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His Virgin Acquisition

Author : Maisey Yates

Publisher : Harlequin

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 17,53 MB

Release : 2010-10-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1426869754

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When Elaine gives her business presentation to Marco De Luca she thinks she can be cool, calm and collected. She's wrong! The fierce tycoon can see straight through her shapeless suits and scraped-back hair and get right under her skin…. She may have proposed marriage as the perfect business arrangement, but suddenly Elaine's not quite so confident. Marco's made it clear that he's no modern man—if he takes a wife, he wants a ravishing beauty by his side, obedient and willing day…and night!



The Rancher's Virgin Acquisition

Author : Lynda Chance

Publisher : Lynda Chance Books

Page : 129 pages

File Size : 34,1 MB

Release : 2014-10-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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When the stagecoach that is carrying Emma Martin to her new job in Denver is attacked and robbed in the wilds of Colorado, she is the only survivor. Alone and terrified, she is rescued by Luke Butler, a rancher who knows only one way. His way.---When Luke Butler finds Emma Martin, he has no other choice but to bring her back to his ranch. Soon, his life is turned upside down by a female who doesn't know how to stay put or to take instruction. The battle that follows is a clash or wills, a test of tempers, and a lesson in love.



The Age of Light

Author : Whitney Scharer

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 17,65 MB

Release : 2019-02-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0316524093

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One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle. "A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse to artist." --Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere "I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray. Though he wants to use her only as a model, Lee convinces him to take her on as his assistant and teach her everything he knows. As they work together in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined, changing the course of Lee's life forever. Lee's journey of self-discovery takes took her from the cabarets of bohemian Paris to the battlefields of war-torn Europe during WWII, from inventing radical new photography techniques to documenting the liberation of the concentration camps as one of the first female war correspondents. Through it all, Lee must grapple with the question of whether it's possible to stay true to herself while also fulfilling her artistic ambition--and what she will have to sacrifice to do so.



The Rancher

Author : Diana Palmer

Publisher : Harlequin

Page : 217 pages

File Size : 48,1 MB

Release : 2012-12-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1459249399

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New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Diana Palmer brings her readers back to Branntville, Texas, with Cort Brannt’s story. The heir to the Skylance Ranch empire has women gallop into his life, but the handsome lone wolf sends them just as quickly on their way…until a pretty, vivacious neighbor appears on the range. Has the most eligible bachelor in Branntville met his match?



Japan's Built-in Lexicon of English-based Loanwords

Author : Frank E Daulton

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 50,17 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1847690300

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This book is a valuable contribution to SLA research. Apart from the obvious target of the book, SLA researchers and teachers anywhere in the world, it will be of particular interest to the Japanese community and to Westerners interested in Japanese language and culture. It is not easy to write a book appealing to audiences as disparate as this, but Daulton has managed to do this very well. He writes clearly and lucidly and makes good use of his teaching experience in Japan (Hakan Ringbom, Abo Akademi University). Japan offers a prime example of lexical borrowing which relates to language transfer in second and foreign language learning. The insights gained by examining language borrowing in Japan can be applied wherever language contact has occurred and foreign languages are learned.Many of the most important English vocabulary may already exist in native lexicons. This pioneering book examines Japanese lexical borrowing, clarifies the effect of cognates on foreign language acquisition, assesses Japanese cognates that correspond to high-frequency and academic English, and discusses using this resource in teaching. It includes extensive lists of loanword cognates.



The Sheikh's Virgin

Author : Jane Porter

Publisher : Harlequin

Page : 187 pages

File Size : 17,58 MB

Release : 2010-04-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1426859058

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“Jane Porter at her best . . . Kalen Nuri’s a superb sheikh hero, dangerous and sexy and oh, so deliciously alpha. Highly recommended!” —Romance Readers Connection Showered with diamonds: Many women have enjoyed the numerous benefits of being Sheikh Kalen Nuri’s mistress. Draped in exquisite lingerie: Not one of them has managed to keep him interested for very long. Whisked around the world: Kalen has given beautiful and independent Keira all of these things and more—but she’s still refusing to be his! And Keira’s the woman who’s been chosen as Kalen’s virgin bride . . . “Set in the land of shimmering heat, soft sand dunes, camels and tall, shady palm trees,The Sheikh’s Virginpromises passion, seduction and an intriguing dose of the unpredictability too.” —The Best Reviews



