Are you longing for captivating read to thrill you, scintillate you and get your thinking? Fatal Links provides a perfect balance of historical backstory, rich character development, snippets of sauciness, and boatload of edge-of-your-seat thrill. When Rose and Jonathan meet online, we get the front seat insight into their burgeoning romance, complete with text bubbles and plenty of racy moments. What could go wrong? You’ll be surprised... Natasha Lukin expertly created a timeless thriller based on love, while reflecting on our modern ways back at us with razor-sharp accuracy. It will have you thinking twice about downloading that dating app. Lukin’s writing is energetic, with tangible pulse and fast rolling and unfolding of the events leading the characters to the point of no return and then to inescapable demise. We can all recognise part of ourselves in the Natasha’s characters whether we want to or not... the mark of a true writer and outstanding book.
The “graceful, loving,” (The New York Times Book Review), never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood’s glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. Natasha Gregson Wagner’s mother, Natalie Wood, was a child actress who became a legendary movie star, the dark-haired beauty of Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story. She and Natasha’s stepfather, the actor Robert Wagner, were a Hollywood it-couple twice over, first in the 1950s, and then again when they remarried in the 70s. To Natasha, she was, above all, a doting, loving mom. But Natalie’s sudden death by drowning off Catalina Island at the age of forty-three devastated her family, turned Robert Wagner into a person of interest, and transformed a vibrant wife, mother, and actress into a figure of tragedy. The weekend has long been shrouded in rumors and scandalous tabloid speculation, but until now there has never been an account of how the events and their aftermath were experienced by Natalie’s beloved eldest daughter. Here, for the first time, is a“deeply intimate chronicle of life with her famous mother and how Wood’s death devastated the family” (Los Angeles Times). Cutting through the shadow hanging over her mother’s legacy, More Than Love is a “poignant” (The Washington Post) tale of a daughter coming to terms with her grief, as well as a “revealing new look at Natalie Wood” (Good Morning America).
2021 started out challenging for me. It has been a road to self-discovery. I keep having the same disappointments creep up on me, and this year I am growing tired. I had to take a long look into the mirror and keep it real with myself of what I need to do to begin the transformation of my life. I boldly ask God to continue to change me from the inside out. Prepare me for what the rest of 2021, and the future have to bring. Prepare me for the blessings that you are about to release. Prepare me for the prayers you are about to answer. I am tired of living how the world sees me, how I see me, and I am ready to live how God sees me. I know he created a plan for me before I even knew myself. I want to live that life he wrote for me. He is my author, and he definitely does not need a cowriter when it comes to my life. I am tired of the insanity; living the same lie to get the same results. Change is necessary!
Experience the journey of a young African American girl from South Carolina to the United States Naval Academy, and then into her calling as a speaker, mentor, and thought-leader. Intertwining Natasha Sistrunk Robinson's story with the story of Moses, this prophetic memoir invites you to bring along your story as well—to discover your own identity, purpose, and truth-revealing moments.
Lily?" My stomach dropped as a tall, dark-haired man stepped into view. Had he been hiding between the trees? "No. Sorry." Gulping, I took a step back. "I'm not Lily." He shook his head, a satisfied grin on his face. "No. You are Lily." "I'm Summer. You have the wrong person." You utter freak! I could hear my pulse crashing in my ears. How stupid to give him my real name. He continued to stare at me, smiling. It made me feel sick. "You are Lily," he repeated. Before I could blink, he threw his arms forward and grabbed me. I tried to shout, but he clasped his hand over my mouth, muffling my screams. My heart raced. I'm going to die. For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her—and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...
“Not your average wedding book! This is an emotional powerhouse of a finale for Jack and Keri Ann's story.” ~ Advance Reviewer It’s been four years since movie star, Jack Eversea, won Keri Ann Butler’s heart. Keri Ann has finished college and launched her artistic career, and she's let Jack know that she might finally be ready to tie the knot. But four years was a long time to make Jack wait. Jack’s just finished filming one of the most emotionally taxing projects he’s ever worked on and now he’s questioning his suitability for marriage. Unforeseen circumstances are causing rifts in their relationship, pitting the future against the past and love against responsibility, and conspiring to make the lovers take a good long look at their future. It's always been a rocky road for these two. Can Keri Ann's steadfast love smooth the way to their beach wedding?
