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When the human and the vampire worlds collide, there will be hell to pay. Luca Ambrus is a rare breed: vampire from birth, begotten by vampire parents, blood born. He is also an agent of the Council—the centuries-old cabal that governs vampirekind, preserving their secrecy and destroying those who betray them. When a cryptic summons leads him to the scene of the brutal killing of a powerful Council member, Luca begins the hunt for an assassin among his own people. But instead of a lone killer he discovers a sinister conspiracy of rogue vampires bent on subjugating the mortal world. All that stands in their way are the conduits, humans able to channel spirit warriors into the physical world to protect mankind. Chloe Fallon is a conduit—and a target of the vampire assassin who’s killing them. When Luca saves her life, an irresistible bond of trust—along with more passionate feelings—is forged between them. As more victims fall, Chloe and Luca have only each other to depend on to save the world from the reign of monsters—and salvage their own future together.

USA Today Bestseller Danger brings together two guarded hearts in a battle for survival in this irresistible story from New York Times bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones. Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it’s the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he’s kept his distance—until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Now, Sela must find the courage to become the leader Wears Valley needs. Bitter experience has taught Ben Jernigan it’s best to look out for number one. For two years the former soldier has lived in a self-imposed exile, using a top-notch security system to keep people away. But he had to let Sela know about the impending threat—and now the quiet and undeniably sexy woman is making it too easy for him to lower his guard. As panic spreads, Sela and Ben discover that in the dark, cut off from the outside world, there’s no more playing it safe—in life or in love.

A white hot romantic suspense from bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones. Lenna is Strength, a manifestation of the Tarot card, and powerful beyond reckoning. But when she’s pulled into the human realm and tasked with protecting a young boy, everything is thrown into chaos. Lenna’s not supposed to be here, interacting with mortals. She’s definitely not supposed to be drawn to the sexy mercenary sent to retrieve her by any means necessary . . . As a Hunter for magical beings, Caine’s duty is simple: return this compelling, impossibly attractive woman and secure the long lost Tarot deck that made travel between worlds possible. Instead he’s drawn into Lenna’s dangerous rescue mission and blindsided by his growing feelings. But there is more than one enemy to contend with. And as the clock runs out, failure means not just the loss of an innocent life and the woman Caine has come to love, but the destruction of Lenna’s entire world.

Author Darlene Linda Jones-Brooks has been through a lot in her lifeand, strangely enough, many of the worst physical experiences have happened on the left side of her body. When she was thirteen, a cousin accidentally stabbed her in the wrist. As an adult, she got caught in the crossfire of random shooting and lost half her left kidney due to the resulting injury. Later, a severe pain in her left leg led to a diagnosis of lupus, and she developed breast cancer, with the tumor appearing in her left breast. In addition, over the course of her life, she has been a victim of rape and has dealt with her pain using drugs and alcoholoften with damaging consequences. In spite of it all, though, she went back to her first love, her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Now she lives her life for the Lord and is steadily growing in his Word. This memoir tells the personal narrative of a woman who has endured much pain and struggle in her life but now turns to God for support through troubles.

In the first novel of this steamy contemporary Western romance series by two blockbuster authors, a cowboy and a woman on the run take a stand and fight for love. Carlin Reed lives in fear, off the grid, moving from place to place. So Battle Ridge, Wyoming, a small town in the middle of nowhere, seems like a good place to lie low for a while. But after becoming cook and housekeeper to cattle rancher Zeke Decker, Carlin suspects that she’s made her first mistake. Rugged, sexy, and too distracting for his own good, Zeke is pure temptation mixed with something deep and primal that makes Carlin feel almost safe. Soon things are getting way too hot in the kitchen. Zeke doesn’t challenge Carlin’s terms: cash, dead bolts, and no questions. It is easy to see that she’s a woman in trouble. Problem is, he’s so blindsided by his attraction to her he can’t think straight. Zeke tries to stay all business, no complications—but that game plan is sabotaged the second Carlin gets under his skin. And when her terrifying past follows her to the ranch, Carlin faces a heartbreaking choice: run away from the man she loves, or put him in the crosshairs of a madman.

