Author: Kara Lennox
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552547574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
When sexy, suave, millionaire spy Bryan Elliott rescued her, banker-turned-mole Lucy Miller knew his alias was well deserved. The dashing agent simply took her breath away. With danger at her doorstep, Bryan whisked her to safety at his pricey Manhattan penthouse, gave her a new name and a new look, taking her from plain Jane to gorgeous sophisticate. Gone was shy little Lucy Miller from Kansas. The new sexy siren embraced the pretend role of Bryan's lover--but she had to remember their attraction was just a cover.... Or was it?
Dynasties: The Elliotts Miniseries
Author: Kara Lennox
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552547574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
When sexy, suave, millionaire spy Bryan Elliott rescued her, banker-turned-mole Lucy Miller knew his alias was well deserved. The dashing agent simply took her breath away. With danger at her doorstep, Bryan whisked her to safety at his pricey Manhattan penthouse, gave her a new name and a new look, taking her from plain Jane to gorgeous sophisticate. Gone was shy little Lucy Miller from Kansas. The new sexy siren embraced the pretend role of Bryan's lover--but she had to remember their attraction was just a cover.... Or was it?
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552547574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
When sexy, suave, millionaire spy Bryan Elliott rescued her, banker-turned-mole Lucy Miller knew his alias was well deserved. The dashing agent simply took her breath away. With danger at her doorstep, Bryan whisked her to safety at his pricey Manhattan penthouse, gave her a new name and a new look, taking her from plain Jane to gorgeous sophisticate. Gone was shy little Lucy Miller from Kansas. The new sexy siren embraced the pretend role of Bryan's lover--but she had to remember their attraction was just a cover.... Or was it?
Dynasties: The Elliotts, Books 1-6
Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552547000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1129
Book Description
Gannon Elliott never expected to become a father justto hire an editor for his magazine. But the billionairehad been bred to compete and win, like all in theElliott dynasty, and now to win a challenge, he neededthe best—his ex-lover Erika Layven.More than anything, Erika wanted a baby, and theway she saw it, Gannon, who'd ruined her for anyother man, owed her. It didn't matter that his greeneyes drew her like a bee to honey, that his killer bodput sinful thoughts in her head. She'd simply draw upa contract and treat him like any other business deal.But Erika made one fatal mistake. She underestimatedGannon's charms….
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552547000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1129
Book Description
Gannon Elliott never expected to become a father justto hire an editor for his magazine. But the billionairehad been bred to compete and win, like all in theElliott dynasty, and now to win a challenge, he neededthe best—his ex-lover Erika Layven.More than anything, Erika wanted a baby, and theway she saw it, Gannon, who'd ruined her for anyother man, owed her. It didn't matter that his greeneyes drew her like a bee to honey, that his killer bodput sinful thoughts in her head. She'd simply draw upa contract and treat him like any other business deal.But Erika made one fatal mistake. She underestimatedGannon's charms….
Billionaire's Proposition
Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Gannon Elliott never expected to become a father justto hire an editor for his magazine. But the billionairehad been bred to compete and win, like all in theElliott dynasty, and now to win a challenge, he neededthe best—his ex-lover Erika Layven.More than anything, Erika wanted a baby, and theway she saw it, Gannon, who'd ruined her for anyother man, owed her. It didn't matter that his greeneyes drew her like a bee to honey, that his killer bodput sinful thoughts in her head. She'd simply draw upa contract and treat him like any other business deal.But Erika made one fatal mistake. She underestimatedGannon's charms….
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Gannon Elliott never expected to become a father justto hire an editor for his magazine. But the billionairehad been bred to compete and win, like all in theElliott dynasty, and now to win a challenge, he neededthe best—his ex-lover Erika Layven.More than anything, Erika wanted a baby, and theway she saw it, Gannon, who'd ruined her for anyother man, owed her. It didn't matter that his greeneyes drew her like a bee to honey, that his killer bodput sinful thoughts in her head. She'd simply draw upa contract and treat him like any other business deal.But Erika made one fatal mistake. She underestimatedGannon's charms….
