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Arianna Huffington, popular pundit, columnist, and author, is not known for her polite criticisms or her carefully worded complaints In the course of Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America, the corporate CEOs, accountants, politicians, and lobbyists at who she takes aim receive little relief from their porcine characterization first intimated in the book's title. And while she is full of invective for Enron's Kenneth Lay, Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, Dick Cheney, and others, she backs up her outrage with dollar figures, dates, names, and specific information. The voluminous research is made more digestible by Huffington's direct and often amusing writing style (she characterizes a CEO's process of getting a loan approved by a corporate board as being akin to Tony Soprano getting a loan from Paulie Walnuts). Interspersed between chapters are entertainingly informative sidebars, including quizzes on executives' avarice and games where you match the CEO to his yacht. Occasionally, Huffington's anger gets mired in name-calling, which deflates her points. And while she spends ample time and space outlining the particulars of a flawed power structure, she dedicates little time to offering practical solutions toward remedying the problems. But Huffington is not trying to write a political science textbook or a party platform. As a highly readable indictment of corporate and governmental excess, Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America is highly successful. --John Moe.
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This is the story of Maria Callas, who transformed herself from a chubby, painfully shy girl into a magnificent celebrated soprano, the likes of which we've yet to see again..
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Brief stories describe classroom friendships, the importance of silence when the teacher is giving a lesson, the friendly way for borrowing and sharing storybooks, picking up toys after playtime, and other typical school situations. Several classroom games are suggested as activities for creative learning and play. The bright color illustrations on every page of How We Should Behave Books will appeal to younger boys and girls, while the easy to understand stories teach them fundamental rules of good behavior. The brief stories dramatize typical events in children’s lives, showing kids as they interact with other children, with teachers, and with other adults. Beginning readers see boys and girls who are very much like themselves, as they make mistakes, have small accidents, then discover the best ways to correct their errors, avoid mishaps, and feel good about themselves while they have fun. Each book suggests appropriate activities and offers guidelines for moms and dads..
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Close Encounters of the Carnal Kind By Delilah Devlin Cajun Etienne Lambert, ex-soldier fresh from the horrors of the war in Iraq, doesn't believe her when the alien woman on his doorstep says she's there to take him home. When he resists, she kidnaps him. He learns he is the last potent male of the ruling class of their planets and it's his duty to sire the next generation of rulers. Mariska is a fightership commander who succeeded where all the mages and trackers have failed. She's found her race's last hope for salvation! When the future king demands he start work immediately on the primary mandate of his rule—to sire children—she can't refuse his command. Hard Lessons By Nikki Soarde Kaley Carrone discovers that her wealthy husband has been cheating on her. She wants out of the marriage, but their prenuptial agreement will deny her the money—as well as the revenge—that she feels she is due. So she enlists the help of an old lover and his friend to stage a kidnapping that will net them a tidy sum of money, as well as make her husband suffer. The plan is good! However, spending three days alone with two handsome, dangerous, multi-talented men, a video camera and an assortment of Chinese takeout food has some consequences that Kaley didn't foresee. License to Thrill By Sahara Kelly When a flu epidemic at her top-secret Agency office thrusts administrator Jane Bradford into the front-line world of the agents themselves, the last thing she expects is to get a major thrill from the sexy voice at the other end of her communications headset. Even less does she expect the owner of that voice to be the man of her dreams. Of course, he's not perfect. He's older than Jane, for a start. By about a thousand years or so… Pleasure Port 27 By Kate Douglas An alien construct designed for pleasure, Mira provides sexual services for the men who travel the galaxies. Her place of business is Pleasure Port 27, otherwise known as Earth. But someone is watching her, someone is keeping track of each act she performs. It is imperative the voyeur die before he discovers what she is…but once she sees him, understands him, Mira realizes there is more to life than one sex customer after another. There is Evan—there is love, there is a chance to live as a real woman. If only she is willing to take the risk. The Last Bite By Melani Blazer Once the hunter… Laura hasn't seen her partner in six years—when an easy bounty capture went horribly wrong. She's back with a secret that threatens the man she once loved, who still sets her blood on fire with little more than a look. Now the hunted… Elliot has his sights on one vamp—his brother's killer. He's swayed from his mission only by the reappearance of his former partner. Their blistering passion makes him forget her cryptic warning, until he's forced to face it. Will Laura fare as well when his secret is revealed? Tight Places By Arianna Hart Savannah Malone has wanted to meet Carrick for months—but not when she's soaking wet and trapped in an elevator. Now that she's close to him she can tell there's more to him than meets the eye. But she has no idea how much more is waiting to be discovered under his expensive suit. Little does she know his real secrets are buried deep under the clothes he's oh so willing to shed. Exploring tight places has never been so exciting before..
