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Autor: Luz Larenn

Número de Páginas: 218

Audrey Jordan ha vuelto al pueblo de su juventud. A un año del crimen de Juliet Atwood, intenta reorganizar su vida. Pero su destino y los crímenes misteriosos vuelven a cruzarse. El pasado siempre acosa... y siempre vuelve. ¿Qué consecuencias acarrean nuestras acciones, hoy o mañana, tal vez incluso dentro de años? ¿Cómo imaginar las pequeñas o grandes réplicas de un cimbronazo que quizá no notemos en el momento? Un thriller imperdible, lleno de intrigas y suspenso sostenidos por un ritmo atrapante.

Separation

Autor: Sally Emerson

Número de Páginas: 298

A compelling and moving novel set in London about the pain of being separated from the children you love. Amanda is a high-flying management consultant with a loving and eccentric husband. Kate is her new baby and Sarah her mysterious nanny. And Alice is the child who lives by the river on the other side of London and who has recently developed a taste for fairy tales because everyone, in the end, gets exactly what they deserve. As the novel moves towards its unexpected and shocking finale, the story wittily explores the dilemmas and sexual temptations of new parenthood and the zestful power of apparently vulnerable babies and children.

Saved from Silence

Autor: Amanda Richardson

Número de Páginas: 161

Amanda and her family seemed to be the perfect family. But the secrets they hid beneath the surface were destroying Amandas life. Though friends and relatives knew that her fatheran upstanding citizen, a contributing member of society, and a religious family leaderwas strict, they had no knowledge of the physical, mental, and emotional torture he inflicted upon Amanda and her brother, David. After four years of sexual abuse, Amanda felt like an empty shell of a human being, incapable of any productive future. In Saved from Silence, author Amanda Richardson explores the doubts, fears, and perplexities of the abuse that took place in her childhood. She especially yearned for validation from her mother, who steadfastly refused to acknowledge that the abuse had even occurred. Each confrontation with her mother was met with rejection, blame, and failure. After years of therapy, love, support, and prayer, Amanda has broken her silence, confronted her abuser, and made herself whole. An honest and courageous memoir, Saved from Silence not only shares Amandas personal, heart-wrenching story of abuse, but serves to impart a greater awareness and understanding of child abuse and its depth,...

No Chance

Autor: Deandre Dorsey

Número de Páginas: 68

About a father and a son who got not too much luck in life. This story is a mixture of suspense and mystery that will surely make readers go on every page. This novel tells a new story about the dark side of a father and a sons relationship to each other.

A Cajun Dream

Autor: Cherie Claire

Número de Páginas: 313

An award-winning romance between a very proper American heiress and the proud Cajun who is determined to win her love. Spurned by the Americans living in the South Louisiana town of Franklin because of her Catholic upbringing, and forbidden to associate with the French Creoles and Cajuns by her father, Amanda Rose Richardson believes she is destined to become an old maid. When she finds herself in a compromised situation by the town rogue, it is her good friend René Comeaux, the darkly handsome and passionate Cajun who rescues her. Unbeknown to Amanda, René has been in love with her for months. But can René convince her father his intentions are honorable and win the heart of the "Jolie Blonde" he adores? When American Amanda Richardson is compromised by the town rogue, it is her good friend René Comeaux, the darkly handsome and passionate Cajun who rescues her. Unbeknown to Amanda, René has been in love with her for months. Can René convince her father his intentions are honorable and win the heart of his "Jolie Blonde?" BOOK DETAILS • Historical American romance, set in Louisiana in 1850s • Book Five of Cherie’s The Cajun series • A full-length novel of 90,000...

Mr. November

Autor: Melanie Ting

Número de Páginas: 155

Marty Devonshire is the hulking enforcer of the Vancouver Vice. He’s better known for his fists than his goal-scoring. But inside, he’s a complete softy—shy, gentle, and nervous around women. Still, he’s secretly tickled to be asked to pose for a team charity calendar. Elaine Salang had her heart broken once. So she’s determined that from now on, career will come first: her job, her school, and her volunteer work at a cat shelter. Being stuck all day at a calendar photo shoot with a bunch of rowdy hockey players is not her idea of fun, but it will save the shelter. When Marty and Elaine meet, sparks fly—in one direction anyway. Marty falls hard for both Elaine and a spunky little rescue cat. But when he finally gets a date with Elaine, he blows it. What will it take for Marty to get a second chance? Nothing less than the combined efforts of his whole team—plus Knightley the cat—will help big Marty to score off the ice. This novella is book four in the Vancouver Vice Hockey series, but can be read as a standalone romance.

