A chance to translate inscriptions near Pompeii is a dream for classics prof Winnie Price, except the dig is for a cheesy TV show. The host is more sensationalist than scientist, Winnie's boss horns his way in on the project, and her cocky teaching assistant keeps flirting with her--and getting harder to resist.The other issue is that on her last trip to Italy, her father died there. A spiritual cynic since losing him, she resists reading into the goddess symbols that keep popping up in her life. What concerns her more are a looter's hole at the dig site and an unexplained collapse in the ruins. Then it turns out the referral letter that got her the gig was forged, and the prime suspect is her--or her assistant.Add to the mix a reenactment of pagan rites spiced up with a psychoactive homebrew, and Winnie has more to interpret than Latin.
While touring an English estate, American Leah Cantrell finds an antique coin in a spring and tosses it back, casually wishing she knew who originally made a wish with it. The next thing she knows, she slips into the water and finds herself drowning in an abyss.In 1815, David Traymore, the embittered illegitimate son of the Marquess of Solebury, saves Leah from drowning on his father's property. In his view, she's dressed scantily, speaks with a strange accent and talks a lot of nonsense. Is this mysterious woman a madwoman, a Napoleonic spy, the victim of a crime...or the answer to his wish?Fans of Diana Gabaldon, Eloisa James and Grace Burrowes will love this time-travel romance featuring a contemporary heroine and a damaged hero out of the Regency England of Jane Austen. Originally published as part of the Berkley Jove (Penguin Group) Time Passages line.Book 2 in the Three Wishes series, preceded by the novella Wish I Might. These books can also be read as standalone works.
When Lara Peal finds an old love letter penned by Victorian poet Geoffrey Vereker, she is thrilled. But since her discovery she's felt haunted. Even more unsettling are the feelings stirred by Mark Vereker, Geoffrey's descendant. Lara can't stand him, but there are times when he takes her breath away.
In a time and place when the faithful looked to a great and terrible goddess for their salvation, a young mother is plagued by feverish dreams about her late husband, jeopardizing her health and her new marriage. Her current spouse goes to the temple to pray for her recovery but, once there, is enthralled by one of the priestesses of Inanna. The web of desire also ensnares the priestess, who considers forsaking her sacred vows to stay with this man who already has a wife and family. All three look to the goddess for guidance. Will Inanna smile on them -- or is it her will to destroy them? An exotic ancient setting and mythological elements that draw on the traditions surrounding Inanna, Enki and Gilgamesh will appeal to fans of prehistoric and early historic fiction, including the works of Michelle Moran, Kate Quinn and Stephanie Thornton.
Winner of the Golden Heart Award. Tristan Wyndam did not expect to escort his mentor's beautiful daughter unchaperoned to Paris. But Lila Covington defies all expectations and society's conventions. She promises to protect Tristan's reputation by disguising herself as a boy on the journey. But it is her performance as his wife that leaves him wanting more. (May)
Three couples find wedded bliss against all odds in this charming, hilarious, and tender collection of three tales from three beloved Regency authors. Original.
Let the Holy Spirit Bring Your Heart Back to Life Most of us need help to look at the pain and fear that grip our lives and to find the courage and stamina it takes to do the work to be free. You are not alone in your efforts. God is eager to work with you to create unprecedented beauty from your ashes, and to deliver and restore you to health and wholeness. Using her personal story of ongoing inner healing and deliverance, prophetic leader and pastor Jennifer Eivaz equips you with biblical and practical tools that will lead you into full restoration. She provides support and encouragement for you to uproot every lie coming against you as a child of God. Jesus is asking, "Do you want to be made well?" With the help of the Holy Spirit to implement His plan using tools He gives you--the Word, prayer, counseling, declarations and more--you can find healing for all the damage of your past. "With transparency and powerful insights from Scripture, Jennifer Eivaz reveals how God has been faithful to heal the deepest wounds imaginable in her own life and in the lives of many others. This is an invitation for every reader to experience supernatural freedom that is found in Jesus Christ."--Dr. Ché Ahn, president, Harvest International Ministry
Durch eine zufällige Berührung sieht Juna plötzlich vereinzelt Menschen, die blau schimmern. Sie denkt, es wäre Einbildung, doch eines Abends verfolgen sie bewaffnete Männer und sie muss flüchten. Von da an wird sie in eine ihr bisher verborgene, gefährliche Welt gerissen und trifft per Zufall auf einen arroganten, abweisenden Typen. Obwohl er ihr tierisch auf die Nerven geht, wird er zu ihrer einzigen Überlebenschance. Was hat es mit diesen blau schimmernden Menschen auf sich? Wieso kribbeln seit dieser Berührung ihre Hände? Warum weiß fast niemand davon, wenn es doch direkt vor den Augen der Menschheit abläuft? Und wieso ergreift dieser Typ jede Chance, sie fertigzumachen? Das sind alles Fragen, die ihr früher oder später auf ihrer Reise quer durch die USA beantwortet werden. Hoffentlich.
