The passion project… From the moment he rolled into town, Nick Tyler had chased Madeleine. He bowled her over with a heady mixture of charm and deep, lingering—dangerous—kisses. Madeleine was no helpless innocent but even she didn't suspect that every soft word, each caress was calculated: seduction was all part of Nick Tyler's grand scheme. But what was that saying about the best-laid plans? Soon, even Nick began to doubt his own strategy….

While researching Russia's historical efforts to protect nature, Douglas Weiner unearthed unexpected findings: a trail of documents that raised fundamental questions about the Soviet political system. These surprising documents attested to the unlikely survival of a critical-minded, scientist-led movement through the Stalin years and beyond. It appeared that, within scientific societies, alternative visions of land use, resrouce exploitation, habitat protection, and development were sustained and even publicly advocated. In sharp contrast to known Soviet practices, these scientific societies prided themselves on their traditions of free elections, foreign contacts, and a pre-revolutionary heritage. Weiner portrays nature protection activists not as do-or-die resisters to the system, nor as inoffensive do-gooders. Rather, they took advantage of an unpoliced realm of speech and activity and of the patronage by middle-level Soviet officials to struggle for a softer path to development. In the process, they defended independent social and professional identities in the face of a system that sought to impose official models of behavior, ethics, and identity for all. Written in a lively style, this absorbing story tells for the first time how organized participation in nature protection provided an arena for affirming and perpetuating self-generated social identities in the USSR and preserving a counterculture whose legacy survives today.

The life and teachings of Fr. Paisius (Olaru) of Sihla (1897-1990), one of the most beloved holy elders of Romania in recent times. He lived as a monk at Cozancea Skete and then at Sihastria Monastery, where his spiritual son, Elder Cleopa, had recently become abbot. It was there that he became renowned as a father confessor of monks and laymen. Eventually he moved to the nearby Sihla Skete, where people continued to flock to him for Confession and guidance. In giving spiritual counsel, he exhibited great discernment, love, and compassion, as well as the spiritual gift of clairvoyance. Included in this book are the life of Elder Paisius, his spiritual teachings, recollections of his spiritual children, interviews conducted with him, his letters, and his poetry.--Publisher.

This edition includes: NOVELS The Great Impersonation The Double Traitor The Battle Of Basinghall Street Murder At Monte Carlo The Yellow House The Black Box The Devil's Paw A Maker Of History The New Tenant Mr. Grex Of Monte Carlo A Monk Of Cruta The Cinema Murder A Modern Prometheus Exit A Dictator The Yellow Crayon The Wrath To Come The Grassleyes Mystery The Golden Beast The Dumb Gods Speak The Peer And The Woman To Win The Love He Sought False Evidence Master Of Sinister House Mr. Marx's Secret The Great Secret The Man Who Changed His Plea The Double Life Of Mr Alfred Burton The Amazing Judgment The Postmaster Of Market Deignton Mysterious Mr. Sabin A Millionaire Of Yesterday The World's Great Snare Enoch Strone The Great Awakening The Survivor The Traitors A Prince Of Sinners Anna The Adventuress The Master Mummer The Betrayal The Malefactor A Lost Leader . . . SHORT STORIES & COLLECTIONS Peter Ruff And The Double Four Michael's Evil Deeds The Tiger On The Mountains The Seven Conundrums False Gods The Money-Spider The Girl From Manchester The Road To Liberty One Luckless Hour One Shall Be Taken No Questions Asked The Actor's Romance A Prince Of Gamblers The Siren Of The Madrid And Still I Cheat The Gallows The Little Grey Lady The Restless Traveller The Café Régal, The Mistral And The Lady The Three Thieves General Besserley's Puzzle Box The Amazing Partnership The Human Chase Nicholas Goade, Detective . . . REMINISCENCES & MEMOIRS The Prince Of Storytellers Tells His Own Story ... E. Phillips Oppenheim, the Prince of Storytellers (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.

Zyx and humans alike pursue a dead civilizationÕs fabled treasure Ð a cache of unknown contents believed to have caused the destruction of Old Tarthalla. To avoid history repeating such cataclysmic events, Dyven and friends will have to make strange alliances, race to gather mysterious artifacts, and prepare for a war that threatens to destroy Diaxophas once and for all.