When simple agreements turn into ardent deals... Don't miss this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson.An Outrageous OfferTo help her brother's struggling cosmetics company, Virginia schoolteacher Colby Wingate arrives in Los Angeles for one last, desperate gamble—to have superstar actor Sterling Hamilton endorse her brother's new perfume. But Sterling thinks Colby has come to answer his want-ad for a woman who would bear his child. When she realizes what Sterling is looking for, Colby is shocked that he expects her, let alone any woman, to comply no matter how much money he's willing to pay...A Passionate BargainA childhood loss has made Sterling determined not to get too close to anyone—even the strikingly beautiful Colby. But somehow, he would have to convince Colby to become the mother of his child...with no strings attached. What he... Views: 17
In The Old Neighborhood David Mamet confirms his stature as a master of the American stage, a writer who can turn the most innocuous phrase into a lit fuse and a family reunion into a perfectly orchestrated firestorm of sympathy, yearning, and blistering authentic rage. In these three short plays, a middle-aged Bobby Gould returns to the old-neighborhood in a series of encounters with his past that, however briefly, open windows on his present. In "The Disappearance of the Jews," Bobby and an old buddy fantasize about finding themselves in a nostalgic shtetl paradise while revealing how lost they are in their own families. In the comfort of her kitchen, Bobby's sister "Jolly" unscrolls a list of childhood grievances that is at nice painful and hilarious. And the old girlfriend in "Deeny," faced with a man she once loved, finds herself obsessively free-associating on gardening, sex, and subatomic particles. Swerving from comedy to terror, from tenderness to anguish—with a swiftness that unsettles even as it strikes home—The Old Neighborhood is classic Mamet.Review“Searing…heart-piercing…haunting and original…[Mamet’s] most emotionally accessible drama to date,”—The New York Times “Elegant and beautiful…David Mamet’s autobiographical play is full of laughter and lament.”—The New Yorker“[Mamet’s] most personal, haunted and haunting play.”—Newsday “Riveting… luminous…beautifully rendered…a significant development in Mamet’s career.”—San Francisco ExaminerAbout the AuthorDavid Mamet is a world-leading author, playwright and screenwriter, whose many awards include the Pulitzer Prize, Joseph Jefferson Award, Obie Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award and Tony Award. Many of his plays are considered modern classics and include Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna, Edmond, The Cryptogram and Speed the Plow. Views: 17
'Fascinating' BBC History 'Remarkable and clever' New York Times 'Original and important' Sir David Cannadine When Queen Victoria died, two gentlemen were commissioned with the monumental task of editing her vast correspondence. It would be the first time that a British monarch's letters had been published, and it would change how Victoria was remembered forever. The men chosen for the job were deeply complex and peculiar characters: Viscount Esher, the consummate royal confidant, blessed with charm and influence, but hiding a secret obsession with Eton boys and incestuous relationship with his son; Arthur Benson, a schoolmaster and author, plagued by depression, struggling to fit in with the blue-blooded clubs and codes of the court. Together with King Edward VII these men would decide Victoria's legacy. In their hands 460 volumes of the Queen's Correspondence became just three,... Views: 17
Joanna adored Alessandro Bonetti, but knew she could never give him what he really needed. So she walked out on their marriage.
Now, two years on, she has no choice but to turn to Sandro for help. He agrees, on one condition: that she return to his bed, as his wife.
