Amanda Adams

The first women archaeologists were Victorian era adventurers who felt most at home when farthest from it. Canvas tents were their domains, hot Middle Eastern deserts their gardens of inquiry and labor. Thanks to them, prevailing ideas about feminine nature -- soft, nurturing, submissive -- were upended. Ladies of the Field tells the story of seven remarkable women, each a pioneering archaeologist, each headstrong, smart, and courageous, who burst into what was then a very young science. Amanda Adams takes us with them as they hack away at underbrush under a blazing sun, battle swarms of biting bugs, travel on camelback for weeks on end, and feel the excitement of unearthing history at an archaeological site. Adams also reveals the dreams of these extraordinary women, their love of the field, their passion for holding the past in their hands, their fascination with human origins, and their utter disregard for convention.

Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure

Ladies of the Field

Analyzes the myth of the mermaid and its meaning across time and cultures, telling many mermaid stories and describing the author's lifelong interest in the topic.

A Personal Search for Love and Lore

A Mermaid's Tale

When Chance Walker was a child he wanted to be many things.A fireman.An astronaut.A rock-n-roll god.Too freaking bad he never learned to play the guitar.Too bad he gave in to adulting and went to law school instead of the school of rock.Too bad the most beautiful woman he's ever seen wants nothing to do with him.She's got secrets.Big ones.And if he thinks one kiss will rock her world...well...Maybe he's right.And maybe she's going to be a lot more than he's ready for.

Crash and Burn

At last a woman will bring Derek to his knees in this final book of The Walker Brothers series.Derek is in Vegas for his brother's wedding.A bachelor party. A little gambling. A week of fun with his brothers.What could possibly go wrong?He could fall in love, that's what.But when her past comes calling, it will challenge everything he thinks he knows about family, loyalty...and love.Don't miss this final installment of the Walker Brothers as the eldest, Derek, Mr. Bad Boy Biker, protector and defender of the family, meets his match. Sparks fly. You've been warned...

Make Me Forget

At last a woman will bring Derek to his knees in this final book of The Walker Brothers series. Derek is in Vegas for his brother's wedding. A bachelor party. A little gambling. A week of fun with his brothers. What could possibly go wrong? He could fall in love, that's what. But when her past comes calling, it will challenge everything he thinks he knows about family, loyalty...and love. Don't miss this final installment of the Walker Brothers as the eldest, Derek, Mr. Bad Boy Biker, protector and defender of the family, meets his match. Sparks fly. You've been warned...

The Walker Brothers, Book 4

One kiss will change everything...The guitar in his grip revives a childhood promise, but he needs sexy Erin Michaelson as his music teacher. When he sees her on stage using another name -- and seducing an entire audience -- she brings more back to life than just his music.A single, sizzling backstage kiss will change both of their lives forever. Chance soon realizes that Erin is not just an itch, she's an obsession he refuses to live without.Publisher's Note: Crash and Burn was previously released under the same title by another publisher.

He knows instantly that she is dangerous. Everything about her is wrong. He's rich. Successful. Worked hard to get where he is... Alone. Alone is safer. The heart is a fool. He learned that the hard way. But she's curious. Tenacious. She's a reporter -- and he has secrets. She laughs at him when he's serious, cries when he tries to be funny. He should avoid her at all costs. Should. That's a dangerous word. A word that can break your heart. One Click NOW!

The Walker Brothers, Book 3

Up All Night

Claire Miller fell in love with Jake in the third grade. One hot night of reckless passion changed things between them forever. Jake rocked her world, but Claire had plans for her life. Knowing she could never be what he needed, she let him go and has missed him every day since. Jake Walker knew the first time he saw Claire, when he was nine years old, that he wanted to marry her. At seventeen, he let her go. But seven years later, the sight of her hit him like a punch to the gut. Every cell in his body demanded that she was ‘The One'. But can he convince Claire?

The Walker Brothers, Book 2

Alone With You

From the seas of antiquity to the city streets of today, A Mermaid's Tale explores the myth and meanings of the mermaid. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence, Amanda Adams goes on to describe the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki or Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their stories, she also expresses a love of the mermaid that surely no sea-bound sailor could ever match. Grounded in cultural anthropology, folklore studies, and intellectual rigor, A Mermaid's Tale also draws on literature, poetry, and mythology for its insights. It is a book filled with depth and detail as it describes Adam's swim through the ocean of her own life in search of the unusual, the beautiful, and the perfectly extraordinary.

