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Marius has all the things a Mistress could want in a one-night-sub encounter. Hot body, loads of charm and a willingness to get her off in any way she pleases. But Marius has a dark side. When he takes it too far, he's kicked out of The Zone club with only one way back in-Lady Regina. Regina sees something in Marius. He doesn't know what it means to be truly helpless to a Mistress, but he needs it, more than any sub she's ever encountered. But Marius's pain, the secrets behind his bad behavior, will drive her into perilous territory. Bringing him back to the Mistress's control he craves will be the fight of her life.

Evelyn Richardson loses her maimed husband Carl as a result of the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Bedridden because of an injury, she is unable to immediately search him out. The chances of finding him grow thin as the days pass into cruel winter, and the chaos of a shattered city remains.Evelyn is encouraged by her disheartening mother to leave Carl for dead and to move on with her life. At first she refuses such a notion; but when Gerald MacCrae, a doctor at Camp Hill Hospital, enters her heart in friendship, her resolve weakens and finally disintegrates. Gerald harbours a secret from the past and within the present that threatens to rip apart any chance at happiness for Evelyn again. Can she redeem any shred of familiarity from her past or will she forge ahead on the wings of a new life, a new love?

She follows all the rules. He's going to teach her how to break them. After a heartbreaking tragedy, successful attorney Amelia Crowley has numbed herself to the pleasures of life, clinging to a specific set of rules, finding strength in order and organization. When she meets easy going surfer Ryan Fielding, that organized life is turned upside down by a sea of washboard abs and sun-kissed hair. Sexy and charismatic, Ryan looks for pleasure however he can find it in an effort to silence his own inner demons. Until Amelia crashed into his life the only thing he chased was the next wave. Refusing to break their connection and determined to break through her carefully crafted walls, Ryan sets out to throw out every rule in her book and show Amelia that pleasure can't be planned. Can Amelia let Ryan take the lead or will she cling to her rules and wipe out their chance at love?

Under the Yoke is a novel by Ivan Vazov written in 1888. It depicts the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and is the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature and it has been translated into more than 30 languages.The tranquility in a Bulgarian village under Ottoman rule is only superficial: the people are quietly preparing for an uprising. The plot follows the story of Boycho Ognyanov, who, having escaped from a prison in Diarbekir, returns to the Bulgarian town of Byala Cherkva to take part in the rebellion. There he meets old friends, enemies, and the love of his life. This volumes includes the first 16 chapters of part one with the original Bulgarian facing the English translation.

Rose Wood is fresh out of finishing school where her father, taken by gold fever, deserted her five years ago. She journeys the Cariboo Wagon Road to return to her father's side at the 108 Mile Hotel. Once she arrives, a rotting stench greets her at the door-her father's corpse left for her to find.Whispers abound he was killed for his treasure. Blackmail and veiled threats from an unknown enemy compel her to search for her father's hidden gold vein. Eager to squash the rumours once and for all, she sinks deeper into the mystery of her father's death. The lines between friends and foes become blurred. Will she find the infamous gold vein? Will she uncover where the treasure of her heart truly lies?

'The Live Creature and Ethereal Things: Physics in Culture' is a collection of essays, images and short texts that present fundamental physics and the physics of the universe as human activities and cultural endeavours. Contributions by artists, curators and physicists examine the role of personality, power and culture in physics and discuss the value of cross-pollination between the practices of contemporary art and physics. These reflections shed light on the people and the material practices of physics: from the vast underground particle physics laboratory at CERN, Geneva, used by half of the world's particle physicists, and deep underground neutrino observatories in the UK, Italy and Antarctica, to super-computers that construct astonishing visualisations of the evolution of the universe. Contributors: Dr Nicola Triscott, Professor Fiona Crisp, Tavares Strachan, Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt), Dr Suchitra Sebastian, Professor Tara Shears, Dr Chamkaur Ghag, Ansuman Biswas, Nahum, Professor Roger Malina, Dr Mark Neyrinck, Tomás Saraceno, Dr Flaviu Cipcigan, Annie Carpenter, Dr Marek Kukula, Harry Lawson, Dr Massimo Mannarelli, Phil Coy, Mónica Bello, Jol Thomson, and Blanca Pujals. Foreword by Johanna Kieniewicz, Institute of Physics

Al-Kafi, Volume 3 of 8 (Fru' al-Kafi) - Compiled by Thiqatu al-Islam, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni; English Translation by Shaykh Muhammad Sarwar. Al-Kafi - The first and foremost comprehensive book of Hadith of the Holy Prophet, with his Ahl al-Bayt as narrators, dealing with issues of theology and ethics, practical laws such as laws of taharat (cleanliness), laws of worship (prayer, zakat, fasting, hajj and jihad), laws of business, laws of family and social relations, and judicial laws.

