Books by Walter Williams

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Praxis, the first novel in a new trilogy set in the universe of his popular and critically acclaimed Dread Empire's Fall series?a tale of blood, courage, adventure, and battle in which the fate of an empire rests in the hands of a cadre of desperate exilesIt's been seven years since the end of the Naxid War. Sidelined for their unorthodox tactics by a rigid, tradition-bound military establishment, Captain Gareth Martinez and Captain the Lady Sula are stewing in exile, frustrated and impatient to exercise the effective and lethal skills they were born to use in fighting the enemy.Suddenly the ramshackle empire left by the Shaa conquerors is shaken by a series of hammer blows that threatens the foundations of the commonwealth. The result is a war that no one planned, no one expected, and no one knows how to end.Now, Martinez, Sula, and their confederate Nikki Severin must escape the clutches of their enemies, rally the disorganized elements of the Fleet, and somehow restore the fragile peace?or face annihilation at the hands of a vastly superior force.

The little girl was not afraid of the monster. In fact, she invited him to tea. The monster did not know what tea was. He only knew about eating people and animals and tearing apart buildings and breathing fire. Hardcover, 32 pages, color, large print, ages 4 through 8.

The managers of public organization disregard or handle poorly the critical problems involved in starting and developing new programs or in modifying existing ones. This book presents a different decision-making rationale - the implementation perspective - as the basic guide to social service program management.

In an important and provocative contribution to the debate on 'the British disease' in the 1980s, Walter Williams draws on his extensive American experience of central government management and analysis to recommend critical structure changes in the organisation of government in Britain.

Drawing heavily on candid off-the-record interviews with political executives, career civil servants, elected officials and Washington-based journalists, the author documents the steady deformation of social policy analysis under the pressure of ideological politics waged by both the executive and legislative branches.

Looks at how Reaganism - the political philosophy of Ronald Reagan - has severely damaged representative democracy as created by the nation's founders. This title also takes the media to task, criticizing the dismal record of failing to investigate the political and corporate chicanery that has brought us to this pass.