A Personal Search For Love and Lore

Daniel Martin is home after ten years serving his country, but war—and the secrets that follow him—hold him in an unrelenting grip. There is no one he wants to see more than Chloe, but he missed his chance with her ten years ago. Pushed her away and told her to find someone else. He had wanted her—badly. But his life had been a mess, and they’d both been too young. He’d made her hate him, but he’d had nothing to offer her. Now, protecting his unit comes at a high price. Falling in love is dangerous. Believing the past will stay buried, where it can’t hurt her, is a risk. If he takes Chloe to bed, there will be no escape for either of them. If he kisses her, he’ll never want to stop. If he touches her, he won’t be able to walk away. He needs to walk away. Then he sees her…and it’s too late. He will risk everything to make her his. But how will he convince her that’s he not the boy who broke her heart, but a man determined to cherish her forever?

Stripping Her Defenses

Thought provoking, eye opening and confidence building, 'the little catalogue of LIFE' is a collection of TRUE short stories, verses and poems that will stay with you long after you have finished reading them. Some will make you smile, some will make you laugh out loud, and some will certainly pull at your heart strings, so have the tissues handy! This little book is a help for those who have had a troubled childhood, relationship problems, and a comfort to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one and feel they will never be able to smile again. A great little holiday read to pick up and put down, leaving you to ponder what you have just read while relaxing and soaking up the sun. Feel good about supporting a much needed charity who offer an understanding ear to any 'survivor' of child abuse. NAPAC needs your support TODAY Please be aware that some parts of this book have adult themes and are not suitable for children under 15 years of age without adult supervision.

The Little Catalogue of LIFE

A family conquers grief and lost expectations raising their son born with half a heart, while navigating complex medical challenges.

A Family Faces Congenital Heart Disease

Heart Warriors

Un encuentro casual era todo lo que se necesitaba para que el agente encubierto Jace Montgomery se enamorara. Cuando la mujer que le robó el corazón es tomada como rehén, él destruirá todo lo que se interponga en su camino para salvarla.

Demasiado profundo

He thought he had everything he wanted...until he met her. Hotshot attorney Chance Walker has life figure out. He's young. Rich. Single. Life isn't complicated--but it's empty. When a tragedy spurs him to renew a childhood promise to pick up the guitar, he is not prepared for the gut punch of meeting quiet, sexy Erin, his new music teacher. The woman has secrets, and he wants to know them all. Erin has problems. Real problems. Her brother is a mess, her band is falling apart, and she's barely making rent. A silver-spoon lawyer is not her idea of sexy. Besides, a guy like that won't bother with a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. She's happy to keep her secrets. Determined to resist his charm. There is absolutely no freaking way she's going to let him into her life, her heart, or her bed...until a single, sizzling backstage kiss changes everything.

The Walker Brothers, Book 1

Expanding our understanding of what it meant to be a nineteenth-century author, Amanda Adams takes up the concept of performative, embodied authorship in relationship to the transatlantic lecture tour. Adams argues that these tours were a central aspect of nineteenth-century authorship, at a time when authors were becoming celebrities and celebrities were international. Spanning the years from 1834 to 1904, Adams’s book examines the British lecture tours of American authors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Mark Twain, and the American lecture tours of British writers that include Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Matthew Arnold. Adams concludes her study with a discussion of Henry James, whose American lecture tour took place after a decades-long absence. In highlighting the wide range of authors who participated in this phenomenon, Adams makes a case for the lecture tour as a microcosm for nineteenth-century authorship in all its contradictions and complexity.

