Most Popular Books by Andrea Williams

From a murder charge to the San Diego Chargers—defensive back Jimmy Wilson spent more than two years in jail before he was acquitted of murder. In this motivational coming-of-age memoir, he shares the inspiring story of how faith in God and the love of his family helped him turn his life around and achieve his NFL dreams. Jimmy Wilson knew he shouldn’t have gone to his Aunt Opal’s house on the eve of his return to the University of Montana, where he was a star football player and preseason candidate for All-American. But when he learned her partner had badly beaten her, his primary concern was for the safety of her and her two young children. Growing up a biracial kid in the San Diego projects, Wilson was always fighting. Kids tested him, and he relied on his physical prowess. Tussling with his aunt’s abuser on the lawn of her home, trying to defend himself from the man’s gun, Wilson was in his element—until a shot accidentally rang out, changing the game. Wilson was labeled a murderer, and his football dreams all but faded. The next two years in jail opened his eyes to another world. When he was finally acquitted, he felt adrift back in his old neighborhood. But through his faith and the support of those who believed in him, Wilson made it back to Montana and eventually to the NFL. This is his uplifting story of growing from a boy to a man and how one bad decision that threatened to end his life became a catalyst for complete transformation.

Kids have big dreams. And when those dreams are on the line, how far are they willing to go to achieve them? When Jayden and his teammates find out there’s not going to be a Hoop Group this year—and maybe ever again—they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season, in this inspiring new middle grade novel from NBA superstar LeBron James and acclaimed author Andrea Williams. A New York Times bestseller! Jayden Carr has been training all summer to be ready for Hoop Group—the free afterschool basketball program where his hero, NBA superstar Kendrick King, got his start. But when his beloved coach tells him there’s not going to be a Hoop Group this year, Jayden is heartbroken. And he’s not the only one. Coach Beck’s daughter, Tamika, was planning to be the first girl ever to start for the squad. Chris King, Kendrick’s only nephew, spent the summer bragging that his uncle was coming home just to watch him play. For Anthony Pierson, Hoop Group was supposed to be his way out of trouble. And for Dexter Donyel, all 4’6” of him, Hoop Group was his chance to finally be part of a team, instead of just watching from the stands. For each kid, Hoop Group was more than just a chance to ball; it was an escape, a dream, a family. Now their prospects seem all but impossible—but then the world hasn’t met Jayden, Tamika, Chris, Anthony, and Dex before. Determined to have their shot, the five new friends scrap, hustle, fight, and play hard to save their season to prove that sometimes a chance is all it takes. It’s an inspiring, original middle grade story from NBA superstar LeBron James and acclaimed author Andrea Williams that channels the many relatable challenges so many young kids face. The first step to winning is getting out on the court.

In this previously untold story of African American self-education, Heather Andrea Williams moves across time to examine African Americans'' relationship to literacy during slavery, during the Civil War, and in the first decades of freedom. Self-Taught traces the historical antecedents to freedpeople''s intense desire to become literate and demonstrates how the visions of enslaved African Americans emerged into plans and action once slavery ended. Enslaved people, Williams contends, placed great value in the practical power of literacy, whether it was to enable them to read the Bible for themselves or to keep informed of the abolition movement and later the progress of the Civil War. Some slaves devised creative and subversive means to acquire literacy, and when slavery ended, they became the first teachers of other freedpeople. Soon overwhelmed by the demands for education, they called on northern missionaries to come to their aid. Williams argues that by teaching, building schools, supporting teachers, resisting violence, and claiming education as a civil right, African Americans transformed the face of education in the South to the great benefit of both black and white southerners.

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and traces the development of American slavery until its abolition following the Civil War. Historian Heather Andrea Williams draws upon the rich recent scholarship of numerous highly-regarded academics as well as an analysis of primary documents to explore the history of slavery and its effects on the American colonies and later the United States of America. Williams examines legislation that differentiated American Indians and Africans from Europeans as the ideology of white supremacy flourished and became an ingrained feature of the society. These laws reflected the contradiction of America''s moral and philosophical ideology that valorized freedom on one hand and justified the enslavement of a population deemed inferior on another. She explores the tense and often violent relationships between the enslaved and the enslavers, and between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates as those who benefited from the institution fought to maintain and exert their power. Williams is attentive to the daily labors that enslaved people performed, reminding readers that slavery was a system of forced labor with economic benefits that produced wealth for a new nation, all the while leaving an indelible mark on its history. About the Series: Oxford''s Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.

Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification.

Based on the real life story of a little-known figure in the Civil Rights Movement: a white social worker who left the comforts of her life in New York City to travel to the segregated South, comes BEV, a fictionalized account of the strength, compassion, and dangers people faced in their fight to help African Americans achieve equality. After watching the horrifying images of dogs, hoses, and violence on March 7, 1965 a.k.a Bloody Sunday, Bev Luther, a white Northerner, determined she could no longer afford to remain a spectator. As a social worker, she knew she was needed to help and march alongside African Americans, Asians, and Latinos in the quest for equality. Along with several other Northerners—mostly whites—she decided to travel down to the tense segregated South right in the middle of an era that would change America forever. With a clear understanding of history and evocative language, BEV is the fictionalized account of those who answered the call to help their fellow citizens earn the right to vote.

From Andrea Williams, the bestselling author of We Are Family with LeBron James, comes Inside the Park, the story of a young baseball fan’s misadventures after getting locked inside a pro baseball stadium on the eve of the biggest game of the season. In this all-new, hilarious, action-packed middle grade tale, Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland, a baseball-loving twelve-year-old, is about to step up to the plate for the biggest swing of his life. Pumpsie needs a win. Or to be more precise, he needs the Nashville Wildcats to win. Pumpsie’s been waiting his entire life—twelve whole years!—for his favorite team to make it to the playoffs. And this year—finally!—they’re just one win away. But when Pumpsie accidentally gets trapped in Lookout Field the night before the last game of the season, with only a lost dog named Campy for company, he may have accidentally stumbled into the best night of his life. For a baseball fan like Pumpsie, using the pro batting cages, running the bases, playing with the public address system, eating all the concession-stand junk food he can find is a dream come true . . . until he realizes he’s not alone in the stadium. Foul plots are brewing beneath Lookout Field, and now it’s on Pumpsie to swallow his fears, gum up his courage, and swing for the fences if he wants to save the Wildcats’ postseason chances. Inside the Park is a fun-filled, action-packed slice of wish fulfillment that’s perfect for fans of Mike Lupica and Tim Green or any kid who’s ever closed their eyes and imagined stepping up to the plate with the game tied and the season on the line.

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Secrets Of A She Boss is a collection of 13 inspiring stories filled with top-secret advice from successful female entreprenurs. This boo is for all women in leadership from managers to CEOs. The goal of this book is to inspire other women to step into their true identity as a boss so that women everywhere can live their dream life. In this book the 13 authors share what they have done to grow their careers, the fear they have faced and the struggles that they have experienced along the way. Including; rape, depression, abuse, the death of children and so much more.

For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin''s Undefeated, Andrea Williams''s Baseball''s Leading Lady is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball''s color barrier in 1947, Black athletes played in the Negro Leagues--on teams coached by Black managers, cheered on by Black fans, and often run by Black owners. Here is the riveting true story of the woman at the center of the Black baseball world: Effa Manley, co-owner and business manager of the Newark Eagles. Elegant yet gutsy, she cultivated a powerhouse team. Yet just as her Eagles reached their pinnacle, so did calls to integrate baseball, a move that would all but extinguish the Negro Leagues. On and off the field, Effa hated to lose. She had devoted her life to Black empowerment--but in the battle for Black baseball, was the game rigged against her?

Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies coordinates mixed methods approaches to survey, interview, and case study data to study Canadian writing studies scholars. The authors argue for networked disciplinarity, the notion that ideas arise and flow through intellectual networks that connect scholars not only to one another but to widening networks of human and nonhuman actors. Although the Canadian field is historically rooted in the themes of location and national culture, expressing a tension between Canadian independence and dependence on the US field, more recent research suggests a more hybridized North American scholarship rather than one defined in opposition to “rhetoric and composition” in the US. In tracing identities, roles, and rituals of nationally bound considerations of how disciplinarity has been constructed through distant and close methods, this multi-scaled, multi-scopic approach examines the texture of interdependent constructions of the Canadian discipline. Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies also launches a collaborative publishing network between Canadian publisher Inkshed and US publisher Parlor Press.

Moving from Survival to Significance.

