Mark Williams (b. 1975)

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Biography

Mark Williams is a New Zealand singer with Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) number one hit singles, "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" (1975) and a cover of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (1977) before he relocated to Australia later that year. His single, "Show No Mercy" (1990) was a top ten hit in both countries. He has undertaken extensive touring in support of numerous Australian bands and worked in television. In 2006 he became the vocalist for the reformed New Zealand band, Dragon.

Timeline

The story of Mark Williams, told in moments.

2000 Event

Wins the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible for the first time. Beats Matthew Stevens, a fellow Welshman, in the final. He's 25. The "Class of '92" with Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins now all have world titles.

Was winning at the Crucible the fulfillment of a dream? Did beating a fellow Welshman in the final complicate the celebration? Was 2000 the year the Class of '92 arrived?

2003 Life

Becomes world number one. The first left-handed player to reach the top ranking. His potting is clinical. His safety play is underrated. He makes it look effortless, which means most people underestimate how good he actually is.

Does being underrated as a left-hander bother or suit you? Is making it look effortless a curse in snooker? Was world number one the proof you needed?

2018 Event

Wins the World Championship again at 43, eighteen years after his first title. The oldest champion since Ray Reardon in 1978. He celebrates by giving a press conference shirtless. He doesn't seem to care about dignity. He cares about winning.

Was winning the World Championship 18 years later sweeter than the first? Why give a press conference shirtless at 43? Do you care more about winning or about dignity?

Artifacts (15)

Accent on Achievement, Bk 1: Baritone T. C. , Book and CD

Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary, best-selling band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in...

1997

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Accent on Achievement, Bk 1: B-Flat Trumpet, Book & Online Audio/Software

1997

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Accent on Achievement, Bk 1: Mallet Percussion, Book and Online Audio/Software

1997

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Ancient Fire

When twelve-year-old Eli becomes involved with the time travel experiments that the government pressures his parents to pursue, he travels to fifth-century Alexandria, Egypt, where he meets some...

2006

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Comprehensive Hospital Medicine E-Book

In the exciting and growing field of hospital medicine, you're as concerned with the efficient management of your unit as you are the effective care of your patients. This title is your ideal new...

2007

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Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of...

2012

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Endö Shüsaku: A Literature of Reconciliation

Endö Shüsaka is probably the most widely translated of all Japanese authors. In this first major study of Endö's works, Mark Williams moves the discussion on from the well-worn depictions of Endö as...

2012

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Understanding U.S.-Latin American Relations: Theory and History

This book examines U.S.-Latin American relations from an historical, contemporary, and theoretical perspective. By drawing examples from the distant and more recent past—and interweaving history with...

2012

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Ocean Worlds: The story of seas on Earth and other planets

Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other...

2014

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition

This acclaimed work, now in a new edition, has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness....

2018

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Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World

Use the hidden foundations of mindfulness to rediscover calm and reclaim your life in our chaotic world. There are moments in life that decide your fate. They ripple into the future and dictate how...

2023

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Mindful Way through Depression

The revolutionary book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers find relief from chronic unhappiness is now in a revised and updated second edition. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help...

2024

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Mindful Way through Depression

2024

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Torrent of Grace: A Catholic Survivor's Healing Journey after Clergy Abuse

"A survivor traces his path from trauma to healing to seeking an institutional path the the Catholic Church"--

2024

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You lay your stinking hands on me again and I swear I'll kill you.

ho beat him severely and threw him down a flight of stairs. McQueen looked up at his stepfather and said, "You lay your stinking hands on me again and I swear I'll kill you." After this incident,...

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