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Married in Montana (Big Sky Country)
by Lynnette KentRanching is in Thea Maxwell’s blood, just as it’s been in her ancestors' for generations. But now the family’s in danger of losing everything because Bobby Maxwell, Thea's teenaged brother-heir to the Walking Stones ranch-has broken the law.Thea longs to confide in Rafe Rafferty-the man she’s falling in love with. But Deputy Rafe Rafferty is the law, and anything Thea tells him could be used against Bobby.How can Thea risk sacrificing her brother and her family home?How can she risk losing Rafe?
Matt's Family (The Brennan Brothers)
by Lynnette KentShe loved one Brennan-but she married the other...Kristen had known the Brennan boys forever. She'd loved Luke as a friend, but she'd been in love with Matt for as long as she could remember. Then, just before her eighteenth birthday, the army posted Matt to Africa. Months later the dreaded telegram arrived: Missing, presumed dead.Young, scared and pregnant, Kristen turned to her friend Luke. Together they agreed that getting married would be best for her baby. Slowly Luke and Kristen turned their marriage of convenience into a real one, and a second baby was born.Then five years later, Matt Brennan-the man she'd never stopped loving-came home...Matt's Family is the second book in Lynnette Kent's compelling THE BRENNAN BROTHERS family saga.
The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club #1)
by Lyssa Kay AdamsThe first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club. <p><p>Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He&’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it&’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he&’s let his pride and fear get the better of him. Welcome to the Bromance Book Club. <p><p>Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. <p><p>But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.
Undercover Bromance: The most inventive, refreshing concept in rom-coms this year (Entertainment Weekly) (Bromance Book Club #2)
by Lyssa Kay AdamsThe Bromance Book Club was one of Bustle's '21 New Rom-Coms Out In Fall 2019 To Give You Warm And Fuzzy Feelings All Season Long'!If you love Jasmine Guillory, Sally Thorne and Helen Hoang, you'll LOVE Lyssa Kay Adams!Readers adore Undercover Bromance!'This series is one of the best I've EVER read''FAB-U-LOUS!!!''The kind of book I love to read after a hard day to make me smile'The first rule of book club:You don't talk about book club.Braden Mack thinks reading romance novels makes him an expert in love, but he'll soon discover that real life is better than fiction. Liv Papandreas has a dream job as a sous chef at Nashville's hottest restaurant. Too bad the celebrity chef owner is less than charming behind kitchen doors. After she catches him harassing a young hostess, she confronts him and gets fired. Liv vows revenge, but she'll need assistance to take on the powerful chef.Unfortunately, that means turning to Braden Mack. When Liv's blackballed from the restaurant scene, the charismatic nightclub entrepreneur offers to help expose her ex-boss, but she is suspicious of his motives. This is a job for the Bromance Book Club.Inspired by the romantic suspense novel they're reading, the book club assists Liv in setting up a sting operation to take down the chef. But they're just as eager to help Mack figure out the way to Liv's heart...even though she's determined to squelch the sparks between them before she gets burned.Praise for The Bromance Book Club:'A you're-gonna-burn-dinner book because you will not want to put it down. Laugh out loud with tons of heart, this is an absolutely adorable must read' Avery Flynn, USA Today bestselling author 'A delight!...I raced to finish this book, but still never wanted it to end!' Alexa Martin, author of Intercepted'A delightful, fast-paced read with the perfect mix of laugh-out-loud and swoony moments-every town should have a Bromance Book Club' Evie Dunmore, author of Bringing Down the Duke'It is the reading aloud in this story that ultimately wins my heart, and shows that everything worth knowing can be learned from romance' kc dyer, author of Finding FraserDon't miss the other Bromance Book Club reads! The Bromance Book Club is out now and Crazy Stupid Bromance is available to preorder! 9781472271686
Tournament Design: How Operations Research Can Improve Sports Rules (Palgrave Pivots in Sports Economics)
by László CsatóThis Palgrave Pivot presents tournament design mainly within the axioms of incentive compatibility and fairness. It illustrates the advantages of an axiomatic approach through various examples, including several FIFA and UEFA tournaments, and uses theoretical tools and simulation methodology in its analysis. Chapter 1 discusses scoring systems of championships with multiple competitions, ranking in Swiss-system tournaments, and tie-breaking rules in round-robin leagues. It is followed by a thorough critical analysis of the current and previous FIFA World Rankings. The broad focus is substantially narrowed in Chapter 2, which turns to the topic of incentive (in)compatibility in multiple qualifiers. It is revealed that UEFA has faced at least three times recently this problem in the qualification to the UEFA Europa League, qualification to the UEFA Champions League, and the draw of the UEFA Champions League groups. Analogously, Chapter 3 discusses incentive (in)compatibility when there is only one group-based tournament but the complex progression rules to the subsequent stage can be designed poorly. Our examples include the qualifying tournaments of recent FIFA World Cups and UEFA European Championships. Chapter 4 moves to the problem of penalty shootout rules in soccer, where the fairness and complexity of some alternative mechanisms from the literature are evaluated. Fairness remains the central issue in Chapter 5, which presents the challenges of designing a tournament with 24 teams if the number of teams per group cannot exceed four. As expected, there is no perfect solution, and both FIFA and UEFA have introduced a reform in this format recently. Chapter 6 deals with the qualification for the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. Its tournament design is perhaps the most complicated one that has ever been implemented in the real-world and suffers from serious shortcomings.
