Author: Laurie LeClair
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s a maverick billionaire. She’s out of her league and a part of his past—the one where he kept his true identity a secret. When they meet again, their simmering attraction sparks. They’re not about to get burned twice; they barely escaped the first time. But fate has other ideas with their second chance romance… Now that his siblings are off the market, Conner Cormac is considered the most eligible bachelor in Boston. He’s focused on work, not romance. Been there. Done that. Well, not until the woman who stomped on his heart years ago walks back into his life. Sweet, spunky stubborn Jillian’s down on her luck, but will she even give him the time of day—especially after he lied to her about who he really is—never mind agree to let him help her out of her most recent disaster? She’s got secrets of her own to hide. But the more she resists him, the more he persists. No one ever said Conner Cormac played by the rules… Bachelor Billionaire is the fifth book in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Bachelor Billionaire (The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance, Book 5)
Author: Laurie LeClair
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s a maverick billionaire. She’s out of her league and a part of his past—the one where he kept his true identity a secret. When they meet again, their simmering attraction sparks. They’re not about to get burned twice; they barely escaped the first time. But fate has other ideas with their second chance romance… Now that his siblings are off the market, Conner Cormac is considered the most eligible bachelor in Boston. He’s focused on work, not romance. Been there. Done that. Well, not until the woman who stomped on his heart years ago walks back into his life. Sweet, spunky stubborn Jillian’s down on her luck, but will she even give him the time of day—especially after he lied to her about who he really is—never mind agree to let him help her out of her most recent disaster? She’s got secrets of her own to hide. But the more she resists him, the more he persists. No one ever said Conner Cormac played by the rules… Bachelor Billionaire is the fifth book in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s a maverick billionaire. She’s out of her league and a part of his past—the one where he kept his true identity a secret. When they meet again, their simmering attraction sparks. They’re not about to get burned twice; they barely escaped the first time. But fate has other ideas with their second chance romance… Now that his siblings are off the market, Conner Cormac is considered the most eligible bachelor in Boston. He’s focused on work, not romance. Been there. Done that. Well, not until the woman who stomped on his heart years ago walks back into his life. Sweet, spunky stubborn Jillian’s down on her luck, but will she even give him the time of day—especially after he lied to her about who he really is—never mind agree to let him help her out of her most recent disaster? She’s got secrets of her own to hide. But the more she resists him, the more he persists. No one ever said Conner Cormac played by the rules… Bachelor Billionaire is the fifth book in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Boss Billionaire (The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance, Book 2)
Author: Laurie LeClair
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s the bad boy billionaire. She’s his best friend’s sister—all grown up into a beautiful, sexy woman. He shouldn’t cross that line. But off-limits never stopped him before… Bad boy, rebel billionaire Cooper Cormac gets in over his head when his best friend drops his sister into Coop’s lap—well, not literally, but close enough. Now, he’s her temporary boss and undercover bodyguard, trying to protect her from who knows what and tangled in a hot mess… Smart, determined Jessica Blakely lands in Boston for the summer before grad school begins only to discover her brother is nowhere to be found. And he’s pawned her off on his best friend—her secret crush all those years ago when she was a nerdy foster kid. Can she just hide somewhere? Fast. Coop and Jess are feeling the heat build between them. She’s off-limits in all kinds of ways. His friendship with her brother is in jeopardy if Coop so much as thinks about her in that way. Oh, but he does. Big time. Giving in to temptation may ruin everything in its path… Boss Billionaire is the next story in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s the bad boy billionaire. She’s his best friend’s sister—all grown up into a beautiful, sexy woman. He shouldn’t cross that line. But off-limits never stopped him before… Bad boy, rebel billionaire Cooper Cormac gets in over his head when his best friend drops his sister into Coop’s lap—well, not literally, but close enough. Now, he’s her temporary boss and undercover bodyguard, trying to protect her from who knows what and tangled in a hot mess… Smart, determined Jessica Blakely lands in Boston for the summer before grad school begins only to discover her brother is nowhere to be found. And he’s pawned her off on his best friend—her secret crush all those years ago when she was a nerdy foster kid. Can she just hide somewhere? Fast. Coop and Jess are feeling the heat build between them. She’s off-limits in all kinds of ways. His friendship with her brother is in jeopardy if Coop so much as thinks about her in that way. Oh, but he does. Big time. Giving in to temptation may ruin everything in its path… Boss Billionaire is the next story in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Bride Billionaire (The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance, Book 4)
