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In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband?but can their marriage survive her passionate love?At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. After all, would a truly infatuated man ever let go of his wife's hand when they're sitting on the couch together?Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him?setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .The winner of France's First Novel Prize in 2021, My Husband builds on the premise of hits like Gone Girl and Fates and Furies?how well can you really know your spouse??and adds the tension and creepy obsession of You. The result is an irresistible read?compelling, tense, and engaging, infused with sly subversive humor, and told in an utterly original voice that makes it unforgettable.Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan

A Mass Market OriginalA sparkling grand finale to USA Today bestselling author Gina Conkle's Scottish Treasures series with one last daring heist orchestrated by a brave Scotswoman and the man she never meant to fall for.A Lost TreasureCorset maker Mary Fletcher lives a life of duty to her sister, her league, and to the Highland clan that took her in years ago. But as she continues the work of her fellow league members, hunting the lost Treasure of Arkaig, a deadly enemy encroaches?and Mary must chase clues in the most astonishing places. A Favor ReturnedThomas West must save his family's legacy. Miss Fletcher's league owes him a debt of gratitude, and there's no one he wants to collect from more than the icy dark-haired beauty. He can't believe his luck when her plan takes them both to London's finest brothel.An Indecent ProposalSoon, lines between duty and desire blur whenever Mary and Thomas meet. Secrets come to light about the gold and an undeniable love?a love that will be tested against all that they hold dear...if they survive.

This is a comprehensive review of the issues that readers need to be aware of when negotiating the minefield of professional services contracts in the construction industry.

Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events--the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798--and folkloric representationsof those events. Delving into the folk history found in Ireland's rich oral traditions, Guy Beiner reveals alternate visions of the Irish past and brings into focus the vernacular histories, folk commemorative practices, and negotiations of memory that have gone largely unnoticed by historians.

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)

It was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar. . .while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield. Surely what their meddlesome fathers insisted must have been true-that he was a reckless seducer determined to destroy her innocence. . . and she was a shameless fortune hunter. So it most certainly was for the best when their plans to elope went hopelessly awry. Even after a seven-year separation, Victoria-now a governess-still leaves Robert breathless. But how could he ever again trust the raven-haired deceiver who had shattered his soul? And Victoria could never give her heart a second time to the cad who so callously trampled on it the first. But a passion fated will not be denied, and vows of love yearn to be kept. . . even when one promises the moon.

Paradise Wild A well-born Boston beauty, Corinne Barrows has traveled halfway around the world in search of Jared Burkett -- a dashing rogue and a devil; a honey-tongued charmer who seduced and despoiled her. . .and then abandoned the impetuous lady after awakening a need that only he could satisfy.She has found him on the lush and lovely island of Hawaii. And now Corinne will have the revenge she craves: the total ruin of the blackguard who brought shame and scandal into her life. But Jared still possesses the power to excite her as no man has ever done--even as his own reckless heart is taken captive in their blistering war of wits and will--igniting a fire that could consume them both unless they surrender to it with wild abandon in the heat of the tropic night.

Scottish beauty Roslynn Chadwick needs the safety of marriage to protect her from an unscrupulous cousin and the fortune-hunting scoundrels who covet her wealth. And Anthony Malory is precisely the sort of handsome rogue she's been warned against.A cunning, ruthless, yet irresistible rake, Anthony's sensual blue eyes speak of pleasures beyond her imagining?and Roslynn dearly wishes she dared to surrender to such a man. Believing his passionate promises will surely lead to disaster. But denying her heart may cost the exquisite Highlands lady an unparalleled love hotter than flame and more precious than the rarest jewel.

