Bøger af Bob Williams

When five-year-old Bob Williams flew to Berlin with his family in a noisy, freezing Avro Tudor, his mother was in tears, but he thought it was the most exciting event of his young life. Having been bitten by the aviation bug, he found there was no cure and made up his mind he would always work with aircraft. Starting as an apprentice engineer with British Eagle, he experienced the first of several redundancies when they folded in 1968. Dan-Air sponsored him for his commercial pilot‿s licence, and he gained his command on their Boeing 737s before being made redundant once more. Over the decades that followed he would fly for ten different airlines, only two of which have survived. He rose to the rank of Chief Pilot, and the story of his career is, in many ways, the story of a remarkable industry that flourished in the years following World War Two but experienced many failures and setbacks along the way. Born to Fly is essential reading for those who want to understand the remarkable growth and periodic failures of Britain‿s airlines, or those who seek only a good read and the heartwarming story of a boy who lived his dreams.

His name is Prescott. He is a survivor. Two years ago an event known as The Descent swept the nation and transformed the majority of the population into raging, destructive beings, known as FREAKS. During that time Prescott has been searching for his sister Emily, who went missing in the early days of the catastrophic event. Prescott enters The 88, a bar which all his gathered intelligence has led him to believe, he will finally find his missing sister. What he discovers will shock him to his very core. Choosing to run instead of facing his emotions Prescott lands in Nashville, TN, where a vicious war lord named Kade, rules the destroyed city with his congregation of Freaks. It is here where Prescott will learn that family can grow from the ashes of devastation, love is still possible, and hope is eternal.

After the events of Music City Macabre Prescott, Cole, Shields, and Lexi take to the road as a newly formed unit. Brought together by their individual tragedies in the Descent, the friends now work to build hope. To 'Take it Back.' During a brief pit stop at the Normal Safe Zone, they are visited by travel-weary neighbors and soon make their way to Fort Wayne, Indiana. After hearing the latest broadcast from the mysterious Doctor Midnite, they head to Columbus, Ohio. The Arch City. It is there they meet the nefarious Admiral Shen and his sidekick Rebecca, and where they face their their toughest challenge. For in the Arch City nothing is as it seems, the Protectorate are getting involved, and not everyone makes it out alive.

In the middle of the 1970s, West Coast pastor John Preechet accepts a call to a church in Pleasanttown, N.C. The challenges he faces will test both his faith and that of his new congregation. Pastor John learns to navigate clashes of culture and race relations while trying to help the church heal wounds from its former pastor's sins. He'll need the love and support of his family and fellow pastors, as well as a lot of prayer, to get him and the church through.

His name is Prescott. He is a survivor. Two years ago, an event known as the Descent swept the nation and transformed the majority of the population into raging, destructive beings known as FREAKS. Since that time, Prescott has been searching for his sister Emily, who went missing in the early days of the catastrophic event. After a devastating discovery in his hometown of Chicago, Prescott, choosing to run instead of facing his emotions, lands in Nashville, TN, where a vicious warlord named Kade rules the destroyed city with his congregation of Freaks. It is here he will learn that family can grow from the ashes of destruction, love is still possible, and hope is eternal. After the events of Music City Macabre, Prescott, along with his new friends Cole, Shields, and German Shepherd Lexi, take to the road as a newly formed unit. Brought together by their individual tragedies in the Descent, the friends now work to build hope. To 'Take it Back.'

The compelling biography of former British Columbia cabinet minister Bob Williams weaves his political and economical insights with the story of his unconventional life.In Using Power Well, former provincial politician Bob Williams tells his atypical life story: beginning with his childhood in the working-class east end of Vancouver, Williams goes on to describe his early years as a planner in Delta, BC, his political life on Vancouver City Council and in the BC Legislature-including a major impact on the first NDP government in the 1970s-and his more recent contributions in the world of business and co-operative economics. Williams's legacy is dotted across the physical and political landscape of BC-from the Whistler Town Centre and Robson Square to the Agricultural Land Reserve, the Insurance Corporation of BC and many projects in between. A straight shooter who refuses to mince words, Williams advocates in this highly readable and colourful book for a bottom-up approach to politics and public policy, bypassing bureaucracy in order to use power well.

