have you ever had butterflies for a boy? Follow Fresca Taylor back through time as she rediscovers the magic of innocence through her diaries. With faded pages of memories, recapture the love and heartache of a beginning and end of a young relationship.
I will begin by stating that my life expectancy with experience taught me how important it is to practice self-care while holding on to my exposure of God’s Word. For a long time while growing into the woman I am today, I had to recognize the lessons of being discipled and accountable. There was a point in my life when I had to pay attention to the errors of my ways. I had to face several difficult challenges—from early motherhood to the death of my closest loved ones. I always knew I had a gift of voice. People would question it simply because I was such a quiet child. But it was that small, still voice that equally led me to be open to myself and to my family. Writing became my process, an outlet of having peace of mind. I never imagined the significance behind speaking my truths. I today am my own testimony, something that I love and appreciate within God’s highest power. It is my hope that my readers allow my words to be used as a tool and as their helpmate in their season of uncertainty.
Devon Sox is almost thirteen years old.His dad is going to throw him a birthday party, but who will come if he has no friends? He doesn't want any friends. They're all superficial. Everything is lame. His dad is lame. His mom is corny. What now?
Heaven and Italy is the sequeal to Fresca's "Butterfly Diaries". Right after Cardy goes to prison, Boo finds himself in the down spiral of addiction. His ex-girlfriend is getting married. His wife is cheating on him. He lives with a woman he can't touch. All the while standing on the edge of reality. Although Catholic, he doesn't believe in Heaven. And Italy is just a game his ex-girlriend used to play when they were kids that represented Heaven. Combining or severing the two concepts make all the difference.
The prince of Pierre must now face the consequences of the past two years. His crash has led him to this fateful day of self-discovery and reawakening. Plagued with amnesia and a loss of self, he must conquer his nightmares of self-destruction. Confusion takes hold. His self-worth seems to ride on the tides of his memories, yet find them in a sea of depression. Can he recover what is lost, mend what is broken, and dissect his thoughts to face his fears of another day? Explore deeper into his ego, his pride, his dignity. Trudge his mind as it is held captive and prodded by a ashrinka named Roma. This is Cardyas chance to sit back and analyze his soul. The darkness is buried, but will it be unearthed into something worth living for? Psychology and examination has never meant more.
Enter the mind of a teenage boy struggling with his deranged life. His denial for depression rockets him into a lifestyle of drugs, alcohol and girls. It starts with his brotheras death and his parents getting a divorce. His popularity heightens as his old friends become non-existent. He loses everything but gains many addictions. Can he crash his adrenaline? Can he calm his rage? This emotional roller coaster is a crude awakening to all. Plummet through a hole of a wasteland, taste the sugar of a prince, and swallow the cyanide of a down spiral.
Have you ever been so deep in love that you found yourself doing things you never imagined? Love can lift you high above the mountains but it can also drive you to the deepest valleys. Even though it sometimes fails you, you can't help but give it another try. LOVE WILL DO THAT takes you through an array of emotions, which forces you to evaluate what is important. It cuts through the red tape and takes you to the core of the heartthe place where love truly abides.
have you ever had butterflies for a boy? Follow Fresca Taylor back through time as she rediscovers the magic of innocence through her diaries. With faded pages of memories, recapture the love and heartache of a beginning and end of a young relationship.
Heaven and Italy is the sequeal to Fresca's "Butterfly Diaries". Right after Cardy goes to prison, Boo finds himself in the down spiral of addiction. His ex-girlfriend is getting married. His wife is cheating on him. He lives with a woman he can't touch. All the while standing on the edge of reality. Although Catholic, he doesn't believe in Heaven. And Italy is just a game his ex-girlriend used to play when they were kids that represented Heaven. Combining or severing the two concepts make all the difference.
Devon Sox is almost thirteen years old.His dad is going to throw him a birthday party, but who will come if he has no friends? He doesn't want any friends. They're all superficial. Everything is lame. His dad is lame. His mom is corny. What now?
Campaign promises are a cornerstone of representative democracy. Candidates make promises to signal to voters their intentions in office and voters evaluate candidates based on those promises. This study unpacks the theorized pathway regarding campaign promises: not whether promises are kept, but what purpose promises serve, what they signal, and how they affect voter decision-making. The author explores the pathways and conditions influencing promises and finds that promises tend to have a polarizing effect on voters' opinions of politicians, attracting similarly-positioned voters and strongly repelling voters who disagree with a candidate's position. In addition, voters perceive promise breakers as less honest and less likely to follow through than candidates who more weakly took the same position. With a wealth of data and fascinating case studies, this book is full of important insights into electoral psychology and the study of promises, campaigning, and representation.
I will begin by stating that my life expectancy with experience taught me how important it is to practice self-care while holding on to my exposure of God’s Word. For a long time while growing into the woman I am today, I had to recognize the lessons of being discipled and accountable. There was a point in my life when I had to pay attention to the errors of my ways. I had to face several difficult challenges—from early motherhood to the death of my closest loved ones. I always knew I had a gift of voice. People would question it simply because I was such a quiet child. But it was that small, still voice that equally led me to be open to myself and to my family. Writing became my process, an outlet of having peace of mind. I never imagined the significance behind speaking my truths. I today am my own testimony, something that I love and appreciate within God’s highest power. It is my hope that my readers allow my words to be used as a tool and as their helpmate in their season of uncertainty.
