As you were.... First Lady collection is a collection of quick read books created by First Lady Tina Louise Mitchell, many of you know her as Tee Louise. As you were is not intended to jar memories of what you were just doing before you picked up this book but to send you on a mental journey back to before tragedy, before unexpectancy, or before unforeseen distractions of life. Some of life's events prevent us from ever going back to normalcy but it doesn't stop us from going back to findi...

"The complete book on cloisonné enameling . . . encyclopedic in scope." — Jewelers' Circular-Keystone"A good addition to all general craft collections." — Library JournalOne of the most beautiful forms of enameling and jewelry making, cloisonné enameling is currently enjoying a renaissance among jewelers, enamelists, designers, and craftspeople. For anyone wishing to explore the age-old art, the present volume is considered the best book on the subject. Writ...

The story of a land with riches more than those pretty golden nuggets. The territory of Montana. With land as far as the eye could see and surrounded by mountains that look as if they could touch the sky. The Spanish called it Montana, meaning mountains, but the Indians, oh they had a special name for it. They called it the land of the shining mountains and so it was. For here is where any man could make his dream come true and pass on. Here is where Thomas Dylan and his family lived their...

In Wyoming Territory, 1887, Kathleen 'Kick' Hamilton discovers that her own brother is stealing cattle, changing brands, and framing an innocent rancher.When her father chooses the family name over the truth, Kick turns to ranch hand Brodie Hunter for help. Together, they must face betrayal, violence, and a desperate outlaw willing to kill to protect his secrets.At the center of it all is Midas, a magnificent golden stallion whose spirit is as wild and determined as Kick's ...

Three years have passed since we were introduced to the raven - haired Shayleen O'Malley, the handsome Sheriff with the emerald eyes Chance McCord, and the soft spoken mountain man Trace Cooper. Shayleen now Mrs. Trace Cooper is settled in the life of a rancher's wife and mother of four youngsters. This second in the series brings the characters back again and takes us on a journey of joy, happiness, sadness and loss. With each loss Shayleen finds the strength to carry on .Her faith and lo...

Set in the mid 1800's in the territory now known as Montana. The story centers around a young man, Michael Patrick Calhan 'Cully' for Short, the Sioux Indians and one Melissa Gabrielle Cristina Crawford, the only child of Judge Elias Crawford and his wife.The judge and his family came out to this territory to prove it could be civilized and it was their right to make this nation stretch from east to west.The treaties were made especially after that fateful June day. A battle...

Charities play an increasingly important role in our society. Whether caring for the vulnerable, campaigning for change or enabling access to the arts, they are organisations on a mission, underpinned by social purpose. However, charities now face unique challenges in a turbulent global economic climate due to structural changes in society post Covid and pressure on disposable incomes. Charities need to transform and, in some cases, modernise for sustained increasing demand from their serv...

Charities operate within an increasingly challenging environment, with competition for public engagement, funding and volunteers intensifying. High-profile scandals have knocked public trust and the recent Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated how important it is for charities to provide support in times of need and fill the gap left by inadequate public sector provision. Across 12 chapters a diverse group of academics and deep-thinking practitioners present contrasting perspectives and the la...

The second part of the story of Wesley Calhan and Morgan Dylan. The story opens as we are reminded of the dream of Carter Calhan and his dreams of an empire. Six years back we are faced with a government and railroad backed contract for several bridges of lumber, allowing the trains a quicker route to California. It wasn't until gold was discovered in an abandoned cave in the mountains that seemed to open a series of unexplained accidents, leading to the army, as well as the Crow tribe, to...

A western romance set in Colorado after the Civil War and centered around the lives of three West Point graduates and follows their lives.Lt. Ben Morgan, who after the war decided he had seen enough of death and destruction. He dismissed his dreams of becoming a doctor and decided to head west to find the peace he had lost since the war invaded his life. He knew there was nothing left back home and felt the only direction to go was west.Captain Luke Hunter, who like Ben, foun...

Lucy Miles is thirteen. She has lost her confidence, she doesn't have any friends, she hates school and as if that wasn't bad enough she is also the main target of Beth Mackenzie, the school bully. She wishes she could wake up in the morning and just look forward to the day, it isn't much to ask. The word school makes her feel sick to her stomach.Then one night in her bedroom she is woken up by her dog going crazy and accidently discovers a strange cute little creature called a Nim...

Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel Taïeb exposes the rituals and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched, who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately br...