Danielle, young, naive and idealistic, embarks on her career as an actress, seeking the passion and fulfillment of both love and art, and is inexorably drawn to great drama - on stage and off. Ripe for every kind of experience, she falls passionately in love with a poet, fourteen years her senior, to whom she gives herself, body and soul. She sees him as a 'Greek god', until it transpires that he has a dark secret. Their love affair explodes around the theatre in Canterbury, and in a run-down cottage on the outskirts of town. But can she love him - and live with the fallout from his secret?What will happen if the barrier falls? An unexpected intrusion takes them, together and separately, to other places... The novel is a poetic exploration of obsessive first love: the passion and the ecstasy, the pain and despair. It is deeply erotic, complex and disturbing. It is also a spiritual odyssey... But will it bring redemption?

No man is happier than Li Fong -- until he discovers his lovely wives are really serpent-demons! Long and long ago, before the foreign devils came, old China was a land of ancient culture and strange magic. There, Li Fong, a student of apothecary, seems the luckiest of men. By what has to be happy chance, he has been led to take two charming and quite wealthy ladies as his wives. How could he know that his loving and beloved Mei Ling and Meilan are really spirit-demons? Or that the great snake that comes to his aid is really Mei Ling in her natural form? But the wicked Taoist magician Chang Lu knows the truth and plots evil for Li Fong and his wives. Nor can the magic of Mei Ling prevail, though she struggles to protect her husband and gain true humanity for herself. In the end, she can only summon the beautiful and terrible dragons to her aid!

Dropped (or falling) objects are one of the leading sources of injuries and deaths in the workplace. If you STOP dropped objects, you SAVE LIVES. The subtitle says it all. Safety is the hardest thing you do! Team leaders to CEO’s have the massive responsibility to ensure every member of their team or workforce goes home unharmed every single day. Sure, it’s hard. Nearly anything can fall for many different reasons, and few detailed regulations currently exist. It’s actually several difficult problems packaged as one. But don’t let that scare you away; plenty of others have made significant improvements. You can too. Don’t Let it Fall: Stop Dropped Objects, Save Lives is the first detailed look at the vast scope of the dropped objects challenge. You will learn: - Why the problem is so difficult - The potential risk of dropped objects. - The different types of dropped objects. - Controls to prevent the different types of dropped objects. - How to apply your HSE Management System to bolster these controls. - Where else to go for help. - What you can do in your role to prevent harm from dropped objects. If you are looking for 5 Easy Steps to Eliminate Dropped Objects in 30 Days, keep searching. If you want to create sustainable changes that will make a real difference to real people, read this book and roll up your sleeves. What else are you doing that is more important? While this book is focused on Dropped Objects by design, many of the leadership concepts and systems described can also reduce injuries from other hazards.

A bindup of the New York Times bestselling series by Trenton Lee Stewart Catch up on the adventures of the Mysterious Benedict Society with this electronic bindup, which includes the four books in the New York Times bestselling series, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages, as well as the prequel, The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict.