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Maikoda

Autor: Adrianna Morgan

Número de Páginas: 141

Layla Donovan has just discovered something about herself. She’s a Werewolf. And her father is the god of all Werewolves. And other Werewolves are out to kill her. Okay, so she’s just discovered lots of things about herself. Even though she has done the unthinkable by surviving a fight with the alphas of two of the most powerful packs in Florida, she still has to do the impossible. Too bad she has no idea where her father is. She knows she needs his help if she is to stop the Werewolves intent on killing her and continuing a war that has lasted for centuries. A war that may end her life. Only three things stand in her way: Suzette, the Alpha female who just won't die, Layla's growing love for Brett, and the father she’s never met.

Cómo escribir una buena historia

Autor: Juan Sahagún Campos

Número de Páginas: 185

Una valiosa guía para adentrarse en el fascinante y sanador universo de la creación literaria. "Cómo escribir una buena historia" parte de una idea contundente: todos podemos ser escritores. Naturalmente, para poner manos a la obra, hay que desarrollar nuestras habilidades de observación, lectura, dedicación, y seguir, paso a paso, ciertas enseñanzas de los grandes escritores que nos han precedido. Este libro es una brújula. Mediante ella podrás guiarte en el apasionante mundo de la creación literaria. Todos tenemos un sinfín de historias que queremos y debemos contar. ¿En dónde radica ese supuesto deber? En que mediante la literatura somos capaces de dar cauce catártico a las tramas que se nos han ocurrido, o que nos han ocurrido, o que sabemos han sucedido y queremos narrar. Deshagamos mitos: ser escritor no es pertenecer a una casta divina o a un grupo privilegiado que ha sido tocado por una ignota Excálibur: es atreverse a contar las historias que bullen en nuestro interior y que muchas veces golpean la puerta con la urgencia de salir. Mediante el ejercicio de la literatura se da un importante paso en el entendimiento de lo que somos. Al margen de que te decidas...

The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997

Autor: Christopher Moore

Número de Páginas: 416

It is an authoritative and lively history of the Law Society of Upper Canada and of Ontario's lawyers, from the founding of the Society by ten lawyers in 1797, to the crises which shook the society and the legal profession in the mid-1990s.

Quiet Rebels

Autor: Mary Jane Mossman

Número de Páginas: 450

“It’s a girl!” the Ontario press announced, as Canada’s first woman lawyer was called to the Ontario bar in February 1897. Quiet Rebels explores experiences of exclusion among the few women lawyers for the next six decades, and how their experiences continue to shape gender issues in the contemporary legal profession. Mary Jane Mossman tells the stories of all 187 Ontario women lawyers called to the bar from 1897 to 1957, revealing the legal profession’s gendered patterns. Comprising a small handful of students—or even a single student—at the Law School, women were often ignored, and they faced discrimination in obtaining articling positions and legal employment. Most were Protestant, white, and middle-class, and a minority of Jewish, Catholic, Black, and immigrant women lawyers faced even greater challenges. The book also explores some changes, as well as continuities, for the much larger numbers of Ontario women lawyers in recent decades. This longitudinal study of women lawyers’ gendered experiences in the profession during six decades of social, economic, and political change in early twentieth-century Ontario identifies factors that created—or foreclosed...

Affaire Chevaline - Révélations sur un crime parfait

Autor: Imen Ghouali , Brendan Kemmet

Número de Páginas: 146

Dans un petit village de Haute-Savoie, a eu lieu un sanglant quadruple meurtre. Qui a décimé sur un parking de montagne une famille et a laissé une fillette pour morte ? L'affaire Chevaline devient dès lors le plus médiatique et fascinant cold case de France. Imen Ghouali et Brendan Kemmet ont repris toute l'enquête. À partir de documents inédits, ils explorent toutes les différentes pistes espionnage, affaire de moeurs, vengeance familiale, crime de hasard, tueur en série... Sur les traces d'une affaire internationale hors norme, de la Savoie à l'Angleterre, en passant par l'Irak, la Suisse ou les États-Unis, ils ont rencontré des témoins capitaux, enquêteurs, magistrats, proches des victimes. Cette enquête dévoile les ultimes informations et révèle enfin une nouvelle piste possible... Un document haletant et magistral.

