The perfect festive romance to warm your heart this Christmas. Perfect for fans of Victoria Walters and Phillipa Ashley All I want for Christmas... Samantha Heatherington always loved Christmas at Snowflake B&B. Her cooking job over the festive season was always her favourite time of year. Until, thriller writer Reuben Richards buys the beautiful inn she always thought would one day be hers. Grumpy and too-good-looking-for-his-own-good, Reuben has no experience running a B&B, let alone cooking and spends most of his time in his study hiding from the guests. Thankfully Sam isn't interested in love right now, let alone the one man who might lead to her losing the one place that has ever felt like home. It looks like it's going to be up to Sam to mix up a little bit of Christmas magic! Can Sam save Snowflake B&B in time for Christmas and maybe even find love under the mistletoe? Readers love Kellie Hailes's gorgeous romances: 'Great characters, easy read, uplifting, funny, romantic and charming' Beanie, NetGalley reviewer 'Kellie Hailes knocked it out of the park.' Carrie, NetGalley reviewer 'Such a sweet love story, that your heart just melts!' Debbie, NetGalley reviewer 'A fun and charming read that I couldn't put down. ... I need to find more books by Kellie Hailes.' Vikkie, NetGalley reviewer 'One of my favourite Christmas books for 2019... this one was pure magic!' Rachel's Random Reads
Named a Best Art Book of 2017 by the New York Times and Artforum In South of Pico Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism. Emphasizing the importance of African American migration, as well as L.A.'s housing and employment politics, Jones shows how the work of black Angeleno artists such as Betye Saar, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and Senga Nengudi spoke to the dislocation of migration, L.A.'s urban renewal, and restrictions on black mobility. Jones characterizes their works as modern migration narratives that look to the past to consider real and imagined futures. She also attends to these artists' relationships with gallery and museum culture and the establishment of black-owned arts spaces. With South of Pico, Jones expands the understanding of the histories of black arts and creativity in Los Angeles and beyond.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: MISSING IN THE DESERT (A Desert Justice novel) By Dana Mentink Five years after her sister’s disappearance, Mara Castillo receives a cryptic text—and is targeted by a killer. With help from rancher Levi Duke, she’s determined to search for answers. But will uncovering a long-buried secret save her life…or claim it? BURIED EVIDENCE By Kellie VanHorn The only thing that could bring forensic anthropologist Laney Hamilton back home is a request to examine bones that might belong to her long-missing best friend—but a killer’s dead set on burying Laney along with the evidence. Can her ex-boyfriend, Sergeant Ryan Mitchell, shield her as they uncover the truth about his sister’s disappearance? EXPOSING A KILLER By Laurie Alice Eakes A routine stakeout turns lethal when private investigator Megan O’Clare videotapes a murder—and ends up dodging gunfire with rival PI Jack Luskie. With their lives on the line, this investigation becomes personal. But can Megan and Jack catch the killer before they become the next victims? For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense August 2021 Box Set – 1 of 2
Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: THE RANCHER RESOLUTION Heroes of the Rockies by Viv Royce After years spent traveling as a cruise attendant, April Williams is back in her hometown for New Year’s. Her resolution: to fall out of love with Matt Carpenter. But coming home brings back old feelings…and maybe a brand-new family? A HOME FOR THE DOCTOR A Ballad Inn Romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Kellie A. King Opening an inn with her two sisters helps provide Mia Ballad with the stability she desperately craves. Until Ryan Cassidy comes to stay. The travelling doctor upends her carefully ordered world…so why doesn’t she want him to leave? THE POLICE CHIEF’S PITCH Port Domingo Romances by Janice Sims Back in her hometown, Darla Cramer is focused on redeeming herself from her past and spending time with her young son. But with police chief Dave Harrison’s help, maybe Darla can look toward the future. VET TO THE RESCUE Return to Hopewell by Tracy Kelleher Filling in at her father’s small-town veterinary practice should be smooth sailing for big-city vet Jessica Trombo—until a confrontation with Briggs Longfellow turns clashing opinions into flying sparks. But finding a home in Hopewell wasn’t part of her plan. Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!
