In November 2013 two mass burials were discovered unexpectedly on a construction site in the city of Durham in north-east England. Over the next 2 years, a complex jigsaw of evidence was pieced together by a team of archaeologists to establish the identity of the human remains. Today we know them to be some of the Scottish prisoners who died in the autumn of 1650 in Durham cathedral and castle following the battle of Dunbar on the south-east coast of Scotland. Fought between the English an...

Jessica Trent wants to be a full-time writer for Cuisine magazine, but in order to land the gig she has to snare a one-on-one with the reclusive Alessandro Ricardo, a man hell-bent on staying out of the limelight. The last thing she expects as she heads to Crocodile Springs resort in northern Australia is to end up traveling across the Outback with a rugged and far too gorgeous barramundi fisherman.Ex lawyer Alex Richards protects his privacy and his heart in equal measure. So when...

In They Write Their Dream on the Rock Forever, ‘Nlaka’pamux elder Annie York explains the red-ochre inscriptions written on the rocks and cliffs of the lower Stein Valley in British Columbia. This is perhaps the first time that a Native elder has presented a detailed and comprehensive explanation of rock-art images from her people’s culture. As Annie York’s narratives unfold, we are taken back to the fresh wonder of childhood, as well as to a time in human society when people and ...

Come and meet the Richards Brothers: Dominic, Tomas and Alexandre, three Aussie blokes with Italian heritage, as they find love.The Trouble with ParadiseProfessor Melissa McIntyre makes one mistake, but it is a night to remember. The tropical island holiday after her beloved grandfather’s funeral was supposed to be balm for her soul, and not create more worry.When Dominic Richards moves back to his hometown to take up a new job, the last person he expects to discove...

What if your company could gain a greater profit share of the market simply by promoting more women into its senior management team? Sounds like a no-brainer, and despite nearly every study done in the past three decades proving companies with women leaders deliver superior performance, the number of women in the C-suites of companies all over the world is noticeably low. Results at the Top is written for the men who know the value female leaders bring to the table and need a tang...

Free-spirited Brianna Ballantine has four days to find a fiancé so she can inherit her birth mother’s Italian villa. Commitment is not on the agenda. Writing her book and signing legal papers are. And once all is said and done, she’ll return home to Australia, but not without a little fun first.For finance guru Tomas Richards, relationships have been a bad investment—give him stocks and shares any day. When Tomas offers a marriage of convenience to help Brianna secure her inheritan...

This is the book that established emotional intelligence” in the business lexicon-and made it a necessary skill for leaders.Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, an...

In his defining work on emotional intelligence, bestselling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership.If you read nothing else on emotional intelligence, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you boost your emotional skills—and your profess...

Professor Melissa McIntyre makes one mistake, but it is a night to remember. The tropical island holiday after her beloved grandfather’s funeral was supposed to be balm for her soul, and not create more worry.When Dominic Richards moves back to his home town to take up a new job, the last person he expects to discover as his new assistant professor, is the beautiful woman he spent a memorable night with on a tropical island.Nic doesn't do forever but having Melissa around has...

The blockbuster best seller Primal Leadership introduced us to "resonant" leaders--individuals who manage their own and others' emotions in ways that drive success. Leaders everywhere recognized the validity of resonant leadership, but struggled with how to achieve and sustain resonance amid the relentless demands of work and life. Now, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee provide an indispensable guide to overcoming the vicious cycle of stress, sacrifice, and dissonance that afflicts many lea...

Evocar el continente africano desde una perspectiva novedosa y emocionante es el principal propósito de Los deseos afines, antología ganadora del Lambda Literary Award en 2015. Buscando dar respuesta al tradicional rechazo que en buena parte de África se ha mostrado a las historias que abordan la diversidad afectiva y sexual, esta obra indispensable y oportuna reúne dieciséis relatos y dos extractos de novela que destilan amor, alegría, sufrimiento y coraje....

Nothin’ But a Good Time… è la storia orale, definitiva e senza censure, dell’hard rock e dell’hair metal degli anni ‘80, raccontata dai musicisti e dagli addetti ai lavori che l’hanno vissuta.Il libro di Tom Beaujour e Richard Bienstock cattura l’energia e gli eccessi di quegli anni grazie alle parole di Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Lita Ford, Poison, Bon Jovi, Guns N’ Roses, Faster Pussycat, Cinderella, Skid Row, Warrant e molti altri; s...