Gedankenverloren starrt die Studentin Leona in die Nacht hinaus, wo der schlimmste Schneesturm tobt, den es in Deutschkreutz seit Jahren gegeben hat. Als sie im Schein der Laterne eine Gestalt entdeckt, die scheinbar ziellos über den Gehweg stapft, bricht sie ohne zu zögern zu einer Rettungsaktion auf. Erst zu Hause erkennt sie, wen sie da vor sich hat: Den britischen Musiker Nick Baxter, der durch eine Verkettung unglücklicher Zufälle hier gelandet ist. Sie bietet ihm einen Platz zum Schlafen an und für eine Nacht lang können sie einfach sie selbst sein. Als Dank lädt der Musiker seine Gastgeberin zu einem seiner Konzerte ein und beide hoffen auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen, da sie einander nicht aus dem Kopf bekommen. Doch das Schicksal hat seine eigenen Pläne.
Eines Tages verließ Ivy Rose verzweifelt ihre Heimat, ohne zurück zu schauen. Sie sehnte sich nach einem Neuanfang, und diesen fand sie in Berlin. Dort begegnete sie ihrer großen Liebe, schloss neue Freundschaften und war überglücklich. Doch dann verschwand ihr Freund, ohne ein einziges Wort und ihre Vergangenheit holte sie gnadenlos ein.
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals Book Summary Jennifer WiderGirl Stop Apologizing is a motivational and self-help book that is written for a predominantly female audience. It covers day-to-day experiences that border on work, productivity and personal life. The core message of this book is for the reader to come to the understanding that they are unique and special. The writer painstakingly drives home the point that people's opinions of a person's dreams do not matter. No matter what a person decides to pursue, there will always be people who are judgmental about it and feel inconvenienced by the decision.The book is divided into three parts: excuses to let go of, behaviors to adopt, and skills to acquire. This book contains a comprehensive, well detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Rachel Hollis It summarizes the book in detail, to help people effectively understand, articulate and imbibe the original work by Rachel. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to itContained is an Executive Summary of the original book Key Points of each chapter and Brief chapter-by-chapter summaries To get this book, Scroll Up Now and Click on the "Buy now with 1-Click" Button to Download your Copy Right Away!Enjoy this edition instantly on your Kindle device!Now available in paperback and digital editions.Disclaimer: This is a summary, review of the book "Girl Stop Apologizing" and not the original book.
De zestienjarige Tess woont bij haar opa op een ranch in Montana. Als haar opa begint te dementeren, neemt haar grote zus Ivy – die ze al drie jaar niet heeft gezien – Tess mee naar Washington. Ivy begeeft zich in het hart van de politieke society en is een fixer – ze lost andermans problemen op door clever thinking, connecties en als het moet zelfs chantage. Opeens wordt Tess een wereld van politiek, macht, rijkdom, driehoeksverhoudingen en familiegeheimen in geslingerd, en woont ze bij een zus die ze amper kent en vooral niet vertrouwt. Erger nog, wanneer Tess een wanhopig klasgenootje te hulp schiet, raakt ze zelf onbedoeld verstrikt in de fixerbusiness. Voor ze het weet vragen allerlei mensen haar om hulp. Totdat het uit de hand loopt en Tess in een complot wordt gezogen dat van haar high school tot midden in de Oval Office leidt.
When four women formed The Writer's Coffee Shop, they didn't know the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was destined for worldwide success. After selling the publishing rights, one of the partners hid $40,000,000 in royalties. Jennifer Pedroza and Mike Farris filed a lawsuit to claim her share of the partnership's profits. This is their story.
Dans la ville de Boston, la clinique de Mercy Street offre un nouveau départ aux femmes désireuses d’avorter. C’est là que Claudia travaille depuis des années. Chaque jour, elle affronte la peur et la détresse de nombreuses patientes aux destinées bouleversées. À cela s’ajoute la détermination des militants anti-avortement dont la présence quotidienne aux alentours de la clinique rend l’ambiance tendue, sinon dangereuse. Pour faire face à cette pression constante, Claudia fréquente un sympathique dealer d’herbe, Timmy, qui compte parmi ses clients un jeune homme introverti et solitaire. Sur une plateforme en ligne, ce dernier se met au service d’un gourou pro-vie qui commence à développer une fixation sur Claudia.
As the Great Depression touched every corner of America, the New Deal promoted indigenous arts and crafts as a means of bootstrapping Native American peoples. But New Deal administrators' romanticization of indigenous artists predisposed them to favor pre-industrial forms rather than art that responded to contemporary markets. In A New Deal for Native Art, Jennifer McLerran reveals how positioning the native artist as a pre-modern Other served the goals of New Deal programs—and how this sometimes worked at cross-purposes with promoting native self-sufficiency. She describes federal policies of the 1930s and early 1940s that sought to generate an upscale market for Native American arts and crafts. And by unraveling the complex ways in which commodification was negotiated and the roles that producers, consumers, and New Deal administrators played in that process, she sheds new light on native art’s commodity status and the artist’s position as colonial subject. In this first book to address the ways in which New Deal Indian policy specifically advanced commodification and colonization, McLerran reviews its multi-pronged effort to improve the market for Indian art through the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, arts and crafts cooperatives, murals, museum exhibits, and Civilian Conservation Corps projects. Presenting nationwide case studies that demonstrate transcultural dynamics of production and reception, she argues for viewing Indian art as a commodity, as part of the national economy, and as part of national political trends and reform efforts. McLerran marks the contributions of key individuals, from John Collier and Rene d’Harnoncourt to Navajo artist Gerald Nailor, whose mural in the Navajo Nation Council House conveyed distinctly different messages to outsiders and tribal members. Featuring dozens of illustrations, A New Deal for Native Art offers a new look at the complexities of folk art “revivals” as it opens a new window on the Indian New Deal.
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