Downtown Devil

Author : Cara McKenna
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698185432

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Downtown Devil by Cara McKenna Pdf

From the author of Crosstown Crush comes the second sexy novel in the trilogy that explores the illicit pleasures of ménage à trois. At the edge of thirty, Clare is feeling restless. Even though she’s gainfully employed and pursuing her passion for photography, she can’t shake the feeling that something’s missing. Then she meets Mica. A perfect subject for her portrait exhibit, Mica is sexy, exciting, and everything Clare desires. One night with the charismatic stranger is all it takes to leave her craving more. But the intensity Mica brings isn’t confined to the bedroom, and Clare wonders if this summer fling might turn more adventurous than she anticipated—especially as a curious energy starts to simmer between the two of them and Mica’s handsome roommate, Vaughn. As the three-way tension mounts, Mica makes a sinful proposal. It’s an invitation Clare can’t pass up, and an erotic encounter she’ll never be able to forget. Caught up between two irresistible men, Clare is about to get all the excitement she’s been looking for—and then some.... Includes an exclusive preview of the next Sins in the City Novel, Midtown Masters Praise for Cara McKenna “The sweet, smoking-hot, standout erotic romance you’ve been craving.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Beth Kery “McKenna is a master.”—#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Maya Banks “Dirty and mesmerizing.”—Fiction Vixen “McKenna knows how to write sexy-as-hell bad boys.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Jaci Burton

Author : Nicolas A. Valcik,Todd A. Jordan,Teodoro J. Benavides,Andrea D. Stigdon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351589758

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City Planning for the Public Manager by Nicolas A. Valcik,Todd A. Jordan,Teodoro J. Benavides,Andrea D. Stigdon Pdf

Why should public administrators care about city planning? Is city planning not a field ruled by architects and public works personnel? Much of city planning in fact requires expertise in areas other than buildings and infrastructure, and with city planning expertise, urban administrators are empowered to make more informed decisions on matters that involve budgeting, economic development, tax revenues, public relations, and ordinances and policies that will benefit the community. City Planning for the Public Manager is designed to fill a gap in the urban administration literature, offering students and practitioners hands-on, practical advice from experts with diverse city administration experience, and demonstrating where theory and practice intersect. Divided into three sections, the book provides an overview of the life cycle of a municipality and its services, explores city planning applications for planners on a strict budget, and walks the reader through a real-life planning research project, demonstrating how it was formulated, implemented, and analyzed to produce usable results. Topics explored include justifications for specific city services, internal and external benchmarking used for city planning, common technical tools (e.g., GIS), legal aspects of planning and zoning, environmental concerns, transportation, residential planning, business district planning, and infrastructure. City Planning for the Public Manager is required reading for students of urban administration and practicing city administrators interested in improving their careers and their communities.

Author : Costas Spirou
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421440606

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Anchoring Innovation Districts by Costas Spirou Pdf

As universities transform cities with their innovation districts, what works in these new public-private partnerships? In recent years, the successful revitalization of urban areas has turned them into magnets for those looking for opportunities in a fast-paced and rapidly unfolding technology-based economy. After the economic crisis of 2008, many colleges and universities attempted to generate alternative sources of revenue and pursued aggressive economic development strategies. Some universities even began to actively invest resources in the rebirth (and rebranding) of urban cores, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial, technology-oriented innovation districts. In Anchoring Innovation Districts, Costas Spirou explains that these districts have emerged as geographic clusters of technology startups, business incubators, and accelerators. They aim to take advantage of intellectual capital, commercialize knowledge, and give their associated institutions a way to enter into the market. The outcome of robust private-public partnerships and complex real estate strategies, these initiatives also complement other urban revitalization efforts and reshape the socioeconomic makeup of city neighborhoods. Presenting readers with six case studies that explore the role of technological innovation, Spirou argues that higher education–anchored innovation districts can make significant contributions to economic expansion, job growth, and the institutions that guide their development. He also points out that these districts nonetheless raise questions about the impact of the Ivory Tower on the urban environment. Spirou focuses on Midtown Atlanta's Tech Square (Georgia Tech), Cambridge's Kendall Square (MIT), Philadelphia's University City (the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and the University of the Sciences), the PHX Core (Arizona State University), and the role that the University of West Florida in Pensacola and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga play in developing innovation ecosystems. Anchoring Innovation Districts provides unique insight into the transformative opportunities offered and the challenges faced by higher education in the built environment. University administrators, board members, policy makers, and scholars will find Spirou's analysis thought-provoking and helpful.

