When Charles Hill Morgan learned how to use specialized drafting tools in the 1840s, his professional-grade compass precisely centered measurements for foundations and steam engines. His mastery of these tools led to a future of vast new possibilities. The strength of his ideas and the success of his inventions took him on a path that led from Lancaster's Factory Village in central Massachusetts to the courts of Europe. In the span of 80 years, Charles would go from living hand to mouth in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to taking tea at Windsor Castle with the Queen of England.
Supposedly, demons aren’t real. But I got whisked away by a boy who led me into a parallel universe and it turns out everything I thought I knew about magic was dead wrong. Their world has been devoured and turned barren by a demon sorceress - an energy vampire. Now she’s determined to cross over to my world and make it her next magical wasteland. No fricking way. Not if I can help it. I never felt special. I wasn’t a superhero. I’m an ordinary girl - at least I was back home in my world. Once I crossed over, everything was different. I’m different. *Nightblood Academy is a stand-alone urban fantasy adventure for mature readers.* Scroll up and one-click to start reading this suspenseful, steamy academy romance today.
Agatha Award Nominee: A cache of missing gems brings Carrie Singleton’s larcenous dad back into her life—and only she can clear his name A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again. Carrie finds her father again behind bars for the recent murder of Benton Parr. Who made the connection? Unbeknownst to her, Carrie’s boyfriend Dylan, an insurance investigator, has been searching for the gems. Determined to find the jewels herself, she starts examining every facet of Parr’s life. She turns up a treasure trove of suspects, one of whom bashes her on the head as she’s searching the victim’s country cabin. Retreating to the quiet confines of the library where she works, Carrie watches as Smokey Joe, the resident cat, paws at a hole in the wall. Is he after the library’s ghost Evelyn, or something shinier? The second charming Haunted Library mystery by Allison Brook, Read and Gone will be a delight for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Leslie Meier.
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: FINDING FORTUNE'S SECRET (A Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift novel) by New York Times bestselling author Allison Leigh Stefan Mendoza has found Justine Maloney in Texas nearly a year after their whirlwind Miami romance. Now that he’s learned he’s a father, he wants to "do the right thing." But for Justine, marriage without love is a deal breaker. And simmering below the surface is a family secret that could change everything for them both—forever… THE TRIPLETS' SECRET WISH (A Lockharts Lost & Found novel) by Cathy Gillen Thacker Emma Lockhart and Tom Reid were each other’s one true love—until their dueling ambitions drove them apart. Now Emma has an opportunity that could bring the success she craves. When Tom offers his assistance in exchange for her help with his triplets, Emma can’t resist the cowboy’s pull on her heart. Maybe her real success lies in taking a chance on happily-ever-after… THE LITTLE MATCHMAKER (A Top Dog Dude Ranch novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann Working at the Top Dog Dude Ranch is ideal for contractor Micah Fuller as he learns to parent his newly adopted nephew. But school librarian Susanna Levine’s insistence that young Benji needs help reading has Micah overwhelmed. Hiring Susanna as Benji’s tutor seems perfect…until Benji starts matchmaking. Micah would give his nephew anything, but getting himself a wife? A feat considering Susanna is adamant about keeping their relationship strictly business. For more relatable stories of love and family, look for Harlequin Special Edition June 2022 – Box Set 2 of 2
The epitome of success, gorgeous Nina Bryant has everything under control or at least that is what she wants everyone to believe. Appearances can be deceiving. Her MO is to run but running isn’t an option when mistakes in her life start to catch up with her. She comes face-to-face with the main ingredient of a past hurt, in the package of the sexiest, most frustratingly charming man she’s ever known, Harrison McCall. To complicate the situation, her best friend, Addie Snyder is marrying his best friend, Jameson Ford. How bad could it be? There are a few challenges along the way that include a surprise spouse, a drag queen with a gambling problem, among other things. Even with the obstacles facing them, can Nina and Harrison finally get their second chance at love, or will outside entities rip them apart?
