The Texan's Contract Marriage There is little billionaire rancher Marek Rangel can't buy and he'll stop at nothing to ensure his late brother's baby is well taken care of. Even if it means marrying rising opera star Camille Avanole, a complete stranger. But when she agrees to his demand of a marriag[...]

"This book is probably the best general small business text available at present."Dr Jonathan Lean, PrincipalLecturer in Strategic Management, University of Plymouth Business School, UKWant to be at the cutting edge of this dynamic and exciting subject? This text delivers the latest research, curren[...]

A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, 4e is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society.

Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the[...]

In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover the plot that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance and plunge Europe back into medieval darkness.Determined to ave[...]

From the author of "Poison "and "The Borgia Betrayal, "comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca GiordanoMistress of death Francesca Giordano--court poisoner to the House of Borgia--returns to confront an ancient atrocity t[...]

All her life, sixteen-year-old Neva has lived in Homeland, completely cut off from the rest of the world.
All her life, she has been told everything beyond is an unlivable wasteland.
All this time, the government has fed her nothing but lies.
Now, Neva keeps a tattered notebook under her ma[...]

Hope can be hard to hold on to. When thirteen-year-old Jody goes missing, the national spotlight turns to Samara Taylor's small town of Pineview. With few clues for investigators to follow, everyone is a suspect, including Jody's older brother, Nick. But even as the town rallies in solidarity, Sam f[...]

* Is it true that women have changed and men have not? * Is feminism still relevant? * Are men the new underclass? There is an enormous social science and wider literature on women, and a rapidly growing one on men and masculinity. The cliche that women have changed and men have not is well worn, ye[...]

It is not hard to be a research active academic, or to build a research group, or to create a research culture. Here are sensible strategies available to everyone, and that empower everyone in higher education. Seizing the opportunities, refusing to be a victim, and - most importantly - learning how[...]

Contains original chapters on gender and ageing, addressing emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. This work emphasizes the changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later lif[...]