Could his love… Be her next adventure? After years of wild escapades, free spirit Micki Ballad is finally taking life seriously by finishing college. She instantly clicks with the new dean of the law school, Jonas Brand, who also happens to have moved into her family’s Ballad Inn. Jonas cautiously invites Micki into his academic world, while she loosens his proverbial tie with local fun. But when another professor tries to ruin both their reputations in a college scandal, can they set aside their different backgrounds to make a case for their innocence—and find probable cause for love? A Ballad Inn Romance USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. A Ballad Inn Romance Book 1: A Home for the Doctor Book 2: A Home for the Marine Book 3: A Home for Thanksgiving
With an emphasis on the “hows and whys” of contemporary surgery,Operative Techniques in Vascular Surgery, Second Edition, features concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and intraoperative photographs to clarify exactly what to look for and how to proceed. Drawn from the larger Operative Techniques in Surgery, Second Edition, this concise, stand-alone surgical atlas, overseen by editor-in-chief Mary T. Hawn and meticulously edited by Dr. Kellie R. Brown, focuses on the steps of each technique, rapidly directing you to the information you need to choose the right approach for each patient, perform it successfully, and achieve the best possible results.
Welcome back to the resort town of Sun Valley where you’ll find stunning mountain vistas and blue skies . . . and three close-knit sisters who depend on each other through thick and thin. Changes squeezes the heart with a life-affirming story filled with love, family, secrets, and sisterhood. “Witty, big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days.” Karyn Macadam loses her footing after suffering another heartbreaking loss. Yet this final chance could lead to making peace with the disappointments in life, discovering what she’s truly made of . . . and crossing the threshold of becoming the woman she was always meant to be. Leigh Ann Blackburn faces yet more changes as her precious son joins the Army and leaves for a dangerous assignment overseas. Sleepless nights filled with worry, coupled with a career setback and a mystery person who is threatening her safety, all test the boundaries of how much a woman can give before she has nothing left. Joie Abbott’s past comes back to haunt her yet again. As she reckons with the consequences of poor choices, she can’t help but wonder where she goes from here . . . until she finds herself attracted to the one man she swore she’d avoid, the one who has been by her side from the beginning—the man she was destined to love. A poignant story of family and forgiveness—of knowing when to let go and when to hold each other close. A great reading option for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs.
A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary.” In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women. The dismissal of “Black violence” as an illegitimate form of resistance is itself a manifestation of white supremacy, a distraction from the insidious, unrelenting violence of structural racism. Force—from work stoppages and property destruction to armed revolt—has played a pivotal part in securing freedom and justice for Black people since the days of the American and Haitian Revolutions. But violence is only one tool among many. Carter Jackson examines other, no less vital tactics that have shaped the Black struggle, from the restorative power of finding joy in the face of suffering to the quiet strength of simply walking away. Clear-eyed, impassioned, and ultimately hopeful, We Refuse offers a fundamental corrective to the historical record, a love letter to Black resilience, and a path toward liberation.
Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: A COWGIRL’S THANKSGIVING KISS The Blackwell Belles by USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vastine Turkey, pumpkin pie… And unexpected love! Working in a man’s world of Texas bull breeding, stressed-out single mom J.R. Blackwell can’t help being annoyed by her handsome coworker, Hunter Robbins. So when their boss pits them against each other for a big promotion, J.R. is ready to step up and grab the prize. But Hunter’s offer of a place to stay after a tree crushes her home, and his easy connection with her daughter, melts her reserve. Despite J.R. doing everything she can to ignore the feeling—and Hunter’s baby goat winning her daughter’s heart!—will the charming former bull rider be her true prize this Thanksgiving? A RANCHER’S RETURN The Montana Cowboys by Jen Gilroy Home is… Where the hearts never left Molly Carter’s come back to her family’s ranch in High Valley, Montana, just long enough to take a breather before returning to her city life in Atlanta. But being home for the holidays is bittersweet, especially when she learns that Troy Clayton has returned to buy the Bitterroot Ranch. Once, they were sweethearts. Now, being face-to-face with the handsome rancher is making her reassess everything—including the feelings she still has for him. But following your dreams doesn’t always mean following your heart…especially when love comes a second time around. HIS WYOMING SURPRISE Back to Adelaide Creek by Virginia McCullough Can the love of family… Transform their future? Willow Lancaster, head of PR at the Tall Tale Lodge & Spa, is determined to make extra-special lemonade out of lemons after Adelaide Creek’s town hall is damaged in a fire. With a determined streak a mile wide, this single mom needs recruits to help her rebuild. When Dr. Tom Azar steps forward, a spark of a different sort catches fire! Experience has taught Willow to be wary of men like Tom, who doesn’t believe love and family are possible for him. Falling in love wasn’t an item on Willow's or Tom’s agenda, but hearts and minds could change…maybe even by Thanksgiving? A HOME FOR THANKSGIVING A Ballad Inn Romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Kellie A. King Could his love… Be her next adventure? After years of wild escapades, free spirit Micki Ballad is finally taking life seriously by going to law school. She instantly clicks with the dean of her department, Jonas Brand, who also happens to have moved into her family’s Ballad Inn. Jonas cautiously invites Micki into his academic world, while she loosens his proverbial tie with local fun. But when another professor tries to ruin both their reputations in a college scandal, can they set aside their different backgrounds to make a case for their innocence—and find probable cause for love? Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!
