Books with author C. M. Parker

"The feminist ghost story you've been waiting for." ~BustleUnearthing years of buried secrets, Rilla Brae is haunted by ghostly visions tied to the tainted history of a mysterious island in this haunting novel from the author of The Girl Who Fell.Find Me. The words haunt eighteen-year-old Rilla Brae. They follow her wherever she goes.A message that started with a ghostly voice singing from the depths of the stormy seas surrounding Rilla's small Maine town. And then the visions started. Of a girl around her age. In trouble. Reaching out to Rilla. Come here, come here, she sings.Worried she might be losing her mind, Rilla tries to blink these visions away. Especially when Sam Taylor--a first-year archeology student--appears, exploring the mysterious island off Maine's coast. Not a lot of people know the history of the island. Or, rather, they don't talk about it. Don't discuss it.Yet the more she and Sam unearth the island's many secrets, the stronger Rilla's visions grow. The more the girl appears. Rilla can feel the girl's pain, the sadness. Her fear.Soon it becomes clear that there might be more to these visions than simple hallucinations. And that the truth behind the mysterious island may be the key in helping the girl.But how can Rilla help someone only she can see?It's a riddle Rilla already knows the answer to. An answer that's been whispered to her in the middle of the night. Sung to her over the ocean's whistling waves. Carved into the wood of her bedroom window: FIND ME.

Do you consider yourself a runner? Then consider this book your next purchase. Designed for both beginners and intermediate runners, but with enough tips to help even serious marathoners achieve peak running performance.With our month's worth of meal plans, smoothie and juice recipes, we'll help you eat your way to running greatness. You'll learn what to eat before and after a run, how to properly hydrate how to eat for peak performance. Learn the truth about supplements, sports drinks, meal replacement bars and calorie counting. Find out what foods are best (and worst) to take your run to the next level. Bust out of that plateau and fuel your body for success. Don't run another mile until you read this book!

So you wanna run?OK, then let’s run. But it’s not going to be easy and this no nonsense program is not for the faint of heart. If you want to run with us, you can’t be a punk! Running a marathon is not for the weak bodied or for the fragile spirited. The physical part of running is only a small portion of how far you can go. It’s your mind that will carry you past the physical obstacles. You will feel pain during your training, but it’s just weakness leaving the body. Don’t cry. Just push through it and stop whining! If you want to earn that 26.2 bumper sticker, this book will help you get it, but don’t think you won’t be pushed out of your comfort zone. Comfort is the thief of progress. We don’t want to rob you of your progress, so we’ll make sure you are anything but comfortable. You may be in pain and you may be tired, but if you stick with it, you’ll be glad you did. There’s nothing quite like knowing you’ve accomplished a feat that makes you part of an elite group. It’s not every day someone runs 26.2 miles. Written by a 12 year Army veteran who trained soldiers to get fit, you won't find any sissy stuff here. We concentrate on diet, choosing the proper clothing, training, and most important: mental discipline.So, if you’re truly ready, grab your sneakers, your water bottle and this book to get started. Stay motivated, and stay disciplined. It’s all worth it when you cross that finish line. Besides, no one likes a quitter.

"The feminist ghost story you've been waiting for." ~BustleUnearthing years of buried secrets, Rilla Brae is haunted by ghostly visions tied to the tainted history of a mysterious island in this haunting novel from the author of The Girl Who Fell.Find Me. The words haunt eighteen-year-old Rilla Brae. They follow her wherever she goes. A message that started with a ghostly voice singing from the depths of the stormy seas surrounding Rilla's small Maine town. And then the visions started. Of a girl around her age. In trouble. Reaching out to Rilla. Come here, come here, she sings.Worried she might be losing her mind, Rilla tries to blink these visions away. Especially when Sam Taylor--a first-year archeology student--appears, exploring the mysterious island off Maine's coast. Not a lot of people know the history of the island. Or, rather, they don't talk about it. Don't discuss it.Yet the more she and Sam unearth the island's many secrets, the stronger Rilla's visions grow. The more the girl appears. Rilla can feel the girl's pain, the sadness. Her fear. Soon it becomes clear that there might be more to these visions than simple hallucinations. And that the truth behind the mysterious island may be the key in helping the girl.But how can Rilla help someone only she can see?It's a riddle Rilla already knows the answer to. An answer that's been whispered to her in the middle of the night. Sung to her over the ocean's whistling waves. Carved into the wood of her bedroom window: FIND ME.

In this "invaluable addition to any collection" (School Library Journal, starred review) high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet--and into an intense and volatile relationship--by the new boy in school.His obsession. Her fall. Zephyr Doyle is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state championship and leaving her small town for her dream school, Boston College. But love has a way of changing things. Enter the new boy in school: the hockey team's starting goaltender, Alec. He's cute, charming, and most important, Alec doesn't judge Zephyr. He understands her fears and insecurities--he even shares them. Soon, their relationship becomes something bigger than Zephyr, something she can't control, something she doesn't want to control. Zephyr swears it must be love. Because love is powerful, and overwhelming, and...terrifying? But love shouldn't make you abandon your dreams, or push your friends away. And love shouldn't make you feel guilty--or worse, ashamed. So when Zephyr finally begins to see Alec for who he really is, she knows it's time to take back control of her life. If she waits any longer, it may be too late.