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three stand alone short stories. Two from Daniel Arthur Smith and one from Bob Williams. In the first story TESLA performs an experiment to prove he can provide electric WI FI to the world. In the BLUE ORB we learn the result of that century old Shoreham test. Then a BONUS story from Bob Williams. Looking to get in out of a brutally cold night Daniel enters the club "SMOKE." What he discovers within will force him to make his greatest decision.

We're knocking it out of the park with our first ever sports issue! This twenty-third issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories-each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. A Brief Survey of Intergalactic Sports and Other Competitive Events-Will Swardstrom Murder Bowl XIII-Nathan M. Beauchamp Echo Dome-Bob Williams Peach of a Delivery, That!-S. Elliot Brandis Veloxity-Daniel Arthur Smith Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four Mindbending stand alone short stories - each from a different featured author. A.K. Meek's Thoughts as Water is a tale of perspective like none you've ever experienced. Will Swardstrom's Razor will have you leaving the light on. Bob Williams leads us through a possible afterlife and Daniel Arthur Smith takes us to Central Park... after dark.

AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND MaaSA topical overview of the issues facing automated driving systems and Mobility as a Service, identifies the obstacles to implementation and offers potential solutionsAdvances in cooperative and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, cultural and socio-economic shifts, measures to combat climate change, social pressures to reduce road deaths and injuries, and changing attitudes toward self-driving cars, are creating new and exciting mobility scenarios worldwide. However, many obstacles remain and are compounded by the consequences of COVID-19. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) integrates various forms of public and private transport services into a single on-demand mobility service. Combining trains, cars, buses, bicycles, and other forms of transport, MaaS promises a convenient, cost-effective, and eco-friendly alternative to private automobiles.Automated Vehicles and MaaS: Removing the Barriers is an up-to-date overview of the contemporary challenges facing CAVs and MaaS. Written in a clear and accessible style, this timely volume summarizes recent research studies, describes the evolution of automated driving systems and MaaS, identifies the barriers to their widespread adoption, and proposes potential solutions to overcome and remove these barriers. The text focuses on the claims, realities, politics, new organizational roles, and implementation problems associated with CAVs and MaaS--providing industry professionals, policymakers, planners, administrators, and investors with a clear understanding of the issues facing the introduction of automated driving systems and MaaS. This important guide and reference:* Provides an overview of recent progress, the current state of the art, and discussion of future objectives* Presents both technical background and general overview of automated driving systems and MaaS* Covers political, commercial, and practical issues, as well as technical and research content, yet suitable for non-specialists* Helps readers make informed decisions and realistic estimates for implementing mobility solutions and new business models for transport services* Includes an extensive bibliography with direct links to in-depth technical engineering and research informationAutomated Vehicles and MaaS: Removing the Barriers is an essential resource for transport providers, vehicle manufacturers, urban and transport planners, students of transportation, vehicle technology, and urban planning, and transport policy and strategy managers, advisors, and reviewers.

Systems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit offers out a wide range of systems methods to help readers investigate, evaluate and intervene in complex messy situations.

Wicked problems are complex, ill-structured, human problem situations. This book will help you design an inquiry and intervention in such messy, wicked situations. It does so by guiding you through the steps and stages of a systemic process that addresses your own wicked problem. Limited references to systems theory and history acquaint you with the key principles to work wicked problems on your own. The focus of this book on systems thinking is on a critically important question that often goes unanswered: "Where do I start?" It also provides numerous tips and tricks to keep you on the right track. You will find that the systems approaches in this book will not only help you to address wicked problems yourselves, but also that it will give you a basic grasp of what is involved in other systems methods. Few other investments in your intellectual toolbox could claim the same.