This book presents a moderately revisionist history of the great books idea anchored in the following movements and struggles: fighting anti-intellectualism, advocating for the liberal arts, distributing cultural capital, and promoting a public philosophy, anchored in mid-century liberalism, that fostered a shared civic culture.

London. The year 2000. One in a million people are born with a power, known as Talents. They are forced by a hostile Government to place themselves under a regime of control called The Authority.Red Line is the chief enforcer of the Authority. Besides fighting crime with his fists, a task he performs with cruel relish, his job is to root out the Unregistered.People like Susan, an idealistic young woman who uses her Talent to fight injustice, in memory of a lost parent, in d...

Miles, Deacon, and Cassidy are Franklin’s best friends, brothers in every sense of the word. When Franklin asks his brothers to do something unorthodox as his dying wish, the trio has some reservations. When they tell his widow about the oath that they were bound in brotherhood to uphold, will she run or embrace a new phase of her life that includes the three of them? Tatum thought she’d found forever until tragedy struck. When her husband of twenty-two years dies, Tatum feels her world ha...

One Fateful Night. Two Prince Charmings.Alisa hasn’t had the best of luck. Her dream of expanding her salon into a franchise has stalled. Her dating life is non-existent. She spends her nights with wine, takeout, and thriller marathons. Looking to spice up her life, she heads back to the one place she knows will satisfy her desires. Little does she know that one night of passion (and a leaked photograph) will upend her life in more ways than one.Christoph...

Solie Shaw is a brilliant self-made woman. After managing a corporation by day, at night, all she wants is to not be in charge. The last man she'd gifted her heart to had smashed it to smithereens and then did the mambo on top of the pieces. Now, along comes the chance to get exactly what she needs. All Solie has to do...is choose.

MacKenzie Ivers is a strong personality who submits to one man--her husband, Landon. After ten years of marriage, a nasty divorce, followed by a sweet reconciliation, Mac wants nothing more than for her husband to stop punishing himself for his part in the former "crazy". It’s going to require some conniving and some rope...miles and miles of rope. Luckily, Twilight Teahouse has everything she needs to get this particular rigger back in the saddle.Twilight Teahouse ~ Choose somethi...

“Tiny human, demons come in all shapes and sizes. I just happen to be the biggest one in this galaxy.”-GricLiving in the slums with her family, Keziah’s omega heart yearns to provide a better life for her younger siblings and pregnant mother, but not at the cost her father demands. When he tricks her into an alley and sells her to three alphas, she vows to never trust an alpha again, and her captors solidify her conviction...

One Kiss Can Change EverythingFor Nadine, a stranger’s kiss reignites a dormant flame.From the outside looking in, Nadine Davis-Moody has the perfect life. Gorgeous husband. Beautiful children. An amazing job as CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Beneath the facade of a perfect life, Nadine harbors a secret desire she's kept hidden for years. A chance encounter at the one club she never thought she’d go to reignites a forbidden passion she’s ...

Camryn Jakes is a self-made woman. A banker, or former banker--yeah, there's a story there, all right--to the rich and famous, she finds herself on a new journey of discovery.A city girl with a country heart, Camryn quietly disappears from the hustle and bustle of downtown Atlanta. Standing at the site of her Grandmother's old house in Savannah, she discovers that there's more to the stories her Gran-gran used to tell her as a child. In fact, there's a lot more to them--and it happ...

Madison Lee is the proud co-owner of the only premier BDSM club in Seattle. Her life is perfect but for one thing—she’s a “single” married woman nearing the end of her patience with a gorgeous, but no-show husband.An accomplished and world-renowned yogi, Kinson Lee believes his wife hangs the moon. She holds down the fort so he can travel the world living his dream. But will his dream become a nightmare as the woman he loves beyond measure considers taking her own leave of absence?...

“Fight all you need, tiny soft one. Don’t hold back. I’m doing enough of that for the both of us.”-ThretAbandoned in the mountains after a brutal beating and desperate to protect her daughter from the evil scientists in charge of her experiment, Chariot stumbles through the wilderness and prays for a miracle.She gets Thret instead, a giant alien alpha with hands of stone and a heart to match. As a Warri...

Elves aren't the only sexy ones, you know. In these modern post-Hobbit days, it is high time we culture acknowledged one simple truth: dwarves can, in fact, be smokin’ hot. From the deep, rich and remote places of the world come legends of these fascinating beings: earthen men and women, fae kings, great metal workers and miners, mighty warriors, they are compact but virile mythological figures.In Hard as Stone, editor Julie Cox brings together erotic stories of brawny builders and...