Simply Perfect

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Dell
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440241997

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Simply Perfect by Mary Balogh Pdf

Against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of four teachers at an elite academy for young ladies. As headmistress of Miss Martin’s School for Girls in Bath, Claudia Martin long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin, embarking on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But Claudia knows she has no place in Joseph’s aristocratic world. And now that world is about to be rocked by scanda.…An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from Claudia’s past conspire to drive the lovers apart. But Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost—even if that means breaking every rule for a love that is everything he has ever wanted.…

Author : Zoe Clark
Publisher : David & Charles
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781446364802

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Simply Perfect Party Cakes for Kids by Zoe Clark Pdf

A stunning collection of easy-to-achieve novelty cakes for children and tweens from the internationally renowned cake decorator. Simply Perfect Party Cakes for Kids features easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography that shows you in detail how to create and build each of Zoe Clark’s cake designs. And with her tried and tested cake recipes, you will soon be making amazing party cakes at home that you’ll be proud to show off! The cake designs include a baby elephant, a 3-D toy box cake, an enchanted garden design, and a circus-inspired cake for younger children, as well as a surfing cake, paintball cake, and makeup cake for older kids. “Clark does an incredible job breaking down every single step, and shows the reader a bunch of little ‘short cuts’ that are the key to giving you a polished looking finished cake.” —Kitchen Trials “Includes a dozen cakes (and some cupcakes and cookies) with detailed instructions and gorgeous photos . . . There is definitely something to please everyone. Simply Perfect Cakes is simply perfect!” —Munchkin Munchies

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440337546

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Simply Perfect by Mary Balogh Pdf

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. Set against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh’s latest novel sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school’s teachers—headmistress Claudia Martin—will find her well-ordered world jolted by love when she meets a man who would make the perfect husband…for somebody else. Tall, dark, and exquisitely sensual, he is the epitome of male perfection. Not that Claudia Martin is looking for a lover. Or a husband. As owner and headmistress of Miss Martin’s School for Girls in Bath, she long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin. Joseph has his own reasons for seeking Claudia out. Instantly, irresistibly attracted to the dedicated teacher, he embarks on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But as heir to a prestigious dukedom, Joseph is expected to carry on his family’s legacy. And Claudia knows she has no place in his world. Now that world is about to be rocked by scandal. An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from Claudia’s past conspire to drive the lovers apart. But Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost. Even if that means defying convention and breaking every rule for a love that is everything he has ever wanted—a love that is perfection itself…

Author : Anne Marie Soto,Simplicity Pattern Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Dressmaking
ISBN : 073942100X

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Simplicity's Simply the Best Sewing Book by Anne Marie Soto,Simplicity Pattern Co Pdf

Author : Simplicity Pattern Co
Publisher : Fireside Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : House furnishings
ISBN : 0918178398

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Simplicity's Simply the Best Home Decorating Book by Simplicity Pattern Co Pdf

Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer,Matthew Kapstein,Gray Tuttle
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
ISBN : 9780231135993

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Sources of Tibetan Tradition by Kurtis R. Schaeffer,Matthew Kapstein,Gray Tuttle Pdf

The most comprehensive collection of classic Tibetan works in any Western language.

Author : D. Stephen Long
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506416878

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The Perfectly Simple Triune God by D. Stephen Long Pdf

A particularly nettlesome question is that around the relationship of the confession of God as a simple yet threefold being—the treatises of the one God and the Trinity. Although God as simple and Triune was widely accepted for over a millennium, simplicity has been widely critiqued and rejected by modern theology. The purported error is in conceiving God’s unity prior to the Triune persons, an error begun by Augustine and crystallized in Aquinas. The Perfectly Simple Triune God challenges this critique and reading of Aquinas as a misunderstanding of his doctrine of God. By refusing to begin theology with God’s oneness, who God is collapses into who God is for us, a loss of the biblical and dramatic character of God for us. D. Stephen Long posits that the two treatises were never independent, but inextricably related and entailing one another. Long provides a constructive rereading of Thomas Aquinas, tracing antecedents to Aquinas in the patristic tradition, and readings of him through to the Reformers, taking into account challenges to the classical tradition posed by modern and contemporary theology and philosophy to offer a robust articulation of divine Trinitarian agency for a contemporary age that adheres to broadly considered orthodox and ecumenical parameters.

