She’s his runaway bride... He’s come to claim his wedding night!

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.

A struggling secretary agrees to marry her billionaire playboy boss so he can acquire one more company in this sexy contemporary romance. Fantastically wealthy Thanos Stathakis almost has it all. He requires just one last company to complete his empire. But to acquire it, he must counter his scandalous reputation—with a wife! His executive assistant, Alice, is the perfect choice—oh-so-respectable and in need of financial support for her family. He persuades her their vows are purely for show. Until he lifts Alice’s veil and their intense, electrifying kiss complicates everything . . . Step into the Greek’s decadent world with this emotional Cinderella story.

He’s never forgiven her...and he can’t resist her! Zachary Temple hasn’t forgotten Ashling Doyle’s big blue eyes — or the way she almost ruined his ascent to the top of his career. But when chance brings Ashling back into his world, Zach discovers he wants something far more pleasurable than payback... Ashling breaks all her rules by indulging in her desire for Zach. His single-minded ambition to succeed reminds her he’ll have no problem walking away from their connection. Unless the feelings she’s trying desperately to deny aren’t as one-sided as she believes... Mills & Boon Modern — Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

The man with the iron will...meets the woman who will change his life! He might be outrageously wealthy, yet all the money in the world couldn’t save Leonidas Stathakis from the pain – and guilt – of losing his loved ones. Since then, he’s forbidden himself all pleasure in life. Until he meets enchanting innocent Hannah at a lavish party in Greece. That night, Leonidas breaks all his rules as they indulge in red-hot oblivion – with inescapably powerful consequences...

Sleepless in Manhattan... With the man she loves to hate!