Böcker av Jan Williams

In 1882 the 'Rowland Evans', a ship owned by Cpt John Evans of Borth in Ceredigion (west Wales), was abandoned in mysterious circumstances off Bardsey Island. The book describes what led the captain to leave the ship and thus lose his master's licence, and paints a picture of his life, his ships and the village of Borth and its heritage.

"I am a spirit reaching out to you to tell you my story so that I can find rest. Help me."The spirit is Isabel Calthorpe who speaks out from Tudor times to Ben, nicknamed the 'Digger', and his cousin, Filly. Ben is the first to be touched by her story as he wanders the countryside of Suffolk and meets her ghost in the ruins of a deserted convent. She explains that she had been sent there by her widowed father to be given the education of a fine lady. Life however was far from genteel because her fellow pupils were spiteful bullies. The gentle nuns tried to endure the tensions of a visit from the malicious servants of Henry VIII who planned to destroy their lives, but Isabel's dreams vanished in flames.Yet the modern-day characters, whose lives have been touched by the ruins, open up to new horizons. The thrilling ending of this story links past and present, showing how Ben has lived in two worlds.

While many texts characterize themselves as having either a user approach or a preparer approach, Williams, Financial Accounting is written for faculty who want to strike a balance between these approaches. Business majors will find relevance in the Ethics, Fraud & Corporate Governance, Your Turn and Case in Point boxes throughout the chapters while accounting majors will receive a firm grounding in accounting basics that will prepare them for future accounting courses. The authors made data driven revisions focusing¿on where students were struggling and updated content accordingly. Updates have also been made to the high-quality end¿of chapter problems and real-world examples.

Folk tales from Essex, especially selected for children by a professional storyteller

The Essex coastline has endured invasion by plundering and bloodthirsty Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and this mysterious landscape is still haunted by their presence. Indeed, it is the women of Essex who have stirred the imagination most - from brave Boudicca and beautiful Edith Swan-neck to the adulteress Kitty Canham.