Still mourning her mother's death, Kimberly Richards is incensed by the determination of her father, the Earl of Amburough, to marry her off as quickly as possible?just to please the jealous lover he plans to wed. And since Kimberly harbors a deep-seated dislike of gold-diggers and the whole distasteful state of affairs, the feisty young heiress already despises the worthy suitor she encounters at Sherring Cross Estate: Lachlan MacGregor, the dashing, newly impoverished Laird of Clan MacGregor.A tryst with the handsome, haughty Lachlan seems dubious, especially since the rogue has designs on the married Duchess of Wrothston. But strange turns and outrageous circumstances promise to lead a woefully mismatched pair to a wildly unexpected destination?where a hard, resisting heart can open to the true glories of love.

Scandal forces a plump country mouse and a devilish cat to marry.She's not the meek mouse he expectedAmalie Rockwood possesses the an dara sealladh, which has been passed down to her from her Scottish ancestors. The first time she met Valeran, her psychic ability revealed how dangerous the earl was to her heart. To avoid scandal and a loveless marriage, Amalie hides her plus-size curves in the shadows like a plump country mouse hiding from a cat. Her fear of Valeran becomes loathing when she overhears someone challenge him to seduce her. But when she's caught by the cat in a compromising position, Valeran's kisses set her body on fire. Now, Amalie's married to a man who will break her heart, but whose touch she can't live without.He's far more dangerous than she realized.A master of martial arts, Valeran Rutherford, Earl of Sommerville, turned his blindness into an advantage hunting Prussian spies for the Crown's Secret Intelligence Service. When Amalie is found in his rooms, Valeran is livid at how easily he allowed the witch's voluptuous curves and bewitching, siren's voice to ensnare him as a husband. Marriage is inevitable, but Valeran finds his Scottish spitfire of a bride impossible to resist. Beneath his fingers, Amalie's lush body is as beautiful as her lilting cries of ecstasy. Now with each passionate kiss, Valeran is forced to realize he's facing two enemies-a Prussian spy and his wife's ability to capture his heart.Their fiery passion is certain to make lovers of enemies.The Reckless Rockwoods are back, and this family of psychics is facing more danger and heartbreak than ever before. No one in the clan will be left untouched by unfolding events. With romance and HEAs filled with steamy passion, intrigue, and peril, this family is determined to beat the odds, because a Rockwood never refuses a challenge.

Dans les méandres sombres de l'histoire de l'humanité, se cache un chapitre déchirant de souffrance et de désespoir : la traite négrière. Pendant des siècles, des millions d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants furent arrachés à leur terre natale, vendus comme du bétail et transportés dans des conditions inhumaines vers les Amériques. Leurs vies furent marquées par le labeur forcé, les mauvais traitements et l'oppression. Pourtant, au c¿ur de cette tragédie, la quête de liberté persistait. Les noirs, victimes de cette traite abjecte, se sont battus avec une détermination sans faille pour échapper à leurs chaînes et retrouver leur humanité volée. Leurs histoires sont des témoignages d'espoir et de résilience face à l'adversité, illuminant la noirceur de cette période sombre de notre histoire commune. C'est dans cet esprit que je vous présente mon roman inédit intitulé "Les chaînes de l'espoir". À travers les pages de ce récit, je m'engage à explorer les profondeurs du système esclavagiste et à donner une voix à ceux qui ont été réduits au silence. Je souhaite exposer la cruauté de la traite négrière, mais aussi mettre en lumière la quête de libération de ses victimes.

Professor Stokes, the great Irish clinician of the nineteenth century, to whom we owe so much of our knowledge of the diseases of the heart and lungs, and whose name is enshrined in terms commonly used in medicine in connection with these diseases, has told a striking story of his experiences in a Dublin hospital that illustrates this very well. An old Irishman, who had been a soldier in his younger years and had been wounded many times, was in the hospital ill and manifestly dying. Professor Stokes, after a careful investigation of his condition, declared that he could not live a week, though at the end of that time the old soldier was still hanging on to life, ever visibly sinking. Stokes assured the students who were making the rounds of his wards with him that the old man had at most a day or two more to live, and yet at the end of some days he was still there to greet them on their morning visits. After the way of medical students the world over, though without any of that hard-heartedness that would be supposed ordinarily to go with such a procedure, for they were interested in the case as a medical problem, the students began to bet how long the old man would live.

