Networking is a skill that many people recognize as critically important, but which many find difficult, boring or fear-inducing - or even all three. Yet if you master the techniques that really work, networking can pay dividends. Effective networking means tapping into a team of like-minded business people willing to help each other achieve their goals. If you build, grow and nurture your business networks, you will become known for your expertise and will be better placed to win the new ...

In 1522, the Ottomans attacked the island of Rhodes and, after a six-month siege, the Hospitallers surrendered on terms. The Knights Hospitaller had ruled Rhodes since 1309, and the Ottomans had attempted to capture the island 40 years before in 1480, but were defeated by the Knights. The Ottoman victory in 1522 resulted in the Knights being expelled from the island and eventually settling in Malta, Gozo, and Tripoli and the Ottomans obtaining domination over the Eastern Mediterranean and ...

It’s 1994A wave of terror attacks begin to happen around the world. The race to find the mastermind and stop them in their tracks is on.Cassie Day’s mission takes her to Marrakech and into the darkness of a cult with a charismatic leader and entanglement with a CIA cell.Never sure who she can trust, she must enlist the help of an old friend in the Metropolitan Police and an FBI agent who may hold the key to understanding the terror campaign.But can anyone tr...

Miranda Lee's enticing romance novels raise temperatures with each and every steamy offering. In this sultry tale, Nicolas Dupre has left Rocky Creek, the Australian bush town of his past, far behind him. But he can't shake the memory of Serina, nor of the night they reached the very peak of carnal delight. So when he receives a request to return to Rocky Creek, Serina is at the forefront of his thoughts. Little does Nicolas know that a secret awaits-one that will change his life forever.

To get the hordes of predatory women off his back, billionaire Salvatore Cardini impulsively asks his petite office cleaner to be his convenient mistress! Jessica reluctantly agrees-who would say no to such an incredibly attractive and commanding man? But he is on the international rich list, with a glamorous lifestyle to match, while she has to work two jobs just to survive. What she hasn't realized is her role isn't just to be on his arm in public-but to be his mistress in private, too!

When Lea accidentally became pregnant she decided that she would go it alone. Rodeo star Reilly wasn't the sort of man who'd want to be tied down. But five years later she needs to tell him her secret... Learning he's a daddy is bittersweet for Reilly, because his little girl is fighting to survive. Her only hope is a new brother or sister. Can he and Lea create a newborn miracle - and a future together?

RITA Award-winning novelist Lucy Gordon captures the hearts and imaginations of her many fans with complex and passionate tales. While in Italy, Ferne Edmunds falls for handsome Dante Rinucci. This charmer lives a life of carefree ease, while harboring the sobering truth that each new day could be his last. But when Ferne learns she's pregnant, this casual relationship takes a deeper turn, and Dante discovers a reason to fight for his own life.

At the heart of this volume is a concern with exploring levels of interaction between two particular objects of study, islands on the one hand, and military orders on the other. According to Fernand Braudel, islands are, ’often brutally’, caught ’between the two opposite poles of archaism and innovation.’ What happened when these particular environments interacted with the Military Orders? The various contributions in this volume address this question from a variety of angles. 1291 was a s...

Adolescence is difficult enough, especially when your family members are vampires and werewolves. But somehow Amy Jennings survived it.Now a young woman, Amy has come back to Collinsport, determined to forget the horrors of childhood and start anew. But growing up means confronting the truth about the world around you and Amy's rite of passage has only just begun.Drawn into a world of obscene wealth, blind seduction, and cold-blooded murder by the irresistible Dominic Randall...

In 1872, dinosaur hunters become embroiled in a battle over the discovery of fossils in Northern Ontario as their excavation crews are driven mad by a bizarre and terrifying illness.Over a hundred years later, Church and his family show signs of the same monstrous affliction. As he begins to unravel his family’s dark history, Church must race to protect the secrets buried deep in bones and blood.Set in the fictional town of Sterling and Ghost Lake Reserve, Wrist is...

An enticing, highly illustrated queer rom-com featuring one beat-up notebook, two love stories, and a happily ever on hold for over three-decades—a sweet, summertime mystery that perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston, Adam Silvera, and Alice Oseman.At nineteen years of age, with my days seemingly numbered, I make one request:Deliver this journal to Casey Rohner, wherever he is.A dedicated New Yorker, sixteen-year-old Noah is dreading ...

The Hebrew Scriptures reveal God's covenant dealings with Israel. But since the time of the apostles, the Christian church has also viewed the "Old Testament" as Christian Scripture, which provided a theological and historical foundation for the writings of the New Testament and for the Christian faith.In the modern era, however, this perspective has faced three major challenges that call into question the legitimacy of reading the Old Testament through a Christian lens: the rise o...