Download or read book Story Book the Christmas Selfie Contest written by Make Believe Ideas Ltd and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A festive rhyming story with a modern twist!

Download or read book The Christmas Contest written by Scarlet Wilson and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Will their competitive spirits ruin the spirit of Christmas? When Ben Winters and Lara Cottridge hear that a Vermont radio station is hosting a Christmas contest with a $10,000 prize for a charitable project of the winner’s choice, they seize the challenge. Although strangers, they both are obsessed with all things Christmas and each has their own worthy pet project in mind. News of the contest creates a lot of buzz, but most participants fall at the first hurdle – a timed online quirky Christmas quiz. The second, a stressful on-air quiz whittles the field down to two – Briarhill Falls residents Lara and Ben who are surprised that they have never met. As the contest heats up with five further Christmas-themed challenges, the town and state become enthralled by the battle of wits and skill. Soon Lara and Ben realize they have far more in common than a love of Christmas. And far more at stake. Will their competition stand in the way of falling in love? Each book in the Christmas Wishes series is a standalone: *The Runaway Christmas Bride *A Royal Christmas Princess *The Jingle Bell Bride *The Christmas Contest *The Christmas Clues

Download or read book MANAGING HOTELS written by RAM GUPTA and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hospitality industry is perhaps one of the oldest in the world. What started by providing accommodation to travelling merchants has gradually blossomed into a global, multibillion-dollar industry. Now, more than ever, the hospitality industry has refined its offering, products, and styles to match the ever-increasing demands of millennial travelers. Today, we have specialized hotels catering to different segments of users, where experiences are tailored to the minutest detail. In this book, I have briefly touched upon the various facets of the inner working of this wondrous and complex industry. From the way technology is changing the face of how a hotel is run to luxury establishments rising up to their responsibilities and embracing sustainable initiatives, I have covered all this and more in a series of short articles. Summarizing my 45 years of experience into a book was not easy, but I have, nonetheless, made an honest attempt to keep all articles informative and engaging. My vision for this book was to create a valuable resource for those who are trying to make a mark in the hospitality industry or even those of you who crave a peek into what goes on behind the scenes of one of the smoothest running shows in the world!

Download or read book Selfie Democracy written by Elizabeth Losh and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How politicians’ digital strategies appeal to the same fantasies of digital connection, access, and participation peddled by Silicon Valley. Smartphones and other digital devices seem to give us a direct line to politicians. But is interacting with presidential tweets really a manifestation of digital democracy? In Selfie Democracy, Elizabeth Losh examines the unintended consequences of politicians’ digital strategies, from the Obama campaign’s pioneering construction of an online community to Trump’s Twitter dominance. She finds that politicians who use digital media appeal to the same fantasies of digital connection, access, and participation peddled by Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, smartphones and social media don’t enable participatory democracy so much as they incentivize citizens to perform attention-getting acts of political expression. Losh explores presidential rhetoric casting digital media as tools of democracy, describes the conflation of gender and technology that contributed to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, chronicles the Biden campaign’s early digital stumbles in 2020, and recounts the TikTok campaign that may have spoiled a Trump rally. She shows that although Obama and Trump may seem diametrically opposed in both style and substance, they both used mobile digital media in ways that reshaped the presidency and promised a new kind of digital democracy. Obama used data and digital media to connect to citizens without intermediaries; Trump followed this strategy to its most extreme conclusion. What were the January 6 insurrectionists doing, as they livestreamed themselves and their cohorts attacking the Capitol, but practicing their own brand of selfie democracy?

Download or read book The Christmas Escape written by Belinda Williams and published by Belinda Williams. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I normally hate Christmas. Until I meet a gorgeous Australian guy who tries to change my mind… Two weeks before Christmas, I lose my job and my apartment in London. Now my best friend’s no-good cheating boyfriend has left her with a non-refundable plane ticket she can’t afford. So I do what any good friend would do and use my redundancy payout to buy Shona’s ticket and board a flight to Australia, where I plan to forget that Christmas even exists. Except I soon discover that the festive spirit is alive and well in beachside Sydney—only it looks completely different. When I receive an unexpected invitation to Christmas lunch from a gorgeous surfer guy I keep bumping into, I’m tempted. But I’d be mad to have a fling with a single father like Jaz who has enough personal baggage to make my oversized suitcase feel feather light. Then again, holiday romances aren’t supposed to last…are they?

