This original, lyrical book about creating gardens and writing poems is a part- love song to nature and part memoir. The poems are vivid; the illustrations by Rosamond Ulph are a delight, and together, they are an integral part of the strong evocation of a garden as a place of physical and mental rejuvenation and sanctuary. The salve, the balm of the title, is a thread through the different gardens, binding the whole. For instance, how Sally Carr liked nothing better than wading in the stream in her garden in Long Crendon, how her favourite writing space was upstairs in the dovecote in a village near Chippenham; the deep silence of its keep-like space, hearing only the birds through the open side door with its heavy stone lintel and stone steps, the telephone far away, part of another world. This is a highly, evocative, magical book for anyone seeking a salve for the modern world, and for seasoned gardeners alike.
The rancher and the runaway… "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were definitely a runaway." Caron had to admit that Ewan Cameron's suspicions about her were not altogether undeserved. Cold feet were one thing, but flying halfway around the world to avoid one's husband-to-be was extreme behavior for any bride! And Ewan himself was proving to be an additional complication…. Of all the reasons Caron shouldn't marry her errant fiancé, the wealthy Canadian rancher was fast becoming top of her list!
Bride on the run… Standing in front of the altar, bouquet in hand, Cara Gambini realized she didn't love Luca Finzi and didn't want to marry him. Fortunately, help was available in the form of an infuriatingly charming, all-American hero. Finn Cormac walked into the church and offered Cara a choice—she could marry a man of dubious character and even more dubious business dealings, or allow a perfect stranger to steal her away from her own wedding. It was no contest—Cara opted for the stranger!
Husband and wife…? Despite Jake Armstrong's insistence, Sara was convinced that pretending to be the boss's wife was beyond the call of duty! Especially when Jake had been the one who had cruelly rejected her years before. But the story of a lifetime was breaking and, while honeymooners were welcome in Bandhul, investigative journalists were not. The stakes were high—but Sara knew the dangers they were facing were nothing compared to the risk of spending night after night with Jake in a bridal suite!
Bride on the run... Standing in front of the altar, bouquet in hand, Cara Gambini realized she didn't love Luca Finzi and didn't want to marry him. Fortunately, help was available in the form of an infuriatingly charming, all-American hero.
She’s been kidnapped…by the most seductive man! Lora goes to France on a business trip to sign a contract for her company president. Once there, she’s met by an elegant man named Luc. He claims that something urgent has happened and beckons her to follow him, then he proposes that she skip her business meeting and enjoy some vacation time with him instead. Her refusal brings out another side to Luc and she soon finds herself trapped by this seductive man…
Caron, a spoiled young lady who is a lawyer, is having her wedding in one week. Her fiancé cheated on her, but she can’t call off her wedding just because of that. She uses her work as an excuse to visit Canada. Unexpectedly, her client, Ewan, attracts her attention, his deep blue eyes wanting to know the truth…
Caron, a spoiled young lady who is a lawyer, is having her wedding in one week. Her fiancé cheated on her, but she can’t call off her wedding just because of that. She uses her work as an excuse to visit Canada. Unexpectedly, her client, Ewan, attracts her attention, his deep blue eyes wanting to know the truth…
What happens when a lost Mouse ends up in Mrs. Carr's kindergarten classroom? Join Mouse on his adventures looking for food and a warm place to sleep. From naps in a doll house, chocolate kisses for lunch, to hiding from students, Mrs. Carr's classroom is never boring. Does he make it outside safely or does Mrs. Carr manage to capture him?
She’s been kidnapped…by the most seductive man! Lora goes to France on a business trip to sign a contract for her company president. Once there, she’s met by an elegant man named Luc. He claims that something urgent has happened and beckons her to follow him, then he proposes that she skip her business meeting and enjoy some vacation time with him instead. Her refusal brings out another side to Luc and she soon finds herself trapped by this seductive man…
This book takes place in the 1966 lifestyle of 'Sin City', where the original astronauts played along side the colorful residents of the Space Coast. What do get when you mix beautiful beach bunnies with surfers, engineers, and former test pilots? The result is a hysterical historical comedy of crazy characters on the cutting edge of the space race. Living by the motto that 'life is too serious to be taken seriously', this book provides a fictitious account of characters centered around factual events of the early American Space Program. Transport to the time when America was at the crossroads of change. The birth control pill, long hair, short skirts, burned bras the Age of Aquarius and 'never trusting anyone over thirty
In 1638, John Lewger made a home in the wilderness of the New World, in a place called Maryland. He named his house St. John's, and for nearly eighty years, it was the center of an ambitious English plan to build a new kind of community on American soil. Men and women lived and worked within its walls. Babies were born. Last breaths drawn. St. John's walls witnessed the first stirrings of the great struggles that would dominate the continent for the next three centuries: The unimaginable wealth of the New World's crops and natural resources. The promise of religious tolerance under a new model of government. The injustice of slavery. The betrayal of native peoples. The struggle for equality between men and women. If St. John's walls could have talked, they would have spoken volumes of American history. And then the walls crumbled. One hundred years after it was built, St. John's House had been abandoned. The buildings slowly deteriorated, returning to the Maryland soil to be plowed under by generations of Maryland farmers. St. John's walls were silent for more than two centuries, little more than ghosts haunting the historical and archeological records. But they weren't lost. Not entirely. Award-winning author Sally M. Walker tells the story of how teams of scientists and historians managed to hear the ghostly echoes of St. John's House and, over the course of decades of painstaking work, made them speak their stories again.
