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Highlands Deception

Author : Aileen Adams

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Page : 181 pages

File Size : 38,17 MB

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Category : Fiction

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Athdar has always had a charmed life. More or less. The son of a laird, he spent his time soldiering, carousing, and wenching at another laird’s castle. Now, however, he’s come home and his chickens seemed to have come home to roost as well. His father’s preparing to turn the lairdship over to Athdar one day, but first, Athdar must be wed. He’s to choose a wife from among a list of eligible daughters of nearby lairds. This handsome highlander’s not having it. What’s a highlander to do? Vanish, of course. And start a new life. Orphaned Highland healer Rhona has a dream and a dilemma. Her dream? To be the healer that her mother was. Her dilemma? An overzealous suitor who insists that she take his hand in marriage. It does not help that her grandmother is pushing for the wedding as well. And then, one day, a mysterious stranger drops in, practically from out of the sky. He appears in the ruins near her village, seeming to have no past, and sadly no future. Yet, he does possess something, this dashing, handsome highlander. By the end of a few days he possesses her heart. Until he vanishes. That’s when Rhona learns that lies can tear asunder the best laid plans. What will it take to mend her broken heart and put her world to rights?



The Highland Warlord's Kiss

Author : Donna Fletcher

Publisher : Donna Fletcher

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 13,27 MB

Release : 2023-08-12

Category : Fiction

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Some say the Isle of Outerson was once part of the mainland when one day the hands of a giant tore it free and set it adrift where it settled in a large loch. According to the myth the giant continues to reside there protecting the isle and the clan who inhabits it, the fierce Clan Norham. There is one problem though, the giant haunts the keep. Lord Torin is the present-day lord, and he needs a wife. He isn’t particularly interested in marriage, but he has a duty to his clan. He wants a wife who is pleasing to the eye, obeys his word, and holds her tongue. He will not abide a chatty wife. So, when he accidentally comes across Flora of Clan Strathearn, who barely utters a word, he believes he has found the perfect wife and proposes a marriage arrangement that is quickly accepted. Flora cannot believe that she barely arrives at her uncle’s home in the Highlands when he weds her to a complete stranger. She had never wanted to come to the Highlands but with her parents’ death she had no choice. She also has little to say, literally, since an illness has robbed her of all but a whispery voice that continues to heal. Normally, she loves to converse, to challenge opinions, to gain knowledge as her scholarly father had taught her. How she will ever survive the Highlands, let alone her marriage, she does not know. Then, of course, there is the ghost which Flora believes does not exist and sets out to prove it. Obstacles abound, challenges faced, and when Flora is given a chance to leave the isle and dissolve the marriage, does she take it? Or will Torin finally admit he loves her and refuse to let her go? Or will the ghost decide their fate? Note: While this trilogy does not need to be read in sequence, each book a standalone, Tavia and other characters from Highland Myth Trilogy were first introduced in Highland Secrets A Cree & Dawn Novel… a prelude of sorts to their individual stories.



The Tale of Healer Miguel Perdomo Neira

Author : David Sowell

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 32,60 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780842028271

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This new book tells the story of Miguel Perdomo Niera, a healer whose amazing cures during his travels through the northern Andes in the 1860s and 1870s evoked both enormous hostility and widespread adulation. A combination of narrative and analysis, the book documents Perdomo's experiences in Colombia and Ecuador and offers valuable insights into the social history of medicine during the Great Transformation in nineteenth-century Latin America. Reactions to Perdomo also illuminate the conflicts between colonial and modern and between religious and secular belief systems in Latin America during this time. This era pitted the norms of colonial Latin America against forces of change that shaped contemporary Latin America. Perdomo's practice of medicine demonstrated a strong religious influence that liberals thought were incompatible with a modern, secular society. Seldom have the contentions surrounding competitive medical systems been so starkly illuminated as in the case of Perdomo. One of a group of empirics, also known as cranderos, bleeders or barbers, who offered health care to people in Latin America, Perdomo did not charge for his services. Many people were perplexed by his cures. The drugs that he used allegedly enabled him to perform minor surgery without pain, swelling, or excessive bleeding. Supporters wrote numerous testimonials expressing their gratitude for his ability to cure illnesses that had plagued them for years. But Perdomo also had his detractors. Physicians, formally trained medicos, and those who supported scientific modernization were critical of Perdomo's practice of Hispanic medicine, even though it was part of the medical system of the day. Blending Catholic healing beliefs with indigenous and African medical ideologies, Hispanic medicine challenged the innovations occurring in the professional medical community. This volume also makes a singular contribution to a scholarly understanding of the emergence of medical pluralism, tracking the submergence of traditional



