Kerry Taylor

Emilia Gallo knows darkness. She has been abused and controlled by it for her entire life. Trapped in the clutches of an evil, criminal stepfather, with only her selfish, weak mother on her side she is alone and constantly afraid of what each new horror-filled day will bring. She has learnt from a young age to survive in this hellish existence, but when her stepfather lands the ultimate blow - selling her to the Albanian Mafia - she knows it's only a matter of time before her monsters truly win the battle she has spent her whole life fighting, and break her. But an unexpected opportunity for escape gives Emilia the chance she needs to flee her fate and she grabs onto it with both hands. Armed with very little cash, few belongings and a letter that details a possible hope for her future, she ventures into a world she has been sheltered from and knows very little of. There she finds new friends, a job and a home she can feel safe in for the first time in her life, but what she really wants is family - someone to love her. When she tracks down Nico, the brother she never knew existed, she finds that family she had always longed for, and so much more. Lincoln, Parker and Jax - Nico's brothers and teammates - are instantly attracted to Emilia from the moment they meet her, and she falls for them too. They make her feel safe and whole in a way she has never known and can't explain. She wants them all - needs them - but these retired Navy SEALs are not men who share. With her monsters close on her heels, a confusing attraction to three guys, and the trauma of her horror filled past making a normal life impossible, Emilia finds her new beginning isn't all she had hoped it would be. She thought she had left behind the danger and fear of her past, but as it stalks closer she realizes she can never escape it. Will she be strong enough to fight it with her new found family, and the men she is fast falling for, at her side?

Milite Series - Book One

Everybody Breaks

After being held captive for over eight years by a brutal, vicious monster, Olivia Byrd escaped, only to find everything she once knew, gone.Scarred, but not broken she fought to overcome the horror of her ordeal, and find the life that had been stolen from her for so long. But with the shadows of her past still chasing her she faces a long and terrifying journey to find the happiness and peace she longs for.This time though, she is not alone. With help, she has found the embrace of a welcoming home, an adoring family, and the four guys who surround her with the love and safety she so desperately needs.Together Olivia and the men she has fallen for have begun to heal and have found strength in each other.Darkness still lingers though. With the guy's pasts still haunting them, Olivia's memories resurfacing and threatening to shake her world once again, and The Shadow close by in search of his next victim, can they all hold on to what they have built or will it be what finally breaks them all?

Pieces of Us Series - Book 2

Shadows of Shattered Souls

Lucy Simmons was a naive, sheltered young woman living in a protective bubble until one day her world came crashing down around her and she was thrown very violently into reality. Depressed and alone, she finds herself rushed into a violent marriage, trapped with a monster, a man of pure evil she had never even known existed. Realising one day that her life is in danger she flees to her one savior, her brother Matt. The only problem is he is thousands of miles away from her. She battles to get to him and with his help and that of his two Ex-marine allies she fights to survive the horror of the past and the hell of what is coming. Will her husband ever let her go? Hunted down by a monster and haunted by the demons of the past all odds are stacked against her, but she is not alone. The men in her life will do anything to protect her.This is the story of one woman's struggle to claw her way out of hell and find the strength to stand up to true evil. She will do whatever it takes to rid herself of her horrifying past and find her 'happily ever after'

Something Other Than Fear

Galliano: Spectacular Fashion is the first detailed guide to the work of one of fashion's greatest talents. Though the designer's otherwise glittering career has been punctured by years out of the limelight, his catalogue of work remains astonishing. Written by internationally renowned fashion expert Kerry Taylor, this beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched book looks in depth at John Galliano's collections from his 1984 graduate show at Saint Martins to his triumphant renaissance at Maison Margiela in 2015. With never-before-seen images of rare designs from private couture archives, close ups revealing the intricacies of garments, and iconic runway shots showing the designer's most innovative creations in motion, this visually rich book examines his revolutionary designs in unprecedented depth. In addition, original interviews with the designer as well as the people who worked closely with him throughout his career shed new light on both the clothes and the context in which they were created. A must-have for fashion lovers, collectors and researchers alike, Galliano: Spectacular Fashion is the ultimate overview of the work of a design genius.

