Sheila Williams: 15 books

Book cover of Dancing on the Edge of the Roof: A Novel (the basis for the film Juanita)
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009

“Dancing on the Edge of the Roof kept my heart and mind dancing through the pages. Sheila Williams, with her talent for detailed storytelling, expertly takes the reader on a poignant and humorous quest for self.”—Lori Bryant-Woolridge, author of Read Between the Lies At forty-one, Juanita...
Book cover of The Shade of My Own Tree
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009

Beloved author Sheila Williams beautifully captures the bittersweet humor and vivid adventures of women who survive the worst life can toss at them—and fight back to claim their right to be free, to be themselves, and to live in . . . The courage to change doesn’t come easy. When Opal Sullivan...
Book cover of The Waiting Room
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012

One woman's journey through the care giving and death of a loved one as told in a daily journal. This story depicts the actual hospice care and guidance given throughout this personal journey. A must read for anyone that makes the decision to bring a loved one home to die.
Book cover of Shoes for Ellen
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012

Making new friends at a new school is difficult, but for Sabrina, Melissa makes it even more difficult. Read on as she endures the difficulties inflicted upon her by one especially mean bully. Discover how she overcomes her obstacles and turns the table on Melissa through another new student that has just moved into town.
Book cover of The Siren and Other Strange Tales
by sheila williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

THE SIREN AND OTHER STRANGE TALES is a collection of six short stories spanning the twentieth century about people who discover death is not always the final curtain.  •Double-dealing care assistant Mandy Robinson meets a mysterious cat. The cat knows when death approaches but does Mandy? •In...
Book cover of The Weave
by sheila williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019

A Romany witch, a French Count and an English author entangled in a lie told centuries ago… 1598: When Oskar, Comte de Tréville asks the witch Ombrine to save the life of his son, she demands a high price. Oskar must leave his family and his lands and travel with her, as a servant, to Barbaria. On...
Book cover of The Amazing World of Miss Mabel
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015

This story is about a little girl that moves into a new neighborhood and discovers that her neighbor may be a witch. All the neighborhood children are fearful of her. The adventure begins when the new girl decides that this is a mystery she wants to solve and sets out to find out exactly what is going on. Her curiosity leads her into a world she has never experienced before.
Book cover of Platy Learns To Share
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015

Five dinosaurs have an adventure that teaches one of them the importance of sharing. Come along with Stega (blue dinosaur), Bronto, (purple), Samantha, (red) Peter, (green) and the main character, Platy (orange). Written and illustrated in colorful pictures and easy reading for preschoolers or elementary students.
Book cover of Girls Most Likely
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009

“We didn’t know then that the dramas we imagined weren’t even warm-ups for what real life held for us.” From the fifth grade to their fifth decade, Vaughn, Reenie, Susan, and Audrey share secrets and dreams–their lives connected like silk threads through rich fabric, pulling but never...
Book cover of Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction
by Sheila Williams - Editor, Connie Willis, Allen M. Steele
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010

This anthology opens with Connie Willis’s highly amusing and Hugo-Award-winning novella, “Inside Job,” and closes with Robert Silverberg’s poignant Hugo-winning novelette, “Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another.” In the “locations” between these captivating stories you’ll find exciting...
Book cover of One Hundred Ways to Tell If .......Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend Isn't Good for You and Five More Lists, Including 100 Ways to Tell If You Are Eating Too Much Chocolate
by Sheila Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016

A book of six lists of One hundred ways to tell if....These lists are humorous, but also serious. They may make you think more about your life. This book might make you think more about the decisions you are making, but this book is not a self help book. It might make you laugh, but some of the lists'contents...
Book cover of Opus 4
by Lynda Williams, Sheila Flesher
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013

This is the fourth anthology of stories set in the Okal Rel Universe. It honors the theme of secrets rooted in the past that emerge to perturb people’s lives. Like other Okal Rel anthologies, the theme is drawn from one of the main saga novels; in this case Throne Price, in which Erien’s return...
Book cover of Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government
by George Amedee, David Anderson, Cal Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011

Over the last four decades the public trust in government in the United States has fallen dramatically due to a 'perfect storm' of contributing factors, such as a seemingly never ending string of political scandals, partisan polarization and toxic attack politics, and miserable failures to respond...
Book cover of The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
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