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Cold in Earth

A Novel of Psychological Suspense

By: Melissa Jones

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Cold in Earth

A Novel of Psychological Suspense

By: Melissa Jones

... a remarkably well-done first effort." - Kirkus Reviews Cold In Earth is a stark, poetic and utterly terrifying first novel. Zoe is a mother, a television celebrity and a powerful career woman. Hers is a story that millions can only dream of. But when her baby dies, her guilt and grief plunge her into an inner landscape of dream and nightmare where the familiar becomes horrible, the unthinkable real. Her family find themselves powerless to help her as, one by one, they are drawn into a labyrinth at whose centre lies an unimaginable truth.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250115728

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Undefeated

By: Melissa Cutler

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Undefeated

By: Melissa Cutler

Welcome to Destiny Falls, New York, home of Bomb Squad—an ice hockey team full of rugged military heroes. The team’s battling a losing streak, but the season’s biggest game changer is one player’s second chance with the one who got away… Yoga instructor Marlena Brodie is always up for a challenge, and her new job of snapping Bomb Squad out of their rut is definitely that, even though it means being in close contact with Liam McAllister, her high school crush gone bad. She can feel the damage pouring off of him—but also a wild and sexy strength that calls to her. The Army turned Liam McAllister into a man, but as a combat medic, he saw far too much to ever be whole again. He’s not interested in the civilian world beyond his job as a carpenter, but he never stopped wondering what might have been with Marlena—and it isn’t long before she’s crashed through his carefully constructed walls. He longs for a new beginning with her, but to be the man she deserves, he’ll have to step out of his defensive zone and score the most important play of his life… Includes a preview of the next Bomb Squad novel, Game Changer. Praise for the novels of Melissa Cutler “A bright new voice in contemporary romance.”—New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde “One hot romance from start to finish.”—New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown “Sexy, savvy stuff!”—New York Times bestselling author Susan Andersen “Witty dialogue, great pacing, and steamy romance—not to mention a sassy heroine and her charming cowboy—make for one fun, passionate romp.”—RT Book Reviews Melissa Cutler knows she has the best job in the world, dividing her time between her dual passions for writing sexy contemporary romances and edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense. She was struck at an early age by an unrelenting travel bug and is probably planning her next vacation as you read this.

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Penguin

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0698151909

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9780698151901

In The Shadow Of Mr. Lincoln

By: Melissa Zabower

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In The Shadow Of Mr. Lincoln

By: Melissa Zabower

Daniel Kelly watches the world around him with the eyes and heart of a writer, but life in rural Pennsylvania in 1860 doesn't provide him much to write about. Abby Weimer is a farmer's daughter who wants to be anything but a farmer's wife. Brian O'Bern, her foster brother, chafes against farm life and Abby's father, as well. The boys have a plan to get to Philadelphia, and Abby is not content to be left behind, so she finds her own way to the city. No sooner do they arrive, though, than the attack at Fort Sumter and the ensuing war interrupts their plans. Daniel and Brian join the Army, and Abby joins the army of women who collect blankets, shoes, and food for the soldiers. Abby finds a purpose. Daniel has something to write about, and Brian finds like-minded men who feel like the first real family he's ever had. But war is vicious, destructive, and far-reaching. Some dreams come true. Some lives turn into a nightmare. Some lives end abruptly. No matter how it ends up, the war leaves no one unscathed.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1640039104

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9781640039100

Shooting from the Heart

By: Melissa Gabriel

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Shooting from the Heart

By: Melissa Gabriel

Shooting from the Heart is the story of one woman's struggle to find contentment and meaning in her life. From living and working in Philadelphia as a field social worker to becoming a writer and dancer, Shooting from the Heart reveals a complicated character. From New York City to Newport, Rhode Island and a life on Bellevue Avenue, Jana Marsh is on a journey of self-discovery. It is the story of secret love and romance, forbidden relationships and broken taboos which ultimately lead to the fulfillment of a long search for peace.

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AuthorHouse

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1665530421

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Everyday Heroes

By: Melissa Bianco

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Everyday Heroes

By: Melissa Bianco

Maj. John Spencer has felt like an invisible man since a tragic event in the Iraq War took his unit and his voice. John is no stranger to pain, but after alienating his friends and family and walking away from his life, he doesnt have much to get out of bed for, so when a mountain lion stalks his shack one night too many, John decides to fight back. What happens next changes his life forever. When Dr. Grace Errington stumbles on a critically wounded man lying twenty feet from a dead mountain lion, she realizes her summer trip to the Santa Cruz Mountains to heal from a bitter divorce is not going to be the peaceful respite shed planned. What she couldnt have imagined is how her actions would set her on a journey of danger, healing, self-discovery, and the promise of love.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514408155

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9781514408155

The Rancher Hits the Road

By: Melissa Senate

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The Rancher Hits the Road

By: Melissa Senate

Nothing like a little road trip with a jilted bride. Ranch foreman Shane Dawson certainly hadn’t expected he’d be escorting the bride away from her wedding, but Ashley McCray was determined to track down her good-for-nothing runaway groom. Since widower Shane’s twin daughters were scheduled to visit family anyway, Shane offered Ashley a ride to seek her revenge. All he asked was that Ashley help turn his tomboy twins into temporary angels who could change the minds of his late wife’s parents about seeking custody. Seven hours on the road should have been enjoyable and uneventful. Except this romance-weary couple had more in common than they’d ever imagined… From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Dawson Family Ranch Book 1: For the Twins' Sake Book 2: Wyoming Special Delivery Book 3: A Family for a Week Book 4: The Long-Awaited Christmas Wish Book 5: Wyoming Cinderella Book 6: Wyoming Matchmaker Book 7: His Baby No Matter What Book 8: Heir to the Ranch Book 9: Santa's Twin Surprise Book 10: The Cowboy's Mistaken Identity Book 11: Seven Birthday Wishes Book 12: Snowbound with a Baby Book 13: Triplets Under the Tree Book 14: The Rancher Hits the Road

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Harlequin

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0369746236

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9780369746238

Way I See It

A Look Back at My Life on Little House

By: Melissa Anderson

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Way I See It

A Look Back at My Life on Little House

By: Melissa Anderson

When other girls her age were experiencing their first crushes, Melissa Sue Anderson was receiving handwritten marriage proposals from fans as young, and younger, than she was. When other girls were dreaming of their first kiss, Melissa was struggling through hers in front of a camera. From age eleven in 1974 until she left the show in 1981, Melissa Anderson literally grew up before the viewers of Little House on the Prairie. Melissa, as Mary, is remembered by many as “the blind sister”—and she was the only actor in the series to be nominated for an Emmy. In The Way I See It, she takes readers onto the set and inside the world of the iconic series created by Michael Landon, who, Melissa discovered, was not perfect, as much as he tried to be. In this memoir she also shares her memories of working with guest stars like Todd Bridges, Mariette Hartley, Sean Penn, Patricia Neal, and Johnny Cash. In addition to stories of life on the set, Melissa offers revealing looks at her relationships off-set with her costars, including the other Melissa (Melissa Gilbert) and Alison Arngrim, who portrayed Nellie Oleson on the show. And she relates stories of her guest appearances on iconic programs such as The Love Boat and The Brady Bunch. Filled with personal, revealing anecdotes and memorabilia from the Little House years, this book is also a portrait of a child star who became a successful adult actress and a successful adult. These are stories from “the other Ingalls sister” that have never been told.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762762616

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9780762762613

Travels with the Wolf

A Story of Chronic Illness

By: Melissa Anne Goldstein

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Travels with the Wolf

A Story of Chronic Illness

By: Melissa Anne Goldstein

The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that between .5 and 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the body. The elusive nature of the illness often becomes a source of overwhelming helplessness and frustration to its victims, their loved ones, and the physicians who treat it. Narrated through both poetry and prose, Travels with the Wolf is an autobiographical account of Melissa Anne Goldstein's experiences with lupus. It is her story of becoming a young woman, writer, and teacher in the presence of severe, often debilitating disease. It is an exploration of her relationships with her family and friends as the illness steals into their lives, and the record of her struggle to maintain her independence and identity despite disease. Finally, it is an author's journey to find her spiritual core. This book is not just about lupus. Goldstein uses her experience of the illness as well as sociological, literary, and historical research, to portray and understand the dilemmas faced by the chronically ill person in our society. In her conclusion, she calls for reform of today's health care system, which does not meet the needs of the chronically ill or their physicians.

