Stephanie Taylor

The Holiday Adventure Club Book One

Valentine's Day in Venice

Elaina Lee

Lucky certainly lives up to his name. Once the fat kid in school, he's all grown up and taking prisoners, literally. He's the town sheriff and delights in handcuffing idiots. Most people barely recognize him being the fit and trim man he is now. Lana, pregnant and alone, flees her abusive ex-husband and seeks refuge with her father in her hometown. She doesn't expect to meet a handsome man at a get-together and fall head over heels. Of course, she can't trust herself when it comes to men and she certainly doesn't trust Lucky. Then Lana finds out who Lucky really is - the fat kid whose invitation she turned down for her senior prom. Fat Jack has now grown into a man that makes her burn inside. He even has a new name. Ashamed of the way she treated him in the past, she tries to walk away, but there's something that pulls her back to him. Is it the fact that Lucky can protect her from her ex-husband or can love really conquer all?

Lucky for Her

Raven Grimassi

What treasures does the Hidden Path hold for you? Insights into the ancient wisdom of your craft- a beautiful way to align with mystical realms and magical energies- a powerful tool for receiving guidance about the possibilities ahead on your life's path? The gifts that await are as unique as each person who embarks on the journey. Multi-faceted and magical, The Hidden Path can be used by those on a nature-based spiritual path for divination, pathworking, celebrating seasonal rites, creating ritual experiences, and accessing the hidden Mysteries of the Craft. Bestselling Wiccan author Raven Grimassi and High Priestess Stephanie Taylor have collaborated once again with award-winning Pagan artist Mickie Mueller to create these transformative cards that can be used alone or as a complement to their popular Well Worn Path kit. The Hidden Path kit contains 40 cards, a 216-page guidebook, and a black organdy bag. "Can be used alone for insightful readings, pathworking, or ritual creation . . . this deck provides a complete tradition for the solitary practitioner . . . A great teaching tool!" --New Age Retailer

The Hidden Path

The All-In-One Guide to Psychiatric Service and Emotional Support Animals In this comprehensive book, author and service dog handler Stephanie Taylor, M. S., helps you begin your own service dog journey with the resource she wishes she'd had when she started down this road. Psychiatric service dogs and emotional support animals have a positive impact on the lives of the people they serve yet much of the conversation on these animals is dominated by opinion and misinformation is prevalent. This handbook changes everything. Outlining the benefits of how service and support animals can help those with debilitating mental illness lead fuller lives, Taylor provides everything you need to know about animals that heal, including how to -understand the history, psychology, and laws involved -speak to a mental health professional about adding a service dog to your care plan -determine which kind of service animal is right for you -operate more freely in the world with a service dog at your side -and tackle common problems If your mental illness is severe enough to be considered a disability, getting a service dog or emotional support animal may be the next step toward healing. Take it today.

The Role of Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals in Mental Health Treatment

Animals That Heal

Susan Luckman

This book presents research on pathways into creative work. The promise of ‘doing what you love’ continues to attract new entrants to the cultural and creative industries. Is that promise betrayed by the realities of pathways into creative work, or does a creative identification offer new personal and professional possibilities in the precarious contexts of contemporary work and employment? Two decades into the 21st century, aspiring creative workers undertake training and higher education courses in increasing numbers. Some attempt to convert personal enthusiasms and amateur activities into income-earning careers. To manage the uncertainties of self-employment, workers may utilise skills developed in other occupations, even developing timely new forms of collective organisation. The collection explores the experience of creative career entrants in numerous national contexts, including Australia, Belgium, China, Ireland, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Russia, the US and the UK. Chapters investigate the transitions of new workers and the obstacles they encounter on creative pathways. Chapters 1, 12 and 15 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Pathways into Creative Working Lives

The Holiday Adventure Club has had a jam-packed year of travel and jet-setting, but now it's finally coming to an end... Lucy Landish started the Holiday Adventure Club travel agency as her second act; following a decade as a medical examiner and a nasty divorce, she was ready to rebuild her life from the ground up--which is exactly what she did. In the course of a year, she took her tour groups all around the world, but now they're wrapping things up with New Year's in New York, and Lucy wants it to be the perfect trip--for everyone! Click the BUY NOW button and start traveling the world with Lucy and The Holiday Adventure Club today—romance and adventure await you!

The Holiday Adventure Club Book Ten

New Year's in New York

Margaret Wetherell

Simeon J Yates

`A highly effective introduction which gives readers a clear sense of how to analyze discourse data and then employ the analytic approaches in their own research' - David Silverman, Goldsmith's College, University of London This workbook will be invaluable for students across the social sciences who need to learn how to analyze discourse. Using a step-by-step approach, students are introduced to the principal range of methods for analyzing different types of text, taken through key analytic concepts, offered specimen analyses and given the opportunity to try out analytic concepts on new data. Discourse as Data is organized around eight chapters, six of which are related to the domains covered in the Reader, and top and tailed by two chapters which set up common methodological issues in discourse research relevant to all approaches (such as transcription and the application and the critical evaluation of discourse research). Though the text will be a perfect companion to the simultaneously published Reader, its broad coverage, combined with didactic, practical guidance should make this important reading for any student or researcher wishing to learn more about discourse analysis. This book will be ideal as a teaching tool, and an invaluable aid on discourse analysis courses, which have a practical content, most notably within the fields of psychology, cultural and media studies, sociology and linguistics. This book is a course reader for The Open University course Discourse Analysis (D843).