The Forbidden Twin
Author: Susan Crosby
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The mysterious “lady in red” who appeared at hisManhattan apartment inflamed his senses and ignitedhis passion, but John Harlan's new lover was the verywoman he could never possess: his ex-fiancé's twinsister, Scarlet Elliott.Scarlet had loved John from afar for years…and onenight she succumbed to her urges and made her wayinto John's bed. But could their relationship ever bemore than a forbidden affair?
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The mysterious “lady in red” who appeared at hisManhattan apartment inflamed his senses and ignitedhis passion, but John Harlan's new lover was the verywoman he could never possess: his ex-fiancé's twinsister, Scarlet Elliott.Scarlet had loved John from afar for years…and onenight she succumbed to her urges and made her wayinto John's bed. But could their relationship ever bemore than a forbidden affair?
Mr. and Mistress
Author: Heidi Betts
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
She was his kept woman…a secret lover livingin Las Vegas luxury. It had been an ideal situation.Until Misty Vale discovered she was carryingCullen Elliott's child. Misty was not the type a millionaire like Cullencould ever take as his wife. Her past was scandalous…his family above reproach. How could she ever tellhim the truth?But Cullen had ways of finding things out. And hewasn't about to allow his heir to be born on thewrong side of the bed!
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426873859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
She was his kept woman…a secret lover livingin Las Vegas luxury. It had been an ideal situation.Until Misty Vale discovered she was carryingCullen Elliott's child. Misty was not the type a millionaire like Cullencould ever take as his wife. Her past was scandalous…his family above reproach. How could she ever tellhim the truth?But Cullen had ways of finding things out. And hewasn't about to allow his heir to be born on thewrong side of the bed!
City of Devils
Author: Paul French
Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 1250170583
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"In the 1930s, Shanghai was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made--and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. 'Dapper' Joe Farren--a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls--ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld's. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai; but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake."--Jacket
Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 1250170583
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"In the 1930s, Shanghai was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made--and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. 'Dapper' Joe Farren--a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls--ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld's. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai; but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake."--Jacket
Roosevelts
Author: Peter Collier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068480140X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
In the first joint portrait of the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park Roosevelts, Collier and Horowitz explore in compelling, often startling detail the familial rivalries that influenced the private and public lives of presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, their wives and children, and the political life of our nation. Photos.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068480140X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
In the first joint portrait of the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park Roosevelts, Collier and Horowitz explore in compelling, often startling detail the familial rivalries that influenced the private and public lives of presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, their wives and children, and the political life of our nation. Photos.
Secular Cycles
Author: Peter Turchin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691136963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
"Secular Cycles elaborates and expands upon the demographic-structural theory first advanced by Jack Goldstone, which provides an explanation of long-term oscillations. This book tests that theory's specific and quantitative predictions by tracing the dynamics of population numbers, prices and real wages, elite numbers and incomes, state finances, and sociopolitical instability. Turchin and Nefedov study societies in England, France, and Russia during the medieval and early modern periods, and look back at the Roman Republic and Empire. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, the authors examine a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigate the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691136963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
"Secular Cycles elaborates and expands upon the demographic-structural theory first advanced by Jack Goldstone, which provides an explanation of long-term oscillations. This book tests that theory's specific and quantitative predictions by tracing the dynamics of population numbers, prices and real wages, elite numbers and incomes, state finances, and sociopolitical instability. Turchin and Nefedov study societies in England, France, and Russia during the medieval and early modern periods, and look back at the Roman Republic and Empire. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, the authors examine a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigate the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications."--BOOK JACKET.
SECRETS OF THE PLAYBOY'S BRIDE
Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596249016
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Leonardo Grant is a magnate in the maritime shipping business...and also the man who framed and killed Calista’s father! To take back the fortune that Leo stole from her family, Calista devises a plan to charm and marry him. Although everything appears to be working incredibly well, she begins to realize there is a problem?her attraction to him as they spend more and more time together. She knows she cannot fall for him! Calista’s conflicting feelings may not be entirely clear to Leo, but his insatiable lust for her is plain as day!
