Exploring alternative conceptions of the divine, Jessica Eastwood considers the ways of believing in God that are authentic and sincere, moving beyond traditional metaphysical structures that many find difficult to accept. In this study, she examines a unique branch of religious non-realism known as religious fictionalism, making the case for its ability to resonate on an intellectual and emotional level. Considering the extent to which fictionalism allows us to make sense of the role of religion in our spiritual lives, she presents its limitations on adhering to what might be an attractive contemporary model for philosophy of religion called 'the humane turn'. Articulating an alternative conception of God that we can relate to in an intellectual, emotional and spiritual way, Eastwood sheds light on a minimalist form of religious realism, which preserves the reality of God without committing the theist to a host of additional religious beliefs.
The fourth novel in this addictive series, THE HEN NIGHT PROPHECIES, following the fortunes of five different girls, each given their own puzzling prophecy at a friend's hen night, focuses on Libby,'A danger to men...' Risk-taker Libby Foster wishes she thought things through more - maybe then she'd avoid being humiliated at work over her reckless romantic attachments. So it's just as well that she's swearing herself off men and escaping to a Thai island to work on location casting for a romance-slash-action film. But is she really such a danger to the opposite sex? A series of bizarre events in the serene beach surroundings have Libby fretting, but could it be she's met her match in Craig, the daredevil martial arts instructor training her cast?
Negative self-image and body criticism is a growing problem, especially among young women who vocalize their anxieties by speaking 'the language of fat'. Acclaimed motivational speaker and author of A Very Hungry Girl (Hay House, 2003), Jessica Weiner has spent years decoding this language and analyzing the destructive bonding sessions that women engage in every day. Written in a sassy, accessible tone that speaks to the MTV generation, this book shows women how to break the cycles of body loathing that affect all aspects of their lives: health, wealth, career, family and relationships. Filled with wisdom, guidance and stories of inspiration and triumph, the book is a step-by-step plan for creating a more fulfilling and positive life - and ending those negative bonding sessions for ever.
Trail Runner's Guide: San Francisco Bay Area covers the best trail runs in the region's parklands and open spaces. This informative guide provides the detailed routes with descriptions of terrain, views, and vegetation from a runner's perspective. 50 featured routes, from 2 to 22 miles, plus alternative routes from every trailhead.Includes topographic maps with easy directions on facing pages, elevation profiles, and at-a-glance trail conditions and regulations for each run, plus equipment, safety, and running tips.
Stunned when her eccentric old friend Tillie Mortelaine dies, leaving her a million dollars in her will, Jessica Fletcher discovers that to get her inheritance she must solve the murder of Tillie's fiance, Wanamaker Jones.
This brilliant fifth and final book in the HEN NIGHT PROPHECIES series rounds them all up to reveal the bride's tale after she is told 'You will marry twice...
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. WILDERNESS REUNION Wilderness, Inc. by Elizabeth Goddard When wilderness guide Alice Wilde stumbles on a drug operation, the local sheriff asks her to guide him and photographer Griffin Slater—her ex-boyfriend—to the farm…but someone will do anything to keep them from leaving with evidence. PROTECTIVE MEASURES True North Bodyguards by Maggie K. Black When navy commander Leo Darius and his daughters are threatened, he needs help protecting the little girls. And having bodyguard Zoe Dean go undercover as his girlfriend might be the perfect solution—unless they lose their hearts in the process. DEEP WATERS The Security Specialists by Jessica R. Patch After marine-life veterinarian Caley Flynn discovers her intern’s dead body washed ashore, she’s convinced it’s not the accident the police claim it is. And when her own life is threatened, she turns to Shepherd Lightman—a bodyguard at her brother’s firm—for protection.
