The Viscount's Sinful Bargain
The Viscount's Sinful Bargain

Author: Kate Archer

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-09

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781956003291

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#1 in The Dukes' Pact Series-six dukes take dire steps to force their heirs to marry, while those heirs fight just as hard to remain bachelors. A sweet regency romance. Read for Free in Kindle Unlimited! Lord Hampton cursed his luck. Six dukes were in league together to force their sons to marry, and one of them was his own father. The old men had drawn up a formal pact, with severe consequences to their heirs included. Edwin is determined to devise a way out of it, he has no intention of marrying any time soon. He's also desperate to get his name off the ton's lips. Mamas are circling like hunters round a wounded stag and every pert little miss is fanning herself. Cassandra Knightsbridge, only daughter of Viscount Trebly, has not had a very usual upbringing. She rides like the devil, leaving her groom far behind...if she bothered to take a groom at all. More alarming, there would be few gentlemen who could best her with a fowling piece. Of course, she knows those particular habits will not find approval in a London drawing room and ought not be mentioned. That is, until a condescending lord provokes her. Might not a tale of a girl who shoots turn society's attention away from the dukes' pact? The whispers wind their way through drawing rooms and the talk about Miss Knightsbridge blooms. Edwin's love for the lady blooms too, but now he's made it impossible to win her. The Dukes' Pact Book 1 - The Viscount's Sinful Bargain Book 2 - The Marquess' Daring Wager Book 3 - The Lord's Desperate Pledge Book 4 - The Baron's Dangerous Contract Book 5 - The Peer's Roguish Whisper Book 6 - The Earl's Iron Warrant

The Viscount's Sinful Bargain
The Viscount's Sinful Bargain

Author: Kate Archer

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-08

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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#1 in The Dukes' Pact Series-six dukes take dire steps to force their heirs to marry, while those heirs fight just as hard to remain bachelors. A sweet regency romance. Read for Free in Kindle Unlimited!Lord Hampton cursed his luck. Six dukes were in league together to force their sons to marry, and one of them was his own father. The old men had drawn up a formal pact, with severe consequences to their heirs included. Edwin is determined to devise a way out of it, he has no intention of marrying any time soon. He's also desperate to get his name off the ton's lips. Mamas are circling like hunters round a wounded stag and every pert little miss is fanning herself.Cassandra Knightsbridge, only daughter of Viscount Trebly, has not had a very usual upbringing. She rides like the devil, leaving her groom far behind...if she bothered to take a groom at all. More alarming, there would be few gentlemen who could best her with a fowling piece. Of course, she knows those particular habits will not find approval in a London drawing room and ought not be mentioned. That is, until a condescending lord provokes her.Might not a tale of a girl who shoots turn society's attention away from the dukes' pact? The whispers wind their way through drawing rooms and the talk about Miss Knightsbridge blooms. Edwin's love for the lady blooms too, but now he's made it impossible to win her.The Dukes' PactBook 1 - The Viscount's Sinful BargainBook 2 - The Marquess' Daring WagerBook 3 - The Lord's Desperate PledgeBook 4 - The Baron's Dangerous ContractBook 5 - The Peer's Roguish WhisperBook 6 - The Earl's Iron Heart

What the Duke Desires
What the Duke Desires

Author: Sabrina Jeffries

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-20

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1471113779

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Maximilian Cale, the Duke of Lyons, long ago buried his grief for his missing elder brother, Peter, who was presumed dead after being kidnapped by their Great-Uncle Humbert. When a mysterious note arrives from Tristan Bonnaud asserting that the Duke's brother is alive, it leads him straight to the winsome Lisette Bonnaud, illegitimate daughter of a viscount and Tristan's sister. Soon after, Max and Lisette are travelling to Paris posing as husband and wife, in search of Tristan, who has disappeared. The longer he spends with Lisette, the easier it is for Max to see that the line between dukedom and desire is easier to cross than he imagined.

Bullshit Jobs
Bullshit Jobs

Author: David Graeber

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1501143336

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From bestselling writer David Graeber—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times).

Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'
Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'

Author: James Harrington

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-08-20

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780521423298

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James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a long-term process of social change which led to the decay of the old political order. The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) is a fictionalised presentation of English history up to the victory of the New Model Army, explaining the fall of the monarchy and proposing a republic to replace it. A System of Politics, written after the Restoration, is a scheme of history and political philosophy erected on the foundations of his previous works. Professor Pocock's introduction emphasises Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading.

Open Veins of Latin America
Open Veins of Latin America

Author: Eduardo Galeano

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0853459908

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[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.

The Pirate Next Door
The Pirate Next Door

Author: Jennifer Ashley

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781946455116

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Mayfair, London, 1810Alexandra Alastair, a respectable young English widow, wonders if she dare add the new viscount who¿s moved in next door to her list of potential husbands. He certainly doesn¿t look like the gentlemen on her list¿Grayson Finley, Viscount Stoke, is tall and sun-bronzed, muscular and blue-eyed. The men who attend him are just as strange, exotic-looking even. And the way Grayson smiles at her¿sinful, blood-warming¿turns her inside out.In the middle of the night Alexandra hears shouting coming from the house next door, and the viscount¿s life being threatened. She rushes over in time to save Grayson from being hanged by his greatest enemy.Thus is Alexandra pulled into the adventures of Grayson Finley, former pirate and terror of the seas. Grayson has made a bargain with the devil (in the form of the pirate hunter, James Ardmore), to ensure the well-being of his daughter, Maggie. But when Alexandra saves his life, he looks into her eyes the color of water and starts to drown . . .

The Wicked Duke
The Wicked Duke

Author: Madeline Hunter

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0515155187

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Third in the roguishly intriguing series by the New York Times bestselling author of Tall, Dark, and Wicked and His Wicked Reputation... She appeals to his wicked inclinations, but he never expects she might snare his heart.... Suspected of his brother’s murder, Lancelot Hemingford, Duke of Aylesbury, was forced to give up his hell-raising habits in London for the anonymity of quiet country living. So, when an opportunity arises to clear his name in exchange for proposing to the niece of a neighbor, he sees no choice but to accept. Plus, seducing the reluctant maiden will be a most intriguing challenge... As Marianne Radley is dependent on her uncle, she must accept the Duke's marriage proposal at her family’s request, despite her belief he is irredeemably wicked. But along with marrying him, she intends to sniff out the duke’s unsavory secrets and expose them to the world: a plan that would be flawless were it not for one minor detail—even she, with all her determination, is not immune to the charms of a rakish duke...

The Baron's Dangerous Contract
The Baron's Dangerous Contract

Author: Kate Archer

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781956003307

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An audacious lady and an adventurous lord. Miss Penny Darlington, daughter of the famed horseman Lord Mendbridge, has spent the past two seasons happily flirting with Lord Cabot. On the night of the Tudor ball, all of her ideas are crushed. The lord showed her, in no uncertain terms, how inconsequential she really was. She would prefer to nurse her bruised feelings in private, but her father has invited Lord Cabot to stay with them at Newmarket for the races. Penny vows she will never afford the lord another opportunity to sting her. Lord Cabot well knows he allowed his temper to get the better of him. Miss Darlington left the Tudor Ball in near tears, he was shunned by all who overheard him, and even the hostess glowered at him. He'd not meant what he said and has every expectation that Miss Darlington will laugh it off when she discovers him staying at her house in Newmarket. In any case, he has a far more urgent problem to solve-he's entered his filly in the thousand guinea stakes and does not actually have the stake. As Penny and Lord Cabot circle each other warily and various persons work to keep them apart, a shady moneylender enacts a villainous plot. The lord's world is about to shatter and only Penny can save him from ruin. On the other hand, she might just allow him to hang himself in a noose of his own making. The Duke's Pact Book 1 - The Viscount's Sinful Bargain Book 2 - The Marquess' Daring Wager Book 3 - The Lord's Desperate Pledge Book 4 - The Baron's Dangerous Contract Book 5 - The Peer's Roguish Whisper Book 6 - The Earl's Iron Warrant