Forbidden Football in Ceausescu’s Romania
by László PéterThis book presents an ethnographic description and sociological interpretation of the ‘football gatherings’ that evolved out of central Romania in the late twentieth century. In the 1980's, Romanian public television did not broadcast football mega-events for economic and political reasons. In response, masses of people would leave their homes and travel into the mountains to pick-up the TV broadcast from neighbouring countries. The phenomenon grew into a social institution with a penetrating force: it produced an alternative social space and a dissident public that pointed to a form of resistance taking place through football.Forbidden Football in Ceausescu’s Romania provides an insight into the everyday life under the pressure of dictatorship and, through the special patterns of sports consumption, it tells a social history through small individual stories related to football.
Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life (International Handbooks Of Quality-of-life Ser.)
by Lía Rodriguez de la Vega Walter N. ToscanoThis handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to leisure and recreation, and physical activity and its relationship to quality of life. Divided into two parts, the text presents the analysis of leisure and recreation studies and physical activities and sports, with diverse populations. The first part deals with leisure and recreation in relation to quality of life, with different perspectives on different age groups, ethnic groups, the approach of an Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being focusing on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being etc. The second part deals with physical activities and sports in relation to quality of life, discussing the consideration that "exercise is good for you", associating physical exercise with other conditions of life in society, its impact on people with disabilities, etc. It is of interest to researchers and students, legislators, educators, providers of leisure services.
The Secret Player
by M AnonymousIn the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate footballs fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game. Based on the hugely popular 'The Player' columns in FourFourTwo magazine, the book gives a warts-and-all insight into the daily life of professional footballers. Month by month, it chronicles the oscillating rhythms of the season, from the trudge of pre-season to the 'squeaky-bum time' of promotion and relegation. The player himself has played at all levels of English football - from Premier League to a season of non-League - and represented England.
The Secret Player
by M AnonymousIn the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate footballs fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game. Based on the hugely popular 'The Player' columns in FourFourTwo magazine, the book gives a warts-and-all insight into the daily life of professional footballers. Month by month, it chronicles the oscillating rhythms of the season, from the trudge of pre-season to the 'squeaky-bum time' of promotion and relegation. The player himself has played at all levels of English football - from Premier League to a season of non-League - and represented England.(P)2013 Headline Digital
Caregiving-Leisure and Aging
by M Jean KellerCreate programs that make good use of the leisure time of the elderly, and of those who care for them!Caregiving is a vital issue in today's rapidly aging society. Each year, a greater number of elderly people find themselves in need of care, and at the same time, more elderly adults than ever are finding themselves in the caregiving role. Caregiving--Leisure and Aging blends the work of six experts in the field, exploring implications for future practice and research, examining caregivers and care receivers and their need for appropriate leisure and recreation activities, and sharing innovative recreation programs to help caregivers and those in their care enrich the quality of their lives.Here you'll find: a review of literature which examines caregivers’health behaviors and discusses sleep improvement, home-based exercise, and several interventions the common factors found in successful leisure and activities programs for older adults and those who care for them in-depth case studies of three women who cared for their older husbands with dementia and the rationale behind their sacrifice of personal leisure time to provide this care a survey of rural and urban caregivers to individuals with Alzheimer's disease specific leisure education strategies that have been used successfully in caregiver support groups an examination of the innovative Family-based Structural Multisystem In-home Interventions (FSMII) with a Computer Telephone Integration System (CTIS) projectCaregiving--Leisure and Aging provides information and ideas regarding the importance of leisure both to those elderly people receiving care and also to the aging adults who selflessly deliver that care.