Things arent quite what they seem. One day you are sharing a mocha with your friends at the local cafe and the next youre running for your life. Not knowing who or what is chasing you. Just knowing that if they find you, youll wish you were dead. The things they would do, the torture they would put you threw and in the end if you where good enough, they would keep you as their pet, their puppet. Use you for their petty work. But if you werent good enough they would throw you out. Or at least let you think that you were free. You would get five maybe ten minutes head start if you were lucky before they released their pets on you. Using you in turn for training of the Better Stock. Survival, there is none. Because once you are captured there is no turning back. That is the life Augustas parents had known, the life that her mother is trying to keep her safe from. Little does Augusta know that her life will soon never be the same.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Enjoy action-packed stories in the Alaska K-9 Unit series featuring K-9 crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat! This box set includes: ALASKAN RESCUE by Terri Reed Sent to find a wedding party that disappeared during a hike, Alaska State Trooper Hunter McCord discovers bridesmaid Ariel Potter hanging from a cliff. Now it’s up to Hunter and his K-9 partner to find Ariel’s missing companions…and make sure whoever wants Ariel dead doesn’t finish the job. WILDERNESS DEFENDER by USA Today bestselling author Maggie K. Black With murderous poachers targeting blue bear cubs, Alaska trooper Poppy Walsh and her K-9 partner will do whatever it takes to stop them. But having to team up with her ex-fiancé, park ranger Lex Fielding, will be her biggest test. Can Poppy and Lex overcome their past to save the cubs and protect Lex’s young son? UNDERCOVER MISSION by USA Today bestselling author Sharon Dunn Undercover on a cruise ship with her K-9 dog, Alaska State Trooper Maya Rodriguez uses herself as bait for a murderer—and quickly becomes a target. With security officer David Garrison’s help, they must work to stay one step ahead of a possible serial killer. But will they make it off the ship alive? TRACKING STOLEN SECRETS by USA Today bestselling author Laura Scott Positive her sister isn’t involved in a theft ring as the police believe, Alaska trooper Helena Maddox and her K-9 must find her twin before officer Everett Brand does. But when the niece Helena didn’t know existed is left on Everett’s doorstep, Helena and Everett must work together to keep the baby safe. Look for the complete Alaska K-9 Unit series! Book 1: Shielding the Baby Book 2: Scent of Truth Book 3: Explosive Trail Book 4: Olympic Mountain Pursuit Book 5: Threat Detection Book 6: Cold Case Revenge Book 7: Undercover Operation Book 8: Snowbound Escape From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith
Expand your understanding of educational research with this practice-first introduction. Written specifically for education practitioners, An Introduction to Educational Research: Connecting Methods to Practice approaches research methods from a practice-first perspective that aligns research with professional experiences and identifies the tools and resources readers can use when conducting their own research. Throughout the book, the authors illuminate complex research concepts using problems of practice confronting educators to help readers make meaningful connections with key concepts and research practices. The authors present balanced coverage across research methodologies that is linked to practice, so readers clearly see research as a tool they can use to improve classrooms, schools, districts, and educational organizations.
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2629 HIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT Texas Cattleman’s Club: Bachelor Auction by Reese Ryan When shy beauty Tessa Noble gets a makeover and steps in for her brother at a bachelor auction, she doesn’t expect her best friend, rancher Ryan Bateman, to outbid everyone. But Ryan’s attempt to protect her ignites a desire that changes everything… #2631 THE RANCHER’S SEDUCTION Alaskan Oil Barons by Catherine Mann When former rodeo king Marshall is injured, he reluctantly accepts the help of a live-in housekeeper to prepare his ranch for a Christmas fund-raiser. But soon he’s fighting his desire for this off-limits beauty, and wondering what secrets Tally is hiding… #2632 A CHRISTMAS PROPOSITION Dallas Billionaires Club by Jessica Lemmon Scandal! The mayor’s sister is marrying his nemesis! Except it’s just a rumor, and now the heiress needs a real husband, fast. Enter her brother’s sexy best friend, security expert Emmett Keaton. It’s the perfect convenient marriage…until they can’t keep their hands to themselves! Look for Harlequin® Desire’s December 2018 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes! Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