Author: Laurie LeClair
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review She’s an heiress to a fortune. He’s out for revenge against her family. If only their undeniable attraction to each other didn’t get in the way of their marriage of convenience… Driven, dynamo Caroline Cormac sets course to add trailblazer to her arsenal of skills at Cormac Enterprises when she’s suddenly reminded of the man she left behind last year and the price she agreed to pay in order to protect her family from him. Oh yeah, that little detail… Powerful, self-made businessman Angus MacGregor longs to end the MacGregor Cormac decades old feud with him. Only there’s a wee bit of a problem—Caroline—the woman who stole into his heart. It wasn’t what he bargained for at all… Her or how his best laid plans suddenly go haywire. Find out if these enemies-to-lovers survive the fallout of the feud and their combustible chemistry together… Bride Billionaire is the next in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series, filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review She’s an heiress to a fortune. He’s out for revenge against her family. If only their undeniable attraction to each other didn’t get in the way of their marriage of convenience… Driven, dynamo Caroline Cormac sets course to add trailblazer to her arsenal of skills at Cormac Enterprises when she’s suddenly reminded of the man she left behind last year and the price she agreed to pay in order to protect her family from him. Oh yeah, that little detail… Powerful, self-made businessman Angus MacGregor longs to end the MacGregor Cormac decades old feud with him. Only there’s a wee bit of a problem—Caroline—the woman who stole into his heart. It wasn’t what he bargained for at all… Her or how his best laid plans suddenly go haywire. Find out if these enemies-to-lovers survive the fallout of the feud and their combustible chemistry together… Bride Billionaire is the next in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series, filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
CEO Billionaire (The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance, Book1)
Author: Laurie LeClair
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s the driven CEO billionaire. She’s the quirky matchmaker hired by his meddling family to find him a bride. Only she’s young, beautiful, and mesmerizing—nothing like he expected. This contract may be the toughest one he’s ever tried to break…without it breaking him first. While dynamic CEO billionaire Colton Cormac takes the helm of Cormac Enterprises to lead it into the next stratosphere and carry on the legacy, his family interferes in his private personal life—yeah, emphasis on the private part. He’s not about to be marked by a scheming money grabber who claims she’s a modern day matchmaker—like that’s a real thing. Not happening on his watch. Ever. Spunky matchmaker Sunny Weathers—yep, her given name—needs cash fast to get her younger sister’s tuition and books covered in a few days. Flat broke, Sunny agrees to the cockamamie offer of finding matches for the billionaire Cormac brothers—like finding brides for the most eligible bachelors in Boston is a challenge. Easy peasy, right? First one up is the oldest and hottest, in her opinion. Not good to think about the super sexy guy like that any way she slices it when she’s trying to find him a future wife. Doubts crowd in as Colton and Sunny face the cold hard facts that opposites attract…and burn… CEO Billionaire is the first in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series, filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Publisher: Laurie LeClair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
“Laurie LeClair is an amazing author. To be able to read a book and not want to put it down until finished, is a true art!!!” 5 star review He’s the driven CEO billionaire. She’s the quirky matchmaker hired by his meddling family to find him a bride. Only she’s young, beautiful, and mesmerizing—nothing like he expected. This contract may be the toughest one he’s ever tried to break…without it breaking him first. While dynamic CEO billionaire Colton Cormac takes the helm of Cormac Enterprises to lead it into the next stratosphere and carry on the legacy, his family interferes in his private personal life—yeah, emphasis on the private part. He’s not about to be marked by a scheming money grabber who claims she’s a modern day matchmaker—like that’s a real thing. Not happening on his watch. Ever. Spunky matchmaker Sunny Weathers—yep, her given name—needs cash fast to get her younger sister’s tuition and books covered in a few days. Flat broke, Sunny agrees to the cockamamie offer of finding matches for the billionaire Cormac brothers—like finding brides for the most eligible bachelors in Boston is a challenge. Easy peasy, right? First one up is the oldest and hottest, in her opinion. Not good to think about the super sexy guy like that any way she slices it when she’s trying to find him a future wife. Doubts crowd in as Colton and Sunny face the cold hard facts that opposites attract…and burn… CEO Billionaire is the first in the The Cormac Family: Billionaire Sweet Romance series, filled with love, family, heart, and humor. If you like sweet romances, witty banter, and happy endings, then you’ll love Laurie LeClair’s heartwarming funny romance.
