Bøger af Mary Mason

For the past five years, Jade Darcy has not seen another human being. A computer-augmented mercenary, she lives on the planet Cablans, a stopover point for traders from hundreds of worlds -- and a good place to meet customers who need the services of a skilled warrior. She turns down what she considers a suicide assignment: traveling to an enslaved world to assassinate one of its military leaders. But then she learns there's another human being on Cablans -- a human being with the potential to expose Jade's mysterious past, with possibly fatal results. All of a sudden, a suicide mission looks positively appetizing.... This is the first published volume in the Rehumanization of Jade Darcy series.

For the past five years, Jade Darcy has not seen another human being. A computer-augmented mercenary, she lives on the planet Cablans, a stopover point for traders from hundreds of worlds--and a good place to meet customers who need the services of a skilled warrior. She turns down what she considers a suicide assignment: traveling to an enslaved world to assassinate one of its military leaders. But then she learns there's another human being on Cablans--a human being with the potential to expose Jade's mysterious past, with possibly fatal results. All of a sudden, a suicide mission looks positively appetizing....

At first, expecting her new job to be easy, Jade Darcy is oblivious to the religious strife wracking the world of Restaapa. Jade and Megan Cafferty, her employer, discover that the Restaapans are in the process of choosing a new heir to the throne. During this process, the candidates hatch plots against anyone they see as a danger to their victory. Each one of them will go to any extreme, even murder, to assure his election as Restaapa's heir. Jade and Megan are pegged as threats that must be eliminated. And Jade has the difficult task of restoring order to Restaapa as well as protecting her own life.

The exciting sequel to JADE DARCY AND THE AFFAIR OF HONOR. At first, expecting her new job to be easy, Jade Darcy is oblivious to the religious strife wracking the world of Restaapa. Jade and Megan Cafferty, her employer, discover that the Restaapans are in the process of choosing a new heir to the throne. During this process, the candidates hatch plots against anyone they see as a danger to their victory. Each one of them will go to any extreme, even murder, to assure his election as Restaapa's heir. Jade and Megan are pegged as threats that must be eliminated. And Jade has the difficult task of restoring order to Restaapa as well as protecting her own life. "You'll have to go a long way to find a more addictive heroine."--Spider Robinson

PREFACE. THIS work was first designed and undertaken at the earnest solicitations of two young ladies who were about to enter upon the important duties of married life, and, at their suggestion, the book proposed was to serve as a Counsellor, from the outset of their career, through all the various arrangements of a well-regulated household. This, doubtless, my readers will say was a very daring and difficult undertaking. And so indeed it was. Yet when the motives are weighed, the writer cannot but hope her lenient judges will be inclined to view the undertaking as more the result of affectionate solicitude than that of presumption or conceit. By the critical eye of numerous superiors in this important branch of human knowledge, no doubt many omissions, mistakes, and imperfections will be discovered: these, she trusts, will be excused for the sake of her motives. If this book should prove the happy Counsellor of one successful housewife, the writer will consider herself well rewarded for her pains. Having been written expressly for the benefit of residents of the Southern States, before emancipation, the advice respecting the management of servants may appear unsuitable in some degree for those who are non-residents: nevertheless it will be easy to make allowance for these different circumstances when the above fact is borne in mind, so that the writer sees no necessity for altering the original directions. The culinary receipts of this book are all tried and long-practiced receipts, and the writer has taken pains to select them from a more multitudinous list, so as to have them the best and most approved. Her endeavor has been to make her directions perfectly intelligible, unmistakable, and exact, so that no one may say the whole process is not understood of any one receipt. If she fails in this, it will not be from indifference or want of honest endeavor. And be well assured, most indulgent reader, that no efforts will be spared to render the Counsellor so useful and faithful a friend to every young housewife that no bridegroom in the land will think it possible to complete his number of bridal presents till he has included this book among them.

Mary Mason tells the poignant story of raising her son, Matthew Jarrett Mason, born a Down's syndrome child whose life has touched thousands! Matthew has been a mainstay at Hilton Head Island's Heritage Golf Tournament each year, and continues to help his dad on the 14th Hole. Matthew is well known in church circles, among Pro golfers on the tour, and in his community. The book contains photos journaling Matthew's amazing life.

Candy-Making at Home is a wondrous how-to guide about a wide collection of candies that one can make with simple ingredients and kitchen appliances found in the household. Excerpt: I. General Directions for Candy-Making, Utensils, Ingredients, A Few Things the Candy-Maker Should Know, The Coloring and Flavoring, II. The Making of Fondant, Fondant, Chocolate Fondant, Maple Fondant, III. Hard Candies, Chocolate Chips, Cinnamon Jibb, Fig Brittle, Butter-Scotch, French Butter-Scotch." And many, many more!

How should the courts decide custody cases that involve adoption, divorce, and single parenting? Drawing on a wealth of legal cases and research, Mary Ann Mason presents a bold programme for reform that aims to change the terms of debate about child custody cases.