![]() ![]() Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Untold History of Henry VIII and the Tudors are 9781502619051, 1502619059. Illustrated with 180 photographs, paintings, and illustrations, Dark History of the Tudors is a fascinating, accessible account of the murder, adultery, and religious turmoil that characterized England’s most infamous royal dynasty. Divorced, beheaded, died, Divorced, beheaded, survived. The Untold History of Henry VIII and the Tudors is written by Judith John and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. Yet this period of great upheaval had a dark side: Henry VIII’s notorious break with the Roman Catholic Church and his divorce or execution of four of his six wives the sad story of teenaged Lady Jane Grey, who was monarch for just nine days before being executed in favor of the Catholic Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I, who defeated the Spanish Armada, suppressed the Irish rebellion, and sponsored pirates and slave traders in the quest for new territories in America. ![]() ![]() Beginning with the victory of Henry Tudor over Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and ending with the death of the childless Elizabeth I in 1603 following a 45-year reign, the Tudor dynasty marks a period in British history where England was transformed from a minor medieval kingdom to a preeminent European power on the verge of empire. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What I remember next is kind of muddled and strange, but I'll try to describe it for you as best I can. With that and the TV appeals, I never stood a chance. I found out later that my picture had been circulated in every major port from Aberdeen to Plymouth. He signalled for me to wait and spoke into his walkie-talkie, rapidly and with obvious agitation. The graveyard shift–dreary dull from dusk till dawn–and for a few heartbeats it seemed that the customs officer lacked the willpower necessary to rotate his eyeballs and check my credentials. His weight rested on his elbows, his chin was cupped in his hands, and, but for this crude arrangement of scaffolding, his whole body looked ready to fall like a sack of potatoes to the floor. I'd rolled Mr Peterson's car up to the booth in the 'Nothing to Declare' lane, where a single customs officer was on duty. You know: before anyone else had to get involved. It would have been nice to have been able to explain things to my mother. ![]() Having come this far, I'd started to think that I might make it the whole way home after all. ![]() It's funny how some things can be so mixed up like that. I was half expecting it, but it still came as kind of a shock when the barrier stayed down. They finally stopped me at Dover as I was trying to get back into the country. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My wonderful friend Cat Kit’s Books was kind enough to give me this ARC. ![]() Hi friends! Today I am reviewing A MADNESS SO DISCREET by Mindy McGinnis. In this beautifully twisted historical thriller, Mindy McGinnis, acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, explores the fine line between sanity and insanity, good and evil-and the madness that exists in all of us. Grace, continuing to operate under the cloak of madness, must hunt a murderer while she confronts the demons in her own past. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who stalks young women. Escaping from Boston to the safety of an ethical Ohio asylum, Grace finds friendship and hope, hints of a life she should have had. With her keen eyes and sharp memory, Grace will make the perfect assistant at crime scenes. ![]() When her voice returns in a burst of violence, Grace is banished to the dark cellars, where her mind is discovered by a visiting doctor who dabbles in the new study of criminal psychology. Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her in a Boston insane asylum. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets. Published by Katherine Tegen Books on October 6th 2015 ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments The book of awesome author![]() ![]() The Book of Awesome reminds us of all the little things that we often overlook but that make us smile. ![]() Read it and you'll remember all the things there are to feel good about. With laugh-out-loud observations from award- winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). But awesome things are all around us-sometimes we just need someone to point them out. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile.
