Applying for a private secretarial position, Amanda arrives at a most unusual place for the interview, a palatial mansion. Then to her surprise she is hired on the spot and soon finds herself on a corporate jet bound for a business meeting. But does her new boss have more in mind for her than just taking notes?(This is a 43,000+ word contemporary romance novel with mild steam.)

Completely up to date with relevant information on digital technology and HD TV, this is the only title to focus specifically on television production management, and presents an easily accessible and authoritative guide to the area.Production Management for Television provides a reliable, factual and theoretical framework for an understanding of production management. It includes a reference directory of agencies and organizations, and addresses and contacts for training....

Joline decides to spend a relaxing weekend at her favorite bed and breakfast, the historical Reading Estate nestled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. But instead of a relaxing weekend enjoying the fall colors, she soon finds herself thrust into a blossoming romance by unusual and even supernatural circumstances. Is this all coincidence, or does an otherworldly force want them together?(This is a sweet 23,000+ word contemporary romance novella with a touch of steam.)

Maurice Bowra was, according to one's point of view, either the most distinguished or the most notorious Oxford don of the early twentieth century. Classicist, poet, wit, raconteur extraordinary, and Warden of Wadham College for over thirty years, he met nearly everyone of consequence in the worlds of literature and politics and had stories to tell about them all, from Jean Cocteau to Virginia Woolf, from Adolf Hitler to the Kennedys, from Isaiah Berlin to Charlie Chaplin. By force of pers...

Elizabeth went to work as she did every morning, not knowing that this day would change her life forever. Because today an emergency situation would introduce her to the love that had been missing in her life. But when all becomes normal once again, would that same mundane world push them apart?(This is a 10,000+ word contemporary romance novelette with just a touch of steam.)

Christine is a country girl living alone on her small farm in Vermont, when she decides to build a fireplace in her workshop. Local contractor Mike Mason works in stone, and makes her an offer she can't refuse. But will this pet project of Christine's warm up just her workshop, or is Mike Mason also the man for heating up her love life?(This is a 42,000+ word contemporary romance novel with moderate steam.)

From an experienced author in the field, this indispensable guide presents everything needed to create and maintain a successful freelancing career in the world of television and radio.Whether the reader is studying the field, considering their options, or currently employed as a freelance media professional, this book not only gives a brief overview of all areas, but also explains what it means to be freelance in the world of the audio-visual industry.Drawing upon real-lif...

Maurice Bowra was, according to one's point of view, either the most distinguished or the most notorious Oxford don of the early twentieth century. Classicist, poet, wit, raconteur extraordinary, and Warden of Wadham College for over thirty years, he met nearly everyone of consequence in the worlds of literature and politics and had stories to tell about them all, from Jean Cocteau to Virginia Woolf, from Adolf Hitler to the Kennedys, from Isaiah Berlin to Charlie Chaplin. By force of pers...

James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935) schrieb immer wieder über seine Heimat Schottland, insbesondere die Gegend um Aberdeen. Auch wenn seine Romane und journalistischen Arbeiten oft nach Afrika und in den Nahen und Fernen Osten führen, die er als Verwaltungsangestellter beim Militär kennengelernt hatte, kehrt er in seinen bedeutendsten Texten doch zurück in den rauen Norden Großbritanniens. In "Szenen aus Schottland", einer Sammlung von Erzählungen und essayistischer Prosa zum schottischen Le...

The central character is not Spartacus himself, but Kleon, a fictional Greek educated slave and eunuch who joins the revolt. In the first chapter we are told how he was sold into slavery as a child and sexually abused by an owner.Another important character is Elpinice, a female slave who helps Spartacus and his fellow gladiators escape from Capua, and who becomes Spartacus's lover. She gives birth to a son, but while Spartacus is fighting elsewhere she is raped and murdered by soldiers, a...

Three Go Back is one of the classic novels of prehistoric life, along with such works as Jack London's Before Adam and William Golding's The Inheritors (which reverses the roles that Mitchell allots to Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal Man). It is a lyrical idealization celebrating the possibility of a free, fulfilling and uncomplicated existence. It was written in a mood of deep disenchantment which many people in Britain felt in the years after the Great War, but it has its own kind of passiona...

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” When their transatlantic airship is destroyed, three survivors find themselves in a lost world 25,000 years in the past, a world peopled by Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, haunted by mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Writer Claire Stranlay must somehow survive and does so in the only way she knows how...Originally published in 1932, this is the first new edition in ...