Hardley WalshI found my family. Soul-bonded to three wonderful monsters. I'm not a beauty, and my beasts don't dance. They are full-blown growly werewolves.Daddy Bear healed the battered little girl caged inside me.Beautiful Cassius reminded me not to take myself too seriously as he danced to the beat of his own tune.Dominant Darius was the complicated mountain hurricane I craved to defy.Gentle Silas was my best friend and the caretaker of my heart.

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some prefer to own you, some demand to chase you, others crave to destroy you in the most beautiful ways possible.Hardley (Lee) Denim WalshWhen you're the evil daughter of the notorious Everglades Serial Killer, raised on abuse and the dark deeds done to seventeen innocent victims, the last thing you want to do is look backwards.I did my time, the therapy and was looking forward to a future where I could control my destiny. The...

Big girls don't get taken because all we have to do is sit down and refuse to move. Unless your kidnapper is a determined lunatic who enjoys a challenge. If that's the case, then I suggest you enjoy the wild ride while you can.SammiI love dogs so much I've made them my life's work. As a dog walker to Florida's rich and famous, I should be fitter than I am, but I adore my snacks. Pushing thirty with many heartbreaks under my belt, I was okay with my...

Shhh… Don't tell anyone but… I seduced the monster under my bed and it was amazing!My name's Sarah and at twenty-three, I seduced the monster who's lived under my bed all my life. We grew up together. It's always been an innocent relationship until discovered my new kinky fetish. Now he loves my nectar and I simply love his strange… Well, I better not say here.Explicit material contained within. This short story (8700 words) is for mature adult audiences on...

"New Visions of Nature" focuses on the emergence of these new visions of complex nature in three domains. The first selection of essays reflects public visions of nature, that is, nature as it is experienced, encountered, and instrumentalized by diverse publics. The second selection zooms in on micro nature and explores the world of contemporary genomics. The final section returns to the macro world and discusses the ethics of place in present-day landscape philosophy and environmental eth...

He's a hot high school chemistry teacher living in a small town. She's a globetrotting journalist running from her past. They used to be best friends. Then one kiss changes everything.Kate Fletcher is my kryptonite.She's also my best friend. Former best friend? I'm not sure what you call it when we grew up attached at the hip and then she left Silver Creek (and me) to travel the world.The important thing is: Kate is back. (Temporarily.) And I'm stil...

In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat can feel overwhelming at times, but it has to be endured. How then do the people on the front line keep going? To answer that question, Hannah Proctor draws on historical resources to find out how revolutionaries and activists of the past kept a grip on hope.Burnout considers despairing former Communards exiled to a penal colony in the South Pacific; exhausted Bolsheviks recuperating in sanatoria in the af...

Do you know how the wealthy look at the world? Where are their priorities? What are their spending and investing habits? How do they feel about opportunity, poverty, charity, and employment? The answers just might surprise you. But acquiring the mindset of a millionaire takes more than a focus on money. In fact, to the very rich, money is a byproduct of value given. This is just one crucial piece of the entire picture, revealed here in this program.These and other fascinating topic...

Stimulating and developing the creative potential of all members of an organisation is widely seen as contributing to performance and results. This prestigious textbook provides a complete overview of the creative problem-solving process and its relevance to modern managers in the private and public sectors. It introduces ideas, skills and models to help students understand how creative thinking can aid problem solving, and how different techniques may help people who have different thinki...

A famous boss. A secret identity. And a hilarious road trip to love.Yes. Yes, I do have a crush on Isaac, my YouTube-famous boss.Do I ever talk to him? Absolutely not. Crippling social anxiety can do that.But I'm nothing if not tenacious. Since straight up talking to him is way too hard, I've devised a plan.Online, I have social skills I'd never dream of having in person. I'm possibly even cool. When Isaac responds to my an...

The expert guide to biodynamic farming and gardening. In this revised and updated edition of Grasp the Nettle Peter Proctor tells the reader how to apply biodynamic methods of farming and gardening to a wide range of conditions in New Zealand and in other countries. The book provides practical observations and techniques, and relates these to the spiritual scientific knowlege upon which that biodynamic practice is based. Peter gives tips on how to recognise health...

When you're doing something that's out of the ordinary, your mental programing, your paradigm, will try and stop you. If you want to win, you must keep going. Your paradigms may be masked in complacency, fear, worry, anxiety, insecurities, self-doubt, mental hurry, and self-loathing—the result is keeping you stuck . . . locked in a box and starved of your dreams and ambitions.To change your life—you must change your paradigm. The change is not easy, but it's worth...