Books with author John Ashton Williams

Rudy, a boy disabled by polio, is condemned to be kitchen help in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker during the last eleven days of World War II. With Karoline, a servant girl, he struggles to survive the insanity of the Nazis and the collapse of the Third Reich. When the Nightingale Sings will Rudy find the courage to never give up?Author Bio: John Ashton Williams started serious writing in 1994 at the Mississippi Valley Writers Conference sponsored by David Collins a teacher and well-known children's author. He has written numerous short stories and received awards at the above conference. WHEN THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS is his second novel. His first novel, a historical adventure, will be revised and also made available as an e-book. Keywords: Teen, Juvenile, Fiction, Historical, Hitler, Nazi, Survival, World War II, Holocaust, Friendship

It’s 1802, and Jack finds himself surrounded by spoilt aristocrats in a mysterious training camp on the South coast of England. Once more he is drawn into an unexplained murder mystery, and with the dead man’s family baying for blood, someone is going to pay, regardless of their guilt or innocence. Could a mysterious French ship stalking the English coastline be in some way linked to the killing? Able to outrun anything the English navy puts against it, the need to catch this enigmatic vessel becomes vital to the war effort, its very survival highlighting England’s weaknesses. As the body count grows, the rules of both war and honour become secondary to the necessity to win at any price. As ever in the Major’s world, nothing is quite as it seems and everyone is expendable for the greater good. Jack is the ultimate underdog, with nothing to lose. A lowly peasant dragged into a dangerous world of spies and spy catchers, where the privilege of seeing a new day is a prize to be fought for.

For more than 50 years, Mr. Met, the original Major League Baseball mascot, has thrilled New Yorkers and New York Mets fans alike. Take a walk through history with "We'll Call You Mr. Met!" and learn Mr. Met's life story, from the early days at the Polo Grounds, to Shea Stadium and the "Miracle Mets," all the way to Citi Field, where new Mets memories are made every season."We'll Call You Mr. Met!" is a brand new baseball book, officially licensed by Major League Baseball, and makes a great gift for kids and adults of all ages!

The powerful story of a vibrant African American family torn apart by inner turmoil and the injustices perpetrated by a racist society Sissie Joplin is dying, and her surviving children have come to say good-bye. Estranged from their mother for years, Iris and Ralph have both achieved success—Iris as a jazz singer in Europe and Ralph as a playwright—but the pain of their youth remains forever alive in their memories. Sissie, too, remembers: the bitter struggles and the devastating tragedies; the indignities, cruelties, and deprivations visited upon a strong-willed black woman—and on the once proud men in her life ultimately defeated by a white society that at times seemed devoted to their destruction. Sissie was not always wise or fair, and her actions often did more harm than good, but she survived. And now, at the end of her life, it is time for a reckoning—and one last opportunity to heal. A powerfully affecting family saga and a provocative indictment of racism in America, Sissie is a magnificent achievement by John A. Williams, the award-winning author heralded by Ishmael Reed as “the best African American writer of the century.”

Nightingales return to Berlin in the spring of 1945 to nest and raise their young. They find a city reduced to rubble by the Russian Army leaving them no place to go. Rudy, a boy disabled by polio as an infant, is condemned to be kitchen help in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker during the last eleven days of World War II. With Karoline, a servant girl, he prepares food and cleans the bunker for Hitler and the Nazis. The Russian Army has broken through Berlin's defenses and the end is near. Rudy's fear grows when he sees the women beaten and raped by the Russians come into the emergency aid station under the New Reich Chancellery. He worries about what will happen to Karoline when the Russians come. Rudy starts to doubt Hitler is the great Leader of the Fatherland everyone believes him to be. His admiration for Hitler turns to hatred when he learns of the atrocities perpetrated at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Doctor Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister, arrives in the bunker with his wife and six children. Rudy befriends Helga the oldest girl. Rumors spread, Dr. Goebbels and his wife plan to commit suicide with Adolf Hitler. Rudy is scared. What will happen to the children? He makes plans to escape the bunker and the Russians with Karoline and the children but is blocked at every turn by unforeseen events. Rudy seeks guidance from Hannes an old mechanic in the bunkers machine room. Hannes tells him he's just a boy and is not responsible for the Goebbels children or the fate of Karoline when the Russians come. The Russians bombard Berlin with artillery and tank fire leaving the city in ruins. The insanity of the Nazis takes over the bunker. Murder and suicide become normal. Rudy and Karoline grow closer and together struggle to survive the collapse of the Third Reich. The Russians are mounting a final assault. Rudy panics. Is it too late to escape? What will happen to the children and Karoline? Will his worst fears come true? Will the children die? Will he be killed and Karoline raped? When the nightingale sings will Rudy find the courage to never give up? Author Bio: John Ashton Williams started serious writing in 1994 at the Mississippi Valley Writers Conference sponsored by David Collins a teacher and well-known children's author. He has written numerous short stories and received awards at the above conference. WHEN THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS is his second novel. His first novel, a historical adventure, will be revised and also made available as an e-book. Keywords: Teen, Juvenile, Fiction, Historical, Hitler, Nazi, Survival, World War II, Holocaust, Friendship

Deemed "the greatest American novel you've never heard of" by The New Yorker, and similarly celebrated in most major publications in America and Britain (and increasingly in other countries where it has been translated), this novel by the National Book Award-winning author of Augustus and Butcher's Crossing all but disappeared after its 1965 publication

"Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century" by John Ashton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Set in our near future, the fear of global warming and our own rapidly advancing technologies spark the first and only global uprising. fuelled and made possible by social media, the Returner movement sets about plunging the entire globe back to a pre-industrial age. Five years on from the uprising only shadows of the old world are left with anything resembling infrastructure being destroyed by the ever more powerful Returners, who rule with increasing brutality. For five long years, every attempt to resist their rule have been quashed with merciless force, but when a small village in the newly formed marshes of East Anglia stand and fight in the face of starvation, the murky battle line are drawn. This is a fast paced action adventure from the 'Rib Bone Jack' author, offering an alternative suggestion as to where the human race might be heading. Don't expect ray guns and space age technology, everything about this book has a rural and historic feel, in keeping with the author's preferred genre.