Books with author Alex Williams

Caroline Owen is in recovery after a mental breakdown. Confined to a hostel, she has to avoid the addicts and strange, oppressive characters lurking in crannies and wandering the hallways. Getting her life back on track proves difficult as more than past ghosts are coming out of the woodwork. Bad dreams torment her of girls disappearing, girls like her, taken by some ancient evil that will do anything to stay young and beautiful. Caroline begins to learn that there are far worse things than ghosts lurking in the darkness of the world.

“I can’t forget about that kiss, Elsie.” His hand comes up to cup my cheek, stroking the skin gingerly. “I don’t want to,” he whispers so lowly I almost don’t hear. His gaze falls to my lips once again. It’s probably the alcohol that forces the next sentence out of me, or it’s the sheer terror that I’ll never be able to tell him how I really feel. “Neither do I.”Elsie Archer and Hayden Jones have been best friends since they were four; the two are almost inseparable.But that is when Hayden isn’t falling for a new girl. Elsie thinks her best friend’s only flaw is that he falls too quickly and too hard. She has seen him charm many girls and has cheered him on. Little does he know that her feel-ings for him have been growing steady for years.Now on their senior year, will Elsie find the courage to tell Hayden what she really feels? Or will she remain in the safety of the friendship they’ve nurtured for years? This young adult romance story will surely break your heart, but it’s worth the bittersweet hurt. Grab your copy now!

More than 99 percent of the evidence proves the Shroud of Turin is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Only one test says otherwise—the carbon date performed in 1988. A serial killer with a fetish for fire targets the faithful of Tucson, Arizona. Homicide detective, Pete Johnston, works to catch the killer before more clergy are killed, before more churches are burned. His daughter, Amari, is a criminal justice major at the University of Arizona. When the Shroud is carbon dated at her university, the results reveal that the relic is a medieval forgery. Amari investigates this ancient cold case file for a class project and makes a shocking discovery that could alter the fate of Christianity.She teams up with Dr. Kevin Brenner, a brilliant young experimental physicist, and together they gather evidence so they can plead their case to the Vatican—unless the killer can stop them first. Her father desperately tries to protect her and catch the killer before she becomes his next victim.If Ted Dekker and Christy Barritt collaborated on a mystery/suspense novel, it would read like this. .

Some may consider me to be clinically insane, which is fine; they just don’t get it. Odeya Bello’s love life sucks. And the second she fell down the rabbit hole that led her to Theo Ashford, she knew there’s no getting out of it and the feeling in the pit of her stomach never left ever since.But…Theo Ashford is popular with the girls. Theo Ashford is loved by many.Theo Ashford is a celebrity—literally.Four years later, she’s still obsessed with him, and he still has zero clues that she exists. But when one Friday night, while struggling between her thoughts of the green-eyed god and her homework, Odeya decides she’s had enough torture and logs into Twitter.She tweeted. He replied. What happens next? Internet going loco. A visit to London. Panic attack. Papa-razzi. Another panic attack. And a lot of snogging. And like any fangirl’s dream coming true, Theo is no longer just the guy Odeya stalks.However, having to see and experience Theo’s life both onstage and offstage, Odeya starts to see the chaos and drama behind the camera and every screaming fan. Torn between her feelings for Theo and her own sanity, she soon questions her-self: Can she really do this and stick it to the people who think she can’t? Or should she just go back to her life and live a normal life free from the prying eyes of the public? From the author that brought you The Best Friend, Ally Williams grants every fangirl’s wish in this story that will not only make you gasp and laugh but also tells you that every love story is unique and yours can be the one that only hap-pens in movies. Grab a copy now!

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that set the tone for future studies. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.

Caroline Owen is in recovery after a mental breakdown. Confined to a hostel, she has to avoid the addicts and strange, oppressive characters lurking in crannies and wandering the hallways. Getting her life back on track proves difficult as more than past ghosts are coming out of the woodwork. Bad dreams torment her of girls disappearing, girls like her, taken by some ancient evil that will do anything to stay young and beautiful. Caroline begins to learn that there are far worse things than ghosts lurking in the darkness of the world.