A new love. A new life. And a decades-old secret revealed in New York Times bestselling author Allison Leigh's contribution to The Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift continuity. "We need to get married." Stefan Mendoza has found Justine Maloney in Texas more than a year after their whirlwind Miami romance. Now that he’s learned he’s a father, he wants to “do the right thing.” But for Justine, a child of divorce, marriage without love is a deal breaker. Her handsome baby daddy is still sticking around, though. And simmering below the surface is a family secret that could change everything for them both—forever… From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. The Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift Book 1: Their New Year's Beginning by Michelle Major Book 2: A Soldier's Dare by Jo McNally Book 3: Anyone But a Fortune by Judy Duarte Book 4: Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson Book 5: A Fortune in the Family by Kathy Douglass Book 6: Finding Fortune's Secret by Allison Leigh
Born to a magical family, Sender and Maggie learn to cope with a magical heritage they never knew about until that fateful night when their mother died, and they were thrust into a world of uncertainty. Together and alone, they must face the future and discover a world they only ever dreamed of, a world where dreams are reality, family is stranger than fiction, and love is breathtaking. Enter Maximillian Crace, a handsome millionaire playboy whose ruthless desire for money and power drives him to a life of extortion. Influencing his victims while they sleep and trapping them in their own dreams have made him a wealthy and driven individual who won’t stop until he has control at the highest levels. Maggie and Sender team up with a host of unlikely characters in an effort to stop the evil Max Crace in a world where dreams become reality.
Sons of a privileged ante-bellum Georgian family, Randolph Moss and his two brothers become committed to their anti-slavery views (developed from their reading John Locke and because they discover that their personal slaves are also their half-brothers). In defiance of family and convention, the brothers provoke deadly confrontations that cost the life of one brother, ostracize another to the Georgian frontier, and force Randolph and his slave half-brother to run from the law, first to live among the Yamasee and then to find shelter in the academic community of Oxford, Mississippi, where Randolph is reunited with his former fiancé and leads a comfortable professor’s life until the day the bounty hunter arrives.
In its evolution from graphic novels to a sprawling multimedia universe, the impact of The Walking Dead cannot be understated. Beyond its narrative roots, a passionate community of viewers use social media to delve deeper into the anxieties and social issues portrayed within the narrative universe. This book uses fan discussions on social media platforms to analyze the series' appeal and its ability to provoke discussions about survival, societal norms, and gender roles, leading to a significant online presence and discussions about the characters' actions and societal issues portrayed. Viewers perceive and champion unconventional actions, especially as the leading female characters defy traditional gender roles. With the introduction of more diversity, the progression of characters within The Walking Dead and its spinoffs continues to disrupt stereotypes. Focusing on analyzing audience engagement with AMC's The Walking Dead and its spinoffs through social media, this book highlights how fan-based interactions in creating a participatory culture around the series highlight societal issues presented, offering interpretations, theories and personal connections. By integrating fan commentary into the analysis, fans act as active collaborators in understanding the impact of The Walking Dead universe as a meaningful popular culture artifact.
The waters of time never lie. Wisdom drifts down through the ages for all who dare to listen. History teaches us through honesty. Are you bold enough to hear the truth? Reflections: Poems and Essays wraps you in the untold stories of the past. Sit next to the waters of time and listen to the wisdom of the past. What if John Wilkes Booth hadn't been killed at Garret's barn? Who are the Shawnee? Why did the Cherokee accise Sequoyah of witchcraft? These stories and more await you within this inspiring book.
At seventy-three, Fynn Moss regarded the temporary assignment to kill a wolf marauding West Texas ranches as one last chance to give his life meaning, especially after Gulf Oil's New York executives had just fired him for thwarting a wildcat strike at their Port Arthur refinery. On the three hundred mile trip to West Texas, in order to understand his outlier actions at the refinery, Fynn menatlly writes a biographical journal and that, in turn, presents to him a clear mandate for what he must do to counter the injustices that have bedivilled him and his family.