S.O.L.V.E.S. is a book about exploring the tension between exploitation and exploration of business capabilities within an organization. The primary academic underpinnings include the theory of contextual ambidexterity. The most accepted definition of ambidexterity is a balance between explorations and exploitation resulting in an organization being capable of exploiting their existing competencies while simultaneously exploring new opportunities. James March refers to this as the exploration of new possibilities and the exploitation of old certainties. Exploitation includes such things as choice, refinement, production, selection, execution efficiency and implementation. While exploration encompasses knowledge creation and analysis of future opportunities. The book gives many examples of large organizations that have explored successfully and some that have exploited to their ultimate detriment.

Peter the Slug has a dream. An impossible dream. He wants to run in the Great Forest Race. And nothing's going to stop him.

Losing and Finding My Father is an adult daughter's journey of discovery sparked by the illness, coma, and subsequent death of her father. Having struggled for years to come to terms with a childhood marked by his invalidation and abuse, she attends to her ailing father, converses with him even during his coma, and uncovers the love hidden deep within their painful relationship. It is a story of loss -- loss of childhood trust, loss of self-esteem and desire for intimacy, loss of the father. Ultimately, it is a story of revelation -- about finding one's voice, softening emotional armor, forgiving the past, creating pathways to intimacy, and revising one's life story.Losing and Finding My Father offers a promise of growth and healing to children (and parents) of all ages and weaves together the following themes:¿ Challenging cultural attitudes about grief¿ Exploring "right relationship" with having been abused as a child¿ Authentic forgiveness¿ The power of emotions to heal¿ Conscious caretaking¿ Developing the capacity to have a healthy intimate relationship by healing one's inner template for menThe book also offers a substantial appendix of self-help tools and exercises.From the foreword by Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy:"When her father was dying, Kira Freed had the courage to take the healing path. Her carefully and beautifully documented journey provides a model for anyone who might consider this difficult route.""If you've experienced the loss of a loved one who was a source of pain and challenges throughout your life, reach for Kira Freed's book Losing and Finding My Father. Her poignant stories, processing tools, and personal healing will give you hope, guidance, and a way forward -- through and beyond your own grief." -- Carol McClelland, PhD, author of The Seasons of Change: Using Nature's Wisdom to Grow Through Life's Inevitable Ups and Downs"Losing and Finding My Father is Kira Freed's personal story, and this story is a teaching tale. In it, Kira shares her journey of resolving the effects of living with an abusive father whom she also loved deeply. Throughout, we are invited to share in the complex legacy of trauma intertwined with the healing opportunities that Kira courageously engaged. She also includes an appendix filled with a variety of approaches she used to support her healing -- powerful resources and practices for anyone taking this journey." -- Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, author of Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children"Kira has written a poignant and intimate account of her father's dying and of her grief. In clear language she shares with us the struggles, pain, healings and even transformation that so many of us have experienced with the death of a parent. Reading her book will both comfort and inspire you." -- Alexandra Kennedy, psychotherapist and author of Losing a Parent and The Infinite Thread

Trompe L'Oeil: A Trick of the Eye, is the story of a unique artist who refused to accept the truth--that the only woman he had ever loved is dead. Simon Lister has the extraordinarypower to do something about it. This is not a mystical story, nor a ghost story. This is a story of great love, power and madness.

"I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me." Song of Solomon 7:10 Date Night Ideas is not a new concept although it may be new to many. Date Night consist of a couple coming together in order to spend time in the presence and company of their spouse or significant other. If you feel like your marriage or relationship has lost its spark and needs to be rekindled, a date night is just the thing to ignite the flame. A date night can enhance your relationship or marriage and create a bond of togetherness and unity. Date night also creates a friendship that will bring about a connection of affection and oneness. If you want to get the spark back into your marriage or relationship this is the book that will turn things around for you. Here are 77 date night ideas that are fun and fulfilling to get you started on the road to relationship success.