Fitness for Life Canada: Preparing Teens for Healthy, Active Lifestyles is the only health and fitness education program backed by research and focused on shifting teens from dependence to independence when it comes to lifelong healthy lifestyles. Through Fitness for Life Canada, students are engaged in the process of personal program planning for a variety of health behaviours including physical activity, fitness, and health eating. This evidence-based and standards-based program follows a pedagogically sound scope and sequence to enhance student learning and progress and presents the science of healthy living at age-appropriate levels. Research clearly demonstrates that active and healthy adults use a variety of self-management skills to maintain their positive behaviours. Fitness for Life Canada helps students develop numerous self-management skills—such as self-assessment, self-monitoring, goal setting, finding social support, overcoming barriers, and managing time—to prepare them to independently engage in healthy lifestyles. Students also learn to engage in community physical activity opportunities, with national sport and health organizations, and with technology that supports healthy lifestyles. Through Fitness for Life Canada, students explore these aspects: The foundations of active and healthy living, including adopting healthy lifestyles and self-management skills and setting goals and planning personal programs Learning the basics for lifelong activity and health, including engaging in smart and safe physical activity, knowing how much activity is enough, and understanding healthy eating Beginning activity and building fitness, including participating in moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity and developing cardiorespiratory endurance Building muscle fitness and flexibility, including understanding muscle fitness applications and ergogenic aids Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including achieving a healthy body composition, choosing nutritious foods, and making good consumer choices Creating positive and healthy experiences, including managing stress, developing lifelong leadership skills, understanding reproductive and sexual wellness, and making wise choices regarding alcohol, drugs, and tobacco Fitness for Life Canada has extensive teacher resources with more than 100 lesson plans (classroom and activity based) that provide teachers with numerous options for student assessment and opportunities to demonstrate evidence of student learning (e.g., quizzes, tests, worksheets, student demonstrations, student projects). Teachers can integrate the program with existing curricula or deliver it as a stand-alone program. They can also apply our Fitness Club approach to deliver fitness education to large numbers of students using multiple activity areas. Teacher Ancillaries are available free with the adoption and purchase of a class set of the student text. Special Features in Chapters and Units Every chapter in the student text features two classroom lessons, one feature that engages students with prominent Canadian sport organizations and health organizations, and a chapter review. The book devotes multiple lessons to personal program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Go to Sample Content to view sample page layouts that show these special features. Each unit offers a Consumer Corner feature. The teacher web resources feature the same chapter content as the student text plus three physical activity lessons per chapter that help students apply what they’ve learned from the classroom lessons. In addition, the chapters have a series of other prominent features: Lesson objectives direct student learning. Lesson vocabulary helps students understand multiple uses of words (definitions in glossary and online). Art includes a version of the physical activity pyramid for teens. Photos and design give the chapters a refreshing student-friendly look with its dynamic four-color design. Muscle art identifies the muscles used in each exercise. Fit Facts give quick information about relevant topics. Quotes from famous people reveal their thoughts on fitness, health, and wellness. Fitness Technology offers opportunities for students to use and study technology. Science in Action provides in-depth coverage of innovations in fitness, health, and wellness. Self-Assessment allows students to evaluate their fitness, health, and wellness as the first step in personal planning for improvement. Taking Charge and Self-Management allow students to learn self-management skills for adopting healthy behaviors and interacting with other students to solve problems encountered by hypothetical teens. Taking Action features activities that are supported by the lesson plans. Consumer Corner helps students become good consumers of information on fitness, health, and wellness as they learn how to separate fact from fiction. Web-Based Resources Fitness for Life Canada provides physical educators with numerous delivery and assessment options in health and physical education. Specifically, the program has more than 100 detailed activity- and classroom-based lesson plans that can be delivered out of the box for beginner teachers and are modifiable for experienced teachers. The lesson plans are supported with assessment and teaching materials such as worksheets, activity cards, PowerPoint slides, quizzes, chapter and unit tests, an online test bank, portfolios (including digital), demonstrations (live, video, and pictures), journals and reflections (written and video), class presentations and video presentations, and supplemental project ideas. For students, web resources are included with each student text and feature the following: Video clips that demonstrate the self-assessments in each chapter Video clips that demonstrate the exercise in selected chapters Worksheets without answers Review questions from the text presented in an interactive format so students can check their level of understanding Expanded discussions of topics marked by web icons in the text Vocabulary terms with definitions Teacher web resources are available free with any class set purchase and include the following: An introduction that describes the body of knowledge and pedagogical foundations behind Fitness for Life Canada as well as the evidence supporting its effectiveness Daily lesson plans, including five lessons per chapter: two classroom plans and three activity plans Worksheets with answers Premade chapter and unit quizzes with answers Activity cards and task cards Presentation package of slides with the key points for each lesson A test bank that teachers can use to make their own quizzes if they prefer SummaryFitness for Life Canada develops higher-order physical literacy knowledge and skills that help students become active and healthy adults. Fitness for Life Canada focuses on developing students’ knowledge of health and health-related fitness concepts, training principles, and personal physical activity and fitness program planning. That knowledge is combined with numerous self-management skills that are critical for maintaining physical activity, healthy eating, and general health behaviours. In short, Fitness for Life Canada enhances engagement, learning, and assessment while paving the way to a healthy lifestyle throughout the life span.
