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The Emporor of Rome and the Queen of the Nile as only Shaw could have imagined them! He is a self-doubting cynic who is experiencing a mid-life crisis and she is an imperious and impertinent child on the threshold of womanhood. This recording also includes Shaw's alternate Prologue and his post-text notes.

Cealie Gunther avoids things that bind - like control-top pantyhose and Gil Thurman. Widowed Cealie thinks she wants to avoid her hunky ex-lover Gil as she travels while trying to rediscover herself. But he opens Cajun restaurants in many cities, and Cealie's not great at avoiding temptation. She tries to avoid family members so she won't become dependant, but since her family is most important, constantly winds up around them. Murder is always involved.

Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, The Devil’s Disciple, Major Barbara, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Misalliance, and Pygmalion.

Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educated mathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortable upbringing was financed in unspeakable ways. George Bernard Shaw pits a clever heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly intelligent (and still shocking) comedy, banned for eight years from the English stage.

Managers want great teams, but most build them around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that have lost their edge. Extreme Teams looks at the new generation of teams driving growth in today's most innovative firms. They do this by doing things differently: hiring the right person instead of the best person; focusing on one priority while leaving room to explore new ideas; creating an environment where people are comfortable dealing with the uncomfortable.

Eleven-year-old gumshoe Simon Sez may operate out of a tree house, but this pint-sized shamus is as tough as long division and meaner than an older sister. After Simon's heart is broken by the most beautiful dame on the playground, rich kid Bunky Matthews shows up at his HQ begging for help retrieving two hundred stolen snickerdoodles. Simon figures a new case might be just the ticket to get his mind off his troubles.

London, 1968: The body of a teenage girl is found just steps away from the Beatles' Abbey Road recording studio. The police are called to a residential street in St John's Wood where an unidentified young woman has been strangled. Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen believes she may be one of the...

Police Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a murderer himself. A methodical, diligent, and exceptionally bright detective, South is an avid birdwatcher and trusted figure in his small town on the rugged Kentish coast. He also lives with the...

A witty, charming fantasy adventure starring Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, whose family has been keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well for generations. When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects...

Was What's My Line TV star, media icon, and crack investigative reporter and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK assassination? If so, is the main suspect in her death still at large? These questions and more are answered in former CNN, ESPN, and USA Today legal analyst Mark Shaw's 25th book, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much.

There is a mystery surrounding the invitation by Craddock Fitch to the Big House. It is billed as a celebration of his business, but as everyone in the village has been invited, it is obviously more exciting than that. When everyone is assembled, they find that it is a lavish wedding reception for two very surprising people.

The Man Who Rained is a work of magic and imagination, a modern-day fable about the elements of love, from the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize. When Elsa's father is killed in a tornado, all she wants is to escape to somewhere. For years she has been haunted by a sight once seen from an...

Welcome to Twinkleland Kingdom, where everything is 100% perfect. Except Princess Pea - she loves getting muddy and having fun and she's not keen on choosing her own perfect unicorn at the Royal Unicorn Parade. Until the final unicorn turns out to be a podgy, pongy, proud, magic-horned...pig?...

Foreword by Bill Gates Microsoft’s CEO tells the inside story of the company’s continuing transformation, tracing his own personal journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant technological changes in the digital era. As much a humanist as engineer and executive...

When Hailey Harper left her family farm to enroll in veterinary school, she had a plan: keep her head down, ace her classes, and most importantly... don’t upset the uncle paying her tuition. Translation? Don’t piss off his dramatic, self-absorbed daughter, Danica, even if she’s a nightmare...

Working for Hudson Cole was supposed to be temporary. Everyone in the office knows he's impossible—cold, demanding, and allergic to smiling. His assistants usually quit within days. But I refuse to be one of them. I organize his schedule, keep his billion-dollar company running smoothly, and ignore the way his dark eyes follow me when he thinks I'm not looking.

They took his family. They think he won’t fight back. They’re dead wrong. Darryl “Jack” Daniels isn't a hero. He’s just a rough-around-the-edges, simple Aussie bloke trying to find his way in the world. But when a corrupt cop tears his family apart to support an underground criminal empire, Jack is left with no option but to stand up and be counted. A young female police officer, Leanne Miller, confides in Jack and offers him a deal: help her expose the corruption festering behind the badge, and she'll help get his family back—but her deal comes with a heavy price tag.

I think I’m finally ready to fall in love… I just didn’t expect it to be with my grumpy boss. Pearl I’ve worked at Wolf Valley Veterinary Clinic for years. I love my job, I love the animals, and I loved working with Dr. Harris before he retired. Then his replacement gets here, and I realize that there might be something else I love about my job. Him. Dr. Wells Bennett. He’s quiet, brooding, annoyingly handsome, and the kind of man who looks at you once and sees too much. He showed up a few months ago to help out his mentor, but then he stayed. Took over the clinic. Took over my routine.

Having betrayed his family to the evil Emperor, Dark Zader must find a way to rescue his family of rebel scum from the largest and most secure prison in the galaxy, the Detention Star. Dark Zader is trying to lead a double life, secretly keeping to the light side of the fizz while working for his former master, the vile Emperor Eugene and his Cosmic Empire. Meanwhile John Solar, Nuke Landhopper, Princess Neia, and the rest of the gang deal with the brutal realities of prison life, such as their impending execution, gangs, and toilets without privacy.

My life is anything but perfect—but I’ve gotten really good at pretending it is. My ballet career busted before it even began, all because my body changed. And my love life? That’s been doomed from the start, too. Why? Because I’ve been in love with one guy since I was a kid. And that’s exactly how he sees me. Gary Robinson, quarterback of the Seattle Ironbacks, I’ve known him since I was twelve and in love with him since I was thirteen!