Jennifer Scott

Story of a woman who gets roped into hosting a book club with a diverse group of ladies.

The Accidental Book Club

Karen, Melinda and Joanna have never met, but every morning they get their coffee at the Tea Rose Diner. Karen stops in on her way to her long term office job, wondering how her sweet-faced boy turned into a misguided young man. Paramedic Melinda fuels up for her days helping others, after nights spent worrying her fear of having children could drive her husband away. And Joanna, who hides from her family and friends. One day the three meet in a shocking event involving a young woman named Maddie. Over the next months they return to meet each other over and over.

Second Chance Friends

Il club delle lettrici

Helen Hillyard

Rembrandt's Light brings together paintings, etchings and drawings that focus on Rembrandt's mastery of visual storytelling through light, concentrating on the period from 1639-58, when he lived in his 'dream house' on the Breestraat in the heart of Amsterdam (today the Rembrandt House Museum). The rooms on the first floor of the house, with their large windows and exceptional quality of light, offered new possibilities for the creation of art. Arranged thematically the book traces Rembrandt's innovation: from evoking a meditative mood, to lighting people, to creating impact and drama. Highlights include 'The Denial of St Peter', 'Pilgrims at Emmaus' and three of the artist's most famous images of women: 'A Woman Bathing in a Stream', 'A Woman in Bed' and 'Girl at a Window'. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the celebrations taking place throughout Europe to mark 350 years since the artist's death (1669), Rembrandt's Light aims to refresh the way we look at works by this incomparable Dutch Master.

Rembrandt's Light

Garry J. Smith

Discusses government and public approaches to sustainable development in Australia and the current inability of these governments to address persistent urban environmental problems.

An Urban Myth? : Government and Sustainability in Australia

Living Cities

Kathryn Jones

Lauren Porter

Gold is the most coveted of metals, its rarity and radiant natural beauty making imbuing it with rich meaning throughout human history. For artists, gold has long been associated with the divine. For monarchs, it has been a means of symbolizing status and wealth. With Gold, Kathryn Jones, Lauren Porter, and Jennifer Scott have written a lively and highly informative cultural history of gold in the Royal Collection, one that explores its many manifestations throughout history and its use in promoting messages of power and wealth. Drawing on the Royal Collection's unparalleled collection of paintings, miniatures, jewelry, gold boxes, and drawings in and on gold, the book takes readers through the possibilities of this noble metal. Organized thematically, chapters include ?Divinity,” which covers gold in devotional art; ?Power,” which explores the role of gold as a symbol of status and wealth; and ?Art,” which presents the craftsmanship and indestructible quality of gold objects. From Fabergé's astonishing gold-mounted boxes to the nearly-four-thousand-year-old Rillaton Gold Cup and drawings in gold paint by Edward Burne-Jones, this lavish book?in its own gold binding?presents this most precious substance throughout history in one hundred full-color illustrations.

Gold

Totally Positive Dog Tricks, Games, & Exercise

Every century, selected individuals are chosen to fight for a chance to reign as a new King in their world. Each selected participants are chosen carefully by their partners and are forced to fight against other contestants for the title of King. Emma, a young secluded girl, was no different. Once she had accepted to be a part of the game, her life is thrown into danger as she must kill to survive. Her world is no longer peaceful as she once knew it to be. She had lost her only family as well as her friend. Her only goal is to win and she is willing to eliminate anyone who gets in her way.

The King's Game

Sometimes coming home for the holidays isn’t as easy as it seems…. It’s December 21, and the Yancey sisters have been called home. When the girls were young, holidays at their family farm meant a tinsel-garnished tree, the scent of simmering food, and laughter ringing through the house. But as the years unfolded, family bonds fractured, and the three sisters scattered and settled into separate lives. Until now. The Yancey sisters are coming to spend the holidays with their mother. They’re also coming to bury their father. Claire, the youngest, a free spirit who journeyed to California, returns first. Then comes Julia, the eldest, a college professor with a teenage son of her own. And finally there’s Maya, the middle child, who works so hard to be the perfect mother and wife. During the sisters’ week together, old conflicts surface, new secrets emerge, and the limits and definitions of family are tested. And as the longest night of the year slips by and brightening days beckon, the sisters will have to answer one question: When you’re a sister, aren’t you a sister forever? CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED

The Sister Season

Dori the Clydesdale is happy to share why her friends are so fun. Each friend is described by fact and riddle. The reader describes the friend and the listener replies with their guesses. The picture is Dori's friend.

Jennifer Scott

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