Author: Lori Foster
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425214237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Ultimate series, an MMA fighter and a sassy stunner team up to take down trouble... Sexy, sculpted extreme fighter Dean “Havoc” Connor has knee-melting good looks—and thick skin. But not from his brutal sport’s enclosed rings. Orphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, he has no family. That is, until he gets a letter revealing how much the once-little girls want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a man as sleazy as he is wealthy, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve—who’s heard of “Havoc’s” reputation and doesn’t need some hunk trampling on her heart. Now all Dean has to do is protect his sisters, win Eve over, and expose a devious criminal. And he thought winning the heavyweight cage fighting belt was hard…
Causing Havoc
Author: Lori Foster
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425214237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Ultimate series, an MMA fighter and a sassy stunner team up to take down trouble... Sexy, sculpted extreme fighter Dean “Havoc” Connor has knee-melting good looks—and thick skin. But not from his brutal sport’s enclosed rings. Orphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, he has no family. That is, until he gets a letter revealing how much the once-little girls want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a man as sleazy as he is wealthy, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve—who’s heard of “Havoc’s” reputation and doesn’t need some hunk trampling on her heart. Now all Dean has to do is protect his sisters, win Eve over, and expose a devious criminal. And he thought winning the heavyweight cage fighting belt was hard…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425214237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Ultimate series, an MMA fighter and a sassy stunner team up to take down trouble... Sexy, sculpted extreme fighter Dean “Havoc” Connor has knee-melting good looks—and thick skin. But not from his brutal sport’s enclosed rings. Orphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, he has no family. That is, until he gets a letter revealing how much the once-little girls want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a man as sleazy as he is wealthy, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve—who’s heard of “Havoc’s” reputation and doesn’t need some hunk trampling on her heart. Now all Dean has to do is protect his sisters, win Eve over, and expose a devious criminal. And he thought winning the heavyweight cage fighting belt was hard…
Revealing the Holy Spirit in Humans
Author: Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546295887
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The history of the transmission of the biblical text is definitely an empirical subject, for it has left in its trail textual evidence, much of it available for research and evaluation. Thanks to the great advances in philology in general, the discipline of biblical philology has been released from the bonds of religious polemics and has become an important tool for straightforward, literal interpretation, with Protestant researchers leading the way. Revealing the Holy Spirit in Humans: Stories from the Bible is meant to be a continued adherence to the popular historical interpretation of the sanctity of the Holy Spirit in particular and not as a disregard for the available textual evidence in the contemporary Christian doctrine. The theme in the book is to convey that Jesus gave the Holy Spirit as a compensation for his absence, to perform the functions to advance our goals, which he would have done if he had remained personally with us. An exploration has been made of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives starting with the church, the congregation and the composition of its human talents, and the personalities and the circumstances in which we find ourselves. In the process, I have been compelled to apply imaginative emendation to the question of life after death. This book is intended to provide a foundation for Bible study by groups and persons interested in Christianity.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546295887
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The history of the transmission of the biblical text is definitely an empirical subject, for it has left in its trail textual evidence, much of it available for research and evaluation. Thanks to the great advances in philology in general, the discipline of biblical philology has been released from the bonds of religious polemics and has become an important tool for straightforward, literal interpretation, with Protestant researchers leading the way. Revealing the Holy Spirit in Humans: Stories from the Bible is meant to be a continued adherence to the popular historical interpretation of the sanctity of the Holy Spirit in particular and not as a disregard for the available textual evidence in the contemporary Christian doctrine. The theme in the book is to convey that Jesus gave the Holy Spirit as a compensation for his absence, to perform the functions to advance our goals, which he would have done if he had remained personally with us. An exploration has been made of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives starting with the church, the congregation and the composition of its human talents, and the personalities and the circumstances in which we find ourselves. In the process, I have been compelled to apply imaginative emendation to the question of life after death. This book is intended to provide a foundation for Bible study by groups and persons interested in Christianity.