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Animal Attraction Alexa & Patrick Silver Wes Valentine s Day surprise has turned into a nightmare Grounded with thousands of other travelers at an airport by a storm, he and his wife will never make their cruise. A romantic holiday atmosphere this is assuredly not! Brand, a feline shifter, is desperate. Sexual arousal is heavy in the airport and his flight has been canceled. He needs to join with another shifter soon or risk going feral. When Brand spots Wes and Tabitha, the raw sexuality of these fellow shifters calls to his primal needs. But they aren t average shifters. Secrets and reclaimed heritage may pull them all together or rip them apart. Assignment Nina Nash When Aphrodite, reigning goddess of love, sends Diana on a mission to give a mortal woman the push she needs to be open to romance just a few days before Valentine s Day the assignment seems to be an easy one. Nudge the woman toward the handsome, interesting man and hope for the best, right? That s exactly what Diana does and Kate and Trevor, the mortals, find happiness in time for the big day. When Diana realizes that there is a second being from the realm of love among the mortals she assumes that he is along to help with her assignment. Art, however, has an assignment of his own to attend to one that is, to him, much more important than any other. Cheer Givers & Mischief Makers K.Z. Snow This story within a story concerns opposites in the world of Fae Rhy the Cheer Givers and the Mischief Makers. Both are bound by duty to interact with humans on every holiday the former, by enhancing the holiday; the latter, by undermining it. Isabelle is a Cheer Giver who enjoys her body. For Valentine s Day, she finds a hunky Recipient at a singles club the romantically unlucky Bryce could benefit from some cheering. But Isabelle is more strongly drawn to another man the mysterious, alluring Daniel, who, alas, isn t needful enough to require her services. When Daniel unexpectedly appears at her hotel suite while she s entertaining Bryce, Isabelle knows she cannot abandon her mission. Cheering both men seems the more equitable option. It s a carnival of carnal delights...until Daniel begins to captivate Isabelle, body and soul proving opposites do indeed attract. Discovery Cris Anson Something s missing from Becca s life. Maybe she needs...a Master? A friend arranges for her to spend a weekend with one, to see if she s cut out for the life of a sub. The man who answers the door when she knocks makes her uneasy. He s huge, bald, leather-clad and every inch a Dom. But she gets more than she bargained for. Three Doms, to be exact. Three sexy, lusty males who each turn her on in different ways. Becca discovers it s not only the submission she craves but the right Master to submit to. Only how can she make the giant understand which Master she wants when she s forbidden to speak? Heart on His Sleeve Marissa Alwin Waryn of Lysky is annoyed to find a St. Valentine s Day celebration taking place at his duchy when he returns home from battle. Worse, his meddlesome aunt insists on drawing names for sweethearts . But when he sees Sibil, the maiden whose name he is to wear on his sleeve for a year, Waryn is filled with lust. Maintaining honorable intentions around her will not be easy. Sibil recognizes Waryn immediately. She once came to his aid and has never forgotten his face. He, however, does not seem to remember her. It s just as well, for she will soon be off to enter the Lord s service. But before she becomes a nun, Sibil hopes Waryn can teach her a bit about love courtly and otherwise. Screw Cupid Arianna Hart When Reannah Mason receives a mysterious invitation to a Valentine.
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Arianna Huffington is a rare breed of political celebrity: an articulate pundit who left the intellectually safe world of criticizing elected officials to try her hand at actually becoming one. While her campaign for Governor of California in the highly unusual 2003 recall election was unsuccessful, the experience has brought valuable insight and perspective to Fanatics and Fools. Huffington, a former supporter of Newt Gingrich, has recently occupied a unique place in the political landscape as she moved away from the right, never quite arrived at the left and dwelled somewhere askew from what is thought of as the center. In this book, she grudgingly endorses the idea of voting with the Democrats in the 2004 presidential election despite grave misgivings about the Democratic Party, which she accuses of too often trying to be a watered-down of the Republicans. But even those Democrats, she feels, are infinitely preferable to the George W. Bush administration with its record of corporate favoritism and patterns of deception leading up to the invasion of Iraq. A section chronicling her experience in campaigning may not seem particularly relevant to people living outside California, but it's a pretty interesting passage. Few skilled opinion makers ever get out and run themselves (imagine George Will or David Broder giving stump speeches), and Huffington brings humor and humility to her account. Her characterization of Arnold Schwarzenegger includes stinging criticisms of his policies but conveys grudging admiration for the actor turned Governor. Her criticisms of Bush and the Republicans are impassioned; well supported, their sheer volume impedes her effort to create a unified message. Still, Huffington's wit and candor, coupled with her recently gained battleground experience, make Fanatics and Fools a terrific read. --John Moe.
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