BONUS: Study Guide & Journal sections! Join in a shared journey of spiritual, emotional, and mental transformation from an unhealthy, depressed, and broken woman to a born-again follower of Jesus Christ. Find out how God used everyday events to change her. Use the study guide along the way to discover more of God and yourself.

The Glow Girl Master Plan (Volume 1) is a 12-month undated planner designed by Business Coach & Productivity Guru Andrea Williams to help you Work Smarter! Plan your month, organize your tasks for the week, manage your projects for the year and work out all your brilliant ideas with this unique all-in-one planning solution! What''s Inside: *12 Month on Two Page Spreads *12 Monthly Task & Expense Sheets *5 Week on Two Page Vertical Spreads per month *Yearly Project Tracker *40 Project Planning Sheets with Notes *20 Brain Dump Organization Spreads *20 Brainstorm Organization Spreads *30 Note Pages *8 Indexing Pages DESIGNED FOR FUNCTIONAL PLANNING: This planner is designed to be a powerful analog tool to help you identify your priorities, manage your time and complete your tasks with three divided sections for your calendar, projects, and ideas! MORE THAN JUST A TO DO LIST: The purpose of planning and productivity is NOT to fill your days with endless tasks and meetings getting done more work in the same amount of time. Instead, it''s about breaking down your thoughts and ideas into manageable plans that you can focus on to create the life you want to live. The Glow Girl Master Plan gives you ample space to explore your ideas, create your plan of action and then FOCUS on the tasks that will truly impact your life and bring value to your day. ONE LIFE. ONE YEAR. ONE MASTER PLAN: Andrea firmly believes that you don''t need multiple planners, schedulers and notebooks to organize your life- just one single book dedicated to the master plan for your year! The Master Planner has been designed to be a single book solution for all of your planning needs. JOIN & LEARN WITH OUR COMMUNITY: Your productivity and planning journey doesn''t need to end with the purchase of The Glow Girl Master Plan. Join Andrea weekly on her YouTube Channel https: //www.youtube.com/channel/UCA7Qv4PEiD7V78JtxHlcAGA/featured?view_as=public and learn more about how to use your planner and different productivity philosophies to Work Smarter.

Are you tired of a dream deferred? If so, this book is a must read It''s not too late! The promise is for an appointed time. There are strategies to birth God''s promises. Your time is NOW! Believe in the Lord your God, you will be established; believe in His prophets and you will prosper.

When we view our lives in light of the Bible, we often interpret God''s Word as aligning with what we believe is the right plan of action for our lives. Unfortunately, when the circumstances don''t go as we had hoped or planned, we may ask why and question whether God truly loves and cares for us. A revelation about how we mix our earthly understanding of God''s Word with that of spiritual understanding is what led author Andrea Williams to study and write the book in your hands, Lean Not Unto Your Own Understanding...Rightly Dividing God''s Word. Andrea witness from personal experience how our interpretations of the Bible can conflict with what is truly God''s intention for our lives, making us rely more on ourselves than the Father in heaven who loves us. Combined with an attitude of prayer, Andrea shows readers that several aspects of our lives (trust, forgiveness, who we listen to for understanding) can be shaped by our fleshy, sinful nature instead of with spiritual understanding from God. Lean Not Unto Your Own Understanding...Rightly Dividing God''s Word is to not only be helpful to non-believers and those new in the faith but also to seasoned believers in need of a reminder of trusting God instead of ourselves for the outcomes of our lives. The hope is that readers will feel compelled more than ever to dive into the Bible to help establish and/or strengthen their relationship with God. For if we "rightly divide" God''s Word, that means we are handling it appropriately to where God can tell us how best to cope and move forward in the situations of life. If we remember that God is for us and not against us, trusting His way can become our only course of action.

