Lisa Manuel's Books

Out of the Blue

A New Bedford Adventure

By: Lisa Grilo

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New Bedford, 1850. Young, strong-willed Eliza Mae Holmes risks her life helping slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. And even though danger prowls the city, Eliza refuses to stay home on this nightand meets the man who will change her life forever. Eliza is saved from an unspeakable fate at the hands of a sadistic criminal by the benevolent and charismatic Charles DaFornas. Though she is instantly enthralled by the handsome Portuguese wine merchant, Eliza wont succumb to his charm. Love is for the faint of heart, after all, even though the very sight of Charles makes her heart sing. When Elizas father arranges for Charles to take Eliza and her mother to England to meet her betrothed, Eliza resolves to stand strong against her growing feelings during the long sea voyage. But being so close to Charles, learning about his culture and his island home of Madeira, only draws her that much closer to him. For his part, Charles is struck by Elizas strength, vitality, and incredible beauty. It is not long before the two succumb to their feelings and tumble headlong into love. But Elizas betrothal still stands and with pressure from her mother to see the marriage through, she must make a devastating choice. Will Eliza find her inner strength and live according to her own truth, or will she lose the one man who has finally captured her heart?

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1440162883

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Tina and Lucy

By: Lisa D. Vaughn

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Tina and Lucy

By: Lisa D. Vaughn

Lucy has now been with Tina for two years. She seems quite happy settling into her new life with Tina and preparing to attend the wedding of her best friend Sandy. Her career as a news journalist has also brought about some amazing changes in her life as she is given a new office assistant to work closely by her side. What could possibly go wrong? Life seems wonderful for Lucy until she finds out her ex, Michael has gotten out of jail and has threatened to get revenge on her. As much as she loves Tina, Lucy is terrified and lives in constant fear that Michael will hurt her or Tina. As Michael threatens to settle the score, Lucy will make a decision that will change her life forever.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493164791

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9781493164790

Blue Autumn Cruise

By: Lisa Williams Kline

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Blue Autumn Cruise

By: Lisa Williams Kline

It may take a miracle—or a hurricane—to save this family vacation. Stepsisters Stephanie and Diana undergo another adventure when they embark on a Grand Cayman cruise with their extended family to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday. But the vacation gets complicated with the addition of an eccentric Granny and a video-taping manic cousin. Plus Stephanie’s growing interest in boys makes Diana’s Mood-o-Meter swing like a pendulum. When the girls discover a plot to smuggle a rare, endangered Blue Iguana, Diana’s fury rages to the surface and threatens to ruin the entire birthday party—or unite the clan for a rescue mission. The third installment of Sisters in All Seasons is full of humor, heartache, friendships, and very real family drama aboard a cruise-ship—where there’s no escaping if you want to run away! Join Stephanie and Diana once again as they tread the wavering waters of step-sisterhood. Lisa Williams Kline is the author of Floods, The Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, and Eleanor Hill, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. She has written for Cricket, Cicada, Spider and Odyssey magazines, and lives in North Carolina with her veterinarian husband, where they are frequently visited by their grown daughters. Besides writing, Lisa has been a disc jockey, copywriter, waitress, and veterinary hospital office manager. Recently she learned to drive a forklift.

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Zonderkidz

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0310726182

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Treasure

By: Lisa T. Bergren

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Treasure

By: Lisa T. Bergren

Book 4 of the Best-selling Full Circle Series A dangerous search for an ancient ship leads to a heart’s treasure beyond price. Ever since her days as an undergrad student at Harvard, where she roomed with Bryn Bailey (Pathways)--nautical archaeologist Dr. Christina Alvarez has been obsessed with finding her ancestor’s sunken treasure ship and striking underwater gold. Determined to achieve her goal, Christina has traveled to the Caribbean island of Robert’s Foe, where treasure hunter Mitch Crawford--the one man who can assist her--refuses to help. But Christina’s fight to win Mitch over may lead them both to a Treasure more valuable than either one of them ever dreamed. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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WaterBrook

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0307778150

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The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3

Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy

By: Lisa Kleypas

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The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3

Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy

By: Lisa Kleypas

Here together for the first time in a convenient ebook bundle, the first three books in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas' beloved series featuring the Travis family: Blue-Eyed Devil Hardy Cates is a self-made millionaire who comes from the wrong side of the tracks. He's made enemies in the rough-and-tumble ride to the top of Houston's oil industry. He's got hot blood in his veins. And vengeance on his mind. Haven Travis refuses to set out on the path her wealthy family has chosen for her. But when Haven marries a man her family disapproves of, her life is set on a new and dangerous course. Two years later, Haven comes home, determined to guard her heart. And Hardy Cates, a family enemy, is the last person she needs darkening her door or setting her soul on fire. Smooth Talking Stranger Jack Travis leads the uncomplicated life of a millionaire Texas playboy. But no one has ever truly touched his heart or soul. Until one day, a woman appears on his doorstep with fury on her face and a baby in her arms. It seems Jack is the father and this woman is the baby's aunt. The real mother has abandoned the child to her more responsible sister. And now, Jack is being called upon to take responsibility for the first time in his life. Sugar Daddy Liberty Jones has dreams and determination that will take her far away from Welcome, Texas. Hardy Cates' ambitions are bigger than Welcome, and Liberty Jones is a complication he doesn't need. But something magical and potent draws them to each other, in a dangerous attraction that is stronger than both of them. Hardy leaves town to pursue his plans and soon Liberty finds herself under the spell of a billionaire tycoon. But the relationship goes deeper than people think, and Liberty begins to discover secrets about her own family's past. Two men. One woman. A choice that can make her or break her. A woman you'll root for every step of the way. A love story you'll never forget.

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St. Martin's Press

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1466888571

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9781466888579

Sacred Bonds of Solidarity

The Rise of Jewish Internationalism in Nineteenth-Century France

By: Lisa Moses Leff

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Sacred Bonds of Solidarity

The Rise of Jewish Internationalism in Nineteenth-Century France

By: Lisa Moses Leff

Sacred Bonds of Solidarity is a history of the emergence of Jewish international aid and the language of "solidarity" that accompanied it in nineteenth-century France.

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Stanford University Press

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0804752516

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Sing (The Homeward Trilogy Book #2)

A Novel of Colorado

By: Lisa T. Bergren

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Sing (The Homeward Trilogy Book #2)

A Novel of Colorado

By: Lisa T. Bergren

Moira St. Clair has done exactly what her father forbade her to do: chased her dreams to sing on the stage. But even as her star rises, she becomes more vulnerable to those who wish to use her--or bring her down . . . . It is 1886, and the St. Clairs are living out their dreams in three very separate parts of the world--Paris, Brazil and Colorado. And while each has found a measure of success and joy, each is haunted by past sins and secrets. Once home in Colorado, the St. Clairs struggle to learn what it means to sing praise to God--even in the face of tremendous loss--and trust Him in all things, even when forced to fight for their very lives.

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Baker Books

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1493420623

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The Stages of Property

Copyrighting Theatre in Spain

By: Lisa Surwillo

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The Stages of Property

Copyrighting Theatre in Spain

By: Lisa Surwillo

Through an integrative historicist approach to a wide range of literary texts and archival documents, The Stages of Property makes an important statement about the cultural, societal, and political roles of the theatre in Spain during the 1800s.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802092462

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9780802092465

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law

Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2023 and 2024 Edition

By: Lisa G. Lerman,Philip G. Schrag,Anjum Gupta

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Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law

Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2023 and 2024 Edition

By: Lisa G. Lerman,Philip G. Schrag,Anjum Gupta

Ethical Problems in The Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2022 and 2023 Edition.

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Aspen Publishing

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The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London,Lisa Mullarkey

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The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London,Lisa Mullarkey

The adventures of Buck, part Saint Bernard and part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