THE INHERITED BRIDE

Author : Maisey Yates

Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 12,65 MB

Release :

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN : 4596397139

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【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Princess Isabella was betrothed from a very young age to the king of Umarah, a desert country. Before getting married, she yearns for one last taste of freedom. She wants to go shopping, see the Eiffel Tower and do things that regular twenty-one-year-olds do… So she escapes…only to be promptly found in her beloved Paris. She has been trailed by Adham, a tall, dark-skinned man with scars and a dangerous aura. Isabella seizes a chance to evade her pursuer, and Adham relentlessly chases after her…but when he catches up to her, he steals a kiss!



The Italian's Virgin Acquisition

Author : Michelle Conder

Publisher : Harlequin

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 49,59 MB

Release : 2017-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1459293266

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To claim his legacy, a billionaire needs to broker the deal of his life with a once-in-a-lifetime woman in this unforgettable romance. Sebastiano Castiglione has a problem. His lifestyle of decadent hedonism has convinced his grandfather to retain control of the family dynasty. To take what’s owed him, Bastian must prove he’s a changed man. The sight of his stunning intern sparks an idea—and the flames of a burning desire! Innocent Poppy Connolly will not become another Castiglione acquisition—but she cannot refuse Bastian’s offer of three chances to change her family’s life. Her response to his smoldering physicality is shocking, and it won’t be long before the molten heat of Bastian’s gaze melts away all her resistance . . . “I closed the back cover with a happy sigh. This is what I want when I read a Harlequin Presents. A break from my life, a few hours reading something with characters I can like and situations that aren’t too wild or unbelievable. I loved it . . . Grade: A.” —The Good, the Bad and the Unread “Ms. Conder has penned a marvelous read in this book where the chemistry was strong and the romance wonderful, because it illustrates perfectly just how much opposites attract.” —Harlequin Junkie



Hostile Takeover

Author : Lucy Lennox

Publisher : Lucy Lennox LLC

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 23,86 MB

Release : 2021-10-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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t was supposed to be a prank. A silly frat boy dare. One hot moment in a hidden storage closet. One kiss. No consequences. But if you get that close to a man with fire in his eyes, you’re gonna get burned, and I was no exception. One taste of Grey Blackwood ruined me for life. The way Grey sees it, I was the one who did the ruining. I humiliated him. Wrecked his life. Destroyed his future. Doesn’t matter that he’s clawed his way back and then some. Doesn’t matter that he’s already top of the Wall Street food chain. The man’s ruthless. Heartless. And he likes his revenge served cold. Now he’s taking down the companies owned by every frat boy who did him wrong. And when he comes for my family’s company, the quiet life I’ve built for myself far away from Manhattan comes crumbling down, too. But when Grey’s standing in our boardroom, threatening a hostile takeover and demanding I negotiate on behalf of my family, I don’t see an enemy. I see the chance I’ve been waiting for. The chance for another night in his arms, and hopefully a whole lot more. Let the negotiations begin.



Masterminding the Deal

Author : Peter Clark

Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 19,61 MB

Release : 2013-08-03

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0749469536

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Following a quiet period in global M&A activity, a new boom seems to be underway, but in an age where two-thirds of all merger deals can be said to fail (where deals fall short of the minimum required financial returns to the acquiring company), how can future success be guaranteed? And what can acquirers, and their shareholders and advisers, do to improve the chances of success? Masterminding the Deal looks at performance in two critical areas - merger segmentation (the identification of critical characteristics and attributes separating more successful mergers from the rest) and category-specific synergy diagnosis (the differentiation of synergy benefits - expenses, revenues, tax - to ensure maximum rewards). Through this in-depth analysis, the book provides the managers and advisers of acquiring firms with concise and actionable frameworks to improve and enhance merger performance. Masterminding the Deal will help you to identify and apply the key components of merger success.