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An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband has a secret life – and it might cost them all their lives.
Everyone in the small town of Hemingway Grove knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practises family law.
When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he’s celebrated as a hero and his daring actions are broadcast on every news outlet.
For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David, it’s a death sentence. For Marcie, it’s a test.
A wife knows the difference between a loving family man and a cold-blooded assassin, right?
This specially formulated collection features 3 reviews of current
topics and key research in sweetpotato. The first chapter examines
the origin and dispersal of sweetpotato, considers in vitro
germplasm storage in sweetpotato genebanks, and looks at the
importance of managing sweetpotato crop wild relatives (CWR). The
chapter also considers the specific issues associated with
sweetpotato germplasm, as well as the application of
next-generation sequencing to sweetpotato and its CWR. The second
chapter reviews the development and application of genetic
transformation and trait improvement to sweetpotato, including the
development of sweetpotato plants which are resistant to disease
and abiotic stress, and sweetpotatoes with improved starch quality
and higher anthocyanin content. The final chapter examines the
nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato)
in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina
Faso; sustainable breeding and seed systems; and effective
commercialisation and marketing to benefit the communities
concerned. This chapter includes detailed case studies from Ghana
and Malawi.
A hilarious and honest memoir by an ex-greeting card writer, ex-
virgin fundamentalist, and current "This American Life"
contributor.
When David Dickerson landed his dream job-at Hallmark writing
greeting cards-he discovered his limited life experience as a
fundamentalist- raised, 26-year-old virgin left him woefully
unprepared for the worldly sentiments he was expected to deliver.
Here, Dickerson chronicles his bumpy and hilarious journey to
(relatively) modern single guy, confronting his past, his beliefs,
his relationships, and his virginity.
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The Red Book (Paperback)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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Notes and Introduction by David Ellis, University of Kent at
Canterbury. With its four-letter words and its explicit
descriptions of sexual intercourse, Lady Chatterley's Lover is the
novel with which D.H. Lawrence is most often associated. First
published privately in Florence in 1928, it only became a
world-wide best-seller after Penguin Books had successfully
resisted an attempt by the British Director of Public Prosecutions
to prevent them offering an unexpurgated edition. The famous 'Lady
Chatterley trial' heralded the sexual revolution of the coming
decades and signalled the defeat of Establishment prudery. Yet
Lawrence himself was hardly a liberationist and the conservativism
of many aspects of his novel would later lay it open to attacks
from the political avant-garde and from feminists. The story of how
the wife of Sir Clifford Chatterley responds when her husband
returns from the war paralysed from the waist down, and of the
tender love which then develops between her and her husband's
gamekeeper, is a complex one open to a variety of conflicting
interpretations. This edition of the novel offers an occasion for a
new generation of readers to discover what all the fuss was about;
to appraise Lawrence's bitter indictment of modern industrial
society, and to ask themselves what lessons there might be for the
21st century in his intense exploration of the complicated
relations between love and sex.
A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then
managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a
considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian
circles. Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves is an
account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit,
capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and
wealth of illustration Cioffi was able to bring to bear on life's
biggest problems when he was, as it were, off-duty. Tackling
subjects such as the unruly body, the challenge of art, dealing
with failure, the lure of science, the meaning of life, our
understanding of others, depression, the case for suicide, and
death, David Ellis describes how a philosopher who was profoundly
influenced by Wittgenstein dealt with general issues and creates a
vivid impression of an unusual and gifted individual. This portrait
is followed by a post-script in which Nicholas Bunnin, who worked
in the philosophy department at Essex when Cioffi was a professor
there, situates him in a more strictly academic context and
discusses his less well-known essays on literary criticism and the
behavioural sciences, arguing for Cioffi's potential to inspire
those seeking a role for analytic philosophy within the broader
scope of humanistic philosophy. A mixture of personal portrait and
academic introduction, Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in
Shirt-Sleeves provides an elegant and enjoyable tribute to Cioffi
as both man and philosopher.
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Look Closer (Hardcover)
David Ellis
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If you are looking to increase your cash flow, build wealth, create
a flood of tax-free retirement income and leave behind a legacy,
look no further than Stewardship on Steroids. In this eye-opening
book, one of America's most sought after advisors, David Ellis
Conyers, offers the foundation of knowledge you need to become the
best Christian steward possible. Using nothing more than proven
facts and simple math, David sheds light on the financial lies "The
Establishment" has shoved down our throats all our lives,
empowering Christian readers with the undeniable truth. Throughout
these unprecedented pages, David reveals the powerful financial
planning and investment methods The Establishment doesn't want you
to know about. He proves there is a better a way for good Christian
stewards to manage God's resources, accumulate wealth and ensure a
financially comfortable retirement-and still have plenty of money
left over to give generously to the Church, Christian organizations
and charities. Stewardship on Steroids serves up real-world, common
sense, easy-to-understand solutions that any Christian can put into
practice. Why settle for being a good Christian steward when you
can be a great one? Get on the path to financial greatness with
Stewardship on Steroids.
