The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia.Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Be...

Here is the exciting true story about the "unsinkable" Titanic! Dramatic accounts, white-knuckle suspense, and fast-paced action of how the world's biggest, safest ship sank on its maiden voyage. Includes black-and-white photos and full-color underwater photos of the wreck.

BUSINESS STRONG: Beyond the Trap - The Owner's Playbook for Building Value, Exiting Right, and Leaving a Legacy is a practical coaching guide for small business owners who want to build a company worth more and eventually sell it, transfer it, or leave it as a legacy. Using a fitness metaphor throughout, it walks owners through the V.R.T. Going Vertical™ framework making the business Valuable, Repeatable, and Teachable across 8 core value ...

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!“A richly observed novel, both ambitious and welcoming.” -- Meg WolitzerAn Instant New York Times BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Month by Goodreads • Lithub • Refinery29 • InStyle • HelloGiggles • Real Simple • Parade • PureWow • BustleA sweeping yet intimate epic about one American family, The La...

Time-pressed, professionals looking for practical guidance to shape their current or future safety programs should use this book. Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety helps to identify complex potential incidents before they take place. Based around the ’New View’ of human error, it offers established human performance theory in a highly practical context. Written in an engaging, conversational style, around several case studies, the book is ground...

Providing 100% coverage of the latest CSSLP exam, this self-study guide offers everything you need to ace the examCSSLP Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional All-in-One Exam Guide, Third Edition covers all eight exam domains of the challenging CSSLP exam, developed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)²®. Thoroughly revised and updated for the latest exam release, this guide includes real-world examples...

One fateful summer. Four lives changed, forever.‘A modern epic … The Last Romantics is a sweeping look at what binds families together’ GlamourWe thought we’d always be there for each other.We were wrong.For the Skinners, their lives divide into two parts: before that heady summer – of unsupervised youth, family crisis and unavoidable tragedy – and after. But mainly after.The event...

Michael Jordan is a rare and legendary king due to his ability to send opponents to the discard pile with a relatively low amount of energy expenditure and his willingness to transform into a monster for the sake of victory.During the course of his career, he was recognized as the Most Valuable Player five times in the United States for a number of teams, one of which being the Chicago Bulls.DO YOU KNOW THAT:Greatness, like the rares...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics deliversa wise, timely, big-hearted novel of unplanned isolation and newly forged community.Where does one go, you might ask, when the world falls apart? When the immutable facts of your life—the mundane, the trivial, the take-for-granted minutiae that once filled every second of every day—suddenly disappear? Where does one go in such dire and unexpected circumstances?

Does the mere thought of engaging in small talk strike fear into your heart? Do you ever steer clear of social events just so you'll be able to avoid the awkward silence that inevitably descends when you run out of chit-chat? If so, you need the comprehensive and straightforward advice that Mary Greer Conklin dispenses in Conversation: What to Say and How to Say It. A must-read for shy or socially challenged readers.

Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, which embodied ties between the living and the dead and was a focus of gri...

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