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Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through 12 countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a legacy that's vital and relevant, where medieval ethnic diversity meets 21st-century nationalism, and displaced people seek new identities. It's a story of surprises.

Her name was Crimson...and she was a legend. A beautiful pirate queen who plundered the 16th Century Caribbean sea by day and confronted voodoo and vampires during the steaming tropical nights.

A BBC Radio 4 drama by Stephanie Dale, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 10 January 2011.When art teacher Rachel, walking home festooned with end-of-term gifts from her pupils, bumps into Tyrone on his first day in London it is the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon it makes sense for Tyrone, now working as a chef in a local up-market cafe, to move into Rachel's flat. But it's not long before there are tiny bits of grit starting to despoil the love oyster.

While most visionaries see into the future, Taylor sees the past. But only as it pertains to her work. Hailed by her peers as “a visionary with an instinct for beauty and an eye for the unique” Taylor is undoubtedly a brilliant architect and gifted designer. But she and twin brother, Trevor, share more than a successful business.

The author Verle Jean was born and raised in the Slim Buttes region of the Black Hills in South Dakota, and was touched by the beauty of the country she grew up in. I know this book, Poems from a Gypsy Heart, will find the Gypsy spirit in us all. Ms. Verle Jean knew from the age of eight years old, she would be a poet. This book is a lifetime collection of her works of insightful reflections of God’s creations.

Are you stale, stagnant, or stuck? Can you relate to being exhausted, exasperated, or explosive? Do you need a new concept, a change, or a challenge? If so, get ready to be energized, enlightened, and equipped as you become highly effective. Sherry offers strategic solutions to help you regain and maintain satisfaction and significance. She restores, refreshes, and renews the spirit, soul, and body. Celebrate your vibrant courage and victorious confidence to make valuable contributions. Revolutionize your life and leadership; find your Viction today.

This historical fiction novel continues with Margaret's journey from the time she and her Canadian husband participated in the 1854 Crimean War. Doctor Margaret travels alone to India to be with her parents at the American Presbyterian Mission at Futtehgurh, and then on to her posting at a hospital in Delhi. There she has to not only overcome work pressures but also deal with her intimidators and intrigues of the Mughals, at the Delhi Red Fort.

In 1963, Samuel Eliot Morison, long one of our most distinguished historians, was awarded the first Balzan Prize in History, a prize that rivals the Nobel Prize in splendor and munificence. To receive the award, Admiral Morison had to go to Rome, where he delivered an address, "The Experiences and Principles of an Historian." This book includes the address he gave, as well a fascinating account of the award ceremonies, of which he was a central figure.

De fantastiska äventyren har bara börjat när Carl, en pensionerad försäljare av heliumballonger, knyter fast tusentals färgglada ballonger i sitt hus och lyfter mot en sydamerikansk djungel.

Marienkäfer Marie trifft die kleine Schwalbe Ina. Keiner möchte mehr Inas Gute-Nacht-Lieder hören, die sie den ganzen Tag über singt. Darüber ist Ina sehr traurig. Als ihre Familie in den Süden fliegen will bleibt Ina bei ihrer kranken Freundin Marie.

You're about to discover how to make the most of your life. Procrastination gets the better of us all from time to time; we end up doing everything except the thing we were supposed to do. This book will guide you through 15 easy-to-follow strategies that you can put in place to get the absolute most from your day.

Tyskarna har så gott som förlorat kriget. Överallt läcker fronterna som såll och ryssarna invaderar Berlin. Vasilij är en ung rysk soldat som tagit sig helskinnad genom hela kriget. Men nu när han på nära håll ser vad som hänt med tyskarna vet han inte hur han ska reagera. Är detta en seger? Eller har mänskligheten kommit farligt nära branten? Kommer vi någonsin kunna gå vidare efter detta? Krigets sista dagar är fasansfull, förnedrande och omänskliga. Och Vasilij börjar mer och mer oroa sig för att hålla sig vid liv.

With a destination loosely defined as the rest of the world, Mary and her husband Tom leave family, friends and successful careers for a multi-year sailing voyage. As the voyage takes her farther and farther from her traditional support systems, her world becomes more and more defined by forces outside her control. Mary's travels through often uncharted island communities, provides a compelling metaphor for a journey of self-discovery.

Beatrix Conoway, a little girl living in the 14th century, has her fate sealed by the blood flowing within her veins. Little does she know that her blood will also determine the fate of the entire world many centuries later, when an event occurs that is even more horrific than the one she lives through.

Seven years after the death of her husband, Kyleigh Winters has turned their old vacation home into a brand new guest ranch. Not willing to join the ranks of lonely women trolling the bars or online in search of a man, Kyleigh is sure if God wishes her to have another husband, He’ll send the perfect someone in His own time. But will she be open to the possibility of new love when He does?

Heroes tells the tale of a daring escape from Kuwait after the invasion by Iraq and prior to Operation Desert Storm. Hawk and Ali have a common goal: get out of Kuwait alive! Using ingenuity and perseverance, they succeed in making their way through war-torn Kuwait and over a treacherous desert to Jordan - a feat Saddam Hussein deemed impossible.

Continuing a collaboration started years ago, Benjamin Luxon and Frederick Moyer now turn to the little-explored genre of music for piano and narrator. Enoch Arden first came to international attention with a recording by Claude Raines and Glenn Gould but has since drifted back to obscurity. This is a work that both Luxon and Moyer have loved for many years. The poem is immediately accessible to any audience and tells a heart-wrenching story of friendship, love, separation, and sacrifice.

Threatened by invaders, the kingdom of Lumathyst is on the verge of chaos, and no one can stop it. Unless the four immortal god-princes find their fated mate—and safeguard the throne—Lumathyst will fall. Five women have tried. Five have failed. And tonight in the royal city, the princes need to find their Chosen and hope she can survive the transformation that will make her immortal. Only Rylee Gray wasn't supposed to be here. She snuck in for her own dark reasons—and now they claim they've found their perfect match. Her.

We live in a society of excess and extremes. In "The Golden Mean: Mindful Moderation in 7 Key Areas of Life," Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smith discusses practical psychological methods to use moderation to maximize our strengths in 7 key areas of life: time, relationships, money, food, thought, speaking and activity. By applying time-tested knowledge and powerful principles, we can learn to manage even the most difficult challenges that we face in managing our lives in today's complex world.

In Wien und Umgebung ereignen sich mysteriöse Todesfälle an alten keltischen Kultorten, die das Landeskriminalamt in Alarmbereitschaft versetzen. Inspektor Karl Öhlinger und sein Kollege Osram Djago, „Django“, werden beauftragt, den rätselhaften Morden auf den Grund zu gehen. Widerwillig unterstützt von der scharfzüngigen Historikerin Professorin Frida Bartel, entdecken sie, dass die Verbrechen mit antiken keltischen Opferritualen in Verbindung stehen. Der Name „Balor", den der Täter an den Tatorten hinterlässt, verweist auf den keltischen Gott des Todes und Chaos.