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596249016
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Leonardo Grant is a magnate in the maritime shipping business...and also the man who framed and killed Calista’s father! To take back the fortune that Leo stole from her family, Calista devises a plan to charm and marry him. Although everything appears to be working incredibly well, she begins to realize there is a problem?her attraction to him as they spend more and more time together. She knows she cannot fall for him! Calista’s conflicting feelings may not be entirely clear to Leo, but his insatiable lust for her is plain as day!
Chasing the Chinese Dream
Author: William N. Brown
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811606544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This open access book explores the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts that have made anti-poverty the core of Chinese society since Liberation in 1949, and why poverty alleviation measures evolved from the simplistic aid of the 1950s to Xi Jinping’s precision poverty alleviation and its goal of eliminating absolute poverty by 2020. The book also addresses the implications of China’s experience for other developing nations tackling not only poverty but such issues as pandemics, rampant urbanization and desertification exacerbated by global warming. The first of three parts draws upon interviews of rural and urban Chinese from diverse backgrounds and local and national leaders. These interviews, conducted in even the remotest areas of the country, offer candid insights into the challenges that have forced China to continually evolve its programs to resolve even the most intractable cases of poverty. The second part explores the historic, cultural and philosophical roots of old China’s meritocratic government and how its ancient Chinese ethics have led to modern Chinese socialism’s stance that “poverty amidst plenty is immoral”. Dr. Huang Chengwei, one of China’s foremost anti-poverty experts, explains the challenges faced at each stage as China’s anti-poverty measures evolved over 70 years to emphasize “enablement” over “aid” and to foster bottom-up initiative and entrepreneurialism, culminating in Xi Jinping’s precision poverty alleviation. The book also addresses why national economic development alone cannot reduce poverty; poverty alleviation programs must be people-centered, with measurable and accountable practices that reach even to household level, which China has done with its “First Secretary” program. The third part explores the potential for adopting China’s practices in other nations, including the potential for replicating China’s successes in developing countries through such measures as the Belt and Road Initiative. This book also addresses prevalent misperceptions about China’s growing global presence and why other developing nations must address historic, systemic causes of poverty and inequity before they can undertake sustainable poverty alleviation measures of their own.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811606544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This open access book explores the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts that have made anti-poverty the core of Chinese society since Liberation in 1949, and why poverty alleviation measures evolved from the simplistic aid of the 1950s to Xi Jinping’s precision poverty alleviation and its goal of eliminating absolute poverty by 2020. The book also addresses the implications of China’s experience for other developing nations tackling not only poverty but such issues as pandemics, rampant urbanization and desertification exacerbated by global warming. The first of three parts draws upon interviews of rural and urban Chinese from diverse backgrounds and local and national leaders. These interviews, conducted in even the remotest areas of the country, offer candid insights into the challenges that have forced China to continually evolve its programs to resolve even the most intractable cases of poverty. The second part explores the historic, cultural and philosophical roots of old China’s meritocratic government and how its ancient Chinese ethics have led to modern Chinese socialism’s stance that “poverty amidst plenty is immoral”. Dr. Huang Chengwei, one of China’s foremost anti-poverty experts, explains the challenges faced at each stage as China’s anti-poverty measures evolved over 70 years to emphasize “enablement” over “aid” and to foster bottom-up initiative and entrepreneurialism, culminating in Xi Jinping’s precision poverty alleviation. The book also addresses why national economic development alone cannot reduce poverty; poverty alleviation programs must be people-centered, with measurable and accountable practices that reach even to household level, which China has done with its “First Secretary” program. The third part explores the potential for adopting China’s practices in other nations, including the potential for replicating China’s successes in developing countries through such measures as the Belt and Road Initiative. This book also addresses prevalent misperceptions about China’s growing global presence and why other developing nations must address historic, systemic causes of poverty and inequity before they can undertake sustainable poverty alleviation measures of their own.