Books with author William Thomas

In 1998 I read the series of “Adrian Mole” books written by Sue Townsend. I connected with the character of Adrian and decided that I too could write my feelings down, I wanted to document and mark all the little things, that at the time I thought were so important - like watching a T.V show’s just because I might catch a glimpse of boobs!That Christmas my parents bought me a diary. My 1999 diary - which I guarded with my life, and hid in different places so nobody knew my secrets, of course if someone did find it they’d find out is that I was scared to talk to girls, I didn't care for school and was pretty mean about everyone even my friends. This diary didn’t really serve the purpose of documenting my achievements or fantastic memories - as more of a marker of how boring and pathetic I was. I stopped writing in the diary in August, when I just watched MTV all day, and that didn't really seem exciting enough to file away. I kept the diary and have always been aware that it was filed away with all my old pre-teen stuff and old toys that get stored in the loft when you hit puberty. I came across it every time I hunted around my loft looking for something, but I didn't peaked inside. I’d just keep hiding it away under something, just in case someone else in the family discovered it - like my sister.Until... now.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a national agency dedicated to investigation federal crimes. Founded as a small team of special agents on July 26, 1908, the Bureau was first charged with enforcing the growing body of federal laws covering the United States as a whole. Almost from the beginning of its 100-year history, the Bureau has been the subject of legend and controversy. It has also evolved into a vast and sophisticated national law-enforcement agency. Whether as a federal crime-fighting force or a source of investigative support of local and state police forces, the modern FBI strives to embody its ideals of fidelity, bravery, and integrity. In these pages, you will follow the process-from application through graduation-of becoming an FBI special agent. Learn about the online application, the forms, and interviews. Try some sample questions from written exams. Then move on to the classrooms and firing ranges at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Follow the training process through the streets, pool halls, and courtrooms of Hogan's Alley, the most crime-ridden town in America. Finally, learn about graduation, relocation, and beginning work as an FBI special agent.

When we first meet Lily “Lil Bit” Dalton, she is quite literally drowning. This “lip flapping” event, along with others, takes place in the quirky, yet racially divided waterway township of Arcadia, Florida in 1954. In Raised by Hand, Lil Bit recounts the years between ten and thirteen spent in the care of the woman she considers to be her grandmother, "Bubbah," and this woman's alcoholic son, Bobby. As the story opens, it’s been five years since Lil Bit’s mama, Violet, “dropped her off like nothin’ but a bit of dirty laundry,” when on “Ditch Thursday,” Lil Bit is pulled from the river by Sheriff Marin. The Sheriff’s act of heroism leaves her not only with the secret of what lies beneath the water, but also with gnawing doubts about Sheriff Marin, “the only white man worth a damn in all of Arcadia,” who also knows the river’s secret, but tells no one. Like the tales told by the young heroines in the classics To Kill a Mockingbird and the Secret Lives of Bees, Lily “Lil Bit” Dalton’s quest to reunite with her mother, while also keeping the secret of the Massaquatta’s murky depths, takes readers on a tumultuous ride filled with adventure and mystery. But more importantly, Raised by Hand answers the age old question: What does it take to be a family?

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