A Girl's Best Friend by Eileen Ann Brennan Natalie Phillips has found her one true love. Every night the devastatingly handsome Latino brings her to unspeakable heights of erotic pleasure. He's everything she ever dreamed of - hot, handsome and totally in love with her. But is he real? Or just a dream? Trapped by the spell of the diamond necklace, her lover has been waiting for the one woman destined to be his - Natalie. Now she is within his grasp but he is unable to claim her forever until she discovers the secret of the diamond. If she doesn't free him from the prison of the diamond's magic in time, her one true love will be lost to her forever. Bejeweled and Bedeviled by Tiffany Bryan Sexual Boundaries-Real or Imagined? Successful and in control of her life, Kayden is ready to dispel a suspicion she would enjoy submission. Until the enigmatic, powerful Master Dom she chooses to pit her independence against strolls into her office, igniting a long-dormant flame of forbidden passion. One look into his compelling, amber gaze and she realizes she is about to go skinny-dipping in some very dangerous waters. A master at reading women, Hunter knows Kayden is meant to be his. Not for the length of a temporary agreement-forever. Confident, intelligent and sexy as hell, she tests his iron control at every turn. A challenge both he and his tightly restrained lust are more than willing to rise to. He is very much looking forward to teaching her the unfathomable pleasures to be had from sexual submission and adorning her with not only the bindings of pleasure but those of a lifetime commitment as well. Beyond the Veil by Amanda Sidhe In the basement of the Warren Mansion Museum, Carolyn discovers a diamond ring enchanted to allow the wearer to see and interact with spirits. Bruce, cursed hundreds of years ago, is trapped as a spirit beyond the veil between worlds. Carolyn is the first person to see him in many years. And not just see him, but touch him. The attraction between the dominant and sexy Bruce and the passionate Carolyn builds with each sizzling encounter. But curses have a way of not wanting to be broken, putting them both in serious peril. Diamond Lady by Desiree Holt Anna Beloit lived sexual adventures vicariously through the books she read in her bookstore. But she was tired of experiencing life only on paper, tired of the routine she lived, tired of the boring men who had no idea what eroticism was. She wanted a grand adventure that would fulfill her erotic fantasies. An expert in the art of sensual love, wealthy, powerful Dominic Fellini could have any woman he wanted. From the moment he spotted Anna he wanted to claim her, to teach her the sexual heights she could achieve with him. Then fate and her sister's wedding brought them together and in one night Dominic took her on the sexual ride of her life. But would one night be enough for these two lovers? Heart Diamond by Margaret L. Carter Roseanne thought she'd lost her fianc, Tim, forever when he died in a car crash. Wanting to leave her something of himself, he arranged to have a diamond ring made from his ashes. Now Tim haunts the ring. Tim's spirit gains power from the passion he finds while wrapped in Roseanne's arms. The more they make love, the stronger he becomes. But it does not last and Roseanne fears losing their love once more. Tim has returned from beyond death to claim his beloved - even if he has to fight his own brother for her.
Fiction Writers Group proudly presents its newest and most exciting anthology series, "Anything Goes". It is an unthemed, multi-genre compilation, featuring a wide array of new and experienced international talent. Between the covers of this book, you will visit new worlds and explore new ideas. You will learn to fear the night, the boarding school, dishonesty, and maybe even the autumn. You will visit childhood, motherhood, and the neighborhood. A few extra chuckles, gasps and tears were also included, just for you. It is the perfect blend of stories, designed to take you away from the stress and obligations of everyday life. Have a seat, open the front cover, and take a break.
Tiffany Bluhm wishes this wasn't her story to tell. Yet like many women today who are taking action against sexual harassment and sexual assault, it is. Bluhm explores the complex dynamics of power and abuse in systems we all find ourselves in. With honesty and strength, she tells stories of how women have overcome silence to expose the truth about their ministry and professional leaders--and the backlash they so often face. In so doing, she empowers others to speak up against abuses of power. Addressing men and women in all work settings--within the church and beyond--popular author and podcast host Tiffany Bluhm sets out to understand the cultural and spiritual narratives that silence women and to illuminate the devastating emotional, financial, and social impact of silence in the face of injustice. As readers journey with Bluhm, they will be moved to find their own way, their own voice, and their own conviction for standing with women. They'll emerge more ready than ever to advocate for justice, healing, and resurrection.
Every food truck in Columbus has a story. Jim Pashovich, godfather of the local scene, honors his Macedonian heritage with his fleet of Pitabilities trucks. After working as a New York City line cook, Catie Randazzo returned to Columbus to open Challah! and wow the hometown crowd with her reimagined Jewish comfort food. Chef Tony Layne of Por'Ketta serves up rotisserie-style porcine fare in his tin-roofed truck. Established favorites like Paddy Wagon and Explorers Club pair with the city's best nightlife venues and breweries to extend their offerings at permanent pop-up kitchens. With insider interviews and over thirty recipes, food authors Tiffany Harelik and Renee Casteel Cook chew their way through the thriving food truck scene of Columbus.
