The New Urban Frontier

The New Urban Frontier

Author: Neil Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-10-26

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1134787464

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Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? This book challenges conventional wisdom, which holds gentrification to be the simple outcome of new middle-class tastes and a demand for urban living. It reveals gentrification as part of a much larger shift in the political economy and culture of the late twentieth century. Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban 'frontiers', the author explores the interconnections of urban policy, patterns of investment, eviction, and homelessness. The failure of liberal urban policy and the end of the 1980s financial boom have made the end-of-the-century city a darker and more dangerous place. Public policy and the private market are conspiring against minorities, working people, the poor, and the homeless as never before. In the emerging revanchist city, gentrification has become part of this policy of revenge.


To Wed a Wallflower

To Wed a Wallflower

Author: Carol Arens

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1488071802

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An unexpected reunion Now a forbidden temptation At a country party arranged to find his widowed brother a wife, William Talton is surprised to see Ginny Penneyjons, a shy, beautiful girl from his past, among the prospective brides! Their connection is as intense as ever, but William must resist her, for he’s honor bound to sacrifice his own heart in favor of his brother’s. Yet a stolen kiss with Ginny is about to test William’s resolve not to claim her for himself! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.


The Books in My Life

The Books in My Life

Author: Henry Miller

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780811201087

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In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years.


Seized by Love

Seized by Love

Author: Susan Johnson

Publisher: Fanfare

Published: 2010-03-31

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0307575144

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Sweeping from the fabulous country estates and hunting lodges to the opulent ballrooms and salons of the Russian nobility, here is a novel of savage passions and dangerous pleasures by the incomparable Susan Johnson, mistress of the sensual historical and author of the bestselling Outlaw. He was a renegade prince skilled in the arts of sensual persuasion. . . . She knew him by reputation; a man unmindful of convention, it was said he offered sensual delight beyond a woman’s wildest dreams. Yet even forewarned of his wild and reckless past, Alisa Forseus found herself responding to the dark smoldering gaze and the quick warmth of Prince Nikolai Kuzan’s stolen caresses. She knew too well that love between them was impossible—forbidden—but she could not resist the rapturous pleasure of one moment in his arms. . . . She was the exquisite bounty in a scandalous wager of love. . . . She was to be his prize, his ultimate conquest, but when Nikki found himself alone with the lovely and chaste Alisa, he was shocked to discover that it was more than her body he desire to possess. He had three days to win the heart of this proud and passionate beauty, three days—and nights—to steal her from the man she called husband in name only. For what began as a simple challenge had become a dangerous passion for a woman he’d surrender anything and everything to love—even his renegade heart.


Outlaw Hunter

Outlaw Hunter

Author: Carol Arens

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1460343751

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An outlaw's wife… With her home burned down, her outlaw husband believed dead and five children entrusted to her care, Melody Dawson must leave the ashes of her past behind to start afresh… And an outlaw hunter… Atoning for a youthful mistake, US marshal Reeve Prentis has made tracking down criminals his life's work. His dangerous job has always demanded a solitary existence, yet escorting Melody across the Wild West has Reeve longing for change, and a family of his own! "One exhilarating read…. Take a deep breath and enjoy!" —RT Book Reviews on Rebel with a Cause


The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest

The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest

Author: Virginia Heath

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0369711629

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The earl she loved to hate …until she stayed in his mansion! Sophie Gilbert has thwarted the standoffish new earl’s plans to sell his country estate and the quaint village that forms part of it. But when disaster strikes and he offers her refuge, she must reconsider everything about this vexing, determined man. After the heartbreak in her past, it’s a revelation to feel her pulse racing and her body yearning for his touch… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. A Very Village Scandal Where love can be found at every turn Book 1: The Earl's Inconvenient Houseguest


The American Dream

The American Dream

Author: Jim Cullen

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0195173252

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Cullen particularly focuses on the founding fathers and the Declaration of Independence ("the charter of the American Dream"); Abraham Lincoln, with his rise from log cabin to White House and his dream for a unified nation; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality. Our contemporary version of the American Dream seems rather debased in Cullen's eyes-built on the cult of Hollywood and its outlandish dreams of overnight fame and fortune.