Trails in Academic and Administrative Leadership in Kenya
Author: Michieka, Ratemo Waya
Publisher: CODESRIA
ISBN: 2869786425
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Scholars, especially those interested in understanding how leadership has inhibited academic freedom and hindered effectiveness of institutions of higher learning have for long been engaged by the very important manner in which governance and leadership of higher education institutions in Africa is constituted and managed. The fact that there has been a dearth of work based on the experiences of those who have served as university leaders has created a major gap. Questions remain on how leaders of higher education institutions are identified, how they are prepared, the personal predispositions that individuals bring to the exercise of such positions and their personal experiences regarding what energizes or inhibits the performance of their work. Until recently, presidents in most African countries served as chancellors of public universities, identification of those who served as university leaders was largely a political process. But much has changed, with most countries establishing oversight bodies and the overall governance of higher education institutions divorced from the day-to-day political processes. Trails in Academic and Administrative Leadership in Kenya provides a personal account of the experiences in higher education leadership from an individual whose tenure in leadership straddled the two eras. In this book, Prof. Michieka provides an account of how his early education prepared him for roles in academic and institutional leadership in Kenya. The author shares his experiences on the trails he had to navigate as an academic, a vice-chancellor and a chairperson of university council at a time when universities in Kenya were transiting from extreme government administrative control to a greater degree of operational autonomy. Readers will find in this work thought-provoking insights on how leaders of higher education institutions in Kenya have had to balance between demands of the political system and the need to safeguard academic traditions in the everyday management of the institutions.
Publisher: CODESRIA
ISBN: 2869786425
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Scholars, especially those interested in understanding how leadership has inhibited academic freedom and hindered effectiveness of institutions of higher learning have for long been engaged by the very important manner in which governance and leadership of higher education institutions in Africa is constituted and managed. The fact that there has been a dearth of work based on the experiences of those who have served as university leaders has created a major gap. Questions remain on how leaders of higher education institutions are identified, how they are prepared, the personal predispositions that individuals bring to the exercise of such positions and their personal experiences regarding what energizes or inhibits the performance of their work. Until recently, presidents in most African countries served as chancellors of public universities, identification of those who served as university leaders was largely a political process. But much has changed, with most countries establishing oversight bodies and the overall governance of higher education institutions divorced from the day-to-day political processes. Trails in Academic and Administrative Leadership in Kenya provides a personal account of the experiences in higher education leadership from an individual whose tenure in leadership straddled the two eras. In this book, Prof. Michieka provides an account of how his early education prepared him for roles in academic and institutional leadership in Kenya. The author shares his experiences on the trails he had to navigate as an academic, a vice-chancellor and a chairperson of university council at a time when universities in Kenya were transiting from extreme government administrative control to a greater degree of operational autonomy. Readers will find in this work thought-provoking insights on how leaders of higher education institutions in Kenya have had to balance between demands of the political system and the need to safeguard academic traditions in the everyday management of the institutions.
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.
Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business
Author: Simone Fischer-Hübner
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303086586X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
This volume LNCS 12927 constitutes the papers of the 18th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, TrustBus 2021, held in September 2021 as part of the DEXA 2021 conference. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of trust and privacy in digital business. The papers are organized in topical sections: Trust Evaluation; Security Risks; Web Security; Data Protection and Privacy Controls; and Privacy and Users
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303086586X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
This volume LNCS 12927 constitutes the papers of the 18th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, TrustBus 2021, held in September 2021 as part of the DEXA 2021 conference. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of trust and privacy in digital business. The papers are organized in topical sections: Trust Evaluation; Security Risks; Web Security; Data Protection and Privacy Controls; and Privacy and Users
The Light Within
Author: Natalie Harris
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982282878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The book is inspired by messages I have received from the spiritual realms about how it all began, why we are here and how we can connect to our own light within.I hope to bring you the reader comfort and hope. The book explains that we can have both creation and evolution together; we are evolving towards God and one day earth will become the first realm of the heavenly realms. The book explains how we are instruments of light and that we also carry some negativity, so that through our life journey we can help God transform this negativity into light. The first part of the book is an overview of how it all began and why we are here. As the book continues I explore spirituality through religion, forgiveness, love and what happens to us when we pass away. The book is positive in its approach and I hope to bring a new way of looking at things to help bring clarity to the reader. I hope you enjoy reading this book and that it will help you to make sense of the way things are in the world.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982282878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The book is inspired by messages I have received from the spiritual realms about how it all began, why we are here and how we can connect to our own light within.I hope to bring you the reader comfort and hope. The book explains that we can have both creation and evolution together; we are evolving towards God and one day earth will become the first realm of the heavenly realms. The book explains how we are instruments of light and that we also carry some negativity, so that through our life journey we can help God transform this negativity into light. The first part of the book is an overview of how it all began and why we are here. As the book continues I explore spirituality through religion, forgiveness, love and what happens to us when we pass away. The book is positive in its approach and I hope to bring a new way of looking at things to help bring clarity to the reader. I hope you enjoy reading this book and that it will help you to make sense of the way things are in the world.
