Kill the Giant lays out a step-by-step, practical plan to bring the reader into God-ordained, outrageous giant-killing success. God's plan is greater than we realize. Our ability is bigger than we understand and our future is brighter than we can comprehend. Defeat the thing that is defeating you. You will Discover: 44 Action Points you can implement right now Personal examples to overcome your obstacles 10 chapters with practical applications Life-changing quotes to fix flawed thinking Personal challenges to jumpstart your success!
The Left-Handed Warrior is a story about people like you and me. Many times, the very thing that we've viewed as a handicap is actually the strategic plan of God to bring our success. Inside each of us dwells incredible potential, incredible possibilities, and incredible exploits.
Image is everything… Piper Isenhart named her production company Perfect Image because that’s what she sells to her high-end fashion clients: beauty. Her superficial hiring practices made her a success, but beautiful doesn’t equal loyal, either on the job or in her personal life. After the defection of yet another pretty face, a top client offers a wager: hire the next person to walk through the door, warts and all. Piper accepts, but hadn’t expected that person to be quite so…challenging. Looks aren’t everything… All Tyrone Bennett wants is a chance to be the best he can be. Smart but socially awkward, he’s never had more than a minimum wage job. But if he’s going to help his family and pay for college, he’ll need more than that. He’s looking for a job the old-fashioned way, pounding the pavement, when he walks smack into Piper’s wager at Perfect Image. But everything’s on the line… Piper always attracted men interested only in her money and connections. Deep inside, she’s ready for someone different. She hadn’t anticipated someone as different as Tyrone. But under his geeky glasses and ill-fitting clothes, Piper discovers not only a smoking hot body, but a mind and heart that will challenge her. But only if she’s willing to change her idea of what exactly “perfect” means.
Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil's popularity. Here, from our modern age of fossil fuels, Jamie L. Jones uses literary and cultural history to show how the whaling industry held firm in US popular culture even as it slid into obsolescence. Jones shows just how instrumental whaling was to the very idea of "energy" in American culture and how it came to mean a fusion of labor, production, and the circulation of power. She argues that dying industries exert real force on environmental perceptions and cultural imaginations. Analyzing a vast archive that includes novels, periodicals, artifacts from whaling ships, tourist attractions, and even whale carcasses, Jones explores the histories of race, labor, and energy consumption in the nineteenth-century United States through the lens of the whaling industry's legacy. In terms of how they view power, Americans are, she argues, still living in the shadow of the whale.
A falling star… Actress Ruby Ralston knows what it’s like to be a star on stage and screen, but that’s all in the past. Now the best she can manage is a role in a second-rate play at a third-rate theater about as far off Broadway as an actress can get. Although this might be a stepping-stone on her path back to stardom, something’s missing. The promise of fame and glory no longer fill the nameless hunger she’s feeling inside. Stars in his eyes… Pierre Bennett may be significantly younger than Ruby, but he’s idolized the movie star since his teens. Her stunning beauty still takes his breath away. He’s working as a lowly production coordinator—a glorified gofer—in a rundown theater, but someday he’s going to get into filmmaking as a writer or producer. But that’s going to take money and knowledge. Knowledge an experienced actress like Ruby might be willing to share. And if that comes with the creamy legs he’s fantasized about? Even better. Let the play begin… What woman wouldn’t be drawn by Pierre’s dark good looks and sexy swagger? But it’s more than that. His blunt demeanor and intelligent business questions are a refreshing change from the usual yes-men Ruby meets. And in his arms she might find something more satisfying than fame and glory ever offered.
Wanted: Something sexy… After a month of workshops, whining women, and no men at a writer’s retreat, romance writer Flora Collins has an itch in serious need of scratching. It’s time to get over her cheating ex-boyfriend and spoil herself with something sweet and sinful. And she’s not talking about chocolate. Flora longs to feel what the heroines in her romance novels feel, but it isn’t going to happen unless she’s willing to take a few risks and a little stroll on the wild side. Must have: Smooth moves… Dwayne Bennett—a bodybuilder whose middle name should be Adonis—used to have the kind of body no woman would look at twice. Now he has the kind of body every woman craves. He might score big on the amateur body building circuit but there’s another kind of score he’s more interested in—the musical kind. At 23 years old, he may be young, but he has dreams of being a composer. Interests: Making music together… When a friend urges Flora to place a personals ad to find a hunk, Dwayne hits all the right notes. But when Flora’s stalker ex-boyfriend interrupts their tryst, their hot and steamy encounter suddenly turns dark and dangerous. And Flora needs to decide if Dwayne will be just a one-hit-wonder or if he’s playing her song for the long term.