Why We Can’t Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman’s midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be. Tabitha Carvan was a new mother, at home with two young children, when she fell for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. You know the guy: strange name, alien face, made Sherlock so sexy that it became one of the most streamed shows in the world? The force of her fixation took everyone—especially Carvan herself—by surprise. But what she slowly realized was that her preoccupation was not about Benedict Cumberbatch at all, as dashing as he might be. It was about finally feeling passionate about something, anything, again at a point in her life when she had lost touch with her own identity and sense of self. In This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, Carvan explores what happens to women's desires after we leave adolescence…and why the space in our lives for pure, unadulterated joy is squeezed ever smaller as we age. She shines a light onto the hidden corners of fandom, from the passion of the online communities to the profound real-world connections forged between Cumberbatch devotees. But more importantly, she asks: what happens if we simply decide to follow our interests like we used to—unabashedly, audaciously, shamelessly? After all, Carvan realizes, there’s true, untapped power in finding your “thing” (even if that thing happens to be a British-born Marvel superhero) and loving it like your life depends on it.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy New book tells a story of love, loss and the invisible scars left behind by betrayal Albany, GA – Once bitten, twice shy... When a woman falls in love and gets hurt, in time she would move on. But she will never heal from or forget The Betrayal of a Man. Author Tabitha R. Mathis weaves a web of love, betrayal and loss in a story that will captivate readers. Dark skinned, pretty, and sexy Taquasia has long shiny black hair and hails from Miami, Florida—a city with the most beautiful beaches, the most exotic strip clubs and the best Caucasian food. The eldest of four children, she is best friends with Jaliya, Dre, and Tay. Taquasia was loved by many, but she only chose to love one. At the age of thirteen, she met a handsome, dark skinned guy named James. He was every young girl’s dream, including Taquasia’s. When Taquasia met James on November 7, 1991, he told her that he was in high school. When he said he was eighteen years old, she believed him. He was so charming that he could make any girl believe anything he said. Taquasia only realized this too late when she was already head over heels in love with him. And then he betrayed her. Will she ever forgive James’ betrayal? Readers can find out as they discover the invisible scars left behind by The Betrayal of a Man. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
Have you ever been so deep in love that you found yourself doing things you never imagined? Love can lift you high above the mountains but it can also drive you to the deepest valleys. Even though it sometimes fails you, you can't help but give it another try. LOVE WILL DO THAT takes you through an array of emotions, which forces you to evaluate what is important. It cuts through the red tape and takes you to the core of the heartthe place where love truly abides.
Critics agree in the abstract that "metafiction" refers to any novel that draws attention to its own fictional construction, but metafiction has been largely associated with the postmodern era. In this innovative new book Tabitha Sparks identifies a sustained pattern of metafiction in the Victorian novel that illuminates the art and intentions of its female practitioners. From the mid-nineteenth century through the fin de siècle, novels by Victorian women such as Charlotte Brontë, Rhoda Broughton, Charlotte Riddell, Eliza Lynn Linton, and several New Women authors share a common but underexamined trope: the fictional characterization of the woman novelist or autobiographer. Victorian Metafiction reveals how these novels systemically dispute the assumptions that women wrote primarily about their emotions or were restricted to trivial, sentimental plots. Countering an established tradition that has read novels by women writers as heavily autobiographical and confessional, Sparks identifies the literary technique of metafiction in numerous novels by women writers and argues that women used metafictional self-consciousness to draw the reader’s attention to the book and not the novelist. By dislodging the narrative from these cultural prescriptions, Victorian Metafiction effectively argues how these women novelists presented the business and art of writing as the subject of the novel and wrote metafiction in order to establish their artistic integrity and professional authority.
TOPICS IN THE BOOK Risk Management Strategy and Supply Chain Performance among Manufacturing Companies in Kenya Causes of Delay in Clearance of Goods at the Port of Mombasa Factors Affecting the Performance of Courier Service Industry: A Survey of Courier Companies in Kenya Challenges of Import Logistics Outsourcing by Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County Influence of Lean Strategies on Cost and Reducing None Value Added Services in the Operations of the UN Service Centers: A Case of Department of Field Support (DFs), Unit Nations
Perhaps the most defining characteristic of the global economy today is the rise of emerging market economies (EMEs). Many states have experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades that has led to an increasing share of global wealth. Such dramatic changes are highly relevant because they raise important issues about the distribution of global monetary and fiscal power. As the EMEs have gained importance in the global economy, their influence and significance have grown across a wide range of policy domains. One particularly relevant example is the increasingly critical role of EMEs in addressing climate change. Contrary to the popular belief that the level of development determines a country’s ability to produce positive environmental outcomes, this book shows that the variation in environmental outcomes among the EMEs is due to differences in the types of economic institutions prevalent in their economies. Since EMEs differ dramatically on a number of variables, examining national variations in economic institutions helps explain why international climate policy has been more successful in some countries than in others. To assess how variations in capitalism may influence important outcomes, this book explores a representative sample of 31 EMEs and employs a mixed method research design that incorporates both conventional regression analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to explain these outcomes. The analysis shows that although liberal market economies were expected to perform better than other types of capitalism, their performance fell below expectations. On the contrary, economic institutions related to coordinated types of capitalism (like those found in China and Brazil) have led to greater Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market participation. Theoretically informed, this book employs innovative ways of understanding a broad set of increasingly important but under studied states in an effort to highlight the interactions found in complex socio-political and ecological systems. With the growing importance of the EMEs, a better understanding of how to design market-based policies with them in mind will be required if future efforts across a range of policy issues are to be meaningful and effective.