The essays in Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece honor the contributions of Timothy E. Gregory to our understanding of Greece from the Roman period to modern times. Evoking Gregory''s diverse interests, the volume brings together anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists, historians, and philologists to address such contested topics as the end of Antiquity, the so-called Byzantine Dark Ages, the contours of the emerging Byzantine civilization, and identity in post-Medieval Greece. These papers demonstrate the continued vitality of both traditional and innovative approaches to the study of material culture and emphasise that historical interpretation should be the product of methodological self-awareness. In particular, this volume shows how the study of the material culture of post-Classical Greece over the last 30 years has made significant contributions to both the larger archaeological and historical discourse. The essays in this volume are organized under three headings - Archaeology and Method, the Archaeology of Identity, and the Changing Landscape - which highlight three main focuses of Gregory''s research. Each essay interlaces new analyses with the contributions Gregory has made to our understanding of Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece. Read together these essays not only make a significant contribution to how we understand the post-Classical Greek world, but also to how we study the material culture of the Mediterranean world more broadly.

A comprehensive history of Roman Berytus, from its founding as a Roman military colony in the reign of Augustus to its development as one of only three centers for the styudy of law in the rule of Justinian.

Lori is a retired widow with two grown children and two adorable grandchildren that are the love of her life. As a young child, Lori spent a lot of her summers in the Palisades Mountains with her grandma and grandpa Anders. She fell in love with the area and decided to build her dream cabin there when she retired. Lori worked hard when her husband died to take care of her two children and couldn''t wait to spend most of her retirement in the beautiful mountains. While spending one of her summer there, things start happening in the Palisades Mountains that are both strange and unexplainable. People are getting hurt, property is getting damaged, and strangers appear all while crime is happening right under their noses. Will they find who is involved in all the mishaps going on? More importantly, will they find them before it is too late? Palisades Mountains is a story of love, adventure, and suspense by Linda Jones. This novel will keep you on edge from start to finish. Don''t miss this one!

From the banks of the Delaware River to the shores of Lake Erie, the fields and hillsides of Pennsylvania are home to a rich tradition of winemaking. Though both William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated for the production of wine, it was not until 1787 that Pierre Legaux founded the first commercial vineyard in the state and the nation. Veteran wine journalists Hudson Cattell and Linda Jones McKee offer more than just a taste of the complex story of the Pennsylvania wine industryfrom the discovery of the Alexander grape and the boom of Erie County wineries in the nineteenth century to the challenges of Prohibition and the first farm wineries that opened in the 1970s. Join Cattell and McKee as they explore the Keystone States distinct wine regions and tap the cask on their robust history.

Where do you go to get all the stuffed animals needed for Christmas? Why the Magic Animal Factory of course! What a community! Everything has the colors of the rainbow, and most things are edible. There are also live animals of all shapes and sizes, with unique features abound. Will there be a Christmas with no stuffed animals? The magic stuffing is gone! Charmaine and Esmerelda with her friends and coworkers must solve the mystery of the stolen magic stuffing before they can finish the stuffed animals. In the process, they will make new friends and discover a secret from the past. Mrs. Finkelstein is very helpful as they follow the purple goo. Which is better, punishing someone who has done wrong or the power of forgiveness? Who is Percy, and what does he have to do with the story?

The daughter of a wealthy Kansas cattle tycoon, Charmaine is given a royal welcome on her return from Boston--a masquerade. But the spirited beauty is aware of her father''s matchmaking scheme, and she feels sure there will be no shoe-ins for her affection in this charmingly different retelling of "Cinderella".

AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, GOD BROUGHT A KITTEN INTO LINDA’S LIFE. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT “HOPE THE CAT” AND HOPE FOR SURVIVAL. IT IS WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN, BUT WILL TOUCH ALL AGES.

