This joint memoir details one mother's childhood struggle to escape the Holocaust and the effect it has on her daughter."A memoir that takes us through many worlds, through heartache and noble hopes, through the mysteries of family love . . . Read Bending Toward the Sun and enrich your life."—Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith MattersA miraculous lesson in courage and recovery, Bending Toward the Sun tells the s...

After rescuing Sonya Silverstein and her four-year-old daughter from a vicious attack, Brack Falcon had every intention of retreating into the Colorado mountains. But with a blizzard raging, a scared Sonya was desperate to safeguard her child.Now Brack's protective instincts—and his attraction to the single mother—had him ready to battle the forces obsessed with Sonya's vulnerability. Never before had Brack questioned his instincts…but never before had he had so much to lose….

Book Two of the McKay Series. Another steamy sweet romance. Letty McKay has moved home to abide by her father's will. She has to live there a year in order to collect. When she meets the handsome horse wrangler, Hank Silver, she's instantly attracted.Hank however is the kind of cowboy who knows the hands off policy her father laid out and respects it. Even though Letty sets him on fire every time she's around, he refuses to give in to his baser wants. He could never support her in ...

The first prescriptive, innovative guide to seeing inflection points before they happen—and how to harness these disruptive influences to give your company a strategic advantage.Paradigmatic shifts in the business landscape, known as inflection points, can either create new, entrepreneurial opportunities (see Amazon and Netflix) or they can lead to devastating consequences (e.g., Blockbuster and Toys R Us). Only those leaders who can “see around corners”–t...

So, you’ve been asked to give a speech or maybe you’ve volunteered (brave choice!), and now, the thought of standing in front of a crowd has you Googling things like, “How to survive public speaking without fainting”. Let me guess: you’ve pictured the worst, shaky hands, dry throat, forgetting your lines, and, of course, the classic “everyone staring at me like I’m some sort of science experiment.”Before you panic and consider faking an illness to get out of it, take a deep breath....

This is volume two of the proceedings from the International Conference on Technology 4 Education 2024 (T4E 2024), with each section consisting of distinct peer-reviewed research papers making original contributions to research and academia. This volume includes the remaining set of papers from the ‘Original Research Track: Short Papers’ category, along with papers categorized under the ‘Experience Report Track: Short Papers.’ This novel book pushes the boundaries of research and knowledge...

The victory parades are over and half the fleet is back in mothballs. The Navies better start getting them back in Commission! Rita Longknife, commander of the heavy cruiser Exeter, has proof. Proof that there is something else out there. Proof we are not alone in the galaxy. Aboard her ship is evidence that we have blown up an alien ship, and they have blown up one of ours. So far, contact with the aliens is being made by pirates, the worst scum humanity has. How do the right people take ...

Aisha is a young girl forcefully married to a wealthy forty-year old man.The poverty in her family is heightened by the drought in her country. Daily, she visits her mother's dry farmland, praying for rain to fall and moisten the soil. She knows all hope is lost.Having sustained her family for as long as he could, after her father's sudden disappearance, her uncle decides the marriage is their last resort. She must marry her old suitor, or bear the responsibility should her ...

World-renowned art-house film director Helena Désir may (or may not!) be responsible for the on-set death of Corey, her latest muse, leading man of the moment, and frequent bedmate. Haunted by the accident, a long trail of ex-lovers, and the corporate film studio who desperately wants to keep her, their cash cow, at work, Helena unravels and is swiftly delivered to a luxury retreat known as Jaquith House, where fellow sufferers of psychic exhaustion—an agèd sound artist, an international e...

For years a "lost" collector's item, here is the second novel from a brilliant young author testing her literary muscle, and it's bursting at the seams with Rita Mae Brown's trademark cast of characters and crackling quips. Written immediately after her classic Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day takes a loving swipe at the charged political atmosphere of Greenwich Village in the early seventies. Elegant art history professor Carole Hanratty insists brains transcend lust—until sh...

Vivian, Wendy, Kate and Lucy are off to the Rocky Mountains on their second girls’ getaway. Life as a single mom of four is hectic for Vivian. Add to that a recent, contentious breakup, and she is ready for red wine and relaxation. Seemingly innocent oddities — noises in the night, familiar scent of cologne, prickly sense of watchful eyes – culminate in a perilous plunge contrived by the ex-boyfriend who, it turns out, is wanted by the FBI. Agent Wade Nelson is called in to investigate, an...

The Salutation to the Sun dates back to Vedic times and is therefore three to six thousand years old; although the exact date remains unknown. In ancient India yoga exercises, breathing techniques and body contol were extensively practised in many ashrans. The Salutation to the Sun arose from these yoga postures and techniques.In this book, learn how the Salutation consists of a number of movements which flow into each other and together, form a self-contained whole.- The ex...