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Cured with a kiss…When destitute widow Mary Vale aids an injured man on the road, she is shocked to discover that he is the reclusive Lucas Alastair, Marquis of Rothley! She’s intrigued by the dark Marquis, but when she offers to nurse him back to health in return for shelter he proves a difficult patient!Lucas hides some deep emotion beneath his brusque manner, and a stolen kiss leaves Mary longing for more… She’s able to help mend his physical injuries, but can Mary heal the wounds of his...
| Автор | Janice Preston |
THE LAST MAN SHE COULD EVER LOVE…Beautiful Marianne Winslow has had her share of suitors – and her share of scandal. Three engagements, no wedding… And the ton are beginning to talk. Smouldering Rafe Knight has lived the last fifteen years of his life with one goal: avenging the death of his parents. His final target? The Earl of Misbourne. The perfect bartering tool? The Earl’s daughter, Marianne…Held at gunpoint on Hounslow Heath, Marianne is taken captive by a mysterious masked highwayman....
| Автор | Margaret McPhee |
• Budbill’s previous poetry book Judevine sold 1500 copies in cloth and 5000 copies in paperback (0930031482, 1991). • Chelsea Green is reissuing and re-announcing Judevine in conjunction with the release of this book. • Budbill is also a playwright and a musician and regularly tours with stage presentations of his work. He will be performing these poems to music accompaniment in the Fall ‘99.
| Автор | David Budbill |
– each of his poetry volumes with Norton sold in excess of 3000 copies – Ríos has an enthusiastic following within the Hispanic community – everyone at CCP is enthusiastic about this book – it is poetry filled with memorable characters that leap off the p
| Автор | Alberto Ríos |
This collection spans more than a quarter century of published work, including selections from five previous award-winning books, and makes available for the first time the full range of Sze's remarkable poetry. Through the startling juxtaposition of images, Sze reveals the interconnectedness, the interdependency of things and ideas, always with an ear attuned to pitch and cadence.
| Автор | Arthur Sze |
THE MAN WHO COULD NEVER LOVEWaking up in a stranger’s bed, Henrietta Markham encounters the most darkly sensual man she has ever met. The last thing she remembers is being attacked by a housebreaker – yet being rescued by the notorious Earl of Pentland feels much more dangerous!Since the cataclysmic failure of his marriage, ice has flowed in Rafe St Alban’s veins. But meeting impetuous, all-too-distracting governess Henrietta heats his blood to boiling point.When she’s accused of theft, Rafe...
| Автор | Marguerite Kaye |
THE SEA KING’S WARRIOR BRIDE Legendary shield maiden Sayrid Avildottar will marry no man unless he first defeats her in combat. And in powerful sea king Hrolf Eymundsson she has finally met her match.Hrolf might have won her lands – and her body – but can Sayrid welcome a stranger to her bed? The world of fighting is all she knows! But with a husband intent on seducing his new bride perhaps, just this once, Sayrid will discover that surrender can bring the greatest pleasure of all…
| Автор | Michelle Styles |
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesAmid the splendors and miseries of the Gilded Age, Neala Shaw suddenly found herself entirely alone.The innocent young heiress–penniless now–had no choice but to face her family's fatal legacy of secrets and lies. And as she fled from a ruthless killer, nothing stood between her...
| Автор | Sara Mitchell |
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesShe had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California.But the endless journey across the frontier was proving a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for Faith Beal. All she had to sustain her was her steadfast belief in a loving God–and the guiding hand...
| Автор | Valerie Hansen |
Chivalry Demanded He Cherish And Protect Any Woman In NeedYet Marcus de Grant had never felt this more strongly than when he laid eyes upon Keelin O'Shea. Though driven by a sense of honor to rival his own, this Irish princess was sore in need of his warrior's blade–and his chivalrous heart!Guardian of her clan's sacred talisman, Keelin O'Shea had ever put duty before desire. Yet one sight of Marcus de Grant emerging from the river, golden and glorious as some ancient god,...
| Автор | Margo Maguire |
Ancient Non-Greek Rhetorics contributes to the recovery and understanding of ancient rhetorics in non-Western cultures and other cultures that developed independently of classical Greco-Roman models. Contributors analyze facets of the rhetorics as embedded within the particular cultures of ancient China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the ancient Near East more generally, Israel, Japan, India, and ancient Ireland.