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Ohio State University Press

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0814208401

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9780814208403

Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter

A Memoir

By: Melissa Francis

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Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter

A Memoir

By: Melissa Francis

A memoir from the former child actress and veteran journalist describes the pride, pressure, and cruelty she felt from her ambitious stage mother while working as part of the cast of "Little House on the Prairie.

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Weinstein Books

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1602861722

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9781602861725

The Secret of Joy

By: Melissa Senate

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The Secret of Joy

By: Melissa Senate

IS THE HALF SISTER THAT REBECCA STRAND HAS NEVER MET SHORT? TALL? RICH? POOR? PRETTY? FUNNY? MARRIED? LONELY? HAPPY?... Rebecca is about to find out. The New York City paralegal thought nothing could shake her life off its fast track -- which includes her handsome lawyer boyfriend and their extravagant condo. The shocking revelation that she even has a half sister comes from her dying father, in a hospital bed confession of a long-past summer affair...and now the dad she adores has one last wish: would Rebecca deliver a cache of letters he never sent to his other daughter, Joy Jayhawk, in a tiny coastal Maine town? But when Rebecca arrives in Wiscasset, with the life-changing letters stashed in a leather box, nothing goes as she imagined -- and Joy Jayhawk is less than thrilled to meet her. Joy already has her own life, her own family, and her own business: she runs a bus tour for singles, a matchmaking excursion that's brought lovers together, healed broken hearts, and changed lives. Rebecca joins the singles tour in the hopes of unlocking a door into Joy's life and forming a relationship with the only family she has left. But as she spends more and more time with Joy and the women who dub themselves The Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset -- and starts a flirtation with a seriously hunky local carpenter -- Rebecca realizes it's her life and heart that are ready for healing and change...and that sometimes, you just have to go along for the ride.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439166595

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9781439166598

Psychology of Adjustment

The Search for Meaningful Balance

By: John Moritsugu,Elizabeth M. Vera,Jane Harmon Jacobs,Melissa Kennedy

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Psychology of Adjustment

The Search for Meaningful Balance

By: John Moritsugu,Elizabeth M. Vera,Jane Harmon Jacobs,Melissa Kennedy

Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance combines a student focus with state-of-the-art theory and research to help readers understand and adjust to life in a context of continuous change, challenge, and opportunity. Incorporating existential and third wave behavioral psychology perspectives, authors John Moritsugu, Elizabeth M. Vera, Jane Harmon Jacobs, and Melissa Kennedy emphasize the importance of meaning, mindfulness, and psychologically-informed awareness and skill. An inviting writing style, examples from broad ethnic, cultural, gender, and geographic areas, ample pedagogical support, and cutting-edge topical coverage make this a psychological adjustment text for the 21st century.

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SAGE Publications

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1483319296

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9781483319292

The Biggest Loser: 6 Weeks to a Healthier You

Lose Weight and Get Healthy For Life!

By: Cheryl Forberg,Melissa Roberson,Lisa Wheeler,Biggest Loser Experts and Cast

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The Biggest Loser: 6 Weeks to a Healthier You

Lose Weight and Get Healthy For Life!

By: Cheryl Forberg,Melissa Roberson,Lisa Wheeler,Biggest Loser Experts and Cast

BASED ON THE HIT SHOW AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS Each season on The Biggest Loser, America watches the contestants transform their bodies at the Ranch. But what you can't see on television is the even more incredible physical transformation that takes place on the inside, as Biggest Losers radically change their health and quality of life through diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes. The Biggest Loser: 6 Weeks to a Healthier You brings the Ranch into your home and gives you the same tools, medical advice, nutrition tips, and exercise instruction that the contestants receive there. In just 6 weeks, you can change your future and make strides toward preventing and reversing conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. You'll also learn how to: • Boost your mood and brainpower with simple yoga poses and omega-3 rich foods like the Veggie Cheese Omelet and Mexican Turkey Burger. • Protect yourself from colds and flus by enhancing immunity with the power of vitamins A and C, found in the Southern Start breakfast and Fire-Roasted Tomato Soup. • Cut your cancer risk with strength training and the power antioxidants, like those in the Bye-Bye Blues Smoothie and Berrylicious Oatmeal. • Help prevent heart disease by getting plenty of aerobic exercise and trimming saturated fat from your diet with lean protein dishes like the Sweet Pepper Chicken Sandwich and Egg White Bites. With delicious recipes, easy-to-follow meal plans, and 6 weeks of exercises to get you moving, The Biggest Loser: 6 Weeks to a Healthier You helps you lose pounds—and gain a lifetime of good health.

