New Releases by Lisa Williams

Wisdom principles from the Word of God to assist every woman in self-validation.

In recent years, British drug policy has undergone a transformation: tackling ''drug-driven'' crime through criminal justice interventions has arguably become the central priority and focus. The ''criminal justice turn'', as the authors refer to current UK drugs policy, is based on three simple and linked assumptions: drug-driven property crime is a major driver of local area crime rates, especially in deprived neighbourhoods; the criminal justice system can be used to target these drug-motivated offenders and direct them into treatment; and treatment can lead to significant reductions in their offending. Tough Choices: Risk, Security and the Criminalization of Drug Policy explores a series of questions about the ''criminal justice'' turn in British drugs policy, from why it happened at all to what led policy to unfold in the way that it did, by analyzing policy documents and over 200 interviews conducted with key players in the policy development and implementation process. At the practice level, the authors explore how the strategic vision of the drug-crime ''problem'' has shaped the ways in which drug-using offenders are identified, targeted and managed - in other words, why the implementation of the Drug Interventions Programme on the ground has taken the forms that it has. This is addressed through a detailed examination of practice in three local areas. Both the emergence of this new policy direction and its implementation in practice can best be understood as part of a wider transformation in governance in which risk-based thinking has become central to the ways in which we seek to address our contemporary insecurities. The book is based on a 30-month ESRC-funded research project on the Drug Interventions Programme and draws on the extensive empirical data generated during the project.

"Crossing the Chemo Room," Book One of the nonfiction trilogy "Survival Stories," tells the true tale of Lonna Lisa Williams'' battle with cancer. After enduring a tragic childhood, early motherhood, and divorce to a Navy pilot, Lonna met her second husband at the university where she got her Master''s degree in English. They married and had a daughter. When she was pregnant with their second child, Lonna noticed that something was wrong, and soon after Jonathan was born, she discovered she had cancer. Walk with Lonna as she takes you through the physical and emotional challenges of surgery, chemotherapy, and recovery. Meet the other patients, health workers, and friends who helped Lonna along this path. Discover how Christ''s resurrection power strengthened Lonna to write about miscarriages and wildfires in "I Saw You in the Moon." Journey across the landscapes of New Zealand, Russia, and Turkey in Lonna''s third book, "Fire and Ice," as she survives the loss of her California life and family but rises like a phoenix to teach English overseas.

Headline: Stepsisters, yes. Friends? Maybe ... Diana loves horses. Horses terrify Stephanie. Diana takes pills for her mood disorder. Stephanie smiles a little too wide. Now their blended family is vacationing for the first time since the wedding—at a ranch that only highlights the girls'' extreme differences. Things seem hopeless, until Diana discovers caged wolf-dogs and convinces Stephanie to help free them. Though a truce is formed, a herd of unforeseen consequences is soon galloping out of their control. But it might be just what their relationship needs.

For once Stephanie and Diana want the same thing. That’s the problem. Diana and Stephanie are still trying to decide if they like each other when their blended family goes to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for spring break. They’re headed in opposite directions—Diana is crazy about the wild horses and Stephanie is crazy about the boys—until one guy catches both their interests. Soon they’re butting heads—again. But when their crush is accused of committing a crime against the horses, can the stepsisters band together to prove his innocence?

After "Crossing the Chemo Room," Lonna Lisa Williams'' cancer survival story continues in "I Saw You in the Moon," book 2 of her "Survival Stories." Discover what happened to her original characters and meet new ones in Lonna''s further adventures. See how her children grew while she homeschooled them and guided them through figure skating and overseas excursions. Witness a California wildfire and a New Zealand glacier, battle with other cancer patients, overcome the sorrow of miscarriages, explore the enduring beauty of photographs and poetry, and experience the hope of Christ''s resurrection.

A new volume by the winner of the 2007 Barnard Women Poets Prize is a sojourn into such fanciful realms as the interior of a glacier and the translucent body of a jellyfish, in a collection that invites readers to follow a literary journey that illuminates and returns to the writer''s own life. By the author of The Hammered Dulcimer. -- Tower Books product description.

Warm, witty, and surprising, this memoir from the star of the hit television series "Life Among the Dead" details Williams''s astonishing psychic gift for seeing beyond the ordinary and into a mysterious and fascinating realm.

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRACIE IS always flying under the radar of her overworked parents and outspoken siblings. But when she buys an old journal at a yard sale, Gracie is stunned to realize that everything she writes in the journal comes true—though sometimes in unexpected ways. At first Gracie uses the journal selfishly, controlling her mother’s BlackBerry and eliminating the dress code at school. But then she starts to think about bigger issues: what about world hunger? Global warming? World peace Unfortunately, before she can make headway on any of those issues, the journal falls into the wrong hands—and soon Gracie and her best friend/crush Dylan are rushing around town trying to undo the damage! This fun, warm, emotionally honest novel is both a fantastic adventure and a testament to the power of writing to change the world.

