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Best Laid Plants
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Author : Marty Wingate
language : en
Publisher: Alibi
Release Date : 2017-10-17
Best Laid Plants written by Marty Wingate and has been published by Alibi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-17 with Fiction categories.
A trip to the English countryside turns into a brush with death for Pru Parke, the only gardener whose holiday wouldn’t be complete without a murder to solve. Pru and her husband, former Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Pearse, are long overdue for a getaway. So when Pru is invited to redesign an Arts and Crafts garden in the picturesque Cotswolds, she and Christopher jump at the chance. Unfortunately, their B&B is more ramshackle than charming, and the once thriving garden, with its lovely Thyme Walk, has fallen into heartbreaking neglect. With the garden’s owner and designer, Batsford Bede, under the weather, Pru tackles the renovation alone. But just as she’s starting to make headway, she stumbles upon Batsford’s body in the garden—dead and pinned beneath one of his limestone statues. With such a small police force in the area, Christopher is called upon to lead the investigation. Pru can’t imagine anyone murdering Batsford Bede, a gentle man who preferred to spend his time in quiet contemplation, surrounded by nature. But as her work on the garden turns up one ominous clue after another, Pru discovers that the scenery is more dangerous than she or Christopher could have anticipated. Marty Wingate’s captivating mysteries can be enjoyed together or separately, in any order: The Potting Shed series: THE GARDEN PLOT | THE RED BOOK OF PRIMROSE HOUSE | BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE | THE SKELETON GARDEN | THE BLUEBONNET BETRAYAL | BEST-LAID PLANTS The Birds of a Feather series: THE RHYME OF THE MAGPIE | EMPTY NEST | EVERY TRICK IN THE ROOK | FAREWELL, MY CUCKOO Praise for Marty Wingate “Marty Wingate plants clever clues with a dash of romantic spice to satisfy any hungry mystery reader.”—Mary Daheim, bestselling author of the Emma Lord series “Pru Parke is one of my favorite cozy mystery heroines.”—Michelle’s Romantic Tangle
Best Laid Plants
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Author : Katy Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Best Laid Plants written by Katy Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Florists categories.
The host of a restaurant makeover show is found dead in his trailer.
The Best Laid Plans
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Author : Sidney Sheldon
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-06-07
The Best Laid Plans written by Sidney Sheldon and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Fiction categories.
He wanted power; she wanted revenge. The magnificent novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Other Side of Midnight and Morning, Noon and Night.
Best Laid Plans
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Author : Terence E. McDonnell
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-08-18
Best Laid Plans written by Terence E. McDonnell and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-18 with Social Science categories.
We see it all the time: organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive, expansive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft clear, resonant, and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product, support a cause, vote for a candidate, or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns leave the controlled environments of focus groups, advertising agencies, and stakeholder meetings to circulate, the public interprets and distorts the campaigns in ways their designers never intended or dreamed. In Best Laid Plans, Terence E. McDonnell explains why these attempts at mass persuasion often fail so badly. McDonnell argues that these well-designed campaigns are undergoing “cultural entropy”: the process through which the intended meanings and uses of cultural objects fracture into alternative meanings, new practices, failed interactions, and blatant disregard. Using AIDS media campaigns in Accra, Ghana, as its central case study, the book walks readers through best-practice, evidence-based media campaigns that fall totally flat. Female condoms are turned into bracelets, AIDS posters become home decorations, red ribbons fade into pink under the sun—to name a few failures. These damaging cultural misfires are not random. Rather, McDonnell makes the case that these disruptions are patterned, widespread, and inevitable—indicative of a broader process of cultural entropy.
Best Laid Plans
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Author : William A. Sherden
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-02-18
Best Laid Plans written by William A. Sherden and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-18 with Business & Economics categories.
This intriguing and informative probe into the dynamics of unintended consequences reveal the real reasons our best laid plans often go askew in our political, business, and personal lives. Historian and author Daniel Boorstin noted, "The unintended consequences of man's enterprises have and will always be more potent, more widespread, and more influential than those he intended." Today, a Google web search for "unintended consequences" summons nearly two million pages citing the unexpected impacts of government policies, new technologies, management decisions, and the actions of individuals. Unfortunate unintended consequences are becoming increasingly problematic as our world becomes globally and electronically interconnected, causing the results of our decisions to resonate across the globe. In Best Laid Plans, the author examines how any action can have cascading impacts across time, place, and sector, explaining the eight social mechanisms of unintended consequences that complicate matters and often defeat best laid plans. This book will be of great interest to managers, analysts, researchers, or other employees working for businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as general nonfiction readers who delight in learning about how the world works.
Her Best Laid Plans
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Author : Cara McKenna
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2023-09-11
Her Best Laid Plans written by Cara McKenna and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-11 with Fiction categories.
Coming soon! Her Best Laid Plans by Cara McKenna will be available Sep 11, 2023.
Best Laid Plans
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Author : Jessica Halliday Hardie
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-08-30
Best Laid Plans written by Jessica Halliday Hardie and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-30 with Psychology categories.
