FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON, HE'S KNOWN AS THE GORGEOUS, FUN-LOVING PLAYBOY.>I was thirteen when I realized I had a crush on my best friend's brother-Jackson Peters. His dark hair, emerald eyes, and beautiful smile were mesmerizing. And over twenty years later, little has changed.>But Jackson is a lifelong bachelor.>We went to Vegas for a wedding and came home with a secret. One year later, we're forced to spend another week together.>After the in...
Everything here hates you. The trees long to consume you, the ground to swallow you, the plants to poison you, and as for the creatures who live here... Your only chance of survival is to do exactly as I say. Clear?"
Twins Cathy and Alan are thrilled to be asked by the king of the Diamonds to enter the Great Forest on their eleventh birthday to complete the cleansing of the land. After all, Queen Rose is dead and all darkness gone from the tre...
Eternity, an enigmatic and boundless concept that possesses the power to twist fate and defy human understanding, weighs heavily upon the fragile fabric of existence. It lingers on the outskirts of our consciousness like a shadowy specter, whispering secrets too profound for mere mortal comprehension. True destiny is entwined within its ethereal embrace, as it weaves intricate webs of causality that extend far beyond our limited perception.
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Tutte le campane della piccola antica città umbra suonavano a distesa per l'esultanza della festa imminente, e sopra le viuzze tacite di Orvieto, sopra gli orti fronzuti, sui fastosi palazzi disabitati ed i vasti giardini sonnolenti, le note delle campane volavano a sciami, sparpagliandosi e disperdendosi, oltre la cerchia delle mura tufacee, giù per la soleggiata pianura verde irrigata dal Paglia, sino alla frangia lucente dei colli sinuosi.
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This book is an interdisciplinary study that traces the commerce-art-politics nexus of Hong Kong cinema from 2000 to 2020. Fangyu Chen investigates the current nascent generation of film workers who joined the industry as it gradually entered an era marked by the domination of Hong Kong/mainland co-productions.
Through interviews with farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, teachers, consumers, and healthcare providers, the author uncovers the strengths of the alternative agro-food movement and argues that this movement is facilitating more sustainable agriculture, healthier consumption patterns, and greater access to nutritious food.
December 7, 1941 changed the lives of thousands of Japanese Americans who became "enemy" in the eyes of the United States government within hours. With Pearl Harbor still smoldering, these men would be arrested and put into the enemy alien internment system. As the study of internment has steadily grown, the information about the confinement sites and ability to piece together the experiences of the men within has remained a challenging task. ...
Genocidal Conscription identifies a previously underexamined method by which two states, the Ottoman Empire in World War One and Axis-era Hungary during World War Two, used conscription - mandatory military service - to commit genocide under the guise of war. The book addresses implications and analyzes contemporary issues in authoritarian regimes.
From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge-particularly over data and intellectual property-has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power. For companies and governments alike, control over knowledge-what scholar Susan Strange calls the knowledge structure-has become a goal unto itself.
The rising dominance of the knowledge structure is leading to a massive redistribution of p...
New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature honors the career and scholarship of Denise N. Baker. Contributors include both early career and established scholars, and the collected essays examine a broad range of medieval mystical and religious literature, such as the writings of Julian of Norwich and William Langland.
Wie schön ist ein Picknick im Grünen oder ein Bild, gemalt in freier Natur! Aber man sollte dabei keine Reste hinterlassen. Der Schmutzschlumpf hat noch nicht richtig verstanden, dass man besser nichts einfach so in die Landschaft wirft. Zum Glück sind da die anderen Schlümpfe, die ihm erklären, dass die Umwelt kein großer Mülleimer ist.
Jeder kennt die Schlümpfe: 100 blaue Wichtel, die friedlich und im Einklang mit der Natur tief im Wald leb...
Ein Buch zur Zubereitung von Bowlen ist eigentlich überflüssig, da sich viele Rezepte im Internet finden lassen und eine Bowle relativ schnell angerichtet ist.
Es ist jedoch sehr unterhaltsam, in alten Büchern über die Zubereitung von Getränken sowie Kochbüchern zu stöbern und interessante Anleitungen und Informationen zu finden. Die vorliegenden Rezepte stammen tatsächlich aus Büchern der Jugendstilphase, wobei deren Rezeptursprung jedoch no...
Ein Buch zur Zubereitung von Bowlen ist eigentlich überflüssig, da sich viele Rezepte im Internet finden lassen und eine Bowle relativ schnell angerichtet ist.
Es ist jedoch sehr unterhaltsam, in alten Büchern über die Zubereitung von Getränken sowie Kochbüchern zu stöbern und interessante Anleitungen und Informationen zu finden. Die vorliegenden Rezepte stammen tatsächlich aus Büchern der Jugendstilphase, wobei deren Rezeptursprung jedoch no...
