Keep your distance; I'm not the man for you, got it?" How did that evolve into "I can't live without her"? Dive into this unique love story to find out.Natalie Lawrence is forced into an arranged marriage with a man she's never met. If she defies her so-called father and stepmother, the consequences will be dire, threatening the one person she truly cares about.Nolan Clementé, a billionaire with his own empire, fits the classic bad boy mold and seems to get away with everyt...

August is annoyed. His mother won't shut up, his half-brother is across the room bedazzling their relatives with his boy-next-door charm, and his father has been ignoring him for the whole evening, and now, he is annoyed.It's always like this. Every year he came to his father's Christmas function, August's sweaters felt just a little too tight and his jaw was constantly set in a tight vice. These things were always too long, a week and a half of mind-numbing meaningless pleasantrie...

What would happen if you found yourself trapped in a closet for seven minutes with your hockey crush? Millie and Rowan wind up tangled in a silly game that stretches into a wild few hours. Afterward, she suddenly vanishes, leaving the hockey player determined to track her down on campus. Millie is caught off guard when the notorious campus bad boy strides into one of her art classes and boldly claims he wants her. Thus begins the pursuit, and this Russian girl, still adjusting to life as a...

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, as Gerald Lee comments in his introduction, is steeped in history. For centuries this area was agricultural, but in the latter half of the nineteenth century it was transformed by mining. With the advent of the collieries came the railways, and prosperity and population began to increase. These photographs, many of which have not been published before, build up a vivid visual impression of life in the Kirkby area from the 1850s onwards. The authors have created a fascin...

Crowds by Gerald Stanley Lee is a thought-provoking exploration of society, human behavior, and the power of collective action. Lee’s work delves into the dynamics of crowds, examining how they form, what motivates them, and the impact they have on society. With a blend of philosophy, sociology, and commentary, the book challenges readers to think critically about the nature of crowds and their role in shaping the world.Lee’s narrative is insightful and reflective,...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, shamanism and ancient knowledge. Our Books are available in digital format. We have approximat...

Crowds by Gerald Stanley Lee is a thought-provoking exploration of society, human behavior, and the power of collective action. Lee’s work delves into the dynamics of crowds, examining how they form, what motivates them, and the impact they have on society. With a blend of philosophy, sociology, and commentary, the book challenges readers to think critically about the nature of crowds and their role in shaping the world.Lee’s narrative is insightful and reflective,...

This book, first published in 1913, examines early twentieth century thinking on crowds and human nature. The imagination of crowds and the desire to be good, to be happy and successful, together with the wish for the new are all considered along with the changes in the politics and industry of the time.

It is 1570, and France has been torn apart by religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots. The formidable Queen Mother, Catherine de Médicis, calls on Henri de Malassise to negotiate a peace treaty with the Huguenots. The wily nobleman needs all his experience and psychological insight to navigate through the tactics, manoeuvres and compromises of the discussions. He sees some division in the Huguenot ranks: is it a weakness, or a clever ploy by his adversaries? Is it by chance or desig...

In the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision, politicians are targeting working Americans as never before. As American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Gerald W. McEntee and Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders show, efforts to crush what's left of the working middle class and the American Dream are supported by those willing to stop at nothing to enshrine profits for the few ...

2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIn Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social classes, and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and educational backgrounds to determine whether there are any common characteristi...

This book examines the impact of white racialization in homiletics. The first section, Racial Hegemony, interrogates the white, colonial bias of Euro-American homiletical practice, pedagogy, and theory with particular attention to the intersection of preaching and racialization. The second section, Resistance and Possibilities, contributes diverse critical homiletical approaches emerging in conversation with racially-minoritized scholarship and racially subjugated knowledge and practice. B...