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ABDO

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1602707421

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Island Encounters

Timor-Leste from the outside in

By: Lisa Palmer

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Island Encounters

Timor-Leste from the outside in

By: Lisa Palmer

Island Encounters is a narrative of Timor shaped by a journey from the outside in. Incorporating the author’s experiences from more than two decades of involvement with Timor-Leste and, more particularly, the months she spent travelling with her family from west to east in 2018, Palmer traces paths redolent in longing and learning, belonging and bewilderment, courage and conviction to tell of an island divided by colonialism and conflict. The book’s themes shuttle back and forth across the island, weaving together the past, present and future in deeply felt histories and personal stories that create the shared fabric of Timorese people’s lives. Offering a counterpoint to modernising development narratives, Island Encounters tells of people’s quiet determination to maintain their relationships between their lands, waters, traditions and each other. By foregrounding the ways in which ancestral pathways and cultural politics inform and course through everyday life on island Timor, Palmer reveals the richness of the rituals and customary practices that underpin Timorese lives and the lives of those entwined with them. And, all along the way, Island Encounters shows how Timor and its diverse peoples are working with, and re-working, confounding and being confounded by, the ever-desirous heart of development. ‘A poignant, at times heart-wrenching, honest account of life in Timor-Leste.’ — José Ramos-Horta ‘Island Encounters is a shimmery blend of anthropology, memoir and reportage. Palmer journeys her way across the island of Timor and uncovers human stories of pasts not yet passed and of an uncertain present. Island Encounters will be the definitive contemporary explainer of why things work the way they do on both sides of the border, in West Timor and Timor-Leste. Not only is Palmer a deeply knowledgeable scholar, she is an absolute dream of a writer.’ — Gordon Peake, author of Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles, and Secrets from Timor-Leste ‘Palmer is the best kind of insider-outsider to translate a culture from the inside so outsiders can understand. Living with Timorese family, Palmer has had access to levels of cultural knowledge not usually shared with outsiders and she takes readers on a journey into the Timorese psyche. Island Encounters is a great intellectual gift to everyone wanting to better understand the complex new nation of Timor-Leste.’ — Sara Niner, author of Xanana: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste

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ANU Press

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1760464511

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Unsettling Nostalgia in Spain and Chile

Longing for Resistance in Literature and Film

By: Lisa DiGiovanni

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Unsettling Nostalgia in Spain and Chile

Longing for Resistance in Literature and Film

By: Lisa DiGiovanni

Unsettling Nostalgia in Spain and Chile: Longing for Resistance in Literature and Film reframes nostalgia to analyze how writers and filmmakers have responded to 20th-century dictatorial violence and loss in Spain and Chile. By reaching beyond reductive definitions that limit nostalgia to a conservative desire to defend traditional power hierarchies, Lisa DiGiovanni captures the complexity of a critically conscious type of longing and form of transmission that she terms “unsettling nostalgia.” Using literature and film, DiGiovanni illustrates how unsettling nostalgia imbues representations of pre-dictatorial mobilization during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) and the Chilean Popular Unity (1970–1973), as well as depictions of clandestine resistance to the Franco dictatorship (1939–1975) and the Pinochet regime (1973–1989). Positive memories of efforts to upend power hierarchies coexist with retrospective critiques that fissure romanticized views of revolutionary struggle. Unsettling nostalgic works engender deeper understandings of the complexities of political movements and how stories of resistance are meaningful today. By calling attention to the parallels between nostalgic modes that resist multiple injustices based on gender, class, and sexuality, this book traces an evocative continuity between Spain and Chile that goes beyond the initial work that links forms of militaristic authoritarianism. Scholars of Latin American studies, film studies, literary studies, history, women's and gender studies, memory studies, and rhetoric will find this book particularly useful.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498567908

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9781498567909

Sanctuary Deceived

By: Lisa Phillips

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Sanctuary Deceived

By: Lisa Phillips

Welcome to Sanctuary. Thrust from their home, Bolton Farrera and Nadia Marie Carleigh are isolated from everyone they trust, and Bolton can barely walk. In need of experimental surgery, Bolton has exactly one thing on his mind: getting to the stash he hid years ago. But the man Bolton put in jail has escaped, and the hunt for revenge is on. Nadia Marie knows God put her with Bolton so she could help him. But when Bolton's past catches up to both of them, the cost is high. Nadia must choose between what she thought the future would hold, and the reality she's faced with. She must love unconditionally, even if she has to walk away from the one thing she wants. Bolton must protect the people he cares about, and maybe even admit the real truth about who he is...even if uncovering his deception means he loses everything. Binge this fan-favorite Christian romantic suspense series today. Book 1 - Sanctuary Lost Book 2 - Sanctuary Buried Book 3 - Sanctuary Breached Book 4 - Sanctuary Deceived Book 5 - Sanctuary Forever

