Homicide detective Jake Carrington has an engagement that can’t wait—with a killer. Haunted by the murder of his sister, Lieutenant Jake Carrington struggles to control his personal demons as he stands over the brutalized body of a young woman found dead on the railroad tracks. The victim disappeared on July 6th, the fifth woman in as many years to go missing on that date. The fifth happy bride-to-be. The only one whose body has turned up. Soon the killer is sending personal messages to Jake. They refer to an unidentified brother he believes Jake hates as much as he does. With his partner distracted by turmoil at home, Jake is on his own. Drawn deeper and deeper into a murderous family feud, his mission is to find out who the killer’s brother is—and stop him before another innocent woman’s life is cut tragically short. “Tense and authentic—a suspenseful page-turner!” —Leo J. Maloney
Although Wiccan magick is a craft that appears to be shrouded in mystery, The Only Wiccan Spell Book You'll Ever Need cuts out the complexities. Inside, would-be Wiccas will find the basics of tools and symbols, spellcraft fundamentals and individualized chapters that focus on specific sorts of spellcasting. Features quick-and-easy spells for: Business Creativity Health Love Personal power Prosperity, luck and abundance Filled with plenty of examples, simple instructions and recipes that incorporate easy-to-find ingredients, this book will have novice Witches whipping up their own magick and casting spells in no time.
Marian Lindberg grew up being told that Walter Lindberg, the man who raised her father, was a brave explorer who had been murdered in the Amazon. She took her father’s claims at face value, basking in her exotic roots, until she started to notice things. The unverified legend became a riddle she couldn’t solve. As Lindberg moved from journalism to law, fell in love, and sought a family of her own, her father repeatedly interfered. He had a closed vision of his family, and she—unlike the silent Walter—was breaking out. Yet her father’s story of the past haunted Lindberg. Long after her father’s death, Lindberg set off for the Amazon, determined to find out the truth about Walter. Aided by generous Brazilians who adopted her search as if it were their own, she discovered as much about herself and her family as about Walter, whose true role in Brazil’s history turned out to be unexpected and deeply troubling. Sharply observant, wrought with honesty, and sweeping in its ambitions, The End of the Rainy Season is a powerful examination of identity and human relationships with nature, and between one another.
If you've experienced the power of prayer. . .you know that just one single little prayer goes a very, very long way. . .resulting in a bigger, bolder faith! You're invited to grow your faith alongside these 200-plus prayer-themed devotions, where you'll be challenged and inspired to pray—every day—with more courage, more love, more hope, more joy, more patience, more trust. . .and all of your heart. With each turn of the page, you'll be drawn closer to the heavenly Father as you meditate on each truth-filled devotion and open your heart and mind to His very best for you!
This book offers a critical examination of both the discourse and practice of participation in order to understand the significance of this explosion in participatory forums, and the extent to which such practices represent a fundamental change in governance.
Attorney Miranda Patel, exploring the murky circumstances surrounding the near-fatal head injury inflicted on her former paralegal, Jessica Lane, uncovers a connection between Jessica and the hacking of the National Security Agency. Could Jessica have gone to the dark side? Then, suspicion is cast on others connected with Miranda’s law firm. Miranda and her colleagues have unknowingly found themselves caught in a complex retribution scheme devised by Ed Dante and his childhood friend, Chad Blakely. Long ago, these two men entered judgment and have now begun meting out punishment for past offenses against them, justly so, in their minds, settling scores without bloodshed or violence but with planning, patience, and skill. In the end, justice is done. Miranda and her friends uncover the falsity of the accusations and thwart Ed and Chad’s plans. Or do they? Were the lawyers just pawns all along?
Offers complete in-depth preparation for the Cambridge IGCSE® in English as a Second Language examination. Endorsed by Cambridge, this Workbook is an invaluable component of the course and offers a wide variety of stimulating practice material. It supports and builds on the coverage of the Student's book and develops the same unit themes. It can also be used effectively without reference to the course. The exercises are suitable for classroom use or homework. Answers to the Workbook exercises are provided in the Teachers book.
The history of people must be told to their children. Each child who is born into a family has an oral and written history, which we should present to our children and not hide it under a bushel. This book is a sequel to Cultural Gumbo, Our Roots, Our Stories and A Diary of Lettie’s Daughter. I have used my family members to tell the stories because I can trace their footsteps through oral and documented tradition and history.
Evolve the humble CLI using Go and unleash the next generation of powerful, flexible, and empathy-driven interfaces Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Discover how Go enables the development of elegant and intuitive CLIs Explore a range of CLI development aspects and pick up a vast array of best practices Create engaging and user-friendly interfaces and learn how to distribute them Book Description Although graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are intuitive and user-friendly, nothing beats a command-line interface (CLI) when it comes to productivity. Many organizations settle for a GUI without searching for alternatives that offer better accessibility and functionality. If this describes your organization, then pick up this book and get them to rethink that decision. Building Modern CLI Applications in Go will help you achieve an interface that rivals a GUI in elegance yet surpasses it in high-performance execution. Through its practical, step-by-step approach, you'll learn everything you need to harness the power and simplicity of the Go language to build CLI applications that revolutionize the way you work. After a primer on CLI standards and Go, you'll be launched into tool design and proper framework use for true development proficiency. The book then moves on to all things CLI, helping you master everything from arguments and flags to errors and API calls. Later, you'll dive into the nuances of empathic development so that you can ensure the best UX possible, before you finish up with build tags, cross-compilation, and container-based distribution. By the end of this UX book, you'll be fully equipped to take the performance and flexibility of your organization's applications to the next level. What you will learn Master the Go code structure, testing, and other essentials Add a colorful dashboard to your CLI using engaging ASCII banners Use Cobra, Viper, and other frameworks to give your CLI an edge Handle inputs, API commands, errors, and timeouts like a pro Target builds for specific platforms the right way using build tags Build with empathy, using easy bug submission and traceback Containerize, distribute, and publish your CLIs quickly and easily Who this book is for This book is for beginner- and intermediate-level Golang developers who take an interest in developing CLIs and enjoy learning by doing. You'll need an understanding of basic Golang programming concepts, but will require no prior knowledge of CLI design and development. This book helps you join a community of CLI developers and distribute within the popular Homebrew package management tool.
