Persuasion narra el emotivo viaje de su protagonista Anne Elliot, quien se encuentra con el capitán Wentworth, un pretendiente al que fue persuadida de rechazar siete años antes, y cuya reaparición la hace reflexionar sobre sus decisiones pasadas y contemplar su futuro matrimonial. La última novela completa de Austen, que representa vívidamente las ciudades de vacaciones de la sociedad de Lyme Regis y Bath e infundida con el ingenio característico...

Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with rank and fortune, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet. Can Frederick...

In this book, the author, a psychology professor and researcher explains the psychology of why people say yes, and how to apply these understandings. He introduces the six psychological principles that drive the human impulse to comply to the pressures of others, how to use them to become a skilled persuader, and also reveals how to defend oneself against manipulation.

"Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner...

Postponing her London debut to join her cousin and best friend in America, Judith Malory meets deckhand Nathan Tremayne, an undercover smuggler who would escape a death sentence. "James Malory sets sail for America to honor a promise he made to his in-laws: His and Georgina's daughter, Jacqueline, will have her come-out in America. Judith and Jacqueline Malory are not simply cousins; they are inseparable best friends. Refusing to miss Jacqueline's...

Voyant leur fortune baisser peu à peu, la famille Elliot, dirigée par le baronnet Sir Walter et sa fille aînée, Elizabeth, est obligée de louer leur résidence principale, ne pouvant plus assurer leur train de vie là-bas. La famille décide donc de partir à Bath, où ils trouveront une résidence de leur rang avec un train de vie plus modeste. Tenue à l'écart du déménagement, Anne, se réfugie chez sa soeur Mary, mariée depuis peu et déjà...

Return to New York Times Bestseller Sandra Hill’s Cajun country, where the Louisiana bayou is steamier than ever . . .

Alaskan pilot Aaron LeDeux came to Louisiana with his brother to discover his Cajun roots. But any hopes he had of returning home are extinguished when he agrees to help a crew of street monks and nuns rescue sex-trafficked girls. For the work has become his new calling. Plus, he’s in love with a

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"Navigating a fake courtship with barrister Bram Townsend to keep her family from forcing her into marriage before she finally receives the inheritance that will allow her to live as she wants, amateur astronomer Lady Wilhelmina Bettesford soon discovers their make-believe passion feels very real indeed. "--

The art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best-- or worst. Telfer introduces us to a host of lady swindlers whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly. Among them: In 1700s Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. Cassie Chadwick got banks...

In 1838, a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, seventeen-year-old Julia Elliston, orphaned and unmarried, finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julia's first choice to marry her childhood sweetheart is denied. But when a titled dowager offers to introduce Julia into society, a realm of possibilities...