Author : Maurice R. Holloway,George Klubertanz
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783868382792

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Being and God by Maurice R. Holloway,George Klubertanz Pdf

The subject of this book is “metaphysics.” Aristotle called it “first philosophy”; by this term he and St. Thomas Aquinas mean the full philosophical treatment of being and its Cause, of Being and God. Metaphysics begins with the beings of experience. Its preliminary concern is with the beings of direct experience, not with concepts, not with emotions or guesses (no matter how noble), not with some logical pre-conditions of experience (often dignified with the impressive term “a priori conditions”). In the beings of experience, and there only, we find what being is, and by an inductive analysis we come to know its intrinsic and extrinsic principles as well as its common attributes. But metaphysics, in its full sense, is more than an “immanent metaphysics,” as some recent philosophers would wish it to be; the principles the metaphysician finds in the beings of experience lead him beyond experience.

Author : Kitty Maynard,Lucian Maynard
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781418580452

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Best Recipes from American Country Inns and Bed and Breakfasts by Kitty Maynard,Lucian Maynard Pdf

The best crowd-pleasing recipes from widely acclaimed country inns and bed & breakfasts in the United States are collected in this unique cookbook and travel guide. More than 340 inns and 1,500 recipes are collected here, some from the finest chefs in America, while others represent the best in mouth-watering homestyle cooking. More than a cookbook, Best Recipes from American Country Inns and Bed & Breakfasts is organized alphabetically - state-by-state. It is a reliable guide to the inns themselves, including addresses, phone numbers, and a listing of activities available at each inn. There are two extensive indexes. One allows you to find the inns by city and state, and the other allows the reader to find any recipe or type of recipe quickly and easily. Kitty and Lucian Maynard have written two similar books, The American Country Inn and Bed & Breakfast Cookbook, Vol. I and Vol. II. These have been selections of Book-of-the-Month Club, the Better Homes and Gardens Book Club, and Family Bookshelf. The first book was featured on the back of Just Right cereal boxes. Reviews rave about the excellent, tasty recipes: "Everything we tried was terrific!" - Brunswick (Maine) Times Record "Many of these dishes are unique creations of the inn chefs and are not to be found elsewhere." - The Midwest Book Review "Chock full of mouthwatering recipes . . . a grand selection of entrees." - Levittown (Pennsylvania) Courier-Times

Author : Rachel Linden
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780718095772

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Becoming the Talbot Sisters by Rachel Linden Pdf

Twin sisters Waverly and Charlie Talbot have drifted far apart as they pursue opposite dreams of stardom and service to the poor. Now they must come together to face their fears, find their courage, and fight for what they love. Celebrity chef Waverly Talbot has built a successful career with her home-entertaining show Simply Perfect. Yet she and her husband, Andrew, have never been able to realize the true desire of Waverly’s heart: to become a mother. Meanwhile Waverly’s twin sister, Charlie, buries her bitter disappointment and shattered idealism beneath a life spent serving others as an international aid worker in Budapest, Hungary. When the beloved aunt who raised them passes away, Waverly and Charlie come together in their grief after living years on separate continents. Struck by a fierce desire to bridge the distance between them, Charlie offers Waverly and her husband the selfless gift of surrogacy. But soon the sisters find they are each in danger of losing their jobs, seemingly putting their dreams on hold once again. When Waverly shows up unannounced in Budapest with a plan to rescue Simply Perfect, the sisters embark on an adventure across central Europe that could save them both from occupational hazards. Though the twins haven’t had to rely on each other since childhood, a dramatic turn in their journey forces them to stand together to save their careers, the baby, and each other.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434975416

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In the Cool of the Day by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anne Waldschmidt,Hanjo Berressem,Moritz Ingwersen
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839425336

