In the Shape of Melissa
In the Shape of Melissa

Author: Blake Schwark

Publisher: Blake Schwark

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13:

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Paradise is not a destination but a state of mind. Something Sammy had come to appreciate over time. He knew he was second best. Second to a man who died and left a world of confusion behind but he didn’t care. He loved Melissa more than simple words and grand gestures could ever describe. In their small town he had found his paradise. A paradise that he had carefully crafted within his mind but that beautifully constructed dream would soon be shattered by a simple discovery and an ugly truth. The only path left to take will be the one leading into the shadows and away from the life Sammy had grown to love. Love and betrayal, some of the building blocks in creating monsters but there are monsters within us all. Some more real than others. The hunger we carry should not always be fed and Sammy is about realize that setting your monsters free is far easier than conquering them. Who survives to tell the tale that monsters live and monsters fail?

Poke-A-Dot: First Words
Poke-A-Dot: First Words

Author: Melissa & Doug

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781950013555

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Poke irresistible buttons to hear satisfying clicks and pops as kids read and count along with sturdy board books. Patented!

The Pisces
The Pisces

Author: Melissa Broder

Publisher: Hogarth

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1524761567

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LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION “Bold, virtuosic, addictive, erotic – there is nothing like The Pisces. I have no idea how Broder does it, but I loved every dark and sublime page of it.” —Stephanie Danler, author of Sweetbitter Lucy has been writing her dissertation on Sappho for nine years when she and her boyfriend break up in a dramatic flameout. After she bottoms out in Phoenix, her sister in Los Angeles insists Lucy dog-sit for the summer. Annika's home is a gorgeous glass cube on Venice Beach, but Lucy can find little relief from her anxiety — not in the Greek chorus of women in her love addiction therapy group, not in her frequent Tinder excursions, not even in Dominic the foxhound's easy affection. Everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer while sitting alone on the beach rocks one night. But when Lucy learns the truth about his identity, their relationship, and Lucy’s understanding of what love should look like, take a very unexpected turn. A masterful blend of vivid realism and giddy fantasy, pairing hilarious frankness with pulse-racing eroticism, THE PISCES is a story about falling in obsessive love with a merman: a figure of Sirenic fantasy whose very existence pushes Lucy to question everything she thought she knew about love, lust, and meaning in the one life we have.

Escaping the Build Trap
Escaping the Build Trap

Author: Melissa Perri

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1491973765

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To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their schedule rather than the customer’s needs. In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management can help companies solve real customer problems while achieving business goals. By understanding how to communicate and collaborate within a company structure, you can create a product culture that benefits both the business and the customer. You’ll learn product management principles that can be applied to any organization, big or small. In five parts, this book explores: Why organizations ship features rather than cultivate the value those features represent How to set up a product organization that scales How product strategy connects a company’s vision and economic outcomes back to the product activities How to identify and pursue the right opportunities for producing value through an iterative product framework How to build a culture focused on successful outcomes over outputs

Taking Measures Across the American Landscape
Taking Measures Across the American Landscape

Author: James Corner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0300086962

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Photographs and essays express "the way the American landscape has been forged by various cultures in the past and what the possibilities are for its future design."--Jacket.

Shape Your Body - Lean and Trim
Shape Your Body - Lean and Trim

Author: Melissa Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-09

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781950538966

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Shape your body is a curve friendly, body shaping and recomposition program that is designed exclusively for women and because the formula works with the unique hormonal, nutritional and specific needs of a woman's body, you will find the most efficient and targeted body shaping guidelines that are designed to trim and tighten your body and waistline, while building shape and curves in all the right places, leading you to the Sexiest and Highly Coveted Bikini Hourglass Shape

