New Releases by Ann Howard

It’s 1945, and Janey Nichol''s new engagement should be a dream, but memories of Cole haunt her. The sailor she pledged to marry, lost at sea, left only letters and unanswered questions. To find peace, Janey travels to his Gatlinburg home. There, she discovers his secrets, and a chance encounter with his cousin Luke ignites unexpected passion. Trapped by circumstance, Janey finds herself drawn to Luke, even as doubts arise. Can she trust him, or is history repeating itself? Torn between a safe future in the city with her Philadelphia fiancé and a love fraught with uncertainty in a totally different environment, Janey must make an impossible choice. Which life will she choose, and which heart will she break?

This collection of writings I did while observing the antics of the Siamese. She provided a lot of entertainment, companionship and love over the years. I hope others can see some of their own pets'' antics in these writings and enjoy sharing the moment.

Nutmeg Village By: Carol Ann Howard In a far away land, nestled in a green valley near the nutmeg forest sits the quaint town of Nutmeg, where Frederick and Clara have lived with their parents all their lives. When the king announces a royal baking contest with a purse of gold as a prize, the children want nothing more than to enter and help their poor parents. But to get the best nutmeg in the land, they must venture deep into the forest, where no one dares to go... Determined to win the prize, they sneak out of their cottage early one morning and begin their journey deep into the nutmeg forest.

After riding the rollercoaster to phenomenal success never seen before in the music industry, The Beatles world suddenly changed in the fall of 1966. Their most popular bass player and songwriter, Paul McCartney, was missing for five days in early November. When his band mates were told Paul died in a car accident, John Lennon knew there was more to the untold story. Behind the scene of Beatlemania, Paul lived a private and mysterious life that led to his death. Now his best mates are left to search for the truth that forever changed their lives and the lives of all who knew him. Was his death a car accident or a homicide? What really happened to Beatle James Paul McCartney, M.B.E? Paul''s light shone on all that knew him. Now we are left to carry his torch and shine his light on the truth once again so the Shadow of Paul can rest in peace.

In 1937 on a tobacco farm on the banks of the Ohio River, Adah Branch is forced to make hard decisions and take action, to save herself from her husband Lester and then her stepdaughter from his family.

Honouring grandmothers and mothers in a superb account of women’s participation in the Services during World War II, and their ensuing battle for equal opportunity that set the foundation for the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 70s.

A fiercely independent young woman risks her heart and her freedom smuggling liquor in the 1920s.

During World War II Australia was under threat of invasion. Could Australia be invaded by the Japanese? Even with the heavy censorship by the government many certainly thought so. Stunned families had followed the bombings and atrocities of war that were taking place in Europe, and the nation was gripped by fear that the danger would soon be on their doorstep. The Japanese appeared to be looming closer; there were submarines in Sydney Harbour, Japanese planes flying overhead and harassment on our coastline. Australians were fearful for their safety. Anxious parents made decisions to protect their children, with or without government sanction. Small children, some just out of babyhood, were sent away, often unaccompanied, by concerned parents to friends, relatives, or even strangers living in ‘safer’ parts of the country. Many had little comprehension of what was happening and thought they were going on a holiday to the country. The history of these child evacuees in Australia remains largely hidden and their experiences untold. Author Ann Howard, who was evacuated with her mother from the UK during World War II, is setting the records straight. A combination of extensive research and the first-hand stories of the evacuees captures the mood of the time and the social and political environment that they lived in.

Fibroblast growth factor receptor plays a major role in several biological processes. Without FGFR, a human cannot live. FGFR is involved in cell differentiation and wound healing. Of course, if FGFR signaling becomes unregulated, it causes severe distress in the body. Several cancers are contributed to high signaling levels, as well as developmental conditions like rickets and Kallmann's syndrome. FGFR is thought to undergo an auto-inhibition (or self-regulatory) process in order to try to facilitate regulation. The exact method of this inhibition is currently unknown, but is proposed to involve the unstructured acid box region of FGFR. We developed a simple model system in order to further investigate current models of inhibition that FGFR may undergo. By using our model system, which contains two 15-mer homopolypeptides of polyE and polyK that mimic the acid box region and its binding site respectively, we were able to use a combination of ITC, CD, NMR, and FRET to show that one model from the literature contains flaws. We are able to characterize the binding of our polypeptide system under varying ionic conditions and pH. This model system also provides a platform to better understand general principles of charge-charge interactions in proteins, which are often characterized by FRET. One of the important findings from this study is that 15-mers of polyE and polyK bind in a parallel arrangement. One of the hurdles in applying FRET to such systems is determining the role that the attached FRET dyes play in the charge-charge interactions. Our model system allowed us to use the preference of the charged polypeptides to bind in a parallel arrangement to determine the size, charge and structural effects of the attached FRET dyes on how peptides bind under electrostatic interaction conditions and to quantify how the attached fluorescent dyes are quenched by both the charged amino acids as well as by the FRET acceptor.

When Peach Blossom Village''s bridge disappears, Master Chen must solve the mystery! The Mystery of Dragon Bridge is an English-Chinese bilingual children''s fantasy story. The tale revolves around the inhabitants of Peach Blossom Village and the mysterious Dragon Bridge—the villagers'' only connection to the outside world—which suddenly vanishes in the middle of the night. The astonished villagers appoint a retired soldier, Master Chen, to investigate what has happened to their missing bridge. What he finds will surprise readers as much as it did the perplexed villagers! Both a satisfying mystery story and a lesson in working together for the community, preserving the environment, and appreciating what is often taken for granted, The Mystery of Dragon Bridge can be enjoyed by younger children and intermediate readers alike. The short, easy-to-read story is presented in both English and simplified Chinese, with vocabulary suitable for students aged 7 to 10, and features 12 beautiful watercolors painted by the author.

