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Minutes before my wedding, a phone call from my fiancé rips my life apart. I flee to the Scottish Highlands, seeking sanctuary in Bannock, an idyllic town I visited as a child. All I want is peace and quiet to mend my broken heart. Instead I lock horns with the grumpy Scotsman who runs my hotel. I don't recognize him at first but it turns out he's Alasdair McIntyre, the first boy I ever kissed. As a twelve-year-old, he was sweet, but now? His blunt remarks and cocky smirks infuriate me, while my comebacks only reinforce his view I'm a stuck-up big-city "lass".

Thinking Bigger is designed to provide women with the keys to unlocking capital and thinking bigger. Its author, Sarah Dusek, an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, shares personal anecdotes highlighting obstacles that women face in business and how to overcome them. She reveals the metrics that really matter to venture capitalists and how to pitch them successfully. Her book delves into the art and science of creating a winning "pitch deck"the standard formula for pitching to investors, from crafting a compelling story to using data and design to make a lasting impact.

If you love witches, magick, and conspiracy theories, you’ll love the 5th book in this fast-paced supernatural thriller series.

No one remembers the calamity that killed the gods and stole the names of their people. Now Shipwright and Shroudweaver are known only by their professions. She's a master of magical shipbuilding. He's a maker of the gilded gods that fuel their sails, stitched from the souls of dead sailors. When a chance to save their world calls the veterans back to shore, they decide they'll stop at nothing to vanquish the ultimate evil, embarking on a deadly race against time to beat the grief-wracked sorceress known as Crowkisser to the notorious mountain kingdom in the legend-infested north...

Nineteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, is thrilled and triumphant at the birth of a healthy baby boy, destined to reign as King of Scotland and, possibly, England. But Anne's enjoyment of maternal glory quickly fades as her husband King James, fearing his son will be politically manipulated against him as he was against his mother, the deceased Mary Queen of Scots, removes the child permanently from her care. Outraged, Anne tries to regain control of her son, initiating a bitter marital struggle which sours what had been a loving and harmonious marriage.

In the heart of Glasgow’s West End, seven women unknowingly carry the legacy of an ancient sisterhood. Each of them, the descendant of a long-forgotten coven, has built a life for herself—running bookshops, cafés, florists, and patisseries—blissfully unaware of the magick woven into their blood.

In 1565 a young maid of honour named Helena von Snakenborg arrives at the English court from Sweden. Her meeting with Queen Elizabeth I changes her life forever when she is invited to remain in her service. Helena becomes the established favourite and closest companion of the mercurial queen. After her marriage to Lord Northampton she rises to become the third highest lady in the land. But queens and fortunes can be fickle friends and Helena must overcome tragedy and exile in order to achieve happiness.

When Isla Macrae, a sceptical bookseller, stumbles upon an old grimoire and a series of cryptic messages left by her late grandmother, she unlocks a mystery that has been hidden for generations. As she and her newfound sisters begin to awaken their dormant powers, they must navigate love, self-discovery, and a growing danger that threatens not just them, but the city itself.

Winner of the 2019 American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing in a Book.

“Catchin’ babies” was merely one aspect of the broad role of African American midwives in the twentieth-century South. Yet, little has been written about the type of care they provided or how midwifery and maternity care evolved under the increasing presence of local and federal health care structures.

Moving between the present and 1715 the stories of four women are woven together by circumstance. Set in the sweeping landscape of central Scotland against the backdrop of the ‘15 Jacobite uprising. Jeannie Kellie and Mairead Erskine are caught in a desperate battle to survive.

In the heart of Glasgow’s West End, seven women unknowingly carry the legacy of an ancient sisterhood. Each of them, the descendant of a long-forgotten coven, has built a life for herself—running bookshops, cafés, florists, and patisseries—blissfully unaware of the magick woven into their blood. Until now. When Isla Macrae, a sceptical bookseller, stumbles upon an old grimoire and a series of cryptic messages left by her late grandmother, she unlocks a mystery that has been hidden for generations.

Bridgerton meets Outlander in this exciting, romantic Highland historical series from author Rose Prendeville.

Mary Somerville née Fairfax (1780-1872), was a self-taught mathematician and polymath from Jedburgh in Scotland. She is the person for whom the word scientist was invented. She studied mathematics and astronomy and was admitted as one of the first female members of the Royal Astronomical Society, together with Caroline Herschel. She was also a tutor and friend to Ada Lovelace.

Stress and How to Manage It will explain the “what, why, and how” of positive stress management. It is packed full of insight and provides you with practical exercises to help you enhance your problem-solving skills and diminish your day-to-day stresses.

Scotland, 1849. The O'Donnell girls are driven from their Wicklow home by starvation and an Anglo-Irish landlord. After losing their father, the three sail to Glasgow with thousands of others in search of a new start.

Jory Mackintosh is more excited by healing herbs than husbands or holy prayers. She craves freedom—and a chance to sneak into medical school. Instead, on the eve of her escape, she becomes an unwilling pawn in her family’s schemes with a rival clan.

Tomas's life changed forever when at the age of seven, he was adopted by Laird and Lady Maclan, ending the abuse he'd suffered at Ambrose Ruthven's hand. He'd never looked back, and never intended to.

Lady Margaret Grant wants for nothing. Her life of rank and privilege shields her from anything that might displease her—until her father arranges to wed her to an allied laird, thus ruining her hopes of marrying the man she loves. Heartbroken and crushed, her only solace is making others as miserable as she is.

In a world where women can only be wives, she stands out. A blacksmith’s daughter. Red-headed, strong, quick-witted, and strong-willed. Fourteen in a time when many are already married. She will not marry the cruel, dirty blacksmith of the nearby forge. Instead, she will make her destiny with steam and steel.

Glasgow law student David Hunter is drifting through life and feels something is missing. When on a night out someone tries to kill him and he discovers he is from a long line of witches known as Dream Dancers, his life is turned upside down. Now David has unwittingly exposed himself to a world of powerful witches, clandestine government agencies, and a fight to protect the Akashic records. Is a life filled with magick really his true calling in life?