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Rodale Books

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1605291536

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Literature and the Irish Famine 1845-1919

By: Melissa Fegan

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Literature and the Irish Famine 1845-1919

By: Melissa Fegan

The impact of the Irish famine of 1845-1852 was unparalleled in both political and psychological terms. The effects of famine-related mortality and emigration were devastating, in the field of literature no less than in other areas. In this incisive new study, Melissa Fegan explores the famine's legacy to literature, tracing it in the work of contemporary writers and their successors, down to 1919. Dr Fegan examines both fiction and non-fiction, including journalism, travel-narratives and the Irish novels of Anthony Trollope. She argues that an examination of famine literature that simply categorizes it as 'minor' or views it only as a silence or an absence misses the very real contribution that it makes to our understanding of the period. This is an important contribution to the study of Irish history and literature, sharply illuminating contemporary Irish mentalities.

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Clarendon Press

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0191555002

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9780191555008

School-Based Crisis Intervention

Preparing All Personnel to Assist

By: Melissa Allen Heath,Dawn Sheen

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School-Based Crisis Intervention

Preparing All Personnel to Assist

By: Melissa Allen Heath,Dawn Sheen

When a student is in dire need of emotional support, caring adults in the school can make a difference. This essential resource helps practitioners prepare all school personnel to respond sensitively and effectively to children and adolescents in crisis. Packed with user-friendly features--including over 50 reproducible tools--the book provides crucial guidance for helping students cope with such stressful circumstances as bullying, abuse, parental divorce, chronic illness, depression, loss, and more. The emphasis is on giving teachers and staff basic crisis intervention skills: how to react, what to say, and what to do to create a safe and supportive environment. In a large-size format to facilitate photocopying, the volume's utility is enhanced by many specific training ideas and activities. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

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Guilford Publications

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1462527655

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9781462527656

Desire by Blood

A Vampire Alliance Novel

By: Melissa Schroeder

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Desire by Blood

A Vampire Alliance Novel

By: Melissa Schroeder

An innovative Victorian paranormal. It's compelling and downright sexy. I wan't wait to devour more! Shayla Black, NYT Best Selling Author Enter the world of By Blood where an entire class of vampires operates within the glittering realm of the victorian ton. A man with a secret. Nicodemus Blackburn has seen the best and worst of mankind. Five hundred years of dealing with them teaches the vampire to be very wary of the creatures. Unfortunately, alarming events leave him no choice but to enter the world of the ton to hunt a rogue vampire—one who is making his own army of blood thirsty vampires. Searching for the villain is not the worst of his troubles. That can be laid at the feet of bluestocking Lady Cordelia Collingsworth. A woman on a mission. Cordelia has always been an outcast, even in her own family. She has forged her way in the world with her ability to write, and Nico Blackburn is the focus of her next article. Before she can obtain any information about the mysterious man, she is pulled headlong into a scandal that leaves her with no choice but to marry Nico—a man with dangerous secrets. A passion that consumes them both. Thrust into a world she knows nothing of, Cordelia finds herself falling in love with a man who claims to be a vampire. As their passion grows, so does the danger around them and Nico will have to call on all of his powers to protect the one thing he has realized he cannot live without: his opinionated, infuriating, and thoroughly delectable wife.

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Harmless Publishing

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0985447133

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9780985447137

Connecting High-Leverage Practices to Student Success

Collaboration in Inclusive Classrooms

By: Melissa C. Jenkins,Wendy W. Murawski

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Connecting High-Leverage Practices to Student Success

Collaboration in Inclusive Classrooms

By: Melissa C. Jenkins,Wendy W. Murawski

Transform classrooms and student performance with evidence-based, effective practices Two brains are better than one, as the saying goes, and this is especially true in education. Educators who employ effective collaboration and co-teaching greatly amplify student engagement, achievement, and growth, particularly for those learners needing extra support. Written by two of the nation’s top experts in co-teaching, Connecting High-Leverage Practices to Student Success is an essential, reader-friendly guide for educators and instructional leaders who are passionate about creating truly inclusive classrooms where all students thrive— academically, behaviorally, socially, and emotionally. Inside, authors Melissa Jenkins and Wendy Murawski provide: Three clearly defined steps to build a strong foundation, leverage collaboration, and support students’ growth A laser focus on high-leverage and evidence-based practices for general and special education that optimize educators’ impact, including collaboration, instruction, assessment, and social emotional/behavior skills Seamless integration of practices within MTSS and RTI processes to meet the needs of all learners Countless and concrete samples, examples, tools, reflection exercises, and supplemental materials that enable you to move from theory to immediate instructional practice Positioning collaboration as the catalyst to maximizing high-leverage and evidence-based practices for the success of all students, this easy-to-use handbook belongs on the desk of every teacher working toward a truly inclusive environment.

