December Glow: A Holiday Romance Novella is a swoon-worthy romance and cozy holiday read as steamy and heartwarming as a cup of hot cocoa (with several splashes of Baileys).Julia Thompson and Ryan Helms fell in love when they met as summer camp counselors. Life then led them in opposite directions as he headed to the West Coast for college while she stayed local. Ten years later, Ryan returns home to help care for his ailing father and find a fresh start. Nostalgic sparks fly when he and Julia reunite by chance in a grocery store the day before Thanksgiving. But it's complicated. A painful past continues to haunt Julia's holidays, and her long-term relationship is falling apart at the seams. Can Ryan win back Julia's heart and restore her love of the holidays?
*DECEMBER*The Memoirs of an Opulent LadyThe END for many starts the BEGINNING of Her Opulence... She stares at the reflection of her disguise looking back at her and mentally picks apart the facade she so painstakingly crafted. Her strong broad shoulders begin to collapse under the layers of regrets, pain and tormented flesh. Like a movie reel she replays the imagery of broken promises, abuse and self-sabotage. As she strips away the Instagram filters; she reveals a body clothed in scars and grinds her brittle teeth at sight of her stress induced alopecia. The energy and strength of attending daily pity parties left little room for proper hygiene and self-care. Her body is covered with scars, her teeth are brittle from lack of proper dental hygiene care. Drunk with sorrow and weak from mental exhaustion; she drops to her knees and cries to the almighty God, Our Lord and Savior; "let your will be done Father.'' God rewarded her loyalty and obedience with an abundance of blessings that allowed her opulence to radiate. She felt compelled to share her testimony from the darkest core of her soul so that you may feel the vibration of her convictions.This is "The Memoirs of An Opulent Lady. After all...she never stopped RUNNING "
December 2006 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation - Categories 1, 2, 3, 5 Part I, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Commerce Control List (US Bureau of Industry and Security Regulation) (BIS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the December 2006 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation - Categories 1, 2, 3, 5 Part I, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Commerce Control List (US Bureau of Industry and Security Regulation) (BIS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies items subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar List), and Statements of Understanding maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement, or WA). The Wassenaar Arrangement advocates implementation of effective export controls on strategic items with the objective of improving regional and international security and stability. To harmonize with the changes to the Wassenaar List, this rule revises the EAR by amending certain entries that are controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 6, 7, 8, and 9; and adding new entries to the Commerce Control List (CCL), amending EAR Definitions, as well as adding new definitions to the EAR, and adding a new Statement of Understanding on source code. This book contains: - The complete text of the December 2006 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation - Categories 1, 2, 3, 5 Part I, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Commerce Control List (US Bureau of Industry and Security Regulation) (BIS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Who we live for is just as significant as who we die for.As a national bestselling author, Rose Conrad has entertained millions of readers, at least before Alzheimer's set in. Now Rose is dying, and her granddaughter, Clara, has come to care for her. Desperate to know more about the grandmother she's losing, Clara looks at the novels Rose has written to find one striking commonality--all of them include a character named Peter, starting when he is a young man, a rebel fighter in WWII, and ending with his last breath as an old man.Clara senses a story here, one that goes beyond fiction, and even though it seems the only person who knows the truth is dying, she has to find out the truth about Peter before Rose is gone forever because the key to Rose is Peter.
Throughout the 90's and 00's, Larry Morris of Hillside Church in Albuquerque, NM wrote a poem to commemorate the celebration of every Christmas. This book is the first attempt to group them all into a collection. In these works, Larry Morris punctures through the banalities of the holiday season (gift shopping, social obligations) and shows us what about Christmas contains the possibility of real transformation. We don't need to be mystics ourselves to be enriched by Larry's vision of Christmas and apply his insight to our lives during this holiday season, or any time.
Alex Long is just an ordinary family man that runs a small business out of his home. Well, at least he's trying his best to be ordinary. Years before this story takes place, he survived a run-in with a werewolf in the Black Forest of Germany which cursed him to become a blood-thirsty beast himself. At first, the beast within him not only ruined his personal life and career, it ended up causing him to take the lives of others. Alex's regretful actions caused him to work on controlling the monster within him. After many years of hard work and discipline, he eventually was able to subdue his primal urges. Many years later, however, Alex's niece was killed due to the neglect of her non-caring mother. She is also responsible for making Alex's brother's life, Gerald, a nightmare. Alex must now decide whether or not to throw his years of self-restraint away in order to seek vengeance for his brother.
Follow as Winston, who while working as a security officer completing a routine task, finds himself trapped within the world of Faerie with no perceivable way home, placed as a pawn in a game for power, a race to stay alive,entwined within a mystery involving his own past.
Follow as Winston, who while working as a security officer completing a routine task, finds himself trapped within the world of Faerie with no perceivable way home, placed as a pawn in a game for power, a race to stay alive,entwined within a mystery involving his own past.