This book provides the first detailed analysis of the decision to prosecute made by the statutory Australian Offices of Director of Prosecution. It examines the system of prosecution as part of the executive branch of government, and the role and challenges of the individual prosecutors who make decisions within the system. It explores the tension between prosecutorial independence and prosecutorial accountability, and the paradox that political involvement in prosecutions is necessary for accountability and to uphold the public interest, but can compromise independence. The book makes a unique contribution to both Australian criminal law scholarship and to the international literature on criminal prosecution, by drawing on the sub-disciplines of criminal law and administrative law. It includes case studies on prosecuting child sexual abuse, rape, and government espionage, and comparisons with common law and civil law countries including the USA, the UK, Italy and South Africa.
Detroit, MIchigan, has long been recognized as a center of musical innovation and social change. Rebekah Farrugia and Kellie D. Hay draw on seven years of fieldwork to illuminate the important role that women have played in mobilizing a grassroots response to political and social pressures at the heart of Detroit’s ongoing renewal and development project. Focusing on the Foundation, a women-centered hip hop collective, Women Rapping Revolution argues that the hip hop underground is a crucial site where Black women shape subjectivity and claim self-care as a principle of community organizing. Through interviews and sustained critical engagement with artists and activists, this study also articulates the substantial role of cultural production in social, racial, and economic justice efforts.
This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses practical uses of the IBM CICS asynchronous API capability. It describes the methodology, design and thought process used by a large client, Walmart, and the considerations of the choices made. The Redbooks publication provides real life examples and application patterns that benefit from the performance and scalability offered by the new API. The book discusses the homegrown methodology used by Walmart before the API was available and compares it with the design using the new API. A discussion of the process used to migrate older applications to begin using the new API is included so the reader will understand the ease of implementing the new API. A description of real world usage patterns describes the current production application Walmart has deployed as well as other patterns to give the reader a sense of what's possible applying creative thinking with technology improvements. Finally, a section is included on the areas to be considered as you begin to plan and implement asynchronous API capabilities. This book should be read by: Enterprise Architects searching for faster ways to service strategic applications across the enterprise. Solution Architects who want to better understand implementation possibilities for improved response times and better performance for CICS applications. CICS programmers looking to modernize and provide improved response times. This book is meant to be used in tandem with IBM Redbooks publication IBM CICS Asynchronous API: Concurrent Processing Made Simple, SG24-8411, which will provide the background and implementation instructions and commands for the API itself.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENT (A Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Dana Mentink Innkeeper and single father Sam Kavanaugh suspects someone is after his three-year-old son—so K-9 officer Daniella Vargas goes undercover as the little boy’s nanny with her protection dog Zara. But can they solve the case and its mysterious connection to Sam’s late wife before it’s too late? FATAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATION by Darlene L. Turner While interviewing the Coastline Strangler’s only surviving victim, forensic artist Scarlet Wells is attacked and left with amnesia. Now she’s his next mark and has no choice but to work with constable Jace Allen to hunt down the killer before he strikes again… HUNTED IN THE WILDERNESS by Kellie VanHorn Framed for murder and corporate espionage, future aerotech company CEO Haley Whitcombe flees in her plane with evidence that could clear her name—and is shot out of the sky. Now trapped in North Cascades National Park, she must work with park ranger Ezra Dalton to survive the wilderness and assassins. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense July 2022 Box Set – 2 of 2