Poor project management has disastrous effects on software projects. It could lead to blown budgets, late shipment, brutal hours, and software buggier than an anthill. However, this doesn't have to be your experience because there's a proven framework for managing even the most complex of software projects. This is where "Scrum Magic"comes to the rescue. Scrum Magic: Ultimate Training Guide to the Agile Framework is a revolutionary master class about the Scrum framework. It's filled with colorful examples, professional diagrams, and 100+ questions with FULL solutions. It doesn't matter if you come from a technical or business background as this book is designed to efficiently help you master Scrum. Doug Purcell is a Scrum Master and internet entrepreneur that has ten years of self-financing and managing projects from inception to close. He used portions of the framework to obtain productivity gains up to 1100% and to rapidly build this product in only 3 months. This includes: market research, writing, editing, publishing, website creation, layout design, book cover design, diagram illustration, and executing the business/marketing plans. Use this book to get certified, ship software on time, build a better company culture, improve time management, increase productivity, write books 3X faster, and to quickly teach yourself new things. Here's what you'll master in Scrum Magic: -Product backlog genius: how to create, groom, and manage the backlog like a pro -Team roles demystified: indentify the responsibilities of the product owner, scrum master, and development team with ease -Scrum planning: discover how to strategically plan your next agile project as effective as a military commander -Estimation strategies: battle-tested methods to accurately forecast turnaround times for work -User stories wizardry: a must-have checklist for writing user stories like an expert -Fun meetings: how to transform snooze-fest meetings into brief, exciting, useful ones -Rapid improvement: learn how to use the empirical process control to continuously accelerate the team's workflow -Monitoring progress: a crash course on using burn down charts to intelligently monitor the team's momentum -Software management mini-guides: the easy guide to discovering the similarities/differences of waterfall, agile, and kanban -The Game of Scrum: A comprehensive overhaul of the framework such as important definitions and concepts -Scrum training: gain access to 4 unique quizzes and solutions that total to over 100 questions. A perfect alternative for those that can't attend a 2-day $1,000 Scrum workshop. -The ultimate agile resource: A list of Scrum, agile, and project management certifications -3 digital bonuses: View the table of contents for download instructions

Have you been struggling to learn and understand Spanish? Have you tried countless methods, phrase books with no results? If you are one of those still struggling after many years to understand your friends, family members and co-workers, after having studied so many materials. Then, Teach Yourself Spanish is the right tool for you. If you just want to learn phrases or new vocabularies in Spanish, this is definitely NOT the right book for you. This book is intended for serious mind people who want to learn and speak Spanish quasi as a native Spanish speaker. Teach Yourself Spanish is A complete Spanish course with Audio. That will take you gradually from learning how to read and write from the very first lesson, to the point of speaking basic Spanish after the first two lessons. No more headaches, no more hassles with books that claim to be the perfect tool, yet you are still struggling to learn. Teach Yourself Spanish is a comprehensive method, combining grammar, vocabularies and conversations to bring out of you the most unexpected result. After many years of teaching Spanish, thus watching the improvement in my student's skills in Spanish in a very short time, I have decided that it is time to share this incredible tool with others around the world. Speak Spanish today in a very short time. Audio BONUS INCLUDED.

Today is all of your TomorrowsWhen the shadow of decay is all around, turn tothe East, where brightening inevitably occurs.Yesterday today was the future and tomorrow is the promise.The missteps of the past once atoned for can never be repeated,if you accept that within you lie the seeds of success and happiness.Today is the moment in time cultivation takes place andtomorrow we reap the whirlwind of opportunity.Remember, today comes every day and ifyou missed yesterday than try it again,Today comes again tomorrowThe object of this book is to give knowledge not readily obtained elsewhere. This book is dedicated to those that want. Yes, I said, "Want." I mean, to "want" everything that you desire in life and make it available to you the easy way.

"He has been taken. And you are his only chance."When Jan's boyfriend Tyler disappears for several days, she's worried. And then she's angry. Then two strangers rescue her from a violent attack by creatures out of legend, and tell her that Tyler didn't abandon her - he was stolen away to the fairy court. And Jan's his only chance to come home. But her rescuers aren't human either, and they have their own secrets…."You can always count on (the) gifted Gilman to deliver richly layered fantasy filled with winning characters and well-defined worlds, and she doesn't disappoint with HEART OF BRIAR. (A) terrific series starter." ♦♦♦♦ (4 stars) - RT Reviews"[Readers] will be seduced and enthralled by Gilman's metaphysical thriller about wicked elves, shape-shifting supernaturals and portals to another dimension….melds magic with mayhem for a tale of bravery, friendship and devotion." - Publishers Weekly"Calling this story a retelling of Tam Lin doesn't do it justice. Gilman has taken the bones of that fairy tale and reassembled it entirely, restrung with strength and ferocity and drive outside that pale relationship between a woman and her lost lover. Jan's journey starts to find Tyler, but ultimately she finds so much more. Another world, a war, and a strength and bravery she never realized existed." - All Things Urban Fantasy