December Twenty-Five is a story about the traditions of Christmas through the eyes of a boy named Constantine. It is the third title of the Celebrate the HoliDates(R) children's book series. It's a fun and information-packed lyrical read that sparks wonder and reinforces a recognition of family-favorite rituals. Readers and listeners engage with playful text and vibrant pictures. A fun and simple word-search question sets the book in motion. It's a quest to find the message within the story. As the tale ends, the sought-after message rewards the word-seeking reader.December Twenty-Five contains a "History of Christmas" section that explores the Christmas tie to the traditional winter solstice celebration, with origins dating back more than 2,000 years. Readers travel through time learning the history of Christmas through the centuries. Written for young, elementary-aged children, the book reveals recognizable cultural connections relating the symbols of the season to both religious and non-religious customs.With lots of descriptions and colorful pictures, December Twenty-Five paints a portrait of the season. Children will connect with the familiar Christmas Eve and Christmas Day themes. A recipe for festive cookies is a highlight of the book-shared from the Celebrate the HoliDates(R) kitchen. Making the special treat creates a fun baking experience that is sure to ignite a new tradition in honor of the holiday season. The recipe provides an activity for both classrooms and families to share a love of seasonal foods and baking in the kitchen.Each Celebrate the HoliDates(R) book explores traditional celebrations throughout the year, orienting young readers to the calendar in general, the seasons and holidays with specific dates.
December Twenty-Five: 12/25 is a story about the traditions of Christmas through the eyes of a boy named Constantine, inspired by the author's youngest son of the same name. It is the third title of the Celebrate the HoliDates(R) children's book series, by author Mar a Felicia Kelley. The book is a fun and information-packed lyrical read that sparks wonder and reinforces a recognition of family-favorite rituals. Readers and listeners engage with playful text and vibrant pictures. A fun and simple word-search question sets the book in motion. It's a quest to find the message within the story. As the tale ends, the sought-after message rewards the word-seeking reader.To complement the release of the Celebrate the HoliDates(R) Christmas title is the release of the original song Believe on December Twenty-Five. The lyrics of the single were written by Mar a Felicia Kelley and feature vocals by popular recording artist Rebecca Jade and musical composition and production by musician and recording artist Carnell Harrell. The song is available for download and streaming on Apple Music, Spotify and other popular music apps. December Twenty-Five contains a "History of Christmas" section that explores the Christmas tie to the traditional winter solstice celebration, with origins dating back more than 2,000 years. Readers travel through time learning the history of Christmas through the centuries. Written for young, elementary-aged children, the book reveals recognizable cultural connections relating the symbols of the season to both religious and non-religious customs.With lots of descriptions and colorful pictures, December Twenty-Five paints a portrait of the season. Children will connect with the familiar Christmas Eve and Christmas Day themes. A recipe for festive cookies is a highlight of the book - shared from the Celebrate the HoliDates(R) Kitchen. Making the special treat creates a fun baking experience that is sure to ignite a new tradition in honor of the holiday season. The recipe provides an activity for both classrooms, families and friends to share a love of seasonal foods and baking in the kitchen.Each Celebrate the HoliDates(R) book explores traditional celebrations throughout the year, orienting young readers to the calendar in general, the seasons and holidays with specific dates.
An Advent calendar of poetry - why not let poems replace chocolates this year?Susan's book of reflections on life, family, faith and more will lead you gently through the run-up to Christmas. Twenty four poems, giving a moment to pause each day with words of stillness, encouragement and challenge.This, Susan Anderson's second poetry collection, covers a range of subject from the traditional Christmas story to Strictly Come Dancing and from the crispness of a frosty morning to Dogs in Antlers.
From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives unfold in the conservative city of Barranquilla in Colombia. Amongst parties at the Country Club and strolls along the promenade in Puerto Colombia, unfurls a story of sensuality supressed by violence; a narrative of oppression in which Dora, Catalina and Beatriz are victims of a patriarchal system living in and among the fragile threads of the fabric of society. In Lina’s obsessive recounting of the past, this masterful novel transforms anecdotes of a life into an absolute view of the world, a profound panorama of Colombian society towards the end of the 50s. Written from personal memories and historical research, this is a novel that is both precise and poetic, a novel that immortalises—from the distant perspective of its narrator—the events that took place in a small seaside town. Distancing herself from her contemporaries of the Latin-American literary boom with a boldly feminist narrative, Marvel Moreno has created a world that both mirrors the close-up, private lives of the people of Barranquilla and the human condition itself. *WHAT NETGALLEY READERS ARE SAYING* "Just delightful." "Full of a fierce fightback against generations of misogyny and toxic masculinity. This book is powerful." "A wonderfully written and sensually feminist novel." "I'd read Moreno again like a shot." "There's something deliciously unexpected, even subversive about Moreno's prose."