7/7/2023 0 Comments Stephen kings cell![]() Let's hope it turns out as fantastic as the book was. I'm just happy the movie is finally moving forward, and it's set to start shooting in May. ![]() 750 (1800 en librerías) cellbystephenking Ste. He brings a unique and exciting vision to Cell that will appeal to audiences worldwide. 36 likes, 0 comments - Feria de libros (ferialifeonmars) on Instagram: ' VENDIDO Cell, de Stephen King. Tod is a dynamic filmmaker whose work has been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. But, Cargo Entertainment CEO, Marina Grasic, had this to say about the director, It's hard to judge how good of a director someone is based on a movie like Paranormal Activity 2, because with a movie like that, there's really nothing to it. The story c enters on a graphic artist who is trying to reach his wife and son after a devastating pulse transmitted through a mobile phone network turns people into mindless zombies. Now, Paranormal Activity 2 director, Tod “Kip” Williams, has been hired to direct the movie from a script written by King and Adam Alleca ( The Last House On The Left). Cell (2006) upgrades the readers consciousness of the most. The last we heard John Cusack was set to star in the big screen adaptation. His writings demonstrate his ethical commitment to the peoples right to live and work in a friendly and risk-free environment. ![]() Stephen King's awesome zombie story Cell has been in development for years. ![]() ![]() The crux of excluding thoughtfully and intentionally is mustering the courage to keep away your Bobs. They sometimes bring extra effort or an extra bottle of wine. Bob is perfectly pleasant and doesn’t actively sabotage your gathering. But what’s wrong with someone who’s irrelevant to the purpose? What’s wrong with inviting Bob? Every gathering has its Bobs. Someone threatens a gathering’s purpose? You can see why to keep him out. It is the third question where purpose begins to be tested. But the hosts still know deep down who shouldn’t be there.) ![]() Politeness and habit often defeat the facilitator. (That doesn’t mean they always end up being excluded. And, though this one is harder, people who manifestly threaten the purpose are easy to justify excluding. Obviously people who fit and fulfill your gathering’s purpose need to be there. When my clients answer the first two questions, they begin to grasp their gathering’s true purpose. ![]() Who, despite being irrelevant to the purpose, do you feel obliged to Who not only fits but also helps fulfill the gathering’s purpose? ![]() These are some of the questions I ask them: “So how, you might ask, do I exclude generously? This issue comes up a lot when I’m organizing large, complicated meetings for clients. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PJ – okay, not really, but one night during freshman year, after too much studying and not enough sleep, he was looking kinda cute and we almost kissed - almost. (from the Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz)Ĭhad – my first serious crush who also happened to be my best friend’s boyfriend. Perfect for someone whose novels are all about the blurring of those two spheres. The latter is (I assume) part dream-world, part reality. Stolarz very amusingly sent us both a boyfriend list for Stacey, her heroine - but also one for herself. So check out the series if you like a good supernatural thriller. Only the folk magic she learned from her grandmother can protect her.īlue is obviously the book to start with, and it was a 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers and a 2004 Top Ten Teen Pick Nominee. They're magical thrillers about Stacey Brown, a boarding school girl whose persistent nightmares predict horrors that come true in real life. ![]() Laurie Faria Stolarz is on the GCC with me, and her YA series started with Blue is for Nightmares and is now up to Red is for Remembrance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is also shocked to discover that one of Rita’s closest friends, James Peel KC, is in fact an agent of Carter’s on the same case. Tuppence feels she is getting closer to the assassination plot when a mysterious package is delivered to Rita from Brown and locked in a secret room. Tommy tries to escape the pleasures of the gang’s seedy Soho den long enough to search for Jane within its dark shadowy corners and back rooms, but he is caught and must attempt to return tomorrow to try again…except this time the gang will be expecting the £1,000 Drennan was due to bring. ![]() With Tommy mistaken for a criminal mastermind, Drennan, due to join Brown’s gang from the north, and Tuppence employed as a maid to a faded soprano, Rita Vandemeyer, with suspicious connections to Brown, the couples’ investigations into Brown get deeper and more dangerous. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Tony horwitz captain cook![]() ![]() ![]() By turns harrowing and hilarious, insightful and entertaining, BLUE LATITUDES brings to life a man whose voyages helped create the 'global village' we know today. He also explores Cook the man: an impoverished farmboy who broke through the barriers of his class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also relives Cook's adventures by following in the captain's wake to places such as Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef to discover Cook's embattled legacy in the present day. ![]() Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice. By the time he died in Hawaii in 1779, the map of the world was substantially complete. When Cook set off for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. His ships sailed 150,000 miles, from the Artic to the Antarctic, from Tasmania to Oregon, from Easter Island to Siberia. but maybe also following the path of Tom Brady. ![]() In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world Captain James Cook's three epic journeys in the 18th century were the last great voyages of discovery. MAY 15 RYAN FOLLOWS ROMO - AND BRADY - Matt Ryan is moving on, kinda, following the path of Tony Romo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Question number two was answered by exposing the data in Appendix E2, explaining them, providing some descriptions, and taking inference. After that, some descriptions were provided and compared to derive a conclusion. In analyzing question number one, firstly, the data in Appendix E1 were exposed. The data were collected by means of preparing a table, reading, identifying, inventorizing the data, classifying, reducing, selecting, and reporting them into appendices. ![]() The data taken were in the forms of sentences, and hidden meanings. The source of the data in this study is the text of the above story. This research is descriptive qualitative. ![]() The aims of the study are to prove that satire toward the usage of technology and its limitation really occurs in the story, to discuss the types of satire of man’s dream of using technology and its limitation, and to find out the impacts of technology to the life of people in the story. This final project is about satire of man’s dream of using technology and its limitation in August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains. Second advisor: Rini Susanti Wulandari, S.S, M. Final Project, English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts. Satire of Man’s Dream of Using Technology and Its Limitation in Ray Bradbury’s August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains. Microsoft Word (SATIRE OF MAN’S DREAM OF USING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS LIMITATION AS FOUND IN RAY BRADBURY’S AUGUST 2026: THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS) ![]() |