Sixth Volunteer Monitoring Conference, April, 2000, Austin, Texas

Número de Páginas: 224

Power and Pleasure

Autor: Hugh M. Thomas

Número de Páginas: 402

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. Power and Pleasure reconstructs life at the court of King John and explores how his court produced both pleasure and soft power. Much work exists on courts of the late medieval and early modern periods, but the jump in record keeping under John allows a detailed reconstruction of court life for an earlier period. Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199-1216 examines the many facets of John's court, exploring hunting, feasting, castles, landscapes, material luxury, chivalry, sexual coercion, and religious activities. It explains how John mishandled his use of soft power, just as he failed to exploit his financial and military advantages, and why he received so little political benefit from his magnificent court. John's court is viewed in comparison to other courts of the time, and in previous and subsequent centuries.

Tongass National Forest (N.F.) Kensington Gold Project

Número de Páginas: 514

Late Medieval Lodging Ranges

Autor: Sarah Kerr

Número de Páginas: 279

This book draws on architectural and archaeological analysis to consider the form, function, use and meaning of late medieval lodging ranges. While we know a great deal about most elements of the late medieval great house, we understand very little about their lodging ranges, and even less on their contributions to the lived experience of the household and wider society. Why were lodging ranges built, for example, and how were they used? It is this gap in our knowledge which the present book aims to fill. It draws on archaeological and architectural analysis of lodging ranges to show that they were some of the finest living spaces within the great house, built as accommodation for high-ranking members of the household. Their low-, even single-, occupancy rooms, accessible via individual doors, were innovatory, showing how the idea of privacy developed. The explicit displays of uniformity upon the lodging ranges' symmetrical facades were juxtaposed with variations within. Surviving lodging ranges (including Wingfield Manor, Middleham Castle and Dartington Hall) are examined, alongside the lost example of Caister Castle, demonstrating how lodging ranges simultaneously reflected and...

Report of the Select Committee to Investigate Matters Connected with Affairs in the Indian Territory with Hearings, November 11, 1906-January 9, 1907 ...

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee On Affairs In Indian Territory

Número de Páginas: 1170

Protest Camps

Autor: Anna Feigenbaum , Fabian Frenzel , Patrick Mccurdy

Número de Páginas: 274

From Tahrir Square to Occupy, from the Red Shirts in Thailand to the Teachers in Oaxaca, protest camps are a highly visible feature of social movements' activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Drawing on over fifty different protest camps from around the world over the past fifty years, this book offers a ground-breaking and detailed investigation into protest camps from a global perspective - a story that, until now, has remained untold. Taking the reader on a journey across different cultural, political and geographical landscapes of protest, and drawing on a wealth of original interview material, the authors demonstrate that protest camps are unique spaces in which activists can enact radical and often experiential forms of democratic politics.

Playing with Fire

Autor: Sandra Heath

Número de Páginas: 340

Tansy Richardson, an orphan, would accompany her spoiled cousin Amanda back to England, where Amanda would make an advantageous match. The ladies survived a shipwreck, but it was Martin Ballard, a spy for the British, who rescued them from pirates. When Amanda realized that Martin and Tansy were drawn to each other, she plotted to seduce him, despite her coming marriage… Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet

Taking the Square

Autor: Maria Rovisco , Jonathan Corpus Ong

Número de Páginas: 254

From the Arab uprisings to the indignados movement and the global Occupy sit-ins, recent protests and civil unrest have sparked new debates about political organisation, media representation and the nature of contemporary citizenship. But is there anything new about these occupations of public space? How are these protests legitimised or undermined by the intense mediation of streets and squares? And how are these different from expressions of dissent in other contexts, including those of ethnic minorities in the New Orleans mardi gras and survivors of natural disaster in the Philippines? This book challenges the notion of a ‘disappearance of public space’ by reconsidering the significance of physical space and embodiment in the conduct and consequences of protest events. Looking at a range of assemblies–sustained and fleeting, spectacular and ordinary–this volume illuminates how square and street politics and their mediation become vehicles for new ideas of community, citizenship and public life.

The Richardson Memorial

Autor: John Adams Vinton

Número de Páginas: 488

Kitten

Autor: Sidney Davis

Número de Páginas: 141

More than twenty years after the tragic murder of his wife, as recounted in First Shot: Last Chance, Ike Cobb returns in a riveting new tale. Now joined by his granddaughter Kit, who was born just months after the tragedy, Ike finds himself defending the accused murderer of a U.S. Senator’s son. As Ike and Kit navigate their evolving relationship, they uncover a sinister conspiracy orchestrated by the billionaire father of the Senator’s wife. This dark plot weaves through their pursuit of justice, raising the stakes with every twist and turn. Can Ike and Kit’s combined efforts unveil the truth in the courtroom and expose the real culprits?

