Portugal is a country that rewards travelers who give it time.Slowly Explore Portugal is a thoughtful and practical travel guide for discovering Portugal beyond a hurried checklist of famous attractions. From atmospheric historic streets and Atlantic coastal towns to mountain roads, regional food, island landscapes, and quiet places between major destinations, this guide encourages you to experience Portugal with greater curiosity and less pressure.Explore ...

When dream meets reality. . .Endless fields of flame-like poppies. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The sweet, rhythmic chime of church bells.Months upon months of unemployment? Struggling to communicate with locals? Duvets frozen on the clothesline?Jennifer Criswell's move from New York City to Tuscany was not supposed to go like this. She had envisioned lazy mornings sipping espresso while penning a best-selling novel and jovial group dinners, just like in the movies...

For more than four decades, Trancework has been the definitive textbook for thousands of professionals around the world undergoing training in the art and science of clinical hypnosis.Now in its 6th edition, this classic text continues its legacy of encouraging sound and insightful clinical practice based on established scientific research. This latest edition incorporates “up-to-the-minute” new studies and emerging topics within the field of hypnosis, including new chapte...

This new third edition of Essentials of Hypnosis provides a state-of-the-art, in-depth introduction to both the art and science of clinical hypnosis, guiding the reader from understanding current perspectives to developing effective clinical hypnotic interventions.The field of hypnosis is a dynamic one, pulsing with the enthusiasm of researchers and clinicians all over the world who strive to better understand and apply its potential to alleviate clients’ distress and suff...

To save her lover's life, Lira of Stone swore allegiance to a demigod known as the Dragon. She's transformed into his weapon—the Dragon's death-bringer, using her gifts to conquer nations and unleash demons. Yet there's a part of Lira not even the Dragon can stifle, and the soul-reader must find a way to free herself before he declares war against the gods.After the warrior Reyker Lagorsson attempted to overthrow the Dragon, Reyker's soul was fractured. Now, he's a shadow of his fo...

Award-winning author Millie Criswell has charmed readers with her joy-filled historical romances. Now, in The Trouble With Mary, she serves up her first contemporary romantic comedy--a palate-pleasing love story of two people with nothing in common. . . except their undeniable attraction.

The Tsehun people have a saying. “Our blood burns hotter than the blood of delicate men.” And Alo son Dasan wants to be a man in the tradition of his people. To be a great hunter that rivals his older brother, Kuruk, and makes his father proud. But there is one major problem. Alo is a terrible shot. Can he pass the traditional rites and become a man? Will he make his first kill and begin his journey as a great hunter of the Tsehun? Or will he fail and become one of the Yielded? An outcast ...

Rhapsody wants nothing more than to go swimming. But when a mysterious pelican informs her that a king needs her help to find a lost princess, will Rhapsody be able to find her? And in time to finish her chores so she can go swimming?

Take a cozy bed-and-breakfast, a missing guest and a mysterious stranger…throw in a pile of bones, a past-due bank loan and the cops…and it's no wonder innkeeper Beth Randall needs a vacation from her life!Her dizzy aunts mean the world to Beth, but could their dabblings in the occult have finally gone too far? Now handsome Dr. Brad Donovan has arrived on her doorstep looking for his missing father-last seen here at the Two Sisters Ordinary. Sure, Beth would love t...

Samantha Brady's to-do list is simple…Sell her novel, have a baby and find the man of her dreams-though not necessarily in that order. Trouble is, she has writer's block, hasn't had a date in months and lives platonically with her best friend, Jack Turner, the only man who has ever met her Prince Charming criteria.She and Jack have always avoided romantic entanglements of any kind, especially with each other. No strings. No fuss. No heartaches. Until one night of too much w...

To be an effective leader - at all levels - you need to pay attention to vision. Creating a Vision provides the 5 compelling vision elements and the 5 vision articulation factors that will reveal a powerful image of how good your organization is and how skilled you are as a leader.

Warriors. Tyrants. Gods. She will stand against them all.Book 1: Beasts of the Frozen SunBurn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust. Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of the god-gifted mortal Aillira, and Lira of clan Stone, a descendant of Aillira with the power to read people's souls, knows the story better than most. When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland, Lira helps th...