Sometimes love comes when you least expect it and other times, it blindsides your SUV.Sam has one thing on his mind- coaching Division II football. What he doesn't have on his mind is the cute, klutzy blonde that backed into his SUV this morning. He's finally on his own after being a parent to his sister for the last four years. With freedom in sight, he's not going to tie himself down.Kat's second year teaching at Frazier College isn't starting well when a late-night binge read causes her to not watch what she's doing. She's mortified that she backed into the new football coach's SUV but his lousy attitude was uncalled for. If he ruins watching her favorite sport football for her, he might need to find another state to call home.When Sam is attacked, they must face that despite their best efforts- they've grown closer than just friends. Will Sam and Kat be able to figure out who wants to keep them apart before the unthinkable happens? Everyone deserves their happily ever after, but will they survive to have theirs?
Can their undeniable attraction convince Maggie to imagine a life with Mac?After the army, Mac didn't think he could find a place to call home, but his friends have become the family he didn't have. He's not ready to settle down. His one-night stands know he doesn't want more, until she walks in.Maggie's trying to get her life back on track, living moment to moment. Her life on the road with the band gives her purpose. Mac's idea of a 1-night stand is the perfect short-term distraction. She's only in town for a week and Mac's proposition is too good to resist.Mac falls quickly for Maggie but she's not ready for anything long term. Can Mac conquer Maggie's fears and encourage her to be the daring woman he knows is hidden deep inside?
How will he survive if he can't protect the woman he loves? Jason is an alpha male all the way through. As police chief of Frazier, Kansas, he lives to protect those he serves and he's darn good at it. Unfortunately, his take charge attitude has rubbed the petite tennis coach the wrong way. Jess was attracted to the tall, dark and bearded police chief until he called her out in front of everyone. Jess has come a long way from the quiet, shy girl hiding from the high school bullies. If he thinks that she's putting up with his attitude, he'll find out differently. Jess is determined to live life to its fullest and never depend on someone else for her survival. She's learned that lesson early on. Jason's going to have to use his wits and tenacity to break through Jess's hardened exterior and win her heart. Will he win her heart only to lose her when he can't protect the woman he loves?
A surprise baby. An older woman. One man hoping for a second chance.When Brooks responds to a small plane crash and discovers the only survivor-an 8-month-old baby girl-his entire world flips upside down.Because it's his name listed as father on the birth certificate.He has no memory of being with the child's mother.Yet he can't bear to see the innocent baby go into foster care.The new single father needs help, which Everly is more than happy to give him.Even after he ghosted her following the perfect date six months ago, she can't stand to see him struggle with his little one.Especially when she's been there herself, becoming a mother overnight to her three nephews and niece. She's determined to keep things strictly platonic with the younger man, but the more time she spends with Brooks, the harder that vow becomes to keep.This might be their second chance.When tragedy rocks them again, will their love be strong enough to weather the storm?
Providing fresh perspectives on managing expatriates in the changing host country of China, this book investigates expatriate management from a language and identity angle. The authors’ multilingual and multicultural backgrounds allow them to offer a solid view on the best practices towards managing diverse groups of expatriates, including Western, Indian, and ethnic Chinese employees. With carefully considered analysis which incorporates micro and macro perspectives, together with indigenous Chinese and Western viewpoints, this book explores topics that include the importance of the host country language, expatriate adjustment, ethnic identity confirmation, acceptance and identity. The book presents a longitudinal yet contemporary snapshot of the language, culture, and identity realities that multinational corporation subsidiary employees are facing in China in the present decade (2006-2016). It will thus be an invaluable resource for International Management scholars, those involved in HRM and other practitioners, as well as business school lecturers and students with a strong interest in China.
Providing fresh perspectives on managing expatriates in the changing host country of China, this book investigates expatriate management from a language and identity angle. The authors’ multilingual and multicultural backgrounds allow them to offer a solid view on the best practices towards managing diverse groups of expatriates, including Western, Indian, and ethnic Chinese employees. With carefully considered analysis which incorporates micro and macro perspectives, together with indigenous Chinese and Western viewpoints, this book explores topics that include the importance of the host country language, expatriate adjustment, ethnic identity confirmation, acceptance and identity. The book presents a longitudinal yet contemporary snapshot of the language, culture, and identity realities that multinational corporation subsidiary employees are facing in China in the present decade (2006-2016). It will thus be an invaluable resource for International Management scholars, those involved in HRM and other practitioners, as well as business school lecturers and students with a strong interest in China.