Music is one of the most precious gifts God has ever given to His creation. For believers, music has been designed as a sonic offering of honor and praise to our amazing God. Those who have been called to music ministry have been given an enormous blessing as well as an enormous responsibility. As singers and musicians, it''s easy to get caught up in perfect execution, flawless notes and dazzling technique. But what truly impresses God are clean hands and a pure heart. Live The Life You Sing About reminds those of us who are called to music ministry about our First Love and the importance of living a life pleasing to Him. Whether you''ve been called to music ministry at your local church as a worship leader or choir member or to the national or international stage of the Christian or Gospel music industry, God has placed reminders in His word for His children, including His minstrels and psalmists, that speak to what really matters to Him. Inspired through revelation, Live The Life You Sing About shares the heart of God to those who have been called to carry His presence in the earth. This book is a mixture of spiritual perspectives from an author with a life-long love for God and practical insight from an insider with 20 years in the music business. Through the pages of Live The Life You Sing About, you will delve into the purpose of music in the church, how sacred singers and musicians should handle their emotions, ways to ensure you have hired the right team and even how to get funding for your next project. Live The Life You Sing About talks about the power of godly relationships, how to make sure your business and ministry matters are always above board and what the Lord is seeking from those in music ministry in these last days. Live The Life You Sing About helps those in music ministry stay on the blessed path that God has chartered for them using His life-giving words. A manual for those just starting out and those who have been in music ministry their entire lives, this book aims to hold up the mirror of biblical standards to those in Christian and Gospel music and to ensure that reflection looks like and sounds like God''s intent.

Welcome to a simple approach to building an online or offline successful business. Created by Andrea Williams. Empire Build-Her Blueprints is a 7 pillar method for building a business online/offline using tried and true methods and principles that Andrea has learned as a successful online entrepreneur.

Book 3, Aunty Butterfly mentors Lillie to face her fears, empowering readers to BeUButterfly. Mama and Teacher Caterpillar learn tools to empower children to achieve their dreams, despite starting life as a caterpillar.

O PRIMEIRO PASSO PARA VENCER É ENTRAR NO JOGO. Jayden passou o verão inteiro treinando para fazer parte do Bando da Bola, o programa extracurricular de basquete que já formou grandes estrelas do esporte, como seu ídolo, Kendrick King. Quando o amado treinador informa que o time foi encerrado, Jayden fica de coração partido. E não é o único. Filha do treinador Beck, Tamika estava planejando ser a primeira garota a fazer parte do grupo. Chris King, sobrinho de Kendrick, passou as férias anunciando que o tio estava voltando à cidade apenas para vê-lo jogar. Para Anthony, o Bando da Bola era uma forma de se manter longe de problemas. E para o baixinho Dex, o Bando era uma chance de finalmente fazer parte de um time, em vez de só assistir das arquibancadas. Para cada um deles, o Bando da Bola era mais do que uma chance de jogar basquete: era uma saída, um sonho, uma família. Agora tudo isso parece impossível... mas eles se recusam a desistir. Determinados, os cinco vão lutar, insistir e jogar duro para salvar a temporada e provar a todos que só precisam de uma chance. Criado pelo craque do basquete LeBron James e pela aclamada autora Andrea Williams, Somos uma família é uma história original e inspiradora que aborda diversos temas e desafios que muitos jovens enfrentam, como problemas familiares, busca por oportunidades e o impacto positivo do esporte.

Andrea Willliams tells real stories about how she was given up at eight months old by her biological parents, rapped as a adolescent and told she would never have children to having a baby and her passing away. She shares her painful truths with the world in hopes to inspire other''s going through similar situations, that they can still have the life of their dreams no matter what they have been through. She teaches woman that they do not have to let your circumstances define who you are or will be and just because you have a past doesn''t mean you can''t have a future.

Annie and Kimmy''s friendship is one of a kind. From the moment they met, Kimmy saw Annie for who she truly was - a kind, funny, and brave girl. Even though Annie wore hearing aids, Kimmy never let that stop her from being the best friend Annie could ever have. Together, they laughed, supported each other, and proved that true friendship knows no limits. This is a heartwarming story, based on real-life events, and shows how love and understanding can break down barriers and create bonds that last a lifetime.

Andrea Williams is a Personal Strategist. Her practice is located in New York City. Throughout her career, Andrea functioned in an advisory role to clients globally. Now she is a Strategist to individuals nationally and internationally. She is also the founder of A.S. Williams Executive Leadership Institute.Little Book of Strategies provides clear and concise directions on how to build and execute your plans. Succinct and to the point, the insight and knowledge provided in this book shifts your practices and positions you to excel toward your vision.A quick read that you can reference throughout time, it clearly lays out steps to take to be productive. This book illustrates key strategies to be effective.Little Book of Strategies will energize you and galvanize you to pursue your life''s dream.Everyone must get this book for their teams and themself!

