Gala!


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Public relations and volunteer fund-raising pro Patti Coons here offers hundreds of invaluable tips and timetables, sample invitations and media packages, people-managing and people-inspiring guidelines--all the tools you need!




Radical Self-Love


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Have you ever dreamed of a life full of laughter, love, and sequins … but felt totally clueless about how to make it happen? You’re not alone. Best-selling author and speaker Gala Darling spent years in soul-sucking jobs, battling depression, an eating disorder, and a preference for chaos and disaster—simply because she didn’t know how to create the life she dreamed about. In Radical Self-Love, you’ll discover exactly what makes you so magnificent, and you’ll gain a litany of tools and techniques to help you manifest a life bursting with magic, miracles, bliss, and adventure! Featuring fun homework exercises and cool illustrations, this book will take you from learning to fall madly in love with yourself, to loving others, to making your world a more magical place through style, self-expression, and manifestation. When you love yourself, life is limitless. You can do anything you want. It’s time to throw off the shackles of expectation and judgment, and start living from your heart. It’s time to astound yourself with how beautiful your life can be. It’s time to treat every single day like a celebration! "I believe that radical self-love can go hand in hand with a ruby-red lip. . . . that learning how to love yourself can be a party: streamers, disco balls, helium balloons, and all!" xo, Gala "Radical Self-Love should be on every woman’s bookshelf." — Gabrielle Bernstein




Ava James and the Ivy Grove


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At a masked gala on Ivy island, "The price of betrayal is death.". FBI Agent Ava James had a difficult entrance into the FBI. After shadowing famed agent Emma Griffin inside the disturbing underbelly of Windsor Island. Ava James is now ready to carve out her own path in the agency. But before she dives into the case awaiting her in Harlan, she receives an invitation to attend a special gala weekend. A gala honoring her aunt who has devoted her life to charity. Although still recovering from the shocking aftermath of the last island she attended. Ava does her best to put her best foot forward for the sake of her aunt. When a strange suicide mars the special event, it's Ava that starts questioning what she sees. As the secrets of the Foundation start to bubble to the surface, Ava faces the realization that she may be more than just an invited guest. Truth, lies, and consequences. The only way off this island may be death...




The Gala on the Night


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When siblings Joshua and Fuchsia Hilton rediscover their late Aunt Leila’s diamond ring, they soon find out about its hidden powers. When Leila’s old lover, Peter, chases them out of their small Massachusetts town in pursuit of the powerful ring, they end up in the hidden, mystical land of the Starlight Crescents. Exploring the land, the siblings encounter some special residents, and discover more rings with special powers. However, they also find out about Peter’s agenda to destroy all the rings to power the most forbidden gem of all: the Shadow Ring. As the grandiose festival of the land, 'The Gala on the Night,' approaches, news of Peter’s return to the Starlight Crescents quickly spreads, along with speculation about how Aunt Leila truly died. As they venture, the siblings begin to discover secrets of their aunt’s past, and slowly begin to wonder: are they guarding the rings from the right person?




Scandal at the Gala


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It’s finally her time to make a difference. Brenda Sheffield Rivers can hardly contain her excitement when the local hospital invites her to host a fundraiser at Sheffield Bed and Breakfast for cancer research. With so many ideas – she is spoilt for choice! After planning an elaborate Masquerade Gala, the night is full of dancing, juggling, music, card playing and good vibes. Until a guest slumps over the casino table – dead. This is more than just a sugar rush. All suspicion points to a new face, Cary Buckley, who has just opened a new real estate office in the town. Detective Mac Rivers launches an investigation into this death, but Cary is insisting that he was only stepping in to help out the dessert caterer, Hope Williams. Everyone here is wearing a mask – masquerading more than just the truth.




Dalí - Vol. 2 - Gala


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Summer 1929. Salvador Dalí has made it! His paintings show in Paris galleries. His first film, with Luis Buñuel, has shocked the bourgeoisie. He’s charmed André Breton, the founder of Surrealism. But there’s one thing missing from his life: love. Dalí is a virgin, and beneath the carapace of eccentricity he’s fashioned to shield himself from gossip cowers a young man deeply terrified of sex. Naturally, he has to make things as difficult for himself as possible, namely by falling for a married woman! Gala is the wife of prominent poet Paul Éluard, whom Dalí admires. From torment and suffering comes love...




Phantom of the Gala


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Will gentle Saydra thaw the heart of a heart-breaker? Somehow quiet Saydra has caught the attention of a playboy. This playboy no longer has the dashing looks he used to but his mindset begins to change after seeing her just once in a park. Determining who he wants to be while keeping his identity secret and wanting to know Saydra better are his obstacles.




A Mile High Gala


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Sarah Baxter has everything she ever wanted. A gorgeous billionaire who wants to marry her, a thriving business, and a happy family. But she still hasn’t met Tyler’s parents and from what’s she’s heard...it isn’t going to be pretty. This story is also part of A Mile High Romance: The Complete Collection.




Proceedings of GALA 2017


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This volume is a comprehensive, state-of-the-science treatment of the acquisition of different Indo- and Non-Indo-European languages in different contexts (i.e., L1, L2, L3/Ln, bi/multilingual language, heritage languages, pathology and language impairment and sign language acquisition) conducted within the generative framework. It also encompasses the diversity of methodologies and issues that can be found with contemporary research in the field. The different chapters contain original research from several different angles and provide a basis for dialogue between researchers working on diverse projects with the aim to further our understanding of how languages are acquired and, at the same time, refine and propose new theoretical constructs, such as complexity of linguistic features as a relevant factor forming children’s, adult’s and bilingual’s acquisition of syntactic, morphological, lexical and phonological structures.




Doctor Whooves: A Thief at the Gala


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Forelock Holmes and Doctor John Trotson are on the case of a mysterious threat to the princesses on the night of the Galloping Gala! Suspecting that he is out of his depth, Doctor Whooves and his companion Ditzy Do are called in to assist. What can be made of a villain whose cutie mark is a planet rent in twain, and of the amorous desire he shows toward Ditzy? Holmes' boundless confidence is unhindered, but how will he overcome this strange new opponent?