Election interference is one of the most widely discussed international phenomena of the last five years. Russian covert interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election elevated the topic into a national priority, but that experience was far from an isolated one. Evidence of election interference by foreign states or their proxies has become a regular feature of national elections and is likely to get worse in the near future. Information and communication technologies afford those who...

Originally published in 1938, this symposium, based on the Sir Halley Stewart lectures for 1937, numbers among its contributors some of the world’s most distinguished economists and the subjects of which they treat are of vital interest. Professor Heckscher deals with some recent important tendencies in economic and social life; Professor Ohlin with the future relations of Government and industry – he believes that both state socialism and nineteenth-century liberalism are unsuited for pre...

When art history grad student Lynn Fleming finds out that Wylie, her younger brother, has disappeared, she reluctantly leaves New York and returns to the dusty Albuquerque of her youth. What she finds when she arrives is more unsettling and frustrating than she could have predicted. Wylie is nowhere to be found, not in the tiny apartment he shares with a grungy band of eco-warriors, or lingering close to his suspiciously well-maintained Caprice. As Wylie continues to evade her, Lynn become...

An Esquire Best Book of Summer • A collection of glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives—from the award-winning author of Dual Citizens, who is "spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore and Joy Williams" (Heidi Julavits, author of The Folded Clock).In the mordantly funny "Money, Geography, Youth," Vanessa arrives home from a gap year volunteering in Ghana to find that her f...

Dr. Nikolav Sarkozy has had centuries to perfect his arrogance, but his cold vampire soul is no match for the beautifully joyful ER doctor, Francesca Banetti.Cursed never to drink blood or enjoy pleasure from a human again until he finds his mate, Niko has lived an extremely lonely vampire life. When he walks into Mercy General Hospital and meets Francesca, his penance crashes down around him.Francesca is a healer, but with her haunted past, she keeps her witch status hidde...

In their various locales--from Montreal (where a prosthetic leg casts a furious spell on its beholders) to New Mexico (where a Soviet-era exchange student redefines home for his hosts)--the characters in Babylon are coming to terms with life's epiphanies, for good or ill.They range from the very young who, confronted with their parents' limitations, discover their own resolve, to those facing middle age and its particular indignities, no less determined to assert themselves and sha...

A critically acclaimed, award-winning author, Alix Ohlin pens a masterpiece of emotional complexity with Inside. In this literary tour de force, a therapist named Grace attempts to help a man recover from his failed suicide attempt. Meanwhile, Grace's teen patient Annie runs away from home to reinvent herself in New York, and Grace's ex-husband leaves the comfort of a successful relationship to attempt to help native peoples in the bleak Arctic. ''A skillful storyteller attractively quick-...

This short story anthology showcases the first place winner and runners-up of Sarah Selecky's Little Bird Fiction Writing Contest. The first prize - mentorship, instruction and publication - is awarded annually to an exciting new writer of distinction, chosen by a new editor every year. The trick? The winning stories must incorporate one of Selecky's uncommon writing prompts (found on Twitter). Proceeds from the sale of this eBook go to the Pelee Island Bird Observatory.The winning...

Surrounded by family on gorgeous Starfish Island, florist Genevieve Bianchi has a life she loves, if only she doesn't acknowledge her loneliness.When she encounters sexy, grumpy general contractor Storm Langston on his Fire Meadow property, she remembers her dream of owning a flower farm. Only, dreams are for the young and foolish, dreams can destroy you.Storm Langston isn't an islander by birth but his fabulous home designs and project for veterans have won the islanders o...

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR SARA OHLINBook four in the Rescue Me seriesWhen a broken woman risks her heart for the neighborhood hottie, heat rises from the ashes...Once broken and abused, Sasha Kincaid is slowly rebuilding her life in the quiet town of Corvallis near her brother, his new wife and their group of friends. She's content to work quietly at the bakery she secretly owns while learning to rebuild her trust in peop...

Unique supernatural being, Adelaide Webb is both witch and werewolf, flourishing in her powerful green magic in the town of Mercy. Adored by her parents and five older brothers, Adelaide is surrounded by love and joy. With her focus on her successful plant nursery, what more could she want?After ten long years hunting evil, werewolf Callum Mackintosh has returned to the town of Mercy, looking for forgiveness, hoping for salvation. Sick with an ancient werewolf disease he tells no o...

Get ready to blast back to the past and learn all about the Statue of Liberty!When people think about the Statue of Liberty, that iconic statue will surely come to mind. But why do we have that statue, and who is that woman anyway? This engaging nonfiction book, complete with black-and-white interior illustrations, will make readers feel like they've traveled back in time. It covers everything from how the statue was built to the history behind its creation and mor...