But will what Vanessa discovers mean the end of her summer romance, or even life as she knows it? Vanessa and Simon team up to figure out if these creepy deaths have anything to do with Justine and Caleb. Suddenly, the entire oceanfront town is abuzz when a series of grim, water-related accidents occur, with the male victims washed ashore grinning from ear to ear. She is more certain of this, when she discovers that her sister was keeping some big secrets and Caleb Carmichael's gone missing. This summer, Vanessa is determined to channel some of her older sister's boldness, get over her fear of the ocean, and maybe turn her friendship with Simon Carmichael into something much more.īut when Justine goes cliff-diving after a big family argument, and her body washes ashore the next day, Vanessa is sure that it was more than an accident. Vacationing in Winter Harbor, Maine, is a tradition for Vanessa and Justine Sands, and that means spending time with the Carmichael boys.
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The CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage novel about disgraced MI5 agents who inadvertently uncover a deadly Cold War-era legacy of sleeper cells and mythic super spies. When Coll learns that Persephone is actually a lady-in-hiding and someone is willing to kill her for what she stands to inherit…Well, Coll has never been one to turn down a fight. The problem is that she is not interested in marrying any man-especially not a hot-headed Scot-even if he is the only man who seems to understand who she really is even when she’s not sure herself. The challenge isn’t that Persephone Jones is famous, wealthy, independent, and smarter than anyone he knows. 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During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel, Cup of Gold (1929).Īfter marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) and To a God Unknown (1933), and worked on short stories later collected in The Long Valley (1938). In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast. Long story short, these authors laid out the true drivers of obesity and weight gain - sugar and simple (refined) carbohydrates. (Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who treats morbidly obese children, and Taubes is a science journalist). His first book, The Obesity Code, led me to Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, and Gary Taubes' excellent book, The Case Against Sugar. I was working out and doing what the "experts" said you should do, but nothing was working on the weight. When my General Practitioner gave me a stern talking to and wanted to put me on a bunch of meds, I knew it was time to make a change. I was depressed, overweight, and in general not a happy camper. In 2015 into 2016, standing on the smoldering ruins of my 23-year marriage, I took a hard look at my life and found some things that I needed to change. Divorce and other major life changes make you re-examine many things in life. There have been times where my illnesses have cause lots of pain, and so I just do a mere 30 minutes on the treadmill and them plop my big behind on the massage chair and suddenly everything is well with the world. Okay … so, if having access to all the equipment without any restrictions isn’t enough, how about we sweeten the deal with a Hydromassage Chair and a Regular Massage Chair? If I don’t, then I tell myself that I’ll achieve it next time. I set my own goal and if I meet it, I pat myself on the back. I don’t have a Personal Trainer over my head, breathing down my neck and yelling at me to “Get ‘er done!” It’s just me, my tempo, my time, my goal and most importantly myself. But, no matter what way I go, there is a Planet Fitness within 5 miles of my home in any circumference. Our regular routine is to go on weekdays after work and in during weekends, early mornings. I don’t have to go too far to find a Planet Fitness nearby. It’s phenomenal! Love! The greatest part of this machine is that just like an elliptical, it works your entire body at one time. This little, inconspicuous machine will burn those calories like nothing! I mean, I am sitting in it for 10 minutes and I am sweating like a pig at a slaughterhouse. To achieve this, there needs to be certain aspects of the environment that are embedded to an excellent standard. The vision is for each environment to be idyllic where children are happy and content and there is obvious learning taking place. The Montessori method focuses highly on how the environment (Classroom) is organised and the role of the Montessori practitioners who prepare and work with in the environment. The Montessori classroom environment is structured to encourage children to develop self-discipline and responsibility, which are essential for self-regulation. The key to supporting a child’s personality and intellect reach their full potential, is through a provision enriched with a nurturing environment. Maria Montessori believed in both sides of the nature/nurture debate, believing children are born with a personality that would gradually unfold. There is nothing purer than following the child and their interests and this is the baseline for the whole Montessori philosophy. She opened the first Montessori schoolthe Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s Housein Rome on January 6, 1907. The beauty of the Montessori philosophy is the simplicity of the ethos and how children are at the forefront of the classroom and their own individual learning. Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children learn naturally. On January 7, 1858, the Society formally adopted the idea of a comprehensive new dictionary. Trench suggested that a new, truly comprehensive dictionary was needed. The Society eventually shifted their idea from only words that were not already in English dictionaries to a more comprehensive project. The Philological Society, however, ultimately realized that the number of unlisted words would be far more than the number of words in the English dictionaries of the 19th century.
He glanced back at Emily and asilent agreement was reached between them. Sebastian reached for theglass and without a word brought it to my lips, making me drink. Wanting toescape that gaze, my eyes moved away from him and took in the unfamiliar space that surrounded me,pausing at Emily who stood above us, holding a glass of water in her hand. I willed myselfto wake up and even though it was harder than I thought, that scent of alcohol kept lurking around me,keeping me from falling back to the dark.light.“Sir, she’s waking up,” a familiar woman’s voice said as my eyes started adjusting to theAt first, everything was blurry, but as my vision sharpened, I was stunned to realize that I wassitting on the sofa in some sort of fancy looking living space area, leaning on Sebastian’s chest.Startled by my discovery, I looked up and in a second, I found myself only inches away from thosegreen eyes that stared at me with so much silent tenderness, making me question my sanity. I heard muffled voices and felt the vibrations of movement around me. The source of light hit my face and it was difficult to keep myeyes opened. Chapter FortyThe overpowering scent of strong alcohol took hold of my senses and I was slowly emergingfrom the fog, regaining consciousness. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. |