De la couleur des lois

Autor: Constance Backhouse

Número de Páginas: 594

Malgré l’ouverture proclamée des Canadiens face à la diversité ethnique et culturelle, l’histoire canadienne n’en est pas moins marquée par la discrimination systématique. Cet ouvrage expose la ténacité juridique de cette discrimination par l’entremise d’un examen de six arrêts judiciaires déterminants entre 1900 et 1950 qui démontrent comment le système juridique canadien fut complice de la discrimination raciale. Les cas retenus font exemples des diverses façons dont le racisme a opéré dans les différents environnements juridiques du Canada. On y retrouve ceux d’Eliza Sero, qui a présenté en 1921 une revendication à la souveraineté Mohawk, de Wanduta, un Heyoka de la nation Dakota, qui visait à faire reconnaître son droit de célébrer la traditionnelle danse des herbes sacrées en 1903, d’Ira Johnson, qui a eu à subir le courroux du Ku Klux Klan en raison de son désir de contracter un mariage mixte en 1930, de Yee Clun, un restaurateur canadien d’origine chinoise à qui l’on avait refusé le droit d’employer des femmes blanches en 1924 et de Viola Desmond, qui avait été empêchée par le personnel d’un cinéma de s’asseoir dans...

Changing Women, Changing History

Autor: Diana Lynn Pedersen

Número de Páginas: 276

Changing Women, Changing History is a bibliographic guide to the scholarship, both English and French, on Canadian's women's history. Organized under broad subject headings, and accompanied by author and subject indices it is accessible and comprehensive.

Cómo construir un buen guion audiovisual

Autor: Daniel Aranda Juárez , Fernando De Felipe Allué , Pau Icart , Cristina Pujol Ozonas

Número de Páginas: 205

El guion ha pasado de ser un artefacto específicamente cinematoráfico a un herramienta útil para todo tipo de formatos, géneros y soportes: las series televisivas, los spots, los clips musicales o los videojuegos. Este libro establece las bases teóricas y conceptuales de la creación y la producción de guiones audiovisuales y proporciona las herramientas y pautas metodológicas necesarias para el desarrollo y la redacción de guiones audiovisuales en formatos profesionales. Aquí encontrarás reflexionessobre las prácticas más habituales del oficio, los formatos máscorrientes, las particularidades de cada género, las principales aportaciones bibliográfica sobre el tema o incluso los problemas conceptuales, éticos y estéticos que la práctica profesional de esta disciplina conlleva.

¡Sonríe, te están puntuando!

Autor: Roberto Aparici , David García Marín

Número de Páginas: 237

El ecosistema mediático del siglo XXI facilita como, en ninguna otra época, la creación de relatos digitales bajo las lógicas de la convergencia de lenguajes y de soportes y la participación colectiva de unos públicos que hasta entonces habían tenido un papel eminentemente pasivo en su relación con los mass media. El objetivo de esta obra es ofrecer una visión reflexiva y crítica sobre los nuevos modos de comunicar, informar y narrar colocando estos modelos a la luz de los grandes temas que trata la teleserie Black Mirror. Una lectura en dos capas que teje una doble dirección: desde la serie a las narrativas digitales interactivas y viceversa. Este libro no pretende ser un tributo a la serie ni un manual de comunicación bajo los principios de las nuevas narrativas, sino que quiere ubicar al lector ante el espejo de Black Mirror. En él se encontrarán los grandes desafíos que plantea el mundo digital, desde los más evidentes -como la práctica imposibilidad de mantener nuestra privacidad en las redes sociales- hasta aquellos que los focos de poder y control pretenden esconder. Textos de: Roberto Aparici, Ángel Barbas, Fernando Bordignon, Ramón Ignacio Correa,...