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Two Dogs Publishing, LLC

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The Guy Who Died Twice

A Detective D.D. Warren Story

By: Lisa Gardner

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The Guy Who Died Twice

A Detective D.D. Warren Story

By: Lisa Gardner

Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren confronts the strangest case of her career in this exclusive eBook short story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. A USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! D. D. Warren was pretty sure she'd seen it all. Then a man walks into police headquarters, attempting desperately to convince the squad that he's dead. Explaining to him that he's very much alive, they finally send him on his way...and then hours later, he turns up actually dead. And it's on D. D. Warren to figure out how and why the dead man died...twice. Plus: An early look at Gardner's next riveting thriller, Never Tell.

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1524745405

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Reclaiming the Body

María de Zayas's Early Modern Feminism

By: Lisa Vollendorf

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Reclaiming the Body

María de Zayas's Early Modern Feminism

By: Lisa Vollendorf

In a time when few women in Europe were educated and even fewer spoke out against the status quo, Mara de Zayas (1590-?) published novellas filled with criticism about gender relations. Her best-selling Novelas amorosas (1637) and Desengaos amor

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0807892742

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Bella

a novelization of the award-winning movie

By: Lisa Samson,Metanoia Films,

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Bella

a novelization of the award-winning movie

By: Lisa Samson,Metanoia Films,

If you want God to laugh, tell him your plans." For Jose the cook and Nina the beautiful waitress life has not turned out the way either had planned. Living with the weight of guilt and lost dreams, each struggles to survive and to make sense of what life now holds. But the events of one ordinary day in New York City turn into an unforgettable experience that changes both of their lives forever. Based on the #1 top-rated movie of 2007 and one of the most honored films of the year--winning the highly coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, Best Picture and Best Actor at the 2008 MovieGuide Awards--Bella is a story about redemption, family and finding love unexpectedly.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418568724

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Landscape with Two Saints

How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

By: Lisa M. Bitel

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Landscape with Two Saints

How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

By: Lisa M. Bitel

Lisa Bitel uses the history of two unique holy women--Genovefa of Paris (ca. 420-509) and Brigit of Kildare (ca.452-524)--to reveal how ordinary Europeans lived through Christianization at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Most converts did not have a sudden epiphany, Bitel argues. Instead they learned and lived their new religion in continuous conversation with preachers, saints, rulers, and neighbors. Together, they built their faith over many years, brick by brick, into their churches and shrines, cemeteries, houses, and even their markets and farms.

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Oxford University Press

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0199714398

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9780199714391

Design Ecologies: Sustainable Potentials in Architecture

Essays on the Nature of Design

By: Lisa Tilder,Beth Blostein

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Design Ecologies: Sustainable Potentials in Architecture

Essays on the Nature of Design

By: Lisa Tilder,Beth Blostein

This title explores current interpretations of contemporary ecological practices in architecture, landscape architecture, and community design. It includes a list of contributors including Jane Amidon and Blaine Brownell.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568987838

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9781568987835

The Lives of Women

A New History of Inquisitional Spain

By: Lisa Vollendorf

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The Lives of Women

A New History of Inquisitional Spain

By: Lisa Vollendorf

Recovering voices long relegated to silence, this work deciphers the responses of women to the culture of control in seventeenth-century Spain. It incorporates convent texts, Inquisition cases, biographies, and women's literature to reveal a previously unrecognized boom in women's writing between 1580 and 1700.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826514812

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New York

An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)

By: Ric Burns,James Sanders,Lisa Ades

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New York

An Illustrated History (Revised and Expanded)

By: Ric Burns,James Sanders,Lisa Ades

An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.

