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The great-granddaughter of Gwyneira McKenzie - who arrived in New Zealand as a naïve young bride in In the Land of the Long White Cloud - Gloria Martyn has enjoyed an idyllic childhood at Kiward Station, her family’s sprawling sheep farm in the Canterbury Plains. When her parents send word from Europe that it’s time for Gloria to become a proper “lady” by attending boarding school half a world away in England, Gloria must leave everything and everyone she loves most in the world, including her steadfast protector Jack McKenzie.

New Zealand, 1893: William Martyn is better educated and more cultivated than the other men breaking their backs searching for gold near Queenstown. William is the son of landed Irish nobility, and he comes to town ready to invest in the best equipment. On his search for supplies, he encounters spirited and beautiful young Elaine O’Keefe, who promptly falls in love with him.

Love is not a singular concept. In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from philautia (self-love) to agape (love for humanity) and from storge (a natural affection for family) to mania (a frenzied, obsessive love).

This new edition of this best-selling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites.

The 5 shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: Rag Love by M. J. Hyland, read by Mike Sengelow; The Heart of Denis Noble by Alison MacLeod, read by Tim Pigott-Smith; Wires by Jon McGregor, read by Lydia Wilson; The Human Circadian Pacemaker by K. J. Orr, read by Indira Varma; The Dead Roads by D. W. Wilson, read by Trevor White.

Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I've seen the end of you. But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy. That's when he reached the end of himself. Gripping medical stories serve as the backdrop for a raw, honest look at how we can remain on solid ground when everything goes wrong.

The study of Paul and his letters can be exciting, challenging, and life-changing, but only if it is done well and only if listeners achieve more than a basic familiarity with the subject. This is exactly what Pauline experts Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still accomplish with Thinking Through Paul: Audio Lectures.

Soon, he discovers that there is more to the myths and legends of his Viking ancestors than he believed. Crusading with his brothers in arms, Audan faces rival clans, terrifying monsters, and an onslaught of the undead. The once-revered gods are scheming and meddling in the lives of mortals, whose lust and thirst for power leave the Viking world in turmoil. How far is Audan willing to go to save his land and his people?

As the enemies of Midgard descend upon the brave Viking warriors of Bjorgvin, Audan must face demonic adversaries and seek out new allies. But when his brother Jareth is taken against his will into the depths of hell, Audan must travel to new lands and explore the vast depths of the Norse Realms to save his comrade in arms. Can Audan rescue his brother and survive the coming clash of man and gods, or will Midgard descend into the eternal abyss?

Enid Graham could only wonder why handsome, brilliant, wealthy Pierre St. John should have chosen her as his bride. But when the lovely American girl arrived with her husband at his lonely chateau, the reason become terribly clear. Pierre had a wife before Enid, a bewitching temptress who could have been Enid's twin in appearance.

★Sci-fi ★Cerebral ★Witty ★Quirky A red dwarf star system punches through the fabric of space-time and barrels toward colonized space. The dire situation takes an unforeseen twist when an SOS transmission from a long-lost experimental starship, The Invictus, is traced to the system's sole planet. Based on the Alexandra Forever: 2291 novella series. Listener Advisory: Some strong language, references to sexual situations, occult references, depictions of drug and alcohol use, depictions of violence, humour.

From the mountains of the Appalachians to the springs of Florida - All things women and the outdoors. Covering all topics from female related to basic backcountry knowledge. Stories and trip reports from our own women as they head out and explore the backcountry via hiking, backpacking, kayaking and canoeing across the Southeast.

Featuring contributions from fabulous horror indie authors, this filthy collection of extreme body horror tales is not for those easily offended. These stories contain common tropes used within the broader horror genre, as well as some characteristics more specific to the body horror subgenre to include; pornography, invasion, contagion, mutation, transformation, disease, mutilation, or other unnatural or violent distortions of the human body.

After nightmares begin in the small town of Custer Falls, Montana, in 1992, it’ll be thirty years before they end. Just outside of Custer Falls, something is sleeping. Life in the small town was never ideal, but it was safe, quiet, and predictable. After Wes Henson and his friends’ field trip to Bloodtooth Caverns, all of that changes. All they did was stray off the path.

Whilst faith can be practiced anywhere religious faith is usually at a church or temple. The stories in this volume are centered both in houses of worship and with those with a strong association to its calling. Of course, short story authors have a determined belief in their undoubted talents to make us look at this subject from different angles. In this volume they take us on literary journeys that are revealing and challenging yet always entertaining.

Experience the love and justice of God blended in the infinite Ransom paid for our sins, and the infinite longing of God to be reunited to those for whom He died. Ransom and Reunion covers the purpose of our creation and the process of our redemption through the imagery of the sanctuary. Simple enough for a child to understand yet deep enough to challenge a scholar.

It appears to be a fact that Mr. W. D. Gann has developed an entirely new idea as to the principles governing market movements. He bases his operations upon certain natural laws which, though existing since the world began, have only in recent years been subjected to the will of man and added to the list of so-called modern discoveries. We have asked Mr. Gann for an outline of his work, and have secured some remarkable evidence as to the results obtained there from.

After Karl is forced to put down his beloved pet Brady, he unintentionally releases a beast from another dimension. If he wants to save himself and those around him, he'll have to figure out how to put the beast back and accept that none of us are ever really gone.

Battle lines are drawn all over the continent as the march of The Order of Maledict continues, Ogulf and his companions must summon magical weapons which have the potential to even the odds, and all the while powerful new players emerge among the fray, bringing with them vast armies and new abilities as the struggle for control intensifies.

John, guilty of murder and at the brink of suicide, is given a path to redemption...or is it damnation? Diverted from the path of self-destruction after brutally murdering his unfaithful wife and best friend in a fit of passion, John is offered a possible road to redemption by an enigmatic stranger in service to a secret organization of righteous assassins. Deceived, John finds himself on the wrong side of the eternal battle for balance between Good and Evil.