This report concludes that, although evidence is mixed and effects difficult to measure, consolidating the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County could enhance economic development by unifying leadership, improving policy direction and coordination, and sharpening economic-development initiatives. Increased collaboration with the private sector also is important, and combining only two governments still leaves the region highly fragmented.
It is not easy to prevent others from using your ideas or information for gain unless you use the sophisticated and esoteric legal techniques of intellectual property law. Copyright, which is especially important, is a form of protection afforded to many different types of work. Copyright protection for literary work is well known, and this regime also applies to musical and artistic works, broadcasts, sound and video recordings and typographical arrangements. An Introduction to Intellectual Property, an introduction to topics in intellectual property law by the unusual method of using moots, mock trials, questions and answers and essays, is not a textbook. It serves to interest the inquisitive without going into the deep law of IP. It will certainly encourage the reader to read an IP textbook and help students when faced with a decision to choose the subject for study.
Five 'sensation' novels are here presented complete and fully reset, along with scholarly annotation, a bibliography of 'sensation' fiction and articles contributing to contemporary debate.
This title was first published in 2000: Due to budget cuts and competitiveness pressures, determining the outcome of technology transfer from government R&D laboratories to private industry and entrepreneurial start-ups is of increasing interest. This book presents a series of case studies of successful technology transfer by examining the same list of topics for each case. It presents a format for analyzing the cases, topic by topic - a methodology that could be used by any R&D laboratory. The book also goes one step further and compares the cases that took place prior to national technology transfer legislation with those cases that took place after passage of such legislation. An additional feature is the summary of existing attempts to measure and evaluate technology transfer. This follows a backgroudn section on the technology policy context. The analysis finds that there is a significant commercial impact from government laboratory transfer using this approach.
Meagan and Jack are back in this sequel to Lunch Date. Packed with more suspense, more danger, and more romance, Reservations continues the rocky relationship between Meagan and Jack, possibly the worst man she could fall in love with. Returned from a four-month absence, Jack expects to pick up where they left off, which is not all right with Meagan. When she gets tangled in a kidnapping, Meagan is forced to turn to Jack for help. Events conspire to not only put Meagan and Jack in jeopardy, but throw them together so that she must once again choose to either trust her heart and give her love to Jack, or go with her head and run as far as she can the other way.
The latest and most comprehensive resource on autism and related disorders Since the original edition was first published more than a quarter-century ago, The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders has been the most influential reference work in the field. Volume 2 of this comprehensive work includes a wealth of information from the experts in their respective specialities within the larger field of autism studies: Assessment, Interventions, and Social Policy Perspectives. Within the three sections found in Volume 2, readers will find in-depth treatment of: Screening for autism in young children; diagnostic instruments in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); clinical evaluation in multidisciplinary settings; assessing communications in ASD; and behavioral assessment of individuals with autism, including current practice and future directions Interventions for infants and toddlers at risk; comprehensive treatment models for children and youth with ASD; targeted interventions for social communication symptoms in preschoolers with ASD; augmentative and alternative communication; interventions for challenging behaviors; supporting mainstream educational success; supporting inclusion education; promoting recreational engagement in children with ASD; social skills interventions; and employment and related services for adults with ASD Supporting adult independence in the community for individuals with high functioning ASD; supporting parents, siblings, and grandparents of people with ASD; and evidence-based psychosocial interventions for individuals with ASD Special topic coverage such as autism across cultures; autism in the courtroom; alternative treatments; teacher and professional training guidelines; economic aspects of autism; and consideration of alternative treatments The new edition includes the relevant updates to help readers stay abreast of the state of this rapidly evolving field and gives them a guide to separate the wheat from the chaff as information about autism proliferates.
Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters. Each chapter sets a question for debate, places the key issues in context and presents a particular argument. This is an accessible and engaging book which challenges dominant positions and ideologies from a social model viewpoint of disability.
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