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Ain't She a Peach? (Southern Eclectic #2)
by Molly HarperFrom beloved romance author Molly Harper (Half-Moon Hollow and The Nice Girls series) comes the second title in her women’s fiction series, Southern Eclectic, which features the lives, losses and loves of the McCready family as they manage their family’s generational funeral home and bait shop (you read that correctly) on the shore of picturesque Lake Sackett, Georgia.As Lake Sackett’s county coroner, as well as the chief embalmer at McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop, it’s a good thing Frankie McCready is comfortable around dead people. Some might say too comfortable, were they to hear her chatting away with the recently deceased. Frankie would say that her good southern manners taught her that everyone deserves a friendly hello. Luckily though, Frankie is a McCready, and her quirks hardly stand out. Besides, after overcoming a serious childhood illness, Frankie isn’t about to let anyone tell her how to live her life (well, except maybe her mama).Frankie can’t help her intense interest in the new town sheriff, Eric Lindon, new to town from Atlanta, and seemingly the polar opposite of her—he’s straight laced, follows the rules to a T, and faints immediately upon seeing a dead body. Frankie’s got to wonder, is he afraid of the dark too?But both Frankie and Eric have bigger problems—someone has been breaking in at the funeral home and she’ll be damned if anyone disrespects the dead in her home. Frankie’s methods (she’s never been known for subtlety) for catching the intruder conflict with Eric’s law-abiding strategy. On the case, Frankie and Eric’s friendship is tested, and before they find the intruder, they may discover more about each other, and themselves, than they ever thought possible.With Ain’t She a Peach, Molly Harper once again shows that “she never lets the reader down with her delightfully entertaining stories,” (Single Titles).“Another round of hilarity and romance in Harper’s second Southern Eclectic novel.” (RT Reviews)“Witty, snarky, and a whole lot of Southern comfort is wrapped up in this sweet read. Not to be missed!” (A Midwife Life) Harper infuses merriment…into her laid-back [Southern Eclectic] series.” (Publishers Weekly)
Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century
by Tim HollisThere was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers' daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happily under the "Redneck" marquee, but they were its precursors.In Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century, author Tim Hollis traces the evolution of this classic American form of humor in the mass media, beginning with the golden age of radio, when such comedians as Bob Burns, Judy Canova, and Lum and Abner kept listeners laughing. The book then moves into the motion pictures of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, when the established radio stars enjoyed second careers on the silver screen and were joined by live-action renditions of the comic strip characters Li'l Abner and Snuffy Smith, along with the much-loved Ma and Pa Kettle series of films. Hollis explores such rural sitcoms as The Real McCoys in the late 1950s and from the 1960s, The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Hee Haw, and many others. Along the way, readers are taken on side trips into the world of animated cartoons and television commercials that succeeded through a distinctly rural sense of fun.While rural comedy fell out of vogue and networks sacked shows in the early 1970s, the emergence of such hits as The Dukes of Hazzard brought the genre whooping back to the mainstream. Hollis concludes with a brief look at the current state of rural humor, which manifests itself in a more suburban, redneck brand of standup comedy.
Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain (America's Third Coast Series)
by Carl A. Brasseaux Donald W. DavisWinner of the 2018 Louisiana Literary Award given by the Louisiana Library AssociationFor centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana's coastal wetlands residents and their stubborn refusal to abandon the region's fragile prairies tremblants despite repeated natural and, more recently, man-made disasters. Yet, the cumulative environmental knowledge these wetlands survivors have gained through painful experiences over the course of two centuries holds invaluable keys to the successful adaptation of modern coastal communities throughout the globe. As Hurricane Sandy recently demonstrated, coastal peoples everywhere face rising sea levels, disastrous coastal erosion, and, inevitably, difficult lifestyle choices.Along the Bayou State's coast the most insidious challenges are man-made. Since channelization of the Mississippi River in the wake of the 1927 flood, which diverted sediments and nutrients from the wetlands, coastal Louisiana has lost to erosion, subsidence, and rising sea levels a land mass roughly twice the size of Connecticut. State and national policymakers were unable to reverse this environmental catastrophe until Hurricane Katrina focused a harsh spotlight on the human consequences of eight decades of neglect. Yet, even today, the welfare of Louisiana's coastal plain residents remains, at best, an afterthought in state and national policy discussions.For coastal families, the Gulf water lapping at the doorstep makes this morass by no means a scholarly debate over abstract problems. Ain't There No More renders an easily read history filled with new insights and possibilities. Rare, previously unpublished images documenting a disappearing way of life accompany the narrative. The authors bring nearly a century of combined experience to distilling research and telling this story in a way invaluable to Louisianans, to policymakers, and to all those concerned with rising sea levels and seeking a long-term solution.