Blood...
Author: Darrell Moss
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477155562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Darrell is an average guy who has, so far, lived a normal life. He has been down on his luck lately: he lost his best friend and girlfriend and several years have passed since his grandmother's death. Despite the fact Darrell believe things cannot get any worse, he begins having dreams which seem more like nightmares. In these nightmares Darrell is brought to his grandmother's grave where he is welcomed by a stranger in dark clothes. The stranger explains to Darrell that he will be given the opportunity to be immortal in order to save human existence from vicious vampires. As Darrell struggles with his newly bestowed power of immortality, he is told about the myth of the BLACK wolf that is stronger than any werewolf or vampire. Darrell's grandmother senses the power and strength of the BLACK wolf in Darrell's bloodline. The bloodline of the BLACK wolf is what holds the key to stopping the vampires' victory over the human race. Darrell agrees to help save the human race as he struggles through a great blood battle to stop the vampires.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477155562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Darrell is an average guy who has, so far, lived a normal life. He has been down on his luck lately: he lost his best friend and girlfriend and several years have passed since his grandmother's death. Despite the fact Darrell believe things cannot get any worse, he begins having dreams which seem more like nightmares. In these nightmares Darrell is brought to his grandmother's grave where he is welcomed by a stranger in dark clothes. The stranger explains to Darrell that he will be given the opportunity to be immortal in order to save human existence from vicious vampires. As Darrell struggles with his newly bestowed power of immortality, he is told about the myth of the BLACK wolf that is stronger than any werewolf or vampire. Darrell's grandmother senses the power and strength of the BLACK wolf in Darrell's bloodline. The bloodline of the BLACK wolf is what holds the key to stopping the vampires' victory over the human race. Darrell agrees to help save the human race as he struggles through a great blood battle to stop the vampires.
Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World
Author: Adrian Blackledge
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027294224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World the discourse of politicians and policy-makers in Britain links languages other than English, and therefore speakers of these languages, with civil disorder and threats to democracy, citizenship and nationhood. These powerful arguments travel along ‘chains of discourse’ until they gain the legitimacy of the state, and are inscribed in law. The particular focus of this volume is on discourse linking ‘race riots’ in England in 2001 with the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which extended legislation to test the English language proficiency of British citizenship applicants. Adrian Blackledge develops a theoretical and methodological framework which draws on critical discourse analysis to reveal the linguistic character of social and cultural processes and structures; on Bakhtin’s notion of the dialogic nature of discourse to demonstrate how voices progressively gain authority; and on Bourdieu’s model of symbolic domination to illuminate the way in which linguistic-minority speakers may be complicit in the misrecognition, or valorisation, of the dominant language.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027294224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World the discourse of politicians and policy-makers in Britain links languages other than English, and therefore speakers of these languages, with civil disorder and threats to democracy, citizenship and nationhood. These powerful arguments travel along ‘chains of discourse’ until they gain the legitimacy of the state, and are inscribed in law. The particular focus of this volume is on discourse linking ‘race riots’ in England in 2001 with the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which extended legislation to test the English language proficiency of British citizenship applicants. Adrian Blackledge develops a theoretical and methodological framework which draws on critical discourse analysis to reveal the linguistic character of social and cultural processes and structures; on Bakhtin’s notion of the dialogic nature of discourse to demonstrate how voices progressively gain authority; and on Bourdieu’s model of symbolic domination to illuminate the way in which linguistic-minority speakers may be complicit in the misrecognition, or valorisation, of the dominant language.
