New Releases by Lisa Williams

It may take a miracle—or a hurricane—to save this family vacation. Stepsisters Stephanie and Diana undergo another adventure when they embark on a Grand Cayman cruise with their extended family to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday. But the vacation gets complicated with the addition of an eccentric Granny and a video-taping manic cousin. Plus Stephanie’s growing interest in boys makes Diana’s Mood-o-Meter swing like a pendulum. When the girls discover a plot to smuggle a rare, endangered Blue Iguana, Diana’s fury rages to the surface and threatens to ruin the entire birthday party—or unite the clan for a rescue mission. The third installment of Sisters in All Seasons is full of humor, heartache, friendships, and very real family drama aboard a cruise-ship—where there’s no escaping if you want to run away! Join Stephanie and Diana once again as they tread the wavering waters of step-sisterhood. Lisa Williams Kline is the author of Floods, The Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, and Eleanor Hill, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. She has written for Cricket, Cicada, Spider and Odyssey magazines, and lives in North Carolina with her veterinarian husband, where they are frequently visited by their grown daughters. Besides writing, Lisa has been a disc jockey, copywriter, waitress, and veterinary hospital office manager. Recently she learned to drive a forklift.

Many of us have questions about the passage of life and often wonder what happens when we die. In this amazingly insightful book by medium/clairvoyant Lisa Williams, evidence of the afterlife is explored. Through various channels such as meditation, psychic readings, communication with her Spirit Guide, and a personal near-death experience, Lisa delves into the journey of the soul, discusses the different stages of the afterlife, and reveals what life is really like on the other side.This book addresses the myriad questions many of us have surrounding this subject, especially if we''ve gone through the painful experience of having lost loved ones. Lisa provides a reassuring glimpse into this fascinating topic by exploring the pathway to the afterlife and then to reincarnation; with the realization that death is not final, but rather a transition into the world beyond-a place that should be honored, not feared.

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.

Clare hides her pink pear because she does not want to share it with anyone.

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.

Lisa Williams is one of the world''s most accurate mediums. Taught by her grandmother both on this plane and in the afterlife, her extraordinary gift for communicating with Spirit and those that have passed on has led her from humble origins to become one of America''s most beloved TV stars as the host of "Life Among the Dead". Her incredible story to find acceptance both from those she cared about and the strangers who came to her for help led to the development of abilities that have been described as always accurate and often unbelievable: • Communicating with those that have passed over • Predicting life events • Diagnosing disease • Sensing cheating husbands!

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.

Letters to Virginia Woolf is both a lyrical memoir and meditation on Woolf''s life and writing. 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.

''Like a Tree Planted'' is an environmental science fiction novel about Miranda, a teenager from future San Diego which is enclosed in a Dome because chemicals destroyed the natural world. The daughter of scientists, Miranda is Keeper of The Last Tree which is dying. She is also great-granddaughter of famous twentieth-century environmentalist Gabrielle Leigh who foresaw the trees'' destruction. By means of The Archives, a futuristic multimedia library, Miranda studies Gabrielle''s life. Each ''visit'' through The Portal becomes more real, and Miranda gradually materializes in twentieth-century Oregon to explore--with Gabrielle--the Pacific Northwest evergreen forests. As Miranda gets more involved in the past, she watches Gabrielle fall in love with a logger who gets caught in the battle between loggers and ''greens.'' Back under the future Dome, Miranda''s family and boyfriend try to keep her from being trapped in the past as local anti-nature opposition hunts them down. Miranda and Gabrielle struggle, between two places and times, to reintroduce trees to the future and lead people outside The Dome. For teens and adults.

On first consideration, Nobel prize winning African-American author Toni Morrison would seem to have little in common with Virginia Woolf, the British writer who challenged Victorian concepts of womanhood. But Woolf''s achievement and influence have been enduring, so much so that Morrison wrote her masters thesis on Woolf and William Faulkner. In that thesis, Morrison gives special attention to issues of isolation, and she notes that for Woolf, isolation brought a sense of freedom that the attached could never comprehend. This book examines the literary relationship between Woolf and Morrison. In her own novels, Morrison redefined Woolf''s concept of isolation in terms of American racism. While Morrison''s female characters are clearly outsiders, they can nevertheless experience a sense of community that Woolf''s characters cannot. Woolf''s female characters, on the other hand, are often alienated because of their repressed erotic longing for women. Both Morrison and Woolf consider the severe obstacles the female artist must encounter and overcome before she can create art. This volume looks at the similarities that link Morrison and Woolf together despite their racial, ethnic, national, and historical differences, and it examines 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.