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Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics.

Join best-selling authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Peggy Ehrhart for a collection of the coziest Christmas capers! Everyone dreams of a picture-perfect small-town Christmas, but when murder is in the cards, some holiday greetings are addressed to kill....

Martha Minow takes stock of the new media landscape. As Minow shows, the First Amendment of the US Constitution assumes the existence and durability of a private industry. Although the First Amendment does not govern the conduct of entirely private enterprises, nothing in the Constitution forecloses government action to regulate concentrated economic power, to require disclosure of who is financing communications, or to support news initiatives where there are market failures.

Sydney Fox is from Sea Isle, NJ and ready to begin a new career after graduating college. Jax Jones is from Elgin, TX and an NBA draft prospect. The two meet and the passion and chemistry is undeniable. They are a match made in heaven but if they pursue a relationship, can it endure the pressures of the NBA?

Trouble finds its way from Boston to the door of the Green Lady Inn in Salem, Massachusetts. Jake buys an antique box not knowing there are stolen diamonds hidden inside. A woman and her child are running from an abusive husband. Lucinda puts in her two cents' worth from the spirit world, and it's up to Megan to figure out her strange messages.

In the magical world, bullets build empires. Spells hold them together. Madison Mosby will need a hell of a lot of both to survive against rival kingpins, unless her sister kills her first. Despite locating the coveted Moonmilk recipe, Madison Mosby cannot rest. Rebuilding the Rose Widow's empire is harder than she ever imagined. And when her new enemies discover her operation, Madison must use her wits and courage to fight for everything she holds dear.

Megan senses trouble coming and is twisting her Claddagh ring on her finger again. Two new guests arrive to upset her neighbor by opening a shop next to his gallery. Things are not as they seem and it will take help from an unexpected source to help her and find out who is passing counterfeit money is Salem.

Goodness always comes back at you. Lord Krishna was known for his wittiness and his kindness at the same time. Once, Lord Krishna and the Pandava Prince Arjuna were taking a stroll around the city of Dwarka....

Madison Mosby figures she will never find happiness. At 25, she’s a washed-up cook, toiling in a grimy outpost in the food empire founded by her missing grandmother, and swimming in debt. Her mother is forever nagging her to start a family, and she’s reminded every day that following society’s rules have gotten her nowhere in life. Madison’s new life begins when a man appears before her, begging for a product that will tip the balance of power in a war that has been raging for the past seven years.

Visions of the past lead to the discovery of a lost family treasure. Megan's gift is getting stronger, and she is hearing voices warning her of dangers to come. A valuable painting is stolen from the Longstreet Gallery. She has unexpected guests at the Green Lady Inn, could one of them be a thief and a murderer?

Would you like to know how to cope and guide your autistic child to develop social skills to fit into society? Unlike other audiobooks, this guide will show you the steps to overcome meltdown behavior to avoid inviting disapproving looks from the public and causing harm to the child’s emotion.

Investigative reporter Max Revere has cracked many cases, but the one investigation she's never attempted is the mystery from her own past. Her mother abandoned her when she was nine, sending her periodic postcards, but never returning to reclaim her daughter. Seven years after the postcards stop coming, Martha Revere is declared legally dead, with no sign of what may have happened to her. Until now. With a single clue - that her mother’s car disappeared 16 years ago in a small town on the Chesapeake Bay - Max drops everything to finally seek the truth.

The first time evil walked across the old bridge in Mississippi was 1918. When forensic psychologist Elizabeth Monroe crosses the midpoint on the bridge in search of her daughter’s killer, there is no turning back. Elizabeth makes the connection between a heinous crime that happened in 1918 and the recent death of a college student. Old families. Old money. A new vendetta. And the only one who's standing in the way is Elizabeth Monroe.

When Nina Collins entered her 40s she found herself awash in a sea of hormones. As symptoms of perimenopause set in, she began to fear losing her health, looks, sexuality, sense of humor - perhaps all at once. Craving a place to discuss her questions and concerns, and finding none, Nina started a Facebook group with the ironic name, What Would Virginia Woolf Do?, which has grown exponentially into a place where women - most with strong opinions and fierce senses of humor - have surprisingly candid, lively, and intimate conversations.

The death of her grandmother brings artist and gallery owner Megan Calloway to Salem. She is rescued by a tall, dark stranger from a careless driver. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? After another death, Megan and her rescuer, Jake, investigate the strange occurrences in her grandmother's house. Everything revolves around a ring she inherited and riddles she must solve. Visions of the past lead Megan to find her future and a treasure lost in time.

Teresa Worthington escapes her abusive boyfriend, Alex, and flees to Paris to pursue a dream career in art. Alone and wary of men, she gradually makes friends and explores her new home. She is distraught to learn that Alex is still stalking her but is determined to create the life she has always wanted. Handsome, compassionate, and brave, Serge Gervais, a young Frenchman, slowly wins her trust. He shows her the sights of France and promises to protect her from Alex.

Twelve years ago, Jameson Parish spent a summer at her best friend Dancie Duvall's estate of Blue Chimneys. At first, it was all Jameson hoped for, including a passionate romance with Callen Marsh, the local bachelor that every woman seemed to have in her sights. When Dancie died in a suspicious fall off a footbridge, Callen was suddenly nowhere to be found, and Jameson left for college amid rumors linking her to Dancie's death. Now she returns to Blue Chimneys, hoping to clear her name and put her lingering feelings for Callen to rest.

Join Neal Wallo on his first mission with Designation Eight. He knows little about the organization but his past has left him few options. Just when he fears he has only been selected for his credulous nature and record for pulling off the incredible, he sees his value seen by the old man that recruited him. His ability to be launched into situations with the supernatural and the super dangerous with abandon might just be what saves him. All that and his winsome smile need to not only help his new teammates succeed, but also survive.

Into the Valley opens on the day in July 1967 when B decides to pass her first counterfeit cheque and flee San Francisco. B is caught between generations - unmarried at 30, she doesn't understand the new counterculture youths but never fit into her mother's world either. The only relief comes in handling the illicit cheques and endless driving in the valley. As she travels the bare, anonymous landscape, meeting an array of other characters, B's flight becomes that of a woman unravelling.

Ruth Galm's spare, poetic debut novel, set in the American West of early Joan Didion, traces the drifting path of a young woman as she skirts the law and her own oppressive anxiety. Into the Valley opens on the day in July 1967 when B. decides to pass her first counterfeit check and flees San Francisco for the Central Valley.