“Full of passion and rich historical detail . . . an enthralling read, impossible to put down.” —Phyllis T. Smith, bestselling author of I Am Livia and The Daughters of Palatine Hill“This is Venice beneath the mask: A dark and fascinating love story hiding in the shadows of the golden city.” —Marina Fiorato, bestselling author of The Glassblower of MuranoSet in eighteenth-century Venice and based on an actual account by Giacomo Casanov...

Want to grow fresh, healthy food—without the soil and the mess that comes with it or maybe you do not have a big backyard?Have you thought about aeroponics but don’t know where to start?Discover How Aeroponics Can Revolutionize The Way You Grow Plants—Faster, Cleaner, And With Fewer ResourcesImagine growing lush, thriving plants in a system that uses 95% less water than traditional gardening—without dealing with messy soil, constan...

Long Legs and Tall Tales is a comic memoir about a naïve, goodie two-shoes, Midwesterner who tosses aside her conservative business suit and college education, leaves the safety of suburbia behind, and hesitantly sets off to become an international, sexy showgirl supreme. Follow her into her dressing rooms around the globe, as she learns to survive and then thrive (in stilettos, no less) in the wild and wonderful world of entertainment. With a virtual VIP All-Access Backstage Pass, readers...

Change Your Words, Change Your World!Admit it, you talk to yourself.Whether you speak the words out loud or think them in your mind, you are always talking to yourself… about yourself. The important question: what are you saying?Much of what we say is negative, hurtful and damaging, setting us up for failure. If you want to live the victorious, abundant life God has for you, start by changing what you say to yourself. This has the power to ...

The prognosis you give yourself is the only one that's important. You can't allow yourself to become the victim of a negative prognosis.At the young age of thirty-three, Nancy Davis was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The finality of the neurologist's prognosis was devastating: "There is nothing you can do. Go home and go to bed...forever." Nancy left her doctor's office in shock and despair. How could it be that within a year she would be confined to her bed, a...

From revelry at socials to reverence at religious sites, a four-day walk, and a six-day war, and so much in between, the author takes the reader along on her two-year journey through the Holy Land, vividly documented in this new memoir.Lynn was twenty-three when she changed her life's direction and left Hartford, Connecticut, for Tel Aviv, Israel. Her new life afterward was not always easy as she straddled two worlds, each at times pulling her in opposite directions. Over five deca...

"The Outcast"The Outcast is about living our everyday lives in pursuit of happiness--but always in the wrong places. Jennica, the main character, is a self-loathing and absorbed teenager, who sees the wrong doings of others. She is in pursuit of the acceptance of others even when she failed to accept herself. She narrates every aspect of her life in a matter-of-fact way to show her innocence. At the end of the novel, she comes to the realization that she was not an outcast as she b...

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the laws in England and Wales governing fostering agencies and foster carers themselves, including f...

Once upon a simpler time, a child's fun included an intense interaction within its environment, whether on a bus to a beach, swimming lessons in a city pool, or working tobacco fields. Interaction was also between machinery and the processes that made things function such as an icebox, iron furnace, clothesline, or oil jug. She writes of a time before technology took over and computers did all the work. The author recreates with her narrative and photographs a nostalgic reminiscence of tho...

Now fully updated and with up-to-the-minute guidance, this is the only book you will need to make sense of the key elements of law involved in social work with children and families in England and Wales.Accessible and jargon-free, this everyday reference explains the fundamental concepts of parental responsibility and human rights, and the provisions of private and public law, including care proceedings and adoption. This second edition incorporates recent changes including the Wor...

Now fully revised and updated, See You in Court is an accessible guide for social workers on being a witness in care proceedings.This book de-mystifies the court system explaining court structures and procedures, roles and responsibilities and basic rules of evidence. It considers how to present effective written evidence as well as preparing for the court day itself. It answers questions frequently asked by social workers on how to present oral evidence including how to d...

Conditioning My Spirit is about taking your relationship with God to the next level as a new creature in Christ. This is done by elevating your spirit man to becoming the powerful force God had in mind when you received the Holy Spirit as your teacher. In this book you will discover how life is meant to be lived here on earth.