Spectacular Fashion

Galliano

Part I of a IV Part SeriesMelissa Adams believes she has it all she acts like the perfect housewife, mother, friend, and daughter. Referred to as Baltimore´s first lady. Her hair is styled to perfection, her skin is as soft as new-born baby's bottom, and her wardrobe is to die for!Melissa has this image, because it is expected of her. She has been groomed by her mother from birth to be 'perfect' in every way. She sets up a prenatal and postnatal group, Nearly Natal to shine as a star in her Country Club for reaching out to the community.Instead she has children urinating on her shoes, women dripping breast milk as they walk and acting as a midwife in one session. As Melissa sessions commence she learns so much about herself and the true meaning of being a mother. She gets more than she bargains for her in weekly sessions of Nearly Natal.

A Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy Series

Nearly Natal

Pauline Thompson Guerin

Now in its third edition, this core textbook offers a comprehensive framework for creating a culturally safe environment and enhancing health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Through case studies, discussions, reflections and critiques of health issues in Australia today, Health Care and Indigenous Australians offers a starting point for learning about cultural safety in an Indigenous health context, and is essential for students, academics and practitioners alike. This is key reading for anyone taking courses on Indigenous health modules in nursing, midwifery and health related courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level, as well practitioners and academics

Cultural safety in practice

Health Care and Indigenous Australians

Alex Harrison has spent the first 25 years of her life trapped in a nightmare that seemed as though it would never end. Tormented by the people who should have loved and cared for her, she has only ever had herself to rely upon.Finally a chance for escape arises, but at a heavy cost. Alex finds herself completely alone and badly injured in a terrifying new city, hiding from the monsters of her past and fighting hard to piece her shattered existence back together.She battles on, as always, depending only on herself, until one day she meets an incredibly handsome British guy who shows her that kindness really does exist. For the first time in her life Alex isn't alone, but is it all too good to be true? Can she ever truly be happy?Matt Simmons is still reeling from witnessing his younger sister suffer unspeakably at the hands of her evil ex-husband and he is struggling to move on from the anguish and anger it evoked in him. A chance encounter with Alex brings a new light to his world and he finds his life turned upside down once again, but this time in a way that will change it forever, for the better.Together, can Matt and Alex overcome the pain of their histories to have a real connection? And what will happen when Alex's past comes looking for more from her? A new hell threatens Alex's fragile state and Matt is determined to do whatever it takes to hold her together. He, along with his ex-marine mates are determined to do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Book 2 in the Shepard Security series.

Something Other Than Pain

Nicole lived in her own perfect world where she believed, I am a perfect model of a wife - intelligent, sexy and great in the sack!Shame, no man thought this way - Eric divorced her and the guy that she had an affair with dumped her for his supermodel wife. Eric grew tired of Nicole's open affairs and her in general that he moved on and divorced her. Gutted and alone, Nicole decides to move on and try her hand at online dating. Eric thinks that Pamela could be the one - Pamela feels the same, if only he could get rid of his kids. Not going to work out - Eric gives her the boot. Tired and fed up he decides to find a friend through online dating. After several months of online dating, they meet their counterparts.Will Nicole´s be over 70, overweight, and bald?Will Eric´s be the perfect partner he wants to have by his side?Join Nicole and Eric as they meet their online mates in this light-hearted comedy about online dating!

Blind Dating Romantic Comedy Series

Blind Divorcing

Part I out of a IV part series.Emily is being controlled by her two-timing husband who blames her weight for his unfaithfulness. She feels the best way to save her marriage is to lose the weight. She joins Weight Watchers as a result and meets; an obese woman trying to conceive, an obese man trying to find love and an overweight man needing to lose weight for health reasons.As they join the club, they find they have more to gain than to lose in this series of Weighty in Love.

Weighty In Love, #1

Overweight

A Guide to Recent Information

Defining Merit

A Literature Review of Factors which Influence Nurses Assessment of Pain

397 Ways to Save Money

Showcases the key designers and style icons of each decade in the twentieth century, including Christian Dior, Twiggy, Vivienne Westwood, and Lauren Bacall.

