When a Diamond is a Girl's Worst Enemy _________________________________ "Ever Locked is a powerful, heartbreaking and emotional love story about two souls destined to be together. It’s also a story about risking everything in the name of love." ~ Ruty of Reading...Dreaming _____________________________ Iris is engaged to Trip Dunnavin—the most eligible billionaire in Dallas. The five carats on her finger have her future padlocked. But will Trip’s escalating temper and verbal abuse continue? Are her suspicions of his infidelity the work of an overactive imagination? Through a twist of fate that looks suspiciously like destiny, Iris meets Alonzo Locke—the handsome gardener who’s nothing like her arrogant fiancé. But when innocent flirtation becomes something real, the mysteries of Alonzo's own shadowy past are discovered. Now Iris must make the hardest choice of her life. It will take all the strength she has to do what must be done. Yet Iris is willing to sacrifice everything for the one she loves ~ even love itself. Secrets, lies and deceptions turn their world upside down. Can Alonzo right the wrongs done to them both before it’s too late?
Managers are in the best position to help people learn from experience (the uncontested major source of development). "Make Talent Your Business" shows managers how to do it by using the five practices that work for managers who are exceptional at building talent.
A beautiful swordfighter rejects her suitors one duel at a time—until she meets her match in this historical romance set in Tang Dynasty China. Faced with a proposal from a man she despises, impetuous Mei Lin makes a daring declaration: she will only marry the man who can defeat her in a sword fight. She has bested everyone who has so far tried to teach her a lesson . . . until a handsome stranger comes to her village. In captivating swordsman Shen Leung, Mei Lin finally sees a man she wants to marry. A man she’s willing to surrender to in every way. . . .
Tang Dynasty China, 759 A.D. Yao Ru Jiang, known as River, has woven many romantic dreams of honorable swordsman Wei Chen from her brother's stories. Their meeting should have been a happy event; instead, Chen arrives to tell River he is duty bound to kill her brother for rebelling against the warlord they both serve. River would do anything to distract the handsome, conflicted warrior from his mission—even take him as a lover….
Despite considerable investment in resources and tools, many companies struggle to meet the demand for the talent they require. Make Talent Your Business” gets to the heart of the matter: Managers themselves are in the best position to help people learn from experience (the uncontested major source of development) and shows managers how to ...
Tang Dynasty China, 823 A.D. Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom...and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest! But when they finally find the book—and the arousing poems and artwork inside—Jia's longing for freedom is replaced with a new kind of desire for Cheng....
Unlike sources for traditional music, those for film and television music are often difficult to locate and do not follow the patterns that researchers are trained to identify. Although there have been several self-described introductions to the field and articles that summarize the problems and state of this research, no resource gathers all the basic information. In this volume, Jeannie Gayle Pool and H. Stephen Wright address the difficulties that scholars encounter when conducting research on film and television music. Intended as a guide for those navigating the complex world of film and television music research, this book presents a detailed description of primary sources and explains how to find and interpret them. The authors tackle the problems of determining film-score authorship and working with recordings of film music. A bibliography summarizes the major works and trends in film music research and identifies the most important resources in the field. Up-to-date information about prominent collections of film music sources and other research materials is also included. Designed to clarify the nature of source materials and how they are generated, A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States provides clear signposts for scholars and highlights opportunities for further investigation. Book jacket.
In Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band, Jeannie Gayle Pool profiles the fascinating life of this multi-talented saxophone player, arranger, bandleader, and advocate for women instrumental musicians. Based on oral history interviews and Gilbert's collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia, this book includes many materials not previously available on all-women bands from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
A man lies dead on the pavement in front of Elizabeth's house. When the police arrive, they discover that he is clutching a cookbook. Who is he? What is he doing with a cookbook? Who was the hit-and-run driver who killed him -- and why? Beth, Elizabeth's daughter, becomes embroiled in a mystery that involves more deaths, investigations on another continent, and the discovery of family secrets. As her world is turned upside-down, she also discovers the love of her life.
Tang Dynasty China, 824 A.D. Dao was raised as a servant, but when her half-sister flees an arranged marriage to a chieftain, Dao is sent in her place as Princess An-Ming. Such a future is better than she could have hoped for, yet she dreads a passionless union with a stranger. Taken as a virtual hostage to the Imperial court, Kwan-Li is torn between his people and his duty to the emperor. He is bound by honor to escort the princess safely across the wild and untamed steppe, but the greatest danger they face on the long journey may be the forbidden temptation of each other…
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