![]() When camp is over, the twins put their plan into action. Each girl trains the other to impersonate her, with the intent to switch places at the end of summer camp. ![]() Realizing with delight they are twins, the girls act a plan to meet their previously unknown parents. Living together in an isolation cabin, Hallie and Annie discover they were born on the same day, and each has half of a torn wedding photograph of their parents. A comical hostility between the two girls leads to a prank war that ends when the camp counselors fall into one of Hallie's traps and isolate the twins from the other girls. Hallie and Annie first meet at the end of a fencing match, when they remove their masks and see that they look exactly alike. Over 11 years later, Nick and Elizabeth coincidentally enroll their daughters at the same all-girls summer camp in Maine called Camp Walden. Nick raises Hallie in Napa Valley and becomes a wealthy wine grower, while Elizabeth raises Annie in London and becomes a famous wedding gown designer. After the birth of their twin daughters, Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan), Nick and Elizabeth divorce and lose contact, each parent raising one of the twins without telling her about her sister. In 1986, Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) meet and get married during an ocean cruise on the RMS Queen Elizabeth II. ![]()
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![]() The number of woodcuts increased from 60 to 150. The page count went from approximately 1,800 pages in 1563 to over 2,300 folio pages. Foxe's temporal range was "from the yeare of our Lorde a thousand unto the tyme nowe present" įollowing closely on the heels of the first edition (Foxe complained that the text was produced at "a breakneck speed"), the 1570 edition was in two volumes and had expanded considerably. Long titles were conventionally expected at the time, so this title continues and claims that the book describes "persecutions and horrible troubles" that had been "wrought and practiced by the Roman Prelates, speciallye in this realm of England and Scotland". ![]() ![]() Foxe's own title for the first edition (as scripted and spelled), is Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church. Their product was a single volume book, a bit over a foot long, two palms-span wide, too deep or thick to lift with only one hand given it exceeded 1500 pages, and weighing about the same as a small infant. (Common descriptions in this paragraph and next: King 2006, Evenden & Freeman 2011, Mosley 1940, Haller 1963, Wooden 1983, White 1963). The book was produced and illustrated with over sixty distinctive woodcut impressions and was to that time the largest publishing project ever undertaken in England. ![]() Frontispiece to the 1563 edition of The Book of Martyrs ![]() ![]() ![]() As La Reynie continues his investigations, he is haunted by a single question: Could Louis's mistresses could be involved in such nefarious plots? The pragmatic and principled La Reynie must decide just how far he will go to protect his king. ![]() Nobles settle scores by employing witches to craft poisons and by hiring priests to perform dark rituals in Paris's most illustrious churches and cathedrals. In a world where a royal glance can turn success into disgrace, the distance between the quietly back-stabbing world of the king's court and the criminal underground proves disturbingly short. ![]() As he exposes their unholy work, he soon learns that no one is safe from black magic-not even the Sun King. He unearths a tightly knit cabal of poisoners, witches, and renegade priests. The fearless La Reynie pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of the city. Assigned by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it into the City of Light. ![]() Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world," the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. ![]() ![]() The concept of rights needs to be understood, and the connection between rights and In order to understand what is at stake in thisįormulation, it is not enough to have a sound conception of representation. This body enshrined, for the first time in history,Ĭonstitutional rights for nature. Chapters III and IV show how the concept of representation presented in IIĬan be seen at work in the Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly, charged with draftingĪ new constitution of the state. Proposes further innovations, inspired by the inclusion of non-humans within politicalĭebate. Chapter II looks at theĬlassical theories of political representation and, building on the work of others, ![]() Is appropriate for debating the role of non-humans in politics. It therefore startsīy introducing the subject (Chapter I), and establishing that the lens of representation Representation, particularly on its application to non-human beings. ![]() This investigation is concerned with elaborating on the theory of political ![]() ![]() ![]() Watson’s appearances in prologue and epilogue are pitch-perfect his stand-in on this case-fusty, grumpy Ivan-suffers by contrast. While the framework of a new narrator, pseudonyms, and deep masquerade creates space for improvisation, it’s a double-edged sword that invites comparison to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic duo. ![]() In addition to its overarching case, the book makes moves to address the “locked-room mystery” of Holmes as a person. With a compelling central mystery, the novel makes excellent use of familiar historical figures to evoke a complex social world. The task leads from Parisian art galleries to van Gogh’s deathbed, where suicide more closely resembles murder. ![]() They are tasked with finding several Old Masters paintings after the Louvre discovers that the ones they’ve been displaying are fakes. Holmes, masquerading as Monsieur Vernet, travels with a continental art historian called Ivan. Styled as a latter-day continuation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories, Timothy Miller’s novel encompasses famous painters and shady art world figures as Holmes attempts to track down a ring of forgers and solve Vincent van Gogh’s suspicious death. Watson, who did not participate in the case, begins to read. Watson inherits his private papers, and a posthumous sorting yields an unexpected treasure: an unpublished manuscript detailing a case in France. After a long retirement and longer life, Sherlock Holmes is dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() Providing comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discontented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn't know what to expect. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China's communist system was unknown. Over 30 years ago, on April 15th, 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident-otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre-from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bartleby was one of those beings of whom nothing is ascertainable, except from the original sources, and, in his case, those are very small. I believe that no materials exist, for a full and satisfactory biography of this man. While, of other law-copyists, I might write the complete life, of Bartleby nothing of that sort can be done. But I waive the biographies of all other scriveners, for a few passages in the life of Bartleby, who was a scrivener, the strangest I ever saw, or heard of. I have known very many of them, professionally and privately, and, if I pleased, could relate divers histories, at which good-natured gentlemen might smile, and sentimental souls might weep. The nature of my avocations, for the last thirty years, has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom, as yet, nothing, that I know of, has ever been written-I mean, the law-copyists, or scriveners. ![]() Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You don't want to miss the uplift you'll find in this remarkable tale of hope and overcoming!" DeAnna Murphy, CEO of People Acuity, Author, Keynote Speaker, Top 100 Global Coaching Leader "Eva Doherty Gremmert's emotional and poignant story about her son's journey with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) was written from her heart and soul. This story reframed my own adversities in new ways and gave me strength to be different in the midst of them. ![]() Our Time To Dance will awaken a discovery of your own amazing power to rise above life's crushing unexpected difficulties, and even find joy in them. "If you've ever wondered if you can get through the insane challenges of life and not just survive - but thrive! - you'll find the answer as you read this amazing story written by Eva Doherty Gremmert. ![]() ![]() As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever-even if it means revealing the secrets theyve both been keeping. As if it wasnt bad enough that their romantic getaway has been sidetracked, demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. ![]() As a joke.\r\n\r\n Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand and its elusive new leader before the cult can cause any more damage. ![]() ![]() The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. From 1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series full of swoon-worthy romance and abundant action (Publishers Weekly). But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.\r\n\r\n All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation-a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. Read The Red Scrolls of Magic: The Eldest Curses, Book 1 reviews from kids and teens on Common Sense Media. ![]() ![]()
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