KELLIE EVERTS BECAME THE ONE AND ONLY âSTRIPPER FOR GODâ WHO âDANCES TO SAVE MENâS SOULS,â AN âENIGMA.â NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW A STRIPPER WHO BARED HER BODY COULD ALSO GIVE SERMONS IN THE NUDE, PREACHING THE âWORD OF GOD.â WAS THIS NOT A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS, AN IMPOSSIBILITY, FOR HOW COULD SHE SAVE MEN WHILE MAKING THEM LUST? THIS BOOK EXPLAINS SOME DYNAMICS WHILE GIVING DETAILS IN THE LIFE OF KELLIE EVERTS. IT INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF PRESS ITEMS, WITH MANY APPEARANCES IN PLAYBOY. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE DAY BY DAY SECRETS OF KELLIEâS MONTHS AT THE CHICAGO PLAYBOY CLUB AND THE MONUMENTAL SPEECH IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE MESSAGE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA. THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS CONVINCINGLY HOW THIS LECTURE BEFORE THE ENTIRE WASHINGTON PRESS RELEASED THE POWER OF OUR LADY, AND THEREBY FULFILLED WHAT SHE PREDICTED, THAT HER IMMACULATE HEART WOULD TRIUMPH. THE STRIPPER FOR GOD MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES AND HER FAME INCREASES YEAR BY YEAR, FOR THIS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
Imagine traveling your life from a three-year-old with an invisible friend, an energy spirit friend that is part of you, showing you the most profound love of existence- a love beyond this world. The feeling of living between two worlds with them, and the knowing that this "true love" exists and will come to you someday, somehow. Always asking and reaching for it in your physical presence. Kellie recounts her journey and experience of growing up with this unique love. Her knowing she is an old/advanced soul and her struggle to fit into this world and all around her. Feeling the desperation to be accepted like everyone else whilst not realizing the privilege she was born with. Her remarkable account of being born into the "X generation" being guided through the '70s and 80s decades that most changed the world - from the spiritual revolution to modern age of technology- hiding her profound experience in a time where high awareness consciousness within the world was limited. The secrets, peer pressure, continual masking to hide her true self - living from fear of judgment and being ostracized rather than truth and love. She will take you on a journey which will leave you on the edge of your seat wondering if in fact, her beautiful energy love did join her in this world.
The Aspiring Astronaut’s Guide to Getting Lost in Outer Space “Kellie is probably one of the best ambassadors for spaceflight in the 21st century that the industry could have.” —Lucy Hawking, author of George's Secret Key to the Universe and host of Audible's Lucy in the Sky. #1 New Release in Science & Math, Essays & Commentary and Astronautics & Space Flight Follow aerospace science professional Kellie Gerardi’s non-traditional path in the space industry as she guides and encourages anyone who has ever dreamed about stars, the solar system, and the galaxies in space. Ever wondered what it’s like to work in outer space? In this candid science memoir and career guide, Gerardi offers an inside look into the industry beginning to eclipse Silicon Valley. Whether you have a space science degree or are looking to learn about stars, Not Necessarily Rocket Science proves there’s room for anyone who is passionate about exploration. What it’s like to be a woman in space. With a space background and a mission to democratize access to space, this female astronaut candidate offers a front row seat to the final frontier. From her adventures training for Mars to testing spacesuits in microgravity, this unique handbook provides inspiration and guidance for aspiring astronauts everywhere. Look inside for answers to questions like: • Will there be beer on Mars? • Why do I need to do one-handed pushups in microgravity? • How can I possibly lose a fortune in outer space? If you’re looking for women in science gifts, astronomy books for adults, or NASA stories—or enjoyed, the Galaxy Girls book, or Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson—then you’ll love Not Necessarily Rocket Science.
Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of teenagers seeking opportunity turns deadly in this suspenseful, locked-door YA thriller. Perfect for fans of Diana Urban, Karen McManus, and Jessica Goodman. Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime—she’ll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, but will lift her mother and her out of poverty. But almost from the moment she and 11 other contestants board a private jet to Europe, Emily realizes somebody is willing to do anything to win. Between keeping an eye on her best friend’s flirty boyfriend and hiding her own dark secrets, she’s not sure how she’ll survive the contest, much less the flight. Especially when people start dying… As loyalties shift and secrets are revealed, Emily must figure out who to trust, and who’s trying to kill them all, before she becomes the next victim.
