The Sheikh's Defiant Bride The time had come for Tariq, Crown Prince of Dubaac, to find a wife and produce an heir. Though the darkly handsome, worldly–wise Sheikh had wined, dined and made love to some of the most beautiful and sophisticated women in the world, duty demanded that now he choose a biddable wife who would submit to him – day and night. Then Madison Whitney became pregnant with Tariq's child. But high–flying, outspoken Manhattan career–girl Madison certainly wasn't biddable or submissive! Tariq knew he must use every means at his disposal to claim his defiant bride and their baby... The Sheikh's Wayward Wife Sheikh Khalil al Hasim is more than happy to escort feisty Layla Addison back to his desert kingdom and hand her over to her betrothed. But he's almost as horrified as she is by the lecherous man she's being forced to marry! With steely determination, Khalil demands she become his bride instead! Layla's powerless to resist his wicked good looks, but he's arrogant and overbearing. Has this rebellious bride just jumped from the frying pan into the fire? The Sheikh's Rebellious Mistress For Sheikh Salim al Taj, it's strictly business. But one night with his employee Grace Hunter and his focus is changed – now he wants her exclusively! When Salim ends their passionate affair, he can't believe it when Grace walks out on her job, apparently taking company secrets with her. He resolves to bring his runaway rebellious mistress to heel – slowly, pleasurably and mercilessly...

The Sheikh's Defiant Bride The time had come for Tariq, Crown Prince of Dubaac, to find a wife and produce an heir. Though the darkly handsome, worldly-wise Sheikh had wined, dined and made love to some of the most beautiful and sophisticated women in the world, duty demanded that now he choose a biddable wife who would submit to him — day and night. Then Madison Whitney became pregnant with Tariq's child. But high-flying, outspoken Manhattan career-girl Madison certainly wasn't biddable or submissive! Tariq knew he must use every means at his disposal to claim his defiant bride and their baby... The Sheikh's Wayward Wife Sheikh Khalil al Hasim is more than happy to escort feisty Layla Addison back to his desert kingdom and hand her over to her betrothed. But he's almost as horrified as she is by the lecherous man she's being forced to marry! With steely determination, Khalil demands she become his bride instead! Layla's powerless to resist his wicked good looks, but he's arrogant and overbearing. Has this rebellious bride just jumped from the frying pan into the fire? The Sheikh's Rebellious Mistress For Sheikh Salim al Taj, it's strictly business. But one night with his employee Grace Hunter and his focus is changed — now he wants her exclusively! When Salim ends their passionate affair, he can't believe it when Grace walks out on her job, apparently taking company secrets with her. He resolves to bring his runaway rebellious mistress to heel — slowly, pleasurably and mercilessly...

First Published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

An international bestseller, SUPERHUBS offers a startling new perspective on how the world's elite make the decisions that impact all our lives. A BLOOMBERG Best Book of the Year Winner, Silver Medal, Axiom Business Book Awards 2018 FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI $UPERHUBS is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the world's most powerful titans, the "superhubs," pull the levers of our global financial system. Combining insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how superhubs build their powerful networks and how their decisions impact all our lives. $UPERHUBS reveals what happens at the exclusive, invitation-only platforms - The World Economic Forum in Davos, the meetings of the International Monetary Fund, think-tank gatherings and exclusive galas. This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite: the bank CEOs, fund managers, billionaire financiers and politicians who, through their interlocking relationships and collective influence are transforming our increasingly fragile financial system, economy and society.

Drugs, weapons, migrant labour, women — these are just a few of the many goods that effortlessly cross national borders in this globalized age, often without the knowledge or permission of the nations concerned. How is this remarkable criminal feat managed?From gun runners in the Ukraine, to money launderers in Dubai, cyber criminals in Brazil, racketeers in Japan, and the booming marijuana industry in western Canada, McMafia builds a breathtaking picture of a secret and bloody business.Internationally celebrated writer Misha Glenny crafts a fascinating, highly readable, and impressively well-researched account of the emergence of organized crime as a globalized phenomenon and shows how its secret and bloody business mirrors both the methods and the rewards of the legitimate world economy. Employing his journalistic talent and his prior experience covering organized crime in Eastern Europe, Glenny reports on his travels around the planet to investigate this worrying and worsening situation. After comprehensively surveying the criminal scene, Glenny ends by considering the future of organized crime. McMafia is an important book that assembles all the pieces of this worldwide puzzle for the first time.

Large scale problems require large scale solutions. Authored by the Dominant Class

Originally published anonymously, it was later revealed that this classic work of political fiction was penned by Henry Brooks Adams, the renowned essayist and journalist best known for the autobiography The Education of Henry Adams. Though fictionalized, Democracy: An American Novel offers a gripping account of the vagaries and vicissitudes of political power that still rings true more than a century after it was first published.