“Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn delineates his idyllic time in rural Vermont, where he had the freedom to work, spend time with his family, and wage a war of ideas against the Soviet Union and other detractors from afar. At his quiet retreat . . . the Nobel laureate found . . . ‘a happiness in free and uninterrupted work.’” —Kirkus ReviewsThis compelling account concludes Nobel Prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s literary memoirs of his years in the West after h...

Lexie Stevens is wary—the memory of losing her job and apartment is still fresh in her mind. Now she’s got a new job, and she’ll do anything to keep it. She just hadn’t banked on her new boss being so damn irresistible.Nor did she anticipate finding herself stuck in the middle of a plot to destroy him.Bear shifter Cole Gosford gave up on love a long time ago. For him, love is Bear Falls—the idyllic riverside town he grew up in. But then Lexie walked into his life, enchantin...

Are you a busy teacher, subject lead or senior leader looking to improve your curriculum? Based on the theory of simplexity, the idea that clarity and logic can make even the most complex tasks manageable, Curriculum Simplexity offers a practical and systematic planning aid, guiding readers through the process of building a robust, coherent whole-school curriculum. Recognising the role of teachers’ autonomy and professional judgement, this essential read provides space for the fle...

A brilliant debut from Melanie Moore, Are You Staying, Mandy Boyle? will have you laughing, crying, and aching with the frustrations and joys of taking huge risks and falling in love big time.Mandy Boyle is thirty-five, still living with her stepfather in his rent-stabilized apartment, and still stuck as a copy editor at The New York Times, awaiting the next big layoff. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, but ten years ago, she put her journalism ...

There's more than one way to turn up the heat.The Naughty List is here to give you exactly what you crave - Ultimate Alphas: Bad Boys and Good Lovers - another special collection of romance novels, novellas, and short stories from a mix of New York Times Bestsellers and some of the newest, boldest authors around.It's packed with more than 140,000 words and features bad boy bikers, werewolf shifters, alpha male heroes with a heart of gold, and billionaires that alwa...

An explosive secret and red-hot passion propel #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh’s Nauti series to its thrilling conclusion.Angel Calloway is no saint. But when the rough and reckless mercenary shows up in Somerset, she makes a lasting impression on the young Mackay girls, especially Bliss. Their mother Chaya, on the other hand, plans on keeping a suspicious eye on Angel. As the wife of the notorious Natches Mackay, she can tell when her fami...

Elsie Smucker is facing her first Christmas alone. Her last remaining sibling has just passed away. When she dreams of her brother, she never imagines that she will be visited by the "ghost" of the past, present, and future. But the visions change her life and make for a wonderful Christmas gift for all. This is the first of the Amish Christian Classic Series by Sarah Price, books based upon the wonderful classics by authors of the past but in the voice of the Amish. As...

"Do you know what you are to me?" She shook her head as he whispered to her. His mouth was doing incredible things to her and she wanted more. "Mate? You're my mate. Do you know what that means?"Her body seemed to come alive at his words. She struggled to pull from him and he let her go, but he didn't back off. She moved back from him as far as the wall and tried to get her mind to function again. She was not going to be his mate, not any man's."You have to go. I won't bother...

Mail order bride for an alien on another world?Sophia has no job, her ex is a jerk, her landlord wants to evict her...She needs a fresh start. Out of options, the curvy woman applies to an interstellar mail-order bride agency. She's sent to a rough planet on the edge of the galaxy knowing very little about the mysterious, horned alien warrior to whom she's promised. Quickly she discovers the marriage contract is not to one but two dominating, muscular warriors. Even more su...

You're mine. All mine. I will consume you, piece by piece, and I will never be done...Emma awakened each morning feeling increasingly exhausted and weak, as though she was slowly being drained of life. And rather than reviving her, sleep seemed to deplete her further. Most disturbing of all was the voice she heard in her dreams threatening to consume her until nothing was left.With his pale, translucent skin and deep, dark eyes, there was something u...

THREAT FROM HER AMISH PASTEight years ago, a drifter destroyed Becca Miller's ties to her Amish community-and murdered her family. Now a special agent with Fort Rickman's criminal investigation department, Becca knows her past has caught up with her and doesn't want to relive it. She's convinced that the killer, who supposedly died years ago, is very much alive and after her. Special agent Colby Voss agrees to help her investigate. Yet the closer they get to the truth, the closer t...

Fay Risner in Book two of her Nurse Hal Amish series links the modern world to the timeless Amish way of life when Nurse Hallie Lindstrom falls in love with Amish widower John Lapp. This is a fascinating look at two differing cultures set in an intricate and richly detailed tapestry of a traditional Amish setting in southern Iowa. The Amish simple way of life based on faith, convictions and honesty is entwined in this love story between an English woman and an Amish man. Hallie Lindstrom, ...