Joanna realizes she loves her husband more than ever, but a replay of their disastrous wedding night is more than she can bear. Surrender to Sandro means he'll discover the secret she's kept hidden from him all along but maybe that's a risk she must take if she's to save her marriage. Views: 17
At the wedding of a young man from a middle-class apartment building in Bombay, the men and women of this unique community gather together and look back on their youthful, idealistic selves and consider the changes the years have wrought. The lives of the Parsi men and women who grew up together in Wadi Baug are revealed in all their complicated humanity: Adi Patel's disintegration into alcoholism; Dosamai's gossiping tongue; and Soli Contractor's betrayal and heartbreak. And observing it all is Rusi Bilimoria, a disillusioned businessman who struggles to make sense of his life and hold together a fraying community. Views: 16
The last thing Henley Wolfe needs is men trying to run her life. Especially not her older brother and a bunch of men she hardly knows. After giving up everything to escape a train wreck of a marriage, she made a promise to never let anyone take away her independence again. Or her heart.Vice President of Twisted Mayhem MC, Trent ‘Colt’ Morrison has never been afraid of a fight. He also never expected to be knocked on his ass by a woman half his size without her even throwing a punch. While his nearly instant claim on Henley started out as a mostly silent one, the actions he must take to insure her safety will speak louder than words. It will also mean putting himself and every member of the club at risk.With the tension between Colt and Henley building at an alarming rate, it becomes impossible for her to deny. The battle ahead will rock Twisted Mayhem to its foundation and force a table vote that is going to change everything.Will Colt be able to... Views: 16
They're putting the male sex under the microscope, they're changing the way men think and act, they're pulling down the trousers of the male establishment. They are the cruel and beautiful mistresses of The Primrose Court and they're enforcing - Lust Under Licence. Disgraced tycoon Tom Glass lies in a hospital bed trying to recover his memory after a fall from his tenth-floor penthouse. His past envelops him in vivid erotic detail, leaving him in constant need of the tender mercies of his personal nurse. As for the present... Is he actually engaged to the silver-blonde TV weather girl who has an inventive way with his bedside equipment? Is it true his pretty but demure assistant is experimenting with a fitness regime founded on multiple orgasm? And - most significant of all - is his love-life really under investigation by the pneumatic jack-booted she-devils of the Sex Police? Views: 16
The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven need a short, victorious war to calm the Proles and defuse any threat of civil war. In their way stands a kingdom that has always backed down before... but Honor Harrington wasn't involved before. Views: 16
Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's occupation of France began two years ago, in 1940, the race has been canceled. Now there are soldiers everywhere, interrupting Marcel's rides with checkpoints and questioning. Then Marcel learns two big secrets, and he realizes there are worse things about the war than a canceled race. When he later discovers that his friend's entire family is in imminent danger, Marcel knows he can help — but it will involve taking a risky bicycle ride to pass along covert information. And when nothing ends up going according to plan, it's up to him to keep pedaling and think quickly... because his friend, her family, and his own future hang in the balance. Views: 16
In the first full-scale biography of Coolidge in a generation, Robert Sobel shatters the caricature of our thirtieth president as a silent, do-nothing leader.
Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth-century presidents still reverberates today. Sobel delves into the record to show how Coolidge cut taxes four times, had a budget surplus every year in office, and cut the national debt by a third in a period of unprecedented economic growth.
Though his list of accomplishments is impressive, Calvin Coolidge was perhaps best known and most respected by his contemporaries for his character. Americans embraced Coolidge for his upstanding character, which came as a breath of fresh air after the scandal-ridden administration of Warren G. Harding. the sleaze that characterizes much of American political life today was absent in his administration.
In many respects Coolidge was of a bygone era. He was the last president who wrote his own speeches, who spent hours each day greeting White House visitors, who had only one secretary, and who didn't even keep a telephone on his desk. Yet he remains as relevant today as he was three-quarters of a century ago. Little wonder, then, that Ronald Reagan so admired Coolidge, whose programs in the 1920s presaged the recent movement towards smaller government and reduced taxes. (It was Reagan who ordered Coolidge's portrait to be placed in the White House Cabinet Room, next to Lincoln's and Jefferson's.)
Through research and analysis, Sobel reveals Coolidge's clear record of political successes and delivers the message that Coolidge had for our time--a message that speaks directly to our most important political debates.
Coolidge remains an enigma to Americans because he was so unlike any other politician, past or present. Coolidge rose to the highest office in the land without the politician's familiar trappings--the glad-handling, the glib tongue, the empty promises, the negative campaigning. He lacked charisma, presence, charm, or any of the qualities that would make a politician attractive to today's media. Coolidge's legacy is his deeds, not his words--which is exactly how he would have chosen to be remembered by history.
Coolidge: An American Enigma dispels the myths that have gathered around this underappreciated president and gives him the serious consideration he merits. With this timely and important biography, Sobel has surely challenged historians to reassess Calvin Coolidge. Views: 16
