Christina Henzel loves the glass her family has been making in Stourbridge, England, for generations, and when her father dies, she is determined to run the business herself. But the year is 1844 and she faces fierce opposition from her family and from Society. As Christina fights for control of the glassworks, she is also torn by her feelings for three very different men - her sophisticated cousin Jeremy, the French engraver Jean-Paul and the mas...

The people of Stourbridge have long since grown accustomed to the ways of Christina Compson, the beautiful woman who has been so successful in her running of Henzels glassworks. But the mistakes of her past life come to overshadow the lives of Christina's family.  The two eldest children, Emily and Paul, raised as brother and sister, have been drawn together by the stigma that illegitimacy could bring and, as adults, only Paul's love of glass can part them. Christina now recognizes i...

Timothy Henzel has inherited his grandmother Christina's love of glass and his father's  delicate talent as an engraver and he dreams of creating new and innovative glass. His twin sister Cordelia dreams of studying at Girton College. But when their father dies, their hopes for the future are threatened by their mother's obsessive love for her young son. Determined to break her hold, he persuades Cordelia to accompany him to America, to Corning, k...

Master Adobe InDesign CS4Filled with full-color examples, this hands-on guide explains how to use the latest release of the industry-standard dynamic publishing solution. How to Do Everything: Adobe InDesign CS4 takes you step-by-step through the process of creating professional layouts for print and digital publishing. Written by graphic design professionals, this book explains how to use all of InDesign's powerful tools and settings to produce compelling...

Zotero offers a brilliant framework for managing knowledge and citing research in numerous fields worldwide. It has become even more valuable with Release 7. A Quick Guide to Zotero 7 serves first-time users and contains much to help self-taught users. It covers installation, setup, and the fundamentals for rapidly mastering Zotero 7. It also guides you in choosing how to use Zotero for your best long-term purposes. In addition to outlining the Zotero 7 changes, it contains many t...

Every woman needs a little jump start in life. Donna Partow knows how to make it happen. In Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be, author Donna Partow shows women how to reenergize their lives in 90 days. She covers everything from faith and family to fitness and fashion (with lots more) in this comprehensive plan for greater vitality in life and intimacy with God. This in-depth study of Proverbs 31:10-31 will make women feel in control and on top of things as they study and even ...

The Daily Joy devotional inspires women to engage with God's word every day, allowing the truth of the gospel to transform their lives throughout the year. Featuring content from the ESV Women's Devotional Bible, Scripture meditations and articles are written by more than 50 Christian writers and pastors including Joni Eareckson Tada, Lydia Brownback, Dane C. Ortlund, Jen Wilkin, Sam Storms, and Nancy Guthrie. Focused on biblical teaching and God's transforming grace, the...

Zotero offers genealogists a powerful and versatile citation manager, an endless file cabinet, go-anywhere access to research, a flexible organizational structure, and the ability to file one thing in many places. Developed by George Mason University and used by scholars worldwide, this robust product serves research in phenomenal ways. Best of all, for all its value, Zotero is free to download.An avid Zotero user since graduate school, author Donna Cox Baker proves it to be the pe...

Adobe Acrobat is one of the most widely recognized tools for document management, office communications, and improved workflow, and Acrobat 8 is the most powerful version yet, introducing new tools for shared reviews, creating automated forms, license management, additional security, and many others. Now that PDF has become the ubiquitous electronic document format, industries as diverse as engineering, legal, manufacturing, and government all rely on Acrobat to make their tasks run smooth...

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In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle class cultural capital on relatively new academics from the working class, and; iii) narratives that explore the effects of class on longtime academics from the working class. The effect of the ...

L’Amore più semplice del mondo è molto più di un’autobiografia: è un invito ad entrare nell’anima dell’autrice. Se mi date la mano, vi accompagnerò in un mondo fatto di esperienze, alcune crude, altre dolcissime, al confine tra il visibile e l’invisibile. Un viaggio ricco di connessioni profonde con la realtà non tangibile, ma anche segnato da sfide concrete e materiali. Al centro di tutto, l’amore immenso per la mia nemesi e compagno di vita, Dakota — un amore che supera persino ...