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For neoclassical economists, Homo economicus, or economic human, represents the ideal employee: an energetic worker bee that is a rational yet competitive decision-maker. Alternatively, one could view the concept as a cold and selfish workaholic endlessly seeking the accumulation of money and advancement - a chilling representation of capitalism. Or perhaps, as Peter Fleming argues, Homo economicus does not actually exist at all. Fleming presents this controversial claim with the same fierce logic that launched his Guardian column into popularity.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Hundred Years' War, I Serve chronicles the story of Sir John Potenhale. A young Englishman of lowly birth, Potenhale wins his way to knighthood on the fields of France. He enters the service of Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, and immerses himself in a stormy world of war, politics, and romantic intrigue.

A home invasion results in property damage. Children disappear and a disgruntled ex-employee is suspected. A young woman accuses her father's wife of attempted murder. Dramatic news from CNN? No, they are cases investigated by Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid companion and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson. Drawn into the dark underbelly of folk tale reality, Holmes and Watson travel the streets of London and into the far English countryside to discover the truth about some of the most famous accounts found in childhood literature.

When a deadly plague seizes the walled town of Avignon, young Marius is determined to save his townsfolk from the raging pestilence. While leading the effort to combat the Black Death, Marius is distracted by a liaison with the mysterious Alice. Meanwhile, Pope Clément harbors a burning desire for vengeance on the boy’s father. As death sweeps through the city, can Marius reconcile his passion with a duty to his wife, and his responsibility to the townsfolk?

A tip-off about a mysterious house near Mallaig tempts DI Gavin McKay to set up surveillance. His boss becomes a suspect, and he has to pretend to shut down his investigation, but the subsequent death of his informant and trust issues within his office make him determined to continue. When McKay is tasked with finding the identity of a woman washed up on an island off the coast of Scotland suffering from amnesia, he uses this as a way of continuing digging.

Salesman Harry Saunders is unhappily married, hates his job and is dreading the arrival of his fiftieth birthday. The cinema provides him with an escape from his gloomy existence and he views the people and situations he encounters through the prism of classic movies. A sudden and unpremeditated act of courage catapults Harry into a series of dubious activities that he has difficulty extricating himself from. He loses his job and after his wife discovers that he has become friendly with another woman, his marriage goes steadily downhill. When good things unexpectedly start happening to him, Harry is overcome with guilt about his role in a crime. He eventually decides to confess what he has done, with surprising results.

Conceived during a fog-drenched car ride with nothing beyond the windshield but a horizon-less void, Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid created the acclaimed Tales from Beyond the Pale, audio theater inspired by the vintage radio shows of Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles. Having previously released 10 studio-recorded tales for Season One, Fessenden and McQuaid decided to up the ante and stage a second season of Tales before a live audience at the performance venue Dixon Place in downtown New York City.

England, 1575. The inn yards of London are closed due to plague and the playing troupe, The Earl of Worcester's Men, are on the road, touring the market towns of the Midlands. When Tyburn accidentally intercepts a coded letter from a hidden Jesuit priest in Warwickshire, he is entangled in a murderous and deadly conspiracy. Stalked by unknown enemies, he must race to uncover the conspirators and hunt down the Jesuit to clear his name... or die a traitor's death.

Two strangers live in London, travelling through its veins to the beating heart of the city day to day. One is a girl, Jessica. She has moved to London to live with her brother and to start a new job and a new life. The other is Edward. He lives in an unhappy marriage with his jealous wife and is unsure of why he is working in the line of work that made his father so unhappy. They meet on the tube. Instantly they feel something between them, something larger than any words can explain.

This book builds on Iain's best seller Legally Avoid Property Taxes, which includes 51 tax tips that you should be aware of to legally avoid tax - whether you do your own self-assessment returns or pass everything over to your accountant, he wants to make absolutely sure that you've not left any money on the HMRC table. This book is a review of the significant changes that have been brought about by the 2015 budget, how you can make sense of these changes, and what you can do to lessen the impact of direct taxation on your property portfolio.

Four short stories of four different women from various backgrounds who use their relationships as a means of satisfying their devious desires. One persuaded her sister that they had no choice but to have children with their father. One called Athena will murder to have control. Dakota will make the biggest mistake of her life, and Greer just did not know when to stop, and start to love!

He could see his wife eyes wide and her face etched with confusion, worry and fright while her hair resembled a tumbleweed. Her knuckles had gone white from clutching a small parcel of clothes and other belongings to her chest. She sat very still in the passenger seat with her knees so close to her body that she was almost curled into the fetal position. If it wasn't for the dire nature of the situation, he could find her disposition laughable. Max glanced into the rear-view mirror to check on the children.

Josh awoke something buried deep inside his sweet wife, a good girl he had married, and now she was growing into something more than a innocent young lady. Josh doesn't know if he loves her more as a whore or as a virgin - or maybe she is the perfect combination of both. Get your copy of His Wife and enjoy!

Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated National Poetry Month by e-mailing a poem a day throughout the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April 2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets including Kevin Young and James Merrill reading their own poems, as well as Knopf authors, such as Joan Didion and Toni Morrison, reading work by their favorite poets.

Pilgrim State is a stunning memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave, and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter, Jacqueline, in homage to the remarkable woman she was.

This special Message edition is the perfect gift for women of faith on the go. It is read by several leading female Christian music artists who will help you slow down to listen, be still, and draw near to God.

As the Japanese battleship Yamato steams toward the island of Okinawa in the closing months of World War II, a naval officer on board makes an unexpected discovery among the stores of rice, leeks, and pickled radishes. A child has stowed away there, hoping to return to her mother on Okinawa. His reluctant decision to protect her prompts a voyage of inner discovery and stirs emotions as deep as the seas that threaten to swallow his “unsinkable” ship. Recorded live in performance at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica, in July 1995.

Longing to mend her shattered life in America after a haunting ordeal aboard the Black Dawn that claimed her father's life, Miss Prudence Drake is determined to avoid another encounter with pirates, even if the captivating and principled Captain Jasper Blackmore stirs unfamiliar emotions within her. Haunted by his own scars, both physical and emotional, and scarred by lost love in the aftermath of war, Captain Jasper Blackmore seeks new horizons far from England's shores.

Ethan's family has fallen from owning a manor to scraping by on a small farm. As he approaches manhood, his prospects don't look very promising. And Arabella, the girl he's set his sights on, is the daughter of the Squire. Goaded by his younger brother, Ethan enters the Barrow, fights for his life with the tomb guardian, and escapes with a silver gorget.