Buckingham Palace is one of the most familiar buildings in the world, but who knows the real tales hidden behind its ceremonial gates? Who was the witch that once lived in the royal courtyard? How could courtesans once have plied their trade in front of the present royal windows? How dare a prime minister call the palace a monstrous insult to the nation? This text presents a detailed exploration of the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary people who owned or lived on the l...

The book addresses two key barriers to school improvement that are currently impacting educators and school leaders. The first is the churn of constant change in the form of multiple initiatives and compliance overload experienced by today’s educators. It is not uncommon to hear a teacher say, “I can’t focus on the kids; there are just too many things to do. I’m overwhelmed.” Has change itself become a distraction? Has it forced educators to move not toward but away from their primary focu...

I Am England is an epic historical novel that sweeps across 1,500 years of English history, capturing the passion, struggles, and triumphs of generations. Set in a single village in the Sussex Weald, this masterfully woven tale follows warriors, artisans, and dreamers who shaped England's destiny. From ancient forest dwellers to the ironmasters who forged England's weapons, their lives unf...

Sweeping through fifteen centuries of life in the heart of southern England, this epic novel records the lives of the ordinary folk of Britain from the end of the Roman occupation through to the late 16th century. The author has brought to life a colorful range of characters, from serfs to kings, from slave girls to bishops and from honest working families to murderers, to illustrate what it must have been like to live through some of the most challenging periods of English history, includ...

Ellie yang bekerja di sebuah kebun anggur bersejarah, ditolong oleh seorang pebisnis dari kota ketika mobilnya mogok di pinggir jalan. Dalam sekejap mata, hati Ellie tercuri oleh kebaikan dan sikap pria yang menyenangkan tersebut. Namun, ketika Ellie bertemu lagi dengannya, ternyata pria itu berasal dari perusahaan yang berupaya untuk merebut kebun anggurnya! Jelas-jals pria ini adalah musuh, tapi kenapa hati Ellie terperangkap olehnya?! (“Pernikahan Sang Konglomerat” dan “Hari Ke-5 Natal”...

Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world's foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate—Aotus, the owl monkey, or "monkey of the night." But along her journey to discover the behavior of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright finds more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself. It all starts in a New York City pet shop when Wright and her husband buy an owl monkey whose lively and rambunctious ways soon lead the young couple to South ...

Best selling author, Patricia Thayer, continues her wildly popular Slater Sisters western series with this contemporary romance with an added surprise twists to her PICTURE PERFECT COWBOY.Wyoming cowboy rushes in and saves the day.With a deadline looming, soon to be a single mother, Marissa Slater has no choice but to head to the family's homestead to photograph wild mustangs for a gallery showing. What she's not expecting is the area to be under a tornado watch, or the sex...

Worship. That intimate, face-to-face encounter with our most wonderful God, where we lavish our love upon Him... hear His heart... and simply, BEHOLD. Worship the King is a book compiled by authors who know what it is to have their hearts entwined with His in the intimacy of worship. Come; respond to the calling of the deep and share the mysteries in this secret place... Worship the King. Nic Bilman begins with examples and an exhortation about how we can function like thermostats vs. ther...

A young lady is caught between two brothers—one devilish, one dutiful . . .Diana Somerville never imagined that her first London season would end so disastrously or ruin her reputation so completely. When George Wright, the rakehell who compromised her, refuses to come up to scratch at the altar, Stephen Wright, Viscount of Endicott—said rakehell's older half-brother—proposes to do the honorable thing and marry her himself.Their engagement is announced, and...

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith.This box set includes:INNOCENT AMISH TARGETby New York Times bestselling author Patricia JohnsWhen Susanna Stutzman is forcefully grabbed off the street in an attempted abduction, she escapes thanks to quick action by off-duty state police trooper Zeke Esch. And when the same criminals attack Susanna at her home, i...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, this new edition includes a revised and updated editor's introduction and conclusion, along with five new chapters on race and gender from distinguished schola...

In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seemingly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright discover that the primate still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species. What followed was a love affair with an animal and a country that continues to this day. In this frank and enchanting sequel to High Moon Over the Amazon, Wr...