The Odyssey of Burt High School

Autor: Joe Ann Burgess

Número de Páginas: 853

The Odyssey of Burt High School By: Dr. Joe Ann Burgess Burt High School takes center stage on an inspiring journey to literacy as blacks in small town Clarksville, TN struggle for the privilege to attain an education and to have equal access to facilities and equipment provided by the State. Interviews with teachers and students will remind readers or let them see for the first time the difficulties African Americans faced across the South as they fought to gain their right to public education and as they strove toward an integrated, unified system of education. The Odyssey of Burt High School is a celebration of the many teachers and others who took great interest in the educational welfare of students and their lives. Many BHS graduates led successful careers in medicine, business, athletics, the military, and more.

Buildings in Society: International Studies in the Historic Era

Autor: Liz Thomas , Jill Campbell

Número de Páginas: 161

This book presents a series of papers reflecting the latest approaches to the study of buildings from the historic period. This volume does not examine buildings as architecture, rather it adopts an archaeological perspective to consider them as artefacts, reflecting the needs of those who commissioned them.

Richardson Descendants

Autor: William J. Knowles

Número de Páginas: 344

An Irresistible Force

Autor: Melanie Ting

Número de Páginas: 323

As a teenager, Amanda Richardson had a huge crush on NHL hockey superstar, Chris Luczak. A decade later, she walks into a boardroom and there he is—looking as hunky and confident as ever. But working with Chris is the least of her problems, since her family’s AHL hockey team, the Vancouver Vice, is in crisis mode. Chris Luczak hated retiring from his one true love: playing hockey. Now he’s twiddling his thumbs at a desk job with his former NHL team. Then he gets a real challenge: persuade the ownership of the Vancouver Vice to sell the team. Mistaking Amanda for a secretary gets Chris off to a bad start, and for once his legendary charm is falling flat. Amanda has a million reasons not to trust Chris, beginning with his reputation as a womanizing playboy and ending with a sneaking suspicion that he wants the Vice to fail so his team can buy it. But in the meantime, she needs all the hockey knowledge inside the sculpted, muscular body she’s trying hard not to notice. And Chris realizes that the longer he puts off this deal, the more time he’ll get to spend with this fiery woman. Can they work together to save the Vancouver Vice? This is the second book in the Vancouver...

The Mangrove Coast

Autor: Randy Wayne White

Número de Páginas: 385

The seductive daughter of a dead war buddy calls marine biologist Doc Ford in need of help--her mother has vanished without a trace in South America. Doc's efforts to find her take him from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of Panama--and onto the trail of the most vile nemesis he has ever come up against...

Histoire des femmes et du genre

Autor: Sylvie Chaperon , Adeline Grand-clément , Sylvie Mouysset

Número de Páginas: 482

L’histoire des femmes et du genre a permis depuis une quarantaine d’années un considérable renouvellement de la recherche historique. Ce champ nouveau ne se contente pas d’enrichir l’histoire, il transforme la discipline elle-même et ses méthodes. L’inclusion des femmes et plus globalement du genre modifie la chronologie et les catégories d’analyse, mais invite aussi à relire la documentation disponible. Ainsi, de l’Antiquité à nos jours, cet ouvrage dessine une autre histoire, à travers les sources les plus variées qui présentent une riche représentation des femmes. Textes privés ou publics, littérature juridique, documents archéologiques, iconographie, médias... sont autant de sources essentielles qui permettent une analyse en termes de genre des sociétés occidentales dans tous les domaines : politique, religieux, judiciaire, éducatif, médical, du travail, mais également monde de l’intime. L’ouvrage propose ainsi une méthodologie pour aborder et analyser ces sources et, grâce à son ampleur chronologique, distingue l’essentiel de l’accessoire, et permet de discuter les ruptures ou continuités qui ne se résument pas à la...

Torrent

Autor: Amanda Gearing

Número de Páginas: 272

Six years on from Queensland's tragic 'inland tsunami', this new edition of The Torrent reconnects with the survivors at the heart of the catastrophe. On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy rain and as floodwaters began to overwhelm much of southeast Queensland, a 'wall of water' hit Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. The Torrent tells the extraordinary stories of survival and loss that emerged from that terrible day.

