The world is changing and Kolina Steelscale must learn how to bend with it, or risk breaking her chance of a stronger future. Kolina Steelscale dedicated her life to her Queen and her people, serving as a guardian of the hidden archipelago populated with female dragon shifters and as a member of the queen’s personal Honor Guard. The king of an enemy tribe is dead and the two female dragon shifters who had been his prisoners are still missing. One of the missing is Kolina’s pregnant daughter, while the other is the queen’s long-lost ambassador. The queen charges Kolina with finding out what happened in the mountain lair of the dead king, and bringing her subjects home safely. Kolina travels to Black River, grudgingly, to seek out Odson Blackridge to tell her where the king’s mountain lair is. While awaiting his return, she spends time with Black River’s bear clan matron, Heidi Brant who instigates a slight detour in Kolina’s mission, which results in a journey she never could have imagined. A journey that opens her eyes and her heart to accept a different way of living. To re-examine her past choices and learn how to heal old heart aches. For herself, and for her people.
A Steampunk Romance set aboard the luxury airship 'Soaring Dragon'. Lin Mei Lau covets the adventurous life that the world-famous airship, The Soaring Dragon, has to offer. She’s on the cusp of an arranged marriage and a lifetime of quiet village life that she doesn’t want, when she’s mistaken for a spy and abducted right before the airship departs from Hong Kong, bound for London. That ‘adventurous life’ she dreamed of proves to be a little more harrowing than she ever imagined it could be. Antiquities Professor Joseph Kaisin has finally finished packing up his father’s Hong Kong household and prized inventions to be shipped back to London. An impromptu meeting at the pier leads to a reunion with Joe’s oldest friend, and his enchanting younger sister, Lin Mei Lau. Employed as a covert crown agent and connected to his father’s work, Joe is kept busy and always expects trouble. It comes with the job. What he didn’t expect was how much trouble Lin Mei could fall into—all because of one little tiger cub she found among the cargo that caught her heart. And now that she’s caught Joe’s, he has no choice but to help her on her mission to protect and rescue the fuzzy little feline… …fortunately, protecting is Joe’s best job.
The new luxury airship Soaring Dragon is outbound for Europe from the port of Hong Kong. Adelina Curren is an independent woman doing a job she loves, living the thrilling life she wants. Constable Andrew Lau has taken a personal protection assignment for a world-famous inventor as a favor to his superior, expecting straightforward work. The familiar tinder of an old flame can be dangerous in the confines of an international airship.
The Colorado Gardener’s Companion is your guide to cultivating a successful garden in the Centennial State. Whether you are an experienced green thumb or an inquiring novice, whether you live in the mountains, on the Western Slope, along the Front Range, or on the eastern plains, this easy-to-understand guide will help you grow bountiful vegetables, abundant flowers, and lush lawns. You will learn:What’s in your Colorado soil and how to improve itHow to take advantage of the state’s semiarid climateTechniques to maximize the short growing seasonThe best high-performance plant varieties for your climate How to landscape to conserve waterWays to deal with the challenges of Colorado’s wild weatherLocal sources of hands-on assistance with gardening questionsIn short, how to succeed in your Rocky Mountain garden
Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities is the long awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking book Creating Learning Communities. The authors continue their exploration of the concept of learning communities as an innovation in undergraduate curricular instruction that allow students to actively participate in their own education, and deepen and diversify their college experience. Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro address a wide range of topics such as campus culture for sustaining learning communities, learning communities and the curriculum, pedagogies, and faculty development.
Former military medic Darya McLeighan has settled in as the local village healer, keeping her magic hidden from everyone to avoid re-conscription. With no end in sight to the war, the supplies needed to maintain the health of her local community are scarce and she has to risk exposure to save those she cares about. The problem is, since leaving service, her magic is also in short supply. On leaving the Emperor's army, General Nate Kirin has turned saddle-back merchant, to help keep the family business running. While seeking out Ms. McLeighan's healing help for his ailing aunt, the two nearly collide when a young boy calls her away to aide in his mother's complicated birthing. While on route to the labouring woman, enemy rovers cross into local territory, waylaying Darya's efforts to reach her patient. Weaponless, Nate rushes to Ms. McLeighan's rescue, wherein he finds himself in a situation where everyone needs a little help... and a little healing.