The Stability Imperative
Author: Sarah Biddulph
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774828838
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
“Stability preservation” (weiwen) has long been an imperative of China’s one-party state. At the same time, China has recently embedded a commitment to the protection of human rights in its constitution. This book examines the multiple and shifting ways in which weiwen impinges on the implementation of human rights. Using case studies, Sarah Biddulph methodically examines the state’s response to labour unrest, medical disputes, and forced housing evictions. As she demonstrates, the state’s reaction can vary from taking steps to ameliorate the underlying causes of the citizens’ grievances to the repression of rights-related protests and the punishment of protestors. The Stability Imperative: Human Rights and Law in China reveals how the systematic failure of the legal system to protect rights coupled with an overemphasis on coercive forms of stability preservation is undermining the authority of law in China and could, ultimately, damage the Communist Party’s leadership.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774828838
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
“Stability preservation” (weiwen) has long been an imperative of China’s one-party state. At the same time, China has recently embedded a commitment to the protection of human rights in its constitution. This book examines the multiple and shifting ways in which weiwen impinges on the implementation of human rights. Using case studies, Sarah Biddulph methodically examines the state’s response to labour unrest, medical disputes, and forced housing evictions. As she demonstrates, the state’s reaction can vary from taking steps to ameliorate the underlying causes of the citizens’ grievances to the repression of rights-related protests and the punishment of protestors. The Stability Imperative: Human Rights and Law in China reveals how the systematic failure of the legal system to protect rights coupled with an overemphasis on coercive forms of stability preservation is undermining the authority of law in China and could, ultimately, damage the Communist Party’s leadership.
African Accents
Author: Beth McGuire
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317911997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English. Its unique approach not only addresses the methods and processes by which to go about learning an accent, but also looks in detail at each example. This lets the reader plot their own route through the learning process and tailor not only their working methods but also their own personal idiolect. Full breakdowns of each accent cover: an introduction giving a brief history of the accent, its ethnic background, and its language of origin preparatory warm-up exercises specific to each accent a directory of research materials including documentaries, plays, films and online resources key characteristics such as melody, stress, pace and pitch descriptions of physical articulation in the tongue, lips, jaw, palate and pharynx practice sentences, phoneme tables and worksheets for solo study. African Accents is accompanied by a website at www.routledge.com/cw/mcguire with an extensive online database of audio samples for each accent. The book and audio resources guide actors to develop their own authentic accents, rather than simply to mimic native speakers. This process allows the actor to personalize an accent, and to integrate it into the creation of character rather than to play the accent on top of character.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317911997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English. Its unique approach not only addresses the methods and processes by which to go about learning an accent, but also looks in detail at each example. This lets the reader plot their own route through the learning process and tailor not only their working methods but also their own personal idiolect. Full breakdowns of each accent cover: an introduction giving a brief history of the accent, its ethnic background, and its language of origin preparatory warm-up exercises specific to each accent a directory of research materials including documentaries, plays, films and online resources key characteristics such as melody, stress, pace and pitch descriptions of physical articulation in the tongue, lips, jaw, palate and pharynx practice sentences, phoneme tables and worksheets for solo study. African Accents is accompanied by a website at www.routledge.com/cw/mcguire with an extensive online database of audio samples for each accent. The book and audio resources guide actors to develop their own authentic accents, rather than simply to mimic native speakers. This process allows the actor to personalize an accent, and to integrate it into the creation of character rather than to play the accent on top of character.