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Durch eine Ehe mit der kontrollsüchtigen Meredith ist für Jason (Zac Efron) auch eine Partnerschaft in der Kanzlei seines Schwiegervaters in spe gesichert. Der lebenshungrige Großvater Dick (Robert De Niro) allerdings nötigt seinen spießigen Enkel noch kurz vor dessen Hochzeit, ihn nach Daytona zum Spring Break zu fahren - mit verheerenden Folgen. Während der sexbesessene Dick auf Parties, Kneipenschlägereien und durchzechten Karaoke Nächten s...

An exploration of London and gothic representation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a variety of media.

I will never forget that sound as long as I live. It was a sound you know that you know-something is not right. And indeed something is very wrong: what follows is an encounter with the most infamous serial rapist in the history of New Zealand-neither the first trauma of her life nor the last. Her continuing search for answers to life's questions takes her across divergent occult practices: astrology, psychic phenomena, Eastern religion, the N...

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Key insights from the foremost holistic educational college in the world

Veel illustraties, weinig tekst. Dat is het kenmerk van de serie Heftige Historie. Centraal staan steeds de lotgevallen van jonge mensen. De gebeurtenissen uit de geschiedenis worden vanuit hun leven verteld. Leesniveau: A1/A2 of op weg naar 1F. Dit verhaal speelt zich af in het jaar 43 voor Christus. De Romeinen trekken Frankrijk binnen en ontvoeren jonge mannen om ze mee te nemen naar Rome. Een dertienjarige jongen, zoon van een stamhoofd, i...

Veel illustraties, weinig tekst. Dat is het kenmerk van de serie Heftige Historie. Centraal staan steeds de lotgevallen van jonge mensen. De gebeurtenissen uit de geschiedenis worden vanuit hun leven verteld. Leesniveau: A1/A2 of op weg naar 1F. Dit verhaal speelt zich af in de 17e eeuw. Op zee varen veel handelsschepen met waardevolle spullen van Zuid-Amerika naar Spanje. Als zijn schip overmeesterd wordt door piraten, besluit de scheepsjonge...

Compy (Competence) Ames overcomes an isolated childhood, parental and professional prejudice, and her own unruly temper to become a lady surgeon in the 1940ss. She loses the man she loves to her glamorous sister, Bonnie. He in his turn loses his most precious possession and it is Bonnie, not Compy, who goads him into regaining his self-respect. A young minister rescues Compy from danger and wants to marry her but she must turn him down. or giv...

Compy (Competence) Ames overcomes an isolated childhood, parental and professional prejudice, and her own unruly temper to become a lady surgeon in the 1940ss. She loses the man she loves to her glamorous sister, Bonnie. He in his turn loses his most precious possession and it is Bonnie, not Compy, who goads him into regaining his self-respect. A young minister rescues Compy from danger and wants to marry her but she must turn him down. or giv...

A major new novel that depicts the challenges of family life with contemporary force and timeless grace, from the acclaimed author of Machine Dreams and Shelter. Formerly free-spirited, unattached Kate enters into roles of enormous responsibility: as she takes the first steps into a new marriage complete with her own beloved infant and two lively young stepsons, she becomes caregiver to her ailing mother, the strong woman who has been her guid...

A spectacularly riveting novel based on a real life crime by a con man who preyed on widows: "a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year” (Stephen King)—"think In Cold Blood meets The Lovely Bones—but sexy” (People).In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, a lonely mother of three, is desperate for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, ...

Jayne Anne Phillips's reputation-making debut collection paved the way for a new generation of writers. Raved about by reviewers and embraced by the likes of Raymond Carver, Frank Conroy, Annie Dillard, and Nadine Gordimer, Black Tickets now stands as a classic.With an uncanny ability to depict the lives of men and women who rarely register in our literature, Phillips writes stories that lay bare their suffering and joy. Here are the abused an...

The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. In this volume, Anne Phillips firmly rejects the notion that 'culture' might justify the oppression of women, but also queries the ste...

Five fantastic stories and one non-fiction book from Star Reading. With brilliant parent notes to help you get the most out of every book with your child, all at red book band level.

The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. In this volume, Anne Phillips firmly rejects the notion that 'culture' might justify the oppression of women, but also queries the ste...

Democracy is the central political issue of our age, yet debates over its nature and goals rarely engage with feminist concerns. Now that women have the right to vote, they are thought to present no special problems of their own. But despite the seemingly gender-neutral categories of individual or citizen, democratic theory and practice continues to privilege the male. This book reconsiders dominant strands in democratic thinking - focusing on...

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Set in the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, "Lark and Termite" is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain a family.