A Guide for Analysis

Discourse as Data

This critical, international and interdisciplinary edited collection investigates the new normal of work and employment, presenting research on the experience of the workers themselves. The collection explores the formation of contemporary worker subjects, and the privilege or disadvantage in play around gender, class, age and national location within the global workforce. Organised around the three areas of: creative working, digital working lives, and transitions and transformations, its fifteen chapters examine in detail the emerging norms of work and work activities in a range of occupations and locations. It also investigates the coping strategies adopted by workers to manage novel difficulties and life circumstances, and their understandings of the possibilities, trajectories, mobilities, identities and potential rewards of their work situations. This book will appeal to a wide range of audiences, including students and academics of the sociology of work and labor history, and those interested in understanding the implications of the ‘new normal’ of work and employment.

Critical Studies in Contemporary Work and Employment

The New Normal of Working Lives

With the crew of 'Wild Tropics' arriving to film their reality show in the middle of a Halloween heatwave, mayor Holly Baxter has her hands full with PR duties, and not everyone is thrilled to have cameras and prying eyes on Christmas Key. In fact, one of the locals is more than happy to let her know how he feels about the situation, and before she knows it, Holly is defending her choices in front of the whole island... Following their steamy summer fling, River O'Leary pays Holly another visit for the holidays. But their timing is all wrong: Holly's locked in a battle for the title of mayor, and she's worried about the reality show turning into a runaway train that she can't control. In the midst of all this chaos, can Holly juggle both her own desires and her neighbors' needs? And will Holly and River be able to stoke the flames of their island romance, or will their relationship fall prey to the whims of the wild tropics? Book two of this feel-good romantic comedy series takes the reader on another tropical escape to paradise!

Christmas Key Book Two

Wild Tropics

"After being presented with his Captain's badge, Firefi ghter/Paramedic Jon Majors had nagging doubts as to his promotion and how it would effect his life now that he would no longer be part of the Station 47 and work with his partner of eight years. Had he made a serious mistake with his career? Read how a simple visit to the Grocery Store changed his life for ever".

After the Paramedics

What is Discourse Analysis? is an accessible introduction to an empirical research approach which is widely used in the social sciences and related disciplines. This book explores the idea of how meaning is socially constructed and how 'talk' and text can be interpreted. The challenges of discourse analysis are outlined as well as helpful ways to approach them - from finding the right starting point, processing and interpreting data through to building an argument. Discourse analysts work with language data, including talk, documents and broadcast material. Researchers in different traditions study interactions and social practices, meaning-making and larger meaning systems, and contests and conflicts around collective identities, social norms and subjectification. What is Discourse Analysis? addresses new researchers and other academics interested in language and its associated practices. The book outlines the history of discourse analysis, its key concepts and theorists and its uses and challenges. Discussions of published studies illustrate the use of the approach to investigate a range of research topics, such as gender, health and national identities. The book also addresses the practical aspects of discourse analysis, providing clear guidance on data collection and data processing, including transcription and selection. Covering important topics, What is Discourse Analysis? draws from recent articles to show how discourse analysis works in action. Common questions about discourse analysis are presented in a lively and accessible Q&A format. This book will be an essential resource for all researchers working with discourse analysis.

What is Discourse Analysis?

Officer Jake Zavaroni decides to leave his Miami beat after a traumatic event sends him into an emotional tailspin. His ex-girlfriend is another good reason to skip town, and putting more miles between the two of them is just a bonus. But once Jake arrives on Christmas Key, he realizes he's traded drugs, guns, and big city life for the much slower pace of a small town. The fact that the island's mayor is thirty, gorgeous, and feisty isn't lost on Jake as he gets settled in to his new home, and their fast-blooming friendship holds the promise of something more down the road... Jake's Story is a companion novella to the Christmas Key series. It offers the reader a chance to see how Jake ended up on the island, and how his relationship with Holly blossomed from their first meeting. It can be read at any point in the series!

A Christmas Key Novella

Jake's Story

Holland Burris

Elizavetta has spent most of her thirteen years living in a Russian orphanage. She's happy there--she has friends, school, and the orphanage is her home. But when Jack and Maggie Cavendish arrive from Montana looking for a daughter, they turn her stable world upside down with the offer of a new life in America. They bring her the hope for a real family. Once she arrives in Applewood, there are all kinds of things to deal with: new phrases to learn in English; older brothers who aren't convinced that their parents should be adopting a teenage girl; and wild, untamed horses. Elizavetta has had her heart broken before and she's being cautious this time. Will she learn to love Montana and her new family? Can she ever learn to trust again?