The Girl and the Game: A History Of Women?s Sport In Canada, Second Edition
by M. Ann HallIn the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport and ends with a new chapter tying today's trends and issues in Canadian women's sport to their origins in the past. Students will appreciate the more descriptive chapter titles and the restructuring of the book into easily digestible sections. Fifty-two images complement Hall's lively narrative.
Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability: An Ecolinguistic Investigation (Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse)
by M. Cristina CaimottoThis book employs a Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) framework to examine cycling mobility, marking a new turn in ecolinguistic discourse analysis. The author focuses specifically on environment-related arguments concerning the promotion of higher levels of cycling, mainly as a means of transport, and investigates the “US vs. “THEM” narratives present in many discourses about road users. Analysing newspaper articles, institutional documents and spoken interviews, the author searches for a positive new discourse that would inspire and encourage cycling as a habitual means of transport, rather than simply exposing ecologically destructive discourse. The book will be of interest to discourse and ecolingusitics scholars, as well as contributing to the lively debate about how to increase cycling in fields such as sustainability, sociology, transport planning and management.
Successful Goose Hunting
by M. D. JohnsonWhat's Good For The Goose?With help from such goose hunting visionaries as Tim Grounds, Ron Latschaw, Fred Zink, Kelley Powers and Shawn Stahl, author M.D. Johnson, brings the fourth book in the Successful Hunting series to life with artful storytelling and informative interviews.Looking for a dictionary of goose calling terminology? How about tips on selecting the perfect goose call? From blinds and decoys to how to dress for success in the field, it's all here.Beautifully illustrated by award-winning outdoor photography, Julia Johnson, Successful Goose Hunting breathes new life into what many consider to be bird hunting's big game challenge. So come along and ride the winds from Canada to Texas and back again as you learn to bring down North America's most challenging waterfowl.
Desarmada
by M. E. CarterDesarmada [de.sar.ma.da] adjetivo Quando algo muda a direção, ou a causa se desvia de um propósito pretendido, deixando alguém sem reação. Veja exemplos Tiffany e Rowen Flanigan: Depois de sobreviver ao maior escândalo sexual do futebol da liga principal, os Flanigans finalmente estão vivendo o sonho. Eles são recém-casados, têm ótimos amigos e estão fazendo seus nomes por si mesmos em suas respectivas carreiras. Eles têm metas para o futuro e grandes planos sobre como fazer tudo acontecer. Mas quando um desenvolvimento novo e inesperado surge de repente, Tiffany e Rowen percebem que todos esses planos cuidadosamente feitos estão prestes a se tornar irrelevantes. As coisas nunca serão as mesmas quando eles se veem desarmados.
Dribblato
by M. E. CarterDribblato: verbo intransitivo. Nel gioco del calcio, eseguire il dribbling. In senso figurativo e con uso transitivo significa eludere, scansare abilmente. Come ad esempio, Daniel Zavaro e Quincy Watson: Star emergente della città di Houston, Daniel ha trovato fama come capitano della sua squadra di calcio e in breve è diventato lo scapolo più ambito della città. Daniel ha tutto ciò che vuole – con l'eccezione di una persona speciale - ma gli sta bene così. Non vuole e non ha bisogno di complicazioni. Quincy di complicazioni ne ha tante. Dopo un tragico accidente che stravolge la sua vita, si trova in breve tempo ad essere una madre single, allevando il nipote di cui non sapeva nulla. Tra l'imparare a fare da mamma, il suo lavoro a tempo pieno, e il dolore soffocante della perdita di sua sorella, ogni giorno è una lotta. Quando le loro strade s’incrociano spesso e inaspettatamente, tra i due nasce un’amicizia inverosimile che continua ad evolvere. I loro sentimenti cominciano a cambiare. I limiti vengono oltrepassati, e quello che succede li sorprende entrambi... Prima che se ne accorgano – sono stati dribblati.
