Author: Randy Shamlian
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1645408450
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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Deadly Pairing, Book Three of A Murder in the Kitchen: Marty has landed herself in Santa Barbara, California, where she has set herself up with a specialty wine and food store. But life has not been so sweet after her previous mental breakdown. She has lost her mojo—in essence, she has lost her sexual and conniving prowess as she is legally bound to be on psychotropic drugs as part of the condition of her divorce and visitation rights of her child. Motivated to overcome her situation, she persuades her therapist to supply her with female enhancement pills, which has an immediate effect on her spirits, as well, she is able to see and interact with ghosts from her past. With renewed vigor, she enters a sommelier competition where she meets and falls madly in love with one of her competitors. But it is short lived as her new love interest is murdered. Marty is framed for the crime. Her life begins to unravel as she goes on trial. Albeit, the ghosts are there to lend support and entertain her through the process.
Author: Adam Claasen
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
ISBN: 1775590046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War’s defining and most memorable campaigns. From July until October 1940, the German air force (the Luftwaffe) sought aerial supremacy in skies over England as a prerequisite for an invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). The ensuing conflict of Luftwaffe and RAF aircraft in the long summer of 1940 became forever known as the Battle of Britain. Of the 574 overseas pilots in the campaign, the New Zealand contingent of 134 airmen was second in size only to the Polish contribution. The Australian involvement, though smaller, was a healthy 37. Thus a fifth of overseas pilots were Anzacs. Among these colonials were some of the Battle of Britain’s widely admired aces. Of the top ten pilots with the greatest number of victories two were New Zealanders (C. F. Gray and B. Carbury) and one an Australian (P. Hughes). Australian and New Zealand aircrew were also employed in attacking enemy Channel ports and airfields as part of Bomber and Coastal Command’s attempts to thwart invasion preparations and blunt the Luftwaffe aerial onslaught. The Anzacs also had a fellow compatriot at the highest level in the Fighter Command system: the highly regarded New Zealander Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park, who was instrumental in devising and implementing the integrated air defence of Britain around Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft, radio control and radar. In the spring of 1940, he was given the command of Group 11, which would face the brunt of the German aggression in south-east England. The success of Park’s plans and operational initiatives, and the role played by Anzac pilots and aircrew, would all contribute to the conflict’s eventual successful outcome.
Author: Julie Kagawa
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488027595
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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These vampires don’t sparkle…they bite. Book 3 of the Blood of Eden trilogy by Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey, concludes the explosive dark fantasy series where vampires rule, humans are prey, and one girl will become what she hates most to save all she loves. Is she more human…or monster? With the death of her beloved, Allison Sekemoto has her answer: MONSTER. Now she will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the irredeemable vampire who murdered him. But the trail is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many shocking surprises along the way. The trail leads Allie and her companions toward the one place they must protect at any cost—Eden, the last vampire-free zone on earth. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. In this ruined world where no life is sacred and former allies can turn on you in a heartbeat, Allie will make her final stand. But even if she succeeds, triumph is short-lived in the face of surviving forever alone. “A bloody good way to end a trilogy.” —Kirkus Reviews Books in the Blood of Eden series: The Immortal Rules The Eternity Cure The Forever Song
Author: Michael Hickey
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761854576
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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From the preface: This book looks at virtue as "the power to do good" from the theological, philosophical, and poetic perspective. From a theological perspective: Long ago, Anselm defined theology as "faith seeking understanding," (f. 1) a definition which has endured to the present day. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to try to understand virtue or goodness without looking through some lens of faith....Get Goodness was written, in part, because my own faith was seeking understanding. Second, this book will look at virtue and goodness from a philosophical perspective because the word "philosophy" (from the Greek philos + sophia) means "love of wisdom." (f.2)...As we will find in this book, the virtue of love has been understood by most theologians and philosophers before me to be the essence of each and every virtue. Therefore, we must first love wisdom before we are able to practically discern, distinguish, deliberate and decide prudently in any effort to understand how virtue is the power to do good.... Third, this book will be suffused with poetry....because poetry is a language that goes beyond logic, thought, and reason.... It is a language of the spirit and a language of human life, love, observation, and experience....Any poem is an attempt to try to understand the experience of the world and the universe around us in spiritual terms. None of us should be seeking virtuous perfection in orienting ourselves to the good in this life; we should only be seeking change. The journey is the goal.
Author: Raymond D'Silva
Publisher: Raymond D'Silva
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Author: Jay Aspen
Publisher: Sandfire Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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In the aftermath of a deadly invasion, Samaran is a land in turmoil. Bandits prey on cities and farmsteads, corsairs prowl the high seas. Ariel has earned her place with the elite Mage-warriors of the Eldrin, sworn to protect King and country––but power comes with a cost. The Elementals who can bestow dragonfire and ice-skills are wild and unpredictable, focused on their own long-term goals. But now the sinister power behind the war is taking shape and form. The strength and skill of the Eldrin will be needed to lead the resistance. For Ariel, life has become complicated. Visions of the distant threat haunt her dreams, her sister treads a precarious path as royal concubine and bodyguard, her Elemental ally seems to have gone rogue––and the love of her life has ended their relationship. If only she can control the wild power inside her to defeat the raiders… Then maybe she can protect her sister from the schemes of influential conspirators––and maybe even persuade Marin they can be reunited when the fighting is over… Elf, dragon, wolf, and a mysterious Mage-warrior weave a dangerous path in this fantasy adventure-romance epic from Jay Aspen.
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Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838753866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Becoming Religious is a contemporary investigation of a classical question in the scientific study of religion -- why religion? Why do people devote themselves to unseen, mysterious powers and goals? An answer is proposed from the religious biographies of contemporary South Georgians from all walks of life. Relevant theories from across the subdisciplines of religious studies are marshaled to explain how personal religious commitment emerges and grows.
Author: Judith Herbst
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822538059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Discusses the invention of complex weaponry, including guns, explosives, automatic weapons, and such weapons of mass destruction as gases, the atomic bomb, and biological weapons.
Author: Jerry W. Passon
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786489405
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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As the original American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette has come to represent power, freedom and sexuality for more than half a century. Yet it also hints at personal identity and style, suggesting how effectively values and meaning are communicated through an object. Using various critical perspectives, this close analysis of this highly recognizable automobile finds diverse aspects of American culture revealed. Topics covered include the Corvette in literature; its ties to masculine identity, including homosexuality, as well as female sexuality; and the Corvette as artistic object, among others.
Author: Tina Beattie
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415301473
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Having confronted the conflict between feminism and the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI, Beattie proposes a new theological approach to the encounter between feminism and Catholicism, for the twenty-first century"--Jacket.