A Steampunk Romance set aboard the luxury airship 'Soaring Dragon'. Lin Mei Lau covets the adventurous life that the world-famous airship, The Soaring Dragon, has to offer. She’s on the cusp of an arranged marriage and a lifetime of quiet village life that she doesn’t want, when she’s mistaken for a spy and abducted right before the airship departs from Hong Kong, bound for London. That ‘adventurous life’ she dreamed of proves to be a little more harrowing than she ever imagined it could be. Antiquities Professor Joseph Kaisin has finally finished packing up his father’s Hong Kong household and prized inventions to be shipped back to London. An impromptu meeting at the pier leads to a reunion with Joe’s oldest friend, and his enchanting younger sister, Lin Mei Lau. Employed as a covert crown agent and connected to his father’s work, Joe is kept busy and always expects trouble. It comes with the job. What he didn’t expect was how much trouble Lin Mei could fall into—all because of one little tiger cub she found among the cargo that caught her heart. And now that she’s caught Joe’s, he has no choice but to help her on her mission to protect and rescue the fuzzy little feline… …fortunately, protecting is Joe’s best job.
The Legacy of Boadicea explores the construction of personal and national identities in early modern England. It highlights the problems and anxieties of national identity in a nation with no native classical past. Written in an accessible style, The Legacy of Boadicea: * offers powerful new readings of the ancient British past in Shakespeare's King Lear and Cymbeline * persuasively illuminates a 'Boadicean' heritage in royal iconography, drama, and the social symptoms of religious dissent * articulates parallels between the eventual domestication of Britain's warrior queen in Restoration drama, and the social, political and legal decline in the status of women.
Killing Joke are worthy of more than a quiet mention on the back of the socially acceptable bands who rip off their riffs, so who else than a big-mouthed truth speaker to share her views and observations about a post punk / industrial rock band who remain superior to most, unknown to many, an inpiration to more and yet still utterly offensive to some. An extended review of a unique band with a massive cult following, coupled with the real life soap opera of a jackanapes...
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult presents a probing and empathetic story about a woman caught in a moral dilemma and a courtroom drama that resonates far beyond her place in time and history into present day. Ruth has worked as a nurse in the maternity ward for over twenty years, but when Turk and Brittany Bauer are admitted to have their first child, they request that Ruth be reassigned: they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, a black woman, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. Uncertain of her standing with her employer, she hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who doesn't think they should bring the issue of race into the courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, each of them begin to doubt the beliefs she holds most dear.
We find comfort in a world of routine and predictability – glancing over the circumstances of others from afar while believing that could never happen to me. But when the impossible becomes reality and all things of comfort are removed, only one thing remains – God. This book is a true story of unthinkable tragedy, shattered dreams and impossible sacrifice that led Jodi Manfred through a process of finding purpose in the pain, after her young husband, Josh suffered a massive brain stroke on his 39th birthday. At the mercy of one of the best medical teams in the country who advised Jodi to tell her husband “goodbye,” she surrendered her life to Jesus, as faith was the only option she had left – crying out to God, “Father, please let him live.” Jodi’s intimate retelling of her journey through heart-wrenching fear, deep anguish, and spiritual uncertainty will touch your heart. The revealing of God’s hand in her family’s physical and emotional circumstances will bolster your faith and challenge your understanding of a Heavenly Father that never leaves our side, renews our hope and paints beauty within our ashes.
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Corra Terry stepped back from the final touches she and her roommate, Bryah Lam, were making to their new dorm room at the Furry United Coalition Academy. Bryah flicked the switch, and Corra smiled as the fairy lights they'd taken with them from their Montreal apartment cast light around the room. "Think they'll let us keep them?" Corra shrugged. "I guess we'll find out. I can't believe we're here." Bryah's smile was as bright as the lights. "I know! Isn't it great? How perfect is this? Training to be an agent! No more short-shift work, running from job to job just to make rent. And... And you get to be closer to your brother." Corra snorted. "Perfect for you. I foresee many nights getting locked out of our room. I can't believe all the sexting you two have been doing since our last visit here. I think I'm traumatized." "Hey, that will teach you for putting your eyeballs on my messages!" ...
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