Graham McDowell; Madison Stevens; Shawn Marshall; Eric Higgs; Aerin Jacob; Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson; Linda Johnson; Megan Dicker; Dani Inkpen; Michele Koppes; Keara Lightning; Brenda Parlee; Wanda Pascal; Joseph Shea; Daniel Sims; Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles; Leon Andrew; Caroline Aubry-Wake; David Borish; Ashley-Anne Churchill; Dawn Saunders Dahl; Goota Desmarais; Karine Gagné; Erika Gavenus; Stephan Gruber; Jiaao Guo; Katherine Hanly; Nina Hewitt; Murray Humphries; Rod Hunter; Lawrence Ignace; Pnnal Bernard Jerome
The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems.The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. It is the outcome of contributions from more than 80 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and contains six chapters:IntroductionMountain EnvironmentsMountains as HomelandsGifts of the MountainsMountains Under PressureDesirable Mountain FuturesBy way of these chapters, the Canadian Mountain Assessment aims to enhance appreciation for the diversity and significance of mountains in Canada, to clarify challenges and opportunities for mountain systems in the country, and to motivate and inform new research, relationships, and actions that support the realization of desirable mountain futures. More broadly, the Canadian Mountain Assessment provides insights into applied reconciliation efforts in a knowledge assessment context and seeks to inspire similar knowledge co-creation efforts in and beyond Canada.
Graham McDowell; Madison Stevens; Shawn Marshall; Eric Higgs; Aerin Jacob; Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson; Linda Johnson; Megan Dicker; Dani Inkpen; Michele Koppes; Keara Lightning; Brenda Parlee; Wanda Pascal; Joseph Shea; Daniel Sims; Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles; Leon Andrew; Caroline Aubry-Wake; David Borish; Ashley-Anne Churchill; Dawn Saunders Dahl; Goota Desmarais; Karine Gagné; Erika Gavenus; Stephan Gruber; Jiaao Guo; Katherine Hanly; Nina Hewitt; Murray Humphries; Rod Hunter; Lawrence Ignace; Pnnal Bernard Jerome
The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems.The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. It is the outcome of contributions from more than 80 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and contains six chapters:IntroductionMountain EnvironmentsMountains as HomelandsGifts of the MountainsMountains Under PressureDesirable Mountain FuturesBy way of these chapters, the Canadian Mountain Assessment aims to enhance appreciation for the diversity and significance of mountains in Canada, to clarify challenges and opportunities for mountain systems in the country, and to motivate and inform new research, relationships, and actions that support the realization of desirable mountain futures. More broadly, the Canadian Mountain Assessment provides insights into applied reconciliation efforts in a knowledge assessment context and seeks to inspire similar knowledge co-creation efforts in and beyond Canada.
Shea butter (butyrospermin parkii) has been produced and sold by rural West African women and circulated on the world market as a raw material for more than a century. Shea butter has been used for cooking, making soap and candles, leatherworking, dying, as a medical and beauty aid, and most significantly, as a substitute for cocoa butter in chocolate production. Now sold in exclusive shops as a high-priced cosmetic and medicinal product, it caters to the desire of cosmopolitan customers worldwide for luxury and exotic self-indulgence. This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods. Also inlcludes seven maps.
Shea butter (butyrospermin parkii) has been produced and sold by rural West African women and circulated on the world market as a raw material for more than a century. Shea butter has been used for cooking, making soap and candles, leatherworking, dying, as a medical and beauty aid, and most significantly, as a substitute for cocoa butter in chocolate production. Now sold in exclusive shops as a high-priced cosmetic and medicinal product, it caters to the desire of cosmopolitan customers worldwide for luxury and exotic self-indulgence. This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods. Also inlcludes seven maps.
Shea is a biracial solicitor. She is strong minded but very sensitive. When her best friend, Jemma, is killed, she takes it upon herself to find out who is responsible. What she discovers on her journey is chilling. It seems her and Jemma had more in common than they first thought.Skye has no idea who her husband Elijah really is, or that he has killed four people on his own journey. Can she stand by him as he attempts contact with his long-lost daughter?Jack has killed before, he felt almost second nature for him. A way to rid his world of the people he felt could jeopardize everything he had built up. What he doesn't anticipate, however, is, after his third victim, someone would be hot on his trail.
Few remember that Shea Stadium—and indeed the Mets baseball club itself—arose out of a dispute between two oversized egos: New York City official Robert Moses and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley. While O’Malley wanted complete control over a new stadium and all of its concessions in Brooklyn, Moses insisted that the stadium be built by the city in Queens and leased to the Dodgers. The impasse led to the Dodgers following the Giants out to the West Coast, where The City of Los Angeles granted O’Malley all of the concessions he had sought in New York. With now no National League team in the New York area, the National League office awarded a new franchise to the city in 1960 on conditional that it fund and build a new stadium, which the Mets (and later the AFL Jets) would lease. The stadium was named in honor of William Shea, the person most responsible for returning National League baseball to New York. Over its forty-four year existence Shea Stadium witnessed a colorful cavalcade of sporting and entertainment events, all detailed in this lively, skimable tribute to a memorable New York landmark. It’s all here: the memorable games; the unforgettable characters such as Tom Seaver, Joe “Willie” Namath, and Seinfeld buddy Keith Hernandez; and even the solemn moments such as when Shea was used as a staging area for first responders after 9/11. By the time of its demolition in 2008, the Mets had played more games at Shea than the Dodgers had ever played at Ebbets Field, and the stadium had hosted seven National League Championship Series, four World Series, three Jets playoff games, and the American Football League Championship game in 1968.
