Books with author Jay Wilson

A magical medieval world. A young girl finding her way. A sweet fantasy adventure. While rumors of monsters rising in the south bring nightmares to the community of Brightshire, Anais is settling in to her role as a scullery maid in the Great House. Anais struggles to accept her place until, on a routine trip to the market, she finds a book of illegal magic and starts to experiment with various spells. With the hope of power beyond anything she’s ever imagined, she starts to feel at home in her new world. When a girl from the kitchens goes missing and Anais calls upon her newly acquired abilities to find the girl, she finds a world of trouble instead.This collection includes the first three books of the blood mage chronicles: Anais of Brightshire, Anais of the Stolen Road and Anais of Gable's House

Have you tried and failed to will your short body to dunk a basketball? Learn how even the most vertically challenged players can slam the ball home with ease.Have you been told you're far too short to touch the rim, let alone throw the ball down? Having trouble increasing your vertical leap no matter how much weightlifting you do? Author James Wilson is a 30-year veteran of basketball coaching in 20 different countries. He's cracked the scientific code to allow players of any height to dunk like a pro, and now he's here to share his secrets with you. In How to Dunk if You’re Under 6 Feet Tall: 13 Proven Ways to Jump Higher and Drastically Increase Your Vertical Jump in 4 Weeks, you'll learn the meticulous science behind increasing your vertical leap. Through his proven step-by-step plan, you'll find out the exact techniques necessary to dunk your first basketball in just four weeks. Without weightlifting or special equipment, you'll soon be able to jam in front of your friends with either one hand or two.In How to Dunk if You’re Under 6 Feet Tall, you’ll discover:The best exercise techniques for increasing your vertical jump in just four weeksThe best basketball shoes to make you jump higherHow shorter people can go from barely touching the rim to dunking with one or two handsHow to jump higher without lifting weightsThe precision mechanics of the perfect jump and dunk and much, much more!How to Dunk if You’re Under 6 Feet Tall is an established expert’s ultimate guide to increasing your vertical jumps and making slam-dunks a reality. If you like a step-by-step programs, scientifically-backed exercises, and making rapid progress, then you’ll love Wilson’s landmark book.Buy How to Dunk if You’re Under 6 Feet Tall to make those rim-rattling slams a reality today!Don't forget to claim a FREE Kindle version with your purchase of Paperback copy!

Well, hello there, dear reader and soon to be friend! I say 'friend' because two people surely cannot share a story without becoming friends by the end. In these pages, you will find a tale about an adventurous adventurer and an ice snake in need of protection. By the end of our story, once you and I have become friends, you'll have been introduced to Tom Danger and the amazing world he inhabits, a world you can journey to for many years to come!

How Rockets Fly, Student’s Edition, illustrates through rocket design how technical books are written, and how mathematical expressions come to be, with a systematic seven step approach to problem solving. How Rockets Fly is a series of colorfully illustrated interactive labs intended for grades 4-6 aimed at helping children learn and apply problem solving techniques for math and science in a way that is both powerful and fun for children. How Rockets Fly illustrates through rocket design how technical books are written, and how mathematical expressions come to be. How Rockets Fly incorporates many of the Learning Standards taught for proficiency testing and applies these standards to rocket design with a systematic approach to problem solving. Upon completion of the labs, the students will predict the stability of a rocket and certify it for flight. Then they will test their theoretical skills with empirical data as they watch their own rockets fly! Many of the Math and Science Learning Standards taught for proficiency testing can be found in How Rockets Fly and applied to rocket design, flight, and descent. The Student’s Edition is a companion book to the Teacher’s Edition and includes an appendix including: Rocket Cutout Templates, and additional graph paper. About the Author: Jon Wilson received his degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue and Mechanical Design from Ivy Tech. Jon spent his career as an engineering and analytics consultant for NASA, commercial and military aviation and a variety of other industries. Jon was a long time Adjunct Instructor at both Ivy Tech and Cincinnati State in the Engineering and Technology Departments.Jon is a Private Pilot, a member of the National Association of Rocketry and is certified for High Powered Rocketry flights. He also holds a Technician Class FCC amateur radio license. Contact Jon at aes2jwilson@fuse.com.