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059353414X

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Outlaw

By: Lisa Plumley

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Outlaw

By: Lisa Plumley

Four stars! A fun, fast-paced, passionate adventure of a lady and a mad ride through the wild west. A real treat for western romance fans!" —Romantic Times Mason Kincaid is on a mission to reclaim his young son and his good name from the men who had stolen both. But even an outlaw can't leave a lady alone in the middle of the Arizona territory--especially after she's been accidentally dumped from the stagecoach he's just held up. Now, Miss Amelia O'Malley is along for the ride--and this mismatched duo is headed for an adventure together that could be the beginning of a future destined to last. "What a grand ride! Outlaw is a fantastic, rip-roaring western romance that ropes you in, ties you up in knots, and doesn't turn loose until the last page is turned. A tremendous rush! This one is fun!" —Romance Communications "Hysterically funny with plenty of outrageous situations and eccentric characters, Outlaw is a true gem from first page to last. Ms. Plumley is an author of exceptional talent whose witty style makes her one of the genre's finest." —Rendezvous "Well-versed in her craft, Lisa Plumley does so much more than just tell a story. With wit and verve, she catches the reader's imagination from the very first sentence, spinning a tale of adventure and romance... I didn't want this remarkable romance to end. I loved it!" —Romance Communications "Ms. Plumley spins a yarn of humor, pathos, and romance that leaves the reader eager to turn the pages. Her colorful descriptions and attention to historical detail accentuate her story with depth and authenticity. Ms. Plumley is an author worth watching!" —Calico Trails "This is one great western romance you will love. I did. SPLENDID! 4½ BELLS!" —Bell, Book and Candle "Lisa Plumley's seemingly effortless prose flows like a swift-running river, carrying the reader along until the last poignant pages. A sweet, ageless tale of love and healing, in the American West. 4 stars!" —Affaire de Coeur "A delightful, totally pleasing romp through the Old West... Ms. Plumley has, with a deft touch, given the world of romance a pair of lovers to be remembered. A great read!" —Under the Covers Book Reviews "Lisa Plumley gives readers an exciting western adventure with witty dialogue. The hero is to die for... Western fans will adore this story! —Reader To Reader Reviews

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1476024294

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Pop Culture Latin America!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Lisa Shaw,Stephanie Dennison

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Pop Culture Latin America!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Lisa Shaw,Stephanie Dennison

A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Latin America! captures the breadth and vitality of pop culture in Central and South America and the Caribbean, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of its unique melange of art, entertainment, spirituality, and celebrations. Written by contributors who are scholars and specialists in the cultures and languages of Latin America, the book focuses on the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped Latino culture since 1945, particularly in the last two decades. Separate chapters cover music, popular cinema, mass media, theater and performance, literature, cultural heroes, religions and festivals, social movements and politics, the visual arts and architecture, sports and leisure, travel and tourism, and language.

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1851095098

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My Food, Your Food

By: Lisa Bullard

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My Food, Your Food

By: Lisa Bullard

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! It's food week in Manuel's class. Each student tells about something special his or her family eats. Manuel learns that families have different food traditions. Some eat noodles with chopsticks. Others use a fork. Some families eat flat bread. Others eat puffy bread. What kind of food will Manuel share with his class? Join him to find out how deliciously different and alike food can be.

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1512477524

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Who Knows Tomorrow

A Memoir of Finding Family among the Lost Children of Africa

By: Lisa Lovatt-Smith

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Who Knows Tomorrow

A Memoir of Finding Family among the Lost Children of Africa

By: Lisa Lovatt-Smith

Born in Spain and raised by a struggling single mother, Lisa Lovatt-Smith became an editor at British Vogue at nineteen, the youngest in Condé Nast history. She helped launch Spanish Vogue and partied across Europe with celebrities, fashion designers, photographers, and supermodels. By her thirties, Lisa has her dream career and a glamorous life in Paris, but when her adopted daughter Sabrina is expelled from school, Lisa takes her to volunteer in a Ghanaian orphanage in the hopes of getting her back on track. What she discovers there changes both their lives for good. Appalled by the deplorable conditions she finds, Lisa moves to Ghana permanently and founds OAfrica, dedicating her personal resources to reuniting hundreds of Ghanaian children with their families and spearheading a drive to shut down corrupt orphanages. On this unforgettable journey, Lisa confronts death threats, malaria, arson, and heartbreaking poverty; she also discovers truly inspiring children trapped in limbo by a moneymaking scheme bigger than she ever imagined. Who Knows Tomorrow is the engaging, frank, and often surprisingly funny story of one amazing woman who has traveled the globe in search of meaningful connection. Although to Lisa her story will always be about the children, it's also a touching celebration of a woman who is talented, generous, and unfailingly courageous.

