Continuing his ongoing social critique, Henry Giroux now looks at the way corporate culture is encroaching on the lives of children by exploring three myths prevalent in our society: that the triumph of democracy is related to the triumph of the market; that children are unaffected by power and politics; that teaching and learning are no longer linked to improving the world. Looking at childhood beauty pageants, school shootings and the omnipresent nihilistic chic of advertising, Giroux paints a disturbing picture of the world surrounding our children. Ultimately, he turns to the work of Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire and Stuart Hall for lessons about how we can reinstitute a realistic childhood for our children.

She was experiencing her sister's fantasy with her soon to be brother in law... Enola prided herself in tradition and culture, but when her twin tricked her into trading places, she had to make the best out of the situation. Yet, she did not know this was the beginning of a situation she had no control over and no matter how much she tried, she could never be able to win because Aeden Faust would never lose. Aeden was a man bent on revenge and unfortunately Enola was in his path. Never a man who let anything get in his way, he is determined to destroy this woman and prove there is no such thing as a good woman. The pain from his past drive him to his goal and at every turn, he makes sure Enola will never be happy and never have anything. Yet, he comes to find Lust feels like love until it's time to make a sacrifice. Would he be able to let go his lust for revenge to achieve the perfect life with His African Sweetheart? Stealing Innocence is the third installment in the standalone stealing innocence premise. Readers can start at this book and pick up the other stealing innocence series later, while they await for the last book in this series: Stealing Innocence: Lethal Heart.

This is a story of the survival of two young children who were abducted by their mother. Lisa, nine and Sean, eight were abducted during a weekend visit on November 14, 1980. This is Lisa's story of the worst five years of her life. Lisa and Sean were moved back and forth across the U.S.A. and Canada. They were relocated every one to six months, in order to avoid being found. Stolen Innocence is a collection of Lisa's memories of those five years.

Kimberly could not believe what her uncle wanted her to do. In order to keep the inheritance of her husband's; her uncle wanted her to get pregnant. Yet, when the new spouse dies unexpectedly, Uncle Charles kidnaps a man who resembles Kimberly's decease husband, ties him to a bed, and orders Kimberly to steal his seed. Uncle Charles would kill him after the deed was done so no one would ever know the truth.Surly, mean tempered Jaelen can't believe someone had the nerve to do this to him. When his cold eyes fall on the beautiful, angelic Kimberly and he realizes her intentions, he vows to escape and get revenge if it takes the rest of his life.

I was sold like property on the day of my father’s funeral. I’d thought his death would set me free, but I’d never truly understood what it meant to have all my freedoms stripped away. Until that day, I’d been living in a child’s fantasy. Then, my brother sells me, and I don’t have the luxury of being a child anymore. I’m taken to Vicente Rodríguez’s estate, to be kept as his plaything. When I’m old enough, he’ll claim my innocence. My only reprieve from my hellish reality is in the strained companionship I share with his son, Adrián. Sometimes, I think he hates me. He can be cold and cruel, his burning green eyes glowering when he looks at me. But the longer I’m trapped in his home, the more heated those looks become, and not just with hatred. They make something burn within me, too. My innocence is no longer mine to give, but Adrián might be the first one to claim it for himself. Note: Stolen Innocence is the prequel to Stealing Beauty.

After a childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she'd put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. In the middle of breaking into a safe that holds the proof to prove her friend's innocence, Gabriella is interrupted by Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend--until he abandoned her. After being taken under the wing of a professor who introduced him into society and named him as heir, Nicholas is living far removed from his childhood life of crime. As a favor to a friend, Nicholas agreed to help clear the name of an innocent woman, never imagining he'd be reunited with the girl he thought lost to him forever. As Gabriella and Nicholas are thrown together into one intrigue after another, their childhood affection grows into more, but their newfound feelings are tested when truths about their past are revealed and danger follows their every step.

“Both creepy…and quite moving.” —New York Times Book Review “Wall’s story couldn’t be more timely.” —People Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous former member of Utah’s infamous FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. At once shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Wall’s story of subjugation and survival exposes the darkness at the root of this rebel offshoot of the Mormon faith.