Two young witches stow away on a space mission in an effort to contact a witches' space exploring expedition that has not been heard from in a long time.
One woman’s decades-long journey to a diagnosis of autism, and the barriers that keep too many neurodivergent people from knowing their true selves Marian Schembari was thirty-four years old when she learned she was autistic. By then, she’d spent decades hiding her tics and shutting down in public, wondering why she couldn’t just act like everyone else. Therapists told her she had Tourette’s syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sensory processing disorder, social anxiety, and recurrent depression. They prescribed breathing techniques and gratitude journaling. Nothing helped. It wasn’t until years later that she finally learned the truth: she wasn’t weird or deficient or moody or sensitive or broken. She was autistic. Today, more people than ever are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Testing improvements have made it easier to identify neurodivergence, especially among women and girls who spent decades dismissed by everyone from parents to doctors, and misled by gender-biased research. A diagnosis can end the cycle of shame and invisibility, but only if it can be found. In this deeply personal and researched memoir, Schembari’s journey takes her from the mountains of New Zealand to the tech offices of San Francisco, from her first love to her first child, all with unflinching honesty and good humor. A Little Less Broken breaks down the barriers that leave women in the dark about their own bodies, and reveals what it truly means to embrace our differences.
Describes the late nineteenth-century gold rush to Canada's Fraser River, its hardships and tragedies, its rare success stories, and its effect on the settlement of northern British Columbia.
Starting the countdown to college in middle school - too soon or not early enough? The grades earned in some 8th grade classes--foreign language, for instance--appear on the final high school transcripts students submit to colleges. And whether school systems admit it or not, "tracking" begins in 7th grade--and a student's "track" determines whether he or she will be able to take the advanced courses in high school that college admissions officers look for. KickStart to College helps students build the kind of academic and extracurricular record they'll need, and still have a life. Good planning over the course of late middle school and high school ensures that the college admissions process doesn't consume the lives of teens or their parents--the student is in control!The book helps students use athletics, music, drama, art, clubs, volunteering, and summer activities to experiment and grow, as well as to build a college application that will be a true indication of their special abilities--keeping in mind that it's impossible to build a complete resume in the 18 months prior to high school graduation. It's reassuring and helpful to parents as well as students; college prep and the likelihood of being accepted to the college of one's choice has changed a lot since most parents went to college themselves - and perfect preparation for households in which high-schoolers will be first-generation college students.
When her big brother is declared MIA in Vietnam, young Riley packs up her shattered heart and leaves her family, her first love, and a few small things behind. By trial and error she builds a new life, working on cars, delivering newspapers, tending bar. She befriends, rescues, and is rescued by a similarly vagabond cast of characters. Foolhardy, funny, and wise, Riley's challenge as she grows into a woman is simple: survive long enough to go home again, or at least figure out where home is, and who might be among the living there.
From Moses to Jesus, so many heroes of the Bible had to endure some type of wilderness season in their life, a time of testing that was painful to endure but ultimately brought glory to God. In Wilderness Skills for Women, rising author/speaker Marian Jordan sees the same thing happening today as she and her friends still find themselves going through periods of isolation, temptation, sorrow, and waiting. Whether it’s relationship drama, the constant pull of our sinful nature, a health issue, or any variety of unmet dreams, Jordan turns readers to God’s Word as the ultimate wilderness survival guide. Conversational and self-deprecatingly confessional in her delivery, this young writer finds ways to have fun with delicate subject matters, using wilderness analogies to great effect in chapters titled "Drink Plenty of Water," "Seek Shelter," and "Don’t Eat the Red Berries.
The Success International series offers a practical approach to language learning and support. Success International English Skills for Cambridge IGCSE® Workbook is designed to give students further practise and support when studying for the Cambridge IGCSE® in English as a Second Language. The Workbook consolidates and tests the understanding of the language and themes in the Student's Book, supporting students both in the classroom and in individual study. The Workbook offers a wide range of stimulating and challenging exercises, including work on vocabulary development, spelling, punctuation, tone, register, writing style, grammar and comprehension. Answers to both the Student's Book and the Workbook are available in the Teacher's Book.
It’s a shocking blast from the past when homicide detective Jake Carrington finds himself investigating the last woman he’d suspect of murder . . . Recovering from a stab wound to the gut, and dealing with the news that his sister’s killer might beat the system, Lieutenant Jake Carrington needs some downtime. But that’s cut short by a very sensitive case: the murder of the police commisioner’s wife. The crime scene—a dive hotel, complete with provocative, incriminating photos—suggests the victim was having an affair. But Jake finds that hard to believe—as hard to believe as the #1 suspect . . . Jake hasn’t seen his highschool sweetheart, Melinda Mastrianni, since the day his sister, Eva, died. He’d turned down Eva’s request for a ride so he could go see Melinda, and the guilt has never left him. Now Melinda’s a local photographer, mostly shooting weddings and graduations. Definitely not the kind of pics that led him to her doorstep. But when Melinda disappears, and more prominent women turn up dead, Jake will have to navigate through a twisted blackmailing scheme to find out if the girl he once knew is long gone—or if she’s a killer’s next target . . . “Tense and authentic—a suspenseful page-turner!” —Leo J. Maloney on All the Pretty Brides
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