Professor Bullfinch has created a machine for the government which will shrink objects and be used for spying. When Danny sneaks into the lab, he and his friends discover the machine and try to use it for a problem they have been dealing with at school.

In his youth, Leonardo da Vinci wrote confidently, "I wish to work miracles." By the time of his death in 1519, when he was sixty-seven and famed throughout Europe, it seemed that he had accomplished wonders aplenty as an artist, engineer, inventor, and scientist. Here, from author Jay Williams, is the moving story of the man behind the Renaissance myth.

In the summer of 1588, a great body of ships sailed from Spain on a Crusade: to restore England to Catholicism. The ensuing events brought a Spanish word, armada, into the English language and created a host of legends. Intrepid English sea dogs in tiny ships, it was said, had bravely faced down towering Spanish galleons. Finally, a storm sent by a vengeful God wrecked most of that proud fleet on its way home. Award-winning author Jay Williams sheds new light on the traditional picture. Al...

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election: Her Political and Social Discourse is anedited collection that demonstrates the ways in which Clinton has used political rhetoric and discourse to provide and assert her right to leadership in her many roles as First Lady, Senator from New York, and Secretary of State. This collection lends itself to the potential Democratic nomination of Clinton for U.S. President with its examination of current media reports and interviews with Clinton. Each ...

POWERFUL, riveting, sometimes terrifying, often funny true life "kick ass" stories to get you back on track and RECLAIM YOUR JOY.Bulldoze fear. Reset each morning, experience change in as little as 10 minutes. Mrs. Henderson did just that after burying herhusband. She took herself to the middle of a misty lake, screamed at the top of her lungs, and suddenly felt alive again.LR Knost: "LIfe is amazing. Then it's awful. Then it...

With a glut of health information assailing readers, there's never been a better time to bring the best, most reliable facts together in one source.Jay Williams inspiring book offers a total life makeover, including all the latest information on:* exercise that changes your metabolism by combining cardio and weights for the most effective workout;* diet that interacts with exercise and hormones for maximum anti-aging effects;* motivation: a ne...

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign: Implications for National Discourse provides a lens through which to explore the implications of the monster metaphor as applied to Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Analyzing the overt and buried usages of the monster metaphor in the media’s and Trump’s discourse, as well as the structure of the monster narrative generally, offers connections between the metaphor and the actions incited by its narrative. This book explores t...

POWERFUL ocean waves slam into the jetty. Alone but not alone.All I need is right here. Will life ever be this good again?"We don't stop playing because we grow old;We grow old because we stop playing;" (George Bernard Shaw).IMAGINE a place where you are totally free, brilliantly HAPPY:the ocean beach, a stadium, a mountain top, a playing field,a camp, Disney!Go! The gate is wide open.I'll meet you there.

Beast of Prey by Jay Williams delivers a gripping and suspense-filled science fiction narrative that explores the primal tension between hunter and hunted in an unfamiliar and dangerous world. Williams crafts a story where survival is not guaranteed, and the line between human intelligence and raw instinct begins to blur. As the narrative unfolds, readers are drawn into a relentless pursuit where danger lurks in every shadow, and the true threat may be mor...

New York Times BestsellerThis big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness.Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career. The Chicago Bulls' top draft pick—and the second pick ...

Danny uses a computer that Professor Bulfinch has created for NASA to prepare his homework, despite Professor Bullfinch's warning that Danny is to leave the machine alone. With his friend Joe Pearson and his new neighbor, Irene Miller, Danny has some success with the machine before it is sabotaged. Can Danny figure out what is wrong with the computer and fix it? And will their teacher learn what's really going on with homework?

Professor Bullfinch and Doctor Grimes take Danny and his friends to the beginning of the Nile River in Africa to investigate local legends of a swamp monster. Despite unforeseen calamities, a new, rare species of electric catfish is discovered.