The first full-length biography of the actor known for his roles in The Invisible Man, Casablanca, and other classics, based on newly released interviews. Given his childhood speech impediments and his origins in a destitute London neighborhood, the ascent of Claude Rains to the stage and screen was remarkable. Rains’s difficulties in his formative years provided reserves of gravitas and sensitivity, from which he drew inspiration for acclaimed performances in The Invisible Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca, Notorious, Lawrence of Arabia, and other classic films. In this book, noted Hollywood historian David J. Skal draws on more than thirty hours of newly released Rains interviews to create the first full-length biography of the man nominated multiple times for an Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. Skal’s portrait also benefits from the insights of Jessica Rains, who provides firsthand accounts of the enigmatic man behind her father’s refined screen presence and genteel public persona. As Skal shows, numerous contradictions informed the life and career of Claude Rains. He possessed an air of nobility and became an emblem of sophistication, but he never shed the insecurities that traced back to his upbringing in an abusive and poverty-stricken family. Though deeply self-conscious about his short stature, Rains drew notorious ardor from female fans and was married six times. His public displays of dry wit and good humor masked inner demons that drove Rains to alcoholism and its devastating consequences. Skal’s layered depiction of Claude Rains reveals a complex, almost inscrutable man whose nuanced characterizations were, in no small way, based on the more shadowy parts of his psyche. With unprecedented access to episodes from Rains’s private life, Skal tells the full story of the consummate character actor of his generation. “This highly readable biography, written with the help of his daughter, Jessica Rains, reveals the witty, talented man behind this universally respected Hollywood legend.” —Tucson Citizen
Written by an award-winning classroom teacher with years of experience integrating moviemaking into curriculum, this book offers quick-start lesson plans for any content area and grade level, helping students amplify their voices and effect change through moviemaking. Our world hinges on storytelling and the ways in which stories can be told are always evolving. For students to become future-ready, confident creators of original content, they need opportunities to share their stories. Moviemaking helps students showcase their learning, process their lives and connect with others in a meaningful way. Moviemaking in the Classroom breaks down the process of digital storytelling to help teachers plan efficient and effective instructional sequences. The book provides guidance on how to purposefully build visual and audio literacy skills to improve student work and increase student efficacy in the creative process. Also included are practical suggestions for removing barriers from the storytelling process, such as how to provide more opportunities for students to tell their stories during a single academic year. This book: • Shows teachers how to create efficient and effective lesson sequences with digital storytelling in mind, particularly in a blended learning environment. • Supports teachers who are new to digital storytelling by showing the impact and importance of providing students with multiple opportunities to tell their stories. • Offers project ideas for teachers already implementing digital storytelling in their classes and shows how to streamline workflow and improve their professional practice. • Supports distance and remote learning through a full chapter on strategies for applying these practices to a distance learning environment. • Fosters diversity, inclusion and student empowerment by showcasing student examples on topics including racism, death and illness, immigration, gun violence and pollution. This book provides insight, inspiration and practical ideas to empower teachers of all content areas to implement moviemaking projects with their students using best practices.
In this contemporary romance, a socialite enlists her brother’s BFF to pose as her husband for the holidays, but their pretend love soon gets all too real. Headstrong socialite Stefanie Ferguson is in hot water. She needs a fake husband to deflect a rumor that could wreck her family’s political ambitions. Desperate, she turns to the only available bachelor she knows, security specialist Emmett Keaton—who has to say yes to her proposal because he’s her brother’s best friend! They tie the temporary knot on Christmas Day . . . The plan is to stay married only until the rumors have passed, but in the meantime . . . why not live a little? There’s an attraction between them neither can deny. There’s only one problem: Emmett’s oath to her brother that if she shows signs of being in love, Emmett will end things, and fast. As Stefanie falls harder for her show husband, the L word looms on her lips. Has the moment of reckoning arrived for this convenient Christmas marriage?
