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While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movements full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues. Showcasing new data on the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at work, she reveals how the movement has focused almost exclusively on white women and failed to support other vulnerable groups who are also targets of abuse. Black men, gay men and women, and Latinas...
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"It's Monday morning and George walks out the front door to his car and a flat tire. But this is the least of his problems. His home life is in shambles and his team at work is in disarray. With a big new product launch coming up in 2 weeks for the NRG-2000 he has to find a way to get it together or risk losing his marriage and job. Forced to take the bus to work, George meets a unique kind of bus driver and an interesting set of characters (passengers)...
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"Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion...
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Bergman brothers volume 2
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"Ren: The moment I met her, I knew Frankie Zeferino was someone worth waiting for. Deadpan delivery, secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes my knees weak, Frankie has been forbidden since the day she and I became coworkers, meaning waiting has been the name of my game - besides, hockey, that is. I'm a player on the team, she's on staff, and as long as we work together, dating is off-limits. But patience has always been my virtue....
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THE PORTABLE DOOR is the first novel set in the magical offices of J. W. Wells. Now a majorly fantastical movie starring Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, and Miranda Otto.
“Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams.” — Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author
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A young attorney must choose between the prestige of partnership and the American Dream that she--and her immigrant parents--have come so close to achieving. As a Chinese-American woman about to be ushered into the elite rank of partner, Ingrid Yung's the face of Parsons Valentine & Hunt LLP's recruiting brochures--their treasured "Golden Girl." But behind the firm's welcoming facade lies the scotch-sipping, cigar-smoking old-boy network that shuts...
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A fiery fling turns into so much more in this fake engagement story by USA TODAY bestselling author Cathy Williams.
A fantasy fling...
...until she's wearing his ring!
Heartbroken Izzy Stowe runs to sunny California to reconnect with her past—and immediately finds herself in a business standoff with tycoon Gabriel Ricci. The devastatingly handsome bachelor is ready to bargain—if...
A fantasy fling...
...until she's wearing his ring!
Heartbroken Izzy Stowe runs to sunny California to reconnect with her past—and immediately finds herself in a business standoff with tycoon Gabriel Ricci. The devastatingly handsome bachelor is ready to bargain—if...
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Will one night be enough? Find out in this red-hot enemies-to-lovers romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Melanie Milburne.
Sleepless in Manhattan...
With the man she loves to hate!
A sizzling night in New York is the perfect way for advertising executive Zoey Brackenfield to forget her ex. And since it's with Finn O'Connell, business rival and notorious playboy, there's zero chance...
Sleepless in Manhattan...
With the man she loves to hate!
A sizzling night in New York is the perfect way for advertising executive Zoey Brackenfield to forget her ex. And since it's with Finn O'Connell, business rival and notorious playboy, there's zero chance...
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Has South Africa's most infamous playboy found the woman worth curbing his wild side for? Find out in Joss Wood's sizzling workplace romance!
The choice to pursue temptation...
...is entirely in her hands!
Bay Adair needs the job of revamping Digby Tempest-Vane's luxurious Cape Town hotel to win custody of her orphaned niece. That means resisting their off-the-charts chemistry. A feat that grows harder as Digby gives...
The choice to pursue temptation...
...is entirely in her hands!
Bay Adair needs the job of revamping Digby Tempest-Vane's luxurious Cape Town hotel to win custody of her orphaned niece. That means resisting their off-the-charts chemistry. A feat that grows harder as Digby gives...
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USA TODAY bestselling author Natalie Anderson treats us to seven scandalous nights of seduction in this tale of innocence...and daring desire.
The innocent, the playboy...
And their seven-night passion!
Archivist Merle's dream job in an abandoned mansion on New Zealand's Waiheke Island gives her the isolation she craves and the freedom to delight in its extravagance. Then infamous owner Ash arrives...
The innocent, the playboy...
And their seven-night passion!
Archivist Merle's dream job in an abandoned mansion on New Zealand's Waiheke Island gives her the isolation she craves and the freedom to delight in its extravagance. Then infamous owner Ash arrives...
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Ellice Littlejohn seemingly has it all: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney in midtown Atlanta, great friends, and a "for fun" relationship with a rich, charming executive, who just happens to be her white boss. But everything changes one cold January morning when Ellice arrives in the executive suite and finds him dead with a gunshot to his head. And then she walks away as nothing has happened. Why? Ellice has been...
13) Yours and mine
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Yours and mine: "Marriage is an experience that single mom Joanna Parsons doesn't plan to repeat, no matter what her eleven-year-old daughter, Kristen, thinks. Tanner Lund feels the same way. Like Joanna, he got divorced after a short, disastrous marriage. And like her, he's raising his eleven-year-old daughter, Nicole, alone. But Kristen and Nicole have other plans in mind--and it involves the best friends becoming sisters. Both Tanner and Joanna...
14) Slow ride
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Road to love volume 2
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"Ronnie Ashford needs a distraction. In the morning, she has to offer arrogant, conventional Jack Crews a job and convince him not to take it. She doesn't need anyone's help, thank you very much. But tonight is all about the tall, sexy stranger who just walked in the bar--and all the delicious trouble they could get into together. Too bad just as things are heating up between them, he whispers the three little words that destroy everything: 'I'm Jack...
15) Villette
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Villette, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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"One of the start-up world's most in-demand executive coaches--hailed as the "CEO Whisperer" (Wired)--reveals why radical self-inquiry is critical to professional success and healthy relationships in all realms of life.Jerry Colonna helps start-up CEOs make peace with their demons, the psychological habits and behavioral patterns that have helped them to succeed--molding them into highly accomplished individuals--yet have been detrimental to their...
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In Peggy Jaeger's delectable series, delicious food is just an appetizer for life's main course: the kind of love that feeds your soul.
With three successful TV series under her belt, including her cousin Kandy's, executive producer Stacy Peters is ready to helm her own show. But to make that happen, she has to do her network boss one favor first—spend two months on a ranch in Montana wrangling the notoriously...
With three successful TV series under her belt, including her cousin Kandy's, executive producer Stacy Peters is ready to helm her own show. But to make that happen, she has to do her network boss one favor first—spend two months on a ranch in Montana wrangling the notoriously...
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He's not afraid to work hard to get what he wants in this opposites-attract romance from author Karen Booth!
Uptown girls who think they have the upper hand?
They don't know Jack!
Jack Bowden has met enough rich women to know that Lone Star socialite Lexi Alderidge doesn't take him seriously, even though their connection is instant. Still, the rugged contractor built his fortune from the ground up—surely...
Uptown girls who think they have the upper hand?
They don't know Jack!
Jack Bowden has met enough rich women to know that Lone Star socialite Lexi Alderidge doesn't take him seriously, even though their connection is instant. Still, the rugged contractor built his fortune from the ground up—surely...
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Shaughnessy brothers volume 5
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Brilliant astrophysicist Dr, Owen Shaughnessy feels more connected to the cosmos than to people. He's great with calculations, but when he leads a team of scientists to study a famous meteor shower, he doesn't factor in his free-spirited artist assistant Brooke Matthews.
20) Love walks in
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Aubrey Burke is on the run from an about-to-be disastrous mistake when resort owner Hugh Shaughnessy catches her climbing through his office window. Until Aubrey tumbled into his life, Hugh had relied on work and discipline to safeguard a heart damaged by family tragedy. Now, his careful world will never be the same. Hugh's approach to life and love is the opposite of Aubrey's, but she soon finds herself falling hard for the handsome hotel mogul....