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
by Susan DonovanJosie Sheehan collects failed relationships the way some women collect designer handbags. Now, at 35, she has exactly one male in her life: her Labradoodle, Genghis. Can he help her find Mr. Right?
Ain't Your Mama's Bedtime Stories
by Leigh Wyndfield Dakota Cassidy Jasmine Haynes Dee S. Knight Rae Morgan Vanessa Hart Sydney MorgannYou'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be transported to magical realms in this collection of oh-so-hot bedtime stories. From street-smart detective R. A. Punzel to Little Red and Snow White, you're favorite fairy tales are given a sexy twist in these seven enticing fables. Seven Hot Tales Under The CoverR. A. Punzel Lets Down Her HairDee S. KnightMix one street-savvy detective, two hapless parents and a missing computer genius. Shake well, then top with a spicy, luscious secretary, and you have the makings for the case of the century. Is it any wonder, that when Ramona Punzel is rescued by PI, Richard Hammer, she lets down her hair-and more?Beauty or the BitchJasmine HaynesShelby Stewart was the hottest rising star in Hollywood until suddenly, she was cursed. Retreating to her mountain hideaway, far from that fairy tale life, she hasn't been seen in ten years. Will Dexter King, sent by his magazine to ferret out her story, find a beauty? Or a bitch?Snow White and the Seven DorksDakota CassidySnow White has a whole new adventure for the year 2003! She's landed herself a job working with the seven Dork Brothers while she hides from her wicked stepmother. Between keeping up with Happy's prescription for Prozac and Grumpy's anger management, she has her hands full. But Prince (Charming that is) is coming to the rescue...Little Red, The Wolf and The HunterLeigh WyndfieldOn her way to Grandmother's house, Sybil Hood confronts the creepy Simon Wolf. Hot on Simon's trail, Mark Hunter is determined to bring down the deranged serial killer. When both Sybil and Mark fall into the madman's clutches, their courage is tested as they join forces not only to survive, but to defeat the big, bad Wolf.Once Upon A PrincessRae MorganPrincess Nadia has a bad rep. Two princely husbands; both dead from reputed cases of too much sex. Now, no man wants to bed her, and her sexual urges need more than a piece of plastic and a couple of double-As. When the handsome stranger knocks on the castle door, he is the answer to her immediate needs. But would a commoner do for a happy-ever-after ending?Petra and the WerewolfSydney MorgannWhile swimming nude in a secret woodland pool, Petra , a Russian peasant girl, meets Wolf Romanoff, king of the woodland wolves, and her heart recognizes him as her soul mate. Unfortunately, Wolf has been wrongfully blamed for recent villager deaths. He is hunted day and night by the hunter Ivan, who also wants Petra for his wife.Peter's TouchVanessa HartPeter was a guy who'd never grow up, as far as marketing guru Wendy was concerned. Physically, though, he'd matured into a hottie...and he was hot for her. Longing to show Wendy that they'd be good together, Peter challenges her to a private getaway weekend. Neither are prepared for the surprising consequences when Wendy calls his bluff.
Aincourt Series Complete Collection: So Wild A Heart\The Hidden Heart\Secrets of the Heart
by Candace CampThe complete Aincourts trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, collected here! So Wild a HeartDevin Aincourt, Earl of Ravenscar, is content to live out his life in a thoroughly hedonistic manner. Until his mother asks him to make a bold move to restore the family name and fortune: marry a rich American heiress, Miranda, who surprises Dev with plans of her own.The Hidden HeartWith his life in ruins, Richard, Duke of Cleybourne, returns to his country estate to deal with the tragic loss he’s suffered. His plans, however, are interrupted by the arrival of Miss Jessica Maitland, a feisty, flame-haired governess who claims that her charge, Gabriella, is his new ward. When a raging storm strands the guests at the estate, Jessica and Richard find themselves on the trail of a murderer.Secrets of the HeartRachel Aincourt despairs that she has married a cold, loveless, enigmatic man in Michael Trent, Earl of Westhampton. But she’s wrong: behind Michael’s proper demeanor lies a man who thrives on danger intrigue, and Rachel is soon pulled into Michael’s schemes—and into his heart.