Gouldings New York City Directory

Número de Páginas: 1700

Now You Know Absolutely Everything

Autor: Doug Lennox

Número de Páginas: 3090

This bundle presents Doug Lennox’s popular trivia book series in its entirety. These books will provide years and years of fun, with countless questions to be asked and tons of knowledge to be learned. The books cover general trivia but also such topics as sports (baseball, hockey, football, golf, soccer, among others), Christmas and the Bible, disasters and harsh weather, royal figures, crime and criminology, important people in Canada’s history, and so much more! Along the way we find out the answers to such questions as: Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Which member of the British royal family competed at the Olympics? Lennox’s exhaustive series is fun for all ages. Includes Now You Know Now You Know More Now You Know Almost Everything Now You Know, Volume 4 Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Christmas Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2 Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Big Book of Sports Now You Know Baseball Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Extreme...

Now You Know Canada's Heroes

Autor: Doug Lennox

Número de Páginas: 194

When it comes to Q&A trivia, Doug Lennox has no peer. Sir Isaac Brock, Tecumseh, Laura Secord, Norman Bethune, Terry Fox, and Roberta Bondar are all Canadian icons we’ve come to cherish. Doug gives the dope on all those famous heroes and many more, but you’ll also discover the amazing courage, pluck, and accomplishments of Upper Canada Rebellion heroine Elizabeth Barnett, privateer Joseph Barss, the Angel of Long Point Abigail Becker, the First Lady of Labrador Mina Hubbard, and Second World War pilot Charley Fox - genuine heroes all! Who was the "musketeer in petticoats"? Who was the "Laura Secord of Gananoque"? What War of 1812 privateer was the founder of a major Canadian bank? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Who was the first Canadian firefighter to die in the line of duty? How did Tom Longboat astound the world in 1907? Who was the first Black woman electedt o Canada’s Parliament? How did a dog named Gander become a Canadian war hero?

Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics

Autor: Constance Backhouse

Número de Páginas: 498

Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and ...

Women, Democracy, and Globalization in North America

Autor: J. Bayes , P. Begné , L. Gonzalez , L. Harder

Número de Páginas: 218

This book examines the impact of globalization upon Canada, Mexico and the United States. It investigates changes in the structures and practices of federalism, in public policies and practices of governance and politics, and in economic livelihoods in all three nations. It also provides comparisons of the effects of globalization on women's lives.

100 More Canadian Heroines

Autor: Merna Forster

Número de Páginas: 410

Following the bestselling 100 Canadian Heroines, Merna Forster presents 100 more stories of amazing women who changed our country. In this second installment of the bestselling Canadian Heroines series, author Merna Forster brings together 100 more incredible stories of great characters and wonderful images. Meet famous and forgotten women in fields such as science, sport, politics, war and peace, and arts and entertainment, including the original Degrassi kids, Captain Kool, hockey star Hilda Ranscombe, and the woman dubbed "the atomic mosquito." This book is full of amazing facts and trivia about extraordinary women. You’ll learn about Second World War heroine Joan Fletcher Bamford, who rescued 2,000 Dutch captives from a prison camp in a Sumatran jungle while commanding 70 Japanese soldiers. Hilwie Hamdon was the woman behind the building of Canada’s first mosque, and Frances Gertrude McGill was the crime fighter named the "Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan." Read on and discover 100 more Canadian heroines and how they’ve changed our country.

At the Boundaries of Law (RLE Feminist Theory)

Autor: Martha Albertson Fineman , Nancy Sweet Thomadsen

Número de Páginas: 394

Feminists have recently begun to challenge the powerful influence of the law on the social and cultural construction of women’s roles, identities, and rights. At the Boundaries of Law is a timely and path-breaking work that provides a series of non-technical, interdisciplinary explorations into the nature and effects of legal regulation on women’s lives. Together the essays examine the fertile – and radically revisionary – links between feminism and legal theory. But At the Boundaries of Law rejects the abstract ‘grand theorizing’ of traditional feminist legal theory, focusing instead on the concrete and material implications of the legal injustices endured by women. These essays emphasise the complex diversity of female experience, collectively arguing for legal theory and practice that both recognises and accommodates the concept of ‘difference’ – in gender, class, race and sexual orientation. At the Boundaries of Law also raises provocative questions about the methodology and future of feminist legal theory itself. In its rich variety of issues and approaches, this volume will command the interest not only of legal theorists, but of those interested in...