We communicate, transact business, and socialize electronically as never before, so it's no surprise that virtually all business records are created and kept in electronic form. That electronic data resides everywhere - - on computers, Blackberries and portable devices, servers, backup tapes. When organizations and individuals reasonably anticipate litigation, they are under an obligation to preserve all relevant electronically stored information, but with the tangled web of electronic data that is stored in so many places (often subject to conflicting rules and laws about the storage of that data), it is very difficult to understand the legal obligations and implement them. E-discovery Plain & Simple discusses the world of electronically stored information and discovery through the viewpoints of two international experts in this field, an attorney and information technology consultant. This book explains technology and the legal issues involved in how we communicate and store electronic information in a "plain English" fashion, with charts, checklists, simple images and diagrams that are designed for readers with little, if any, information technology background. E-Discovery Plain & Simple is a key source of information for attorneys; corporate legal and compliance departments; small business owners and those who assist them who need to understand their legal obligations in this area and have them explained in clearly and concisely.
Not quite the Cotton Kingdom or the free labor North, the nineteenth-century border South was a land in between. Here, the era's clashing values—slavery and freedom, city and country, industry and agriculture—met and melded. In factories and plantations along the Ohio River, a unique regional identity emerged: one rooted in kinship, tolerance, and compromise. Border families articulated these hybrid values in both the legislative hall and the home. While many defended patriarchal households as an essential part of slaveholding culture, communities on the border pressed for increased mutuality between husbands and wives. Drawing on court records, personal correspondence, and prescriptive literature, Marriage on the Border: Love, Mutuality, and Divorce in the Upper South during the Civil War follows border southerners into their homes through blissful betrothal and turbulent divorce. Allison Dorothy Fredette examines how changing divorce laws in the border regions of Kentucky and West Virginia reveal surprisingly progressive marriages throughout the antebellum and postwar Upper South. Although many states feared that loosening marriage's gender hierarchy threatened slavery's racial hierarchy, border couples redefined traditionally permanent marriages as consensual contracts—complete with rules and escape clauses. Men and women on the border built marriages on mutual affection, and when that affection faded, filed for divorce at unprecedented rates. Highlighting the tenuous relationship between racial and gendered rhetoric throughout the nineteenth century, Marriage on the Border offers a fresh perspective on the institution of marriage and its impact on the social fabric of the United States.
Welcome to the vast land of Havenbell. Many creatures live about the islands, the fairies, humans, the Adrella of the sea, the winged Josapharians, the warriors of Drake, centaurs, ogres, and the two clans of wizards, the Dark Ones and the Wizards of the Council. The great Eye of the Temple is in the clutches of the Dark Ones and their army and power continues to grow. Trillium the elf, was raised alone on a deserted island with only an enchanted owl as a companion. He trained her in archery at an early age but rarely spoke to her about the others lands in Havenbell. She must conquer the Maze of Mayleen to complete her training before she can reach the outlands to find her destiny. Trillium must find the Shell of Hope and return it to the fairies before the Dark Ones can gain any more power. She must join up with the wizards to stop the dark shadow from spreading as well as conquer the magical fire dragon, Tremadok.
An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster offering an unorthodox career opportunity: going undercover to intercept a Catholic plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots on Elizabeth's throne. Spying on Queen Mary turns out to be more than Kit bargained for, but his salary allows him to mount his first play, and over the following years he becomes the toast of London's raucous theater scene. But when Kit finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the world of espionage and treason, he realizes everything he's worked so hard to attain—including the trust of the man he loves—could vanish in an instant. Pairing modern language with period detail, Allison Epstein brings Elizabeth's lavish court, Marlowe's colorful theater troupe, and the squalor of sixteenth-century London to vivid, teeming life. At the center of the action is Kit himself—an irrepressible, irreverent force of nature.