Pennsylvania School Journal

Número de Páginas: 398

Queens, Queenship, and Natural Resource Management in Premodern Europe, 1400-1800

Autor: Susan Broomhall , Clare Davidson

Número de Páginas: 361

This innovative collection examines how European queens participated in the conceptualisation, mobilisation, and transformation of ‘natural resources’ from the fifteenth to the end of the eighteenth century. Early modern queens interacted with human and nonhuman worlds through natural resource management activities that have rarely been the focus of sustained historical analysis. This volume engages with the wide range of nonhuman materials, living and inanimate, that premodern queens had the power to direct and dispose of, to utilise, enjoy, and commercialise, to visualise and commemorate, and even to destroy, on and in their lands, forests, waterways, and oceans. Both queenship and natural resource management were configured by contemporary gender ideologies, which structured a dynamic relationship between queenship and the more-than-human world. The case studies in this collection explore how queens’ natural resource management was impacted by their cultural and personal contexts, particularly their changing status as queens regnant, consort, dowager, or regent. The contributors draw on diverse materials and employ a variety of historical approaches—including political, ...

Adventures in Design

Autor: Joen Wolfrom

Número de Páginas: 148

Bring more beauty and balance to your quilt designs • Everything you need to know about the essentials of good design from an internationally reknowned expert • Learn about the key elements of design and how to apply strategies for success • Practice what you've learned with exercises at the end of each chapter • An inspiring gallery illustrates design concepts by many prominent quilters and artists - including Alex Anderson, Paula Nadelstern, and Ricky Tims - with over 150 images showcasing all styles of quilts and fabric art, from traditional to modern This is the design textbook for quilters. Joen presents the eight elements of design: line, direction, shape, color, value, texture, proportion, and scale. You'll learn how to work with these elements using many guiding design principles, such as unity and balance. Whether you consider yourself to be a quilter, an artist, or a crafter, you can improve your design skills by exploring Joen's fresh, innovative approach.

The Torrent

Autor: Amanda Gearing

Número de Páginas: 297

Of all the extraordinary stories to emerge from the catastrophic Queensland floods of January 2011, the most starkly tragic and dramatic were those that came out of Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. "The Torrent" is a unique and powerful account of the devastating power of nature - and the enduring resilience of the human spirit.

The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1300–1600

Autor: K. Terrell , M. Bruce

Número de Páginas: 401

The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1350-1600 explores the roles that Scotland and England play in one another's imaginations. This collection of essays brings together eminent scholars and emerging voices from the frequently divergent fields of English and Scottish medieval studies.

Rising Power

Autor: Joseph Ryncarz

Número de Páginas: 260

Elite Hunting Culture and Mary, Queen of Scots

Autor: John M. Gilbert

Número de Páginas: 245

Examines the political significance and performativity of elite hunting in sixteenth-century Scotland. Hunting during the early modern period was not simply a popular form of elite entertainment; it also had an important part in court politics and royal governance. However, little attention has been devoted to it in sixteenth-century Scotland. This study of the role that hunting played in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, in France and in Scotland, aims both to shed new light on the subject and to provide a new perspective on Mary herself. Drawing on the hunting treatises of Gaston Phoebus and Henri de Ferrières, the histories of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie and John Lesley, and a wide variety of other literary and visual sources, including letters, administrative records and fieldwork evidence, it reveals the full significance of the hunt in Mary's life and career. She is shown to be an able and enthusiastic huntress, using this "pastime" to establish herself as a Stewart monarch, demonstrate her royal authority, and, particularly during the later stages of her reign, to attempt to hold together a fractious Scottish aristocracy.

The Archaeology of Medieval Europe, Vol. 2

Autor: Jan Klápste

Número de Páginas: 606

The two volumes of The Archaeology of Medieval Europe together comprise the first complete account of Medieval Archaeology across the continent. This ground-breaking set will enable readers to track the development of different cultures and regions over the 800 years that formed the Europe we have today. In addition to revealing the process of Europeanisation, within its shared intellectual and technical inheritance, the complete work provides an opportunity for demonstrating the differences that were inevitably present across the continent - from Iceland to Sicily and Portugal to Finland.

Over & Above

Autor: Jack Kelly

Número de Páginas: 308

Jack Kelly is one of the most successful coaches in trampoline gymnastics and has, with his innovative thinking, led his athletes to European and World Championship success. He has pioneered many of the techniques that are used at world level today. In this comprehensive book, he outlines a process for developing world class skill in trampoline gymnastics. The methods described have been successful developing ’rising stars‘ as well as helping to re-model the technique of numerous advanced performers, enabling them to break through to the next level. The book culminates in a compendium of theoretical and practical guidance based on Kelly‘s years of striving for, and achieving, world class results. Along the way, Jack Kelly highlights the significant influences on his life that have made him into the coach he has become. Thus, the reader has the opportunity to benefit from the author‘s extensive knowledge and experience.