A bizarre masquerade party… Lara Young, newlywed to Kelvin Young, is invited to the Young family’s annual Halloween party. Costumes are required, couples must arrive separately, and no one can speak. A dangerous guest… Lara prepares for the party like a good sport, but her husband Kelvin has an uneasy feeling about it. She finds the perfect costume and arrives at the bash, only to be pursued by an overzealous guest. A woman in a secret room… The party takes on a sinister twist when Lara is locked in an upstairs room with the strange guest. In an effort to escape, she stumbles upon a hidden room. Her husband Kelvin arrives late and is determined to find her. Will he be able to save her from the mysterious stalker?
Amerika in den 60er Jahren. Josie Schuller ist die Bilderbuch-Frau des amerikanischen Traums: Eine tolle Mutter, liebende Gattin und perfekte Hausfrau, die sensationelle Partys schmeißt! Allerdings führt sie ein blutiges, mörderisches Doppelleben als ebenso erfahrene wie effiziente Auftragskillerin. Bis sie selbst auf der Abschussliste landet. Wunderbar gezeichnet von Joelle Jones (FABLES, 12 Gründe dich zu lieben).
THE STORY: In this hilarious, fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas—four doublewides and a shed—are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. And it’s not as if they don’t already have enough to deal with. Joveeta Crumpler has had it up to here, having been passed over again for a promotion at work. On top of this, she has an ongoing battle to keep her feisty mother, Caprice, out of the local bar and worries that her good-ol’-boy brother, Baby Crumpler, is taking his participation in a womanless beauty pageant way too seriously. Joveeta’s big-hearted best friend, Georgia Dean Rudd, is struggling to keep her diner and finances afloat, but she just can’t curb her impulse to take in every stray cat, possum, and armadillo that wanders by. Then there’s Big Ethel Satterwhite, who’s nobody’s fool. But tough as she is, she’s continually frustrated by her clients at Stairway To Heaven Retirement Village as well as her mule-headed husband, O.C., who shows far more affection for his BarcaLounger than he does for Big Ethel. And all the residents are plagued by Haywood Sloggett, the curmudgeon from across the road, who loathes their “trailer-trash” ways, especially their keeping a life-size illuminated nativity scene up year ’round. But these friends, enemies, and neighbors realize they’ll have to work together to defeat the encroaching annexation if they—and their way of life—have a snowball’s chance to survive being swallowed up by “the big guys.” The rollicking mayhem of this flat-out funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy escalates as the residents attempt to secede from Texas, discover a traitor in their midst, and turn the tables in a surprising and side-splitting finale. So grab your Stetson and come on over to Doublewide, Texas, where life is double the fun, double the joy, and where audiences double over with laughter!
Let's Get Back To The TARDIS is part biographical, part fiction. Factual fiction! Starting in 1987, this story is about the goings on of a character called Jamie. Jamie is a young Doctor Who fan, who is determined to make a fan film based on the 1965 Dr.Who and the Daleks movie (which starred Peter Cushing). He enlists his cousin Simon (a non-Doctor Who fan) to help him. This book details their various attempts and how the idea goes in directions that even they didn't expect it to go. Despite being set in the late 1980s, the book becomes just like a TARDIS as time switches back and forth through various points in Jamie's life. At its very heart, this book is the tale of young forgotten innocence viewed through the warm glow of nostalgia and the changes that occur as one gets older.
Josie Schuller is a picture-perfect homemaker, wife, and mother--but she's also a ruthless killer! She balances cheerful domestic bliss with coldly efficient assassinations. From the World's Fair in Seattle to the beaches of Florida, Josie tries to keep her perfect family alive in a bloodstained new vision of the American Dream. Joelle Jones became an overnight sensation with this gory midcentury series, leading to successful runs on DC's Catwoman and Batman titles. Now Lady Killer's complete story (so far) is together in one digital book, the perfect showcase for Jones's phenomenal artwork. This ebook collects the original series cowritten by Jones's longtime collaborator Jamie S. Rich, as well as the followup, which she both wrote and drew solo. Also included are the sketchbooks from both series and previously unpublished art. Collects Lady Killer TPB volumes 1 & 2.