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1602862710

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9781602862715

CLEP® Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 (Book + Online)

By: Lisa J. Goldman,Viviana Gyori,April Schneider

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CLEP® Spanish Language: Levels 1 and 2 (Book + Online)

By: Lisa J. Goldman,Viviana Gyori,April Schneider

Includes access code for free online tools at the REA Study Center, p. [2] of cover.

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0738610895

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Midnight Promises

By: Lisa Marie Rice

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Midnight Promises

By: Lisa Marie Rice

In their race for the truth, love must prove more powerful than America's worst enemy… When a gorgeous, bleeding woman on the run falls into the arms of Sean "Metal" O'Brien, the former SEAL medic knows just what he can do. Heal her. Tend to her. Keep her safe. What he can't seem to do is keep his guard up. Something about the haunted, hunted beauty knocks down all his defenses. Felicity Ward is no stranger to secrets. Raised in the Witness Protection Program, her whole childhood was a lie. But she couldn't have known that her family's secrets—secrets she didn't even know she was keeping—could spark a nuclear war. And nothing could have prepared her for the tough, sexy warrior who first saves her life and then vows to protect it, no matter what. 75,000 words

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1426899343

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Haunted Heart

The Life and Times of Stephen King

By: Lisa Rogak

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Haunted Heart

The Life and Times of Stephen King

By: Lisa Rogak

A fascinating look at the life of the author who created such modern classics as Carrie, IT, and The Shining. One of the most prolific and popular authors in the world today, Stephen King has become part of pop culture history. But who is the man behind those tales of horror, grief, and the supernatural? Where do these ideas come from? And what drives him to keep writing at a breakneck pace after a thirty year career? In this unauthorized biography, Lisa Rogak reveals the troubled background and lifelong fears that inspire one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. King's origins were inauspicious at best. His impoverished childhood in rural Maine and early marriage hardly spelled out the likelihood of a blossoming literary career. But his unflagging work ethic and a ceaseless flow of ideas put him on the path to success. It came in a flash, and the side effects of sudden stardom and seemingly unlimited wealth soon threatened to destroy his work and, worse, his life. But he survived and has since continued to write at a level of originality few authors could ever hope to match. Despite his dark and disturbing work, Stephen King has become revered by critics and his countless fans as an all-American voice more akin to Mark Twain than H. P. Lovecraft. Haunted Heart chronicles his story, revealing the character of a man who has created some of the most memorable---and frightening---stories found in literature today. Stephen King on Stephen King: "I'm afraid of everything." "As a kid, I worried about my sanity a lot." "I am always interested in this idea that a lot of fiction writers write for their fathers because their fathers are gone." "Writing is an addiction for me." "I married her for her body, though she said I married her for her typewriter." "When you get into this business, they don't tell you you'll get cat bones in the mail." "You have to be a little nuts to be a writer." "There's always the urge to see somebody dead that isn't you.

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Macmillan

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1429987979

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Dissonance

By: Lisa Lenard-Cook

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Dissonance

By: Lisa Lenard-Cook

When Anna Kramer, a Los Alamos piano teacher, inherits the journals and scores of composer Hana Weissova, she is mystified by this bequest from a woman she does not know. Hana’s music, however, soon begins to uncover forgotten emotions, while her journals, which begin in 1945 after she is released from a concentration camp, slowly reveal decades-old secrets that Anna and her family have kept buried. Dissonance is a quiet and dramatic novel that offers great emotional urgency and wisdom. It is bold in its scale, placing readers at different eras—in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt and in the scientific world of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With extraordinary sensitivity, the author unfolds the story of a woman musician inheriting the “score” of another woman’s life, reconciling its themes of self-discovery with the processes of self-discovery in her own life, and, finally, freeing imprisoned memory.