The book goes beyond theory to offer tools and suggestions for developing emerging leaders. Inspired by the pioneering work of leadership scholar Andre Delbecq, this book points towards an expanded model of leadership that incorporates an active inner life, and posits that such fully human models of leadership will be essential to meet the profound challenges of the 21st Century. Without presuming to provide definitive answers, the text explores central questions such as: What is the added value of spiritual maturity to leadership? Would the integration of mature spirituality with well-developed intellectual and emotional capacities produce more beneficial leadership outcomes for organizations and individuals? What would a spiritually and developmentally mature emerging leader look like in 10 to 20 years? How do we prepare emerging leaders for the challenges they may face; and how do we model spiritually and developmentally mature leadership in ways that resonate with them? Professor Andre Delbecq (1936-2016) of the University of Santa Clara created the heuristic of “spiritually and developmentally mature leaders” to encapsulate his observation that outstanding leaders often seemed to draw strength and wisdom from sources that are not typically studied or taught in leadership courses. Thirty scholars and practitioners accepted Delbecq’s heuristic as the starting point to explore spiritual components of leadership that do not easily lend themselves to quantification or clear causal links. The analysis of their disciplined engagement with the heuristic forms the foundation of an exploratory, fully human understanding of leadership. This analysis is supported by literature reviews, including an overview of Andre Delbecq’s relevant work. Ultimately, the authors call for further collaboration across disciplines and between research and practice to build on the conceptual constructs offered here, and, especially, to create pedagogies for the training of spiritually and developmentally mature leaders

Katie Perl is a whimsical tale of a little girl’s adventure through an enchanted forest and the unique characters she encounters.

I wrote this book to bring forth awareness of this type of jealous, parental jealousy. While most parents are loving and caring, they are some dysfunctional parents who has allowed that to influence their relationship with their child. If all parents were loving we wouldn’t need orphan homes or intervention in this system. People are reluctant to talk about this emotion in parents because of the love and respect for the parents. If this emotion is present to seek intervention because if it is not sought in some cases it can become devastating. If it becomes deadly do not despair. Death is not the end. I also wrote this book to let people know that where we pass from this existence that there is another existence beyond this one. That our conscious existence lives on. It can be pleasant or bad, depending on which existence you enter into. Having seen our Lord and Savior, He revealed this to me. He loves us and has given us this life eternal.

Readers: General readers (college level); clergy

Penelope has heard stories of the Indigo Blade, so when an ex-suitor asks her to help betray and capture the infamous rogue, she is intrigued by the idea. Soon Penelope is involved in a game that threatens to claim her husband, her head, and her heart. But she finds herself wondering, if her love is to be the prize, who will win it--her husband or the Indigo Blade?

Alphabet Anatomy''s innovative rhyming verses and unique illustrations instruct on letter sound, recognition, AND how to write the letter, thus its anatomy. Thoroughly entertaining, each letter''s heartwarming personality and characteristics will engage and delight children as they discover what the letters do behind the scenes when they''re not busy making words. The letters know that the journey to reading is inherently complex, and mastery of these essential skills is absolutely vital for future success. In Alphabet Anatomy, the letters love to share their lives, and their highest aspiration is that each child who meets them will embrace this wondrous journey, and develop a life-long love for not only reading but writing as well. Alphabet Anatomy teaches full understanding of the alphabet, that is, the four inter-connected components: 1. Letter shape knowledge or recognition; 2. Letter name knowledge; 3. Letter sound knowledge; 4. Letter writing ability. In addition, Alphabet Anatomy utilizes the four core elements which extensive research has proven effectively teach reading and provide a solid and effective foundation for proficient reading in later years: 1. Phonological awareness; 2. Letter identification; 3. Vocabulary development; 4. Recall and retell sentences and stories. Soon to come: Meet The Lower Case Letters

For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction to Optatian''s work during this period.Optatian was sent into exile by Constantine sometime after the Emperor''s ascent to power in Rome in 312 AD. Hoping to receive pardon, Optatian sent a gift of probably twenty design poems to Constantine around the time of the ruler''s twentieth anniversary (325/326 AD). To enable the reader to experience the multiple messages of the poems, the Latin text is presented near the English translation with any related design close by. Some poems, laid out on a grid of up to 35 letters across and down, have an interwoven poem marking key letters in the primary poem, thereby revealing a highlighted image. Some designs include the Chi-Rho or numerals created from V''s and X''s to mark imperial anniversaries. Other (previously unrecognised) designs seem to represent senatorial, imperial, military or bureaucratic motifs or to derive from coin images. Shape poems representing a water organ, an altar and a panpipe reveal their relevance immediately. The introduction and commentary elucidate literary allusions from over 100 authors (lines from Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Silius Italicus, Statius, and lesser-known writers abound) and mythological references, mostly to the Muses and Apollo. Optatian''s prestige as an official in both Greece and Rome is well attested - these poems mark Optatian as a fascinating writer of his time, holding onto the classical past while acknowledging Christian symbolism.

