"The Bahá'í Revelation is a profound concept that lies at the heart of the Bahá'í Faith. Let us explore this spiritual perspective: God's Light and Progressive Revelation: God, the Creator of the universe, is all-knowing, all-loving, and all-merciful. Just as the physical sun shines upon the world, so does the light of God illuminate all of Creation. However, it is impossible for any mortal mind to fully comprehend the reality of God. Throughout history, God has sent Divine Messengers, kno...

One reckless moment was all it required for Lady Julianna Somerset to lose her innocence to her best friend's brother.When he broke her heart, she fled London to heal her wounded pride. But a desperate change in circumstance has forced her to return. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who ruined her may be the only one who can save her.Sidney, Lord Shelbourne, has always wanted one woman at his side and in his bed. The only problem? She refused his proposal ...

Like a moth to the flame…The lives Maximillian, Baron of Sutton, has saved are never enough to atone for those he destroyed.Now a retired spy, he can’t avoid the woman he hurt the most. She not only works for him, she haunts his dreams and sets his body on fire. She’s the woman he desires most……and she has no idea he killed her husband.Colleen Bonner’s scandalous new job as manager for a bawdyhouse provides security and independence...

"John Chase has taken what in lesser hands would have been a dull recounting of fact and made a delightfully accurate yet breezy book." -New Orleans Times-Picayune"History in its most painless form . . . lightened not only by cartoons but by narrative approach."-New York Herald TribuneThe history of New Orleans is a street-level story, with names like Iberville, Terpsichore, Gravier, Tchoupitoulas, and, of course, Bourbon, presenting the city's past with every step. The lat...

Can she convince an earl to give her lessons in love?Amanda’s past has taught her that love and marriage are out of the question. But she’s determined to explore her inner desires—and she’s found the perfect man to show her the ropes.Julius, Earl of Rothchild, was tasked with one job – look after his best friend’s sister. Finding her in his bed tests the limits of his control. Discovering how sweetly she submits to his darker appetites drops him to...

Open Land, Open Heart: 33 Classic Ranching Storybooks to Love gathers ranching tales in which labor, landscape, animal companionship, and frontier adventure become vehicles for moral and imaginative discovery. Its range extends from brisk juvenile adventures and episodic series fiction to regional realism, romance, humor, and wilderness narrative. Cattle drives, homesteads, riding schools, ranch families, and encounters with the open range furnish memorable set pieces while revealing how p...

Every manufacturing business operates a Sales and Operations Planning process of some sort. Somehow we decide which customers to pursue, what promises we should make to those customers, how much product to produce, what people and other resources we need, how much inventory to hold and how we will operate our factories. Most businesses agree that they could do this much better.Many companies have made at least one unsuccessful attempt to formalize and improve their Sales and Operat...

The sweetest sting….Elizabeth Wilcox is trapped in a web of deception and betrayal. A gentleman’s daughter, she has no choice but to do the unthinkable in order to save her sister. Posing as a chambermaid to infiltrate the estate of a nobleman, she will steal. She will spy.She will submit.Marcus, Duke of Montague is no stranger to espionage, but he doesn’t expect to find it in his own home. On a mission to find a traitor, Marcus ca...

The end of residency isn’t the utopia you might have imagined.You know what to do with the medical stuff, but what about navigating private practice, unfamiliar hospitals, and—patients!In this collection of absurd moments, practical advice, and humorous tales from the medical trenches, Dr. John Chase shares stories from his forty years as an orthopedic surgeon and offers insight into how to be successful, have fun, and take care of patients without missing out on what reall...

In the games men play, love is the riskiest roll of the dice…Ever since John, Earl of Summerset, retired as a spy, his life has suffered from nothing but boredom. He has no plots to uncover, no foes to vanquish…until his brother gambles away the source of the Summerset fortune. Determined to save his earldom, John devises a plot guaranteed to recover his property. All he needs is a proper young miss to assist him…Netta isn’t averse to a racket or t...

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle offers the foundational account of virtue ethics: an inquiry into the human good, eudaimonia, and the disciplined formation of character. Written in the compact, analytic style of lecture materials, the work moves from happiness and moral virtue to deliberation, justice, friendship, pleasure, and contemplation. Situated after Plato yet distinct from him, it grounds ethics not in abstract forms but in practical reason, habituation, and the mean between exces...

Revealing previously unreleased information from the Rod Blagojevich investigation, this narrative—written by two Chicago Tribune reporters who spent years sifting through evidence, compiling documents, and conducting more than 100 interviews with those who have known the former governor—is the most complete telling of the Blagojevich story. Beginning on the streets of Chicago and wending its way into the highest reaches of government, the Blagojevich tale brushes up against some ...