Everybody wants something from her. She’s just looking for a little peace and quiet…Tired mother Tasha Gerome wishes she weren’t such a mess. With a deadbeat ex-husband hounding her for cash, a house so bad the cleaning service quit, and a rich doctor falsely accusing her of writing him poor reviews, she’s desperate for anything to go right. And when she’s completely ignored at a speed-dating event, she fears she’ll never get herself together.As her drunken former spouse co...

In Echoes Of Desire, debut author Ashu Carole delivers a deeply evocative, raw, and rhythmically dazzling exploration of intimacy in its highest forms. Seamlessly blending the rich, sacred imagery of King Solomon's biblical love poetry with the vast, electric language of the modern cosmos, this anthology captures the absolute gravity of falling, and staying, in love.The collection guides readers through the profound evolution of a transformative relationship. Beginning wit...

A lyrical picture book about how our ancestors live on in the earth, and what we can learn from nature—if we listen—from Carole Lindstrom, author of My Powerful Hair and the bestselling We Are Water Protectors**, and Newbery Honoree Nasugraq Rainey Hopson**Stones speak—if you listen.Made of millions upon millions of years, of leaves, twigs, and earth, the stones beneath our feet h...

With an Afterword by the author about Marc Bloch’s entry into the Panthéon on June 23, 2026.“Virtually every European historian has a warm place in his or her heart for Marc Bloch, the eminent French scholar, soldier and Resistance leader who was murdered by pro-Nazi collaborators in 1944. Carole Fink’s well-researched, sympathetic biography, the first in any language, reminds us why.” — The New York Times“Marc Bloch, one of this century’s most imp...

She’s chasing the dream, just not her own. With money and personal woes piling up, can this educator lean on friends and survive the semester?Stadium, Texas. Life hasn’t lived up to Heather Ramsey’s hopes. Anxiously anticipating an upcoming promotion, the vice principal longs to clear up the family debt before her husband learns she’s been borrowing from a girlfriend to pay the bills. But after the high school board snubs her in favor of an outsider, even supportive pals ...

A stunning debut about one girl's journey through loss and grief. Corinna's world is crushed after her mother dies of cancer. How does she get through the funeral, trays of ziti, a father who can't communicate, the first day of school, Mother's Day, people who don't know what to say, and the entire eighth-grade year? Despite her alienation from many of her peers, including her best friend, she succeeds in finding support. She dares to bare her innermost fears, hurts, and wishes, and even a...

Viel Spass beim Lesen der Chronik meiner Erfahrungen auf dem Shikoku Pilgerweg in Japan. Besucht werden 88 buddhistische Tempel auf einer Route von über 1200 km, zu Fuss. Begleiten Sie mich auf meinem 54-tägigen Fussmarsch rund um die Insel, lernen Sie die Leute von Shikoku und andere Pilger kennen. Erfahren Sie über meine Planung des Trips, meine täglichen Begegnungen und wie es mir nach der Reise ging. Enjoy reading the chronicles of my experience on the Shikoku Pilgrimage in Japan. Visi...

In the later third century AD, the outer reaches of the Roman Empire were being threatened on all sides by hostile powers. Along the southern and eastern coasts of Britain, a series of ten, possibly twelve, vast fortified enclosures were built beside strategic harbours to defend against external threats, mainly from Germanic marauders. Through sixteen centuries impressive vestiges of most of them have survived, although three have vanished virtually without trace. Several became the sites ...

What Do I Love About Being in My Eighties? EVERYTHING!But the answer comes from a long and sometimes painful journey.This memoir follows a shy, frightened little girl who grows through trauma, mental abuse, deep loss, and life-changing lessons into a woman filled with faith, courage, and joy. From early childhood, Carole A. Bruno senses two things clearly: God loves her, and she is never meant to remain where she began. Her life becomes a journey toward one essenti...

Mission-driven ventures have the power to change the world and solve today′s most pressing social problems. Social Entrepreneurship, Second Edition equips students with the theories, models, tools, and templates they need to generate ideas and shape opportunities into impactful social enterprises. Author Carole Carlson uses a variety of real-world examples, cases, and profiles to illustrate how entrepreneurs around the world are changing their communities. Exercis...

Swapping a Seattle newspaper career for one exhibiting horses and selling show fashions and tack in Oregon's Rogue Valley, Pepper Kane enjoys outings with friends and family. But while line-dancing one evening she learns a prize stallion was just killed. A prime suspect, she must ID the killer as he/she closes in on her. Upping the urgency is that she, her horse and her barn buddies must travel to California for a do-or-die event to qualify for the World Open Western Show in Texas. Pepper ...

Amanda and the Lord (Regency Spinsters Alliance 5) is the fifth book in this bestselling Regency romance series by Amazon #1 and International Bestselling author, Carole Mortimer.Amanda and five of her closest friends formed the Spinsters Alliance, with the promise that they will not marry unless they fall in love and are loved deeply in return.So far Amanda has witnessed four of those friends fall in love and now be engaged or married to the gentlemen who have stolen their...