Electric Blue
Electric Blue

Author: Nancy Bush

Publisher: Kensington Books

Published: 2013-10-07

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 0758283083

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New York Times-Bestselling Author: A PI-in-training gets drawn into a dysfunctional family fighting over money and murder… Some days are just weird city. Take today. Jane Kelly, thirtysomething ex-bartender, current process server, and owner of The Binkster, a pug, is dutifully putting in slave-labor hours working for Dwayne Durbin, local “information specialist” (i.e., private investigator), and on the road to becoming a P.I. herself. Next thing she knows she’s socializing with the Purcells, a rich, eccentric family with a penchant for going crazy and/or dying in spectacularly mysterious ways. From what Jane can tell, the Purcells all want Orchid Purcell’s money. And when Orchid turns up in a pool of blood, the free-for-all has just begun. Then when Jane finds a second body, it seems weird city is about to get even weirder—and a lot more deadly… In her second smash outing, Nancy Bush's wickedly funny heroine, Jane Kelly, proves herself a worthy successor to Stephanie Plum, but with a wit, style, and dog that are definitely all her own. “With her clever ability to handle the zaniest of life’s circumstances, Jane won’t disappoint readers.”—Publishers Weekly “Move over Stephanie Plum, Jane Kelly has arrived!”—Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of You Betrayed Me “[A] funny, feisty, immensely likable new heroine.”—Laura Levine, author of Death of a Gigolo

Love in Electric Blue
Love in Electric Blue

Author: Marie Harte

Publisher: No Box Books

Published: 2019-10-08

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1642920371

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It’s more than chemistry, more than love: it’s electric. Remy Davis does her best to live in the now, never sure when she’ll be forced to run again. She loves her work at Buchanan Investigations—there’s no better place for a woman with her special talent for controlling electricity—but she knows better than to let down her guard. And then everything changes when a man from her past, the man she never stopped loving, reappears in her life. J.D. never thought he’d see the girl he’d once loved, the woman he thought had betrayed him. The chemistry he and Remy once felt is as strong as ever. Old wounds need time to heal, but time is running out on second chances. A villain bent on returning them to his twisted experiments has resurfaced. But this time J.D. won’t let Remy face the madman alone: he’ll harness every ounce of his abilities to rescue the one woman who turns electric in his arms. Warning: There are misunderstandings, angst, and love lost and regained. Sparks fly when two special people with extraordinary abilities overcome science gone awry and some freakishly villainous bad guys. *This book has been previously released and has been reedited and given a new cover.

Corpus Stylistics as Contextual Prosodic Theory and Subtext
Corpus Stylistics as Contextual Prosodic Theory and Subtext

Author: Bill Louw

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2016-05-25

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 9027267359

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The volume presents Louw's Contextual Prosodic Theory from its beginnings to its newest applications. It journeys from delexicalisation and relexicalisation into Semantic Prosody and then to the heart of its contextual requirements within collocation and the thinking of J.R. Firth. Once there, it moves much of Firth’s and Malinowski’s thinking into a computational method based upon the ability of language to govern and analyse itself using collocation to plot its scope and limits. With the assistance of analytic philosophy, it parts logic (grammar) from metaphysics (vocabulary) along the lines of a non-computational formula of Bertrand Russell, and so falsifies the major premise of the Vienna Circle using its own central tenet: the Principle of Verification. Having arrived at corpus-derived subtext (the semantic aura of grammar strings, as distinguished from Semantic Prosody), the second half of the book proceeds to verify the theory on Slavic languages. The focus is on the poet Alexander Pushkin, whose authorial intention becomes computationally recoverable. Prose is handled on samples authored by David Lodge, where authorial (in)sincerity (Louw 1993) is viewed on a cline of inspiration and quality of discourse. Other applications in the volume include studies on translation, negotiation, humour, and the reception of CPT.

The Secret Lives of Colour
The Secret Lives of Colour

Author: Kassia St Clair

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1473630827

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' Simon Garfield The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.

The Visionary and Futurist Artist
The Visionary and Futurist Artist

Author: Nattacia Satie

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1411648048

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"The Visionary and Futurist Artist - Freeing your creativity and living it, no matter what!" Weekly meditations and affirmations for self-empowerment and self-love. For aspiring artists who feel the urge to express themselves creatively, but struggle with emotional and mental obstacles and challenges of the past and present. Also for professionals in all fields who are hungry for change in their careers and relationships, the author has tapped a source of spiritual inspiration combined with methods of revolutionizing one's thinking. WHAT THIS BOOK OFFERS: Self-empowerment, Boosting of confidence, Building of self-esteem. TOOLS: Daily meditations / Inspirational reading, Affirmations, Creative Visualization, Voice Toning Instructions. PROMISES: Personal growth, Transformation, A path to artistic success and happiness.

The Secret Lives of Color
The Secret Lives of Color

Author: Kassia St. Clair

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1524704946

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One of USA Today's “100 Books to Read While Stuck at Home During the Coronavirus Crisis” A dazzling gift, the unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume. “Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017 The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes, and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh’s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk’s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. “This passionate and majestic compedium will leave you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.” —Elle