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Guilty Wives (Paperback)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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No husbands allowed...
Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating discos, high-stakes casinos, and beyond, Abbie is transported to the greatest pleasure and release she has ever known.
In the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht, surrounded by police. Something awful has happened--something impossible, unthinkable. Abbie, Winnie, Serena, and Bryah are arrested and accused of the foulest crime imaginable. And now the vacation of a lifetime becomes the fight of a lifetime--for survival.
GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence, the kind of nonstop joy-ride of excess, friendship, betrayal, and danger that only James Patterson can create.
#1 New York Times bestselling detective Billy Harney of The Black
Book is chasing down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape
artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance. As Chicago
PD's special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that
money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he's
investigating is down to his last twenty million. He's also being
held in jail. For now. Billy's unit is called in when an escape
plan results in officers down and inmates vanished. In an empty
lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles.
And a handwritten note: Hi, Billy Are you having fun yet?
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Escape (Paperback)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord
Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa
Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe
Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. Byron in
Geneva focuses sharply on the poet's life in the summer of that
year, a famous time for meteorologists (for whom 1816 is the year
without a summer), but also that crucial moment in the development
of his writing when, urged on by Shelley, Byron tried to transform
himself into a Romantic poet of the Wordsworthian variety. The book
gives a vivid impression of what Byron thought and felt in these
few months after the breakdown of his marriage, but also explores
the different aspects of his nature that emerge in contact with a
remarkable cast of supporting characters, which also included
Madame de Stael, who presided over a famous salon in Coppet, across
the lake from Geneva, and Matthew Lewis, author of the splendidly
erotic Gothic' best-seller, The Monk. David Ellis sets out to
challenge recent damning studies of Byron and through his
meticulous exploration of the private and public life of the poet
at this pivotal moment, he reasserts the value of Byron's wit,
warm-heartedness, and hatred of cant."
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Escape (Hardcover)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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The Black Book (Paperback)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime?
Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patti, also followed in their father's footsteps, Billy would give up everything for the job - including his life. After a brutal shooting, Billy is left for dead alongside his tempestuous former partner and an ambitious assistant district attorney. But somehow Billy survives - and is charged with double murder. Unfortunately he remembers nothing about the shooting.
Retracing his steps to find proof of his innocence, he discovers the existence of a little black book that he suspects contains the truth that will either set him free, or confirm his worst fears...
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The Black Book (Paperback)
James Patterson, David Ellis
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Escape
James Patterson, David Ellis
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David Ellis’ Line of Vision has won the 2002 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author! Marty Kalish has been accused of murdering his lover's husband. He had a motive. He was at the scene of the crime. He manipulated evidence to hide his guilt. He even confessed. But that's not the end of the story. That's only the beginning.
With an Introduction and Notes by David Ellis, University of Kent
at Canterbury. Lawrence's reputation as a novelist has often meant
that his achievements in poetry have failed to receive the
recognition they deserve. This edition brings together, in a form
he himself sanctioned, his Collected Poems of 1928, the
unexpurgated version of Pansies, and Nettles, adding to these
volumes the contents of the two notebooks in which he was still
writing poetry when he died in 1930. It therefore allows the reader
to trace the development of Lawrence as a poet and appreciate the
remarkable originality and distinctiveness of his achievement. Not
all the poems reprinted here are masterpieces but there is more
than enough quality to confirm Lawrence's status as one of the
greatest English writers of the twentieth century.
Essays illustrating the range and diversity of post-1970 British
women writers. Despite the enduring popularity of contemporary
women's writing, British women writers have received scant critical
attention. They tend to be overshadowed by their American
counterparts in the media and have come to be represented within
the academy almost exclusively by Angela Carter and Jeanette
Winterson. This collection celebrates the range and diversity of
contemporary (post-1970) British women writers. It challenges
misconceptions about the natureand scope of fiction by women
writers working in Britain - commonly dismissed as parochial,
insular, dreary and domestic - and seeks to expand conventional
definitions of "British" by exploring how issues of nationality
intersectwith gender, class, race and sexuality. Writers covered
include Pat Barker, A.L. Kennedy, Maggie Gee, Rukhsana Ahmad, Joan
Riley, Jennifer Johnston, Ellen Galford, Susan Hill, Fay Weldon,
Emma Tennant, and Helen Fielding. Contributors: DAVID ELLIS, CLARE
HANSON, MAROULA JOANNOU, PAULINA PALMER, EMMA PARKER, FELICITY
ROSSLYN, CHRISTIANE SCHLOTE, JOHN SEARS, ELUNED SUMMERS-BREMNER,
IMELDA WHELEHAN, GINA WISKER.
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