with Drew and his friends to fight a bigger battle that has the potential of becoming the next apocalypse.warning: This is a hardcore gay erotica novel filled with descriptive and explicit language. Not suitable for 18 and under.

The little skate, Leucoraja erinacea, is a common inshore batoid in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Although L. erinacea has been well studied over this range, differences still exist amongst these studies because of the apparent lack of correlation between peaks in biochemical endpoints (such as steroid hormones) and reproductive cyclicity. One likely reason for this lack of correlation is the individual variability within the asynchronous continuously-breeding L. erinacea population. Thus, in the current study, plasma steroid hormones were used to assess the individual variability of L. erinacea over the course of 12 months, in hopes of further defining its reproductive cycle. Blood samples were collected weekly from captive mature female L. erinacea, either isolated from or in the presence of male skates for 52 consecutive weeks. The plasma estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). No statistical differences in hormone concentrations were observed between the isolated and non-isolated female skates. Monthly E2 concentrations ranged from 1430 pg ml−1 in August to 3940 pg ml−1 in March, indicating the presence of mature ovarian follicles and supporting the conclusions from previous studies that L. erinacea is capable of reproducing year-round. Concentrations of E2 were also significantly elevated or depressed during some months (Feb., Mar., Jun., Jul., Aug. and Sep.) of the year, suggesting that reproductive activity may vary over the annual cycle. Even though monthly P4 concentrations were highly variable, ranging from 82 pg ml−1 in November to 816 pg ml−1 in September, no significant reproductive peaks were observed (F (subscript df=1, 11) = 1.67, p = 0.08). In addition a persistently large variation in E2 and P4 concentrations, variability in both hormones observed in the current study are indicative of an oviparous species that reproduces actively throughout the year. However, the weekly sampling frequency revealed that plasma E2 concentrations, not P4 were more useful to assess reproductive status in asynchronous continuously-breeding oviparous elasmobranchs.

King Killian, the smartest man in the kingdom, learns there are some advantages to being silly.

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

Thorgeir Redhair learns of a great danger threatening his people and their foes, the Tyrnings, and of an even greater truth that will end their ancient quarrel.

In the summer of 1588, a great body of ships sailed from Spain on a Crusade: to restore England to Catholicism. The ensuing events brought a Spanish word, armada, into the English language and created a host of legends. Intrepid English sea dogs in tiny ships, it was said, had bravely faced down towering Spanish galleons. Finally, a storm sent by a vengeful God wrecked most of that proud fleet on its way home.Award-winning author Jay Williams sheds new light on the traditional picture. Although the English were superior sailors, the two fleets were evenly matched. Moreover, the battle emerges as the high point of a four-year cold war between England and Spain. Only when set in the context of a Europe bitterly divided between Catholics and Protestants can the contest be fully understood. The personalities of Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philip II of Spain and their commanders - especially Francis Drake - are also key to this dramatic story.

A young New Englander is unaware of the strange power in the Indian relic, a stone-carved bird, he finds buried in a cave.