"I bite my lip and feel my blush deepen. Because right now I know one thing for certain. I'm going to fuck the abominable snow monster. And I'm going to like it." - Angela Montoya, Dashing Through MeSlip beneath the mistletoe and into something a little more sinful with Jingle These Bells, a sizzling holiday anthology where desire crackles like a Yule log fire. Fifteen naughty and nice authors-some freshly unwrapped and others well-establi...

Everything potential landlords need to know about the UK rental marketRenting Out Your Property For Dummies is the essential roadmap to successful property letting. This easy-to-read guide walks readers through every step of renting out their property - showing how to avoid legal problems, find and keep the best tenants, maintain the property and maximise their rental income. As well as lots of helpful advice, it contains a wealth of sample forms and stand...

This book features 14 original projects that will inspire you to create your own digitally printed textile designs. Digital techniques are inspired by traditional handcrafts such as patchwork and embroidery, and utilise Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Previously the preserve of professional designers or fashion and textile colleges, digital printing is now available in high-street bureaus, where anyone can send a file to be printed on the material of their choice, ready to make and wear.

With the exception of a few targeted aerial bombardments of the city's port, Beirut and Mount Lebanon did not see direct combat in World War I. Yet civilian casualties in this part of the Ottoman Empire reached shocking heights, possibly numbering half a million people. No war, in its usual understanding, took place there, but Lebanon was incontestably war-stricken. As a food crisis escalated into famine, it was the bloodless incursion of starvation and the silent assault of fatal disease ...

One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrest...

This book is about a young boy’s journey with a harrowing illness called PANDAS, an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus. He wakes up one morning, and overnight, is stricken with unusual and frightening symptoms that turn his world upside down. Some of the symptoms he experiences are anxiety & OCD. This happened all because an autoimmune response caused dysfunctional antibodies to invade the basal ganglia of the brain instead of fighting ...

Learn to face your fears and trust in God's love in this fictionalized account of author Melanie Padgett's summer camp adventure.Summer has begun, and for twelve-year-old Melanie, going to summer camp with her two best friends, Teri and Jennifer, is sure to be a highlight. But Melanie is afraid, afraid of being away from home, afraid of dogs, and afraid of thunderstorms. And most of all, she's afraid of losing touch with her friends. Come fall, Melanie will be star...

What happens when you discover your father didn't die in Vietnam like your mother said he did, and he's white, not Black like you? What happens when the future your family has set for you doesn't fit into your dreams? The Color of My Soul, the award-winning novel by Melanie Hatter, set in Virginia in the 1990s, is a journey through race and culture, family loyalty and self-discovery.

Hatter’s artful, moving novel looks closely at the murder of a young black woman and her family’s devastation. Old—and new—questions about race and civil rights in 21st Century America arise alongside the unfolding story of Malawi and those who live in the wake of her loss.

What did nineteenth-century cities smell like? And how did odors matter in the formation of a modern environmental consciousness? Smell Detectives follows the nineteenth-century Americans who used their noses to make sense of the sanitary challenges caused by rapid urban and industrial growth. Melanie Kiechle examines nuisance complaints, medical writings, domestic advice, and myriad discussions of what constituted fresh air, and argues that nineteenth-century city dwellers, anxio...

A "captivating" account of the starvation and disease that wracked far-from-the-front Beirut during WWI, and the relief efforts that followed ( Middle East Journal).With the exception of a few targeted aerial bombardments of the city's port, Beirut and Mount Lebanon did not see direct combat in World War I. Yet civilian casualties in this part of the Ottoman Empire reached shocking heights, possibly numbering half a million people. No war, in its usual und...

Londoyn and her friends just want to make the most of summer break, and a hike in Central Park sounds like the perfect adventure. But what starts as a fun outing quickly becomes a test of courage none of them saw coming. Through every twist and challenge, they grow stronger-and each friend walks away with a lesson they'll never forget.