Jessica’s perfect life began to unravel, as she faced the twin pressures of raising her kids and watching her parents age. But along the way, she found new clarity on the freedom available to those willing to unclench their fists, lay down control, and truly die in a new way. Drawing inspiration from Jesus’s story from Garden to grave, Jessica’s message can help anyone struggling with maintaining control when life and family relationships are hard. Life Surrendered can help you live differently with more peace, less stress, and greater faith by looking as you look closely at the events of Good Friday.
All Raelynn wants is to get through college and find a good job. An internship soon crosses her path, and she throws her love life out the window. Little did she know that Brady Jones was right around the corner.
For so many years, Sandra had worked and strived toward her ideal of the perfect life. By most people's standards, she had it all - the handsome, upwardly-mobile husband; a respected career at the university; and a nice home, that was ready to receive a child or two under its roof. Like so many of us, Sandra had a vision of the ideal future she'd wanted to create. She thought she knew where life would take her and how things would unfold. But Sandra's perfect life in suburbia began to show some cracks; and in her weakest moment, she relaxed her morals and grabbed the passion her life had been missing. Like a starving woman, her mouth watered for the fine chocolate that was offered her and she couldn't resist temptation. Yet one bite of chocolate is never enough - especially for a woman who's been hungering for sweet satisfaction for too long. Just like a dieter regrets giving in to temptation, so did Sandra; and like a weak dieter, she went back for more of the heavenly goodness that fed her ravenous appetite. She couldn't get the taste out of her mind and she went back for more - again and again. As she fed her awakened appetite, her perfect world spun out of control. Secrets and passions would collide for a cataclysmic undoing of not only Sandra's world, but the lives of many others too. Instagram @jessicarcross Twitter @imjessicarcross Facebook @imjessicarcross
Sandra's life finally seems to be slowing down again. But Sandra misses the friends she had and the bonds she'd formed in her old life. When Sandra's life is threatened repeatedly, a mystery begins to unfold, revealing that Sandra's previous troubles might not be as resolved as she thought.
They’re on a cold trail and running out of time. Convinced his brother was wrongly convicted of murder years ago, detective Cash Ryland’s determined to find the real killer—even if it puts him in the crosshairs. But he needs help from cold case investigator Mae Vogel, whom he mistreated in high school. Can they put their past aside to solve the murder…before the killer succeeds in silencing them for good? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Cold Case Investigators Book 1: Cold Case Takedown Book 2: Cold Case Double Cross Book 3: Yuletide Cold Case Cover-Up
They’re on a cold trail and running out of time. Convinced his brother was wrongly convicted of murder years ago, detective Cash Ryland’s determined to find the real killer—even if it puts him in the crosshairs. But he needs help from cold case investigator Mae Vogel, whom he mistreated in high school. Can they put their past aside to solve the murder…before the killer succeeds in silencing them for good? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Cold Case Investigators Book 1: Cold Case Takedown Book 2: Cold Case Double Cross Book 3: Yuletide Cold Case Cover-Up
Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In Recognition in Mozart's Operas, musicologist Jessica Waldoff draws on a broad base of critical thought on recognition from Aristotle to Terence Cave to explore the essential role it plays in Mozart's operas. The result is a fresh approach to the familiar question of opera as drama and a persuasive new reading of Mozart's operas.