Download or read book Shortest Way Home One Mayor s Challenge and a Model for America s Future written by Pete Buttigieg and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, Shortest Way Home is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of the typical American politician. The meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundit’s odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of the most surprising candidacies in recent American history. The fact that his New York Times best-selling memoir, Shortest Way Home, didn’t read like your typical campaign book only added to “Mayor Pete’s” transcendent appeal. Readers everywhere, old and young, came to appreciate the “stirring, honest, and often beautiful” (Jill Lepore, New Yorker) personal stories and gripping mayoral tales, which provided, in lyrical prose, the political and philosophical foundations of his historic campaign. Now featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, in which Buttigieg movingly returns with the reader to his roots in his hometown city of South Bend, Indiana, as well as a transcript of the eulogy for his father, Joseph Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home, already considered a classic of the political memoir form, provides us with a beacon of hope at a time of social despair and political crisis.

Download or read book Pulling Through written by Catherine Jessop and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And at that exact moment, the earth tipped, and we all slid into a parallel universe..." On Christmas Day 2016, the Jessops were just an ordinary family, but on Boxing Day, one near-death experience swept them all into the bewildering world of hospitals and serious illness, and their lives changed forever. Pulling Through is a handbook of everything Catherine has learned on their journey. It covers many practicalities, such as explaining hospital tests and scans, jargon-busting medical terms, finance, rehabilitation and more. But it also illuminates the emotional aspect of illness and how massively it affects family and friends. There are chapters on the power of nature, music, counselling, optimism and humour, and how to look after the mental health of both patient and carer. This is a book of hope, help and reassurance on every aspect of coping with life-changing illness in the family: the good, the bad, the funny, the sad, and the useful. If you, or someone you know, has a life-changing illness, then this book is here to help.

Download or read book Cupcakes and Christmas written by RJ Scott and published by Love Lane Books Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of long nights in a wintry mountain hotel, a baking show with secrets, a snowman called Jeremy, and finding the greatest love of all. After winning season four of ratings hit the World’s Best Baking Show, Brody Thomas had become a sought-after cake maker to the stars. Happily married, he dreamed of a bright future, but his perfect life imploded when he discovered that his husband had done nothing but lie to him. A year later, Brody is mid-divorce, and his life has been turned upside down, so being part of the WBBS charity event is excellent timing. He’s sure it will give him time away from home and space to get his head straight, only he never expected to meet the man of his dreams in a snowy Alberta. Winning season one of WBBS gave Justin Mallory a chance to outrun the demons of a childhood lost in the foster system. He’s a social media influencer, with millions of followers, and works every hour to make money that equals security for the rest of his life. His marketing team signs him up for the WBBS Christmas charity show, but he’s convinced he’ll fall at the first hurdle. Only, after a few days in the competition, his worry isn’t that he’ll be the first to leave, it’s that he’ll lose his heart to a rival baker, Brody.

Download or read book Internet Children s Television Series 1997 2015 written by Vincent Terrace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created around the world and available only on the web, internet "television" series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and crews, and viewers find them through word of mouth or by chance. The fifth in a series focusing on the largely undocumented world of internet TV, this book covers 573 children's series created for viewers 3 to 14. The genre includes a broad range of cartoons, CGI, live-action comedies and puppetry. Alphabetical entries provide websites, dates, casts, credits, episode lists and storylines.

Download or read book Selfie Citizenship written by Adi Kuntsman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection reflects on the emerging phenomenon of ‘selfie citizenship’, which capitalises on individual visibility and agency, at the time when citizenship itself is increasingly governed through biometrics and large-scale dataisation. Today we are witnessing a global rise of politicised selfies: photographs of individuals with handwritten notes or banners, various selfie memes and hashtag actions, spread on social media in actions of protest or social mobilistion. Contributions in this collection range from discussions of citizen engagement, to political campaigning, to selfies as forms of citizen witnessing, to selfies without a face. The chapters cover uses of selfies by activists, tourists and politicians, victims and survivors, adults and children, in a broad range of geopolitical locations –China, Germany, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors, from senior professors to junior scholars, artists, graduate students and activist, the book is aimed at students, researchers, and media practitioners.

Download or read book Exploring the Selfie written by Julia Eckel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the selfie not only as a specific photographic practice that is deeply rooted in digital culture, but also how it is understood in relation to other media of self-portrayal. Unlike the public debate about the dangers of 'selfie-narcissism', this anthology discusses what the practice of taking and sharing selfies can tell us about media culture today: can the selfie be critiqued as an image or rather as a social practice? What are the technological conditions of this form of vernacular photography? By gathering articles from the fields of media studies; art history; cultural studies; visual studies; philosophy; sociology and ethnography, this book provides a media archaeological perspective that highlights the relevance of the selfie as a stereotypical as well as creative practice of dealing with ourselves in relation to technology.

