Best Selling Books by Sean Williams

Set in 2388, this series explores the possibilities of space colonisation and the ways in which humanity may travel the vast gulfs between the stars.

Continuing Ros''s extraordinary adventures in the Broken Lands ...Adi''s body has been borne away across the desert by her Clan, but her spirit remains Ros''s constant companion. If he can''t find the travellers in time, Adi will be presumed dead and her body cremated, leaving her a ghost forever.But Ros is not prepared for the dangers lurking in the shifting sands. Rescued from bandits and Dust Devils by a boy named Yury, he takes refuge in Yury''s home - an extensive network of tunnels known as Dunetown - and learns that Yury in turn needs Ros''s help. His family has been kidnapped by the sand bandits, a ruthless gang led by a psychopath obsessed with treasure and power.Ros must learn to trust again, and to overcome those who cannot ever be trusted. Darker things lurk in the desert than Dust Devils and sand bandits. And, all the while, Adi''s voice is a constant reminder that time is running out ...''Sean Williams is without doubt the premier Australian speculative fiction writer of the age'' Aurealis MagazineAge 10 - 14

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Can twins Jack and Jaide find the mysterious Golden Card of Translocation and make it out of Rourke Castle alive? When eccentric Young Master Rourke dies in suspicious circumstances, troubletwisters Jack and Jaide are sent on a mission by their father to retrieve a lost Golden Card from somewhere within the vast Rourke estate. But secret agents for The Evil are also in pursuit of the card, and the troubletwister twins know that whoever finds it first will gain access to a Gift more powerful or terrible than any other. Together they negotiate secret passages, talking parrots and animated suits of armour, while trying to control their own fledgling Gifts. It rapidly becomes impossible to know who to trust and who might be an agent - even among those closest to them.

I should state at the outset that I am NOT a writer, yet somehow I''ve ended up writing a children''s book. I am a 45-yr old father of three girls ages 23, 15 and almost 7. Yep, that''s right! We have three girls that are all 8 years apart. You do not want to plan an outing for this crew. The family dynamics are bananas! This unusual spread in age has however given me a very interesting perspective on parenting and preparing a child for success. Consequently, we have a pretty good shot at not screwing the youngest daughter up too much thanks to her older sister having been the test pilot! As I think about the tools, toys, and resources we had at our disposal for my oldest daughter almost 20 years ago, it''s laughable in comparison to what my youngest has available to her today. While I''m happy that my youngest is the beneficiary of a much more advantageous set of circumstances, I also want her to have at least a little appreciation and insight into how people and things in her little world all come together to make society hum along. As she explores all the things that this world has to offer I want her to understand that someone had to conceptualize them, design them, build them, transport them, sell them and yes... pay for them. To convey this effectively the message would have to be packaged in a way that she and other little ones could embrace. With this in mind I created the Hugglesworth Bears. The Hugglesworth Bears all have distinctly different professions and different paths that lead to their respective professional interests. The book tells the story of some of the normal challenges they faced and overcame as little cubs in route to their respective successful careers. The book also walks through the different educational and vocational paths that the bears took to move into their professions. It is my hope the the Hugglesworth Bears will help little kids connect the dots. They will gain just a little insight into what it takes to become some of the professional figures that they see in their everyday lives and even some that they don''t see that are key contributors to society as well. It is my hopes that other parents will find value and promise in these stories just as I have in sharing them with my daughter.

The Last Man is rather the first book in the trilogy that concerns our main protagonist, Ian, a young man who has been forced into exile for years with his parents and is now being prepped to undertake a daring rescue mission with his mother and father. The odds are stacked against them as they face the greatest evil the world has ever known: Femtheism, which is the final stage for the radicalization of feminism. Femtheism has three distinct laws that govern it: the global male population must be reduced to one-tenth of what it is now, all men must be forced into seclusion far away from any female society, and nine out of ten newborn babies will be genetically altered so that the child grows up female. The Femtheists are brutal, arrogant, well trained, and well equipped, with three primary distinct leaders who will all in time come to be Ian''s greatest adversaries. Just before our protagonist is about to set out on his journey, he loses the two most important people in his life, who have been responsible for his safety up to this point. Overwhelmed with grief and now embittered with rage, he sets upon his journey to honor his parents'' memory and free the captive prisoners to begin to build an army capable of the forcing the unconditional defeat of the Femtheists, who now stand poised to invade and take over the rest of the world. Along the way, he links up with a young woman from his past, who quickly becomes his partner as the story''s second main protagonist. Ian''s relationship with Mandy is volatile, to say the least; at times they want to rip each other to shreds, and at times, their interactions are extremely sexually charged. However, in order to achieve success, they both must learn to rely on each other for survival in a hostile country that would love nothing more than to watch them burn. She is the light to his darkness, but in a country where literally everybody has become selfish and devoid of compassion, it is not long before Mandy begins to accept just as Ian has: that the only way to truly fight evil is with evil.

