The opportunity of a lifetime… Genevieve Holt headed to New Orleans to interview with one of the top advertising agencies in the country. It’s one of her most cherished dreams – to become an advertising executive before she hits thirty-five. She figured she would tackle the interview, and celebrate by spending a few days enjoying the fabulous French Quarter. She never expected to wind up stuck in her pajamas on the eleventh floor of her hotel while it was on fire. Or that she would be rescued by the hottest firefighter she had ever met, and experience the most erotic night of her life in his arms. But all actions have consequences… Firefighter Killian Raveau loves his job. It doesn’t hurt that in his profession, women throw themselves at him. He never lacks for female company if he wants it. And yet, there was a one-night stand that he wishes had developed into more. Then again, it could just be that he is at a crossroads professionally, and unsure of the direction he should proceed. When that same woman appears on his doorstep three months later and drops a bombshell, totally upending his life, it leaves him rethinking all of his priorities. Can Killian convince Gen to turn their one night into forever? Or will Gen’s strict dating policies get in the way?

The battle continues as Jacob is awakened from his amnesia by the daughter of Molly Burrows, after seventy years of mental torture. Jacob, must now protect Robert Wesley, who is to be the grandfather of Katherine's unborn soul. Join Jacob as he is reunited with old friends, battles new evil beings and learns of realms he never knew existed. The world has changed, leaving Jacob vulnerable and confused. With some help from his friends and some new acquaintances, Jacob fights to protect Robert Wesley, while trying to find Violet Casten, the young woman who will be Katherine's grandmother. With so many tasks at hand, Jacob feels overwhelmed. Jacob moves forward, dreaming of the day he will see Katherine again, not knowing what Samiel looks like or where he may be. Will he be able to keep Katherine's chosen family safe, while trying to save the world from the evil clutches of Samiel, who has found a new body to inhabit?

The present volume contains twelve chapters authored by specialists of Asian, African and European manuscript cultures reflecting on the cohesion of written artefacts, particularly manuscripts. Assuming that 'codicological units' exist in every manuscript culture and that they are usually composed of discrete elements (such as clay tablets, papyrus sheets, bamboo slips, parchment bifolios, palm leaves), the issue of the cohesion of the constituents is a general one. The volume presents a series of case studies on devices and strategies adopted to achieve this cohesion by manuscript cultures distant in space (from China to West Africa) and time (from the third millennium bce to the present). This comparative view provides the frame for the understanding of a phenomenon that appears to be of essential importance for the study of the structure of written artefacts. Regardless of the way in which cohesion is realised, all strategies and devices that allow the constituents to be kept together are subsumed under the term 'binding'. Thus, it is possible to highlight similarities, convergences, and unique physical and technical methods adopted by various manuscript cultures to face a common challenge.

Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

***This is the SWEET version of Bound by Fate, edited to be suitable for a younger audience*** Isla Gunnach I am the daughter of royalty. A princess, if you will. But I have no interest in a prince to vanquish my dragons. I’m quite capable of doing that all by myself. I am, however, looking for my equal. A man who doesn’t simper at my feet, or try to use me to get to my father or my uncles. The problem is, when such a man crashes into my life, I find him to be insufferable and infuriating. Arric Mann I’m a nomad. I have no family, no home. Just a series of tragedies that have shaped the man I have become. When I find myself drawn to Scotland, I am propelled into a world I am not prepared for. One of ancient lore and fairy tales. But I also find her. And she is about to ruin the last semblance of sanity I have left. *** The Oath The end of an epic story centuries in the making, the remaining travelers set forth long ago, square off against enemies thought long dead. Join our heroes as they attempt to vanquish the evil forces that could change the course of history itself. The Oath is the finale in a series of short stories in the Bound by Time collection, available exclusively in the Cauld Ane Series Tenth Anniversary Editions.

Russia's Great Reforms of 1861 were sweeping social and legal changes that aimed to modernize the country. In the following decades, rapid industrialization and urbanization profoundly transformed Russia's social, economic, and cultural landscape. Barbara Alpern Engel explores the personal, cultural, and political consequences of these dramatic changes, focusing on their impact on intimate life and expectations and the resulting challenges to the traditional, patriarchal family order, the cornerstone of Russia's authoritarian political and religious regime. The widely perceived "marriage crisis" had far-reaching legal, institutional, and political ramifications. In Breaking the Ties That Bound, Engel draws on exceptionally rich archival documentation—in particular, on petitions for marital separation and the materials generated by the ensuing investigations—to explore changing notions of marital relations, domesticity, childrearing, and intimate life among ordinary men and women in imperial Russia. Engel illustrates with unparalleled vividness the human consequences of the marriage crisis. Her research reveals in myriad ways that the new and more individualistic values of the capitalist marketplace and commercial culture challenged traditional definitions of gender roles and encouraged the self-creation of new social identities. Engel captures the intimate experiences of women and men of the lower and middling classes in their own words, documenting instances not only of physical, mental, and emotional abuse but also of resistance and independence. These changes challenged Russia's rigid political order, forcing a range of state agents, up to and including those who spoke directly in the name of the tsar, to rethink traditional understandings of gender norms and family law. This remarkable social history is thus also a contribution to our understanding of the deepening political crisis of autocracy.

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT- Significantly reduced price. Overstock List Price Significant decisions of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board are included in the bound volumes.Tables of cases reported, opinions of the Board, and an index diges, plus a listing of the members of the Board are included within these bound volumes. "

Don't close your eyes... Nestled on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin is a small, secluded town called Bloodmoon Cove with volatile weather, suspicious folk...and newly awakened ghosts bent on revenge. Esmeralda "Esme" Dumas comes to the town looking to find work surrounded by wide-open nature, and most of all looking for a place to hide. Park Ranger John Kotter returns to his hometown to find a squatter in the campground host house. He can't help wondering if Esme had anything to do with his father's disappearance last year, but he senses Esme has ghosts of her own. As a child, Esme was kidnapped and locked in a cold, dark basement. Her friends were rodents, insects, and the changeable terror that held her hostage. The only thing that kept her sane those nightmare years were her books. She's been on the run since her escape a few months ago, never expecting to find another bound spirit come back to life.