Download or read book Stone Cold Christmas written by Larry Bergsgaard and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Christmas only days away… Pelican falls, a tiny hamlet not far from lake wogegon, is festooned with decorations and teeming with excitement. When pastor Kathy Johnson rescues a runaway teenage girl, she could not have imagined waking the following morning to discover a body sprawled like a snow angel near the rear door at grace lutheraan church. As the blizzard passes and word of the fallen soul rages through the gossip mills at the pelican lnn and the curl up and dye, some townsfolk come to suspect pastor Kathy may have bonked the poor fellow over the head the local police investigation sputters to get started amid old grudges so pastor Kathy sets about to solve the case. The runaway girl may hold the key but she has vanished. The mystery deepens when the trail leads pastor Kathy and her friends to be held captive in a pig barn. Will pastor Kathy be rescved or in jail by Christmas?

Download or read book Promise Me the Stars written by Norah Wilson and published by Something Shiny Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Standish has been a rambling man since his mother got sick way back when he was eighteen. Unable to watch her die, he left home after graduation and kept roaming. But when he goes home to Harkness, New Brunswick for a Thanksgiving visit, he discovers he’s got a stowaway—ten-year-old Sid the Kid, his sidekick from the job he just left. For once, moving on had been hard, and not just because of Sid. The attraction between him and Sid’s mother, chef April Morgan, is electric. But she’s a single mom needing stability, and he plans to keep moving. When April comes to Harkness to retrieve Sid, she does so in a car packed with all her worldly possessions, having been fired from her position over her daughter’s behavior. When Scott realizes her predicament, he offers her domestic employment. With no place to go and no one to turn to, April and Sidney make a home at the Standish farm. Her daughter is thrilled, rapidly becoming attached to the dog and the family despite April’s reminders that it’s only temporary. Scott Standish might be tied to the farm for a few months, but she knows he’ll settle nowhere, least of all in Harkness. April can’t afford to take a chance with her heart, or her daughter’s. So she has no choice but to fight the yearning that grows stronger inside her every day.

Download or read book Claus Boxed 2 written by Tony Bertauski and published by Tony Bertauski. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christmas adventures continue. The second volume of the holiday tales you never heard growing up... HUMBUG Eb Scrooge is left to run Avocado, Inc., an innovative technology business, all alone. An introverted shut-in locked away in a Colorado mansion, only his servant droids keep him company. Until the gifts arrive. HEAT MISER When Kandi’s dad gets a mysterious call, they fly to a tropical island. Despite the heat, his sunburned client wears a heavy cloak. The world doesn’t know it yet, but Santa Claus is missing. Kandi knows where he is. RONIN There's one Christmas story no one has ever heard, the legend of the biggest and baddest reindeer of them all, the one who leads the sleigh and protects the herd. Billy Big Game doesn’t want to discover the last reindeer. He wants to capture him. A very good read with an ending that will not disappoint. –Review for Humbug Even Dickens would approve. –Review for Humbug You'll LOVE Humbug! –Review for Humbug Another great addition to the Claus series –Review for Humbug A great retelling of a classic story - with a sci-fi twist. –Review for Humbug A total 10! I love it. –Review for Humbug I absolutely love his Christmas series. –Review for The Rise of the Miser All of these winter wonderland characters are given new and meaningful outlooks as the author re-writes their stories… –Review for The Rise of the Miser A must read for all Santa followers. –Review for The Rise of the Miser Great characters and an awesome twist at the end. –Review for The Rise of the Miser I love everything he has every written but this is a personal favorite!!! –Review for The Rise of the Miser "Tony does it again! Another fabulous installment in the world of Claus that takes me back to my childhood but adds a whole new perspective!" -- Review for Ronin "Absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED Ronin" -- Review for Ronin "I absolutely loved it!" -- Review for Ronin "The greatest EVER!" -- Review for Ronin "Pick up the Claus series and transform the holiday season into something unbelievable." -- Review for Ronin "I loved the book!! Kept me guessing for a long time! I even had to go back and reread the rest of the series! " -- Review for Ronin

Download or read book Paranormal Family Incorporated The House at the End of the Block written by William J. Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William and Erica Smith of The Smith-&-Smith Paranormal Investigation Agency are back for another paranormal adventure.On Halloween 2025 Bill and Erica take their 3 children trick-or-treating around the neighborhood when they come upon the stately Walker House which has seen better days after being abandoned by its last owner.Now owned by the Historical Society of Somers, the Smiths get permission from the historical society to investigate the creepy, foreboding mansion of ill repair for supernatural, paranormal energy and for the presence of spirits that may be haunting the now abandoned, three-story mansion.Once permission is granted, Bill and Erica, along with their 3 gorgeous, young children go in and investigate The House at the End of the Block.