When a former mercenary commander, Imre Bergamasc, awakens in the 879th millennium on the edge of the galactic rim with large portions of his memory missing, he understandably has a few questions - not the least of which is: why is he now a woman?

Alaya Dawn Johnson Clair lives in a world revolutionised by d-mat, a global teleport system that allows people to transport themselves instantaneously around the world. When a coded note promises Improvement - the chance to change your body any way you want, making it stronger, taller, more beautiful - Clair thinks it''s too good to be true but her best friend, Libby, is determined to give it a try. What starts as Libby''s dream turns into Clair''s nightmare when Libby falls foul of a deadly trap. With the help of Jesse, the school freak, and a mysterious online friend called Q, Clair''s attempt to protect Libby leads her to an unimagined world of conspiracies and cover ups. Soon her own life is at risk, and Clair is chased across the world in a desperate race against time.

Are we pre-wired with the ability to influence outcomes around us or is this gift learned? Why do some advance quickly in their career or get their small business off to a great start and some don''t? Why do some build lasting relationships and others start to lower their standards?Most people would agree the power of influence is both in our DNA and learned over time with experience and wisdom. In addition, some may add that success is often driven by leveraging trusting relationships; both the relationships you hopefully have cultivated with ease, as well as, those which forced you to learn valuable lessons. Regardless of how we get there, our ability to influence the outcomes of relationships is paramount. Some of us maintain excellent relationships with our inner circle while struggling to connect with those who don''t act or look like us. Some of us figured out leadership, however, still struggle with life. Either way, "The Dynamics of Leverage" explores the people around us who we aim to influence. Whether our manager in the office or our children at home. It also taps into who you are, your Personal Negotiation Style, Six Dynamic of Influence, and Influence Techniques you may leverage in leadership and life. Just when you think it can''t get any better, "The Dynamics of Leverage" introduces 12 Rules for your leadership quest, your ultimate quality of life, and from time to time a decent lunch. Sparked by a six-year Influential Leverage study originally aimed at Corporate Professionals, "The Dynamics of Leverage touches a wide audience of people just looking for better outcomes in their relationship with colleagues, clients, family, and friends.

In the far future, in the aftermath of a mysterious galactic catastrophe, a false prophet comes face to face with his greatest adversary yet: a man who thinks he''s god, and might very well be right. While the battle for Earth rages around them, they face off, one wanting to conquer the world and the other to redeem it, and the victory may well decide the future of the galaxy, and of humanity itself.

A suspenseful middle-grade fantasy full of mystery, twists and skulduggery from the author of the critically acclaimed Her Perilous Mansion.

Eo''s Castle was just the beginning of Ollie''s troubles. Armed with nothing but a psychic typewriter, Ollie resumes his quest to get back home-to the street where nothing works quite right, and the sinister Fixers are breaking holes in much more than the sidewalk. Instead he finds himself on a rescue mission in deep space, fighting pirates who are more machine than human, with a cat who wishes he was human . . .

A poetic look at experiences through the author''s life. The Dreamer''s Heart is written to inspire through the darkest of times. The author who has dealt with depression and anxiety through his life, puts his words that he has written from his view to inspire the mind, heart and soul through various styles from romance to just a general outlook on life through poetry

Praise for Jump: ''A thrilling, existential head-trip'' - Alaya Dawn Johnson If you betrayed a friend, how far would you go to earn their forgiveness? If someone had saved your life, would you risk your life to save them? If you could bring someone back from the dead, who would you choose? Clair and Jesse have barely been reunited when the world is plunged into crisis - the d-mat network is broken. People are trapped, injured and dying, and it''s partly Clair''s fault. Peacekeepers enlist Clair to track down Q, the rogue AI - artificial intelligence - who saved her life and is the key to fixing the system. Targeted by dupes and abandoned by her friends, Clair finds powerful allies in the most unlikely places. But who can she trust? Q won''t respond to her calls for help, and if Clair finds her, will she be trapping her friend in a life of servitude or sending her to death by erasure? Caught between pro- and anti-d-mat philosophies, in a world on the brink of all-out war, Clair must decide where she stands - and who she stands with - at the end.

"Musics of the World offers a rich introduction to world music"--

Ollie really has his work cut out for him this time. Getting safely to the Fixers'' home world is just the first step. Then he has to find out what their plan is, seal up the holes in the multiverse, and get home again, all before his parents wake up and find him gone. Psychic typewriter - check. Telepathic TV - check. Wicked widget - check. He needs every advantage imaginable-and all the help from himself he can get.

Twins Jaide and Jack Shield discover that their father and grandmother are "wardens," tasked with defending portals and humanity from evil, but their lives change forever when they learn that they share the same powers.

