Celeste's Valentine


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A romantic story about a lost card that reconnects two people. As a teenager, Celeste Edwards had a puppy dog crush and she sent a Valentine's Day card to him as thank you for his friendship, but she was met with silence. Ten years later, now a well known artist, her crush shows up at one of her exhibitions, apologizing as he never received the card. Touched by his kind gesture, she decides to explore a friendship with him despite her very adult attraction to him. Going through a challenging time in his life, Cyrus Walsh finds a lost Valentine’s Day card from a young woman that he mentored a decade ago during her teenage years. Wanting to thank her for the card, he flies cross country to reconnect with her. This leads to an unexpected attraction to the beautiful artist, prompting him to explore his growing affection for her. Their special friendship transcends into an intimate relationship and both of them will have to make the ultimate choice for love.




FAMILIAR VALENTINE


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Fear Familiar—Meet the coolest feline detective to ever take on mystery, mayhem and matchmaking! Follow her. In the midst of an undercover operation, Dan Carson should never have listened to a seeming message from—a cat! But when a beautiful, secretive woman vanished from the Valentine charity event he'd sponsored, Dan sensed she was in danger…. Strength. Power. Passion. Impressions raced through Celeste Levert as she stared into Dan's deep blue eyes. He'd saved her from an attacker—dare she accept his offer of protection? Dan would guard Celeste with his life—but what she wanted was his heart. And if he learned the truth about her, that was one thing he would never offer….




Second Chances


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“Alice Adams turns dreams and moments, the stuff of memories, inside out and makes of them beautiful, haunting, bittersweet tales.” --Publishers Weekly Second Chances, perhaps Alice Adams most accomplished novel, is a rich, moving, and beautifully drawn portrait of six women and men, friends for years, who suddenly, and with amazement, find themselves growing old. They live in a beautiful small California town called San Sebastian, and they see each other almost daily-- Dudley and Sam Venable; Edward Crane and his younger lover, Freddy Fuentes; the widowed Celeste Timberlake; the eccentric, secretive Polly Blake. With generosity and humor and remarkable insight, Adams takes us into rich emotional territory in a novel that evokes the ways in which people continually astonish themselves, at any age, with their capacity for wonder and change.




Catalog of Copyright Entries


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The Dating Divide


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The data behind a distinct form of racism in online dating The Dating Divide is the first comprehensive look at "digital-sexual racism," a distinct form of racism that is mediated and amplified through the impersonal and anonymous context of online dating. Drawing on large-scale behavioral data from a mainstream dating website, extensive archival research, and more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with daters of diverse racial backgrounds and sexual identities, Curington, Lundquist, and Lin illustrate how the seemingly open space of the internet interacts with the loss of social inhibition in cyberspace contexts, fostering openly expressed forms of sexual racism that are rarely exposed in face-to-face encounters. The Dating Divide is a fascinating look at how a contemporary conflux of individualization, consumerism, and the proliferation of digital technologies has given rise to a unique form of gendered racism in the era of swiping right—or left. The internet is often heralded as an equalizer, a seemingly level playing field, but the digital world also acts as an extension of and platform for the insidious prejudices and divisive impulses that affect social politics in the "real" world. Shedding light on how every click, swipe, or message can be linked to the history of racism and courtship in the United States, this compelling study uses data to show the racial biases at play in digital dating spaces.




Freshly Stitched


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"Inside you'll find 12 fresh projects featuring beautiful plants, flowers, and botanicals. Each one, includes step-by-step instructions, a quick reference guide to the colors and stitches, full-size patterns, and helpful tips... Enjoy the fulfilling, creative, and therapeutic process of embroidery with these modern, inviting, and uplifting designs!"--Back cover.







You Are Loved, Celeste


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YOU ARE LOVED, CELESTE is a personalized coloring book for any child named CELESTE. If you would like a different name than CELESTE, please visit LiveWellMedia.com. This personalized coloring book features adorable animal illustrations to color. In addition, this personalized book features love poems and words of encouragement for kids. In this personalized coloring book, the child's name appears 33 times (coloring book pages, cover, title page, dedication page). YOU ARE LOVED celebrates unconditional love and positive affirmations. If you are looking for gifts for kids for any day of the year, YOU ARE LOVED may be perfect. In addition, you can give YOU ARE LOVED as Valentines gifts for kids, Valentines gifts for toddlers, Valentine books for preschool or kindergartens. Keywords include: Valentine gifts for toddlers, Valentine gifts for kids, Valentine gifts for children, Valentine ideas for kids, Valentines activity book for kids, Valentines activity book, Valentines activities for kids, Valentines activities for toddlers, Valentines coloring book for kids, Valentines coloring book for toddlers. Additional keywords include: personalized coloring book, personalized coloring books, personalized books, coloring books for kids, inspirational coloring pages, personalized children's books, personalized books with your child's name, personalized childrens books with their name in the story, personalized childrens books with their name, personalized childrens books, personalized kids books, personalized kids books with name. CUSTOMER REVIEWS for Personalized Coloring Books by Suzanne Marshall My daughter LOVED this book as well as myself too! It is fun to her to see her name listed in the book to color! I may purchase another one for her to have when she is finished coloring this one! ~ SC Great for all ages! Gave this to our preschool director and she teared up. Growing up with a unique name, she never had anything personalized. This coloring book is done do nicely! I thought she would keep in her office for kids to make her pictures when needing to keep them occupied, but she loved it so much I don't think she'll hand it over. Might have to buy her a second one for actual use. Going to buy for twin 5 year olds too. ~ OG Delightful coloring book. My niece and her daughter were delighted. Let the coloring begin. ~ Patricia A Perfect personal gift to tell someone they are loved. ~ Melissa W 5 Stars. Great to be able to find a personalized book for an unusual name ~ Mrs. Linda K I purchased 2 of these sweet personalized coloring books for Valentines's Day for my grandchildren and was very happy I did. While I felt they were pricey, I found them to be exactly what I was looking for, and would not hesitate to order other products from this company. ~ Karen T. Coolest coloring book ever! ~ Mary Ann W. Perfect gift. My daughter was absolutely thrilled to receive a book that was all about her! And she loves to color so this was the perfect gift. ~ Shopaholic Adorable personal gift. ~ Denise D. Beautiful! My goddaughter loved it!!! ~ Angela M. My daughter was so happy when she was surprised with this after a bad day. She likes that it has inspirational quotes with her name on it. I think it will be her new favorite coloring book! pages are thick and as a parent, I appreciate the good quality. ~ Jinx This book is beautiful with my daughter name at the top of every inspirational quote. Lovely sayings. ~ Mrs. H. Adorable coloring book! My daughter loves it. ~ Gina M.




Past Mortems


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A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes.




A Nest for Celeste


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A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste. Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled in the toe of a warm boot? In the shirt pocket of Celeste’s new friend Joseph? Or is home the place deep inside Celeste’s heart, where friendships live? Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white drawings, A Nest for Celeste is a short novel that tells the story a mouse living in the 1800s and his friendship with John James Audubon’s young apprentice. While enjoying this sweet amd appealing story, young readers will also learn about nineteenth-century plantation life and the famous naturalist who was known for his paintings of birds and American wildlife.