Download or read book Touching Stories of My Life in Journey to Christian Holiness and Hands on Patient Care in a Weeping Healthcare written by Ramsis F. Ghaly FACS, MD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the twelfth book of the series “Christianity and the Human Brain.” It integrates the neuroscience and the Bible, the Holy Book of our Lord Jesus. My love for our Lord, Jesus Christ, abides with my lifetime passion for neurosurgery and medicine, my continual obsession of spiritual connectivity of the Holy Spirit to the human brain that indeed separates mankind from all other living creation. It has been my belief that the human brain does not limit itself to the physical skull but rather extends in a nonphysical form to the outside spiritual world, even while living on earth. In other words, a big part of the human brain is actually outside the skull and the body. As I perform brain surgeries for three decades, I realize my theory is so true. The majestic human brain can’t be just the 1,500 grams of jelled matter inside the skull. The human journey, therefore, is transforming the human brain to become a brain of a man of God and the hand of man to a hand of a man of God. The spiritual human brain never dies, only the flesh. It is the center of my calling and unrelenting meditations while roaming in the heartfelt spirit lacking the physical proof that science demand of me. My life is dedicated to my Lord Jesus, patients, and residents. As a physician, I have reached the top in America, I am a professor of both neurological surgery and anesthesiology, and I am well-published in famous medical journals. As an academic teacher, I trained for more than thirty-four years, graduating thousands of trainee. But all is nothing as I strive for the Christian holiness and fullness. In a weeping healthcare with many patients’ falling victims, I included actual patients’ miracles, testimonials, and sincere quotes as a testament to the Almighty and the dire need for faith and integral goodhearted medicine. This book is full of many vibrant stories that I love to share. It is timely since I consider my generation soon will be viewed obsolete to the future generations, and what will remain are the books I authored. The book is a text of wealth covering broad and diverse topics of my life’s journey in 134 chapters and organized over 14 sections. So many chapters are written about my special love for Lord Jesus Christ and His children. In poems, deep reflections, and spiritual release of mind, I wrote extensively. In fact, I shut my senses and impersonated the human brains of the men of God and the children of the Most High in their prominent biblical stories. A special section is dedicated to the mothers, newborns, and little children. While my soul is grieving, a section is designated on the ongoing Christian persecution, especially the genocide of Christians in my country Egypt, the ancient region of the Middle East, and the oldest historic continent of Africa. Furthermore, I wrote some of my dreams and thoughts that I couldn’t otherwise convey for one reason and another, such as neuroscience in aerospace and some of the timely, touching subjects like drug overdose, human trafficking, and healthcare crises. Few chapters included are about my personal views and introducing spirituality into the recent turmoil in politics. Friends, human life starts with love and ends with eternal love for our Savior. It is never enough to share our love, write about love, and talk about actual love stories of heavenly roses, joy, Christmas, healing touch, miracles, and our calling for his purpose. This is what my twelfth book is all about.

Download or read book Christmas Charms written by Teri Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *One of the BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF 2020, Cosmopolitan Magazine* “…literally a Hallmark movie in book form.” She never dreamed her holiday would include her hometown, a dog, or a firefighter. But a mysterious charm bracelet predicted it all… Ashley’s supposed to be having the Christmas of her dreams. After four years of working at an upscale jewelry store in Manhattan, she’s finally going to get a little velvet box of her own—from her boyfriend Jeremy, who’s taking her on a romantic trip to Paris. What could go wrong? Well, everything. Ashley heads home to Owl Lake instead, falling asleep on the train ride there…and waking up with a beautiful antique charm bracelet on her wrist. Soon, she realizes that each silver charm predicts an event that happens in real life. What does this mean for her and Jeremy…or her and Aidan, her former high school boyfriend, who’s now a local firefighter? Is there still a chance that she could have the perfect Christmas? This small town Christmas romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Spiced Walnut Crust Cookies with Chocolate Ganache and Sea Salt.