"A cozy affirmation for introverts and homebodies about loss, love, and being enough." —Abby Jimenez, author of Yours Truly She found the right guy at the dead wrong time . . . When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to discover that no one knows he dumped her, she agrees to play the grieving girlfriend for the sake of the family. Little did she know this meant packing up Sam's apartment with his prickly best friend, Adam Berg. After all, it'll only take four weekends . . . But Adam doesn’t want Alison anywhere near him. Forced to spend long hours with the grump and his monosyllabic demeanor, Alison decides to put her people-pleasing abilities to the test. She will make him like her. And after awkward family affairs and packing up dilemmas, the two form a tenuous friendship . . . if “friendship” means incredible chemistry and sexual tension. Can Alison come clean and finally embrace the life and love she's always wanted? Or will her little white lie get in the way of her new, unexpected romance?

Featuring excerpts from interviews and frame-by-frame analysis of important scenes from films such as Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic, Alexandra Keller provides the first critical study of James Cameron as an auteur. Considering in particular his treatment of gender and preoccupation with capital, both in his films and his filmmaking practice, Keller offers an overview of Cameron's work and its significance within cinematic history. Sections in the book include: Chronology Key Debates Key Scenes Sources Resources. This is a fascinating insight into the work of one of Hollywood's top directors, and will prove invalubale to students of film studies and media studies all over the English-speaking world.

Are there athiests in a foxhole? Read Through the Darkness Comes the Light and find out about one Marine Sniper with two tours in the Vietnam. Through the Darkness is an unlikely story of the conversion of an athiest, Marine Sniper and alcoholic. Ed wasnt interested in religion or good for that matter. Then a friend, a member of no church, bore his testimony and changed a snipers life years after the war. He tells in stunning detail his continuing conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Before you turn off to the 'Mormon' thing, read on and learn how in this difficult journey he found out more than one truth when a non-member Christian friend once said to him "Eddie, we can never let our differences get in the way of the fact we love each other". It is a story of tragedy and challenge, love and hate and the ultimate peace in the end. Ed tells how a conversion is a living thing and must continue to the end. A must read for todays problems.

Offers job descriptions and career planning information for people who choose not to pursue a college degree.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST. Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley for VC and NVA. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and NVA countersniper ambushes are fascinating. In DEAD CENTER, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts--while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.

Looks at the retreats and homes where each president spent his downtime, providing historical context on why these sites were chosen by each Commander-in-Chief.

Finding Wholeness through Tears, Joys, and the Everyday From the woman fighting cancer to the man who has lost his child to the girl sinking into depression, so many of us are engaged in daily battles as we long for healing. When he walked the earth, Jesus said to an unwell man, "Do you want to be made well?" His invitation stretched beyond physical healing--he sought to restore the soul. The same invitation stands for us today. For anyone struggling on the journey toward wholeness, singer/songwriter Jenny Simmons offers a resting place and a friend along the way. With personal insight into emotional pain, she invites readers to encounter a God who is working out their restoration--often in surprising "half-baked" ways. Her humorous and inspirational prose lights a path toward wholeness. Anyone trying to find their way to spiritual, mental, and emotional healing will benefit from Jenny's vulnerable and compassionate stories of being made well in the midst of a messy life.

Can really bad things just happen to good ordinary working folk? Duane, Frankie, Arthur, Syd, Slim, Harry, Dave, Jack. Reg, Sheila and Tony, make up “The Ten Bob Notes” a jobbing part time dance band playing in the Black Country 'Brumijum' in the 1950's. (Yes there are eleven but Duane's the leader/conductor so he doesn't count!) Is Frankie really that bad? A 'Ted' with a dangerous quiff who dabbles in dodgy deals and a bit of fast transport with his black Austin Atlantic convertible. Syd, a very sad clarinet player who harbours dark thoughts since his soulmate suddenly died.Harry has unending talent but a propensity for beer and extra's that he hates but cannot forsake.Jack is young and as smooth as the slide on his new trombone as he finally manages to separate his Dad from his 500cc BSA motorbike and sidecar. Only to find it leads him to uncertain decisions.Reg and Arthur who share work at the foundry, a green Ford Esquire van and a love of music and fishing. Sheila Salvadori the sultry dark haired singer who croons with Tony but swoons with Frankie. Slim who adores from afar, his chubby profile and safe personality confining him to the also rans of life, until fate makes him an attractive option. And Dave who's tensions and compulsive obsessions find release in rhythms and beats. Bright ballroom lights provide essential relief for the men and women of the dirtier side of the industrial revolution as they provide the old time dance music of the forties and fifties. But what about Jonny?