She's Dying To Live Seventeen-year-old Symone Foster has always lived in the shadows, terrified of taking risks. But one fateful night, a dare goes horribly wrong, and Symone wakes up in a blood-soaked body bag. Feeling no pain, she is no longer the person she once was. Soon, she's swept into a secret world she never knew existed. With the Lazarites, an ancient order from Cloud Haven, the lines between life and death blur. Symone must learn to conquer her fear or risk losing her second chance and perhaps the one person who could set her free. Cloud Haven is a young adult urban fantasy that excites from the first page until the last breath.What Readers Say: "A brand new take on immortality.""The mystery had me hooked.""I couldn't put the book down.""A good read with a powerful message of courage.""Different. Intriguing. Addictive."Who It's For: Cloud Haven is best for young adult readers who love a bookish female hero. Published by a pastor and Christian author, it has some themes of violence but is clean with a strong message of courage.
Being a New York lawyer is hard, but being a vampire is even harder.Ten years after she was kidnapped and forcibly transformed into a vampire, Bea Jones has rebuilt her life. Hiding away her past by changing everything about herself, she has tried her hardest to forget. Now things are rapidly changing for her, and if she's not careful she might just forfeit her life to the man that changed her ten years ago.Time is running out now: the man from Bea's past hunts her still. If her nightmares are any clue, her past just might be closer than she ever feared...
Cloud of Witnesses: A Child's First Book of Saints will be your child's favorite introduction to friendship with the saints in heaven--and probably yours, too Filled with simple but profound lessons from well-known saints, each page will give your child a short, memorable quote accompanied by a beautiful illustration of the saint who spoke or wrote it. Get ready to fall in love with the wisdom, colors, images, and holy men and women in these pages
Cloud computing is here to stay. If you're a Project Manager, you're increasingly likely to encounter situations in which cloud computing will have an impact on your project - whether you want it to or not Often, you may have no choice - especially if a boss, customer or sponsor states, "You will use cloud computing in this project " If you ask why, chances are the answer will be, "Because everyone else is using them " As a PM, you need to be able to make sure that everyone involved with your project understands which of the three basic types of clouds are appropriate for that project. Each type of cloud has specific capabilities and limitations. Some come with different service models, as well as different "deployment models," each with its own advantages and disadvantages. This book helps you cut through the jargon and hype surrounding clouds and cloud-based services. It will enable you to distinguish between the different types of clouds, service models, deployment models, and their relative strengths and limitations. It will help you: -Effectively manage project team and stakeholder expectations -Effectively plan, execute and monitor projects that involve clouds -Help your organization and customers avoid costly mistakes -Guide your organization to effectively leverage new cloud-based capabilities -Make clouds work for you and your project -Avoid common pitfalls (including security issues) when using clouds This book also maps the contents of key chapters to the process groups and knowledge areas in the PMBOK(R) Guide, allowing you to easily apply the accepted standards of project management to cloud computing. You don't need to be a "techie" to benefit from this book. Hopefully, this book will help dispel some of the mystery and hype associated with cloud computing, and bring about that vital "Aha " moment as you discover how to make the cloud work for your project.
