At her mother's cottage on a coastal Georgia river, Abbey Taylor Bunn cherishes Labor Day as an annual getaway. On the eve of her departure for the yearly holiday weekend, Abbey is mystified by a series of alarming events concerning her husband. As if uncertainty about her marriage isn't enough, her dearest friend is diagnosed with cancer and must make a decision about undergoing life-altering surgery. Predictions about a fast-moving tropical storm heighten Abbey's tension and leave her alone to cope with her husband and her fearful friend. As the intensifying storm sweeps nearer, Abbey presses her sly spouse for troubling answers while giving her shaken companion room to find her own solution. When the catastrophic Category 4 hurricane makes landfall nearby, their focuses narrow, and each momentous decision they make could be their last. "A stirring story about family ties, women's friendships, and survival." -Dana Ridenour, Award-Winning Author of Behind the Mask, Beyond the Cabin, and Below the Radar "Treacherous storms are brewing, of both the literal and figurative kinds, in the breathtakingly beautiful vision of coastal Georgia that serves as the precarious setting of Tidewater Tempest. Abbey Taylor Bunn must navigate the upending uncertainties of family, friendship, and forecasts as she faces myriad dangers to her life as she knows it in this newest page-turner from M. Z. Thwaite. A wild and rewarding ride indeed." -Jonathan Haupt, Co-Editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy and Executive Director, PatConroyLiteraryCenter.org "M. Z. Thwaite ups the ante on the suspense in the third book of her Tidewater series. Fans of Abbey Taylor Bunn will not want Tidewater Tempest to end." -Rockelle Henderson, Founder of the Bluffton Book Festival M. Z. Thwaite shares her lifelong love affair with Georgia's Golden Isles as the author of the Tidewater literary suspense series. A licensed Realtor for nearly forty years, she continues to enjoy the simple pleasures of the hunting and fishing club co-founded by her maternal grandfather. She grew up in Atlanta and lives in Beaufort, South Carolina, with her husband, Steve Weeks, of Riverton, New Jersey.

This book explores the influence of classical texts upon early European settlers and inhabitants of the Tidewater region of Virginia, addressing how Greek and Roman literature and culture shaped and sometimes challenged prevailing assumptions about personhood, liberty, town planning, and representative government in Virginia during the period of its expansion from the fort at Jamestown to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia. Ben Haller introduces the reader to the Ovid translation which George Sandys penned during his time in Virginia as Treasurer; William Strachey’s account of the wreck of the Sea Venture, likely one inspiration for William Shakespeare’s The Tempest; William Byrd II’s writings, including his secret diaries which record the intimate details of the life of an Indian Trader and plantation owner in the early eighteenth century; and Jefferson’s expansive Enlightenment Era appetite for knowledge classical and modern. Haller’s analysis of these texts is carefully anchored in a discussion of the cultural historical context of the English settlement of Virginia, the excavations of Pompeii, the eighteenth-century mania for Palladian architecture, the construction of the campus of the University of Virginia, and new Enlightenment ideals of personal liberty and human rights which came to the fore during Jefferson’s lifetime, and which he helped to enshrine in modern American political thought.

Can love survive the storm of the century? On the isolated Bellamy Isle, where history whispers through the walls of its ancient lighthouse, a storm unlike any other is brewing. Emma Pruett and Julian Fernández find themselves adversaries in a battle over the future of this historic beacon. Emma, with her deep reverence for the past, fights to preserve the romantic tales of the lighthouse keepers, while Julian, driven by modern progress, is set to automate the beacon, stripping it of its soul. As they clash, with fiery exchanges as fierce as the storm brewing on the horizon, they miss their last chance to escape. The island becomes their prison; the storm, their judge. Trapped and isolated, Emma and Julian must confront not just the rising fury of nature but the storm within themselves. Dive into 85,000 words of intense emotions and thrilling suspense in this unputdownable enemies-to-lovers beach read. Will they find common ground as the world around them falls apart? Can they rewrite their destinies together, or will their differences prove too vast to bridge? With each passing hour, the hurricane draws closer, challenging them with torrential rains and devastating winds that threaten to tear the lighthouse-and them-apart. In the heart of the tempest, amidst the chaos of wind and waves, a delicate bond begins to form between them. A connection as unpredictable and dangerous as the hurricane itself. As the storm rages around them, their burgeoning love faces its ultimate test. Prepare to be swept away by The Tide and the Tempest-a tale of survival, passion, and the power of love to triumph over all. Will Emma and Julian emerge from the storm together, or will the tempest's might sweep away everything they've come to hold dear? Find out if love can weather the storm in this breathtaking novel that you simply cannot put down.

A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary presents 9,000 words organized thematically in 300 different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics, from politics to business, and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is annotated with the most frequent collocations allowing learners to improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to practice the new material. This is a great resource for both independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding of Chinese expressions, students are encouraged to read 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese Idioms.

The Meta Incognita Project investigates Martin Frobisher’s Arctic expeditions of 1576-1578 (which included the first English attempt to establish a colony in Canada and mine its mineral resources) and their effects on the culture of the Inuit he encountered. This report focuses mainly on the field investigations conducted in 1991 by a number of Canadian and American archaeologists, anthropologists and geologists and includes papers on their preliminary findings as well as on the historical context and the issues of the project.

Six years ago, Desolation Day stole everything from Samara-except the drive to be stronger, fight harder, and never look back. But her greatest test is yet to come. When the enemy washes ashore with the rising tides, upturning Samara's world once again, can she shed the scars of her past to save her people, or will her hatred destroy her completely?Venture beyond the desert lands of Sagebrush and through the scorched forest in Tide and Tempest, the next standalone installment in the Forgotten Lands historical fantasy adventures.