Exxon Valdez 18 Years And Counting is a legal explanation of the case and a resource for the public to better understand the attitude Exxon maintains towards people and the environment. Kellie Kvasnikoff wrote Exxon Valdez 18 Years And Counting to help others understand the pain, loss, offensiveness, and nauseating effects this legal case has brought the plaintiff's of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and to give a view from a Native perspective of the loss to his native culture.When a company becomes so big that they can flaunt the laws, buy science, manufacture evidence, and manipulate expert witness testimony, and when fines and litigation are not a deterrent to bad business practices, then governments can't protect its people."The firm basis of government is justice, not pity." -Woodrow Wilson"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend." -Benjamin Disraeli
Mediating Sexual Citizenship considers how the neoliberal imperatives of adaptation, improvement and transformation that inform the shifting artistic and industrial landscape of television are increasingly indexed to performed disruptions in the norms of sexuality and gender. Drawing on examples from a range of television genres (quality drama, reality television, talk shows, sitcoms) and outlets (network, cable, subscription video on demand), the analysis in this book demonstrates how, as one of the most dominant cultural technologies, television plays a critical role in the production, maintenance and potential reconfiguring of the social organisation of embodiment, be it within gender identities, kinship structures or the categorisation of sexual desire. It suggests that, in order to understand television’s role in producing gendered and sexual citizenship, we must pay critical attention to the significant shifts in how television is produced, broadcast and consumed.
Selections of writing by the influential art critic and curator Kellie Jones reveal her role in bringing attention to the work of African American, African, Latin American, and women artists.
Drawing together the work of 10 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology features work by some of the most exciting and established contemporary playwrights. Gathered together in one volume, the plays collected offer young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of material to perform, read or study. Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department with the young performer in mind. The anthology contains 10 play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for the drama groups. This year's anniversary anthology includes plays by Suhayla El-Bushra, Anders Lustgarten, Robin French, Tim Etchells, Patrick Marber, Kellie Smith, Lizzie Nunnery, Harriet Braun and Alistair McDowall.
You have managed to develop a respectable game of golf, but your score just doesn't seem to be getting any lower. We have all experienced the frustration of getting right up to the edge of the green only to throw away numerous shots with a missed chip or one too many putts, and now is the time to take responsibility for your score, and your short game will be the quickest way to do this. The short game is more different for women than any other part of the game. The short game schools are often advertised as '100 yards in', and shots of 100 yards may be a full 7 or 8 iron for many women. But the short game provides a wonderful opportunity for women to even the playing field. A good short game can compensate for a multitude of mistakes and take a lot of pressure off the full swing. By identifying strengths and weaknesses, from the smallest stroke to the largest swing and applying simple methods for quick skill improvement, you will learn to self correct and better manage your own golf game. Beginning with advice on making better decisions about shot selection and practice techniques from fairway and bunker to green, The Women's Guide to Lower Scores will take players through the steps they need to conquer the game and bring on the lower scores.
Nature Speaks recovers the common ground shared between physics—what used to be known as "natural philosophy"—and fiction-writing as ways of representing the natural world. In doing so, it traces how nature gained an authoritative voice in the late medieval period only to lose it at the outset of modernity.
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
Set in a multilingual cleaning company that serves Anglophone customers in the upper-(middle) class suburbs of New York City, this book presents an ethnographic study into power, language policy and communication from the perspectives of the Brazilian–American employer as well as the company’s Hispanophone and Lusophone employees. Power asymmetries in internal communication demonstrate the employer’s legitimated domination over her employees and her L1 Portuguese as a form of linguistic capital. Employees’ resourcefulness and multicompetence – rather than quantifiable levels of English-language proficiency – determine the extent to which they rely on language brokering to facilitate communication with their customers, directly impacting their agency. The book contributes to current debates on extra-linguistic modes of communication in multilingual settings and thematic analyses of care work, migration, communication and the role of English.
Love. Success. A handsome husband, and a beautiful home in the close-knit town of Pacific Bay on the Oregon coast. These are the things glass blower, Olivia Arrington, cherishes. But in the aftermath of a life shattered by unexpected tragedy, she retreats emotionally. Not only from life, but from the husband who desperately seeks to reconnect. It’s been two years since the loss of their young son and Ben Arrington is ready to leave the pain behind and find a way to be happy. But when his wife remains distant and mired in grief, he wonders if it’s time to move on—from the sorrow, and maybe even his marriage. It would take a miracle to rekindle Ben and Olivia’s love and that miracle arrives in the form of an eleven-year-old houseguest, Ryan Barrett, who brings humor, hope, and unexpected wisdom to the situation “. . . when you love someone, you should say it a lot. People forget.” Remember Us is a heartfelt story filled with powerful emotion, and poignantly depicts a couple’s reckoning with their own vulnerabilities until they find the redemptive grace to begin again. A perfect match for readers who love Susan Mallery and Robyn Carr. Touching story of lost love.