A cult leader’s apocalyptic vision. A preposterous scheme to gain eternal life. A feisty private investigator, fresh out of college . . . Amari Johnston is the daughter of veteran homicide detective, Pete Johnston. After Amari makes the national news by debunking the carbon dating performed on the Shroud of Turin, philanthropist Ernesto Galliano hires her and her father to join his own personal A-team, to right the world’s wrongs, one mission at a time. A schizophrenic UFO cult leader . . . For Calvin Nettles, time is short. The money from his wealthy father’s trust fund is about to run out. Can he and his forty followers find a way to reach the planet of New Canaan before the Great Recycling? Can the Shroud of Turin open a portal to paradise? Or will they release their souls the traditional way? A conman who prefers heaven on earth . . . Adrian Agricola will stop at nothing to steal the remains of Calvin’s trust fund—even if it means every one of the cult members must die. Will Amari stop the cult before they steal the Shroud of Turin? Or will she also fall victim to the cult leader’s suicidal vision? If Ted Dekker and Christy Barritt collaborated on a mystery novel, it would read like this one. Although this novel is Volume 2 in the Amari Johnston series, it can easily be read as a standalone title.

Hope for the Hopeless. A Cure at Any Cost. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive disease with no cure. And for one dying little girl with this illness, there is only one hope—an ancient Christian relic with miraculous healing powers.Amari Johnston is a feisty private investigator fresh out of college. Her father is a retired homicide detective. Together, they work as a team for a wealthy philanthropist named Ernesto Galliano.While staying at Ernesto’s estate, Amari befriends an endearing four-year-old foster child named Kathleen. But Kathleen isn’t like the other foster children staying at the estate. She has a severe case of cystic fibrosis, and Amari is desperate to find a cure. She researches the latest medical advances, but after learning that effective treatment is decades away, she nearly gives up hope.Meanwhile, inside the restoration laboratory of the Royal Ontario Museum, a conservator discovers a relic with miraculous healing powers: a woolen scrap of fabric from the cloak of Jesus Christ. When the museum conservator gets fired, and the miracle cloth goes missing, Ernesto sends Amari and her father to investigate the case. As Kathleen lies dying in the intensive care unit, Amari puts her own life on the line in a desperate attempt to find the miracle cloth before it’s too late. Although this novel is volume 3 of the Amari Johnston series, it can easily be read as a standalone title.

What if the world is controlled by an elite few who are responsible for keeping it in balance, and every country, government, military, media, and business is being skillfully manipulated to protect the planet from destruction? Twelve-year-old Emily Jones is an average pre-teen--or so she believes until she is invited to attend North Shore Academy, where she quickly discovers that she's anything but ordinary. People she's never met are strangely familiar, the curriculum is unlike any school she's ever imagined, and all the students have an affinity towards an element. Unlike the other students, though, Emily has more than one affinity. As she struggles to control her elements (and her temper), she learns that her soul has lived many lifetimes. She must complete the Awakening to understand how her past lives fit with her current one. While balance is the premise taught at North Shore, some believe that power combined with modern technology is the correct path to take. How will Emily reconcile the struggle between power and balance, all while trying to deal with normal teenaged circumstances in her not-so-normal world?

Adam?s sister is a singing sensation and he is her biggest fan. Unlike his superstar sibling, this twelveyear- old boy excels at absolutely nothing?although his sister would argue that he?s the master of getting on her nerves. But when a mysterious creature as old as time steals her talent, it?s Adam who fearlessly leads the charge to retrieve it and stop the creature before it can take the talents of other children. Brimming with colorful characters and dastardly villains, and recalling the best of Roald Dahl, Alex Williams presents a humorous adventure about where talent truly lies.

The village of Pinrut has been covered in freezing snow for years. Which is terrible for the Breeze family, who have been fancy fanmakers for centuries. In fact, the Breezes have fallen so in debt, local tyrant Bartholomew Tullock is threatening to take their home?and enslave them in the turnip fields! Now 13-year-old Rufus must defend their house from greedy Tullock while his sister, Madeline, and their father set off to sell their fans where it?s warmer. Both plights turn perilous, uncovering secrets that could put a freeze on Tullock?s tyranny forever. But if they fail, the Breezes can kiss their freedom goodbye for good. With infectious writing and unforgettable characters, here is a folksy, funny and fantastic story by an extraordinary new talent.

In the first book of the Queen Anne series, Jacob Harrison, a twelve year old boy aspiring to be a paranormal investigator, attempts to convince his friends, parents, brother, and anybody who will listen, that the boy living next door just might be from another planet.Join the investigation as Jacob tries to figure out just how the boy next door is moving objects without touching them, why his eyes sometimes look completely black, and what he's here for.