Mary Williams

Once upon a time, Santa Claus decided to modernize his old red sleigh. He and his elves had lots of ideas as to what the new sled needed. They added all kinds of things. On Christmas Eve, they had a problem. They figured out how to solve it, and soon Santa was on his way, and everyone had a very merry Christmas!

Indian Gardens is a delightful learning experience about a small woodland American Indian tribe from New England, called the Niswa. These people were avid rock hounds. The book shows the readers the importance of collecting rocks: how rocks were stored, prepared for various tools, and used in daily activities. It is with prayer that the coauthors, Mary Williams and Dorene Smith, hope that this explanation of history will inspire young readers to...

"A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly,...

In the third edition of The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).PTSD is an extremely debilitating condition that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event. But whether you're a veteran of war, a victim of domestic violence or sexual violence, or have been involved in a natural disaster, crime,...

"Nothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty of a vanished earth. But as much as one might daydream of digging a hole in the backyard and finding a Tyrannosaurus, only a few places contain these buried treasures, and when a scientist comes across a remnant of prehistoric...

The adopted daughter of Jane Fonda describes her youth in 1970s Oakland, California, her daunting prospects in the face of her dysfunctional family, and the ways in which a structured home life enabled her eventual reconnection with her biological family.

A hundred-years ago, during WWI, there was a tiny island in the middle of the Seine that held the best restaurant in all of Paris called Le Minipalais -The Little Palace. Head chef, and businesscat, Narcisse, believed it was necessary to create a refuge for the artists of Paris, animals and humans alike. The Little Palace has a cast of memorable characters that help us make sense of a time of war, a time in our shared world history. Is it possible...