An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.
Python Packages introduces Python packaging at an introductory and practical level that’s suitable for those with no previous packaging experience. Despite this, the text builds up to advanced topics such as automated testing, creating documentation, versioning and updating a package, and implementing continuous integration and deployment. Covering the entire Python packaging life cycle, this essential guide takes readers from package creation all the way to effective maintenance and updating. Python Packages focuses on the use of current and best-practice packaging tools and services like poetry, cookiecutter, pytest, sphinx, GitHub, and GitHub Actions. Features: The book’s source code is available online as a GitHub repository where it is collaborated on, automatically tested, and built in real time as changes are made; demonstrating the use of good reproducible and clear project workflows. Covers not just the process of creating a package, but also how to document it, test it, publish it to the Python Package Index (PyPI), and how to properly version and update it. All concepts in the book are demonstrated using examples. Readers can follow along, creating their own Python packages using the reproducible code provided in the text. Focuses on a modern approach to Python packaging with emphasis on automating and streamlining the packaging process using new and emerging tools such as poetry and GitHub Actions.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Black German women began to play significant roles in challenging the discrimination in their own nation and abroad. Their grassroots organizing, writings, and political and cultural activities nurtured innovative traditions, ideas, and practices. These strategies facilitated new, often radical bonds between people from disparate backgrounds across the Black Diaspora. Tiffany N. Florvil examines the role of queer and straight women in shaping the contours of the modern Black German movement as part of the Black internationalist opposition to racial and gender oppression. Florvil shows the multifaceted contributions of women to movement making, including Audre Lorde’s role in influencing their activism; the activists who inspired Afro-German women to curate their own identities and histories; and the evolution of the activist groups Initiative of Black Germans and Afro-German Women. These practices and strategies became a rallying point for isolated and marginalized women (and men) and shaped the roots of contemporary Black German activism. Richly researched and multidimensional in scope, Mobilizing Black Germany offers a rare in-depth look at the emergence of the modern Black German movement and Black feminists’ politics, intellectualism, and internationalism.
A comprehensive examination of American women scientists across the sciences throughout the 20th century, providing a rich historical context for understanding their achievements and the way they changed the practice of science. Much more than a "Who's Who," this exhaustive two-volume encyclopedia examines the significant achievements of 20th century American women across the sciences in light of the historical and cultural factors that affected their education, employment, and research opportunities. With coverage that includes a number of scientists working today, the encyclopedia shows just how much the sciences have evolved as a professional option for women, from the dawn of the 20th century to the present. American Women of Science since 1900 focuses on 500 of the 20th century's most notable American women scientists—many overlooked, undervalued, or simply not well known. In addition, it offers individual features on 50 different scientific disciplines (Women in Astronomy, etc.), as well as essays on balancing career and family, girls and science education, and other sociocultural topics. Readers will encounter some extraordinary scientific minds at work, getting a sense of the obstacles they faced as the scientific community faced the questions of feminism and gender confronting the nation as a whole.
Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions: The History of the Municipal Hospital examines the development of medieval institutions of care, beginning with a survey of the earliest known hospitals in ancient times to the classical period, to the early Middle Ages, and finally to the explosion of hospitals in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. For Western Christian medieval societies, institutional charity was a necessity set forth by the religion’s dictums—care for the needy and sick was a tenant of the faith, leading to a unique partnership between Christianity and institutional care that would expand into the fledging hospitals of the early Modern period. In this study, the hospital of Saint John in Brussels serves as an example of the developments. The institution followed the pattern of the establishment of medieval charitable institutions in the high Middle Ages, but diverged to become an archetype for later Christian hospitals.
Polarized Light and Optical Systems presents polarization optics for undergraduate and graduate students in a way which makes classroom teaching relevant to current issues in optical engineering. This curriculum has been developed and refined for a decade and a half at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences. Polarized Light and Optical Systems provides a reference for the optical engineer and optical designer in issues related to building polarimeters, designing displays, and polarization critical optical systems. The central theme of Polarized Light and Optical Systems is a unifying treatment of polarization elements as optical elements and optical elements as polarization elements. Key Features Comprehensive presentation of Jones calculus and Mueller calculus with tables and derivations of the Jones and Mueller matrices for polarization elements and polarization effects Classroom-appropriate presentations of polarization of birefringent materials, thin films, stress birefringence, crystal polarizers, liquid crystals, and gratings Discussion of the many forms of polarimeters, their trade-offs, data reduction methods, and polarization artifacts Exposition of the polarization ray tracing calculus to integrate polarization with ray tracing Explanation of the sources of polarization aberrations in optical systems and the functional forms of these polarization aberrations Problem sets to build students’ problem-solving capabilities.
