Vanessa Sue Bailey a 39 years old virgin with a history of bad dating experiences. She has a secret that she tried to hide since her teenage years. Will she let her secret prevents her from having unconditional love in the future? There were two things she was thankful for - being a child of God, and blessed with intelligent. Vanessa a smart woman, but her life took another turn when she got fired from her high-power position at a prestige Corporation. When she hitted rock bottom after losing her career - her flesh fell down to the ground, but her faith arose supernaturally taken control of the situation beyond her imagination. (Christian Single Ladies your faith can opened the door for you even in the storms of life.) This is an INSPIRING and MOTIVATIONAL Christian love story.
College2Consulting prepares you for the grueling and unique management consulting recruitment process. Anecdotes from dozens of consultants at top-tier firms show you how to stand out before, during, and after the interview, ultimately leading to offers from your favorite firms. "This book provides a great overview of consulting and definitely helps in positioning yourself to earn an offer with a great consulting firm"- Booz & Company Consultant "This is the only book in the business that comes from a student's perspective. It's very helpful for someone who doesn't have any background in how to get a consulting job"- McKinsey Business Analyst "This book should be THE book you read if you are planning to go through the recruitment process in consulting and want to know how to survive every step of the process. Not only did it provide detailed tips, the book was in every aspect highly relevant and accurate"- L.E.K. Consulting Associate In this competitive industry, it's not enough to ace the case interview. C2C offers a holistic approach to consulting recruitment. From the preparation process to the paper process to the people process, C2C details effective strategies every step of the way.Preparation - Don't procrastinate; simple preparation tips to help you succeedInfo Sessions - Forget elevator pitches and stand out in a memorable wayResumes - Grab recruiters' attention by quantifying your accomplishmentsCover Letters - Discover strategies from real cover letters that landed interviewsFit Interviews - Impress industry veterans by preparing for common questionsCase Interviews - Learn to develop frameworks instead of relying on canned onesC2C's authors recently went through consulting recruitment and have an intimate understanding of every facet of the process. To add perspective, the authors also interviewed managers, consultants & analysts from the firms below: AccentureBoston Consulting GroupBooz & CompanyDeloitteMcKinsey & CompanyL.E.K. ConsultingPricewaterhouseCoopersTogether, the team has helped dozens of students land jobs at top consulting firms.About the AuthorsCharles Benkendorf, C2C author and founder, is a former associate at L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy consulting firm. He started writing College2Consulting shortly after his consulting recruitment experience in 2008, when he noticed how many people struggled through recruitment; existing resources were too focused on case interviews and did not cover the overall recruitment process. Charles teaches private classes covering the consulting recruitment process from start to finish and provides mock interview services at Northwestern University. He has also taught multiple primers on consulting recruitment at both University of Chicago and Northwestern University in winter and fall 2011. He currently works as a Business Analyst at Ustream.tv, the leader in live streaming video.Reed Walker, C2C author, co-founder, and marketing director, is currently a consultant at Avascent, a strategy consulting firm specializing in developing growth strategies for firms doing business with government customers. At Avascent, Reed is also Avascent's recruitment lead for Duke University and has supported recruitment efforts at Georgetown, Stanford, and WashU conducting resume screens as well as 1st/2nd round interviews. Shannon Clark, C2C editor and co-founder, has published two books, currently works at Abbott Laboratories, and specializes in human factors design and usability of products and websites.
The Phone Eats First Cookbook assembles the recipes from top food bloggers and influencers that keep popping up in your feed from new things to do with frozen fruit to specialties from across the globe that we ve never heard of and crazily effective cooking hacks like smashing burgers and making dumplings with rice paper. The 50 recipes, as contributed by the likes of Cooking with Lynja, Smitten Kitchen, and The Modern Nonna, cover breakfast, lunch, snacks/sides, dinner, dessert, and drinks, like @cooklikeimbook s Accordion Potatoes, @cucinaconruben s Cacio e Pepe pasta, @cookingwitd s Birria Tacos, and @kickassbaker s Dalgona Coffee Chocolate Cake. This cookbook isn t necessarily for influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers although they might get some ideas, too but for the everyday Instagrammer and/or TikToker who loves food and cooking, and likes to share what they re eating. You don t even need to be on Instagram or TikTok to enjoy this book. It s really for anyone who cooks and wants tasty new ideas; bonus points if it looks cute. Most recipes are accessible to average home cooks armed with a stovetop and an iPhone. This is for all of us everyday social media users, because we, too, can be content creators. (Blogger hat not included.) Just try not to eat these tantalizing dishes before first snapping a photo for the gram.