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Culture - Theory - Disability by Anne Waldschmidt,Hanjo Berressem,Moritz Ingwersen Pdf

Which theoretical and methodological approaches of contemporary cultural criticism resonate within the field of disability studies? What can cultural studies gain by incorporating disability more fully into its toolbox for critical analysis? Culture - Theory - Disability features contributions by leading international cultural disability studies scholars which are complemented with a diverse range of responses from across the humanities spectrum. This essential volume encourages the problematization of disability in connection with critical theories of literary and cultural representation, aesthetics, politics, science and technology, sociology, and philosophy. It includes essays by Lennard J. Davis, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Robert McRuer and Margrit Shildrick.

Author : Peter van Inwagen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000915242

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Metaphysics by Peter van Inwagen Pdf

This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of human thought and sensation? What is time? Is there such a thing as objective truth? Why is there something rather than nothing? Does our existence have a meaning? Are we physical or non-physical beings? Do we have free will? Are there things that do not exist? Do universals exist? This Fifth Edition differs from the Fourth in that the long, previously difficult chapter on time has been extensively rewritten, making it much more accessible and engaging for the student reader. In addition, the author has enhanced clarity throughout the text with improvements to word choice, sentence structure, and paragraph lucidity. Finally, the Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each chapter and the General Bibliography have all been brought up to date. Key Features: Presupposes no prior acquaintance with philosophy, making the book ideal for the undergraduate student or interested general reader Offers 13 chapters, organized into three parts and each with its own introduction: The Way the World Is Why the World Is The Inhabitants of the World Incorporates extensive revisions to Chapter 4 on temporality Includes updates to the Chapter Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading as well as to the General Bibliography

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Dell
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440244226

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First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh Pdf

Against the scandal and seduction of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh introduces an extraordinary family—the fiery, sensual Huxtables. Vanessa is the second daughter, proud and daring, a young widow who has her own reason for pursuing the most eligible bachelor in London. One that has nothing to do with love. Or does it? The arrival of Elliott Wallace, the irresistibly eligible Viscount Lyngate, has thrown the country village of Throckbridge into a tizzy. Desperate to rescue her eldest sister from a loveless union, Vanessa Huxtable Dew offers herself instead. In need of a wife, Elliott takes the audacious widow up on her unconventional proposal while he pursues an urgent mission of his own. But a strange thing happens on the way to the wedding night. Two strangers with absolutely nothing in common can’t keep their hands off each other. Now, as intrigue swirls around a past secret—one with a stunning connection to the Huxtables—Elliott and Vanessa are uncovering the glorious pleasures of the marriage bed…and discovering that when it comes to wedded bliss, love can’t be far behind.

Author : Liz Gutman,Jen King
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780761175032

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The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook by Liz Gutman,Jen King Pdf

Chocolate Mint Meltaways. PB&J Cups. Chai Latte Lollipops. Cherry Cordials, Spicy Pralines, and the cult favorite, Beer and Pretzel Caramels. Plus candy bars—the Twist Bar, the Nutty Bar, the Coconut-Lime Bar, inspired by commercial favorites (Snickers, Twix) but taken to new heights of deliciousness. And the French-style sea salt caramels that Daniel Boulud claimed were better than those he’d tasted in France. Yes, you really can make these sublime treats at home thanks to Liz Gutman and Jen King, the classically trained pastry chefs who traded in their toques to make candy—and now lead the candy-craft movement as proprietors of Liddabit Sweets, the Brooklyn confectionery whose products have drawn the attention of The Early Show, Fox and Friends, the Cooking Channel, O, The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Food & Wine, GQ, and more. Doing for candymaking what Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream did for ice cream, The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook is the perfect marriage of sugar and spice, packed with 75 foolproof recipes, full-color photographs, and lots of attitude. The approachable recipes, offbeat humor, and step-by-step photographs remind us that home candymaking is meant to be fun. The flavor combinations, down-to-earth advice, and easy directions make this the guide to turn to whether making candy for a treat, a holiday, a gift, or a bake sale.