Sustainable innovations in home design are insisting on tracking the concepts of performance. Professional energy raters are making an appearance for accountability. How efficient are the lighting features and the air handling systems in a built structure? By incorporating less toxic materials and considering smart home technology, the results are lower utility bills and a healthier indoor air quality for occupants.

Don't underestimate the legal ramifications if you don't understand your obligations and the basics on offers and acceptance and contracts. We review the basics of how to handle an offer and an overview to achieve a successful closing. Who is involved and how this can be accomplished stress free. There are many pieces of the puzzle so being organized is an important first step.

Let's walk through together what to consider when you decide to sell property. This is a monumenatl decsions so you will get advice from a 30 year veteran in the industry. Whether you want to sell now or later, grab a drink, take notes and keep them in a safe place. Get advice on the basics on preparing for your sale and then implementing will save them to create less stress when the time comes.

When Ben Grady accepted the post as ship’s doctor, he expected to have a free hand to practice medicine. But the captain and the prominent passengers were more concerned with their own reputations than with Grady's medical ethics -- especially a beautiful, blonde debutante who was used to having her way with men...in particular medical men!

There is so much to do and so little time. You are finally under agreements and contracts for you next move. Congratulations! Aren't you excited? Now you are wondering, what you should do first. Grab some wine and take notes. Learn about where to post on the many online property selling marketplaces Get lessons on how to be serene in the midst of craziness. Reduce it to the ridiculous in small bites to implement. Measure your ability to downsize and learn the steps to declutter and not be ...

The New World History is a comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship in this rapidly expanding field. The forty-four articles in this book take stock of the history, evolving literature, and current trajectories of new world history. These essays, together with the editors’ introductions to thematic chapters, encourage educators and students to reflect critically on the development of the field and to explore concepts, approaches, and...

Bethany Fitzpatrick is a recent graduate of a renowned culinary school with ambitions of becoming a pastry chef in Manhattan. But when Bethany's mother dies in a tragic accident, Bethany foregoes a perfect job to care for her father, who is stricken with multiple sclerosis. She moves back home to the seafaring town of Northport, Long Island, where she eventually opens a bakery, but running her own business and acting as sole caretaker for a dying man is no easy feat. Despite her enormous l...

Named the #1 Bestselling Non-Fiction Title by the Calgary HeraldTo camp means to occupy a place and/or time provisionally or under special circumstances. To camp can also mean to queer. And for many children and young adults, summer camp is a formative experience mixed with homosocial structure and homoerotic longing. In Queer as Camp, editors Kenneth B. Kidd and Derritt Mason curate a collection of essays and critical memoirs exploring the inters...

Stylish heiress Lexi Lockheart has it all…But beneath her glossy façade she longs to be taken seriously – especially by head transplant surgeon Sam Bailey. Their fiery attraction is as red-hot as the day he walked away.But even if Lexi gives into temptation, will Sam still want her when he discovers this socialite’s deepest secret?

A re-issue of a bestseller which the 1960 film starring Nancy Kwan and William Holden is basedRobert is t he only resident of the Nam Kok hotel not renting his room by the hour when he meets Suzie at the bar. She becomes his muse and they fall in love. But even in Hong Kong, where many white expatriates have Chinese mistresses, their romance could jeopardize the things they each hold dear. Set in the mid-1950s, The World of Suzie Wong is a beautifully writ...

Teaching the playboy a lesson!Primary school teacher Beth Maple is cautious and conventional. But when stand-in dad Ben Anderson appears at the school gates, Beth is starstruck! With his confident swagger and good looks, Ben is dangerously out of her league.Yet being around him makes her feel truly alive. She’s sweet, he’s sexy, she’s shy – he’s smitten! What is it they say? Opposites attract…?

Another great title in the best-selling Go Girl series. Cassie is sick of looking cute, so her sister cuts her hair! Her mum isnt happy. Her sisters in trouble. But maybe Cassie likes her new look ...