Darlene A. Halliday celebrates the release of her first novel...During their courtship, Russ appears to have all the qualifications of a perfect mate. He's Italian, tall, dark and handsome with the body of a football star. However he is not her knight, but a man who physically and mentally abuses his wife. Jenny seriously contemplates ending their marriage but is involved in a car accident, and becomes paralysed from the waist down. She refuses to give up trying to walk. Even though...

This book is based on a series of lectures, which begin with a look at the history of the language that we use in order to encode our knowledge, particularly our scientific knowledge, i.e., the history of scientific English. Prof. M.A.K. Halliday poses the question of how a growing child comes to master this kind of language and put it to his or her own use as a means of learning. In subsequent chapters, Halliday explores the relationship between language, education and culture, again taki...

This book is about the use of language in the science classroom. It discusses the evolution of scientific discourse for learning in secondary schools, and examines the form and function of language across a variety of levels including lexiogrammar, discourse semantics, register, genre and ideology. Special attention is paid to how this knowledge is imparted. It will be of particular interest to educators involved with linguistics and/or science curriculum and teachers of English for specia...

Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress is a timely overview of the current international research mites and ticks. The outcome of a conference of leading acarologists, it presents major reviews of all current areas of research including: *advances in acarine biodiversity and systematics *human and livestock diseases transmitted by ticks and other parasitic mites *interactions between mites and their food plants *mites as biological control agents *use of genetic markers in ...

Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership is an edited volume containing eight chapters, each a real-life account from a Latina in a leadership position in the United States. These women discuss how their professional goals may conflict with their culture’s expectations for them, and they describe the complexity of life choices for Latinas in the workplace, including their struggles in challenging such social assumptions. Although some of the contributors ...

From New York Times, & USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a collection of all 6 full length novels in the award-winning Jamie Bond Mysteries series!Meet Bond—Jamie Bond, that is.She's a former cover model who takes over the family P.I. business specializing in domestic espionage...or catching cheating husbands. Jamie's assembled a team of other disenchanted former models to help her take names and kick derrieres among LA's wealthiest philandering husbands. But...

Hours before his retirement, Powder Valley's chief lawman stumbles upon a deadly schemePat Stevens never wanted to be sheriff. But when old Ed Grimes was killed, Pat was the only man in Powder Valley with a quick enough gun hand to avenge his predecessor's death and take on the badge. Now, after years of wearing the silver star, Pat is too old to continue to risk his neck. He only has a few hours before a new sheriff takes over—but a lot of blood can flow in a short...

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling series!High crime meets high fashion in this boxed set of three award winning High Heels Mystery novels featuring fashion designer turned amateur sleuth, Maddie Springer, including:Suspect in High Heels - book #10When Maddie Springer—shoe designer turned amateur sleuth—tags along with her mother to the Antiques Extravaganza road show, the last thing she expects to have to do is pull her mom off of a celebrity appraiser after he ...

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Gemma Halliday comes a high stakes mystery you won't want to miss! Love, laughter, murder, Sinatra, skiing, and sizzle... welcome to Lake Tahoe!Tessie King has just inherited the biggest casino in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, the Royal Palace. What she didn't bargain for are the problems she'd inherit with it.Having left Tahoe years ago, the underbelly of the casino trade is a far cry from the art world Tessie is used to. Hig...

From New York Times bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a new fashionably fatal culinary mystery novel in the USA Today bestselling Wine & Dine Mysteries!Emmy Oak has always been a fan of her best friend Ava's handmade silver jewelry. So when Ava gets a chance to showcase her pieces at a charity fashion show for Wine Country's elite, both women are thrilled. That is, until the model wearing Ava's custom emerald necklace is murdered after her runway walk and the gem is stolen! T...

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling series!High crime meets high fashion in this boxed set of three award winning High Heels Mystery novels featuring fashion designer turned amateur sleuth, Maddie Springer, including:Danger in High Heels - book #7When Maddie Springer's good friend becomes a contestant on the ballroom dance reality hit, "Dancing with Celebrities," it's a dream come true...until his dance partner is found dead in his dressing room! Now it's up to ...

From New York Times bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a killer new culinary mystery novel in the USA Today bestselling Wine & Dine Mysteries!Emmy Oak's family run winery has been in the headlines one too many times and for all the wrong reasons. Which is why she's decided to hire a night security guard, Bill Buckley, to keep an eye on the place. Only when Buckley calls her in a panic about a tripped alarm, Emmy again fears trouble at Oak Valley Vineyards. A fear that is reali...