Author : Tara Lush
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643856193

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Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush Pdf

Barista Lana Lewis's sleuthing may land her in a latte trouble as Tara Lush launches her new Coffee Shop mysteries. When Lana Lewis' best -- and most difficult -- employee abruptly quits and goes to work for the competition just days before the Sunshine State Barista Championship, her café's chances of winning the contest are creamed. In front of a gossipy crowd in the small Florida town of Devil's Beach, Lana's normally calm demeanor heats to a boil when she runs into the arrogant java slinger. Of course, Fabrizio "Fab" Bellucci has a slick explanation for jumping ship. But when he's found dead the next morning under a palm tree in the alley behind Lana's café, she becomes the prime suspect. Even the island's handsome police chief isn't quite certain of her innocence. But Lana isn't the only one in town who was angry with Fabrizio. Jilted lovers, a shrimp boat captain, and a surfer with ties to the mob are all suspects as trouble brews on the beach. With her stoned, hippie dad, a Shih Tzu named Stanley, and a new, curious barista sporting a punk rock aesthetic at her side, Lana's prepared to turn up the heat to catch the real killer. After all, she is a former award-winning reporter. As scandal hangs over her beachside café, can Lana clear her name and win the championship -- or will she come to a bitter end?

Author : Z.J. Cannon
Publisher : Z.J. Cannon
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Righteous Devil by Z.J. Cannon Pdf

Nic Ward is on the highway to Hell… Beelzebub, lord of Hell, used to want me dead. Now he wants to hire me. The job: track down Lucifer, who’s been MIA since the war in Heaven. There’s one catch: with God dead, Lucifer is now the most powerful being in the universe… and he clearly doesn’t want to be found. I don’t relish the thought of being the one to interrupt his vacation. But the money is good. The prospect of getting off Beelzebub’s shit list is better. And the world’s been a mess since the Last War—might be nice to have someone around who’s capable of cleaning it up. With him on the case, maybe I could take a real vacation myself one of these days. So my team and I are going on a road trip to track down Hell’s most high-profile missing person. Just an ex-Inquisitor, a rogue priest, a hellhound the size of a small bear… and me, the fallen angel who drove a sword through God’s heart.

Author : Joanna Shupe
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062906861

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The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe Pdf

“Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!”—Sarah MacLean The final novel in Joanna Shupe's critically acclaimed Uptown Girl series about a beauitful do-gooder who must decide if she can team up with one of New York's brashest criminals without losing something irreplaceable: her heart. Manhattan kingpin. Brilliant mastermind. Gentleman gangster. He’s built a wall around his heart... Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery’s mean streets, Jack Mulligan survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. Now he rules his territory better than any politician or copper ever could. He didn’t get here by being soft. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene—the very definition of an iron fist in a velvet glove—Jack may have met his match. She wears hers on her sleeve... Justine is devoted to tracking down deadbeat husbands and fighting for fair working conditions. When her mission brings her face-to-face with Jack, she’s shocked to find the man behind the criminal empire is considerably more charming and honorable than many “gentlemen” she knows. Forming an unlikely alliance, they discover an unexpected desire. And when Justine’s past catches up with them, Jack may be her only hope of survival. Is she ready to make a deal with the devil...?

Author : F. J. Lennon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439186664

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Devil's Gate by F. J. Lennon Pdf

Some places are doomed to be haunted . . . Twenty-eight-year-old Kane Pryce used to have one of the strangest jobs in the world—capturing and exorcising spirits from people’s lives. After the stress of the job finally got to him, he left ghost hunting and has been busy reinventing himself as the lead guitarist of a band on the brink of success. But it isn’t long before Kane is asked to investigate a case involving Pasadena’s infamous Suicide Bridge, and gets sucked back into the supernatural realm. A mysterious force is luring hopeless victims to their death off the bridge, and Kane must discover what power is keeping the lost souls trapped there. As Kane uncovers the sinister, deadly secrets of the bridge, he spirals into the dangerous, shadowy world of the occult—the seedy underground world of the Hollywood music scene, tumultuous romances, and maddening journeys into the shattered minds of suicide victims. With the Soul Trap as his only defense, Kane must combat evil supernatural forces on a spiritual battlefield, a place between life and death, where the fate of his own soul hangs in the balance.

Author : Ze'ev Chafets
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804171410

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Devil's Night by Ze'ev Chafets Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book On Devil’s Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the “Murder Capital of America” often seems lit by those same fires. But as a native Detroiter, Ze’ev Chafets also shows us the city beneath the crime statistics—its ecstatic storefront churches; its fearful and embittered white suburbs; its cops and criminals; and the new breed of black officials who are determined to keep Detroit running in the midst of appalling dangers and indifference.