Performing Authorship in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Lecture Tour

Daniel Martin ist nach zehn Jahren in der Armee heimgekehrt, aber der Krieg – mit seinen Folgen und Geheimnissen – hat ihn noch immer fest im Griff. Mehr als alle anderen möchte er Chloe wiedersehen, aber er hat seine Chance bei ihr vor zehn Jahren verspielt, hatte sie weggestoßen und ihr gesagt, sie solle sich jemand anderes suchen. Er hatte sie gewollt, sehr sogar. Aber sein Leben war ein großes Durcheinander und sie waren beide viel zu jung gewesen. Sie hätte ihn gehasst und er konnte er nichts bieten. Jetzt bezahlt man für den Schutz der eigenen Einheit einen hohen Preis. Sich zu verlieben ist gefährlich. Zu glauben, die Vergangenheit würde für immer verborgen bleiben, wo sie ihr nicht wehtun kann, ist ein Risiko. Wenn er mit Chloe ins Bett geht, gibt es für sie beide kein Entrinnen mehr. Wenn er sie küsst, wird er nie mehr aufhören wollen. Wenn er sie berührt, ist er nicht mehr in der Lage, sie einfach zurückzulassen. Er muss sie aber zurücklassen. Dann sieht er sie und es ist zu spät. Er wird alles riskieren, um sie für sich zu gewinnen. Aber wie soll er sie überzeugen, dass er nicht mehr der Junge ist, der ihr einst das Herz gebrochen hat, sondern ein Mann, entschlossen, sie auf ewig zu lieben?

Zerlegte Widerstände

Michael Walton

Connie Cockrell

D. Perry

Lacey Sutton

Andrew Barber

Joshua Cejka

Janet Gershen-Siegel

R. Virdi

On March 12th, 2015, the writing world lost one of its greatest contemporary heroes - Sir Terrence "Terry" Pratchett. To honor his life, a group of writers decided to publish an anthology of stories that showcased his influence on their writing, and also would help bring awareness of the disease that contributed to his end, Alzheimer's Disease. Found in this volume are eleven stories and poems by nine authors, most of which are humorous and fantastical, but threaded among those are tales of the loss and confusion unique to Alzheimer's, dementia, and those who must watch their loved ones disappear before their eyes. Contributing writers include Amanda Parker Adams, Andrew Barber, Joshua L. Cejka, Connie Cockrell, Janet Gershen-Siegel, D.R. Perry, R.R. Virdi, Michael Walton and Lacey D. Sutton. All proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association, in the hope of one day finding a cure.

The Longest Night Watch

Ich halte mich an drei Regeln, wenn ich Multi-Milliarden-Dollar Firmen aufbaue. Regel Nummer eins: schlafe nicht mit Angestellten. Regel Nummer zwei: schlafe nie, nie, niemals mit Angestellten. Und Regel Nummer drei: hör zu Idiot, sie ist wirklich umwerfend. Aber du kannst sie nicht haben! Doch jetzt…hat sie gekündigt…oder sie geht…oder was auch immer. Ich habe seit zwei Jahren ein Auge auf sie geworfen. Ich laufe praktisch meine zehntausend Schritte am Tag, indem ich Ausreden erfinde, um an ihrem Schreibtisch vorbeizulaufen…einen Blick auf sie zu erhaschen. Und jetzt scheine ich mir einen ernsten Fall von Coitus Interruptus zugezogen zu haben. Steckst du liebeskrank im Aufzug fest? Nicht so schnell. Heiß und verschwitzt, dennoch unbefriedigt? Du leidest unter den Nebenwirkungen von Coitus Interruptus. Sex on the beach…klingt lecker. Das würde man meinen, aber Sand in den unteren Regionen kann auch nur eine weitere Nebenwirkung von Coitus Interruptus sein. Und die Frau, in die ich mich verliebe… Ich denke doch tatsächlich, dass sie mein Elend witzig findet. Ich muss sie haben!

Die Obsession des Milliardärs

An erotic memoir of love and lust that takes the reader on a romantic journey to some of Europe's brightest capitals and most glamorous ports-of-call, like Cannes and Portofino. Can fairy tales come true? Let's find out. I had no way of knowing at the time, but I would soon embark on a journey that would take me to some of Europe's most glamorous cities and famous ports-of-call, that would introduce me to a novel cast of colorful chacters, have me living a luxurious lifestyle aboard a luxury yacht where I would eventually meet the man of my dreams. Follow me on my journey. Be a believer--and the dream can happen to you.

Amanda Adams

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