Packed with photos—a complete bead jewelry course in a book, with thirty easy projects!Written for the absolute beginner, Bead Jewelry 101 is filled with thorough instructions and step-by-step photographs that expertly guide you through the basics of making bead jewelry. Authors Ann and Karen Mitchell are a dynamic team of jewelry designers who will teach you all about the tools and materials while showing you how to use them.After a visual glossary ...

Rhys Le Noireau has spent nearly four decades feeling like a puzzle piece out of place, struggling to find his true identity.When his mother, Astral, falls into a coma and requires hospitalization, Rhys, a successful architect, is entrusted with the daunting task of organizing her belongings and settling her affairs.As Rhys delves into the process of cleaning out his mother's home, he stumbles upon a hidden treasure trove of family heirlooms: an ancient family Bible, a myst...

As a boy educated in Catholic school, Jonathan believed in the teachings of the Church. When his non-believing parents prevented him from attending Sunday Mass, Jonathan found his own way of celebrating the Lord's Day. Since the Church's dogma teaches that we are made in the "image and likeness of God," Jonathan decided to eat his own scabs in place of the Body and Blood of Christ at Communion.Now Jonathan is an adult, and his fetishism with Communion becomes more macabre even as h...

Cricket brought them together, but one night of revelry tore them apart.Can Hamilton Roche, the King of Caribbean cricket battle the demons of his past to redeem himself and find his way back into the hallowed grounds of the sport that loves to hate him and into the arms of the woman who he has betrayed.

Feminist Theatre Then & Now – Celebrating 50 Years of women theatre makers in the UK and Ireland and their battle to make their voices heard, have their work produced professionally, and promote social justice. Here, the pioneers and leading lights of the newly energised feminist theatre movement continue to fight for an equitable, diverse and inclusive theatre which speaks for all. In 30+ essays, covering three generations, the interviews and essays in this book give important insight int...

Astral Le Noireau and Desmond Roche, are two dispossessed immigrants longing to return to the security and warmth of their West Indian homeland, and unburden the secrets they hold for each other.When their carefully crafted worlds start to unravel with the death of their homeland's Prime Minister, Astral and Desmond realize to be free, they must open Pandora's box and catapult forty years of mayhem back into their lives.The Return is an intriguing prequel to Scotland Bay the...

A family divided. A fortune lost. A legacy waiting to be reclaimed.In Petit Carême, the tangled destinies of the Le Noireau family unravel in a tale of love, betrayal, and longing.Renee Le Noireau has always been the outsider, cast adrift from the family that should have been her birthright. Stripped of her inheritance and shunned for her ties to the enigmatic Bouisguard family, she stands at a crossroads—disinherited from her mother's fortune and ...

Life offers no luxuries to Florine Bruce.Born into the harsh realities of poverty in 1930s rural Trinidad, Florine's upbringing within the walls of a convent denied her any connection to the wealth of her father's Le Noireau family. A fate enforced by the court of local opinion.Astral Le Noireau flourishes in the lavish opulence of her family's wealth; the Chateau, overlooking the Bocas, and the bountiful estate that comprise the Le Noireau family's grandeur. Florine remain...

A cookbook with a focus on entertaining family and friends, featuring photographs of table settings and meals, as well inspirational quotes and Scriptures.God intends for us, as sacred life travelers, to celebrate and enjoy His bounty. Every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor for it is the gift of God.This celebration of life was intended by God to be a way of life now and as preparation for a future event in which as followers of Ch...

As a child Annabel had been abused by her brother Clive. As a woman she makes all the wrong choices.First bad choice--She seeks security in Hubert, a man who devours dying souls to feed his own spirit. He wants to control. He wants to rule. He wants to defeat God.Second bad choice--She believes Hubert when he pledges to share his power with her.Third bad choice--She leaves Chicago to return to her rural hometown to live with her brother.Fourth bad choice--She re...

Amy finds herself in the doldrums because it is tax season and the firm's accountant, Mr. Pickle Pickens, is due. He'll spend a few weeks making demands and making her work-life hell. What a surprise when a hunk by the name of Todd shows up at the firm instead. A delightful, delicious surprise. Instead of stale sandwhiches for lunch with Pickles Amy finds herself at dinner with Todd at a French restaurant. Suddenly she is awhirl going through her wardrobe for just the right outfit to wear ...

Many times I've been asked about how I come up with ideas for my short stories and novels. There are many inspirations, from night time dreams to daydreams. Remembrances of childhood experiences are the best ways for me to take myself into a fantasy world of terror, silliness, pain, and joy. As children, our perceptions are far removed from the adult mundane world where everything has but one use or meaning.In this collection of short stories I've touched on many of my fantasies and...