The growth of intelligence in the human race has its counterpart in that of the individual, especially in the earliest stages. Intellectual activity and the development of reasoning powers are in both cases based upon the accumulation of experiences, and on the comparison, classification, arrangement, and nomenclature of these experiences. During the infancy of each the succession of events can be watched, but there can be no à priorianticipations. Experience alone, in both cases, leads to the idea of cause and effect as a principle that seems to dominate our present universe, as a rule for predicting the course of events, and as a guide to the choice of a course of action. This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in developing the history of the human race, as of the individual. In no realm of nature is the principle of cause and effect more conspicuous than in astronomy; and we fall into the habit of thinking of its laws as not only being unchangeable in our universe, but necessary to the conception of any universe that might have been substituted in its place. The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate their acts to the daily and annual alternations of light and darkness and of heat and cold, as much as to the irregular changes of weather, attacks of disease, and the fortune of war. They soon came to regard the influence of the sun, in connection with light and heat, as a cause. This led to a search for other signs in the heavens. If the appearance of a comet was sometimes noted simultaneously with the death of a great ruler, or an eclipse with a scourge of plague, these might well be looked upon as causes in the same sense that the veering or backing of the wind is regarded as a cause of fine or foul weather.

"Geological Observations on South America" by Charles Darwin is a groundbreaking exploration into the geological wonders of the South American continent. In this seminal work, Darwin meticulously documents his observations and findings during his voyage on HMS Beagle. From the Andes' towering peaks to the intricacies of geological formations, Darwin's keen eye and scientific acumen provide a comprehensive study of South America's geological history. Through vivid descriptions and detailed analysis, Darwin unveils the earth's complex processes, contributing significantly to the understanding of geological evolution. This work not only showcases Darwin's pioneering contributions to earth science but also serves as an enduring resource for geologists and enthusiasts, offering a timeless exploration of the fascinating geological features that characterize South America.

When I had read Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of Species,' it seemed to me that there was one mode, and that perhaps the most certain, of testing the correctness of the views developed in it, namely, to attempt apply them as specially as possible to some particular group of animals. such an attempt to establish a genealogical tree, whether for the families of a class, the genera of a large family, or for the species of an extensive genus, and to produce pictures as complete and intelligible as possible of the common ancestors of the various smaller and larger circles, might furnish a result in three different ways. 1. In the first place, Darwin's suppositions when thus applied might lead to irreconcilable and contradictory conclusions, from which the erroneousness of the suppositions might be inferred. If Darwin's opinions are false, it was to be expected that contradictions would accompany their detailed application at every step, and that these, by their cumulative force, would entirely destroy the suppositions from which they proceeded, even though the deductions derived from each particular case might possess little of the unconditional nature of mathematical proof.

The contrast between Individual Psychology and Social or Group Psychology, which at a first glance may seem to be full of significance, loses a great deal of its sharpness when it is examined more closely. It is true that Individual Psychology is concerned with the individual man and explores the paths by which he seeks to find satisfaction for his instincts; but only rarely and under certain exceptional conditions is Individual Psychology in a position to disregard the relations of this individual to others. In the individual's mental life someone else is invariably involved, as a model, as an object, as a helper, as an opponent, and so from the very first Individual Psychology is at the same time Social Psychology as well¿in this extended but entirely justifiable sense of the words. The relations of an individual to his parents and to his brothers and sisters, to the object of his love, and to his physician¿in fact all the relations which have hitherto been the chief subject of psycho-analytic research¿may claim to be considered as social phenomena; and in this respect they may be contrasted with certain other processes, described by us as 'narcissistic', in which the satisfaction of the instincts is partially or totally withdrawn from the influence of other people. The contrast between social and narcissistic¿Bleuler would perhaps call them 'autistic'¿mental acts therefore falls wholly within the domain of Individual Psychology, and is not well calculated to differentiate it from a Social or Group Psychology.