A beautiful and brilliant retelling of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of an often forgotten, yet indispensable, female character—Myrtle Wilson, Tom Buchanan's mistress. It is 1922. Myrtle Wilson lives a lonely, desolate existence above her husband’s garage in the “valley of ashes” between New York and Long Island. All her dreams—and her marriage itself—are turning to dust until she crosses paths with Tom Buchanan on the subway. In one moment, Myrtle’s life is irrevocably changed. “You can’t live forever, you can’t live forever” becomes the mantra that galvanizes her decision to embark on a fateful affair with the wealthy stranger. She battles with herself and the forces that keep her boxed in, experimenting with what little power she has over the men in her life, her situation growing more dire in the frenetic days leading up to her death. Paralleling the events of The Great Gatsby—and in key scenes even masterfully weaving in original dialogue—Mrs. Wilson’s Affair provides a poignant look at how isolation and unfulfilled desire can shape our destiny and will transform how you read Fitzgerald’s classic novel. This poignant and gripping novel teems with raw, complex emotion. It is perfect for fans of classic retellings like Sandra Newman’s Julia, and Nghi Vo’s The Chosen and the Beautiful.
Turn your home-baking skills into professional-grade desserts with this mouthwatering baking book featuring recipes from some of the most incredible bakers and bakeries--including Tieghan Gerard, Joanne Chang (Flour Bakery), Chelsey White, Christina Tosi (Milk Bar), Daniel Boulud, and more This heavenly collection of dessert recipes--gifted to us from the greatest bakers and chefs from small-town caf owners to fancy restaurateurs to TV show hosts--is a call to arms, to action, to revolution Or, at the very least, a call to turn on the oven. Because who has time for the third-best brownie recipe or so-so Nutella-stuffed chocolate chip cookies? Written with a fun and friendly tone and featuring easy, step-by-step instructions, 50 Things to Bake Before You Die will make you feel right at home as you bake up these world-class desserts, including: Brown Butter Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies (from Chelsey White) Strawberry Champagne Cupcakes (from Georgetown Cupcake) Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler (from Tieghan Gerard) Chocolate Cheesecake Mochi Muffins (from Sam Butarbutar) Chocolate Babka (from Duff Goldman) Cookies and Cream Macarons (from Cambrea Gordon) And more So bake up Courtney Rich's sublime Ultimate S'mores Cake, and Joanne Chang's soul-shaking Homemade Oreos. Bake them--before you die.
Master the art of breadmaking with this gorgeous baking book featuring 30 delicious bread recipes from famous bakers, including Tieghan Gerard, Duff Goldman, Maurizio Leo, Christina Tosi (Milk Bar), Joanne Chang (Flour Bakery), and more This is a bread book for people who really, really love bread in all its wondrous forms--but who also might be intimidated by the word "starter." The recipes, tips, and tricks in 30 Breads to Bake Before You Die come from expert dough workers and bread magicians who've put in the hours of kneading, proofing, stretching, folding, and baking to perfect these recipes, all in the oh-so-noble name of good bread. Get ready to bake your way through some of the most mouthwatering bread recipes, including: Beginner's Sourdough from Maurizio Leo (@theperfectloaf) Foccacia from Joanne Chang (Flour Bakery) Bagels from Andrew Dana (Call Your Mother Deli) Croissants from Dominique Ansel Ultimate Dinner Rolls from Tessa Arias (@Handletheheat) Matzah from Duff Goldman Baguette from Shawn Bergin (Bakery Four) Pita from Alon Shaya And so much more Because who has time for the third-best bagel recipe or so-so sourdough? Not you So bake up these awesome, accessible breads now. Before you die.
Vacation is calling Create your own island paradise with this guide to inspired tropical cocktails from well-known mixologists and the perfect snacks to pair them with. Allyson Reedy's Beach Cocktails is a collection of 75 recipes for classic tiki drinks, frozen cocktails, tropical mocktails, and a bonus chapter of nibbles. The kinds of umbrella-adorned drinks that scream the vacation-in-a-glass mindset we could all use a little more of. You'll find recipes for beach classics like mai tais, margaritas, rum punch, and painkillers, provided by iconic bars and resorts like Death & Co and the Four Seasons. Along with information about techniques, equipment, and where to source tropical ingredients, you will find easy-to-follow instructions for making infused rums and simple syrups to take your tiki game to the next level. So, what are you waiting for? It's five o'clock somewhere . . .