For quick access to Delaware Corporation Law when youand’re away from the office, hereand’s a handy portable version of Folk you can easily carry to court in your briefcase. Adapted from the major 3-volume analysis of Delaware Corporation Law that is constantly cited by courts and relied upon daily by corporate lawyers everywhere, Folk Fundamentals gives you: The complete text of the Delaware General Corporation Law The essential and most commonly used analytic elements of the larger setand’s commentary Take this convenient one-volume softcover and“distillationand” any place you need to refer to Folk on the spot. Organized for Quick and Easy Reference! Following the unique and convenient organizational format of the 3-volume set, Folk Fundamentals provides annotated commentary with each section of the statute. Each sectionand’s commentary incorporates discussion of every significant court decision (including non-Delaware cases) that interprets the language and intent of that section, and adds the incisive analysis of Folk and his successor authors. This expert commentary synthesizes statute, cases, and analysis into clear, up-to-date guidance that can be put to immediate use in any business activity or situation affected by Delaware Corporation Law . With Folk Fundamentals, youand’ll be able to: Locate any provision of Delaware Corporation Lawand—quickly Quote directly from the statute or commentary in the office or the courtroom Support or counter arguments with Folkand’s proven analysis
Welcome to the vast land of Havenbell. Many creatures live about the islands, the fairies, humans, the Adrella of the sea, the winged Josapharians, the warriors of Drake, centaurs, ogres, and the two clans of wizards, the Dark Ones and the Wizards of the Council. The great Eye of the Temple is in the clutches of the Dark Ones and their army and power continues to grow. Trillium the elf, was raised alone on a deserted island with only an enchanted owl as a companion. He trained her in archery at an early age but rarely spoke to her about the others lands in Havenbell. She must conquer the Maze of Mayleen to complete her training before she can reach the outlands to find her destiny. Trillium must find the Shell of Hope and return it to the fairies before the Dark Ones can gain any more power. She must join up with the wizards to stop the dark shadow from spreading as well as conquer the magical fire dragon, Tremadok.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
It’s Time to Take a Hike in Baltimore, Maryland! The best way to experience Baltimore is by hiking it! Get outdoors with authors Allison Sturm and Evan Balkan, with the new full-color edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Baltimore. A perfect blend of popular trails and hidden gems, the selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings that renew your spirit and recharge your body. You’ll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of Charm City’s best hikes! Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you’re going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing. Whether you’re a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Baltimore provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from Baltimore and the surrounding communities.
Investigation of a professional women's soccer league breaking through the ceiling of the male-dominated center of US professional sport. The author examines the challenges and opportunities and demonstrates how gender inequality is both constructed and disputed in professional sport.
Changing Perspectives charts the pivotal period in Houston’s history when Jewish and Black leadership eventually came together to work for positive change. This is a story of two communities, both of which struggled to claim the rights and privileges they desired. Previous scholars of Southern Jewish history have argued that Black-Jewish relations did not exist in the South. However, during the 1930s to the 1980s, Jews and Blacks in Houston interacted in diverse and oftentimes surprising ways. For example, Houston’s Jewish leaders and eventually Black political leaders forged a connection that blossomed into the creation of the Mickey Leland Kibbutzim Internship in Israel for disadvantaged Black youth. Initially Houston Jewish leadership battled with their devotion to liberalism and sympathy with oppressed Blacks and their desire to acculturate. The distance between Houston’s Jews and Blacks diminished after changing demographics, the end of segregation, city redistricting, and the emergence of Black political power. Simultaneously, Israel’s victory during the Six-Day War caused the city’s Jews to embrace their Jewish identity and form an unexpected bond with Black political leaders over the cause of Zionism. Allison Schottenstein shows that Black-Jewish relations did exist during the Long Civil Rights Movement in Houston. Indeed, Houston played a significant role in the scope of Southern Jewish history and in expanding our understanding of Black-Jewish relations in the United States.
How can we think about identities in the wake of feminist critiques of identity and identity politics? Allison Weir rethinks conceptions of individual and collective identities in relation to freedom.
This handbook is a comprehensive collection of measures and assessment tools intended for use by researchers and clinicians that work with people with problem eating behaviors, obese clients, and the associated psychological issues that underlie these problems.
This book was first published in 2006. Despite many well-intentioned policies and changes to management practices, the world's natural resources continue to decline. The roles and interplay between science and policy in the regional broadacre agriculture landscape are examined here, offering readers a thorough understanding of the complex interactions that occur across spatial scales to produce the regional-scale impacts. The fundamental causes of resource degradation, social decline and environmental pollution are addressed, examining the cross-scale drivers from the individual farm level to the global level of commodity systems. Broadacre agriculture is a common land use throughout all continents of the world and is driven by the same type of dynamics, and this case study of the Western Australia agricultural region can be used to clearly demonstrate the principles for other agricultural systems. Aimed at academics, ranging from researchers through to policy analysts, this book will inspire innovation and action in sustainable natural resource management.
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