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Corwin Press

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1071920839

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9781071920831

Fluency Practice, Grades 2-3

By: Melissa Hart

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Fluency Practice, Grades 2-3

By: Melissa Hart

Fluency has two basic components. Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly and accurately while using expression and proper phrasing. Speaking fluency is the ability to express oneself easily and gracefully. Book jacket.

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1420680412

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And the Winner Is... #18

By: Melissa J. Morgan

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And the Winner Is... #18

By: Melissa J. Morgan

When Natalie’s dad is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, she flies to L.A. for the week, where she plans on hanging out with Tori and also taking her to the Oscars. But when Natalie hits it off with Tori’s friend Reed, Tori feels left out and picks a giant fight, which culminates in Natalie rescinding Tori’s invitation to the Oscars and giving it to Reed instead. Cut to: Natalie and Tori and their tearful reconciliation. Unfortunately the only way for Natalie to really enjoy this happilyever- after ending is to find a replacement ticket to the Oscars!

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Penguin

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1440697124

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How We Met

Real-Life Tales of How Happily Married Couples Found Each Other

By: Michelle Bowers,Melissa Steinfeld Galett

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How We Met

Real-Life Tales of How Happily Married Couples Found Each Other

By: Michelle Bowers,Melissa Steinfeld Galett

For everyone who loves a real-life happy ending, here are forty-five funny, romantic, and above all true tales of modern coupling. In their own words, men and women recount the surprising and serendipitous ways they came together, from jury duty encounters and sidewalk pickup lines to dramatic stories of dogged determination that paid off big in the end. For anyone who's carried a torch for a colleague or friend, looked for love on-line, or wondered if it's really true that love comes when you least expect it, How We Met offers insights into that mysterious process of finding The One. For those who've already said "I do," the book offers a rare peek into the lives of other married couples, and how they found each other.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250099048

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Telling Tales

A History of Literary Hoaxes

By: Melissa Katsoulis

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Telling Tales

A History of Literary Hoaxes

By: Melissa Katsoulis

When Dionysus the Renegade faked a Sophocles text in 400BC (cunningly inserting the acrostic 'Heraclides is ignorant of letters') to humiliate an academic rival, he paved the way for two millennia of increasingly outlandish literary hoaxers. The path from his mischievous stunt to more serious tricksters like the controversial memoirist and Oprah-duper James Frey, takes in every sort of writer: from the religious zealot to the bored student, via the vengeful academic and the out-and-out joker. But whether hoaxing for fame, money, politics or simple amusement, each perpetrator represents something unique about why we write. Their stories speak volumes about how reading, writing and publishing have grown out of the fine and private places of the past into big-business, TV-book-club-led mass-marketplaces which, some would say, are ripe for the ripping. For the first time, the complete history of this fascinating sub-genre of world literature is revealed. Suitable for bookworms of all ages and persuasions, this is true crime for people who don't like true crime, and literary history for the historically illiterate. A treat to read right through or to dip into, it will make you think twice next time you slip between the covers of an author you don't know...