This deliriously funny new Jones Hope Wooten comedy is all about that four-letter word: L-O-V-E. Under a full moon on this unpredictable night of romance, these four rollicking tales take you on an around-the-globe journey of unexpected and hilarious twists and turns: A slick, successful used-car-selling Romeo in Dallas, Texas, believes he's answering Cupid's call, only to realize too late that he's wandered into a life-changing trap set by three fed-up Juliets. On an island getaway, The Hallelujah Girls, a group of fun-loving gals from Georgia, say aloha to their wild sides as they accidentally crash a Hawaiian honeymoon in progress. These five women—and Waikiki—will never be the same! In a rooftop London bistro, sparks fly when two strangers surprisingly start to connect, only to be thwarted by a hyperactive American tourist who's determined to be the center of attention, and the unpredictable antics of an ancient waitress who wields a wicked sousaphone. And finally, in Manhattan, a man tries to battle his way out of a mid-life crisis with an ill-advised and elaborate marriage proposal. Unfortunately, it all goes wildly off-track when his caterer passes out, a tap-dancing singing telegram girl breaks into sobs rather than song, his ex-wife saunters in wearing nothing but a bathrobe and a smile, and a cowering superhero inches nervously across his twelfth-floor window ledge. So, open your heart to romantic mayhem and come join the fun! By the time the evening is over and the moon works its magic, love will conquer all and your sides will ache from laughter!
Comic fireworks explode in FARCE OF HABIT, an absurdly funny Southern-fried romp that takes us back to the Reel ’Em Inn, the finest little fishing lodge in the Ozarks. The proprietor, D. Gene Wilburn, is looking forward to a peaceful weekend on the lake. But there are only two chances of that happening: slim and none. Why, for example, has his wife, Wanelle, picked these three days to white-knuckle her way through caffeine withdrawal? Why is his son Ty’s marriage to Jenna falling apart so fast? Could it have something to do with the French can-can costume Ty is wearing? How on earth would D. Gene’s feisty sister, Maxie, allow herself to get caught up in such a bizarre undercover police assignment? And that’s just his family. If this isn’t enough to thwart D. Gene’s weekend plans, he’s got a gaggle of nuns who’ve converged on the Inn, hell-bent on experiencing a nature retreat—which might be tolerable if D. Gene didn’t have a chronic fear of anything in a habit. Add to this the presence of Jock McNair, a nationally known relationship guru whose colossal ego threatens everyone’s sanity; a shy retiree anxious to cut loose and embrace his “inner caveman” and a couple of wild women who may or may not be who they claim to be. Throw in the storm of the century that’s fast bearing down on Mayhew, Arkansas, and D. Gene has no prayer of baiting a hook any time soon. Oh, and did we mention there’s an axe murderer on the loose? If you enjoy gloriously preposterous hilarity, then laughing your way through the take-no-prisoners lunacy of a Jones Hope Wooten comedy is one habit you’ll never want to break!
A career-driven woman hires a household assistant, who soon becomes indispensable at the home and office and tries to convince her employer to divorce her husband. The husband fights back when he realizes the assistant wants his wife's job as well.
In this outrageously funny comedy, it’s Christmas-time in the newest—and tiniest—town in Texas. And it’s beginning to look a lot like trouble in Doublewide. Not only are the trailer park residents dealing with the stress of the holiday season, but they’ve just discovered that Doublewide is being doubled-crossed by the County. With their official incorporation papers in jeopardy, this band of eccentric Texans throw themselves into taking on the “Big Guys.” Determined to bolster their legitimacy, they first set their sights on the County-wide “Battle of The Mangers” competition. They conspire to win this smackdown with their “Nativity At The Alamo” entry…by any means possible. In addition to that shaky undertaking and trying almost single-handedly to keep the new town afloat, Mayor Joveeta Crumpler has to wrangle her celebrity-obsessed mother, her beleaguered brother who’s being bullied by a pack of vengeful raccoons, and her demoralized best friend who’s at the end of her rope from dating every loser this side of the Rio Grande. To make matters worse, Joveeta finds herself increasingly wary of the newest resident, Patsy Price. Patsy, fresh out of the local mental institution, clearly has her own devious agenda and the County competition over in Fayro is just the place for her to settle an old score. By the time this full-tilt rocket ride of lunacy climaxes in a what-else-can-go-wrong live television presentation, you’ll have doubled your Christmas spirit. So spend the Yuletide in Doublewide and let this hilarious Jones Hope Wooten Comedy make your Christmas merry and bright…because there’s no place like a good ol’ Texas-sized mobile home for the holidays!
RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION Carolyn Carmichael has completed her master's degree and landed a job as a reading interventionist. She's determined to get reading scores up but never dreamed she'd be getting something else up in the process. DaShon Turner is a hard-working single-dad, trying to provide for his young son. He wasn't expecting to become so distracted by the sexy new hire. When they find themselves alone one morning, long before the rest of the staff arrives, their passion cannot be contained. COMMON CORE First year schoolteacher Anita Kaplan still lives at home with her parents and yearns to escape from the stifling environment. Her college years were marred by a date gone wrong, and a man is the last thing on her mind. Doug Wolf is a strong, blue collar working man whose wife passed suddenly in a car accident. He tries his best to provide structure for his six-year-old son while dealing with his own grief. Anita begins her first day as a teacher dealing with a child who will not stop crying. What she doesn't expect is how significant a role the boy's father will play in her life. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Elementary school teacher Janice Southworth lives a life of privilege. But a guilty secret has haunted her since childhood when she called another child a cruel and insensitive name. Dylan Adams knows he was born to be an Alpha male, but his soul still carries the scars of a child's malicious words. Dylan's dark side has him flirting with BDSM to explore his pain. He doesn't hesitate to seize an opportunity to lure his tormenter into the darkness with him. To have any future, they'll first have to heal the past.
THE STORY: The Futrelle Sisters--Frankie, Twink, Honey Raye and Rhonda Lynn--are in trouble again. This time, the problem is bigger than ever: Their beloved hometown, Fayro, Texas, is in danger of disappearing, and it's up to the sisters to save it f
What is single-case research? How can single-case methods be used within sport and exercise? Single-case research is a powerful method for examining change in outcome variables such as behaviour, performance and psychological constructs, and for assessing the efficacy of interventions. It has innumerable uses within the context of sport and exercise science, such as in the development of more effective performance techniques for athletes and sportspeople and in helping us to better understand exercise behaviours in clinical populations. However, the fundamental principles and techniques of single-case research have not always been clearly understood by students and researchers working in these fields. Single-Case Research Methods in Sport and Exercise Psychology is the first book to fully explain single-case research in the context of sport and exercise. Starting with first principles, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to the single-case research process, from study design to data analysis and presentation. Including case studies and examples from across sport and exercise psychology, the book provides practical guidance for students and researchers and demonstrates the advantages and common pitfalls of single-case research for anybody working in applied or behavioural science in a sport or exercise setting.
This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia—Fanny and Willa and their frustratingly quirky sister-in-law, Johnnie Faye. This feisty and fun-loving trio has supported and cheered one another through life’s highs and lows through the years, including the early demise of two of their husbands. And they really need each other now as Fanny experiences a hilariously inappropriate reaction to her 60th birthday while Willa is so stressed out from her nursing job she resorts to vodka and speed-knitting to cope and Johnnie Faye, determined to put her year of fraught widowhood behind her, desperately tries to find a man—preferably a man with a house since hers is somewhere at the bottom of a Florida sinkhole. These women’s lives are further upended by the responsibility of caring for their free-spirited, ailing aunt and the realization that they are drowning under loads of family keepsakes and possessions nobody wants—especially them! With equal doses of hilarity and heart, these extraordinary women come up with delightful and surprisingly unorthodox ways to clear the clutter from their lives, their homes and their relationships so they can move their lives forward. Together they prove it’s never too late to take another one of life’s paths for a grand new adventure. This Jones Hope Wooten comedy is guaranteed to drive you wild with laughter—and motivate you to keep hounding the kids to please take that stack of quilts and Granny’s Christmas china!
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