Cummings: 660 books

In 1970, Helen Cummings married Dr. Stuart Wynter. This was the beginning of a hellish existence of spiralling abuse. Helen escaped, but Dr. Wynter remarried and his new family could not.

The first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics. Cummings argues that no study of pragmatics can reasonably neglect the historical and contemporary influences on this discipline of neighboring fields of inquiry,...

This clear and concise introduction offers students of linguistics and English language a comprehensive overview of English grammar, including word structure, major and minor word classes, phrases, clauses and sentences. Based on twenty years' teaching practice, Louise Cummings adopts a unique approach...

The last decade or so has seen many books from what might be called the new atheists. One thinks, for example, of Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens. They have captured the interest of the general reading public and have sold well. Often, however, they have loaded the dice against Christian belief...

When a young woman saves the Sultan’s life he offers anyone in his kingdom for her to marry. After all, a doctor of her caliber should not be alone – especially after the death of her father. But when she chooses the man she most admires will she be rejected because of her special characteristics?...

Tiny Bites is a collection of six very short stories, all linked thematically by food.In "What You Eat," a man struggles with his compulsion to consume office supplies. In "Practical Tips for Hosting a Thanksgiving Feast," readers experience an alternate history where Thanksgiving has sinister...

The focus of this book is to teach you how you can restructure your human resources so that you can impact your bottom line and put your company in growth mode. We may touch on some compliance matters in the beginning, but it goes way beyond. You will learn how to bring structure to your HR to drive...

This concise guidebook is intended for faculty who are interested in engaging their students and developing deep and lasting learning, but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning.Acknowledging the growing body of peer-reviewed literature on practices that...

The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology provides an introduction to the controversial treatment and ongoing violence routinely utilized against non-native species. Drawing from the tradition of critical animal scholars, Stanescu and Cummings have assembled a group of advocates who argue for a...

Gaslight A Golden Light Anthology Gaslight: A Golden Light Anthology weaves together tales of love and peril, of fantasy and reality, of courage and redemption. These short stories journey back in time to ancient days and historical settings, to gas lit streets of bygone times. Authors J.S Dunn, Sergio...

Fourteen year-old Air Cadet Willy Williams jumps at the chance to take a flight in a restored World War 2 PBY ‘Catalina’ seaplane along the Queensland north coast. During flight however he makes a shocking discovery, one that endangers his very life. Willy is tested to his limits, both...

Someone is murdering the good people of Greenfield, and there’s talk of a serial killer on the loose. Finding him should be an easy job for a guy with super-powers; too bad he keeps falling out of the sky. If Marshall Conrad has any hope of ending the killing spree, he’ll need a little help from...

Amy was on top of the world. Yesterday was her 18th birthday, and one of her presents was this smoking hot bikini. Eyeing herself in the mirror, she felt her moistness throb as she loved how hot she looked since losing all the weight. Just a year ago, men wouldnt give her the time of day. Now they...

There’s a malevolent force in town, and it’s quite literally Valerie Stevens’ job to determine who’s behind it and why they want to destroy Calgary. She’ll have help, in the form of her best friend (now more or less a zombie, unfortunately), a powerful dwarf troll, and the ghost of former...