"Over fifty thousand people heard Elsie Lincoln Benedict at the City Auditorium during her six weeks lecture engagement in Milwaukee."¿Milwaukee Leader, April 2, 1921."Elsie Lincoln Benedict has a brilliant record. She is like a fresh breath of Colorado ozone. Her ideas are as stimulating as the health-giving breezes of the Rockies."¿New York Evening Mail, April 16, 1914."Several hundred people were turned away from the Masonic Temple last night where Elsie Lincoln Benedict, famous human analyst, spoke on 'How to Analyze People on Sight.' Asked how she could draw and hold a crowd of 3,000 for a lecture, she said: 'Because I talk on the one subject on earth in which every individual is most interested¿himself.'"¿Seattle Times, June 2, 1920."Elsie Lincoln Benedict is a woman who has studied deeply under genuine scientists and is demonstrating to thousands at the Auditorium each evening that she knows the connection between an individual's external characteristics and his inner traits."¿Minneapolis News, November 7, 1920."Elsie Lincoln Benedict is known nationally, having conducted lecture courses in many of the large Eastern cities. Her work is based upon the practical methods of modern science as worked out in the world's leading laboratories where exhaustive tests are applied to determine individual types, talents, vocational bents and possibilities."¿San Francisco Bulletin, January 25, 1919.

Every tissue is composed of two parts: the cellular elements and the intercellular substance. These are called cells and stroma. Upon the first of these depends the vitality and function of the part, while its density, shape and general physical properties are determined by the second. Likewise along the same lines of reason, all of our organs have two separate areas of tissue: theparenchymatous and the interstitial. The first contains the functioning and the second the supporting elements. The physical conditions of the interstitial tissue or the intercellular substance vary greatly in density. Blood is a tissue, the intercellular constituent of which is fluid, and as we consider more dense tissues, we encounter all degrees of density of the framework or intercellular substance, until with the additional presence of calcareous elements, we conceive the hardness of bone and dentine. Tissues as a whole, however, are not solid; there are spaces in the supporting structure to admit of the passage of arteries, veins, nerves, and lymphatics. Abnormal conditions arise in the various parts of the tissues. Certain diseases affect the parenchymatous tissue in an organ more than the interstitial tissue and again others affect the blood vessels particularly.

Les gémissements poétiques de ce siècle ne sont que des sophismes. Les premiers principes doivent être hors de discussion. J¿accepte Euripide et Sophocle ; mais je n¿accepte pas Eschyle. Ne faites pas preuve de manque des convenances les plus élémentaires et de mauvais goût envers le créateur. Repoussez l¿incrédulité : vous me ferez plaisir. Il n¿existe pas deux genres de poésies ; il n¿en est qüune. Il existe une convention peu tacite entre l¿auteur et le lecteur, par laquelle le premier s¿intitule malade, et accepte le second comme garde-malade. C¿est le poète qui console l¿humanité ! Les rôles sont intervertis arbitrairement. Je ne veux pas être flétri de la qualification de poseur. Je ne laisserai pas des Mémoires. La poésie n¿est pas la tempête, pas plus que le cyclone. C¿est un fleuve majestueux et fertile. Ce n¿est qüen admettant la nuit physiquement, qüon est parvenu à la faire passer moralement. Ô Nuits d¿Young ! vous m¿avez causé beaucoup de migraines !