Moving Women Moving Objects (400–1500)

Autor: Tracy Chapman Hamilton , Mariah Proctor-tiffany

Número de Páginas: 376

This collection forges new ground in the discussion of aristocratic and royal women, their relationships with their objects, and medieval geography. It explores how women’s geographic and familial networks spread well beyond the borders that defined men’s sense of region and how the movement of their belongings can reveal essential information about how women navigated these often-disparate spaces. Beginning in early medieval Scandinavia, ranging from Byzantium to Rus', and multiple lands in Western Europe up to 1500, the essays span a great spatio-temporal range. Moreover, the types of objects extend from traditionally studied works like manuscripts and sculpture to liturgical and secular ceremonial instruments, icons, and articles of personal adornment, such as textiles and jewelry, even including shoes.

Space, Gender, and Memory in Middle English Romance

Autor: Jan Shaw

Número de Páginas: 274

This book offers a much-needed consideration of Melusine within medieval and contemporary theories of space, memory, and gender. The Middle English Melusine offers a particularly rich source for such a study, as it presents the story of a powerful fairy/human woman who desires a full human life—and death—within a literary tradition that is more friendly to women’s agency than its continental counterparts. After establishing a “textual habitus of wonder,” Jan Shaw explores the tale in relation to a range of Middle English traditions including love and marriage, the spatial practices of women, the operation of individual and collective memory, and the legacies of patrimony. Melusine emerges as a complex figure, representing a multifaceted feminine subject that furthers our understanding of Middle English women’s sense of self in the world.

Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Human Cooperation

Autor: Glenn Barenthin

Número de Páginas: 251

In this book, Glenn Barenthin provides a new solution to a key question in the cognitive and evolutionary study of religion: why do humans cooperate? What led humans, uniquely among animals, to have large-scale civilizations with unprecedented cooperation? One explanation, propagated by the Big God Proponents (BGP), argues that a moralizing God is the crucial motivator for the pro-social behaviour necessary for large scale civilization. To explore this idea, Barenthin provides a critical assessment of the evidence provided by the BGP, and also discusses the place of God in our moral thinking. However, using evidence from anthropology, history, cognitive science, psychology and game theory, Barenthin presents a new theory: that the evolutionary pressures faced by our forebears paved the way for emerging humans to engage in what he terms 'thin cooperation'. This type of cooperation requires individuals to comprehend the reasons for their actions, and it is often done with others in mind. Finally, Barenthin argues that humans also have the capacity for 'thick cooperation', which is made possible by those fighting for the rights of strangers in an attempt to make the world a fairer...

The Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395

Autor: Christopher Mielke

Número de Páginas: 328

This book explores an alternate history of the power and agency of 30 Hungarian queens over 400 years by a rigorous examination of the material culture connected with their lives. By researching the objects, images, and spaces, it demonstrates how these women expressed and displayed their power. Queens used material culture and space not only to demonstrate their own power to a wide, international audience, but also to consolidate their own position when it was weakened by external circumstances. Both the public and private image of the queen factors significantly in understanding in her own role at the strongly centralized Hungarian court, and, moreover, how her position and person strengthened and complemented that of the king.

Chaucer's Queens

Autor: Louise Tingle

Número de Páginas: 240

This book investigates the agency and influence of medieval queens in late fourteenth-century England, focusing on the patronage and intercessory activities of the queens Philippa of Hainault and Anne of Bohemia, as well as the princess Joan of Kent. It examines the ways in which royal women were able to participate in traditional queenly customs such as intercession, and whether it was motherhood that gave power to a queen. This study focuses particularly on types of patronage, and also considers the importance of coronation, especially for Joan of Kent, who was neither a queen consort nor a dowager, yet still fulfilled some queenly duties. Crucially, the author highlights the transactional nature of the queen’s role at court, as she accumulated wealth from land, rights and traditions, which in turn funded patronage activities.

Mountain Magic

Autor: David Drake , Eric Flint

Número de Páginas: 396

Fantasy.

The Colorado Credit Guide

Autor: Colorado Reference Co., Denver

Número de Páginas: 176

Los Padres National Forest (N.F.), Oil and Gas Leasing

Número de Páginas: 384