Albion's Seed
Author: David Hackett Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974369X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 981
Book Description
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974369X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 981
Book Description
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
Back to Blood
Author: Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316214582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night-until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the 'hoods, "de-skilled" conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, "spectators" at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy, yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an "Active Adult" condo, and a nest of shady Russians. Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous bestselling novels, Back to Blood is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316214582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night-until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the 'hoods, "de-skilled" conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, "spectators" at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy, yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an "Active Adult" condo, and a nest of shady Russians. Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous bestselling novels, Back to Blood is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
The Tycoon's Kiss
Author: Jane Porter
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1940296188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Now a GAC Family Original Movie titled An Autumn Romance If anyone can make her feel like the belle of the ball, it’s him Taylor Harris – Marietta, Montana’s new librarian–is the quiet type who likes her glamour between the pages, but not in her own life. When she’s pushed into attending the formal Valentine Ball with Marietta’s Most Eligible Bachelor, Troy Sheenan, Taylor can’t imagine a worse pairing. What in the world would she have in common with a wealthy playboy like Troy? Technology tycoon Troy is forced by business concerns to return to his hometown and take the town librarian to the Valentine Ball… what he doesn’t expect is that Taylor is even less excited about the prospect than he is! Intrigued by the only woman in town who wouldn’t be thrilled to take his arm at the big event, he’s determined that she will not just agree to be his date… but she’s going to like it. Can Taylor turn a cold shoulder to Troy’s heart-melting charms, or is this about to be Marietta’s hottest Valentine’s Ball yet? From USA Today bestselling author Jane Porter comes an opposites-attract Valentine's Day tale complete with a small-town ball
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1940296188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Now a GAC Family Original Movie titled An Autumn Romance If anyone can make her feel like the belle of the ball, it’s him Taylor Harris – Marietta, Montana’s new librarian–is the quiet type who likes her glamour between the pages, but not in her own life. When she’s pushed into attending the formal Valentine Ball with Marietta’s Most Eligible Bachelor, Troy Sheenan, Taylor can’t imagine a worse pairing. What in the world would she have in common with a wealthy playboy like Troy? Technology tycoon Troy is forced by business concerns to return to his hometown and take the town librarian to the Valentine Ball… what he doesn’t expect is that Taylor is even less excited about the prospect than he is! Intrigued by the only woman in town who wouldn’t be thrilled to take his arm at the big event, he’s determined that she will not just agree to be his date… but she’s going to like it. Can Taylor turn a cold shoulder to Troy’s heart-melting charms, or is this about to be Marietta’s hottest Valentine’s Ball yet? From USA Today bestselling author Jane Porter comes an opposites-attract Valentine's Day tale complete with a small-town ball
Homo Deus
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062464353
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062464353
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
Tell Me to Stop
Author: Charlotte Byrd
Publisher: Byrd Book Llc
ISBN: 1632250500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
I owe him a debt. The kind money can’t repay. He wants something else: me, for one year. But I don’t even know who he is… 365 days and nights doing everything he wants…except that. “I’m not going to sleep with you,” I say categorically. He laughs. “I’m going to make you a promise,” his eyes challenge mine. “Before our time is up, you’ll beg me for it.” _____________________________________________ What readers are saying about Charlotte Byrd: "Extremely captivating, sexy, steamy, intriguing, and intense!” ★★★★★ "Addictive and impossible to put down.” ★★★★★ “I can’t get enough of the turmoil, lust, love, drama and secrets!” ★★★★★ “Fast-paced romantic suspense filled twists and turns, danger, betrayal and so much more.” ★★★★★ “Decadent, delicious, & dangerously addictive!” ★★★★★ _____________________________________________ *Beware of spoilers in the reviews below that are without spoiler alerts.*
Publisher: Byrd Book Llc
ISBN: 1632250500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
I owe him a debt. The kind money can’t repay. He wants something else: me, for one year. But I don’t even know who he is… 365 days and nights doing everything he wants…except that. “I’m not going to sleep with you,” I say categorically. He laughs. “I’m going to make you a promise,” his eyes challenge mine. “Before our time is up, you’ll beg me for it.” _____________________________________________ What readers are saying about Charlotte Byrd: "Extremely captivating, sexy, steamy, intriguing, and intense!” ★★★★★ "Addictive and impossible to put down.” ★★★★★ “I can’t get enough of the turmoil, lust, love, drama and secrets!” ★★★★★ “Fast-paced romantic suspense filled twists and turns, danger, betrayal and so much more.” ★★★★★ “Decadent, delicious, & dangerously addictive!” ★★★★★ _____________________________________________ *Beware of spoilers in the reviews below that are without spoiler alerts.*
Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom
Author: Tony Monchinski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402084633
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student. Where Critical Pedagogy is often treated as a discourse of academics in universities, this book explores the applications of Critical Pedagogy to actual classroom situations. Written in a straight-forward, concise, and lucid form by an American high school teacher, drawing examples from literature, film, and, above all, the everyday classroom, this book is meant to provoke thought in teachers, students and education activists as we transform our classrooms into democratic sites. From grading to testing, from content area disciplines to curriculum planning and instruction, from the social construction of knowledge to embodied cognition, this book takes the theories behind Critical Pedagogy and illustrates them at work in common classroom environments.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402084633
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student. Where Critical Pedagogy is often treated as a discourse of academics in universities, this book explores the applications of Critical Pedagogy to actual classroom situations. Written in a straight-forward, concise, and lucid form by an American high school teacher, drawing examples from literature, film, and, above all, the everyday classroom, this book is meant to provoke thought in teachers, students and education activists as we transform our classrooms into democratic sites. From grading to testing, from content area disciplines to curriculum planning and instruction, from the social construction of knowledge to embodied cognition, this book takes the theories behind Critical Pedagogy and illustrates them at work in common classroom environments.