Kristina Lansing is a Harvard educated MBA employed as an executive for the Boston Bobcats, a professional baseball team. As the lone woman in management working at Arborway Park, she struggles to prove herself daily, even though - or maybe because - her family owns the team. To complicate matters, she becomes involved with their "ace" pitcher due to become a free agent at the end of the season. Shareholders, the media, other players and rumors of trades produce an atmosphere where business, sports, romance and family collide in a quagmire of corporate in-fighting. Can Kristina find the skills to succeed? Or will be succumb to the many emotions she feels as a woman?

THE BEST MAN Strong, honorable, compassionate—Nathan Garner was a good man, and a man to be reckoned with. But somewhere along the way, he''d lost his faith. In himself...and in love. He''d returned home to find peace, but what he discovered there was the one woman who had the power to rattle his self-control and inflame a desire that hadn''t dimmed with time. The woman who should have been his wife.... In the past, like now, Rachel Holcomb stirred Nathan''s protective instincts...and his very soul. But Nathan had always believed Rachel deserved better—she deserved a hero. And now, with the fight of her life on her hands, Rachel had turned to him. Could he be Rachel''s hero, after all?

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Who was she? The sudden amnesia chilled her blood. Particularly since she was dressed as a prostitute, lying in a disreputable alley—and straddled by a devastating, leather-clad stranger. Had he just rescued her from harm? Or was Jake McAlister jeopardy himself? Jake''s granite shoulders proved tempting to lean on...but the man was even more mysterious than she. Without a past—and with peril at every turn—could she build a future with this dangerous male? Or would she merely make some fragile new memories...as time was running out?

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL features Sandra Scott, a first year English teacher in search of self and love in an unclear world. She faces the challenge of teaching reading, writing, and respect to a hundred fifty marginally receptive teenagers beset with issues of drugs, personal relations, and domestic abuse. She has a passionate relationship with her wealthy, sexy boyfriend, a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at Boston University. The intimacy they enjoy is precious and beautiful, yet fraught with many tensions as well. She has a very ill father and an opinionated mother. By teaching others Sandy learns to deal with her insecurity, her career, and the people in her life. Follow her through her tales of joy, misery, confusion, and adventure both in and out of school.

Nicki Fleming is a natural with animals. When the chance to train a service dog comes up, she just can''t say ''No,'' even if it means taking on more responsibility and having to give up some of the things she loves doing. When Sprocket the puppy turns out to be a handful, it takes all of Nicki''s compassion to continue his training. She knows that one day Sprocket will make someone else''s life better - and that makes all the difference. The - True Story - section at the back of the book focuses on real girls who have experience training service dogs.

After a busy summer training Sprocket, the service dog she has been raising, Nicki''s school year gets off to a rough start as she works on reconciling her two best friends, accepting that Sprocket will soon leave for placement with someone who needs him, and awaiting the birth of the twins her mother is expecting. Includes essay on service dogs.

'Undoubtedly you write well...your work reminds me of Di Morrissey...your best writing reminds me of Delia Falconer (The Service of Clouds) at her best...' - Kate Llewellyn

Pet Angels return to earth in order to achieve permanent membership in Pet Heaven. Assigned to families in need, they take an active role in protecting them, and become heroes.

This textbook is for students in Years 7-10 who are studying Commerce Elective Option 3, E-Commerce. The textbook provides an introduction to using the Internet for researching commercial and legal information and buying and selling goods and services.

The inspiration for the beloved film that became a TikTok sensation An extraordinary tale of one woman’s journey of resilience, courage, and self-discovery amidst the turmoil of World War II. Olivia Dunne, a studious minister’s daughter who dreams of becoming an archaeologist, never thought that WWII would affect her quiet life in Denver. But when an exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, she finds herself in a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese-American sisters from a nearby internment camp. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime that tests her beliefs about trust and love, she must confront her own desires and reconcile them with the harsh realities of the world around her.

In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is Carr''s thrilling memoir of her life in Rwanda—a love affair with a country and a people that has spanned half a century. During those years, she has experienced everything from stalking leopards to rampaging elephants, drought, the mysterious murder of her friend Dian Fossey, and near-bankruptcy. She has chugged up the Congo River on a paddle-wheel steamboat, been serenaded by pygmies, and witnessed firsthand the collapse of colonialism. Following 1994''s Hutu-Tutsi genocide, Carr turned her plantation into a shelter for the lost and orphaned children-work she continues to this day, at the age of eighty-seven.

When her family moves from Florida to the Colorado prairie to raise alpacas, twelve-year-old Laney must leave behind the ocean she loves and accept the new landscape and life ahead of her.

In a series of letters and journal entries, twelve-year-old Vivien describes being abandoned by her mother and struggling to survive on the streets of a big city while searching for her family.

The story of an unlikely friendship, life on the frontier and how the protagonist, Wren, deals with complex issues and ultimately a crucial decision. Set in late 19th century Colorado, Water At the Blue Earth includes a little known yet very interesting chapter of Colorado''s history.