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The arrogant duke in Regency England does not realize that the girl he pursues is the author of a novel in which he is the villain.

From the earliest depictions of Benjamin Franklin and his kite experiment to 21st-century renderings of mad scientists, representations of American scientists in the popular media reveal a great deal about our cultural hopes and fears. This survey of popular media over three hundred years of American history religious tracts, political cartoons, literature, theater, advertising, art, comic books, radio, music, television, and film examines the stereotypes...

The sequel to Wicked returns to the land of Oz to tell the story of Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left...

Organizations that deal with long-term social, commercial, or organizational policy planning face complex and shifting problems that cannot be successfully treated with traditional linear, analytical approaches. These issues, called "wicked problems" or "social messes" in the early 1970s for their nonobjectively assessable nature, causes, boundaries, and solutions, are at the core of Robert Horn's interdisciplinary studies in visual language. This...

"Loved. Loved. Loved BAD ROMEO and BROKEN JULIET. I now have a serious book hangover. Leisa Rayven, thank you for all the feels."--E.L. James"Hilarious, heartwarming and unique, the Starcrossed series is highly recommended."--SA TODAY The one guy she can't have is the one she can't forget. Liam Quinn is one of the biggest movie stars in the world ... the only man Elissa Holt has ever truly loved. After being out of her life for six years, he and his...

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home when petty thief and paraplegic Randy Whitcomb targets Lucas's pretty fourteen-year-old adopted daughter and a young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and the right-wing-crazy background roams through the city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth ...

"We see through Aaron's eyes the structured underworld of a California prison farm dominated by sadistic perverts operating under the protection of the no-squeal code of their victims ... Apprehensive for his friend Barneyway when he first enters the prison farm, having heard that his friend has become the unresisting victim of a brutal sodomist, Aaron is moved by his friend's refusal to fight his sordid destiny to contemptuous abandonment of his...

"The classic Cinderella story is given a sexy contemporary makeover in this wicked fairy tale featuring all the heroes and villains that we know and love: the handsome prince, the fairy godmother, the wretched sisters, and the beautiful girl"--Amazon.com.

"[This book] takes ... plant-based cooking to a whole new level. The chefs have pioneered innovative cooking techniques such as pressing and searing mushrooms until they reach a rich and delicious meat-like consistency. Inside, you'll find informative sidebars and must-have tips on everything from oil-free and gluten-free cooking (if you're into that) to organizing an efficient kitchen"--Amazon.com.