An exquisite meditation on the geographies we inherit and the metaphors we inhabit, from Pulitzer Prize winner and nineteenth U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey “Searching and intimate, this impresses.”—Publishers Weekly In a shotgun house in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the crossroads of Highway 49, the legendary highway of the Blues, and Jefferson Street, Natasha Trethewey learned to read and write. Before the land was a crossroads, however, it was a pasture: a farming settlement where, after the Civil War, a group of formerly enslaved women, men, and children made a new home. In this intimate and searching meditation, Trethewey revisits the geography of her childhood to trace the origins of her writing life, born of the need to create new metaphors to inhabit “so that my story would not be determined for me.” She recalls the markers of history and culture that dotted the horizons of her youth: the Confederate flags proudly flown throughout Mississippi; her gradual understanding of her own identity as the child of a Black mother and a white father; and her grandmother’s collages lining the hallway, offering glimpses of the world as it could be. With the clarity of a prophet and the grace of a poet, Trethewey offers up a vision of writing as reclamation: of our own lives and the stories of the vanished, forgotten, and erased.
Natasha Lammers is a life-long learner who believes that beautiful divine messages of hope that promote healing and comfort to the heart, should be shared with the world. In a collection of mini-lessons, Natasha offers compelling insight into her unique spiritual practice and related teachings [to help one transform one’s view from “self” to “whole”] through the understanding of one’s inter-existence, in order to find the answers to such existential questions as “Who am I?” and “What is the reason for my existence?”; while, intertwining her personal experiences with wisdom from her spiritual teachers and guides, as well as her insightful practices and personal challenges. Natasha leads the readers on their own spiritual journey toward an enlightening path inward to discover that it is they who have the power to transform their ordinary life into an extraordinary one. My Lemonade Lessons offers valuable insight and self-transformational practices gathered from one woman’s spiritual journey of self-exploration to help others discover themselves.
Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honoured tradition of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale. Now nine bestselling, award-winning authors—all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre—bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales. Taking you from the frosty fens of the English countryside, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the ghostly spell of winters past . . .
Plenty of heartache provided me with plenty of problems. Each step along my life's journey was worth the transformation that took place in my life. During my younger years I developed characteristics that continued to cling to my womanhood. Sadly, I believed that I would never change and had lost any hope of healing the open wounds that remained exposed. Clinching onto the tiniest slender of faith I pressed forward despite my warlike moments of infliction. It was as if my soul had a secret to reveal to my spirit because I yearned deep within to be made whole. Whatever the secret was I knew it was placed there by God because no matter how tough life got God was the only one, I continued to believe in. At one point in this process I didn't believe in myself. I crawled, I clawed, I scratched, I cried, my spirit groaned but most of all I fought to win the race and accomplish the task God set before me. Only because "when I was weak God made Himself strong" and here I am.
Natasha, an idealist from humble beginnings, has reached the third decade of her life: the twenties. Traveling through this time capsule revealed her idealistic perspective as well as the layers of her strengths and weaknesses. More than anything, she wanted to experience life outside of the life she knew. This memoir delves into the time span of a young woman experiencing the intricacies, pains, and joys of her twenties. This decade, while seemingly long, moves as quickly as the clock changes time. Ellis narrates how she experiences failure, defeat, devaluation, and at the very end, restoration. Self-love, self-respect, and self-preservation were re-introduced to her at the close of this life chapter. A straddle between idealism and realism, Letters to My Youngins allows one to imagine the ropes of revitalization, and through vivid imagery, offers a front-row seat into the experiences that shaped this young womans life forever. In some instances, Natasha envisions her own mortality. Do you think shell try and reach for it?
This Selected Issues paper examines the role of the State Petroleum Fund in Norwegian economic policy, as a means to promote a sustainable long-term fiscal position and to help maintain the competitiveness of the non-oil (“mainland”) economy in the face of high oil export revenues. The paper documents the historical development of the wage bargaining framework in Norway, a country with a fairly centralized framework. It also compares recent wage developments in Norway with those of its trading partners to assess the implications for Norway’s international competitiveness.
From the very first day that Martine and her children arrive to spend the summer at her family house, by a lake in the French countryside, they begin to feel uneasy. Even the crows seem to be disturbed. The electricity fails, candles refuse to stay alight and stormy weather threatens. It seems that Nature is conspiring to tell them something that they cannot at first understand. A surprise meeting with an old schoolfriend in the village results in an invitation, and an unresolved mystery from five hundred years ago starts to unravel. A serving girl from the old chateau, which now lies in ruins, long ago drowned in the lake, and her spirit haunts the area. With the discovery of an ancient document and a long-lost necklace, her descendants are finally able to accept the past, with the assistance of a herbalist and a mystic. The practice of dowsing the local energies leads to resolution and a new beginning for them all. Village harmony is restored.
Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion presents "profiles" or "portraits" of individuals who have limited labor-market attachment. It is widely accepted that those with limited attachment to the labor market are a highly heterogeneous group (including, for instance, recent job losers, long-term unemployed, school leavers with no labor-market experience, those close to retirement age, or people with caring responsibilities), and that understanding their circumstances and potential barriers is an essential prerequisite for designing and implementing a tailored and effective mix of policy support and incentives. The report takes a comprehensive view, focusing on both the labor market attachment of a country's out-of-work population and the social assistance package and poverty profile of the same segment of the population. In essence, the report looks at individuals through the lenses of both poverty/welfare status and labor market indicators, and, in doing so, the portraits helps move the dialogue from a purely labor market-centric view to a broader dialogue that includes social policy as a whole. This is an important shift; for instance, social protection programs, such as family benefits and maternity benefits, and broader social policy issues such as retirement ages, often have a great impact on who remains inactive. Specifically, the report presents portraits of the out-of-work population of six countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania and Romania) in terms of distance from the labor market, human capital, and labor supply conditions, as well as demographic conditions. The analysis relies on the European Union Statistics of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) surveys for the years 2007 to 2011. Latent class analysis methodology allows multidimensional profiling of the out-of-work population, and identifies classes or groups of out-of-work individuals that are as homogeneous as possible within each class according to a set of observable characteristics, and as distant as possible between classes. Consequently, this analysis provide a much richer glimpse of the very different barriers to labor market integration that these various groups experience, considerably augmenting the limited amount of information contained in traditional descriptive statistics.
One conversation is all it takes to break a world wide open. Seventeen-year-old Macy Lyons has been through something no one should ever have to experience. And she’s dealt with it entirely alone. On the outside, she’s got it pretty good. Her family’s well-off, she’s dating the cute boy next door, she has plenty of friends, and although she long ago wrote her mother off as a superficial gym rat, she’s thankful to have allies in her loving, laid-back dad and her younger brother. But a conversation with a boy at a party one night shakes Macy out of the carefully maintained complacency that has defined her life so far. The boy is Sebastian Ruiz, a recovering addict who recognizes that Macy is hardened by dark secrets. And as Macy falls for Sebastian, she realizes that, while revealing her secret could ruin her seemingly perfect family, keeping silent might just destroy her. The Fix follows two good-hearted teenagers coming to terms with the cards they were dealt. It’s also about the fixes we rely on to cope with our most shameful secrets and the hope and fear that come with meeting someone who challenges us to come clean. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Get ready for another heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON. CAN YOU TRUST YOUR OWN TWIN? After their parents divorced, 10-year-old twins Ivy and Iris were split up - Ivy lived with Dad, Iris with Mum. But after a tragic accident takes their mum's life, the devastated sisters are reunited when Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Iris takes their mum's death especially hard, unwilling to speak to anyone except Ivy. Unable to stand seeing Iris so sad, Ivy promised her that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins. It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her teachers, and even her boyfriend all fall under Iris's spell. Slowly, Ivy feels she's being pushed out of her own life, but tells herself she's being paranoid. Iris isn't dangerous . . . is she?
The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device—or rather, complex of devices—to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Repetition is shown to be essential to his style, to his understanding of characters' psychology, to the structure of his work, and to his interaction with readers. In short, it defines much of what is "Tolstoyan" about Tolstoy. Following a discussion of the epistemological and psychological beliefs that shape Tolstoy's use of repetition, the author explores the effects and implications of repeated verbal elements as they function in the discourse of characters and narrators. She develops a concept of "novels of length," which are distinguished from ordinary "long novels" in that length is essential to their themes and purposes. A complex dynamic of memory, forgetting, and reminders (repetition) structures both the characters' evolving identities and the readers' changing apprehension of the text. The author next discusses Tolstoy's use of repetition to shape relationships among characters, and considers the connection between these relationships and thematic development in his novels. She concludes by exploring the intertextual repetitions in Tolstoy's oeuvre, which are seen as part of a process by which allusions among works create a revealing sense of the author's developing career. In examining the link between Tolstoy's repeated verbal elements and his broader concepts of structure and meaning, the book combines close readings of key passages in the novels with an exploration of larger theoretical issues: the dynamics of reading and sense-making, the ethics and aesthetics of memory, and the function of language as a system of cognition and communication. As a result, the book contributes not only to studies of Tolstoy and the genre of the novel but to our understanding of the relations among rhetorical, cognitive, aesthetic, and ethical aspects of great art generally.
