In a world desperate to cut its umbilical cord from big oil, Taylor Sonsara is ready to unleash the answer. While at the helm of UBIQ-Global, she catches the eye of take-over king, Evan Saban, who has her company in his grip. Using unorthodox means to investigate her, Saban takes great pleasure in this astonishing find and quickly moves to acquire both the woman and her amazing discovery. Bob Graham has the land that Sonsara needs to launch her model new-age city. But his intentions include more than just a real estate transaction, and when he threatens this asset-now belonging to Saban-the retaliation is swift and severe. Unaware of her husband's antics, Anneliese Graham believes they're living the idyllic life. She's a fun-loving believer of good and of doing good, but when her husband's deception and infidelity is revealed, the tragedy nearly overcomes her. Violence and revenge erupt as Evan and Bob are locked in their war. Yet it's Anneliese, the only innocent, who must deal with the consequences.

The Second Coming of Christ has been prophesied many times through the centuries but seldom by a figure so fascinating as Joanna Southcott (1750–1814), the domestic servant who at the age of forty-two declared that God had chosen her to announce His return. A Woman to Deliver Her People is the most comprehensive study of this remarkable woman and her movement yet written. Dramatic social and political changes of the late eighteenth century—among them the revolutions in America and France—had a profound effect on the attitudes of English men and women at all levels of society. With events so far outside the range of ordinary experience, both the educated and the uneducated turned to the prophetic books of the Bible, seeking solace and explanation. A number of prophets and prophetesses appeared, claiming to have a special understanding of the biblical texts and offering startling new revelations which had been disclosed to them by God. The greatest and most influential of these was Joanna Southcott, who attracted tens of thousands of followers from the West Country, London, the Midlands, and the industrial North. Her "spiritual communications" filled some sixty-five books and pamphlets from 1801 until her death. Most contemporary observers dismissed Southcott as a fanatic, and she was frequently the subject of caricature and ridicule. James Hopkins attempts to remedy this distortion by examining Southcott's life and the millenarian movement she led within the context of the social, political, and economic crises of the period. By tracing the psychological and popular roots of Southcott's piety, and casting her appeal against the backdrop of a revolutionary age, Hopkins not only vividly portrays the life of this fascinating woman but also offers a new perspective on the mentality of ordinary English men and women during the years of their transformation into a working class.

On the night of Alex Carmody's sixteenth birthday, she and her best friend, Cass, are victims of a terrible car accident. Alex survives; Cass doesn't. Consumed by grief, Alex starts cutting school and partying, growing increasingly detached. The future she'd planned with her friend is now meaningless to her. Meg Carmody is heartbroken for her daughter, even as she's desperate to get Alex's life back on track. The Birches, a boarding school in New Hampshire, promises to do just that, yet Alex refuses to go. But when Meg finds a bag of pills hidden in the house, she makes a fateful call to a transporter whose company specializes in shuttling troubled teens to places like The Birches, under strict supervision. Meg knows Alex will feel betrayed--as will her estranged husband, who knows nothing of Meg's plans for their daughter. When the transport goes wrong--and Alex goes missing--Meg must face the consequences of her decision and her deception. But the hunt for Alex reveals that Meg is not the only one keeping secrets.

This is the first edition of this title. A revised edition has now been released (9781604919219). Effective feedback, whether it's meant for your boss, your peers, or your direct reports, is built around three ideas. One, focus on the situation. Two, describe the other person's behavior you observed in that situation. And third, describe the impact that behavior had on you. The result is a message that is clear and that can inspire action and productive change