Geoffrey Williams: 22 books

Self-determination theory is grounded in the belief that people work best and are happiest when they feel that they are in control of their own lives. This invaluable book explains the ramifications of the theory and provides clinical examples to show that it can be used to motivate patients undergoing...

In 1939, at the age of nine Geoffrey Lee Williams and his twin brother Alan felt ready for the war but were not ready for its consequences. The government had long planned the mass evacuation of children, under the code-name 'Pied Piper', but the details were kept secret from local authorities and...

In this, the first volume in the Dinosaur World Series, Mary and her father visit the "one-of-a-kind" theme park where dinosaurs rule. They meet a giant apatosaur, and witness a violent fight to the death between a monsterous Tyranosaurus rex and a huge, horned triceratops. Along the way, they learn lots about these strange, prehistoric creatures.

Do you want to know what it feels like to take off and land a Boeing 737 at a busy airport? Or how about flying an F-18 Hornet at more than a thousand miles an hour?Ride with young Chris Galloway in the jump seat of the 737 as the pilot and co-pilot run through their pre-flight checks before jamming...

There's probably a house pretty much like this one down the street or around the corner in your neighborhood. You know the one I mean: the big kids tell you about it when they want to scare you. They tell you about the crazy old guy who used to live there who disappeared one night, and about the weird...

Join Planetron, a transformer robot, and his young friend Will on a thrilling tour of the solar system. It's a fast-paced planet-by-planet journey, filled with facts about the planets, moons, the sun, comets, asteroids, and stars. Fly through Venus' deadly sulfur clouds, drive across the...

The Cape Lonely lighthouse in Fortunate Bay is a brilliant beacon of hope for sailors and their sailing ships. But had they ever faced a storm this fierce, this dangerous, or this deadly?How can the old lighthouse keeper and his extraordinary cat help the schooner Reliant as it struggles to keep from...

Young Jon Michaels has traveled all over the world, but he's never been anywhere as dangerous - or as strangely beautiful - as Antarctica. Isolated at the bottom of the planet, it is the coldest, windiest place on Earth. The journey begins aboard the S.S. Windhover, as they battle 100-foot waves...

Max is buggy about bugs. If it crawls, slithers, or buzzes, he want to know everything about it. On a whirlwind vacation around the world, his dreams come true. In Japan, Indonesia, Australia, South America, Great Britain, and Africa, Max gets to see, learn about - and best of all - collect some of...

The new exhibit at Dinosaur World promises to be the "The, Wildest, Woolly-est Adventure Yet!" Though not open to the public, Mimi can't help herself - she has to find a way in. She begins the wildest adventure yet - in Prehistoria - a world filled with prehistoric mammals. Mimi and her brother...

Timothy McDunn is dressed for a day of adventure. But he gets more adventure than he ever imagined when he finds himself alone in the middle of the world's most exciting theme park - Dinosaur World - a place filled with some of the biggest and most dangerous animals that ever roamed the earth....

Don't let the lush jungles, unspoiled beaches, and rugged cliffs fool you. Dinosaur World's newest attraction is home to the most dangerous animals in the park.Peter Wynne and his young sister Wendy win a contest and get to spend an entire weekend on the island of Pangea before it opens...

Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture. We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta-...

The faster-than-light sequel to the best-selling Adventures in the Solar System. This time, Planetron, the remarkable transformer robot, and young Will, travel thousands of light years through the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Exploding stars, black holes, neutron stars, even a planet that might...