Ainsley Harriott's Friends & Family Cookbook
by Ainsley HarriottAinsley Harriott is a best-selling BBC author and has sold over a million copies of his books to date. As fans of his Meals in Minutes titles already know, Ainsley is the chef who really understands the sort of food most of us want to make at home. Now he's back with his Friends and Family Cookbook, the ultimate reference book to reflect the way we cook and eat today. The book covers everything from planning what to eat for the week ahead and shopping, to timing a Sunday lunch and organising a supper party. Ainsley's Friends and Family Cookbook also contains step-by-step sequences to make particular techniques even more straightforward, lots of alternatives for everyday recipes like pizza and pasta and plenty of low-fat dishes if you are watching what you eat. The book contains over 230 brand new delicious recipes all using readily available ingredients, and with each one illustrated to encourage you to have a go, it is an essential addition to any kitchen shelf.
Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express 2
by Ainsley HarriottFollowing on from the success of the first Gourmet Express book, Ainsley is back with a new collection of simple and sensational dishes that are designed for those who love good food, but dont have time to follow long and complicated recipes. Whether you need fresh ideas for family meals, or are having friends round for an informal supper, there are recipes here to suit every occasion. For a quick and delicious weekend brunch how about trying Ainsleys Pancetta Hash Browns? Or get the morning off to a healthy start with a Pineapple and Coconut Smoothie. Starters include Crispy Noodle-wrapped Prawns with Rice-wine Dipping Sauce and the delicious Hot Bloody Mary Soup. For the main course, Ainsley has a whole host of suggestions from Fresh Charred Tuna Steak with Salsa Verde, to the warming Clares Winter-vegetable Cobbler. And for the perfect end to a fabulous menu, Ainsleys ideas include scrumptious desserts such as Six-minute Soft-centred Chocolate Puddings and Cranberry and Pomegranate Jellies. Complete with over 40 stunning full-colour photographs, Gourmet Express 2 is guaranteed to show that you too can produce fabulous food without spending hours in the kitchen.
Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen: Delicious feelgood cooking from the sunshine islands. All the recipes from the major ITV series
by Ainsley Harriott"I can't recommend this book highly enough. Never pretentious, always fun, it reflects Ainsley Harriott's persona wonderfully." The Telegraph on SaturdayThe stunning official tie-in to Ainsley’s major ITV1 show includes all the recipes from the series. Join the nation’s favourite TV cook on his food adventure. Ainsley Harriott is going back to his roots to uncover the best-kept secrets and simple dishes of Caribbean home cooking in this ultimate feel-good cookbook. Among the brand-new, mouthwatering recipes that are featured on the show, there will be over 80 dishes inspired by the diverse culture and the rich food heritage of these much-loved islands. You’ll find light dishes and snacks such as Crab and chilli cornbread muffins and Chickpea and plantain patties; flavoursome main meals including Grilled chicken roti wrap with mango dressing and Grilled lamb cutlets with green herb yoghurt; not forgetting indulgent desserts and cocktails including White chocolate, rum and raspberry crème brulee and Lazy man’s long island iced tea. This stunning cookbook will bring exciting new meals to your family table and transport you to the real Caribbean in your own kitchen.
Ainsley’s Good Mood Food: Easy, comforting meals to lift your spirits
by Ainsley HarriottWarm your cockles and lift your spirits ...Including the recipes from series 1 of Ainsley's ITV show, plus many more dishes to make you happy!Because there's no two ways about it - food can definitely raise your spirits. In this uplifting cookbook you will find comforting classics, great food for sharing, recipes for a bit of indulgence, light and healthy dishes to help you feel good from the inside out, easy one-pots that are all weeknight winners, some favourite barbecue dishes to bring sunshine to your table, and delicious desserts because - because we all need a treat now and again.Happy Cooking!
Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook
by Ainsley HarriottTravel the Med without leaving your kitchen.Join national treasure Ainsley Harriott on his culinary journey through the Mediterranean discovering the very best recipes to cook back home. Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook includes all the recipes from his major 10-part ITV1 series. Journeying through Spain, Sardinia, Morocco, Corsica and Jordan, Ainsley shows how easy and enjoyable it can be to make fresh, healthy, delicious meals.From simple salads and dips to everyday favourites like pasta and risottos, satisfying meats, flavoursome vegetarian mains and light fish dishes, Ainsleys’s recipes are perfect for a relaxed gathering of family and friends or hassle-free midweek meal. Recipes include: Corsican mint omeletteMoroccan vegetable and sesame seed parcelsCourgette, lemon and pecorino spaghettiButternut squash and sweet potato tagineNutty pearl couscous with feta and datesAromatic fish pilafPasta shells with sausage, tomato and fennel sauceHazelnut and chocolate cakeOrange and cinnamon hot chocolate
Ainu Creed & Cult
by MunroFirst published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ain’t Got No Home
by Erin Royston BattatMost scholarship on the mass migrations of African Americans and southern whites during and after the Great Depression treats those migrations as separate phenomena, strictly divided along racial lines. In this engaging interdisciplinary work, Erin Royston Battat argues instead that we should understand these Depression-era migrations as interconnected responses to the capitalist collapse and political upheavals of the early twentieth century. During the 1930s and 1940s, Battat shows, writers and artists of both races created migration stories specifically to bolster the black-white Left alliance. Defying rigid critical categories, Battat considers a wide variety of media, including literary classics by John Steinbeck and Ann Petry, "lost" novels by Sanora Babb and William Attaway, hobo novellas, images of migrant women by Dorothea Lange and Elizabeth Catlett, popular songs, and histories and ethnographies of migrant shipyard workers. This vibrant rereading and recovering of the period's literary and visual culture expands our understanding of the migration narrative by uniting the political and aesthetic goals of the black and white literary Left and illuminating the striking interrelationship between American populism and civil rights.
Aion: Researches Into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung #56)
by C.G. JungAion is one of a number of major works that Jung wrote during his seventies that were concerned with the relations between psychology, alchemy and religion. He is particularly concerned in this volume with the rise of Christianity and with the figure of Christ. He explores how Christianity came about when it did, the importance of the figure of Christ and the identification of the figure of Christ with the archetype of the Self. A matter of special importance to Jung in his seventies - the problem of opposites, particularly good and evil - is further discussed and the importance of the symbolism of the fish, which recurs as a symbol of both Christ and the devil, is examined. As a study of the archetype of the self, Aion complements The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, which is also published in paperback.
Air
by Geoff RymanFrom the book's back cover: Mae is the only connection her neighbors have to the culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of their village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere, without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped, Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for its arrival, but will they listen before it's too late? This book uses unusual names and ways of addressing people to indicate the foreign-ness of the culture. It also has missing words due either to poor copy-editing, or maybe to make the grammar look foreign.
Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write
by Helen SwordFrom the author of Stylish Academic Writing comes an essential new guide for writers aspiring to become more productive and take greater pleasure in their craft. Helen Sword interviewed 100 academics worldwide about their writing background and practices and shows how they find or create the conditions to get their writing done.
Air (Earth Materials and Systems)
by Tamra B. OrrAll living things need air to survive. Air also protects Earth. Discover why air is an important part of nature!
Air America
by Christopher RobbinsThe incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation.Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one else would touch, from General Claire Cennault's legendary Flying Tigers in WW II to two brutal decades cruising over the bomb-savaged jungles of Southeast Asia. Their pilots dared all and did all - a high-rolling, fast-playing bunch of has-beens and hellraisers whose motto was 'Anything, Anywhere, Anytime'. Whether it was delivering food and weapons or spooks and opium, Air America was the one airline where you didn't need reservations - just a hell of a lot of courage and a willingness to fly to the bitter end.
Air Apparent (The Xanth Novels)
by Piers AnthonyWhen a magician’s son disappears, a madcap mystery sets off a parallel pair of perilous quests in this beloved fantasy adventure series.The Good Magician Humfrey’s son Hugo has vanished from his cellar. And what’s worse, there’s a murdered man left in his place. With Humphrey’s book of answers scrambled, it’s a mystery that can only be solved by . . . a thirteen-year-old girl named Debra. Hailing from Mundania, Debra was hoping to lift an obnoxious curse on her name. But thanks to the strange ways of Xanth—and Hugo’s gorgon mother—she is now a flying centaur embarking on an incredible misadventure through astonishing locales that reach back to the origins of time itself.
Air Awakens
by Elise KovaA library apprentice unknowingly saves the life of a member of the magic secret society "Tower of Sorcerers" and discovers her own magical powers. Now, Vhalla Yarl must choose to stay in her quiet, reclusive life of books or join the forces of the sorcery elite.