Highland Solution

Author : Ceci Giltenan

Publisher : Duncurra LLC

Page : 139 pages

File Size : 33,31 MB

Release : 2014-11-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0990487601

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Laird Niall MacIan needs Lady Katherine Ruthven’s dowry to relieve his clan’s crushing debt but he has no intention of giving her his heart in the bargain. Niall MacIan, a Highland laird, desperately needs funds to save his impoverished clan. Lady Katherine Ruthven, a lowland heiress, is rumored to be “unmarriageable” and her uncle hopes to be granted her title and lands when the king sends her to a convent. King David II anxious to strengthen his alliances sees a solution that will give Ruthven the title he wants, and MacIan the money he needs. Laird MacIan will receive Lady Katherine’s hand along with her substantial dowry and her uncle will receive her lands and title. Lady Katherine must forfeit everything in exchange for a husband who does not want to be married and believes all women to be self-centered and deceitful. Can the lovely and gentle Katherine mend his heart and build a life with him or will he allow the treachery of others to destroy them?



To Love A Highalnder

Author : Donna Fletcher

Publisher : Donna Fletcher

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 35,61 MB

Release : 2023-09-05

Category : Fiction

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His hate runs deep for her. Will his love run just as deep? Craven of the Clan MacCara is a fierce Highland warrior, fighting endless battles and conquering his foe, but there is nothing the mighty warrior can do to save his wife and unborn child. He can, however, make the person responsible for their deaths suffer for it. He had nearly taken the healer’s life that tragic day, his hands having been at her throat. To his regret, he let her live and warned her never to return. He has lived with that regret for the past year, but no more. She has dared to return home and he intends to make her suffer before he takes her life. He is called the beast for a reason and he intends to release the beast on her. Nothing will stop him. Nothing… or so he thinks. Espy has no place to go but home… to her grandmother, the one person who loves her. She has no choice, for what awaits her there is far less frightening than what she is running from. She is a healer, wise in the old ways and knowledgeable in the ways of a physician, her father having taught her. She is hopeful that Craven MacCara, a beast of a man, might find it in his heart to forgive her, since a day has not gone by that guilt, misplaced as it is, has not weighed heavily upon her. If not, then death will be her only salvation… or so she thinks. Truths begin to surface, lives are threatened, secrets are discovered, and love finds a way to heal the heart, and Espy discovers what it means… To Love A Highlander. Escape to the Highlands, late 1400s, in this historical romance, book one in the Highland Warrior Trilogy.



Cherished By A Highlander: Highland Revenge Trilogy Book 1

Author : Donna Fletcher

Publisher : Donna Fletcher

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 49,54 MB

Release : 2024-09-25

Category : Fiction

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Revenge consumes the Highlander’s thoughts… until he meets the healer. Shade is a dedicated healer focused solely on gaining as much knowledge as possible to help those suffering and in need. Living in the heart of the woods, people come from all around to seek her help. Consumed with her work, she has had no time to find a husband and at twenty and six years most believe she is past her prime. She tells herself to pay no heed to gossiping tongues but when she is alone at night she wonders if solitude will continue to be her only companion. Quint arrives at her cottage one day with a wound that needs her skills. It is obvious that he is a seasoned warrior, various healed scars on his body attesting to it. His injury requires him to remain at her cottage for at least a few days and she finds she quite enjoys having him there. It does not take long for her to find what she never thought she would or for Quint to rediscover what he lost… love. But Quint is harboring a secret, one that could possibly destroy the happiness both have finally found. When Shade receives a desperate message from her best friend at Clan MacLeish for help, she has no choice but to go. Quint refuses to let her make the journey alone and unprotected, and he refuses to lose her. So, they wed. Surprise and shock fill Shade’s wedding day when she discovers Quint’s true identity. He is the ruthless warrior known as The Monk and he is on a mission of revenge. He will not rest until he slaughters everyone responsible, whoever they may be. What Quint does not know is that Shade is one of those people. Will revenge or love triumph in this battle?



