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Following the stunning success of her high-spirited debut, Karen Witemeyer delivers this compelling blend of humor and romance. When Adelaid Proctor finds herself stranded in 1883 Texas, she’s hired by a British-born sheep rancher as governess for a daughter still grief-stricken over her mom’s death. As Adelaid gently draws the girl out of her shell of silence, the governess and sheep rancher, at first, resist their mutual attraction.

As any fan of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic rereader of books. In 2008, then-new science fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her rereading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor. Now this volume presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series.

Mindfully Successful is an illuminating, evidence-based, and counterintuitive guide to learning how to embrace and harness the natural functions of your brain, body, and breath to elevate your life and leadership. The wisdom in this book offers solid, practical ways to get off the high-speed leadership treadmill that can impair relationships and leave you feeling physically, mentally, and emotionally spent.

Many people today would say that Christianity has done more harm than good to our world. Sharon James argues, however, in seeking to love their neighbour and reflect God's moral character, the followers of Jesus have had a largely positive impact on our society.

At the start of the 22nd century, the starship Acheron is in orbit around WISE 5571, only, unbeknownst to the crew, the ship has been overrun by telepathic extraterrestrials. How do you fight an enemy that distorts everything you see? What do you do when you can't trust your own senses, let alone anyone around you?

In this sequel to the number one best-selling lesbian romance novel, Finding You, Lauren Vincenti travels back to Corsica to recover her health and rebuild her relationship with her mother. But things don’t quite go to plan. Is Lauren able to let go of the past, and will she comply with her father’s last wishes for her to take over the family business? In the meanwhile, Anna Taylor-Cartwright’s career is hitting a new high, and her best friend, Eva, is in love.

Want to create a stunning property portfolio and still have time to go to the kids' school plays? Want to get started now and learn while doing it? Bricking It takes you into the world of property development from first purchase to scaling up the business and growing an internationally-known brand. Choose a strategy which suits your skills and your lifestyle. Create an attractive brand so investors and partners come to you. Learn as you go, being prolific not perfect!

This collection includes four book-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft: The Scroll, Reconciliation Day, The Compendium of Srem, and The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy.

You probably feel that you have more potential brain power that you just fail to use at present. The subconscious mind in humans is a natural power house of abilities that never shuts down. Day or night, the subconscious mind is working and we can't shut it off. Learning how to tap into the subconscious mind is a skill that brings natural benefits such as problem solving, peace of mind, ability to concentrate, and relaxation just to name a few.

When shady entrepreneurs slink into Spicetown to splurge on the Fourth of July holiday, their enemies are bound to follow. Mayor Cora Mae Bingham wants her statue dedication to take center stage at the celebration, but a murder in Spicetown steals the front-page news. Can she help the Police Chief Conrad Harris solve the crime and still be Grand Marshall of the parade?

When the owner of a new business digs up buried bones on opening day, the rumor mill in Spicetown comes alive! Figuring out who the bones belong to will open up the cold cases in Spicetown and unearth all the old gossip that was never truly buried. Cora Mae and Chief Harris learn a few things about their fellow citizens along the way.

When a crime-stopper senior citizen starts to act oddly, a new business sells fake products, and the New Year’s Eve fireworks display disappears, Mayor Cora Mae Bingham and the Spicetown Police Chief Conrad Harris have to get involved.

Männer - sie können für Frauen ein wahres Mysterium sein. Zwischen all den vorherrschenden Geschlechterklischees ist es schwierig, überhaupt noch den Überblick zu behalten. Die unendlich vielen Dating-Ratschläge verschaffen auch nicht unbedingt mehr Klarheit. Das kann einen bei der Partnersuche fast an den Rand der Verzweiflung bringen. Kommt dir das bekannt vor? Dann verzweifle nicht, sondern lies stattdessen hier weiter! Du wirst lernen, Männer besser zu verstehen, wie sie mit ihren Gefühlen umgehen und was sie von einer Frau erwarten.

Aisha and Jayden are definitely not fans of Outside. Aisha would rather be home playing on her tablet or messaging her friends. Jayden thinks the worlds inside his books are much more exciting than the real one beyond his window. But when they are asked to join the Secret Beast Club, a centuries-old secret group that protects mythological creatures, Aisha and Jayden discover that real magic could be closer than they think...you just have to know where to look.

Written for parents who have or are looking to purchase DSLR cameras and want to take professional-quality pictures of their children's performances onstage but don't know where to start. This book will explain basic camera settings as well as how to optimize them for shooting live performances. It will also teach some basic and advanced techniques to use while actually taking pictures and how to handle those pictures after the show is over.

Do you want to learn how to listen to body language and facial expressions by the ultimate and most complete guide? Listen to this book and your nonverbal skills will soar. You will learn the deep meaning of how to “speed-reading” people decoding behaviors and avoiding hidden snags.

Serena loves the art of belly dancing. Performing in a Greek restaurant, she knows with one touch that the handsome man at table 40 is extraordinary. Choosing to expand his business in the Little-friendly community, Talos Kosta hopes to find his own perfect match. He quickly links the bewitching performer with the clean-faced young woman in the park. Can he convince her to give him a very special name?

Hi God, One More Thing is an easy way to start a conversation with God about the tough stuff, starting with our problem and ending in his promise...in about 90 seconds! The tough stuff isn't tough for him. And he's just waiting for us to bring it to him, so he can help! That's it! Let's start now! Hi, God...one more thing!

Saucy makes his stage debut in the local community play while teenagers are running amok at the high school. Mayor Cora Mae Bingham is trying to decorate every tree in town, and a new spice has hit the streets of Spicetown! Can the "city's finest" save Christmas?

Take your speaking, listening, and comprehension to the next level. You will master more than 300 of the most useful phrases that are beyond the basics you learn in basic Spanish classes. Often, what we learn in class isn’t very useful in practicable speech, so we’ve compiled a list of 200 of the most widely used common expressions and phrases that will supercharge your Spanish speaking ability as well as your vocabulary and comprehension.