"Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate,...

Ali Reynolds begins the summer thinking her most difficult challenge will be surviving a six-week- long course as the lone forty-something female at the Arizona Police Academy-not to mention taking over the 6:00 AM shift at her family's restaurant while her parents enjoy a long overdue Caribbean cruise. However, when Brenda Riley, a colleague from Ali's old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely...

Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap...

Their fiery affair fulfills her fantasies...And puts everything at risk. When travel blogger Wynter Barrington's wealthy, disapproving family cuts her off, she finds comfort in a passionate chance encounter with Riley Davis, her best friend's brother. He's hot as hell...and totally off-limits. And when they meet again months later, they begin a sizzling affair. Wynter knows Riley doesn't do love and marriage, but her youthful crush is feeling more...

This gun for hire (1 hr., 21 min.): Double-crossed by his boss, a hit man vows revenge and finds himself involved with a sultry nightclub singer who has motives of her own. Double indemnity (1 hr., 48 min.): An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policy. The glass key (1 hr., 26 min.): A loyal right-hand man must endure gangsters, the police and the advances of his boss' fiancee as he searches...

As a woman, you may not be reaching the levels of leadership you desire. Despite the many efforts by organizations and managers alike, unconscious bias and assumptions are still working against you. How can you plan a career as an aspiring leader if you can't get promoted? The HBR Guide for Women at Work will help you identify and overcome the factors that are preventing you from achieving your goals. It provides practical tips and advice so you can...

Sets out differing views on the nature and extent of depletion of the Earth's resources and whether development has caused environmental and population crises.

This anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, talking pictures, and the radio. These three sound technologies shaped Americans' relation to music from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War, by which time they were thoroughly integrated into Americans' everyday lives. There are more than 120 selections between the collection's first piece, an article on the phonograph written by...