Given the range of possibilities open to women today, what futures do adolescent girls dream of and pursue? And how do social class and race play into their trajectories? In asking young women about their aspirations in three areas—school, work, and family—Best Laid Plans demonstrates how future plans are framed by notions of gendered responsibilities and abilities. Through her examination of the lives of poor, working-class, and middle-class Black and White young women as they navigate the transition to adulthood, sociologist Jessica Halliday Hardie defines anew what it means for young women to come of age. In particular, Hardie shows how social capital, either possessed or lacked, is not simply a resource for planning for the future but a structure whose form and function varies by social class and race. As these inequalities persist into adulthood, high aspirations, social capital, and careful planning bolster some young women while hindering others. Drawing on qualitative data from a five-year period, Best Laid Plans makes the case for why we need to move beyond the individual appeal to “dream bigger” and “plan better” and toward systematic changes that will put young people’s aspirations within reach.
Best Laid Plans
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Author : Allison Brennan
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 2015-08-04
Best Laid Plans written by Allison Brennan and has been published by St. Martin's Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-04 with Fiction categories.
New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan's next riveting thriller featuring newly minted FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid "Brennan [is] a master. The mystery [is] compelling and complex."—Associated Press In Best Laid Plans, newly minted FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is settling into her job in San Antonio, Texas, when the corpse of Harper Worthington, the husband of a sitting congresswoman, is found naked in a motel on the wrong side of town. It's up to Lucy to locate the last person to see him alive: a teenage prostitute who seems to have vanished into thin air. "The Lucy Kincaid/Sean Rogan novels just keep getting better!"—RT Book Reviews When forensics determines that Harper was poisoned, Lucy and her new by-the-book partner dig deep into his life to find out who might want him dead. Why did Harper lie to his wife and his staff? Was he involved in an illicit affair? Embezzling money? Laundering money for a drug cartel? Or was he simply a pawn in someone else's dangerous game? "Can't-put-it-down suspense."—Fresh Fiction Lucy's boyfriend Sean Rogan is hired by Harper's company to run a security audit, causing friction between Lucy and the FBI. But when Sean finds a high-tech bug in Harper's office, an entirely new threat emerges—a far-reaching conspiracy run by a ruthless killer who will do anything to get what he wants, and kill anyone who gets in his way. And the person between him and victory is Lucy Kincaid.
The Best Laid Plans
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Author : Lynn Schnurnberger
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2011-01-11
The Best Laid Plans written by Lynn Schnurnberger and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-11 with Fiction categories.
From Lynn Schnurnberger, bestselling co-author of Mine Are Spectacular! and The Botox Diaries, comes a novel of big secrets, family ties, and a reminder that sometimes The Best Laid Plans can lead to delightful surprises. Tru Newman is one of the Upper East Side “M&Ms”—the wealthy stay-at-home moms who are into personal Maintenance and Mothering. Having been raised by a beauty queen mother who constantly picked on her, Tru loves looking after her investment banker husband, Peter, and their twin teen daughters. But her perfect world spins off its axis the night Tru throws a charity benefit and discovers that Peter’s been out of work for three months. Even worse, the family’s been living on a house of cards—specifically, Visa and Amex—that’s about to collapse. Suze Orman tells Tru to “Get a job!” But doing what? When Tru’s best friend, Sienna Post, loses her position as an anchor on the local nightly news, the two hatch a profitable if illegal plan: They’ll open an escort service with “working girls” all over the age of forty. Modeling themselves on Carla Bruni (“after she married the president of France, not before, when she was dating Mick Jagger”), their smart, sexy, seasoned escorts become a big hit with a roster of thirty-year-old clients. If only Tru’s legit life could fall so easily into place: Her husband’s new job has him working side by side with a flirtatious neighbor, her fourteen-year-old twins are competing over a two-timing, Clearasil-using Casanova, and after suffering a heart attack in her bodybuilding class, Tru’s hypercritical mother moves in with her. Not to mention that the gossip columns get wind that Tru and Sienna’s “temp agency” isn’t on the up-and-up—and the DA is on their case. But for the savvy and spirited Tru, these new obstacles bring unexpected benefits—from Geisha facials, to massage toys that are “better than chocolate,” to the realization that at midlife, she’s more comfortable than ever before in her own skin and more grateful for all that she has. By turns touching and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a must-read for every woman who knows it’s never too late to make a fresh start.
Best Laid Plants
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Author : Marty Wingate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Best Laid Plants written by Marty Wingate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Cotswold (England) categories.
Meet Prunella ‘Pru’ Parke, an American gardener who digs up murder and mystery wherever she goes. Pru and her former detective husband are long overdue a holiday. So when Pru is invited to redesign an Arts and Crafts garden in a picturesque Cotswolds village, they jump at the chance. But when Pru arrives, she finds that the once tranquil garden has fallen into heartbreaking neglect. With the garden’s owner and designer, Batsford Bede, under the weather, Pru tackles the renovation alone. But soon the soothing aesthetic and harmonious balance of Pru’s good work is trampled on when she discovers Batsford’s body pinned beneath a statue. Nothing in this garden is as it seems. Pru is convinced she’s dealing with a murderer. But who would want Batsford pushing up daisies? Now Pru’s uncovering more than she bargained for. Village secrets keep surfacing and each clue is more ominous than the last. Could Pru’s digging put her in the killer’s sights?
