Black: 2922 books

On the eve of a major speech on “Morality in Banking”, a wealthy banker finds himself suddenly facing accusations of rape.With his reputation in tatters, he learns the hard way how easily a woman can bring any man, no matter how rich or powerful down.Hiring a shrewd lawyer to defend him, he faces the long arm of the law, with ruthless tabloid reporters in pursuit.

Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the Visconti and the Sforza, and why this privilege was finally abandoned by Francesco II Sforza (d. 1535), the last duke. As new rulers, the Visconti...

This is the third and final novella to the two stories, "My Cyborg Dog, the Hero-Hacker" and "The Darwin Era Of Telepathic Goats & Anime Environmentalists." This final novella draws together the journeys of the characters introduced in all three books and how all their lives...

No matter who you are, or where you come from, I guarantee that you have had a relationship of some kind with the moon. Be it a spiritual relationship, as a Wiccan pagan or witch, or perhaps it has been an astrological relationship of some kind. Perhaps it is as a Farmer or a fisherman who understands...

Touch of Cancer is the inspiring story of how one woman has coped with the onset of a disease which many fear. Jean Charity, originally from Derby in the United Kingdom but now residing in Spain, covers the subject in her own inimitable style. Whilst many would find little humour in such a potentially...

‘Lo stile di Sean Black diventa sempre più snello ed efficace ad ogni libro. Senza scampo è un romanzo freddo e affilato come la lama di un coltello.’ – Meg Gardiner, autrice di bestseller citata dal New York Times È il terzo romanzo infarcito di azione nella serie campione di vendite...

Public relations is an essential element in effective and successful business today. The theory of public relations does not change but the practice develops with new ideas and methods of management and business. This fourth edition of 'The Practice of Public Relations' incorporates essential updating...

Maggie Gardiner, forensics expert for the Cleveland police department, and Jack Renner, a homicide detective with a killer secret, return in bestselling author Lisa Black’s new thriller as they confront the darkest threat yet to their careers—and their lives.   The body of fifteen-year-old Rachael...

If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers (Holly...

Counterculture legend Paul Krassner gazes on the fires of pop culture, politics and celebrity and returns unscathed to help us make sense of our senseless world, with an introduction by Lewis Black (The Daily Show) and a foreword by Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Le Show). From cults to pornography,...

By taking the literary traveler on seven preplanned tours--through the Delta, along Highway 61, to the heart of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha country, to sites near Interstate 55 and the Natchez Trace, to the piney woods of East and South Mississippi, and along the sun-struck Gulf Coast--this book captures...

Toadsuck isnt a town. Its not even a village. Its a place located on the bank of the Arkansas River. But, as a child, author John J. Dub Black grew up in the area. In this memoir, he narrates a patchwork of stories that re? ect the adventures of his youth near Toadsuck. Tales from Toadsuck...

This is the fifth in our important Prosperity series. Now, together for the first time, are ten more of the most important books ever written on the subject of Wealth and Success. We’ve gathered another 1,000+ pages of the best advice and instruction that you’ll ever receive on how to become successful,...

A murmur runs through the crowd; the various idlers grow alert; all eyes are suddenly turned to the south. And there, far away over the green headland, a small tuft of brown smoke appears, rising into the golden glow of the afternoon, and we know that by and by we shall see the great steamer with her...