This is the official guide to the 236 miles of the Appalachian Trail from its southern terminus on Springer Mountain in Georgia (about an hour north of Atlanta) to the eastern boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. The route traverses the Chattahoochee-Oconee and Nantahala national forests, as well as the park, and includes the most rugged sections of the legendary footpath south of New Hampshire and Maine.This guidebook comes with four five-color topographic maps printed on two sheets of waterproof, tear-resistant material, for the areas south of the park and National Geographic Maps'' five-color topographic map of the park, with its side trails. All the maps have scales of about one inch to one mile.The book includes detailed trail descriptions as well as information on overnight sites, water sources, natural and cultural history of the areas, and directions to trailheads. Packaged in an exclusive, Kraft display box designed for shelves, with consumer information on the back.

Letters to Virginia Woolf is both a lyrical memoir and meditation on Woolf''s life and writing. Starting with the events of 9/11, Williams examines Woolf''s anti-war views and their relevance to our present time. In her pacifist manifesto, Three Guineas, Woolf wrote, "A common interest unites us; it is one world, one life." This book explores the events of 9/11 within the context of Woolf''s passionate cry for a world without war. In six concise parts, Lisa Williams writes letters to Virginia Woolf that reflect on Woolf''s ideas about war, memory, and childhood as well as her own experiences with these very issues.

One of a series of illustrated story books for young readers.

Dr. Lisa Williams M.B.A., M.A. has interviewed some of the world best business and military leaders. From the CEO of Wal-Mart to the General of Desert Storm, Dr. Williams has captured the information you need to lead beyond excellence. Packed full of 10-minute exercises to be done from your desk, both individual leaders and teams alike will improve their careers and lives in 30 days or less. This is the first book to give you a spiral of leadership survey and step-by-step process to improve your position. It will show you how to lead beyond excellence starting now.

Lisa Williams draws from her experience as chaplain of a children''s home to give voice to the pain and struggles of urban teens. The prayers in this book resonate with the longings of teens, and especially those living through difficult times. The author has worked extensively with urban teens and the prayers in this book are based on those experiences. Urban teens will be able to relate. Like the prayers of the psalmists, these cries to God ultimately call forth faith and hope. This book of prayers is a much-needed gift for family, friends, pastors, and youth ministers to give to teens, especially those in an urban environment. Additionally, the prayers are a resource for youth worship.

Explains how floods happen, why people continue to live in a flood plain, and what is being done to control future flood disasters.

Selah is a slavegirl, small and dusty, who fetches water from a well. She gazes at the distant mountains that hold things she has never seen--like trees, stars, lakes, and snow. Her Master Regan and The Craft have kept nature from the valleys, damning rivers and turning all to desert. They weave their material spells upon the slaves, and nothing ever changes. Then, one day, Regan summons Selah to serve him at a banquet. Before she steps into the Hall, another slavegirl tells her, "You can be walking along the same dark hallway you have trod for years, and suddenly, around the corner comes unexpected help, and everything changes." As Selah serves the guests, a stranger in a hooded cloak speaks to her. That very night, Micah leads her from the Keep, across the valley, to meet a band of travelers. They journey through hills, moors, and highlands to Mountain Gate. Selah finds beauty, music, and love in the Maker''s world and Micah. Regan follows, bent to take his slavegirl back. He captures Selah, imprisons her again, and she must face loneliness and The Craft.

Twelve-year-old best friends Carly and Arlene write about twin princesses during the final, cataclysmic days of Atlantis in a story that parallels the growing tensions the two friends are experiencing in their lives.

Customise your learning, extend your knowledge and prepare for the examinations with this complete package for course success. Carefully structured to link information directly to the CIM syllabus, each coursebook text is crammed with a range of cases, questions, activities, definitions and study tips to support and test your understanding of the theory.

Examines the literary relationship between Woolf and Morrison and how differing structures of domination define their art.

Lisa William''s poems are infused with what John Hollander calls "a guarded wonder." A poet of unique vision, she seems always to be "looking at," with special attention to the experience of the senses. Moreover, Williams is equally concerned with epistemology—the how of seeing. And it is perhaps this quality of attention that informs her interest in the formulations of poetry itself, in its constructed dimension. Her control of the line, of rhythmic possibilities, of structures both formal and free, is evident in every poem. Together, William''s original voice and her poetic finesse allow her to create those harmonies of wonder evoked by the very instrument, the hammered dulcimer, that gives her collection its name. Judge for the 1998 May Swenson Poetry Award was John Hollander, poet, critic, professor. Long a major figure in American letters, Hollander was a personal friend to May Swenson, and has influenced the work of many of our best emerging poetic voices.