Air Base
by Boone GuytonAir Base, first published in 1941, by aviator Boone Guyton, is a fascinating look at the U.S. Navy's flying fleet shortly before Pearl Harbor and America's entry into the Second World War. In a style ranging from amusing to tragic and harrowing, Guyton describes his experiences as a Navy flyer. Following a year of flight-training at Pensacola, Guyton is based in San Diego with a carrier squadron aboard the Lexington and Saratoga. He describes the training cruises of the ship, the patrol flights, dive bombers, and war games, providing insight into the prewar Navy air force. Included are 8 pages of photographs. Following his naval service, Boone Guyton (1913-1996) worked as a test pilot in France until 1940. He returned to the U.S. and continued his work as a test pilot for Vought with the F4 Corsair. Following the war, Guyton settled in Connecticut and continued working as an executive for several aviation companies.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961-1973 [Illustrated Edition]
by Lt.-Colonel Roger P. FoxIncludes 78 photos and 16 maps / chartsThis book explores the unique problem of defending air bases during the Vietnam War. It centers on the primary efforts of the United States Air Force and allied air units to defend 10 key air bases within the Republic of Vietnam. Bien Hoa, on 1 November 1964, was the first base to be attacked and until the cease-fire in January 1973, these bases suffered a total of 475 attacks.Although there were initial deficiencies in staff support for base defense in such key areas as intelligence, motor vehicles, weapons procurement and maintenance, communications, and civil engineering, significant improvements had been made by the end of the Air Force's part in the war.The author, Lt. Col. Roger P. Fox, USAF (Ret.), wrote this volume while assigned to the Office of Air Force History. He brings judgments to his research based on his personal experience as a base security officer during the conflict. Thus, early on the morning of 4 December 1966, he rallied Air Force and South Vietnamese security forces to repel an enemy attempt to penetrate Tan Son Nhut Air Base, the center of Air Force operations in South Vietnam. For his gallantry in action on this occasion, he was awarded the Silver Star. This personal experience formed a foundation upon which he developed a keen insight into exploring the entire spectrum of air base defense, and upon which he has built a strong case for testing future plans and operations.
Air Battle Force (Patrick McLanahan #11)
by Dale BrownIn military circles it's known as Air Battle Force -- an air combat unit of the future, under the command of aerialwarfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan,capable of launching stealthy, precision-guidedfirepower to anywhere on the globe within hours. And now McLanahan and his warriors have their first target.Driven from Afghanistan, the parasitic forces of the deposed Taliban regime have decided to feed on a new host -- an isolated, oil-rich Central Asian neighbor that's ripe for the conquering. The battle for control of the world's largest oil deposits has begun, with unsteady alliances forming and opposing forces set to collide. And now a handful of American commandos half a world away, aided by McLanahan's unproven robotic warplanes, will have to triumph against overwhelming numbers in a war that nobody -- including "friendly" forces at home -- wants them to win.
Air Battle for Arnhem
by Alan W. CooperOver sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take the bridges at Arnhem was given the code name 'Operation Market Garden', Market being the air side of the operation and Garden the subsequent ground operation. The main problem was communications between the ground forces and the re-supply aircraft of the Royal Air Force.Its their efforts and the courage on evident display at Arnhem that the book is based upon. Over a period of seven days troops of the 1st Airborne were taken by the RAF in towed gliders and then in subsequent days showed courage of the highest order to make sure that the ground troops were supplied with ammunition and food to sustain them in their efforts to take the bridges at Arnhem. Their efforts were costly, 309 aircrew and 79 Air Dispatchers were killed and 107 aircraft, which included the men and aircraft who supported the main re-supply armada.One of the re-supply aircraft, flown by F/Lt David Lord DFC, was shot down. Lord was later awarded the Victoria Cross. His courage and dedication are exemplary of the efforts of the men of Transport Command to make sure the men on the ground were re-supplied. The men of the Air Dispatchers, or AD's as they were known, must always be remembered when regarding Arnhem. Their efforts to make sure the supplies were released from the aircraft, and on to the besieged men on the ground, was a vital factor in getting vital supplies to the troops successfully.This is their story, vividly told, and serves a commemorative purpose, memorialising both the events and, most importantly, the men who participated.
Air Battle for Burma: Allied Pilots' Fight for Supremacy
by Bryn EvansAfter a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies supremacy in the air coupled with their ground/air support strategy.Using veterans firsthand accounts, Air Battle For Burma reveals the decisive nature of Allied air power in inflicting the first major defeat on the Japanese Army in the Second World War. Newly equipped Spitfire fighter squadrons made the crucial difference at the turning point battles of the Admin Box, Imphal and Kohima in 1944. Air superiority allowed Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops on the front line and raids deep into enemy territory with relative impunity; revolutionary tactics never before attempted on such a scale.By covering both the strategic and tactical angles, through these previously unpublished personal accounts, this fine book is a fitting and overdue tribute to Allied air forces contribution to victory in Burma.