Just about anything goes at Good Times Charleys Klondike Saloon. Miners with gold dust and nuggets want to have the time of their lives and basically squander some of their hard-earned gold.The first thing they run into is Lacy Fern. Her job is to ease some of that gold into her pile. Santa Bobs eggs are their weight in gold; her scales are slightly biased in her favor. Any spilled gold gets swept through cracks in the floor by Bobob, the saloons sweeper, who, later with a miners l...

I return to my hometown with only one mission: find the little sister who was torn from my arms ten years ago, no matter the cost.The last thing I expect is to meet the single dad next door. Cal is rugged, kind, and maddeningly handsome.He makes me laugh, makes me hope, makes me wonder if maybe I can have more than pain and loss.Falling for him feels easy. Safe. Right.Loving his daughter fills the void left by the long years without my siste...

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed.

Release God’s Word Through Declaration!Fear and anxiety may darken our lives, but God offers a supernatural solution: His freshly spoken word.Ed Delph and David Lake invite you to experience the voice of God in a new way. Through their revelatory three-step approach, you will learn how to hear the freshly spoken, Rhema word from God, and speak forth what He is saying. This kind of confident prayer produces power and results!You can break th...

In the first edition of Florida's Megatrends, David Colburn and Lance deHaven-Smith revealed the state for what it is: a bellwether for the nation. The intervening years have only confirmed their analyses, as Florida and the U.S. have been battered and transformed by the housing collapse, the great economic recession that began in 2008, record-high gas prices, withering tourism, the 2004 hurricane season, and much more. This completely revised and updated edition brings the story ...

Welcome, Traveler. You are on the Serpent Quest.To move from start to middle,Traveler, solve the riddle.What is poison to the heart?Find the answer. Make your start.Fleeing a neighborhood bully, Emmet and Nomi are pulled into an ancient quest, and now they must escape far more powerful enemies. Join them as they unlock secret riddles and follow the path of the Serpent Slayer.The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles is a time travel advent...

Most Christians want to experience spiritual transformation. But many are frustrated by the limited progress of our spiritual self-improvement efforts. We find our praying burdened by a sense of obligation and failure. But prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Prayer is not just communication with God―it is communion with God. As we open ourselves to him, God does the spiritual work of transformation in us. Spiritual director and psychologist...

Charles Dickens, celebrated novelist and journalist, believed that his greatest ability as a writer was to make people laugh. Yet, to date, humor has been strangely marginalized in journalism, communication and media studies.This innovative book draws together the work of seventeen writers to show that, starting in the 1640s during the English Civil War, and continuing through to the present time, humor has indeed been an important ingredient of journalism. Countries studied include...

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed. Young blacksmith John Deere knew about the problem, so he designed and built a self-scouring plow. With this small start, he founded the famous farm implement company Deere & Company and started down the road to success.

This volume examines how writers of literary journalism – immersive, long-form journalism so beautifully written that it can stand up as literature – delve into death and dying.More than 20 international scholars from six continents draw from an eclectic range of disciplines including media history, media content analysis and cultural studies to offer a balanced and multifaceted exploration of how literary journalists consider the topic of death. Authors explore Svetlana Alexievich...

Literary Journalism Goes Inside Prison: Just Sentences opens up a new exploration of literary journalism – immersive, long-form journalism so beautifully written that it can stand as literature – in the first anthology to examine literary journalism and prison.In this book, a wide range of compelling subjects are considered. These include Nelson Mandela and other prisoners of apartheid; the made-in-prison podcast Ear Hustle; women’s experiences of life behind bars...

Self confidence is defined as the ability to believe in yourself to accomplish any task, no matter the odds, difficulty or adversity that you might face. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet so many people struggle to find it. How confident you are is mainly tied to two related factors. The first factor is self esteem and the second factor is self love. The chances are if you suffer from low self esteem, you won’t have self confidence, and if you ...