The American Dream Series

Elizavetta

Want to get started in property but worry you don't have enough money, time or experience? Stephanie and Nicky Taylor were there too. These dynamic sisters were working too hard, for too many hours. They wanted the time, freedom and options that property seemed to provide others, but they didn't know how to start and couldn't see anyone like them doing it. Since then, they have gone from financial uncertainty to building their own multi-million pound portfolio and creating an award-winning property business, HMO Heaven. Their unique Rent 2 Rent Success System will enable you to get started in property in a simple, ethical and low-risk way with little capital outlay. Their proven system has been used by hundreds of people across the country and has featured in publications, such as Entrepreneur magazine, The Telegraph and Property Investor Today. This book will: - Guide you right through the whole process, from getting into the right mindset to get started through to building and scaling up your portfolio - Reveal the 6 key areas you need to get right for rent to rent success - Share a proven, practical system that gets results, removes the stress and ensures you avoid expensive newcomer's mistakes If you're ready to become a gamechanger, join Stephanie and Nicky and get started on your property journey.

Our Ethical 6-step System to Get You Started in Property Without Buying it

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Spring comes in like a lion on Christmas Key, bringing heat, humidity, and April Fools Day pranks, but leaving romance and expectation in its wake… As usual, Mayor Holly Baxter has her hands full with a visiting group—this time a reunion for a family of redheads famous for starring on a reality show—and life on the island is changing once again. She and Miguel are still happy as clams, spending more time together than apart, and the promise of an upcoming wedding on the island has everyone daydreaming about love. But there are more twists and turns than the locals can imagine, and before they know it, they’re expecting not just a small village of tiny homes that’s being planned for the north side of the island, but also the arrival of some very tiny residents… Come visit the lovable, eccentric cast of characters on Christmas Key for another season of laughter and love!

Christmas Key Book Eight

Dancing Barefoot

How does a woman end up as cold and calculating as Coco Baxter, ready to sell Christmas Key and do away with the only home her daughter has ever known? Growing up in Miami, Coco Baxter was a sweet little girl with a life of luxury and two loving parents. That should have been enough. But family secrets, betrayals, and disappointments have left her hardened and on a path of self-destruction. At sixteen, Coco is angry and looking for new ways to get under her parents' skin. But will the shoplifting, older boys, and her out-of-control behavior teach her parents a lesson, or will Coco be the one to get schooled? Coco's Story is a companion novella to the Christmas Key series. It offers the reader a chance to see what Coco's life was like before the island, and how her choices and relationships made her the woman that Holly and the other islanders love to hate. It can be read at any point in the series!

Coco's Story

When Bonnie Lane's husband passes away unexpectedly and leaves her a widow in her forties, she's left with three grown sons and the decision to stay in Atlanta, or to start a new life somewhere else. A trip to Christmas Key with her sister-in-law is the catalyst for her move, transporting her from a busy life in the city to an island still in the early stages of its development. Frank and Jeanie Baxter are still alive; Holly is a recent high-school graduate instead of the mayor; and Jack Frosty's isn't even a figment of anyone's imagination yet. This Christmas Key novella is like a time machine that takes us back to the start for Bonnie and for the island. It can be read at any point in the series!

Bonnie's Story

This book explores the changing meanings of place for our identities and life stories in the 21st century, using an empirical approach developed in narrative and discursive psychology.

Narratives of Identity and Place

"This book is such a joy to read. It is witty, quirky and well written. I challenge you to not fall in love with this island, the inhabitants and the visitors. Heartwarming without being sappy, this story gives a well rounded plot to keep readers of many genres satisfied. Can't wait to see what happens next!" -Amazon ReviewEscape to a tropical island where the only traffic comes from slow-moving golf carts driven by eccentric retirees, the commute to work involves getting sand between your toes, and happy hour means salty margaritas with a view of the ocean...There's Always a Catch follows Holly Baxter, Christmas Key's 30-year-old mayor, as she tries to convince her neighbors (mostly eccentric retirees puttering around the island on golf carts) that progress is a necessity. Amid family secrets and surprising revelations, Holly battles her mother for control of the island that her grandparents left behind. Throw in her hunky ex-boyfriend--the island's only cop--and some magnetic chemistry with a fisherman who's visiting the island, and you'll see why Holly realizes that (in life and in love) There's Always a Catch!"I loved this book. I grew to love Holly Baxter and friends, and loved the vibe of Christmas Key. If there really were such a place, I'd be visiting for sure, and would probably never leave!" -Amazon Review Women's fiction for fans of Debbie Johnson, Holly Martin, and Jenny Hale

Christmas Key Book One

There's Always a Catch

Joey McCrary needs a wife and someone to help him raise his daughter after he made some poor choices in college. Stacey has always been his friend, and even though she's a sweet girl, nothing can compare to the feelings he has for his ex. Joey realizes that he and Stacey can benefit one another. Joey can provide Stacey with all she's ever wanted: a family. But can Stacey teach him a few things along the way, too?

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