In Love and Abolition, Alison Rose Reed traces how the social life of Black queer performance from the 1960s to the present animates the unfinished work of abolition. She grounds social justice-oriented reading and activist practices specifically in the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex, with far-reaching implications for how we understand affective response as a mobilizing force for revolutionary change. Reed identifies abolition literature as an emergent field of inquiry that emphasizes social relationships in the ongoing struggle to dismantle systems of coercion, criminalization, and control. Focusing on love as an affective modality and organizing tool rooted in the Black radical tradition's insistence on collective sociality amidst unrelenting state violence, Reed provides fresh readings of visionaries such as James Baldwin, Ntozake Shange, Sharon Bridgforth, and vanessa german. Both abolitionist manifesto and examination of how Black queer performance offers affective modulations of tough and tender love, Love and Abolition ultimately calls for a critical reconsideration of the genre of prison literature-and the role of the humanities-during an age of mass incarceration.
In Love and Abolition, Alison Rose Reed traces how the social life of Black queer performance from the 1960s to the present animates the unfinished work of abolition. She grounds social justice-oriented reading and activist practices specifically in the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex, with far-reaching implications for how we understand affective response as a mobilizing force for revolutionary change. Reed identifies abolition literature as an emergent field of inquiry that emphasizes social relationships in the ongoing struggle to dismantle systems of coercion, criminalization, and control. Focusing on love as an affective modality and organizing tool rooted in the Black radical tradition's insistence on collective sociality amidst unrelenting state violence, Reed provides fresh readings of visionaries such as James Baldwin, Ntozake Shange, Sharon Bridgforth, and vanessa german. Both abolitionist manifesto and examination of how Black queer performance offers affective modulations of tough and tender love, Love and Abolition ultimately calls for a critical reconsideration of the genre of prison literature-and the role of the humanities-during an age of mass incarceration.
What are "blind" drawings? Within, you will find drawings ranging in tenor from humorous to poignant, all completed using the same "blind" technique. On sculpture, Alison Touster-Reed has said, "When I sculpt, often the clay itself tells me what to do. It speaks, in other words, like a human with emotions, reveals what shapes and textures it wants to become." A Gallery of Blind Drawings is a collection of drawings that made themselves known to their creator and not the other way around. This book is intended, in part, to be a jumping off point for your own exploration of "blind" drawing. While it is not a guide, per se, it can be used as inspiration. What drawings might be waiting to introduce themselves to you?
The truth behind the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history In 2005, fifteen workers were killed when BP's Texas City Refinery exploded. In 2006, corroded pipes owned by BP led to an oil spill in Alaska. Now, in 2010, eleven men drilling for BP were killed in the blowout of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. What's next? In In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took it Down, Stanley Reed?a journalist who has covered BP for over a decade?and investigative reporter Alison Fitzgerald answer not only that question, but also examine why these disasters happen to BP so much more than other large oil companies. * Places the blame on a corporate culture created by former BP CEO John Browne who was forced to resign in 2007 after he lied in court documents in a case involving his gay lover * Details a BP built on risk-taking and cost-cutting * Examines the past, present, and future of BP In August 2010, BP successfully "killed" the company's damaged deepwater well. But, the environmental fallout and public relations campaign to rebuild the brand are just beginning. In Too Deep details why BP, why now, and what's next for this oil giant.
When Allison tries on the red kimono her grandmother has sent her, she is suddenly aware that she resembles her favorite doll more than she does her mother and father. When her parents try to explain that she is adopted, her world becomes an uncomfortable place. She becomes angry and withdrawn. She wonders why she was given up, what her real name is, and whether other children have parents in faraway countries. Allison's doll becomes her only solace until she finds a stray cat in the garden and learns the true meaning of adoption and parental love.
Allison's life is about to change forever. At twenty-five she is alone and free to make her own decisions. Allison is determined to follow her dreams to become a singer and a woman in charge of her own destiny.Scott Clarke, is a psychopath in the making with his sights fixed firmly on Allison. Scott threatens to turn Allison's dreams into nightmares. One by one he eliminates those closest to her.Will Allison escape him to live the life she dreams of with her new beau Robert?This is a steamy romantic suspense filled tale.
