Desert Rogues Series Collection Volume 3/The Bride Who Said No/The Virgin Secretary/The Christmas Bride/The Pregnant Bride/The Bought Brid

Desert Rogues Series Collection Volume 3/The Bride Who Said No/The Virgin Secretary/The Christmas Bride/The Pregnant Bride/The Bought Brid
Author: SUSAN MALLERY
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 791
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489292934

The fan-favourite Desert Rogues Series Collection Volume III by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery! Desert Rogues: The Bride Who Said No Including the incredibly handsome crown prince himself. There's no denying that Murat is a man of mystery, power and many talents. But for a husband, Daphne Snowden wants more. Sure, ‘future queen’ sounds lovely, but she wants someone who sees her as more than a woman to bear the next heir to the throne - someone who loves her. Still, there's not only unfinished business between them, but burning desire. And though time has changed Murat, it hasn't erased her interest in the only man she's ever loved. Originally published as The Sheik And The Bride Who Said No in 2005. Desert Rogues: The Virgin Secretary The wedding of Kiley's dreams is only days away when she discovers that her fiance has been unfaithful. Heartbroken, she turns to the most eligible man she knows: her boss, Prince Rafiq of Lucia-Serrat. Kiley isn't interested in love - only in getting revenge on her cheating ex. But what she never expected is to fall head over heels for a man who could give her anything she wants, except for his heart... Originally published as The Sheik And The Virgin Secretary in 2005. Desert Rogues: The Christmas Bride Dedicated teacher Kayleen James is determined to safeguard the future of her orphaned students - even if it means defying Prince As'ad of El Deharia himself. But the seductive ruler stuns her by offering to adopt the three little girls. On one condition... Suddenly, As'ad is a single father in desperate need of a nanny, and Kayleen is the only woman for the job. Soon the palace is in an uproar, and all because of the spirited redhead. Losing his heart isn't part of the arrangement, until Kayleen shows the honour-bound man what he'd been missing. Can he convince her that she belongs in his palace as his princess - and his wife? Originally published as The Sheik And The Christmas Bride in 2007. Desert Rogues: The Pregnant Bride Maggie Collins has come to El Deharia to restore Prince Qadir's antique car...not to get married. The no-frills mechanic has been burned by love before, and marriage - even to such a seductive man - isn't on her agenda. Until Qadir makes her an offer she should refuse. When Maggie discovers she's pregnant, Qadir is honour-bound to give Maggie and her child the protection of his name. He never expected her to sweep him off his feet. Will there be a royal wedding after all? Originally published as The Sheik And The Pregnant Bride in 2008. Desert Rogues: The Bought Bride When Prince Kateb whisks Victoria McCallan off to be his mistress for six months, the widowed ruler has no intention of falling in love with her. But the outspoken Texas transplant is soon tempting him to change his ways. Duty decrees that the prince wed a proper wife, but Kateb's heart tells him something else: he needs to make Victoria his, now and forever. Originally published as The Sheik and the Bought Bride in 2009.

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Rogue State

Rogue State
Author: William Blum
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006-02-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781842778272

Rogue State and its author came to sudden international attention when Osama Bin Laden quoted the book publicly in January 2006, propelling the book to the top of the bestseller charts in a matter of hours. This book is a revised and updated version of the edition Bin Laden referred to in his address.

Middlemarch

Middlemarch
Author: George Elliott
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2009-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1425040527

An extraordinary masterpiece written from personal experience, Middlemarch is a deep psychological observation of human nature that revolves around the issues of love, jealousy, and obligation. Eliot's feminist views are apparent through the novel: she stresses the fact that women should control their own lives.

Man and His Symbols

Man and His Symbols
Author: Carl G. Jung
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307800555

The landmark text about the inner workings of the unconscious mind—from the symbolism that unlocks the meaning of our dreams to their effect on our waking lives and artistic impulses—featuring more than a hundred images that break down Carl Jung’s revolutionary ideas “What emerges with great clarity from the book is that Jung has done immense service both to psychology as a science and to our general understanding of man in society.”—The Guardian “Our psyche is part of nature, and its enigma is limitless.” Since our inception, humanity has looked to dreams for guidance. But what are they? How can we understand them? And how can we use them to shape our lives? There is perhaps no one more equipped to answer these questions than the legendary psychologist Carl G. Jung. It is in his life’s work that the unconscious mind comes to be understood as an expansive, rich world just as vital and true a part of the mind as the conscious, and it is in our dreams—those personal, integral expressions of our deepest selves—that it communicates itself to us. A seminal text written explicitly for the general reader, Man and His Symbolsis a guide to understanding the symbols in our dreams and using that knowledge to build fuller, more receptive lives. Full of fascinating case studies and examples pulled from philosophy, history, myth, fairy tales, and more, this groundbreaking work—profusely illustrated with hundreds of visual examples—offers invaluable insight into the symbols we dream that demand understanding, why we seek meaning at all, and how these very symbols affect our lives. By illuminating the means to examine our prejudices, interpret psychological meanings, break free of our influences, and recenter our individuality, Man and His Symbols proves to be—decades after its conception—a revelatory, absorbing, and relevant experience.

The Devil’s Dictionary

The Devil’s Dictionary
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2021-03-16T22:46:04Z
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

“Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.” Bierce’s groundbreaking Devil’s Dictionary had a complex publication history. Started in the mid-1800s as an irregular column in Californian newspapers under various titles, he gradually refined the new-at-the-time idea of an irreverent set of glossary-like definitions. The final name, as we see it titled in this work, did not appear until an 1881 column published in the periodical The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp. There were no publications of the complete glossary in the 1800s. Not until 1906 did a portion of Bierce’s collection get published by Doubleday, under the name The Cynic’s Word Book—the publisher not wanting to use the word “Devil” in the title, to the great disappointment of the author. The 1906 word book only went from A to L, however, and the remainder was never released under the compromised title. In 1911 the Devil’s Dictionary as we know it was published in complete form as part of Bierce’s collected works (volume 7 of 12), including the remainder of the definitions from M to Z. It has been republished a number of times, including more recent efforts where older definitions from his columns that never made it into the original book were included. Due to the complex nature of copyright, some of those found definitions have unclear public domain status and were not included. This edition of the book includes, however, a set of definitions attributed to his one-and-only “Demon’s Dictionary” column, including Bierce’s classic definition of A: “the first letter in every properly constructed alphabet.” Bierce enjoyed “quoting” his pseudonyms in his work. Most of the poetry, dramatic scenes and stories in this book attributed to others were self-authored and do not exist outside of this work. This includes the prolific Father Gassalasca Jape, whom he thanks in the preface—“jape” of course having the definition: “a practical joke.” This book is a product of its time and must be approached as such. Many of the definitions hold up well today, but some might be considered less palatable by modern readers. Regardless, the book’s humorous style is a valuable snapshot of American culture from past centuries. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Serena

Serena
Author: Ron Rash
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2008-10-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061470856

Penned by an award-winning writer, this Gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge is set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement.

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.