A Silken Seduction (Mills & Boon Desire) (The Highest Bidder, Book 3)

A Silken Seduction (Mills & Boon Desire) (The Highest Bidder, Book 3)
Author: Yvonne Lindsay
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-01-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147203838X

London-based artist Avery Cullen refuses to sell her late father's art collection. But bold, brash Marcus Price will try everything to get her to reconsider. He even launches an all-out sexual siege on the lonely heiress in the gilded cage.

The Art Of Seduction

The Art Of Seduction
Author: Robert Greene
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2010-09-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1847651402

Which sort of seducer could you be? Siren? Rake? Cold Coquette? Star? Comedian? Charismatic? Or Saint? This book will show you which. Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. In this beautiful, sensually designed book, Greene unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. Discover who you, or your pursuer, most resembles. Learn, too, the pitfalls of the anti-Seducer. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four manoeuvres and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over their target. Understand how to 'Choose the Right Victim', 'Appear to Be an Object of Desire' and 'Confuse Desire and Reality'. In addition, Greene provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. Each fascinating character and each cunning tactic demonstrates a fundamental truth about who we are, and the targets we've become - or hope to win over. The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer on the essence of one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate power trip. From the internationally bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The 33 Strategies Of War.

At The Argentinean Billionaire's Bidding

At The Argentinean Billionaire's Bidding
Author: India Grey
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596379564

Starr and Callum spent a passionate night together on the very day they met. If it had been just a one-night stand, all might have gone fine. But Starr, who’d just lost her job and boyfriend, accepts Callum’s offer to become his secretary, which makes their relationship more complicated. Despite their efforts to think of theirs as a business relationship, their burning desire for each other remains. One stormy night, Starr throws herself into the arms of Callum and sees the same passionate flames in his eyes as she had that night!

A Gathering of Days

A Gathering of Days
Author: Joan W. Blos
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1979
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0684163403

The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

Arabella

Arabella
Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1728262895

Updated edition of the beloved classic by the Queen of Regency romance herself, Georgette Heyer, featuring a new Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. Arabella's one little while lie has spread through the ton like wildfire... Arabella Tallant, modest daughter of a country clergyman, is on her way to her first London Season when her carriage breaks down outside the estate of the wealthy and bored Mr. Robert Beaumaris. Beau assumes she's simply another young lady throwing herself in his path, which goads the impetuous Arabella into pretending she's an heiress. Much to Arabella's dismay, rather than being brutally set-down, as she intended, Beaumaris is deeply amused. He counters by launching her into high society, which Arabella would enjoy very much if it wasn't for the fortune hunters. Arabella's unpredictable and innocent ways force Beaumaris to start helping others, including a stray dog, an unfortunate urchin, and eventually Arabella's reckless young brother. Along the way, Arabella and Beaumaris become more and more intrigued with each other—which neither will admit, of course, until under extreme duress. "Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes... Utter, immersive escapism."—SOPHIE KINSELLA "No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit." —LISA KLEYPAS "Utterly timeless charm... The dialogue sparkles with wit." —NORA ROBERTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Romance, adventure, side-splitting humor—no one writes like Georgette Heyer!" —LAUREN WILLIG, New York Times bestselling author

Three Visits to America

Three Visits to America
Author: Emily Faithfull
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 1429004606

A woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.

The Cigarette Century

The Cigarette Century
Author: Allan M. Brandt
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786721901

The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. And no product has received such sustained scientific scrutiny. The development of new medical knowledge demonstrating the dire harms of smoking ultimately shaped the evolution of evidence-based medicine. In response, the tobacco industry engineered a campaign of scientific disinformation seeking to delay, disrupt, and suppress these studies. Using a massive archive of previously secret documents, historian Allan Brandt shows how the industry pioneered these campaigns, particularly using special interest lobbying and largesse to elude regulation. But even as the cultural dominance of the cigarette has waned and consumption has fallen dramatically in the U.S., Big Tobacco remains securely positioned to expand into new global markets. The implications for the future are vast: 100 million people died of smoking-related diseases in the 20th century; in the next 100 years, we expect 1 billion deaths worldwide.