From Poiret to McQueen

Vintage Fashion and Couture

Pauline B. Thompson

This book applies the concept of cultural safety to the field of health psychology in a US context as a means to achieve health equity. First developed in New Zealand by Māori midwives, cultural safety can be understood as both a philosophy and a way of working within a social model of health as an alternative approach to understanding health and illness. Health, social, and human service professionals are at the forefront of interactions with a range of people who often experience disparities in health and social outcomes. In thirteen chapters, the authors explore the social determinants of health; the practices and pitfalls of intercultural communication; and community capacity, resilience, and strengths as correctives to discourses of deficiency. The book concludes with a comparative look at cultural safety in different national contexts, and a discussion of the value of critical reflective practice. Complete with chapter objectives, scenarios, suggested readings and films, and questions for critical thinking, this book is an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike in health psychology and related fields, and a vital contribution to the literature on cultural safety.

A Cultural Safety Approach to Health Psychology

Heather and Kelly are two single best friends who live and do everything together. When someone points out that the only other women who have a similar lifestyle are either lesbians or sisters, they decide it is time to move on and get married. How will they choose? Vowing to find their husbands together as well, they embark on a journey, equal parts hunt and madcap dating adventure, to find their dream husbands. With opposite tastes and ideas, will they be able to find husbands together? Searching for a man with money or searching for a man to love—who will find their husband first? And more importantly, is there a happy ending?

A Light-Hearted Romantic Comedy

Love Or Money

Christopher Kane

"I thought I knew almost everything about the history of fashion until I met Kerry Taylor. The inside-out knowledge she has of garments will inspire both students and designers to look at fashion with fresh eyes." - Sarah Mower, US Vogue "This beautiful book by Kerry Taylor - the go-to woman for vintage and antique couture - is a treat for collectors and fashion lovers alike." - The Wall Street Journal "Whatever my question about vintage, Kerry Taylor has the answer. Her expertise, knowledge and historical anecdotes have raised the level of interest in this subject hugely." -Lisa Armstrong, Daily Telegraph Named one of Glamour Magazine's "Must-Read Style Books"! Profiled by Vogue and The New York Times and courted by style icons with wardrobes to sell and top designers in search of inspiration, Kerry Taylor is one of the world's leading experts on vintage fashion and couture. In this lavishly illustrated book, Kerry tells the story of a century of fashion through the work of its key design talents and the memorable women who have worn their creations. All the fashion stars are here from Poiret to McQueen via Lanvin, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Madame Grès, Dior, Balenciaga, Mary Quant, Ossie Clark, Vivienne Westwood, Alaïa, and Margiela. For each designer Kerry explores their career through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, explaining what makes each item so desirable to the collector or wearer of vintage fashion. Each chapter includes at least one 'style icon' whose relationship with fashion has had a lasting impact, including Baba D'Erlanger, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso and Kate Moss. Illustrated with a mix of gorgeous fashion photography plus images from Kerry's own astonishing archive, this book is set to become an invaluable guide for collectors of vintage (whatever their budget) and all those who love fashion. Contents includes... Foreword by Hubert de Givenchy Prologue by Christopher Kane 1900s Paul Poiret Lucile Mariano Fortuny 1920s Jean Patou Jeanne Lavin Chanel in the Twenties 1930s Elsa Schiaparelli Style Icon Wallis Simpson Madeleine Vionnet - The Architect of Couture 1940s The effects of War on Fashion in Europe American Fashion in the Forties Christian Dior - The Saviour of French Haute Couture 1950s Pierre Balmain Cristóbal Balenciaga - The Master Style Icon Grace Kelly 1960s Mary Quant Hubert de Givenchy Style Icon Audrey Hepburn 1970s Yves Saint Laurent in the Seventies Zandra Rhodes Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren 1980s Italian Masters Azzedine Alaïa John Galliano 1990s The New Romantics Thierry Mugler Style Icon Kate Moss 2000s Later McQueen Style Icon Daphne Guinness Collecting Vintage Taking Care of your Collection ..And so much more!

Vintage Fashion & Couture

Love in Different Doses is a collection of four short romantic comedies. From the perils of love and lust in It Had to be You, to the problems with motherhood in Natal, and the laugh-out-loud antics of pregnancy in Who’s the Daddy, this is a tittering, sweet-toothed comedy collection for adults of all ages.

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