There was once a girl child found after a thunderstorm amid a wash of shells and sea foam by Orsino, a grief-stricken king who’d only just buried his wife and unborn daughter. The king raised the child alongside his son, Orlando, dismissing the local belief she must be a mermaid. As the years passed, the girl grew into a beautiful young woman, the fairest in the land. As she grew, so did Orlando...and a love between them that even the changing tides could not break. She was never meant to be a princess but rather a woman to be loved by a prince. While love's aim flies true, his timing fails the target. Even the strongest of romance is no match for war--this I promise you. For I am the mermaid child, and this is my story.

Take a deep drive into the wonders of the sea with Julia Rothman's bestselling illustrated ocean guide. Follow Rothman’s inquisitive mind and perceptive eye along shorelines, across the open ocean, and below the waves for an artistic exploration of the watery universe. Through her drawings, discover how the world’s oceans formed, why the sea is salty, and the forces behind oceanic phenomena such as rogue waves. Colorful anatomical profiles of sea creatures from crustacean to cetacean, surveys of seafaring vessels and lighthouses, and the impact of plastic and warming water temperatures are just part of this compendium of curiosities that will entertain and educate readers of all ages. Also available in Julia Rothman's Anatomy series: Nature Anatomy, Farm Anatomy, Food Anatomy,Nature Anatomy Notebook, and Wildlife Anatomy.

This book is a love story. Perhaps not your conventional love story but a love story nonetheless. It has not been written for everyone for not everyone will see the beauty that is there. It is written for those who can read with their hearts as well as their minds. It is a book for those who understand something about romance and sacrifice, agony and ecstasy, love and forgiveness. This book was written to preserve a story too beautiful to go unrecorded. It is the story of a woman who saw herself as a beggar girl, but who dared to fall in love with the King of Kings. It is the story of a passion that raged like a forest fire through her life and a will that did violence to heaven until it captured the heart of God. It is a book about humility, obedience and love.

Book 4 of the Becoming Adam series continues the contemporary saga that has become the love/unlove story of Michael and Jenthe beautiful wife Michael abandoned in her garden in search of his dream to find "Eve," the woman with whom he hopes to share a perfect love gone right. Michael knew when he left home that he was growing older, that he didn't have a whole lot of time to fulfill his fantasy. Now he discovers a time bomb growing in his body; he's told that he is dying. How do Michael's dear ones, the women he met along the way, handle the news? How does Jen react? Will they move closer or further apart? What pearls of wisdom and what true experiences does Michael add to the stories hospice nurse Suzanne tells as he unexpectedly begins to live out his own dying? Does law of attraction continue to play a big part in his life? Michael concludes this book by writing: "I am content because I rise above contention and go forward with love and purpose. Its easy to be who I am, I am Becoming Adam, I walk always towards the greater light. It is there in the garden that a perfect love awaits my coming. Ill soon be there, Im going home . . ." Is he referring to a garden in heaven, or is Michael going home to Jen?

As human beings, we often tend to categorize our experiences as either good or bad. However, the truth is that each experience, no matter how unpleasant it may seem at the time, has the potential to teach us valuable lessons. It is up to us to shift our perspective and view these experiences in a more holistic manner. Louise L. Hay, a renowned motivational author and speaker, emphasized the importance of looking at life experiences as opportunities for growth and learning. She believed that every experience we have is an opportunity for us to become more aware of ourselves and our inner power. Her teachings inspire individuals to take responsibility for their thoughts and actions, and realize that they have the power to shape their own reality. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, another influential author and speaker, also highlighted the importance of shifting one's perspective and taking a more positive approach to life experiences. He believed that our thoughts and beliefs shape our reality, and encouraged individuals to adopt a mindset of gratitude and abundance. For the author, Louise L. Hay and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer served as mentors and sources of inspiration. This book is a tribute to them both and the valuable lessons they imparted. By adopting their teachings and viewing her own life experiences as opportunities for growth, the Author has been able to transform her outlook on life and find deeper meaning in even the most challenging situations

A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising! In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject, examining ocean cruising from economic, semiotic, sociological, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, and offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender, the sociology of dining on cruise ships, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the “compulsion to cruise,” consolidation in the industry, the exploitation of workers on cruise ships, and a great deal more. Here's a section-by-section rundown of what's in store for you and your students in this one-of-a-kind new text: “The Economics of Cruising” examines cruise categories, industry consolidation, worker exploitation, and ways that cruise lines make money aside from ticket sales. This section also compares the costs of cruises vs. land-based vacations and fills you in on the typical weekly food and beverage consumption of the Carnival line's complement of ships, which sheds light on how a cruise line can, for a mere $10, provide a food array that would cost a restaurant or hotel $33 to $40. “Signs at Sea—The Semiotics of Cruising” provides you with a quick primer on semiotics and then discusses the cruise ship as a sign system and then breaks the system down to its component parts, discussing dining rooms, cabins/staterooms, dress codes, spatiality, luxury signifiers, the perceived elitism of the cruise experience, the role of photography, and more. “A Sociological Analysis of Cruising” explores cruise demographics and their meaning, time budgeting on cruises, the sociology of dining, new trends in cruising, and the meaning of gender in relation to ocean cruising. A particularly intriguing chapter is “A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising.” Beginning with a look at the compulsion to cruise, this section explores cruising's relationship with the unconscious, the paradise myth, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the desire for unconditional love, psychological regression, and more. In “Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises,” you'll examine print advertisements from eight major cruise lines, look at what they have in common and what the differences are between the messages each cruise line hopes to convey via the style and content of their ads and brochures. “Cruising (on) the Internet” looks at the intersection of the information superhighway with the world of cruising. You'll learn about the cruise lines' own Web sites, travel agency sites, Internet sites designed to rate and review cruises and cruise ships, and more. “Notes from a Cruise Journal” shares the author’s on-site reflections and impressions of a weeklong cruise from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and back. Written in accessible, jargon-free language that will appeal to students at all levels, Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis is the most recent of a very small selection of scholarly studies of ocean cruising available in English. Make it a part of your cultural studies, leisure studies, sociology, travel/tourism/hospitality, popular culture, or American studies course this semester!

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life. Yet, the worlds oceans are currently on a dangerous trajectory of decline, threatened by acidification, oil and gas drilling, overfishing, and, in the long term, deep-sea mining, bioprospecting, and geo-engineering. In The Geopolitics of Deep Oceans, noted environmental sociologist John Hannigan examines the past, present and future of our planets final frontier. The author argues that our understanding of the deep - its definition, boundaries, value, ownership, health and future state - depends on whether we see it first and foremost as a resource cornucopia, a political chessboard, a shared commons, or a unique and threatened ecology. He concludes by locating a new storyline that imagines the oceans as a canary-in-the-mineshaft for gauging the impact of global climate change. The Geopolitics of Deep Oceans is a unique introduction to the geography, law, politics and sociology of the sub-surface ocean. It will appeal to anyone seriously concerned about the present state and future fate of the largest single habitat for life on our planet.