In the Arms of a Highland Warrior

Author : Donna Fletcher

Publisher : Donna Fletcher

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 30,98 MB

Release : 2023-08-12

Category : Fiction

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Lord Donald granted his only child and daughter permission to wed a Northman she had lost her heart to, but it came with a stipulation. Their first-born son would return and rule the Clan MacShane upon the old lord’s death. That time is now as is the necessity for Lord Bhric to wed. His mother has arranged a marriage with a neighboring clan’s only daughter. His mother is aware that he favors tall, strong, fearless women and so he does not worry over his new bride… until he meets her. Tavia of the Clan Strathearn is not only petite and quiet, accustomed to being a dutiful daughter, but an accident has left her with a limp that hampers certain activities. She is not happy about the arranged marriage to Lord Bhric. He is part Northmen, having been raised in a distant land with what many believe are savages. But she has no choice, her marriage will benefit her needy clan. She tells herself she has the strength to do this. She will make it a good marriage. She will not be frightened of her new husband… until she meets him. They are an unlikely pair not suited at all for each other. Or are they? While Tavia does the best to make the most of her marriage things start happening at her new home that people find strange. Soon, whispers begin to circulate that Tavia has brought evil with her and that she has bewitched Lord Bhric. She gathers the courage she never believed she had and sets out to solve problems she fears may have followed her to her new home. Bhric soon discovers that his wife is nothing like he believed her to be. She is more fearless than he expected. When he realizes someone or something is out to harm her, he will stop at nothing to keep her safe. He cannot lose her, not now when he finally realizes he loves her. Bhric and Tavia work together to solve the mystery, but it is a longtime secret they discover that shocks them both and makes them realize they were always meant for each other. Note: While this trilogy does not need to be read in sequence, each book a standalone, Tavia and other characters from Highland Myth Trilogy were first introduced in Highland Secrets A Cree & Dawn Novel… a prelude of sorts to their individual stories.



The Sacred Science

Author : Nick Polizzi

Publisher : Hay House, Inc

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 25,77 MB

Release : 2019-03-05

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1401952933

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In 2010, Nick Polizzi did something unimaginable. He assembled a group of eight desperately ill patients from around the world and brought them into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to put the mysterious medicines of native shamans to the test. The healing journey that unfolded would change their lives—and his own—forever. In The Sacred Science, we join Nick as he explores these primordial traditions and learns firsthand what it takes to truly heal ourselves of physical disease, emotional trauma, and the sense of “lostness” that so many of us feel in these modern times. We venture into a place where the ordinary rules we live by, even survival instincts, don’t apply—where “the only thing to do is to step forward and be ready for anything.” Nick is not a guru or shaman; he is an ordinary guy who pieced together an illuminating journey, one experience at a time. In this riveting true story, we’re shown the many layers that must be peeled away in order for us to find the truth of who we are and why we’re here. This book is a bridge between the flashy, fast-moving modern world and the forgotten ways of a healthier, earth-connected ancestral past. You’ll find practices and principles of native wisdom that you can put to use in your own life, and you’ll gain a new understanding of what it means to heal. In the end, what will become of the eight patients who set out on this path with Nick? Will the exotic jungle medicines and harrowing rites of passage destroy them or give them a new lease on life? Five will return with remarkable healing results. Two will return disappointed. One won’t return at all.



Heather's Highlander

Author : Kirsten Osbourne

Publisher : Unlimited Dreams Publishing

Page : 113 pages

File Size : 43,92 MB

Release : 2021-12-15

Category : Fiction

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Heather has a busy career as a massage therapist and two roommates she adores. The only thing missing? Love. She longs to have a love like the ones she reads about in her books, but with little time and no prospects, it’s doubtful she’ll find the right man. When a stranger attends her book club, Heather is intrigued by the woman’s claim of matching soulmates through time. Was her happily-ever-after only a wish away in medieval Scotland? Derek McClain needs a bride to take his rightful place as laird over his clan, but with his empathic abilities, being alone with any woman long enough to court them is torturous. When he stumbles upon a woman in the woods, he finds the answer to his dilemma. She needs a protector, and he needs a bride to fulfill his destiny. But will feeling her emotions make it impossible to forge a real bond between them? And can a woman from the twenty-first century truly be happy in medieval Scotland? Dr. Lachele is at it again, meddling in the lives of the members of another book club. Follow along and see how she changes the lives of the single people of Heartsgate.



Healing by Hand

Author : Kathryn S. Oths

Publisher : Rowman Altamira

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 44,67 MB

Release : 2004-10-17

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0759115281

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Anthropologists have routinely overlooked the practice of body therapists, one of the primary providers of 'traditional' medicine. Healing by Hand presents the first cross-cultural primer on manual medicine studies. As a particular modality of healing, manual medicine has reached a high level of popularity and importance as its practitioners investigate the body's important capacities for self-healing. The authors describe how manual medicine takes numerous forms across the world's communities, in urban and rural, as well as Western and non-Western, contexts, in individual and community lives. Though frequently overshadowed and challenged by allopathic practitioners, body workers continue to help the sick and injured reach their health goals. In this book, the individual ethnographic analyses of manual medicine describe beliefs and practices about healing, physical and psychological states, and the relation between culture and health. Given the therapeutic training of many of the authors, Healing by Hand should be a fascinating resource for manual practitioners of western medicine, including massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths, as well as those with traditional training. It is especially recommended for various courses such as Medical Anthropology, Health and Human Culture, Technology and the Developing World, Sociology of Health, International Health, and Health Care Systems.