Developing a Mixed Methods Proposal by Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby and Paul A. Schutz is a practical, hands-on guide helps beginning researchers create a mixed methods research proposal for their dissertations, grants, or general research studies. The book intertwines descriptions of the components of a research proposal (introduction, literature review, research methods, etc.) with discussions of the essential elements and steps of mixed methods research. Examples from a real-world, interdisciplinary, mixed methods research study demonstrate concepts in action throughout the book, and an entire sample proposal appears at the end of the book, giving readers insight into every step up to completion. Readers who complete the exercises in each chapter will have an individualized, detailed template for their own mixed methods research proposal. Developing a Mixed Methods Proposal is Volume 5 in the SAGE Mixed Methods Research Series.
The Rough Guide to Film is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director’s career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region. You’ll find profiles of over eight hundred directors, from Hollywood legends Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to contemporary favourites like Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese and cult names such as David Lynch and Richard Linklater. The guide is packed with great cinema from around the globe, including French New Wave, German giants, Iranian innovators and the best of East Asia, from Akira Kurosawa to Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo. With overviews of all major movements and genres, feature boxes on partnerships between directors and key actors, and cinematographers and composers, this is your essential guide to a world of cinema.
Penelope Brand dan Zachary Ferguson sepakat menganggap pertemuan kedua mereka hanya akan menjadi kenangan. Namun, takdir mempertemukan mereka kembali. Selain tiba-tiba menjadi klien di perusahaan humasnya, Zach juga mendadak menjadi tunangan pura-puranya. Demi menghindari skandal. Ketika mengetahui ada skandal yang lebih besar di dalam perutnya, Pen tidak lagi menginginkan sandiwara dalam hubungan mereka.
This book clarifies the role and relevance of the body in social interaction and cognition from an embodied cognitive science perspective. Theories of embodied cognition have during the last decades offered a radical shift in explanations of the human mind, from traditional computationalism, to emphasizing the way cognition is shaped by the body and its sensorimotor interaction with the surrounding social and material world. This book presents a theoretical framework for the relational nature of embodied social cognition, which is based on an interdisciplinary approach that ranges historically in time and across different disciplines. It includes work in cognitive science, artificial intelligence, phenomenology, ethology, developmental psychology, neuroscience, social psychology, linguistics, communication and gesture studies. The theoretical framework is illustrated by empirical work that provides some detailed observational fieldwork on embodied actions captured in three different episodes of spontaneous social interaction and cognition in situ. Furthermore, the theoretical contributions and implications of the study of embodied social cognition are discussed and summed up. Finally, the issue what it would take for an artificial system to be socially embodied is addressed and discussed, as well as the practical relevance for applications to artificial intelligence (AI) and socially interactive technology.
Sang ratu sosialita, Stefanie Ferguson tidak melihat jalan lain selain menikah untuk menyelamatkan karier politik saudara laki-lakinya. Untunglah, sahabat baik saudara laki-lakinya, Emmett Keaton, bersedia membantu. Hanya saja, sampai detik ini, Stefanie sebenarnya tidak pernah mempertimbangkan Emmett sebagai calon kekasih apalagi calon suami! Namun, entah bagaimana sumpah pernikahan yang diucapkan di tengah musim dingin membuat hasrat bergejolak di antara mereka. Apakah pernikahan sementara untuk meredakan skandal ini akan berlanjut menjadi pernikahan sungguhan?
Teens waging a war of practical jokes declare peace when they fall for one another in this charming YA romantic comedy from Jessica Pennington. They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on a lake together sounds like the perfect match. But it’s the same every year—in between cookouts and boat rides and family-imposed bonfires, Sidney and Asher spend the dog days of summer finding the ultimate ways to prank each other. And now, after their senior year, they’re determined to make it the most epic yet. But their plans are thrown in sudden jeopardy when their feud causes their families to be kicked out of their beloved lake houses. Once in their new accommodations, Sidney expects the prank war to continue as usual. But then she gets a note—Meet me at midnight. And Asher has a proposition for her: join forces for one last summer of epic pranks, against a shared enemy—the woman who kicked them out. Their truce should make things simpler, but six years of tormenting one another isn’t so easy to ignore. Kind of like the undeniable attraction growing between them. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders. In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed “making-of” accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: “Did the Academy get it right?” Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.
Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. In the frontiers of Australia, South Africa, Hawaii, and Palestine--semiarid regions that shared a need for water to support growing populations and economies--California water engineers applied their expertise in irrigation and mining projects on behalf of foreign governments and business interests. Engineering Nature explores how controlling the vagaries of nature abroad required more than the export of blueprints for dams, canals, or mines; it also entailed the problematic transfer of the new technology's sociopolitical context. Water engineers confronted unforeseen variables in each region as they worked to implement their visions of agrarian settlement and industrial growth, including the role of the market, government institutions, property rights, indigenous peoples, labor, and, not last, the environment. Teisch argues that by examining the successes and failures of various projects as American influence spread, we can see the complex role of globalization at work, often with incredibly disproportionate results.
Get inspired and get ready to hit the road with the ultimate guide to America's best road trips! The Open Road: 50 Road Trips in the USA features: Strategic lists and road trip options: Choose from lists of the best coastal drives, cross-country journeys, trips for kids, awe-inspiring views, and more Flexible itineraries: 50 different road trips organized by region gear you up for any adventure, from a weekend getaway to a cross-country trip Can't-miss stops from coast to coast: Leaf-peep along the Blue Ridge Parkway, look for wildflowers on Arizona's Apache Trail, or gaze at the mysterious Marfa Lights blinking over the West Texas desert. Snap selfies with kitschy roadside attractions along Route 66, cross the Continental Divide in Colorado, and fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves at your campsite in Big Sur The best local flavors: Eat your way through Vermont's farms, dairies, orchards, and maple houses or indulge in gulf shrimp and fried okra in the South. Sample oysters and craft beers in Oregon or stop for shave ice along the scenic Oahu Coastal Loop Expert advice from seasoned road-tripper Jessica Dunham Comprehensive planning resources: Easy-to-use maps, helpful info on things to do, lodging, and dining for every route, clear directions to each route's starting point,and tips for minimizing your environmental impact along the way Gorgeous, full-color photos and a fold-out map Essential tips for health and safety on the road, navigating weather conditions, strategies for road-tripping with kids and four-legged friends, and playlists and podcasts to soundtrack your adventure Whether you're hugging the coast or driving the Loneliest Road, find your adventure with The Open Road: 50 Road Trips in the USA. For more in-depth information on a specific road trip, check out Moon's bestselling road trip guides. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.
Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a writers’ conference at a historic mansion where her friends the Savoys are hosting a murder-mystery party. As both a crime solver and a mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at this kind of thing. So she swears to the Savoys that she won’t reveal the secrets of their play and goes about enjoying the weekend with her colleagues. But when a young actor’s murder scene appears all too real, no one can tell what’s scripted and what isn’t. They say the show must go on, but everyone is wondering: Who really dunit?
When a marine-life veterinarian is marked for death, a security specialist will do anything to save her in this inspiring romantic suspense novel. When her oxygen tank fails thirty feet underwater, Caley Flynn fears it’s been sabotaged—and that she’ll be the next to die. One of her coworkers is already dead, her home has been breached, and something’s amiss at her Florida marine-life rescue center. Yet no one believes she’s in danger. No one except security specialist and former marine Shepherd Lightman. When Caley’s brother asked him to check on her, Shep hoped it would be a false alarm. Now he knows the threats are all too real. Rescuing Caley isn’t easy, but resisting his boss’s sister is where the real danger lies. Because with his heart in the balance, he’ll do whatever it takes to stop a killer who’s desperate to keep a secret hidden.