The Best American Food Writing 2020

Autor: Silvia Killingsworth

Número de Páginas: 271

The year's top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country. "These are stories about culture," writes J. Kenji López-Alt in his introduction. "About how food shapes people, neighborhoods, and history." This year's Best American Food Writing captures the food industry at a critical moment in history -- from the confrontation of abusive kitchen culture, to the disappearance of the supermarkets, to the rise and fall of celebrity chefs, to the revolution of baby food. Spanning from New York's premier restaurants to the chile factories of New Mexico, this collection lifts a curtain on how food arrives on our plates, revealing extraordinary stories behind what we eat and how we live. THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD WRITING 2020 INCLUDES BURKHARD BILGER, KAT KINSMAN, LAURA HAYES, TAMAR HASPEL, SHO SPAETH, TIM MURPHY and others

New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research

Número de Páginas: 225

New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research offers a new narrative for medieval canon law history which avoids the pitfall of teleological explanations by taking seriously the multiplicity of legal development in the Middle Ages and the divergent interests of the actors involved. The contributors address the still dominant ‘master narrative’, mainly developed by Paul Fournier and enshrined in his magisterial Histoire de collections canoniques. They present new research on pre-Gratian canon collection, Gratian’s Decretum, decretal collections, but also hagiography, theology, and narrative sources challenging the standard account; a separate chapter is devoted to Fournier’s model and its genesis. New Discourses thus brings together specialized research and broader questions of who to write the history of church law in the Middle Ages. Contributors are Greta Austin, Katheleen G. Cushing, Stephan Dusil, Tatsushi Genka, John S. Ott, Christof Rolker, Danica Summerlin, Andreas Thier and John C. Wei.

Western Law Times

Número de Páginas: 410

Canadian Heroines 2-Book Bundle

Autor: Merna Forster

Número de Páginas: 916

In this special two-book bundle you’ll meet remarkable women in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures. Discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we’re remembering them. Or not! ??Augmented by great quotes and photos, this inspiring collection profiles remarkable women — heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more. Profiles include mountaineer Phyllis Munday, activist Hide Shimizu, unionist Lea Roback, movie mogul Mary Pickford, the original Degrassi kids, Captain Kool, hockey star Hilda Ranscombe, and the woman dubbed "the atomic mosquito." Includes 100 Canadian Heroines 100 More Canadian Heroines

Sourcebook on Feminist Jurisprudence

Autor: Hilaire Barnett

Número de Páginas: 868

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between feminist theories and the law, and the way in which developments of the former have affected, and been affected by, the latter. The book takes as its starting point a study of women and culture on an international level, which demonstrates how religious and cultural influences have been fundamental in establishing contemporary legal and social mores. This provides the setting for an investigation into legal and social discrimination and inequality, and how this has been addressed by the emergence of feminism. A number of critiques and developments are examined.

Rethinking Equality Projects in Law

Autor: Rosemary Hunter

Número de Páginas: 212

The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has been highly productive for feminist legal thought and feminist politics concerning law. Today however, given the failure to achieve material and psychic equality for women, feminists have come to challenge the usefulness of equality as a concept, a particular definition, or a basis for strategising. The papers in this collection reflect these concerns, primarily in the context of English-speaking, common law cultures. Collectively, the papers analyse a range of equality projects across a number of areas of public and private law, considering both competing conceptions of equality and alternatives to it. In taking stock across a century and a half and around the globe, the book illustrates the range of ways in which equality projects in law have been challenged by, and remain a challenge for, feminism.