Fantasy - just fantasy, ' said the author when asked about this story . . "We are the New Order and we come in your interest. . We will complete our handover to one of your kind, then we will leave." Art Anstrom is first to spot The New Order. "Prof" he rasps in a breathless whisper "there is something out there!" 'Fragmented telephone lines crackle, computers crash, ATMs with unreadable screens . and unresponsively blink back the same, zigzag lines.' Motivated by a morally compassionate higher force and sent to derail our self-destruction, The New Order arrives. 'Bess, the bag lady, receives her message from the shop window of Waitrose, Art Anstrom receives his from the plate glass windows at the Lynch Observatory. Tony Blair receives his message from the plasma screen in the emergency room . ' lilac and purple zigzags .. "It's different this time," says Bess. She's right. As The New Order messages are delivered, mankind is thrown into a new dimension of consciousness. Live the horrific judgment of Ted Lawson, a serial killer on Death Row in Dallas as it becomes apparent that every rapist and murderer on earth also has an anniversary to dread. The specs for the punishment are simple - in each instance your crime is revisited upon you and you alone serve as judge and jury. Watch what happens to cruel hunters on safari in South Africa and encounter - briefly but bloodily - Julio Mendes, a cocaine baron in Bogata and see Pierre the pickpocket in Paris get his comeuppance. And what of Andrew, the London City gentleman who likes nasty movies starring little boys? 'Fantasy, just fantasy' she said but if you are sick of the injustice, read this book. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll shudder but you will feel better.
Whether you want to boost your energy levels, detoxify your system or simply quench your thirst, Juices and Smoothies shows you the tasty and easy way to drink 5-a-day. With no loss of all the essential nutrients found in fresh fruit and vegetables, these quick and easy-to-make recipes will refresh and revitalise you, helping you stay healthy and happy throughout the day. As well as over 200 fantastic recipes, this book also contains useful information on how to select the best ingredients, advice on buying the right type of juicer, and a complete index of ingredients so that you can find the right juices and smoothies for you.
Choosing whom to marry involves more than emotion, as racial politics, cultural mores, and local demographics all shape romantic choices. In Marriage Vows and Racial Choices, sociologist Jessica Vasquez-Tokos explores the decisions of Latinos who marry either within or outside of their racial and ethnic groups. Drawing from in-depth interviews with nearly 50 couples, she examines their marital choices and how these unions influence their identities as Americans. Vasquez-Tokos finds that their experiences in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood shape their perceptions of race, which in turn influence their romantic expectations. Most Latinos marry other Latinos, but those who intermarry tend to marry whites. She finds that some Latina women who had domineering fathers assumed that most Latino men shared this trait and gravitated toward white men who differed from their fathers. Other Latina respondents who married white men fused ideas of race and class and perceived whites as higher status and considered themselves to be “marrying up.” Latinos who married non-Latino minorities—African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans—often sought out non-white partners because they shared similar experiences of racial marginalization. Latinos who married Latinos of a different national origin expressed a desire for shared cultural commonalities with their partners, but—like those who married whites—often associated their own national-origin groups with oppressive gender roles. Vasquez-Tokos also investigates how racial and cultural identities are maintained or altered for the respondents’ children. Within Latino-white marriages, biculturalism—in contrast with Latinos adopting a white “American” identity—is likely to emerge. For instance, white women who married Latino men often embraced aspects of Latino culture and passed it along to their children. Yet, for these children, upholding Latino cultural ties depended on their proximity to other Latinos, particularly extended family members. Both location and family relationships shape how parents and children from interracial families understand themselves culturally. As interracial marriages become more common, Marriage Vows and Racial Choices shows how race, gender, and class influence our marital choices and personal lives.
“Marrying one woman is like eating chicken every day for the rest of your life,” the cultural attaché —a.k.a. my boss—warned the week before my Jewish wedding. I replied, “I like chicken.” Jessica Keith never believed she could walk down an aisle. With crippling anxiety fueled by unpredictable panic attacks, she said, “I can’t” so many times she never thought she’d say “I do.” After finally setting a wedding date, to Tyrone, her beau of eight years, Jessica made the impulsive decision to move away, accepting an offer to work for the Consulate of Kuwait in Los Angeles. The culture was unfamiliar territory—with a lot to unpack—she felt lost in translation. Adrift in life and at work, nothing seemed to go right. When the rabbi refused to perform an interfaith ceremony, and her grandmother warned, “You can’t marry a Black man,” rather than speak up, Jessica found it easier to bite her tongue. But when she hears on the job, “Jews need not apply,” it shatters her faith in herself. While illuminating the depths of anxiety and love, Jessica must find the resilience it takes to persevere.