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Santa Fe Writer's Project

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1939650119

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The Essentials of Theater

A Guide to Acting, Stagecraft, Technical Theater, and More

By: Lisa Mulcahy

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The Essentials of Theater

A Guide to Acting, Stagecraft, Technical Theater, and More

By: Lisa Mulcahy

An Introduction to the World of Theater A friendly and practical guide to the stage, The Essentials of Theater will prepare actors and crew for their next show. Perfect for college students in theater programs, as well as community theater troupes, this book covers all the bases—from a brief history on theater over the centuries and basic terminology to tips on interpreting scripts, developing characters, and utilizing props. Lisa Mulcahy’s helpful explanations and examples take readers on a backstage tour, introducing the tasks and responsibilities of every participant: stage hands, sound designers, prop managers, and more. Special sections include: A simple guide to completing your first production project Worksheets and checklists to practice new skills Interviews with theater critics, playwrights, and sound designers Appendices with suggested readings, viewings, and resources for theater students Through real-world examples and engaging activities, readers will explore every facet of the world of theater: acting, directing, playwriting, production, technical design, and more. Mulcahy even includes a chapter on innovative ways to use one’s theater education off-stage. A great resource for college theater programs and acting classes in general, The Essentials of Theater is an excellent introduction to the stage and all of its moving parts.

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Simon and Schuster

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1621536475

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The assassinations

Probe magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X

By: James DiEugenio,Lisa Pease

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The assassinations

Probe magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X

By: James DiEugenio,Lisa Pease

Culled from the pages of Probe magazine, these stories delve deeply into the mysteries and hints of conspiracy in the political murders that shocked the nation in the 1960s, covering the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. Original.

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0922915822

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Sedona

By: Lisa Schnebly Heidinger,Janeen Trevillyan

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Sedona

By: Lisa Schnebly Heidinger,Janeen Trevillyan

Little more than a century ago, when only a handful of families lived in what is now Sedona, in Oak Creek Canyon, none would have dreamed it would become such a popular destination. The matchless combination of bright blue skies and red rocks has inspired artists of every medium to attempt to capture the mystic formations. Fortunately some began almost before the town was named after the wife of early settler T. C. Schnebly, who organized the first post office, at the beginning of the 20th century. From early apple growers to artists, what has united the diverse residents of Sedona over time is the conviction that they have found one of the earth's great treasures.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738548006

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Spectacular Modernity

Dictatorship, Space, and Visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958

By: Lisa Blackmore

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Spectacular Modernity

Dictatorship, Space, and Visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958

By: Lisa Blackmore

In cultural history, the 1950s in Venezuela are commonly celebrated as a golden age of modernity, realized by a booming oil economy, dazzling modernist architecture, and nationwide modernization projects. But this is only half the story. In this path-breaking study, Lisa Blackmore reframes the concept of modernity as a complex cultural formation in which modern aesthetics became deeply entangled with authoritarian politics. Drawing on extensive archival research and presenting a wealth of previously unpublished visual materials, Blackmore revisits the decade-long dictatorship to unearth the spectacles of progress that offset repression and censorship. Analyses of a wide range of case studies—from housing projects to agricultural colonies, urban monuments to official exhibitions, and carnival processions to consumerculture—reveal the manifold apparatuses that mythologized visionary leadership, advocated technocratic development, and presented military rule as the only route to progress. Offering a sharp corrective to depoliticized accounts of the period, Spectacular Modernity instead exposes how Venezuelans were promised a radically transformed landscape in exchange for their democratic freedoms.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822982366

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The Employee Performance Handbook

Smart Strategies for Coaching Employees

By: Margie Mader-Clark,Lisa Guerin

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The Employee Performance Handbook

Smart Strategies for Coaching Employees

By: Margie Mader-Clark,Lisa Guerin

Maximize employee performance—whether your workers are on-site or remote Confronting employees about poor performance is an ordeal dreaded by managers and HR pros everywhere. The possibility of emotional outbursts—and the specter of a lawsuit—leaves even many experienced managers at a loss. The Employee Performance Handbook is a complete how-to guide for managing employee performance. Packed with practical and legal advice, this book offers smart strategies that will help get the most out of your employees and avoid legal trouble. You’ll learn how to: identify problems early on decide when discipline is necessary choose the right response to a problem engage employees in improving performance fire employees when necessary protect against wrongful termination lawsuits, and manage a remote workforce effectively. With downloadable forms: You can download sample policies, sample forms, checklists, skills-building exercises, and more, (details inside).

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1413328873

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