21st-Century TV Dramas

Autor: Amy M. Damico , Sara E. Quay

Número de Páginas: 197

In its exploration of some of the most influential, popular, or critically acclaimed television dramas since the year 2000, this book documents how modern television dramas reflect our society through their complex narratives about prevailing economic, political, security, and social issues. Television dramas have changed since the turn of the 21st century—for the good, many would say, as a result of changes in technology, the rise of cable networks, and increased creative freedom. This book approaches the new golden age of television dramas by examining the programs that define the first 15 years of the new century through their complex narratives, high production value, star power, popularity, and enthusiastic fan culture. After an introduction that sets the stage for the book's content, thematic sections present concise chapters that explore key connections between television dramas and elements of 21st-century culture. The authors explore Downton Abbey as a distraction from contemporary class struggles, patriarchy and the past in Game of Thrones and Mad Men, and portrayals of the "dark hero protagonist" in The Sopranos, Dexter, and Breaking Bad, as a few examples of the...

The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1, Second Edition: For the Level 3 Apprenticeship (9189), Level 2 Technical Certificate (8202), Level 2 Diploma (6035) & T Level Occupational Specialisms (8710)

Autor: Peter Tanner , Stephen Lane

Número de Páginas: 1145

Equip learners with the tools for success in a career as a plumber with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, published in association with City & Guilds. The new edition will help learners to: - Study with confidence, covering all core content for the 6035, 9189 and 8202 specifications, as well as the 355 and 356 plumbing and heating T Level occupational specialisms. - Target learning with detailed qualification mapping grids. - Get to grips with technical content presented in accessible language. - Enhance their understanding of plumbing practice with clear and accurate illustrations and diagrams demonstrating the technical skills you need to master. - Practise maths and English in context, with embedded 'Improve your maths' and 'Improve your English' activities. - Test their knowledge with end-of-chapter practice questions, synoptic assessments and practical tasks. - Prepare for the workplace with up-to-date information on relevant key regulations and industry standards. - Keep their knowledge current, with clear coverage of major modern cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitation, rainwater systems and environmental technologies.

The First Women Lawyers

Autor: Mary Jane Mossman

Número de Páginas: 342

This comparative study explores the lives of some of the women who first initiated challenges to male exclusivity in the legal professions in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Their challenges took place at a time of considerable optimism about progressive societal change, including new and expanding opportunities for women, as well as a variety of proposals for reforming law, legal education, and standards of legal professionalism. By situating women's claims for admission to the bar within this reformist context in different jurisdictions, the study examines the intersection of historical ideas about gender and about legal professionalism at the turn of the twentieth century. In exploring these systemic issues, the study also provides detailed examinations of the lives of some of the first women lawyers in six jurisdictions: the United States, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Australia, India, and western Europe. In exploring how individual women adopted different legal arguments in litigated cases, or devised particular strategies to overcome barriers to professional work, the study assesses how shifting and contested ideas about gender and about legal...

Bar Codes

Autor: Jean Mckenzie Leiper

Número de Páginas: 256

Bar Codes examines women lawyers' attempts to reconcile their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives. It charts the life courses of women who constitute a first wave -- an avant-garde -- in a profession designed by men, for men, where formal codes of conduct and subtle cultural norms promote masculine values. A thorough analysis of women’s encounters with this culture provides some answers and raises more questions about the kinds of stresses that have become extreme in the lives of many Canadian women. This book adds to mounting evidence of marked gender differences in opportunities for advancement, demonstrating that many men still enjoy freedom from domestic responsibilities while women continue to face multiple barriers in their quest for career success. As this study shows, change is under way in the legal profession and women can succeed in reaching high levels within it, but the law remains, in many ways, a masculine institution.

At the Boundaries of Law

Autor: Martha Fineman , Nancy Sweet Thomadsen

Número de Páginas: 394

Annotation Feminists have recently begun to challenge the powerful influence of the law on the social and cultural construction of women's roles, identities, and rights. This timely work provides a series of non-technical, interdisciplinary explorations into the nature and effects of legal regulation on women's lives.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Número de Páginas: 932

Colour-Coded

Autor: Constance Backhouse

Número de Páginas: 505

Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed...

Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

Autor: Various

Número de Páginas: 7841

Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from The Liberation of Women to Feminists and State Welfare, from Married to the Job to Julia Kristeva, this set provides in one place a wealth of important reference sources from the diverse field of gender studies.

Gender in the Legal Profession

Autor: Joan Brockman

Número de Páginas: 276

An analysis of the causes and implications of the gendered structure of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere. The author concludes that until there is significant change in how women are perceived in relation to domestic duties, it is unlikely that they will attain equality within the legal profession.

The Directory of the City of New York, ...

Número de Páginas: 774

In Search of the Ethical Lawyer

Autor: Adam Dodek , Alice Woolley

Número de Páginas: 273

What options did Paul Bernardo’s lawyer have when his client directed him to retrieve hidden evidence? Where would David Milgaard be today if a lawyer hadn’t doggedly challenged his murder conviction? And what should a defence lawyer do when told her client is a danger to the public? In this equally inspiring and troubling book, leading Canadian legal academics and practising lawyers draw on real-life stories – case studies, biography, and memoir – to examine the tension between ethics and the law. Whether re-examining high-profile cases, celebrating barristers who tore down barriers, or pointing out current injustices within the justice system, their stories are compelling and raise important questions about what it means to be a “good” lawyer.

The Stillness The Dancing

Autor: Wendy Perriam

Número de Páginas: 603

Abandoned by God and her husband, twin totems of her life to date, Morna Gordon embarks on a voyage of discovery, travelling first to California where she undergoes a series of extraordinary experiences, ending up in Disneyland, ‘the happiest place on earth’ – though not for her. Shaken, she flees to a near-deserted island in the Hebrides where David, historian and researcher, is working on the Life of a seventh-century saint. Morna, translator by profession, has to learn, through David and his saint, a new interpretation of the world. Her contribution to his work helps forge a powerful bond between them, and slowly, movingly, and despite the still smarting slap-down of the Catholic Church, they discover body as well as soul. The novel also explores the lives of Morna’s mother and daughter, charting Bea’s private crisis of faith and Chris’s stormy journey to maturity. Complex ties and tensions bind these three generations of women, all of whom suffer a ‘sea-change’. The Stillness The Dancing juxtaposes youth with age, the rational with the numinous, subatomic physics with ancient pagan ritual, the grab-all twentieth century with the hair-shirt idealism of the Age...

The Brooklyn City Directory for 1862

Autor: J. Lain

Número de Páginas: 558

Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

New York City Directory

Número de Páginas: 1722

The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family

Autor: Charles Burleigh

Número de Páginas: 426

Indecent Ambition

Autor: Jennifer Bacia

Número de Páginas: 419

"Move over Sidney Sheldon...Gripping, highly entertaining" - Sunday Mail A spellbinding thriller about wealth, power and one woman’s all-consuming ambition to achieve her wildest dreams. When Lenore Hamlyn is taken in by her sympathetic landlady, she’s shocked to eventually learn the source of Nan’s wealth. Yet that life-changing revelation fires a relentless, burning ambition. Escaping her dangerous past, the young, naïve Lenore returns from her English finishing school as the sophisticated, enigmatic Anthea James. A woman determined to make her mark as quickly and provocatively as possible. But the higher you go, the further there is to fall. And with her improbable goal tantalizingly close, Anthea finds herself confronted by rich and deadly enemies. Yet the greatest danger of all comes from the only man she has ever loved. Who now has the power to destroy her. "A rip-roaring, irresistible page-turner" - Sunday Times About the Author Jennifer Bacia’s first novel, Indecent Ambition (original title, Shadows of Power) was sold for a record-breaking advance and became an international bestseller. The success of that compelling, fast-paced thriller opened the door to the...

Lazarus #28

Autor: Greg Rucka

Número de Páginas: 32

"FRACTURE: PRELUDE," CONCLUSION Jonah Carlyle is dead, and Jonah Ker has made a new life for himself on the edges of Bittner Territory. But as much as Jonah may have escaped his Family, he cannot escape the world his Family has made.