Fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild will root for Anne Abel as she intrepidly sets out alone for Australia at the age of sixty, seeking to capture some Bruce Springsteen energy and fight off her lifelong, debilitating depression.At the age of fifty-nine, Anne has never been to a concert. Then, as a way to spend time with her son and daughter-in-law, she reluctantly goes with them to local arena to see Bruce Springsteen—a man she knows nothing about. For three-pl...

Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages and tanks, but on his tenth birthday she can no longer say no—and she proceeds to fall in love with their new four-legged family member, Mattie. Then Mattie dies a sudden and tragic death, and Anne feels herself begin to sink back into depressio...

Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages and tanks, but on his tenth birthday she can no longer say no—and she proceeds to fall in love with their new four-legged family member, Mattie. Then Mattie dies a sudden and tragic death, and Anne feels herself begin to sink back into depressio...

Abel adore les messages codés et les alphabets. Il a même inventé le sien : l'Alphabel ! Son amie Yousra, toujours partante pour l'aventure, l'entraîne dans la visite clandestine d'une maison vide de leur quartier. Dans une cave secrète, sous les gravats et la poussière, ils découvrent une tombe, sur laquelle sont gravés des mots qu'ils ne comprennent pas. Du latin ? Lors d'une deuxième visite, en déchiffrant un code inscrit sur un serpent de métal, ils tombent sur un petit dé rouge lumine...

Bax est désespéré. Veuf depuis peu, il prend ses petits et fuit sa meute pour éviter un nouveau compagnon qui veut de lui, mais pas de ses bébés. Mercy Hills, il trouve l'aide qu'il espérait, mais aussi un homme qui l'attire et le déstabilise à la fois. Il ne veut pas d'un autre compagnon alpha, ni d'aucun compagnon d'ailleurs, même s'il sait qu'un oméga se doit d'en avoir un. Mais Abel ne ressemble à aucun autre alpha qu'il ait jamais rencontré, et l'espoir qui avait été anéanti en lui co...

Der bewährte Kommentar richtet sich an alle Praktiker des Personalvertretungsrechts. Dazu zählen insbesondere Mitglieder von Personalvertretungen, Dienststellenleiter, Gewerkschaftsbeauftragte, Rechtsanwälte und Richter. Die Autoren erläutern kompakt und verständlich das LPVG unter Berücksichtigung der Rechtsprechung und geben nach den Erfordernissen der Praxis weiterführende Hinweise. Die Neuauflage enthält insbesondere eine grundlegende Neubearbeitung der Teile, die für die Wahl der Pers...

The Language of Content Strategy is the gateway to a language that describes the world of content strategy. With fifty-two contributors, all known for their depth of knowleEA Digital (delivered electronically)e, this set of terms forms the core of an emerging profession and, as a result, helps shape the profession. The terminology spans a range of competencies with the broad area of content strategy.This book, and its companion website, is an invitation to readers to join ...

Otra gran novela del detective William Monk.Esta vez, tendrá que investigar la desaparición de un respetado hombre de negocios que podría haber sido asesinado por su propio hermano.El marido de Genevieve Stonefield, Angus, un respetado hombre de negocios, lleva desaparecido tres días cuando ella decide visitar a William Monk, un ex inspector de la policía metido a investigador privado. Genevieve está convencida de que su marido ha sido ases...

Remnants of early films often have a story to tell.As material artifacts, these film fragments are central to cinema history, perhaps more than ever in our digital age of easy copying and sharing. If a digital copy is previewed before preservation or is shared with a researcher outside the purview of a film archive, knowledge about how the artifact was collected, circulated, and repurposed threatens to become obscured. When the question of origin is overlooked, the story can be los...

Completely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, there is a substantial gap in the related literature, and this book addresses the key issues for researchers, students and industry professionals. This second edition: - Reviews the fundamental principles of the industry, the cru...

Today, everything is marketing. All of the content we produce affects the customer experience. Therefore, all content is marketing and all content producers are marketers.Intelligent Content: A Primer introduces intelligent content: how it works, the benefits, the objectives, the challenges, and how to get started. Anyone who wants to understand intelligent content will get a clear introduction along with case studies and all the reference information you could ask for to ...

Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post.Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michae...