Bushwacked and left for dead, a sheriff is rescued by the newly orphaned Shorter sisters. Facing separation, the sisters know their only chance to stay together is to set up the wounded lawman with a prissy schoolmarm named Sarah, who will open up his eyes to love.

Molly Kincaid knew she should have been scared of the dark stranger when he confronted her on her shortcut through the Maine woods. She had been warned of Wolf Trevelyan''s questionable past and sinister ways. But there is something compelling in his gaze, and Molly is willing to throw caution to the wind--and her grandmother''s concerns.

An award-winning romance author offers this western adaptation of "Cyrano de Bergerac." A Texas woman is enthralled with a new sheriff''s deputy, unaware that the passion-filled letters he has been sending are really written by the witty sheriff with a battle-scarred face.

It had been 14 years ago, but Benjamin Wolfe remembers the tragic day his father was run out of Piggville, Texas, by wealthy Hamilton Pigg. Now Benjamin''s back in town to give the three remaining little Piggs--lovely Cecilia and her sisters--a taste of their own medicine. He planned to drag their family name through the mud, and see to it that, whether their homes were made of straw, sticks or brick, the sisters would ultimately be forced out of town.

Who was Alice? And why had she cursed the Fletchers to the effect that no first-born has inherited Springfield for over three hundred years? Dorcas Meadows has personal reasons for solving the mystery – not least because she is in love with the heir. She has a strange affinity to the house. She knows things she cannot explain. But Springfield will not yield up its secrets easily. Family connections and old enmities, coincidences and parallels lure and confound the searchers. Can they find an answer before Miles Fletcher meets an un-timely end?

Julian had heard how Anya''s behavior changed since her shipwreck in the Caribbean, and how she had been made a love goddess by a tribe there. Anya returned to North Carolina society as a lusty animal. Julian is the man Anya''s grandmother hopes will tame her. Anya decides to marry him, let him go about changing her--and then, when he least expects it, she''ll show him just how wild she really is.

A guide to an activity-based course in science teaching methods for both pre-service and in-service teachers. Material is presented in the from of an extended interaction between a new and an experienced teacher. Lays out the theoretical foundation for constructivism, and covers recent ideas on incl

Nostalgic and funny, ''Alphabet of Rhymes'' demonstrates how learning with Letterland can be so much fun.

Learn how to make gorgeous jewellery using only basic techniques, including rings, pendants, bracelets, earrings and more in a dazzling array of styles. High-profile author, Linda Jones shows how to make gorgeous jewellery using only basic techniques and very few specialist materials. Hammering wire is easy and creates texture, form and toughness. Linda has launched her own brand of hammer for this technique, the Whammer, with Beadsmith in the US. It has three functions in one hammer, but everything in the book can easily be made with other jewellery hammers. The jewellery making techniques required are very basic, such as making jump rings, bead links, headpins and fish-hook clasps, so beginners can launch straight in. Twenty-five gorgeous projects are grouped under Feathers, Shapes and Scrunched Wire, with the Get Creative chapter combining all the techniques learned. Easy, accessible jewellery making for beginners or more advanced crafters. “Whether you are an experienced wireworker or just starting out in this addictive medium, you will be certain to find some new techniques and ideas amongst the stunning pieces of jewellery in this book.” —The Beading Library

Investigation on the use of literature to teach values to students.

Portraits in the Collection of the American Antiquarian Society updates the documentation of the Societys portrait collection reflecting its growth since 1946 when Frederick L. Weis prepared a checklist. This work was undertaken by Lauren B. Hewes. The collection is an eclectic one that represents many aspects of the history of the Society: the interests of benefactors who gave their collections to the Society and the impulse to commemorate the Societys leadership. A number of portraits came into the collection with or because of related manuscript or book collections or were commissioned by the Society and for these there is extraordinary information about the circumstances of their production.