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Constable

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1472107837

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Warped Narratives

Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy

By: Melissa Kate Merry

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Warped Narratives

Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy

By: Melissa Kate Merry

The politics of gun policy in the United States are dramatic. Against the backdrop of daily gun violence—which claims more than 33,000 lives per year—gun control groups push for stronger regulations, while gun rights groups resist infringements upon their Second Amendment rights. To illuminate the dynamics of this polarized debate, Warped Narratives examines how and why interest groups frame the gun violence problem in particular ways, exploring the implication of groups’ framing choices for policymaking and politics. Melissa K. Merry argues that the gun policy arena is warped, and that both gun control and gun rights organizations contribute to the distortion of the issue by focusing on atypical characters and settings in their policy narratives. Gun control groups emphasize white victims, child victims, and mass shootings in suburban locales, while gun rights groups focus on self-defense shootings, highlighting threats to “law-abiding” gun owners. In reality, most gun deaths are the result of suicide. Homicides occur disproportionately in urban areas, mainly affecting racial minorities. While warping makes political sense in the short term, it may lead to negative, long-term consequences, including constraints on groups’ ability to build broad-based coalitions and to reduce prospects for compromise. To demonstrate warping, Merry analyzes nearly 67,000 communications by 15 national gun policy groups between 2000 and 2017 collected from blogs, emails, Facebook posts, and press releases. This book is the first to systematically assess the role of race in gun policy groups’ framing and offers the most comprehensive examination to date of interest groups’ presentation of this issue.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472126245

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Dark Money, Super PACs, and the 2012 Election

By: Melissa M. Smith,Larry Powell

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Dark Money, Super PACs, and the 2012 Election

By: Melissa M. Smith,Larry Powell

More than two billion dollars. That’s how much money was spent in the 2012 presidential campaign—the most expensive campaign in history. Each party raised and spent more than one billion dollars as the traditional boundaries of campaign financing were ignored. Both parties could do so because they were playing in a game with new rules—rules that largely developed after the 2010 Supreme Court ruling known as Citizens United. That case removed many restrictions on donation limits, particularly for corporations and unions. The result was the development of a new set of political players called “Super PACs” that were allowed to enter the political arena and spend an unlimited amount of money on behalf of clients. This book looks at how Super PACs raised and spent money and influenced the 2012 election. It provides an insightful look at how both right- and left-leaning groups approached the election and impacted the political process.

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Lexington Books

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073918542X

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Writing Russia

The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation

By: Melissa-Ellen Dowling

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Writing Russia

The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation

By: Melissa-Ellen Dowling

Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over contradictions in their narratives of Russia, generating a seemingly cohesive depiction of Russia as a liminal, Other nation. This is a process that this book theorises as "discordus", representing an original conceptual framework for examining national history texts. It identifies patterns in the language and emplotment of Anglophone Russian histories across several defining historical epochs from the Mongol conquests to the Putin presidency, revealing the extent to which historians wield the narrative power to "make or break" nations. Postmodern in approach, the work pushes the boundaries of historiography and calls into question the nature of history.

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1000411753

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense January 2014 Bundle

An Anthology

By: Carla Cassidy,Beth Cornelison,Elle James,Melissa Cutler

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense January 2014 Bundle

An Anthology

By: Carla Cassidy,Beth Cornelison,Elle James,Melissa Cutler

Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Lethal Lawman by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Carla Cassidy, The Return of Connor Mansfield by Beth Cornelison, Deadly Engagement by Elle James and Secret Agent Secretary by Melissa Cutler. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic Suspense!

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1460328469

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On Our Own

Unmarried Motherhood in America

By: Melissa Ludtke

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On Our Own

Unmarried Motherhood in America

By: Melissa Ludtke

Ludtke brings the voices of women having children on their own into a public debate from which these voices have been conspicuously absent. Interweaving their voices with her own savvy and intuitive commentary, she has written a vitally important book."—Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice

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Univ of California Press

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0520218302

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9780520218307

The Garden

By: Melissa Scott

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The Garden

By: Melissa Scott

Desperately in need of vital nutritional supplies, the crew of the USS VoyagerTM must risk dealing with an enigmatic race known as the Kirse, legendary for the bountiful crops of their world - and for their secretive ways. Despite Neelix's warnings, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team to the Kirse homeworld. But when the hostile Andirrim attack the Kirse, Janeway finds herself caught in a deadly situation. Forced to fight alongside the Kirse, Janeway and her crew can only hope that their strange, new allies are not more dangerous than their common foe.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743453719

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9780743453714

Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy

How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives

By: James L. Griffith,Melissa Elliott Griffith

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Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy

How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives

By: James L. Griffith,Melissa Elliott Griffith

Drawing on narrative, postmodern, and other therapeutic perspectives, this book guides therapists in exploring the creative and healing possibilities in clients' spiritual and religious experience. Vivid personal accounts and dialogues bring to life the ways spirituality may influence the stories told in therapy, the language and metaphors used, and the meanings brought to key relationships and events. Applications are discussed for a wide variety of clinical situations, including helping people resolve relationship problems, manage psychiatric symptoms, and cope with medical illnesses.