"The feminist ghost story you've been waiting for." ~BustleUnearthing years of buried secrets, Rilla Brae is haunted by ghostly visions tied to the tainted history of a mysterious island in this haunting novel from the author of The Girl Who Fell.Find Me. The words haunt eighteen-year-old Rilla Brae. They follow her wherever she goes. A message that started with a ghostly voice singing from the depths of the stormy seas surrounding Rilla's small Maine town. And then the visions started. Of a girl around her age. In trouble. Reaching out to Rilla. Come here, come here, she sings.Worried she might be losing her mind, Rilla tries to blink these visions away. Especially when Sam Taylor--a first-year archeology student--appears, exploring the mysterious island off Maine's coast. Not a lot of people know the history of the island. Or, rather, they don't talk about it. Don't discuss it.Yet the more she and Sam unearth the island's many secrets, the stronger Rilla's visions grow. The more the girl appears. Rilla can feel the girl's pain, the sadness. Her fear. Soon it becomes clear that there might be more to these visions than simple hallucinations. And that the truth behind the mysterious island may be the key in helping the girl.But how can Rilla help someone only she can see?It's a riddle Rilla already knows the answer to. An answer that's been whispered to her in the middle of the night. Sung to her over the ocean's whistling waves. Carved into the wood of her bedroom window: FIND ME.

I used to think that I was doing pretty well for myself, especially considering the tragedies of my past. I was on a fast track to a promising career. Then my world imploded. When twenty-two-year-old Rona Quick finds her plans for her future destroyed, her world goes into a tailspin. Five months later, she’s found a tentative home and a simple life as a private investigator, but when a case brings handsome billionaire Jalen Larsen into her life, she discovers that things aren’t going to be as easy as she’d hoped. Don’t miss Claimed by Him, the first book in the New Pleasures series.

In this gripping debut novel, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet—and into an intense and volatile relationship—by the new boy in school.His obsession. Her fall. Zephyr Doyle is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state championship and leaving her small town for her dream school, Boston College. But love has a way of changing things. Enter the new boy in school: the hockey team’s starting goaltender, Alec. He’s cute, charming, and most important, Alec doesn’t judge Zephyr. He understands her fears and insecurities—he even shares them. Soon, their relationship becomes something bigger than Zephyr, something she can’t control, something she doesn’t want to control. Zephyr swears it must be love. Because love is powerful, and overwhelming, and…terrifying? But love shouldn’t make you abandon your dreams, or push your friends away. And love shouldn’t make you feel guilty—or worse, ashamed. So when Zephyr finally begins to see Alec for who he really is, she knows it’s time to take back control of her life. If she waits any longer, it may be too late.

[STOP PRESS December 2018: A flurry of announcements about repurposing of stores, takeovers and mergers have been made by some of the Big Four supermarkets in recent months. No surprises, then, for readers of this book. Its 2020 vision and predictions of market share remain unchanged.]Background to this book: After more than twenty years of the internet, bricks-and-mortar retailers have started to buckle. The data shows that up to a third of shopping will be online by the start of the 2020s, so that up to a third of bricks-and-mortar retailers may have to close their doors. Thus far the grocery sector has been immune to the internet threat. Yet, even here, the dynamics have changed. It’s not enough for the traditional bricks-and-mortar supermarket to get an online presence: they still have to compete with a new type of bricks-and-mortar discounter on the High Street.In this book, the author shows how two supermarket groups from Europe are helping themselves to the market share of the Big Four and why they can’t be stopped. It has little to do with ‘buying power’. This new retail paradigm is to have a small footprint and fast shopping – less space and more speed. The secret is that it lowers the fixed cost structure of each store – running costs such as rent and wages – by up to a third. These stores can afford to slash gross margins and thus selling prices. The traditional grocery chains can’t compete.The book starts with a primer on the UK grocery business. It shows how the cost structure in the sector sets limits on what firms can do. It then applies concepts devised by two of the world’s top strategists to show how the traditional grocery groups are being disrupted through innovation by the upstarts from Europe. The author uses one of the simplest formulas yet devised – Little’s Law – to show how and why fast shopping works. This flow-rate formula underpins key concepts in diverse fields such as business strategy, supply chain management, operations planning, reengineering, project management, constraint theory, and lean thinking. The book also goes into how some supermarket groups might have made their own plight worse through groupthink, strategic drift, financial engineering, short-termism, too much debt, and undue pressure on suppliers and staff. In 2014 the author made startling predictions of market share in 2020 for this sector, based on his hypotheses. So far the predictions are on track, and can be checked online. Even if the author’s views are only half right then this controversial yet clear guide is a must-read for anyone in retail.

Any mother who has recently had a baby, or is expecting to deliver in the near future and desires to keep her pre-baby shape (or get into shape for the first time) will benefit by getting this book.The Ultimate Running Guide for New Mothers has everything you need to get back to your pre-pregnancy fitness. The easy to follow diet and exercise plan will fast-track you to post-partum success in as little as 6 weeks!Don't worry about having to say “I just had a baby.” Instead, look forward to people saying “You don’t look like you just had a baby!”

What is life like for someone in the midst of a terrible gambling addiction? Whilst I was once a casual punter who would enjoy the odd day out at the races, certain events occurred that sent me spiralling into a world of full blown gambling addiction. The lies, the hidden guilt, the shame, the moments of joy and the underlying reasons why I just couldn't stop. This was a year of my life that at times nearly had me ending it all. If you are a problem gambler or you know a loved one who is, this is a tale you must read. It takes you into the hidden reasons and motives of a problem gambler and how even though every day I thought about quitting, I just couldn't stop. I'll provide you with my quitting strategies in the final chapters and explain the steps I took to grab control of this terrible disease and help beat it once and for all.