Rebecca: 4598 books

With movie roles for "curvy best friend" drying up fast, actress Angelica Travis is happy to leave Hollywood behind to renovate a bed and breakfast in River Hill, the jewel of Northern California's wine country. She's got plans and power tools ready, but an inconvenient attraction to her...

Looking ahead to the 21st century, Sustainable Tourism explains the current thinking process that underlies the emerging international principles of more sustainable development in travel and tourism. Using international illustrations it draws on experience and good practice as they are being...

“There can be no greater advantage than certainty of the future.Not in nature. Not in business. Not in governance.” So begins Rebecca Costa’s much-awaited exploration of foresight: “the crowning achievement of human ambition.” According to Costa, advances in Big Data, predictive analytics,...

Down to my last $75 after leaving the military, I had no idea how I was going to pay the bills! So I turned to the internet, like many others, in hopes of finding a temporary source of income. I found what I was looking for in Fiverr.com, and it turned into much more than I'd ever anticipated....

Learn how to use stories throughout the agile software development lifecycle. Through lessons and examples, Agile UX Storytelling demonstrates to product owners, customers, scrum masters, software developers, and designers how to craft stories to facilitate communication, identify problems and patterns,...

BLOGGING TO DRIVE BUSINESS   USE BLOGGING TO SUPERCHARGE SALES, CUSTOMER  LOYALTY, INNOVATION, AND PROFITS Blogging can help you deepen customer loyalty, reach new customers, gain indispensable feedback, and drive more sales. This no-nonsense guide shows how to craft a business blog that does all that,...

In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption. Some jokes are tears in the fabric of our beliefs—they challenge myths about how fair and democratic our society...

Through her lovable tale, Crosdale paints a new picture of the once feared arachnid and teaches a valuable lesson not being quick to judge.A spider arrives, uninvited in a little girl’s den. At first the girl is scared and uncertain about her new guest, but as she watches and sees the beauty...

Lucy's Tavern is the best kind of small-town bar. It has a good jukebox, a bartender with a generous pour, and it's always open, even in terrible weather. In the raw and beautiful country that makes up Rebecca Barry's fictional landscape, Lucy's is where everyone ends up, whether they mean to or not. There's...

Dragons have inflamed our hearts and imagination for centuries, making them some of our most enduring heroes and villains. Who hasn’t dreamed of finding a dragon’s hoard and matching wits with the fantastical creature with everything on the line? These seventeen stories will delight and entertain...

A desperate husband, a stunning wife, a perilous promise:“Please tell everyone that you are my sister.”Abram bowed low before Pharaoh’s throne. “We beg your Eminence to show the hospitality of Egypt to us humble shepherds.”“And what do you offer me in return?”“Simply name what...

The concert was in a stadium in a rural area, but that didn't mean tickets were cheap. Rosemary Noonan was happy to go by herself to save some money that way. With two kids and only her husband working, it seemed the sensible way to do it. It might have been, if Rosemary had returned from the...

I noticed Mikey sitting near the front door. He was staring at me to get my attention. As if to say, "Don't you think it's time to let the pups back in?" When I responded, little Ashley bounced in. She's such a kiss-up, I thought nothing of her kissing Mikey as she walked by. Then Bailey...

Veronica's on a mission to catch a kiddie killer with a taste for red heads. She and her fellow agent, Chuck, must set up a sting operation to catch this Mr. Wolfe before he kills (and eats) his next victim--a bratty pageant girl named Ginger. Can Veronica catch the killer in time, or will Ginger end up as the main course? 6000 words long, or approximately 24 pages.