Turning loose a Midwestern species of magical realism on a small, God-haunted town in Kansas, Kellie Wells charms strangeness and wonder from what might be mistaken for ?ordinary? life. Here is Martin LeFavor, convinced his father has been nabbed by a solicitous band of aliens in desperate need of skin; Charlotte McCorkle, a vexed visionary who believes she has helped her husband escape the flesh; Zero Loomis, plagued by sacrificial angels, the memory of his father, and a shadowy sexual identity; his sister Rachel, an amateur masseuse determined to settle accounts with the past, in particular with her lovingly violent father; Ruby Tuesday, Rachel?s daughter, a budding oracle, the embodiment of possibility and prey to history; and, holding this tilted cosmos together, fifteen-year-old Ivy Engel, who carefully measures the borders of Self, advocates for neighborhood bats, and frets about the health of her friend Duncan, his harrowed body mapped and perhaps ravaged by subcutaneous scars. ø What happens when the spirit exceeds the limits of the skin? More troubling yet, what happens if it doesn?t? These are the questions the inhabitants of What Cheer, Kansas, must finally face as their paths cross and recross in an ever more intriguing?and perhaps liberating?puzzle.
In recent years, household indebtedness in the United States reached its highest levels in history. From mortgages to student loans, from credit card bills to US deficit spending, debt is widespread and increasing. Drawing on scholarship from economics, accounting, and critical rhetoric and social theory, Kellie Sharp-Hoskins critiques debt not as an economic indicator or a tool of finance but as a cultural system. Through case studies of the student-loan crisis, medical debt, and the abuses of municipal bonds, Sharp-Hoskins reveals that debt is a rhetorical construct entangled in broader systems of wealth, rule, and race. Perhaps more than any other social marker or symbol, the concept of “debt” indicates differences between wealthy and poor, productive and lazy, secure and risky, worthy and unworthy. Tracking the emergence and work of debt across temporal and spatial scales reveals how it exacerbates vulnerabilities and inequities under the rhetorical cover of individual, moral, and volitional calculation and equivalency. A new perspective on a serious problem facing our society, Rhetoric in Debt not only reveals how debt organizes our social and cultural relations but also provides a new conceptual framework for a more equitable world.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: THREAT DETECTION (A Pacific Northwest K-9 story) by USA Today Bestselling Author Sharon Dunn While gathering samples on Mt. St. Helens, volcanologist Aubrey Smith is targeted and pursued by an assailant. Now Aubrey must trust the last person she ever thought she’d see again—her ex-fiancé, K-9 officer Isaac McDane. But unraveling the truth behind the attacks may be the last thing they do… SAFEGUARDING THE BABY by Jill Elizabeth Nelson When Wyoming sheriff Rylan Pierce discovers a wounded woman with an infant in a stalled car, protecting them draws the attention of a deadly enemy. Suffering from amnesia, all the woman knows for certain is that their lives are in danger…and a murderous villain will stop at nothing to find them. DANGEROUS DESERT ABDUCTION by Kellie VanHorn Single mother Abigail Fox thinks she’s found refuge from the mob when she flees to South Dakota’s Badlands…until her son is kidnapped. Now she must rely on park ranger Micah Ellis for protection as they race to uncover the evidence her late husband’s killers want—before it’s too late. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense July 2023 Box Set – 2 of 2
When vice had a legal home and jazz was being born—the captivating story of an infamous true-life madam New Orleans, 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an “alley whore.” That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district that’s mockingly dubbed “Storyville.” Mary believes there’s no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class bordellos of Storyville’s Basin Street, where Champagne flows and beautiful girls turn tricks in luxurious bedrooms. But with gumption, twists of fate, even a touch of Voodoo, Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madame Josie Arlington. Filled with fascinating historical details and cameos by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and E. J. Bellocq, Madam is a fantastic romp through The Big Easy and the irresistible story of a woman who rose to power long before the era of equal rights.