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Guilford Press

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146250583X

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The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film

By: Melissa U. D. Goldsmith,Paige A. Willson,Anthony J. Fonseca

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The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film

By: Melissa U. D. Goldsmith,Paige A. Willson,Anthony J. Fonseca

Musicians, both fictional and real, have long been subjects of cinema. From biopics of composers Beethoven and Mozart to the rise (and often fall) of imaginary bands in The Commitments and Almost Famous, music of all types has inspired hundreds of films. The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world, including straightforward biographies, rockumentaries, and even the occasional mockumentary. The wide-ranging scope of this volume allows for the inclusion of films about fictional singers and bands, with emphasis on a variety of themes: songwriter–band relationships, the rise and fall of a career, music saving the day, the promoter’s point of view, band competitions, the traveling band, and rock-based absurdity. Among the films discussed in this book are Amadeus, The Blues Brothers, The Buddy Holly Story, The Commitments, Dreamgirls, The Glenn Miller Story, A Hard Day’s Night, I’m Not There, Jailhouse Rock, A Mighty Wind, Ray, ’Round Midnight, The Runaways, School of Rock, That Thing You Do!, and Walk the Line.With entries that span the decades and highlight a variety of music genres, The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film is a valuable resource for moviegoers and music lovers alike, as well as scholars of both film and music.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442269871

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9781442269873

Powerful Parent Partnerships

Rethinking Family Engagement for Student Success

By: Robert Dillon,Melissa Nixon

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Powerful Parent Partnerships

Rethinking Family Engagement for Student Success

By: Robert Dillon,Melissa Nixon

It is essential that we work together to craft powerful parent-teacher partnerships that meet the needs of today’s students and schools. In this important new book, authors Robert Dillon and Melissa Nixon explain how schools and families can work together so that the needs of children are always met. Whether you’re a parent hoping to work more effectively with your child’s teacher, or a principal or teacher looking for ways to understand families’ needs, you’ll be able to use the strategies in this resource to improve your communication and build deeper connections. Loaded with practical takeaways and sample stories, this book will help you: Clearly communicate a child’s educational goals; Make connections with other schools and school districts to build community and broaden your range of resources; Hold educators accountable without alienating them; Develop communication strategies to address difficult topics like underperformance and misbehavior; Show compassion and gratitude; And more! With the practical suggestions in this book, you’ll be able to rekindle more engagement and excitement into students' learning at school and at home.

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Routledge

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1351186094

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9781351186094

Loves Fading Light

By: Melissa Overshon

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Loves Fading Light

By: Melissa Overshon

Love’s Fading Light—She was only thirty but already felt her life was half over. The road was always long and heartbreaking for Telissa, yet she pushed on. Growing up in a foster home, Telissa always felt that no one truly loved or understood her. No friends, no family, and she dreamed of a love that was never ending. He was thirty-seven and the leader of the resistance. He had no time for love or friends. Juan’s life was full of danger. To protect his country from evil that now ruled, he would do anything. Yet when darkness fell and he was alone in his bedroll, he dreamed of a love he feared he would never find. Worlds apart, fate would bring them together, and they would find what it truly meant to live, love, and trust completely

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450044417

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9781450044417

Secluded at Broken Spur Ranch

By: RaeAnne Thayne,Melissa Senate

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Secluded at Broken Spur Ranch

By: RaeAnne Thayne,Melissa Senate

Originally published in in 1999 as The Wrangler and the Runaway Mom, this story is a classic by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne and combines her trademark warmth and emotion with a dash of suspense! When a terrified Dr. Maggie Rawlings saw her ex-husband killed, she feared her little boy might be next. They started running, with every man a potential threat—even if her son was constantly in search of a daddy. And a cowboy. And he found both in Colt McKendrick… FBI agent-disguised-as-rodeo-cowboy Colt knew the drill: protect Maggie and her son, and then, when the danger passed, move on. But with each trusting look from the adorable little boy—not to mention each sizzling moment spent with Maggie—Colt was finding a hands-off policy harder and harder to live by… FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! The Maverick’s Baby-In-Waiting by Melissa Senate After dumping her cheating fiancé, mom-to-be Mikayla Brown is trying to start fresh—without a man!—but Jensen Jones is determined to pursue her. He’s not ready to be a daddy…or is he?

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Harlequin

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1488053367

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9781488053368

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