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Funny, witty, entertaining, and a reality check, this book deals with everything from abuse, divorce, interracial relationships, and promiscuity. Beautiful Valerie is breaking the family tradition by being the first to file for a divorce. She was miserable in her marriage and couldn’t see herself in a loveless marriage. Jasmine is absolutely breathtaking you would never know she’s in an abusive relationship. Her boyfriend beats her but never touches her face. Lynne misses her deceased mother so much she sleeps around to pacify the pain. Cassandra is a single mother of one. She decided to date a man of a different race. She’s paranoid that everyone is staring at them when they’re out and is passing judgment. Mario is a sweet male friend, but a controlling boyfriend. He only dates women who are dependent on him and are very passive. He wants to be their everything, but once they step out of line, he takes everything away from them. He treats them like kids. Positive, career-oriented, aggressive women take on the dating scene. The men outnumber the women seven to one, so these women are having a ball. They know what they want, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
With the boss out on maternity leave, bread baker Jackie Thorndike expected to be promoted to the job she's wanted for years?pastry chef. Instead she's left in charge of the entire bakery: the staff, the baking class and the new temp who's filling in as bread baker.Freshly fired from yet another baking job, Mark Zutka gets the bread baking job at Jam Bakery. There's only three problems: it's temporary, there aren't any benefits and most importantly, he has to work with Jackie "The Thorn" Thorndike again. The former lovers tango inside and outside the kitchen as they try to work together despite the event that wedged between them eight years ago and broke their relationship.
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A misunderstood millionaire with a playboy reputation. Henrique Santana left Miami, Florida to prove a point—he is more than a pretty face. As a land developer for Santana Construction Company under the direction of his real-estate mogul father, Henrique will do whatever it takes to transform Historic Newport, Rhode Island's waterfront into the world's largest 5-star resort community. But, rumored as a notorious playboy, few believe him capable of securing the necessary zoning for the multi-million-dollar land deal. An introverted bookseller fearful of losing all she holds dear. Victoria Hathaway has worked hard to establish a thriving business along Newport Harbor and is proud of her stro...
Amid the world-shattering pain of loss, what helps? In the tradition of C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, Guy Newland offers this brave record of falling to pieces and then learning to make sense of his pain and grief within his spiritual tradition. Drawing inspiration from all corners of the Buddhist world--from Zen stories and the Dalai Lama, to Pema Chödrön and ancient Pali texts--this book reverberates with honesty, kindness, and deep humanity. Newland shows us the power of responding fully and authentically to the death of a loved one.
One hot ex-cop, add one petulant, frozen-hearted ex-girlfriend, stir in ice cream, chocolates and a contest like no other in the history of Fulton River, Vermont. Jamaica Jones' ice cream shoppe has new competition opening across the street. It's the last thing she needs just when she's about to pay off the loan from her elderly father. She's livid when she finds out her high school ex-boyfriend, Ronnie Caswell is behind the competing venture. Ronnie Caswell is attempting a modern-day revival of his grandparents ice cream and confection shop on the same location it was twenty years ago. Little does he know, his ex-girlfriend owns the shop across the street…the one he hopes to put out of business. It's too late to back out of his venture, or he will lose his entire savings. Their battle lines drawn down the center of Main Street, Fulton River, Vermont, they stop at nothing in their attempt to secure their own stores futures. Can Jamaica hold out against Ronnie's plan and repay the loan money her father needs? Can Ronnie's plan to put her out of business succeed? And will they melt each other's frozen hearts and let love return?
Women, Men and Language has long been established as a seminal text in the field of language and gender, providing an account of the many ways in which language and gender intersect. In this pioneering book, bestselling author Jennifer Coates explores linguistic gender differences, introducing the reader to a wide range of sociolinguistic research in the field. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book introduces the idea of gender as a social construct, and covers key topics such as conversational practice, same sex talk, conversational dominance, and children’s acquisition of gender-differentiated language, discussing the social and linguistic consequences of these patterns of talk. Here reissued as a Routledge Linguistics Classic, this book contains a brand new preface which situates this text in the modern day study of language and gender, covering the postmodern shift in the understanding of gender and language, and assessing the book’s impact on the field. Women, Men and Language continues to be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and gender.
This special cookbook is a sizzling hot compilation of the coolest Burner recipes! Many of the sizzling hot recipes in this book were contributed by participants in the Burning Man Community, who are from Black Rock City, an expressive, intentional community of more than 50,000 people, gathered together for the week long Burning Man Festival in the heart of the Nevada Desert.
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