NATIONAL BESTSELLER“This book feels like a secret I’m not supposed to share . . . but it’s too good not to! Set in New York’s art world, full of lies, money, and very messy choices, our May Pick is The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews." —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club May ’26 Pick)“Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan’s very own Agatha Christie.”—Ada CalhounFrom the critically ...

Media, Markets, and Morals provides an original ethical framework designed specifically for evaluating ethical issues in the media, including new media. The authors apply their account of the moral role of the media, in their dual capacity as information providers for the public good and as businesses run for profit, to specific morally problematic practices and question how ethical behavior can be promoted within the industry.Brings together experts in the fields of...

An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, designed to minimize ethical misconduct and promote ethical health in institutions, organizations, occupations and the like. This book analyses, describes and demonstrates the value of well-designed integrity systems for efficient, effective and ethically sustainable practice, in occupational groups in particular. Developing a blueprint for the design of integrity systems which can be tailored to the specific ethi...

'Clever, cunning, and diabolical in the best possible way. Anyone longing for a good old-fashioned thrill need look no further' Ann PatchettCelebrated, bestselling, elusive...who is Maud Dixon?Florence Darrow wants to be a writer. Correction: Florence Darrow IS going to be a writer. Fired from her first job in publishing, she jumps at the chance to be assistant to the celebrated Maud Dixon, the ano...

During the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War, foreign agents conducted intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and subversive operations inside neutral countries aimed at damaging their opponents' interests. The essays contained in this collection analyze the risks of espionage operations on neutral soil as well as the dangers such covert activities posed for the governments of neutral states. In striving to avoid involvement in the firing line of the Second World War or the front lin...

Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the lasttwenty years. Running to twelve editions, it was edited by Andrew McNeillie, with theassistance later of James McDonald Lockhart, and began as an attempt to reimagine therelationships between the islands of Ireland and Britain. Archipelago has brought togetherestablished and emerging artists in creative conversations that have transformed the studyof islands, coasts and...

This book explores the ethics of national security intelligence institutions operating in contemporary liberal democracies.Intelligence collection by agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and Mossad involves practices that are apparently inconsistent with the principles of ordinary morality – practices such as lying, spying, manipulation, and covert action. However, in the defence of national security, such practices may not only be morally permissible, but may also under some circumstanc...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“This book feels like a secret I’m not supposed to share . . . but it’s too good not to! Set in New York’s art world, full of lies, money, and very messy choices, our May Pick is The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews." —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club May ’26 Pick)“Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan’s very own Agatha Christie.”—Ada CalhounFrom the critically ...

Historically, interventions designed to impact the lives of disabled people were predicated upon deficits-based models of disability. This began to change with the introduction of World Health Organization (WHO) frameworks, particularly the International Classification of Function (ICF), that emphasized that disability could only be understood in the context of interactions among health, environmental factors, and personal factors and by examining the impact of such factors on a person’s a...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Red Love by Alexandra Kollontay is a groundbreaking exploration of romantic relationships in the context of political upheaval, feminist ideology, and the early Soviet dream. Set during a time when society is being reshaped by revolutionary ideals, the novel follows the emotional and intellectual journey of a young woman torn between personal passion and ideological commitment. Through her inner conflict, Kollontay presents an unflinchi...

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