Author : George Newberry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781463493011

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The Devil's Reign by George Newberry Pdf

The Devils Reign is a true story. Statements made by the author in this book have been validated with documentation and verified by this publisher's legal department. You will read about a near-death experience, an ensuing mission to expose the forces of evil and warn people to get their lives in order with God, and mind-boggling events that followed. George spent years writing a screenplay to relay his message, while being bombarded with problems, financial losses and shocking supernatural experiences. For example: The name Lucifer mysteriously appeared on a court document, baffling even the agencies involved. When numerology was done on the circumstance involving that name it equaled 666. Many documented and witnessed supernatural occurrences followed. A priest told George, You have to finish your story or the Devil wins. George finished his screenplay. But, he was still being watched by an evil eye. In 1998 a Hollywood Producer took $20,000 from him and destroyed his script. In 1999, over twenty scenes of Georges script appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, End of Days. The production company for that film was Lucifilms and the production start date wasNovember 21, 1998, Georges birthday. George realized he was living the story he was to tell. He was in the midst of a battle between the forces of good and evil. His faith in the forces of good gave him the strength to confront the onslaught of evil, and he kept writing. He couldnt let the Devil win. Regardless of religious beliefs, The Devils Reign is an inspiring book that will change peoples lives for the better. The lamb never killed the lion. We cant conquer evil when we are bound by our own rules. We must fight evil with our enemys rules and with equal force or we will be destroyed.

Author : C. Sá,A. Kretz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137401014

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The Entrepreneurship Movement and the University by C. Sá,A. Kretz Pdf

Entrepreneurship is widely embraced today in political discourse, popular culture, and economic policy prescriptions. Several groups actively promote entrepreneurial thinking and practices in higher education. This book examines how this 'Entrepreneurship Movement' impacts higher education in Canada and the United States.

Author : Bob Weintraub
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781510725355

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Painting the Corners Again by Bob Weintraub Pdf

Painting the Corners Again is Bob Weintraub’s second marvelous collection of baseball stories. It goes directly to the core of what America’s pastime does for us when we watch it being played on the field. Weintraub shows us that baseball has its heroes and its villains, and that they can reach into a person’s life and remain a part of us for the rest of our days. Told from varying perspectives, Painting the Corners Again offers the personal experiences of the baseball player, manager, general manager, coach, scout, owner, writer, broadcaster, and fan. Each story strives for its own sense of authenticity and is full of characters that we recognize and want to spend time with. In this collection, the author digs beyond the statistics and numbers that sometimes dominate our view of a sport and gets to the true humanity of baseball.

Author : Newton Harrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Arroyo Seco (Pasadena, Calif.)
ISBN : UCSD:31822018680561

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Devil's Gate Transformation by Newton Harrison Pdf

Author : Cole Steele
Publisher : Eric Viele
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Beneath Devil's Lake by Cole Steele Pdf

Ned Harris is the ultimate apex predator. Huron University has offered him an ideal landscape in which to stalk his prey. But no serial killer is infallible in their mind. Hubris is sometimes blinding, and it's caused his ego to trespass over a line of perfection. He's taunted Detective Roman Lee at every turn following his sadistic ritual. The city of Kirkwood is on edge and now the President of Huron University has a missing daughter.

Author : David Chacko
Publisher : Foremost Press, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 9780981841861

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Devil's Feathers by David Chacko Pdf

"Inspector Levent, Istanbul Homicide, is on vacation when his most sensational case is handed off to him. How can he stop the past from invading the present with fire that literally burns its victims alive? What kind of vengeance consumes without ever being quenched? Devil's Feathers answers these questions and more"--Publisher.

Author : Ron Walden
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594331497

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Devil's Heart by Ron Walden Pdf

Jodi Eagle knew at an early age that he was going to leave the reservation. Being raised by his grandfather, Jodi had learned the ways of his Sioux heritage, but reservation life was not for him. He had seen too many friends come to a bad end. With help from friends he had made along the way Jodi became a Deputy Sheriff at North Bend, Washington where a killer was kidnapping and killing children.Local parents were terrified for their children. One of the victims was the son of Jodi's friend Earl Campbell. Jodi's own son was a school mate and friend of the murdered child. Jodi tried to help control his own son's grief with stories and customs of his Native American heritage. After eight years fingerprint evidence gathered at one of the crime scenes is matched with a body found near Anchorage, Alaska. This would solve the child murders, but opened a new question; Who killed the killer. The effect of this turmoil on residents of the small western Washington town was great and the wounds deep. His department would find closure to this eight year search with the implication of a one-time deputy. With enough twists to keep the reader engrossed and turning the pages and enough surprises to bend the mind.