The last time she had looked in the mirror a dramatically different reflection had greeted her. It was almost four months ago now. Goose bumps rose on Lilly's skin as she looked at her arms, expecting to see the familiar black and blue bruises. They weren't there anymore; they were long gone. Her body had healed and recovered. If only her mind and heart would follow the example her body had set for them.Lilly Jackson was leaving behind a life she had always known for a clean slate. Moving in with her estranged grandmother, Lilly begins anew. New friendships, new town, and a new love. What Lilly didn't understand yet was that even on her clean slate remained red remnants of what used to be. Despite the nightmare she left behind in Princeton, Lilly quickly blossoms in the collegiate atmosphere with her grandmother's delectable cooking to distract her. Even more distracting is the handsome stranger who strikes up an argument with her: the passion of Heathcliff versus the immaturity of Mr. Darcy. Intrigued by the man and his sentiments, Lilly finds herself impossibly falling in love amidst literary parallelisms and allusions in a fairytale romance. But all too soon the thing Lilly runs from catches up to her, and only the strength and love she found in her new life can protect her from spillingRed.
Portland's celebrated food cart chefs create artisan meals by combining world influences and the finest local ingredients. Tiffany Harelik brings her Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook series to Oregon to capture the histories and recipes of these creative and passionate entrepreneurs. Meet the local chefs, explore the food cart scene and sample from a savory array of gourmet dishes. From Alligator and Chicken Jambalaya to Pendleton Pie, and from Breakfast Gnocchi to Wild Mushroom and Kale Pate, this mouthwatering collection of recipes offers something for both the food cart novice and the tried-and-true cart-ivore.
This is the journal of Tiffany Crawford. Tiffany is the mother of Landon. Landon at 2 months had a rare cancer. This journal documents his journey through cancer and chemotherapy. The journal tells the story of God's goodness and His miracles in Landon's life.
In Love's Pilgrimage, Grace Tiffany explores literary adaptations of the Catholic pilgrimage in the Protestant poetry and prose of Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, and John Bunyan. Her discussion of these authors' works illuminates her larger claim that while in the sixteenth century conventional pilgrimages to saints' shrines disappeared - as did shrines themselves - from English life, the imaginative importance of the pilgrimage persisted, and manifested itself in various ways in English culture.
When Danielle Martin, a paleontology major, earned a position on world-renowned paleontologist Samuel Hendricks's crew, she discovered something more at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, than fossils. Samuel Hendricks and his accomplice were secretly desecrating Native American burial grounds for their priceless Indian artifacts. Incriminating these men before they can sell them to a collector in Rome, Danielle nearly loses her life. Found left for dead by Billy Firewalker, Danielle develops a relationship with the one man she had waited all of her life for. Would she give up Daytona, one of the world's most famous beaches and college, to live with him in a tiny little village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico? Find out in this brand-new, highly provocative contemporary novel Sacred Ground.
James Stevens’ best-selling text, Intermediate Statistics, is written for those who use, rather than develop, statistical techniques. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the material rather than on proving the results. SAS and SPSS are an integral part of each chapter. Definitional formulas are used on small data sets to provide conceptual insight into what is being measured. The assumptions underlying each analysis are emphasized and the reader is shown how to test the critical assumptions using SPSS or SAS. Printouts with annotations from SAS or SPSS show how to process the data for each analysis. The annotations highlight what the numbers mean and how to interpret the results. Numerical, conceptual, and computer exercises enhance understanding. Answers are provided for half of the exercises. The book offers comprehensive coverage of one-way, power, and factorial analysis of variance, repeated measures analysis, simple and multiple regression, analysis of covariance, and HLM. Power analysis is an integral part of the book. A computer example of real data integrates many of the concepts. Highlights of the Third Edition include: A new chapter on hierarchical linear modeling using HLM6 A CD containing all of the book’s data sets New coverage of how to cross validate multiple regression results with SPSS and a new section on model selection (Chapter 6) More exercises in each chapter. Intended for intermediate statistics or statistics II courses taught in departments of psychology, education, business, and other social and behavioral sciences, a prerequisite of introductory statistics is required. An Instructor's Resource is available upon adoption. See www.researchmethodsarena.com .
Up until now, facts about theatrical rehearsal have been considered irrecoverable. But in this groundbreaking new study, Tiffany Stern gathers together two centuries' worth of historical material which shows how actors received and responded to their parts, and how rehearsal affected the creation and revision of plays. Plotting theatrical change over time, from the mid-sixteenth to the late eighteenth century, this book will revolutionize the fields of textual and theatre history alike.
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