J.C. Myers' spirited first novel, Junkyard at No Town, captures rural Vermont's land, language, and culture in outrageous and vernacular-rich dialogue, combined with crazy and splendid plot twists and descriptions. You'll find yourself breathless, sometimes wide-eyed, and sometimes laughing, as you follow young Jules' initiation, fresh out of college in the early 80s, seeking a life far from his Westchester upbringing. He buys a junkyard in the rural Vermont village of Iraton-right on the edge of No Town.Deep-rooted mysteries link incongruous neighbors and illicit livelihoods, impossible loves and unlikely devotions and violent characters -- a house burns, water mysteriously flows and disappears, and people, too, change course, ignite, vanish or die. Readers will long remember the wild, haunting comedy of Jules, Butchy Guyette, Maddy and Byron Peas, Lutheria Tupper, Copeland DeMassey and Aunt Martha, whose intertwined and braided tales reveal Junkyard at No Town's vulnerable secrets, its sins and its virtues - and our own.

Dr. Franco Columbu, internationally known bodybuilding champion, has written a book that provides a commonsense approach to training with weights - whether for competition or just to get into shape. Columbu is a two-time Mr. Olympia winner who first wrote this book in 1977, when it sold 500,000 copies. Creators Publishing has brought it back with the paperback, ebook and audiobook. In the audiobook, recorded with Rick Newcombe, cofounder of Creators Publishing, Franco answers many questions to update his training advice and tells stories about what life was like during the Golden Age of bodybuilding. The audiobook contains priceless stories about the young Franco and his best friend, Arnold Schwarzenegger, when they first arrived in America from Europe. The book is loaded with useful information for getting in shape, and it is very inspiring for training!

"Wolfson's writing is superb." --The Washington Post A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.

ONE OF THE BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF THE YEAR. "A beautiful portrait of a vibrant community replete with compelling messages of forgiveness and redemption, a heart-shattering reminder of how love in all its forms can be the ultimate salvation."¿-Entertainment Weekly¿"At times such as these, reading a book like this, it feels important to choose words with care. The word I most want to use about this absolute masterpiece of a contemporary romance is: visionary."-¿Seattle Review of Books¿"Whip-smart progressive romance with a whole lot of sizzle."-¿The Alliterates¿"Mia Hopkins keeps it sexy in Trashed, wrapping Eddie and Carmen's romance in a story that's ultimately about culture, community, and the happily ever after we all deserve."¿-The Daily Waffle"Delightfully raunchy, yet tender and loving. Hopkins does a great job of capturing both the vulnerability and the passion of sex in her writing."-BustleHe burns for her. Lucky for him, she likes to play with fire. . .My name is Eddie Rosas, but everyone calls me Trouble. Since I got out of prison six months ago, I've had one goal: find my father, whatever the cost. My older brother says I need to move on. He also wants me to leave our gang, East Side Hollenbeck, and go straight, but I can't-not until I uncover the truth about our family and its missing piece.One problem? I'm distracted. My distraction's name is Carmen Centeno. Smart, passionate, and tough as hell, Carmen is a woman from the neighborhood who's built her career as one of the city's top chefs. She's a master of creating pleasure both in and out of bed. But when our connection deepens, how can I show her I'm not the trash everyone says I am?The pressure's rising. Carmen deserves a man she can depend on. And when the ghosts of my past rise up, I'll have to outsmart them-or lose my shot at a future with the only woman who believes in me.

Book 3 in the Mysterious Devices series of clockwork cozies set in the Magnificent Devices world!Bodie, California. A town so dangerous that the question every morning is, "Has there been a man for breakfast?" This time, it's a woman.Daisy and Frederica Linden have tracked their missing father to Bodie, the most dangerous town in the Wild West, where bad men murder without guilt and single ladies are as rare and valuable as gold. Here they must depend upon the help of the society of absent friends, that secret network of boardinghouse keepers who know everyone's business-and make secrets their stock in trade.But some secrets are fatal, and when the local matchmaker pays the price with her life on the night of the Autumn Ball, the ladies of the society beg Daisy and Freddie to help them find the killer of their fallen sister. Aided by Miss Peony Churchill, an intrepid family of aeronauts, and a Rocky Mountain Detective, the Linden sisters must see justice done and unmask a deadly conspiracy. But in a town where murder is more common than spiked absinthe, will they find themselves in the killer's sights instead?