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Ethical intelligence may not get the attention of other forms of smarts; but as renowned ethics popularizer Bruce Weinstein shows, it is the most practical, valuable, and even courageous form, determining success on the job, fulfillment in relationships, and sense of self-worth.

Stunning, hypnotic, spare, The Seal Wife is the masterly new novel by Kathryn Harrison, “a writer of extraordinary gifts” (Tobias Wolff). Set in Alaska in 1915, it tells the story of a young scientist’s consuming love for a woman known as the Aleut, a woman who never speaks, who refuses to reveal so much as her name. Born and educated in midwestern cities, Bigelow is sent north by the United States government to establish a weather observatory in Anchorage. But what could have prepared him for the loneliness of a railroad town with more than two thousand men and only a handful of women, or for winter nights twenty hours long? And what can protect him from obsession—obsession with a woman who seems in her silence and mystery to possess the power to destroy his life forever, and obsession with the weather kite he invents, a kite he hopes will fly higher than any has ever flown before and will penetrate the secrets of the heavens? A novel of passions both dangerous and generative, The Seal Wife explores the nature of desire and its ability to propel an individual beyond himself and convention. As she brilliantly reimagines the terrain of the Alaskan frontier during the period of the First World War, Harrison, a “master of her material” (Mary Gordon), also evokes early efforts to chart the weather and reveals the interior realm of the psyche and emotions—a human landscape that, in its splendor and terror, is profoundly and eerily reminiscent of the frozen frontier and the storms that scour its face.

"Young women today crave strong, independent role models to look to for motivation. In the follow-up to the 2012 bestseller Girls Who Rocked the World, More Girls Who Rocked the World offers a fun and inspiring collection of influential stories with forty-five more movers and shakers who rocked the world before turning twenty. A variety of achievements, interests, and ethnic backgrounds are represented, from Annie Oakley and Cleopatra to Malala Yousafzai and Misty Copeland--each with her own incredible story of how she created life-changing opportunities for herself and the world. Personal aspirations from today's young women are also interspersed throughout the book, as well as profiles of teenagers who are out there rocking the world right now"--

A fragile and vulnerable young woman who hides her loneliness under a tough exterior, Charlotte Lawson is drawn, despite her best intentions, to the sexy Damian Westfield, an enigmatic man whose search for the truth about Charlie and his own family could destroy their budding relationship. Original.

In the second of a three-part series, ten years after three young girls are brought together by an illicit romance and secret pregnancy, Kate Henderson, left penniless following a bitter divorce, returns to Sugar Mountain and comes face to face with her former flame, Sheriff Matt Skylar, who has no intentions of letting her go again. Original.

Debunking the myth of the skills gap, identifies the real reasons why good people cannot get hired and lays out solutions for ending the employer-employee standoff that has crippled the American job engine.

A vase emblazoned with mysterious family crest in the form of a bolt of lightning holds the key to Brienne LeClerc's true identity but could threaten her growing feelings for antiquities dealer Evan Somerset, in the first in a series of novels following the romantic adventures of two sisters and a brother, separated as children by the turmoil of the French Revolution. Original.

Fleeing her repressive life of wealth and status, Beth Richards hires herself out as a cook for Lang Nelson of the Rafter N Colorado Ranch, but her growing feelings for her employer threaten to reveal a dark secret from her past.

After dumping her unfaithful fiancT, feisty Gwendolyn Bennet braves the worst blizzard of the decade to be left alone and holes herself up in her grandfather's mountain cabin, only to find a gorgeous mystery man at the door. Original.

Ten years after Paige, Kate, and Zoe seclude themselves in a mountainside cottage and emerge with a baby boy, they still refuse to identify the child's mother, until circumstances lead them back into the lives of the Skylar brothers, one of whom is the father. Original.

Tired of his grown daughters' efforts to fix him up on dates, divorced father Jed Cotts refuses to get involved in romance, until a weekend getaway with the lovely Karen Andreson forces him to take another look at love. Original.

Notorious flirt Juliet Fenster meets her match in stoic American financier Romeo Hopkins, a man who is oblivious to her charms, when she tells her family that she will have Romeo at her feet in a month, but instead finds herself married to him due to a very scandalous kiss. Original.

Banished from his clan and family due to a traitorous act, loner Lachlan Maclean finds solace in the arms of Fiona Fraser, a captivating widow from America, and as love blossoms between them, betrayal and intrigue threatens to destroy their newfound happiness. Original.

Burned once by a rodeo guy who married her and broke her heart, Beth Morris is gun shy of the rough rider type, but Trace Barlow might be man enough to make her climb back into the saddle. Original.

The first book in a new Viking trilogy. Flame-haired Erica of Clan MacQuarrie is proud her father was a Viking Jarl and she vows to follow her Viking destiny. Nordic warrior Torin has come in search of the Jarl's youngest son, "Eric." Discovering the son is a daughter, Torin prepares to leave Scotland to find the Jarl's two sons, but vengeful clansmen take him prisoner. His only hope now is Erica.

The definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster

An exciting story of a Texas Ranger, adventurer, and immigration officer who became a symbol of his age while gambling with death in the wild frontier regions of Texas, Arizona, and Old and New Mexico. Charles Goodnight knew the West of Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Dick Wooton, St. Vrain, and Lucien Maxwell. He ranged a country as vast as Bridger ranged. He rode with the boldness of Fremont, guided by the craft of Carson. His vigorous zest for life enabled him to live intensely and amply, and in this book by J. Evetts Haley, himself no stranger to the West, provides a fully readable and important western biography, vividly told, thrilling, witty, and completely authentic.