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: BABY PROTECTION MISSION (A Mountain Country K-9 Unit novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Scott When his sister is kidnapped, rancher Cade McNeal will do anything to prevent his baby nephew from being next. Now Officer Ashley Hanson and her K-9 partner are on the case, and it’s up to them to track down the assailant and keep Cade and his nephew from harm. But as the suspect list grows and the attacks escalate, will they bring a kidnapper to justice…before he strikes again? COLD CASE TARGET (A Texas Crime Scene Cleaners novel) by Jessica R. Patch Interrupting an attempted murder—and leaving with incriminating evidence—makes Sissy Spencer a serial killer’s next target. With a flash drive in her possession containing disturbing proof of multiple murders, Sissy has no choice but to trust her ex-boyfriend, private investigator Beau Brighton, to keep her safe. But can they unravel the clues and track down a killer…before he catches them first? TREACHEROUS ESCAPE by Kellie VanHorn A groundbreaking discovering catapults biochemist Vienna Clayton into a world of danger when her laptop is stolen and her boss is murdered. Vienna flees onto stormy Lake Superior—only to be rescued by Park Ranger Hudson Lawrence. Framed for crimes she didn’t commit, they’re determined to clear her name, but with the clock ticking down, it’s the threats they can’t see coming that could cost them their lives… For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense April 2024 Box Set – 2 of 2
From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare comes a Christmas romance about a cowboy grinch and the woman who stole his heart. Local waitress Holly Dawson needs a better paying job to cover her sister's college tuition. Given that it's Christmas and she's broke as a joke, she's feeling pretty bah-humbug. New jobs are hard to come by in a town as small as Painted Barrel, especially as the town dropout. When Holly's offered a job at the Flat C Ranch to clean and cook for the cowboys that work there, it seems like a dream come true...except for one thing. Her nemesis, the incredibly handsome (and annoyingly arrogant) Adam Calhoun works there. It doesn't matter that he loves dogs more than people, or that he's a war veteran. No Christmas spirit can save that particular grinch. When the rest of the ranch hands go out of town for the holidays, Holly and Adam will be forced to work closely together. No sweat. Holly can deal with Adam. And if she doesn't kill him first, she just might fall in love.
Caught in a serial killer’s deadly game with nowhere to turn… Interrupting an attempted murder—and leaving with incriminating evidence—makes Sissy Spencer a serial killer’s next target. With a flash drive in her possession containing disturbing proof of multiple murders, Sissy has no choice but to trust her ex-boyfriend, private investigator Beau Brighton, to keep her safe. But can they unravel the clues and track down a killer…before he catches them first? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Texas Crime Scene Cleaners Book 1: Crime Scene Conspiracy Book 2: Cold Case Target
IS JACK BACK? After a national book tour, Jessica lands in sunny Bermuda for some well-earned relaxation. But when she arrives, the local population is abuzz over a trio of brutal murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the infamous Jack the Ripper killings. With the Ripper on everyone’s mind, Jessica attends a lavish party at the waterfront mansion of her friend and host, Judge Thomas Betterton. But when Jessica takes a walk on the pink-sanded beach, she stumbles upon the body of one of the partygoers. Jessica contemplates heading home, but decides against it when her old friend Scotland Yard inspector George Sutherland is dispatched to Bermuda to investigate the murders. Jessica is soon drawn into the case, and she finds herself dangerously close to the killer
This book recasts one of the most well-studied and popularly-beloved eras in history: the tumultuous span from the 1485 accession of Henry VII to the 1603 death of Elizabeth I. Though many have gravitated toward this period for its high drama and national importance, the book offers a new narrative by focusing on another facet of the British past that has exercised an equally powerful grip on audiences: imperialism. It argues that the sixteenth century was pivotal to the making of both Britain and the British Empire. Unearthing over a century of theorizing about and probing into the world beyond England’s borders, Tudor Empire shows that foreign enterprise at once mirrored, responded to, and provoked domestic politics and culture, while decisively shaping the Atlantic World. Demonstrating that territorial expansion abroad and national consolidation and identity formation at home were concurrent, intertwined, and mutually reinforcing, the author examines some of the earliest ventures undertaken by the crown and its subjects in France, Scotland, Ireland, and the Americas. Tudor Empire is a thought-provoking, essential read for those interested in the Tudors and the British Empire that they helped create.
From the BESTSELLING Law Express revision series. Law Express Question and Answer: Employment Law is designed to ensure you get the most marks for every answer you write by improving your understanding of what examiners are looking for, helping you to focus in on the question being asked and showing you how to make even a strong answer stand out.
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