This volume is one outcome of a two-year study conducted by the Behavioral Studies Research Group of The Hastings 1 Center. It is divided into three parts to reflect the several facets of the interdisciplinary project from which it stems. In the opening chapter Willard Gaylin and Ruth Macklin, who di rected the study, describe its basic conception and structure, which centered around three programs to conduct research into aspects of violence and aggressive behavior, programs aborted in the early 1970s because they were politically and IThis project was supported by the EVIST Program of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 05577-17072, and by a joint award by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any opinions, findings, conclu sions, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the National Endowment for the Humanities. Other published outcomes are the edited transcripts of two of the case-study workshops conducted under this project: "Researching Violence: Science, Politics, and Public Contro versy," Special Supplement, The Hastings Center Report 9 (April 1979); and "The XYY Controversy: Researching Violence and Genetics," Special Sup plement, The Hastings Center Report 10 (August 1980). Copies of these tran scripts are available for purchase from The Hastings Center, 360 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706. ix PREFACE x socially controversial.
This book is a direct testament; of my life spend, within an insane character; for three decades, before i stood still and listened; to God's voice, then acknowledged him. I then finally; answered my role call. I talk about my journey; as well as all the wise counsel men and woman, God allowed; to bless me on this journey, with wisdom; well beyond my mental capacity, as did he also line my spirit; with countless amounts of wisdom, so that through this powerful, heartfelt trascription; i am able to reinject others with highly contagious wisdom, as i have been injected; throughout the last three decades and even up to this very moment, i am releasing this transcription; God's book, from my spirit; to everyone of my human siblings, to read and find wisdom; greater than me, themselves and existence in general. God is the Author and the only true passage to wisdom, own access is granted through his son and our savior Jesus Christ, so follow me in and find out my role/purpose; to you, my human siblings.
“A mix of magic realism and Southern gothic, this stunning collaboration between King and McDowell…moves at a hypnotic pace, like an Alabama water moccasin slipping through black water.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Calliope “Calley” Dakin is no normal little girl. She hears things that maybe a little girl shouldn’t hear—and knows things a little girl should never know. Just seven when her beloved father is tortured, murdered, and dismembered by two women with no discernable motivation, Calley and her mother find themselves caught up in inexplicable events that exile them to Pensacola Beach. There—in a house that’s a dead ringer for Calley’s late great-grandmother’s house—another woman awaits their presence. A woman who understands what Calley is, but can’t begin to imagine just how strong her bond is with her father—even after death... Known for his chilling Blackwater series, author Michael McDowell left behind the unfinished manuscript for Candles Burning on his death in 1999. In the spirit of the ghost stories that Michael loved, Tabitha King has taken up where he left off.
Pain teaches the reader to recognize and appropriately treat a variety of pain disorders using a case study format. Divided into three sections, the cases are written in a format that encourages the reader to formulate a differential diagnosis and treatment plan for a variety of pain problems. Succinct in its presentation and logical in its layout, Pain is the perfect resource for the busy practitioner on the go.
An omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history. Chris Hani, by Hugh Macmillan Chris Hani was one of the most highly respected leaders of the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and uMkhonto we Sizwe. His assassination in 1993 threatened to upset the country’s transition to democracy and prompted an intervention by Nelson Mandela that ultimately accelerated apartheid’s demise. Wangari Maathai, by Tabitha Kanogo This concise biography tells the story of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to campaigning for environmental conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty. Josie Mpama/Palmer: Get Up and Get Moving, by Robert R. Edgar Highly critical of the patriarchal attitudes that hindered Black women’s political activism, South Africa’s Josie Mpama/Palmer was an outspoken advocate for women’s social and political equality, a member of the Communist Party of South Africa, and an antiapartheid activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa, by Roy Doron and Toyin Falola A penetrating, accessible portrait of the Nigerian activist whose execution galvanized the world. Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr and symbolized modern Africans’ struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation.
This cookbook has been specially designed and formatted to allow non-readers, students who lack mathematical skills, young children between the ages of three and ten years, and people with autism and other developmental disabilites to become independent in the kitchen. Each recipe is presented in sequential picture form, each step of which is framed for visual organization. Color coding suggestions for the kitchen are given.
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