Joining God in His work means surrendering to His Plan for all things. Brace for Impact combines stories and skills to lead small groups inside and outside of the church to become more like Christ. The plans and actions go back to the early church as the Apostles and Paul work to build communities, teach followers of Christ, and wrestle with their own inner turmoil along the way.

She Is Visible is a prophetic, poetic journey for every woman who has felt erased or too much. Through seven sacred archetypes and spiritual reflections, Dr. Andrea Williams guides readers to reclaim their voice, worth, and divine fire. This is not just a book-it''s a sacred return to the self you were never meant to hide.

This journal is designed for you to set aside 30 minutes a day, for 30 days to allow the Holy Spirit access to your heart that He may reveal to you the reason for your life and this season.Each day opens with a scripture, then a contemplation and finally a prayer.Read the thought, the encouragement, the contemplation of the day. Pray the prayer out loud and listen for His voice.

A woman''s place is not in one place. It is in the place that God has called her to, the place of her assignment. It is the place of the blueprint of her soul.

Working in the nonprofit sector means you have a direct impact on people''s lives and on their communities. The work you do matters, and it can be incredibly rewarding -- but with long hours, demanding workloads, and often strenuous budgetary concerns, it can be easy to find yourself and your team experiencing nonprofit burnout for the sake of the mission. The truth is, you can''t give what you don''t have -- whether that''s time, energy, or attention. And if the goal is to help others, avoiding nonprofit burnout is critical. You have to create the conditions for you and your team to bring your best selves to work so that you can "burn bright," instead of burning out. One of the best ways to avoid nonprofit burnout is to build resilience through regular recharge. So it''s critical for nonprofit leaders to cultivate personal and professional resilience, as well as individual and team practices foster resilience, to ultimately help the community or cause you serve. Watch this webinar to find out what nonprofit leaders should stop doing now -- and start doing instead -- to enhance your performance and avoid nonprofit burnout. In this webinar, you''ll learn all about avoiding nonprofit burnout: -The reasons behind why those of us in the sector can inadvertently drift towards burnout -Why collective resilience strengthens individual resilience, and vice versa -Ways to commit to reasonable and replicable individual and team recharge tactics -Specific behaviors to stop doing - and things to start doing - to help you and your colleagues avoid nonprofit burnout and "burn brighter" instead.

HIV-related stigma remains a substantial barrier to enhancing access to prevention, testing, and treatment, thereby perpetuating health disparities. Faith-based organizations, which serve as integral components of many Southern communities, possess the capacity to function as influential platforms for addressing this stigma and are pivotal allies in the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. These environments, encompassing churches and health clinics, have the potential to cultivate supportive atmospheres for individuals living with HIV (PLWH) and to contribute to stigma reduction initiatives actively. A significant challenge in these efforts lies in the pressing need for more effective measurement tools to assess HIV-related stigma, particularly within faith-based communities. Current stigma measurement scales frequently fail to capture the nuanced lived experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH), often neglecting essential constructs such as internalized stigma. This dissertation presents a multi-study analysis designed to evaluate and enhance the efficacy of stigma measurement tools. The first study encompasses a systematic review that identifies critical gaps in existing scales, underscoring their limitations in addressing the complexity of stigma within faith-based contexts. The second study involves a secondary data analysis that juxtaposes quantitative measures, such as the Berger HIV Stigma Scale and the Wright Stigma Scale, against qualitative insights derived from the Snap Out Stigma Photovoice project. This mixed-methods approach elucidates that existing scales frequently overlook deeper, unmeasured dimensions of stigma, particularly in Black individuals living with HIV. The third study emphasizes the necessity of incorporating the perspectives of people living with HIV (PLWH) into the development of stigma scales, ensuring that these instruments accurately reflect the complex nature of stigma in faith-based settings. Findings indicate that comprehensive community engagement and inclusivity in the design and implementation of HIV stigma scale assessments are imperative for identifying internalized stigma. This research highlights the need for culturally sensitive, community-informed stigma reduction strategies that specifically address internalized stigma concerning age, identity, and religiosity. By refining stigma measurement tools and crafting inclusive interventions, public health endeavors can better align with the lived experiences of PLWH, thereby advancing the objectives of the EHE initiative and enhancing health outcomes within faith-based populations.