Exodus on Kodi: Step by step instruction on how to install exodus on Kodi Kodi is a free and open source media center platform that allows you to aggregate all of your various media sources and streams into one, easy to navigate, source. The fact that it is open source means that anyone is free to develop new add-ons for the program, which in turn means that the program''s utility will continually improve. This book will guide you on how to install the latest Exodus on Kodi. You will learn about Kodi, Kodi best add ons, addons for Kodi, Kodi apps, Kodi-tv. You will discover what makes Kodi the preferred media player and open source cross-platform for millions of users. More importantly, you will learn different methods to install so that you can begin to enjoy all the features that Kodi has to offer. Here is a preview of what you will learn... - What is kodi? - The new Kodi 17 Krypton - Settings and Configuration - Upgrading Kodi - How to unstail exodus on kodi - Is Kodi Iegal or illegal

Tadpoles in the Torrens is alive with people, places and creatures from our everyday lives and from the quirky imaginations of poets. There are talking dogs, migrating spiders, old horses, twisted fairy tales, riddles, bike races and adventures in the country and city. Here are poems by some of South Australia''s best children''s writers.

The practical English grammar guide for perfect writing. Gone are the days when you worry about embarrassing yourself with pesky misplaced modifiers or dreaded double negatives. Next time you have a nagging grammar question, pick up this practical guide and write with clarity and confidence. English Grammar spares you the lessons and cuts right to the answers. Designed for fast reference, this book makes it easy to avoid the most cringe-worthy mistakes in the English language--and maybe even make your grade school grammar teacher proud. Inside English Grammar: English Grammar goofs--Avoid falling into the most common traps with guidelines for incomplete sentences, possessive pronouns with gerunds, dangling modifiers and more. Word mix-ups--Learn the difference between common word misuses like sex vs. gender, its and it''s, whose and who''s, the list goes on... Write with style--Make a good (and grammatically correct) impression with every sentence you pen using these easy writing hacks and suggestions. Everyone makes mistakes--but with this English grammar guide you''ll make a lot less of them. Period.

Action and danger fuel this near-future thriller in a fresh take on technology, identity, and the lengths one girl will go to save her best friend. The explosive conclusion to the Twinmaker series.

Jesse is in trouble, and this time Clair can''t help him. When Ant Wallace''s trap springs shut in New York, it''s up to Jesse to save a horribly injured Ray while at the same time dodging Mallory and an army of dupes. As if that isn''t bad enough, the city around him is acting strangely, as though it isn''t entirely . . . real. With the help of a new friend, and friends thought long-dead, Jesse must escape New York in order find Clair and help save the world.

When Imre Bergamasc, the First Prime of the Returned Continuum, is kidnapped by an unknown entity, which results in the deaths of innocent people, he is forced to return to Earth where saboteurs and dissidents threaten to destroy his empire. Original.

This book examines the ways in which the urban aristocratic Sundanese of West Java recall the rural past of their ancestors through performances of the tembang Sunda ensemble (voice, zithers, and bamboo flute). This is the first book on Indonesian music that focuses on a non-gamelan ensemble as well as the first book to highlight Sundanese cosmological and cultural practices through an examination of musical performance. It reveals some of the musical tensions and points of connection between men and women, rural people and urbanites, and the classes. Illustrated with photographs and brief musical examples, this book also includes a CD.

This book of radio stations will help travelers while they travel on long or short trips. It lists stations by format, state, and city, offering over 10,000 radio stations worldwide. Enjoy this easy and simple radio guide!

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Drafts, research notes, correspondence and reader''s reports.

In these essays, Sean Williams -- the best-selling author of over 120 short stories and fifty novels -- shares his thoughts on the aspects of writing craft and the publishing business that young authors should know. Drawn from essays, keynotes, and presentations delivered over a decades-long career, "Eyes on the Stars" features Williams''s thoughts on balancing passion and professionalism, understanding the new writer''s career path, embracing the delicate art of writing media tie-ins, and reaching for the stars with your writerly ambitions. Whether you''re looking for writing advice from one of the preeminent writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy working in Australia today, or you''re a fan of William''s work who''d like to capture a slice of his creative philosophies, this chapbook is chock full of advice from a veteran of the Australian genre scene

Millimeter and submillimeter-wave studies have been performed on the HNO3 molecule by means of a FAst Scan Submillimeter Spectroscopic Technique (FASSST). An ISTOK OB-30 BWO was used to take fast scans of the region 245-370 GHz. Over 500 spectral lines due to rotational transitions have been assigned for the HNO3 or nitric acid in the nu6, nu7, and nu8, vibrational states. A watson S- and A- reduced Hamiltonian and non-linear least squares fitting procedures were used in the analysis of the measured HNO3 lines. The rotational constants and rms deviations for each vibrational mode are reported.

The overthrow of the Republic is complete. The Separatist forces have been smashed, the Jedi Council nearly decimated, and the rest of the Order all but destroyed. Now absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidiousthe cunning Sith lord better known as the former Senator, now Emperor, Palpatine. But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for . . . and dealt with.