Pre-Darwinian Evolutionists¿Causes which led to the speedy triumph of the theory of Natural Selection¿Nature of the opposition which Darwin had to overcome¿Post-Darwinian biology¿Usually accepted classification of present-day biologists as Neo-Lamarckians and Neo-Darwinians is faulty¿Biologists fall into three classes rather than twöNeo-Lamarckism: its defects¿Wallaceism: its defects¿Neo-Darwinism distinguished from Neo-Lamarckism and Wallaceism¿Neo-Darwinism realises the strength and weakness of the theory of Natural Selection, recognises the complexity of the problems which biologists are endeavouring to solve. Darwinism and evolution are not interchangeable terms. On this fact it is impossible to lay too much emphasis. Charles Darwin was not the originator of the theory of evolution, nor even the first to advocate it in modern times. The idea that all existing things have been produced by natural causes from some primordial material is as old as Aristotle. It was lost sight of in the mental stagnation of the Middle Ages. In that dark period zoological science was completely submerged. It was not until men shook off the mental lethargy that had held them for many generations that serious attention was paid to biology. From the moment when men began to apply scientific methods to that branch of knowledge the idea of evolution found supporters.

In all the foregoing chapters we have been considering only the muscular engines of the human machine, counting them over and comparing their construction and their mechanism with those of the internal-combustion engine of a motor cycle. But of the levers or crankpins through which muscular engines exert their power we have said nothing hitherto. Nor shall we get any help by now spending time on the levers of a motor cycle. We have already confessed that they are arranged in a way which is quite different from that which we find in the human machine. In the motor cycle all the levers are of that complex kind which are called wheels, and the joints at which these levers work are also circular, for the joints of a motor cycle are the surfaces between the axle and the bushes, which have to be kept constantly oiled. No, we freely admit that the systems of levers in the human machine are quite unlike those of a motor cycle. They are more simple, and it is easy to find in our bodies examples of all the three orders of levers. The joints at which bony levers meet and move on each other are very different from those we find in motor cycles. Indeed, I must confess they are not nearly so simple. And, lastly, I must not forget to mention another difference. These levers we are going to study are living¿at least, are so densely inhabited by myriads of minute bone builders that we must speak of them as living. I want to lay emphasis on that fact because I did not insist enough on the living nature of muscular engines.

Les singularités judiciaires sont nombreuses et variées au moyen âge, et souvent les magistrats interviennent dans des circonstances si bizarres, que nous avons peine à comprendre, nos jours, comment ces graves organes de la justice ont pu raisonnablement figurer dans de telles affaires. Toutefois notre but n¿est pas de critiquer ici des sages plus ou moins absurdes, mais d¿en constater simplement l¿existence. Nous bornons notre rôle { raconter les faits, sauf au lecteur à en tirer lui-même les conséquences. Plusieurs siècles nous séparent de l¿époque dont nous cherchons { étudier les m¿urs et les idées, qui forment avec les nôtres de si étranges disparates ; aussi n¿est-ce qüaprès de scrupuleuses recherches faites dans les ouvrages des jurisconsultes et des historiens les plus respectables, que nous avons osé présenter cette rapide esquisse.

Il était près de huit heures lorsque Michel Berthier Lautrec rentra. Sa femme commençait à s¿inquiéter.« Pourquoi ne vous êtes-vous pas mis à table sans moi ? dit Michel avec humeur. ¿ Nous avons préféré t¿attendre, dit Mme Berthier Lautrec de sa voix douce. D¿ailleurs, les enfants n¿avaient pas faim, ni moi non plus. ¿ N¿importe ! Une fois pour toutes, je t¿ai dit que je ne voulais pas qüon m¿attendît.¿ Bien, mon ami. On ne t¿attendra plus. Mon petit Henri, veux-tu sonner pour qüon serve ? » Ce n¿était pas la première fois que pareille scène de ménage se passait chez les Berthier-Lautrec. Depuis quelque temps, le caractère de Michel, plutôt gai, s¿était aigri. Presque chaque soir il rapportait à la maison un front assombri, dînait sans prononcer une parole, puis, le café pris, il se levait de table et allait s¿enfermer dans son cabinet, où il restait à veiller jusqüà une heure avancée de la nuit.