Reminisce of a time when these classic knit and cross-stitch designs adorned every wall and fill them with color. For many people, knitting, sewing, and needlepoint are comfortable and easy ways to relax. Much like adult coloring, the repetitive nature of each activity aids in mindfulness. Now, all the fun of adult coloring and the classic designs from knitting come together in the adult coloring book Remember When: Cross-Stitch Samplers. Each of the easy-to-color designs comes prepared and ready, so all you need to do is grab your pencils and fill them with your favorite shades. Featured in this adult coloring book are fifty black-and-white illustrations of adorable knit cross-stitching for you to color as you please. There’s no need to buy more yarn when you tire of using the same color combinations. This tasteful and artsy book includes stitching of classic sayings such as “Home Sweet Home” and “Good friends are like diamonds, precious and rare.” Each is accompanied by beautiful illustrations that mimic the classic knit style and exemplify some facet of the phrases. For example, in “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away,” the word “apple” is replaced by an apple design and the whole phrase is surrounded by lush ornamentation. This adult coloring book is perfect to share with anyone—whether it’s an old friend, a spouse, a child, or grandchild. This is a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy together. So break out the dusty colored pencil box, and pick up your copy of Remember When: Cross-Stitch Samplers.
Teams are the key to smart, flexible, and cost-effective organizations for the 21st century. However, advances in communication technologies have dramatically changed the nature of teamwork. Traditional, collocated teams are now giving way to distributed cross-boundary virtual groups linked through relationships and technology, reaching across space, time, and organizational boundaries. In their fifth book, Virtual Teams, Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, leading experts in networked organizations, take you beyond teams into the new world of work-at-a-distance, showing you how to effectively start, implement, and maintain virtual teams in your own organization. Today, virtual teams are an established feature of multisite and global companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Bank of Boston, and Steelcase. Made possible by technologies like the Internet, intranets, and groupware, these teams are invaluable tools for organizations that need to bring together specialized groups of people to work on projects or comprise a spread-out business unit. The principles outlined in Virtual Teams provide an antidote to the high failure rate of teams. At the same time, as the authors warn, "It is harder for virtual teams to be successful than for traditional face-to-face teams. Misunderstandings are more likely to arise and more things are likely to go wrong." In this straightforward guide, Lipnack and Stamps provide a comprehensive framework that makes virtual teams accessible and practical. Beginning with a brief overview of exactly what virtual teams are and how they work, the authors show how they can be integrated into your business structure. Featuring insightful case studies from Eastman Chemical Company, NCR, Tetra Pak, and Sun Microsystems, this stimulating and hands-on reference offers essential information on: The basic virtual team principles: people, purpose, links The skills and technologies necessary for creating a successful virtual team Supporting the dynamics of the cross-boundary team and enhancing personal communications electronically Virtual team applications of the Internet's newest offspring, intranets Providing an in-depth look at an increasingly important teamwork tool, Virtual Teams gives you the materials you need to create and build a winning virtual team for your own organization. "If you want to see where organizational communications are going in the future, heed what these pioneers have written today." —Howard Rheingold, Author of The Virtual Community and Founder of Electric Mind "Lipnack and Stamps have written an important book for the 21st century corporation." —Regis McKenna, The McKenna Group, author of Relationship Marketing "This book provides a long overdue perspective on how to apply the discipline of real teams in the fast moving, increasingly dispersed information age of the future." —Jon R. Katzenbach, Author, The Wisdom of Teams "For those who want to lead the movement, catch up with it, or simply know where it is going, this book is packed with useful information and interesting stories." —Dee W. Hock, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, VISA "Virtual Teams provides valuable insights into global teamwork and management through network technologies now available to all companies, large or small." —Jim Lynch, Director, Corporate Quality, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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