Falling in love wasn't part of her plans. But since when did her life ever go as planned?From the moment she was an eight-year-old girl with a dream, ballet was all Quinn Presley ever knew. Until tragedy stepped in and introduced her to heartache.She'd almost lost it all- her family, her faith, her hope... Now someone was trying to take away the one thing she had left. Her dream. Four years ago, Sawyer Kingston lost his wife to cancer. From that day forward, he's buried himself in the security of his work, not realizing he was isolating the one person he had left- their seven-year-old daughter Ava. A chance encounter and a pinch of Christmas magic bring Sawyer and Quinn together. Little by little, Quinn begins to show him what it truly means to be a father. Together they learn life is all about the precious moments. And that true love always deserves a second chance. But Sawyer has a secret- one that just might ruin it all.
Sam Hanna Bell's debut novel (1951), about life in a tight-knit Presbyterian community in turn-of-the-century Northern Ireland, was adapted for the screen by David Rudkin and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan in 1990. Both as a novel and as a film, December Bride is a remarkable combination of passion and politics set against a rural backdrop of communal constraint and individual action. Visually and thematically, the film is a timely reinvestigation of Ulster Protestant history and culture, and in particular reclaims a tradition of radical independent thought exemplified by the work of Sam Hanna Bell. Drawing on previously unpublished archival material and new interviews, Lance Pettitt explores the intricate relationship between novel, screenplay and the wider film culture. December Bride is a consummate and provocative challenge to the politics of Irish society, its cinematic representations, and to the very process of film adaptation itself.
If there's something that lacks an expiration date, it's learning. I don't just refer to academic lessons but the ones from day to day. The great things we learn for free in the only school that holds classes outdoors, where we are all students and teachers at the same time. When the student is ready, the teacher appears says an old adage. Jeremy, the protagonist of this story, was that student. As millions of people he also was infected by the virus called routine, as if he was a machine he was programmed to follow a set pattern of events. His life was governed by time and specific plan for each day. Getting out of that plan or taking a different route than usual was for him, like waiting for a fish to survive outside of his environment.Not daring to go beyond the limits that he himself had imposed, he refused to be part of the wonderful things that surrounded him. Until one day that two mysterious characters crossed his path. Through their stories, experiences and examples that are as real as the air we breathe, they taught him to see life from another perspective, different from that which he was accustomed to. It was then that he realized that nothing we do has meaning unless it serves to nourish the spirit.
A NEW NOVEL BY DR. KIRK H. NEELY Kirk Neely has written a new book and his first full-length novel. December Light 1916 is an historical novel that takes place in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Set in the early twentieth century, the book gives insight into the social history of the Deep South. It also presents a fascinating look at the natural history of North Island and Winyah Bay. Here is master storyteller Kirk Neely at his best. Eli Solomon is the lighthouse keeper at the North Island Light located at the mouth of Winyah Bay. Eli is an immigrant from the Ukraine. He is a naturalized United States citizen. As an Orthodox Jew, Eli's faith often conflicts with his duties as a lighthouse keeper. He does his best to be diligent in his work and to be an observant Jew. Roy Holden, the inspector for the United States Lighthouse Service, is anti-Semitic. He is Eli's superior and his antagonist.Samuel Pringle is a former slave on a rice plantation. Samuel is a man of unusual insight and wisdom. He embodies the traditions of his Gullah culture, and he retains his Gullah dialect. Samuel is a person of faith, though he rarely attends church. He works for Richard Meade, the owner of a general store in Georgetown. Meade is a man filled with hate and prejudice toward Blacks, Jews, and Catholics. Samuel and Eli are both objects of Meade's ridicule. Though Eli and Samuel work and live thirteen miles apart, and though they see each other rarely, they develop a friendship that spans racial, religious, and ethnic differences. Both are watermen. Both are widowers grieving the loss of their wives. Though they have clay feet, both are men of integrity struggling daily against the indignities and the injustices of discrimination. In his debut novel, Neely has written a well-crafted story that is for our time. It is a story of hope in the face of fear and despair. It is a story of love conquering the forces of hate. It is a story of light overcoming the darkness. It is a story set in 1916 and a story for now. This is a volume for the Christmas and Hanukkah season. Book lovers searching for an engaging read for the holidays or for an inspiring gift for a friend or family member, will find December Light 1916 worthy of consideration. Every South Carolinian should read this book. It should be required reading for every high school senior and every college freshman. Book clubs will find this to be a selection that will spark lively discussion. This is a book for everybody.Kirk Neely has been in pastoral ministry for fifty-five years. He has long been a leader in ecumenical and interfaith relationships. He is a regular contributor to the Faith and Values page of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. His "By the Way" column appears each Sunday in the Herald-Journal. December Light 1916 is scheduled for publication on September 30, 2020.
