As the wickedly seductive Wilde cousins seek true love by taking a page from history\'s legendary love stories, Lord Jack Wilde plays a determined Romeo courting an enchanting Juliet. The last thing Sophie Fortin expects at a masquerade ball is a dazzling kiss from a pirate. Her desire quickly falters when she learns that her masked gentleman is devilishly scandalous Lord Jack, a member of the captivating

Since the publication of the first edition over 30 years ago, the literature related to Pareto distributions has flourished to encompass computer-based inference methods. Pareto Distributions, Second Edition provides broad, up-to-date coverage of the Pareto model and its extensions. This edition expands several chapters to accommodate recent results and reflect the increased use of more computer-intensive

Outdoor activities are fun, exciting, and can be found right around the corner! Get outside and ride a bike, climb a mountain, spot wildlife and go camping. Whether in the local park, your backyard, or amongst the trees in a nature preserve--the great outdoors is the place to be! Young Adventurers energizes children to get out of the house and enjoy the outdoors, engage with their surroundings, find

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At a time when there is increasing need to offer psychotherapeutic approaches that accommodate clients\' religious and spiritual beliefs, and acknowledge the potential for healing and growth offered by religious frameworks, this book explores psychology from an Islamic paradigm and demonstrates how Islamic understandings of human nature, the self, and the soul can inform an Islamic psychotherapy. Drawing

This book will appeal to scholars and researchers interested in the history of colors and optics, ancient Greek art and its connections with wider Mediterranean contact cultures. Analyzing the dyes, pigments, stones, earth, and metals, this book examines the traces of color a variety of media in ancient art

Visual Music is a one-of-a-kind guided tour through the visual art of creative polymath Brian Eno. Featuring more than 300 images of Eno\'s installation, light, and video artwork, this exquisite volume is the definitive monograph of a contemporary master. In addition to page after page of full-color art, Visual Music features Eno\'s personal notebook pages, his essay Perfume, Defense, and David Bowie\'s

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Cecile Fabre draws back the curtain on the ethics of espionage and counterintelligence. In a book rich with historical examples she argues that spying is only justified to protect against ongoing violations of fundamental rights. Blackmail, bribery, mass surveillance, cyberespionage, treason, and other nefarious activities are

2017 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. ..\".this is the most direct, no-nonsense, and down-to-earth explanation of Mahayana Buddhism that has been written. Specifically, it is a wonderfully lucid account of the Middle Way method of enlightenment worked out by the great Indian sage Nagarjuna.\" --Alan Watts, The Book

Are you exhausted from pretending to be happy in a world that doesn\'t want you to talk about real issues? Are you fed up with people who insist you should be grateful, positive, or civil? Do you want to speak openly about crucial topics that need to be faced right now?Don\'t Tell Me to Calm Down is a resource for those who want to feel all their feelings, speak their truth, claim their boundaries,

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First published in 2006, this book has become the standard reference on nano-optics. Now in its second edition, the text has been thoroughly updated to take into account new developments and research directions. While the overall structure and pedagogical style of the book remain unchanged, all existing chapters have been expanded and a new chapter has been added. Adopting a broad perspective, the

During the summer of 1916, approximately 270,000 Central Asians--Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks--perished at the hands of the Russian army in a revolt that began with resistance to the Tsar\'s World War I draft. In addition to those killed outright, tens of thousands of men, women, and children died while trying to escape over treacherous mountain passes into China. Experts calculate

It was Patrick\'s idea that they should have the tennis party. After all, he has the perfect setting - the White House, bought out of his bonuses as an investment banker. He hasn\'t actually told Caroline, his brash and beautiful wife, what the real reason for the party

Japanese Farm Food, now available in paperback, offers a unique look into life on a Japanese farm through 165 simple, clear-flavored recipes along with personal stories and over 350 stunning photographs. It is a book about love, community, and life in rural Japan. Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012: USA Winner, Best Japanese Cuisine Book \"Our life centers on the farm and the field. We eat what

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A collection of six Bernhard plays, all in English for the first time. Save Yourself if You Can is a collection of six plays that span the entirety of Thomas Bernhard\'s career as a dramatist. The plays collected in this long-awaited addition to Bernhard\'s oeuvre in English--The Ignoramus and the Madman, The Celebrities, Immanuel Kant, The Goal Attained, Simply Complicated, and Elizabeth II--traverse