My Melissa
My Melissa

Author: Robert Beatty

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2022-12-14

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1665578165

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George and Arthur are identical twins, both are in college and living in late 1930s America. They come from a rich upper class Baltimore family. Their father had been taking the family on summer vacations to Miami Beach. Finding Miami Beach to be too crowded, the father changes directions and takes the family to a remote and less known vacation resort in South Carolina. There the boys meet and fall head over rich privileged heels in love with a beautiful local girl who works as a cleaning girl who cleans the rental vacation cottages. When they return the next year they start up a full blown love and sexual affair with the girl, Melissa. The girl falls in love with them; both of them. Both brothers want to marry the girl. The situation lead to quite a rivalry between the two brothers which could lead to a serious break between them in the family. The problem is that Melissa said she wants to marry BOTH men. She says that she loves them both equally and cannot choose between them. In the end she refuses to choose between them saying that if they will not agree to a three-way marriage she will live with them both in a menage-a-twa arrangement anywhere. While that could be worked out in backwoods mountain country, it would be totally unacceptable in straight laced conservative Baltimore Brahmin society. The boys do not want to leave their family home and situation. By a series of events that include a savage barroom between the brothers and locals over the girl, a fight in which one of the brothers seriously mutilates a knife welding redneck thug, facing possible serious danger from angry locals who falsely blame the girl for provoking the fight, the girl comes home with the boys to live with them as a cleaning girl in the family home in Baltimore, much to the chagrin of the boys straight laced mother. At home behind closed doors, the boys carry on in secret the affair they started in Carolina. At their sister's wedding reception both of the brothers propose to the girl with the one she does not choose agreeing to drop out of the picture. Sill as much of a stubborn hillbilly girl as she was when they first met her, Melissa again refuses to choose between them. The issue unresolved as ever, the affair otherwise continues in secret at the family house. The years roll on, Melissa marries out of necessity, but which one did she choose? Find out how this convoluted love affair ends.

Melissa
Melissa

Author: F. L. Murnahan, Jr.

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-03-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1450044271

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Listening to his voice and having him sitting across from me, I fought the urge to rush to him and into his lap; to smother him with kisses and to tell him how much I loved and wanted to be with him. Why was I being such a chicken? His eyes were saying everything and it was more than I could possibly have hoped or ever dreamed for. I didn’t care about the wife just as I didn’t care about Terry. I wanted to be with Tom and Bonnie already knowing the kids would feel the same way. All I had to do was say something, anything! Why wasn’t Tom saying anything? I could see it in his eyes how he felt about me. Was he scared of offending me or afraid I’d react badly? Did he think it better just to let things remain as they were? The questions kept popping into my mind and I was going crazy trying to find a way to let him know exactly what I felt. Tom gently moved forward on the couch looking me straight in the eyes, his eyes showing so much love and perhaps even hope— “I did see you that day in Coal Grove.”

How to Be Married (to Melissa)
How to Be Married (to Melissa)

Author: Dustin Nickerson

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2022-06-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1400231620

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Your therapist told you that marriage was no laughing matter, but standup comedian and podcaster Dustin Nickerson begs to differ. Join Dustin as he draws on experiences from his incredibly average life to share tips for appreciating the uniqueness of every marriage. Through storytelling and brutally honest disclosures, Dustin brings his highly relatable brand of humor to the challenges couples may face, including eating healthy (versus being happy), parenting (building crucial survival skills), finances (bill collectors, anyone?), and church attendance (Melissa's purse holds enough mints and fidget toys to entertain the kids and Dustin). Go beyond the formulas and charts of conventional marriage advice as you dig deep into your one-of-a-kind relationship. In this book written for actual married humans by an actual married human, Dustin shares: Why laughter in your marriage is essential--even in the hard times Why in marriage, unlike on Southwest, your baggage does not fly free An approach to problem-solving (we're talking money, kids, and in-laws) that brings you closer Why you should never put Scattergories on your wedding registry Praise for How to Be Married (to Melissa): "How to Be Married (to Melissa) feels like you're having a conversation with a guy who has legitimate experience and expertise in my favorite things: faith, marriage, and comedy. In a culture full of 'fake it till you make it' people, Dustin is the real deal when it comes to all three categories." --Trey Kennedy, comedian