If you want to live your dream life tomorrow, you need to make the right investing choices today If money wasn’t an issue, how would your life be different? The truth is that relying solely on your day job won't guarantee a life free from financial stress. The average nine-to-five might pay your bills, but there’s a gap you need to fill if you want to get to a financially free lifestyle you love. The key is to start investing: start small, and start now. The good news? It’s not as hard as you think! With How to Not Work Forever, you’ll discover how to make your money go further and grow faster — by investing in shares and ETFs. How to Not Work Forever breaks down the info and tools you need to keep up with inflation and grow your wealth. Tash (aka @tashinvests) and Ana, money experts and hosts of the popular Get Rich Slow Club podcast, walk you step-by-step through setting your goals and getting started in the sharemarket. They share simple, practical advice that can help you create long-term financial freedom — the kind of freedom that lets you seize new opportunities and embrace a life that fulfils you. Through hands-on strategies and real-world stories, you’ll discover how and what to buy, when to sell, and how to handle taxes and fees. Find money to invest by revisiting your budget and boosting your earning power Learn why buying and holding index funds is something everyone can (and should!) do Understand how ETFs (exchange-traded funds) can help you build a diversified portfolio Factor your superannuation into your plans for your future Discover how to balance risk and reward for a strong share portfolio Confidently build your own personalised investing strategy Take control of your money today. If you want to secure your financial freedom and future-proof your life, this is the book for you. In How to Not Work Forever, Tash and Ana make investing easy to understand and simple to action. You’ll learn how to make a plan, start investing, and build a life you love. How to Not Work Forever is authored by general advice accredited financial educators.
One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all October Harlequin Presents with one click! A Spanish prince, an Italian Billionaire, an Australian playboy...this collection from Harlequin Presents has it all! Get all eight October titles in one convenient bundle: The Tycoon's Princess Bride by Natahsa Oakley, The Spanish Prince's Virgin Bride by Sandra Marton, The Greek Tycoon's Virgin Wife by Helen Bianchin, Innocent on Her Wedding Night by Sara Craven, The Boss's Wife for a Week by Anne McAllister, The Mediterranean Billionaire's Secret Baby by Diana Hamilton, Willingly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded by Melanie Milburne, and The Italian's Defiant Mistress by India Grey.
Natasha Friend is a Judy Blume for today -- clearly evident in this remarkable new novel about a girl whose father is an alcoholic and how she and her family learn to deal with his condition.It's hard to be a 13-year-old girl. But it's even harder when your father's a drunk. It adds an extra layer to everything -- your family's reactions to things, the people you're willing to bring home, the way you see yourself and the world. For Samantha, it's something that's been going on for so long that she's almost used to it. Only, you never get used to it. Especially when it starts to get worse...
How long are you going to wait to pursue your God-given assignment. Each of us has something within us, that when released, will be a blessing someone else. Don't allow fear, lack of faith or resources to stop you from living the life you were destined to live!
A deeply-researched and powerfully-written work of historical fiction, based on the untold story of Eliza Lucas, an extraordinary sixteen-year-old girl in Colonial-era South Carolina, whose actions were before their time: the story of the indigo girl. In 1739, bright and determined sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas is charged with keeping her family's struggling plantations afloat, in her father's absence. Learning of the high value of indigo, Eliza becomes determined to learn the secret of growing the enigmatic crop, believing it to be her family's salvation, but everyone tells Eliza growing indigo in the region is impossible. Thwarted at nearly every turn, even by her own family, Eliza finds her only allies in an aging horticulturalist, an older and married gentleman lawyer, and a slave with whom she strikes a dangerous deal: teach her the intricate thousand-year-old secret process of making indigo dye and in return-against the laws of the day-she will teach the slaves to read. So develops an incredible story of romance, intrigue, hidden friendships, threats, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice, based on historical documents and Eliza Lucas' own letters. "An outstanding work of fiction...The Indigo Girl is an absolutely wonderful read that will even occasionally bring a tear to one's eye. Recommended for anyone's reading list."-New York Journal of Books "An outstanding example of historical fiction...Readers will love discovering the amazing story of a virtually unknown girl who changed the course of history."-Booklist (starred review) "Captivates on every level...Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things will savor."-Library Journal (starred review) "If you love historical fiction, this book should be on your fall reading list....It is based on historical documents and the real-life Eliza Lucas."-Southern Living
In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture -- the clothing, music, and tough talk -- to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives. Using ethnographic, survey, and interview data in two racially diverse, low-achieving high schools, Warikoo analyzes seemingly oppositional styles, tastes in music, and school behaviors and finds that most teens try to find a balance between success with peers and success in school.
A moving story of family and a life-long love affair in 1950s London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford. London, 1958. It's the eve of the sexual revolution, but in Juliet Montague's conservative Jewish community where only men can divorce women, she finds herself a living widow, invisible. Ever since her husband disappeared seven years ago, Juliet has been a hardworking single mother of two and unnaturally practical. But on her thirtieth birthday, that's all about to change. A wealthy young artist asks to paint her portrait, and Juliet, moved by the powerful desire to be seen, enters into the burgeoning art world of 1960s London, which will bring her fame, fortune, and a life-long love affair.
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