Déjoués
by Sharon Smith M. E. CarterDéjouer: verbe. Faire échouer le jeu, les manoeuvres de quelqu'un. Mettre en défaut. Tromper. Exemples: Daniel Zavaro et Quincy Watson Star montante à Houston, Daniel connaît la gloire en tant que capitaine de son équipe de football professionnelle et en tant que l'un des célibataires les plus en vue. Daniel a tout, sauf une petite amie, et cela lui convient parfaitement. Il ne veut pas, et n'a surtout pas besoin, de complications. Quincy traîne un passé plutôt lourd. Après un accident tragique, sa vie vole en éclats. Elle se retrouve mère monoparentale de son neveu d'à peine quelques semaines qui lui était jusqu'alors inconnu. Entre la parentalité, son emploi à temps plein et le deuil écrasant qu'elle doit faire de sa soeur, chaque jour est un combat. Après que leurs routes se soient croisées à plusieurs reprises de manière fortuite, leur amitié se développe. Puis leurs sentiments changent. Les lignes se brouillent. Ce qui arrive ensuite les surprend autant l'un que l'autre... Sans qu'ils s'en aperçoivent, ils ont tous les deux été déjoués.
Déviés: Texas Mutiny Tome 4
by M. E. CarterDévié [dévjé] Adjectif Détourné de sa trajectoire. Être détourné de sa direction, de sa voie. Voir l’exemple de Tiffany et Rowen Flanigan : Après avoir traversé le plus important scandale sexuel de la ligue professionnelle de football, les Flanigan mènent une vie de rêve. Jeunes mariés, ils ont de bons amis et se taillent une place de choix dans leur vie professionnelle. Ils se sont fixé des objectifs et ont de grandes idées pour les atteindre. Mais quand une nouvelle inattendue les surprend, Tiffany et Rowen comprennent rapidement que tous leurs plans sont inutiles. Les choses ne seront plus jamais les mêmes. Ils ont été déviés.
Groupie (série Texas Mutiny, tome #2)
by M. E. CarterGroupie : n. f. [gʀupi] Personne (le plus souvent jeune fille) qui suit régulièrement une célébrité dans l’espoir de la rencontrer ou d’apprendre à la connaître. Voir l’exemple de Tiffany Wendel : Pute. Salope. Chasseuse de crampons. J’ai l’habitude des noms qu’ils me donnent, alors ils ne m’affectent pas. Ce sont mes gars. Mes amis. Qu’est-ce que ça peut bien faire que j’aime coucher avec eux ? Ce que je fais de mon corps ne regarde que moi. Pourquoi est-ce que Rowen Flanigan me pousse à repenser la façon dont je vis ma vie ? À remettre mes choix en question ? Ce n’est qu’une recrue. Recrue : n. f. [ʀəkʀy] Membre d’une équipe sportive qui en est à sa première saison complète dans ce sport. Voir l’exemple de Rowen Flanigan : Footballeur. Fils d’une légende. Recrue. Bien sûr, j’ai entendu des histoires de groupies auparavant. Qui n’en a jamais entendu parler ? Je suis simplement plus réservé que mes coéquipiers. Et puis quoi ? Je ne m’attendais pas à ce qu’elle soit brillante. Drôle. Professionnelle. Elle me met à genoux de toutes les façons – sauf une. Pour celle-là, j’attends le bon moment. Alors comment se fait-il que je sois tombé amoureux d’une groupie comme Tiffany ? Et comment pourrais-je travailler avec mes coéquipiers, quand chacun d’eux a goûté à la seule chose que je me refuse ?
Grupi
by M. E. CarterGrupi. 1. m. y f. Persona, generalmente una mujer joven, que persigue a un famoso con la esperanza de presentarse o conocerse. Ejemplo: Tiffany Wendel. Golfa. Zorra. Cazafortunas. Estoy tan acostumbrada a que me llamen así que no me molesta. Estos son mis chicos. Mis amigos. ¿Qué más da si me gusta follar con ellos? Mi cuerpo es cosa mía y de nadie más. ¿Por qué Rowen Flanigan hace que me replantee mi estilo de vida, que dude de mis decisiones? Si es solo un novato… Novato. 1. adj. Miembro nuevo o principiante de un equipo deportivo. Ejemplo: Rowen Flanigan. Futbolista. Hijo de una leyenda. Novato. Sí, he oído muchas historias de grupis. ¿Quién no? He vivido más resguardado que mis compañeros de equipo, ¿y qué? No esperaba que fuera inteligente, ingeniosa ni amable. Ella hace que me ponga de rodillas en todos los sentidos… salvo uno. Esa parte me la guardo hasta el momento adecuado. ¿Cómo acabé enamorado de una grupi como Tiffany? ¿Y cómo va a funcionar lo nuestro cuando todos mis compañeros tienen una experiencia que yo no?