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Fleck is a noted scholar of Muir and Thoreau and has presented at the Thoreau Institute. Valuable record of historic cultures.
| Автор | Richard F. Fleck |
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, <i>The Modern World-System,</i> is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
| Автор | Immanuel Wallerstein |
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, <i>The Modern World-System,</i> is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
| Автор | Immanuel Wallerstein |
WEDDING BELLS IN THE WEST On board a clipper bound for America’s West Coast, British aristocrat Jamie Reynolds is bewitched by a fellow passenger’s beauty. Amber Dodd is sailing away from an unhappy past, embarking on a new adventure.She’s traded places with an heiress – the very heiress Jamie is on board to find! As the San Francisco skyline hoves into view Amber may not be the woman Jamie set out to discover – but this intriguing governess could just be the one he’s spent his whole life...
| Автор | Kate Welsh |
SHE WAS NO MAN'S PROPERTY!To the dismay of his daughter Eve, Lord Somerville bequeathed his property to his business partner, Marcus Fitzalan. However, Marcus will only inherit it on one condition–he must marry Eve. Eve can hardly believe her father has sold her into the arms of a man she despises, a man who ruined her reputation three years ago! But the attraction between Eve and Marcus cannot be denied, and soon Marcus convinces Eve to agree to a marriage of convenience for the sake of...
| Автор | Хелен Диксон |
THE COWBOY SHE NEVER FORGOT When the woman he loved vanished without so much as a farewell, cowboy Bram Ross vowed to harden his heart. He doesn’t want to trust beautiful Deborah Blue again – and she’s now suspected of being an accomplice to a treacherous outlaw.Yet trauma has erased Deborah’s memory of not just her supposed misdeeds, but also her passionate past with Bram. As the murky truth about her disappearance unravels Bram must protect her – by keeping her very close…
| Автор | Debra Cowan |
THE SECRETS BENEATH HER SMILE… Determined to seek out the villain who destroyed her family, Rosalie Rowland masquerades as a courtesan at London’s infamous Temple of Beauty. But when she revels in her alter ego a little too willingly Captain Alec Stewart’s potent masculinity proves impossible to resist…Alec is as much a stranger to the brothel as he is to the feelings that Rosalie incites within him. The passion between them may be unquestionably real, but having met under the guise of secrets...
| Автор | Lucy Ashford |
A collection of five tantalisingly seductive Regency short storiesNOT JUST A SEDUCTION by Carole MortimerThe Earl of Chambourne has never forgotten the only woman he’s ever loved. So when he discovers Sylviana is a widow he hungers to possess her once again.AN OFFICER BUT NO GENTLEMAN by Bronwyn ScottElowyn Bagshaw is not the simpering lady Captain Grahame Westmore expected to escort to Vienna. He’s got a fight on his hands – one they’re both going to enjoy!ONE NIGHT WITH THE HIGHLANDER by Ann...
| Автор | Кэрол Мортимер |
Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. The essays show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control.
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, <i>The Modern World-System,</i> is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
| Автор | Immanuel Wallerstein |
This momentous work offers a groundbreaking history of the early civil rights movement in the South with new material that situates the book in the context of subsequent movement literature.
| Автор | Charles M. Payne |
From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this completely revised and updated edition of Mehran Kamrava’s classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region.
| Автор | Mehran Kamrava |
A Gift Most Rare by Miranda JarrettSara had never thought to see her precious Rev ever again. Yet here he was, come to stay for the holidays in the very home where she was a governess…and bringing up the painful memories of their shared past.Christmas Charade by Lyn StoneBeth didn't want a husband. But when she agreed to marry handsome Jack as part of a scheme, she didn't expect to be playing with her heart.The Virtuous Widow by Anne GracieEllie was afraid she had no future. Left to...
| Автор | Anne Gracie |