Can unearthed bones solve a ten-year-old cold case? Returning home isn’t easy for forensic anthropologist Laney Hamilton, especially when it means examining bones that could belong to her long-missing best friend—the sister of the man she once loved. But now someone wants Laney dead, and her ex-boyfriend, police sergeant Ryan Mitchell, must shield her. As the predator stalks them, can Laney and Ryan finally uncover the tragic truth about their past? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Learn how to harness the power of worthwhile reinforcement to build safe, friendly behaviors in aggressive dogs. The positive training based, Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT), as described in Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly, has proven successful for many pet owners and trainers around the world. As a functional approach to changing aggressive behavior, it offers a humane alternative to desensitization, counter conditioning, and distraction procedures. CAT typically produces long-lasting results in far less time than any positive treatment available, without the undesirable side-effects that are common with punishment procedures. The ultimate outcome is a once-aggressive dog that is now friendly. Inside Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly: Step-by-step instructions for performing CAT with aggressive dogs Understand the normal behaviors of all dogs, of specific breeds, and of your own individual dog How to be awake and aware of your dog’s behavior and your own Discover your dog’s worthwhile reinforcement for safe, friendly behaviors Advice for developing good observation skills and staying on task The issues that can make or break successful aggression treatment: consistency, safety, and follow-through Equipment, handling procedures, and preventing opportunities to practice undesirable behavior When to call a professional
How Far Would You Go for your Child? Barrie Graeber has two great kids, a loving husband, and a respected job as the high school counselor in her close-knit community. Without warning, everything unravels when her teenage daughter, Pearl, is betrayed and lashes out. Nothing prepares this mother for the helplessness that follows when her attempts to steer her daughter back on course fail, and Pearl shuts her out . . . or when Barrie discovers the unthinkable about her nemesis, the football coach. Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving, Mother of Pearl brings us into the heart of a mother bound by an incredible burden, who ultimately finds she must recognize her own vulnerability and learn to trust in something much bigger..
An emotional feel-good journey that paves the way for love's return. In the heart of Thunder Mountain, Wyoming, Reva Nygard stands as the town's beacon—a mayor and attorney renowned for her unwavering generosity and wisdom. Yet, beneath her celebrated exterior lies a hidden yearning that even her closest girlfriends have never glimpsed . . . the longing for a family to call her own. When fate intervenes leaving a toddler orphaned, Reva is propelled into a role she never anticipated. As Reva opens her home, she also opens her heart to new challenges and possibilities, including a burgeoning romance with an auto repairman, whose straightforward nature challenges her to confront the authenticity of her carefully curated life. “Echoes of the Heart” is an ode to the strength found in vulnerability, the beauty of second chances, and the unspoken bonds that tie us to the places our hearts call home.
In this heart-stopping conclusion to the Maui Island Series, the four grown Briscoe siblings—Christel, Aiden, Katie, and Shane—share the joys, heartaches, and headaches of dealing with life and family issues. The four lean on one another while one of the Briscoes faces the challenges of falling in love, and another finds her dream come true when a baby is abandoned on the steps of the Maui Rescue Center. Grab your tissues!
After experiencing a little bump in the road, Kayla and Kaleb are stronger than ever. But they are about to encounter their biggest challenge yet. Kaleb is determined to teach Kayla the art of teleporting her body safely from one place to another. However, her frustration lands her in a parallel life. Much to his dismay, he discovers she’s traded places with an even sassier version of herself, and her alter ego is on a mission to seduce him. Meanwhile, Kayla discovers her mistake, and is now faced with fighting off the advances of a Kaleb whose dark desires spark an answering interest inside of her. Determined to remain faithful to the true Kaleb who shares her heart, she must use deception to escape in order to return to her correct time. Will these star-crossed lovers be able to deceive their alter egos long enough to set things right, or will they get lost in their baser desires?
An undercover investigation means deadly danger. Will an agent’s missing memories save her? Attacked and left for dead, undercover FBI agent Ashley Thompson has forgotten almost everything about her current assignment. Now she’s working with park ranger Logan Everett to expose a crime ring—even as she secretly investigates the rangers to root out a mole. But since Logan doesn’t know Ashley’s real identity, is blowing her cover the only way to catch a killer?
Aloha! Welcome to the Maui Island Series where the dramas of everyday life keep the Briscoe family and their friends laughing, crying and falling in love. Silver Island Moon continues the heartwarming-but-juicy saga of the Briscoe family. After the shock of their father’s betrayal, Ava and her family are determined to move on and find happiness…even when a cranky neighbor, a boating accident that threatens Aiden’s career, and an unexpected (and unwelcome) guest shows up. Despite life’s obstacles, one of them may just find true love. Before the story is over, another has his world rocked…you won’t believe the surprise ending! This heart-grabbing series is perfect for fans of Robyn Carr and Susan Wiggs!
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