Vaincu: (Texas Mutiny Tome 3)
by M. E. CarterVaincu [vɛ̃ky] adjectif Qui a subi une défaite (de la part d’un ennemi, d’un rival, d’une force quelconque). S’avouer vaincu : reconnaître sa défaite. Abandonner, capituler, se rendre. Voir l’exemple de Santos et Mariana DeGuajarado. En tant que gardien de but de la Texas Mutiny, Santos excelle dans l’art de protéger son filet. Mais il ne s’est jamais préoccupé de protéger son mariage. Laissant la gloire et la notoriété lui monter à la tête, il a perdu ce qui lui était le plus cher… sa femme et ses enfants. Il a une dernière chance de réparer les pots cassés avant de perdre à ce jeu qu’est l’amour, et cette fois, il est déterminé à ne pas échouer. Mariana a été profondément blessée par la trahison de Santos. Elle en portera les cicatrices pour le reste de ses jours. Après dix ans de mariage, elle le connaît bien. Elle sait qu’il ne baissera pas les bras. Mais il ne gagnera pas si facilement. Cette fois, elle ne se fera pas avoir. Parce que l’amour ne suffit pas.
Philadelphia Big 5
by M. Earl SmithIn the "City of Brotherly Love," there are few things taken as seriously as local bragging rights. In a city that lives and dies with its sports heroes, basketball is no exception. This volume traces the lore and history behind Philadelphia's Big 5, an informal basketball league that features five of the area's most prestigious colleges: LaSalle University, Temple University, Saint Joseph's University, Villanova University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Formed in 1955, the Big 5 pulls teams from the Ivy League, the Big East, the American Athletic Conference, and, in the case of both LaSalle and Saint Joseph's, the Atlantic 10. With a round-robin format, each team plays the other once and best record takes home the trophy. In a sport that has become a nationwide sensation, the spirit of Philadelphia lives on, led by the most loyal and passionate fans in the world.
Blow Out (Counterattack)
by M. G. HigginsIt's the start of a new soccer season, and Lacy Sheridan is anxious. She spent the winter recovering from a knee injury that still gives her nightmares. But Lacy is trying not to let fear get the best of her. She needs to bring her A-game if she wants to impress soccer recruiters. Raven McAlister is a tough-as-nails player who plays the same position as Lacy—and she's going after Lacy's starting spot. Will Raven move to sabotage her teammate? And can Lacy ignore the pressure and play the way she used to?
Offside (Counterattack)
by M. G. HigginsBetween finishing late school projects and looking after her brothers and sister, Faith Patel barely has time to play soccer. And when she's at practice, surrounded by girls who can afford to play in club leagues, she doesn't even feel like part of the team. So when Coach Berg starts to give Faith extra attention, she feels . . . really special. It might be crazy, but suddenly Faith has a crush on her coach. Can she keep her head in the game? The situation gets worse after Faith's frenemy Caitlyn decides that Faith's getting special treatment. Will Caitlyn tell the rest of the team—and make Faith into a total outcast?
Power Hitter (Travel Team)
by M. G. HigginsSammy Perez has to make it to the big leagues. After his teammate's career-ending injury, the Roadrunners decided to play in a wood bat tournament to protect their pitchers. And while Sammy used to be a hotheaded, hard-hitting, home-run machine, he's now stuck in the slump of his life. Sammy thinks the wood bats are causing the problem, but his dad suggests that maybe he's not strong enough. Is Sammy willing to break the law and sacrifice his health to get an edge by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Can Sammy break out of his slump in time to get noticed by major-league scouts?
Veterinary Notes For Horse Owners
by M. Horace HayesFor nearly 125 years, Captain Hayes' Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners has been the standard work on equine health care, constantly amended and updated. Leading veterinary specialists from Britain and around the world have been recruited to write this edition, the 18th, so it will continue to provide a totally comprehensive guide to horse medicine and surgery, explaining the symptoms and treatment of every disease or injury that the horse owner is likely to encounter. Written in plain language that both experts and novices will appreciate, the book contains detailed sections on the Organ, Musculoskeletal and Reproductive Systems, Infectious Diseases, Medical and Surgical matters, Management and Husbandry, and a variety of other important issues. New for this edition are section on Performance Analysis and Artificial Insemination. Clear, concise and authoritative, Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners saves horses lives.