![]() ![]() While boating around the Frisian Islands ostensibly correcting antiquated British sea charts of the coastline's shifting topography, by chance he had met a retired German sailor called Dollmann on the yacht Medusa with his wife and daughter, Clara, with whom Davies has initiated a romantic attachment. ![]() On Carruthers' arrival on Germany's northern coast to join the yacht Dulcibella, Davies explains to him that he has a hidden agenda for the trip and the invitation beyond duck-hunting. In the Autumn of 1901, Carruthers, an aristocratic junior official in the British Foreign Office, is invited on a yachting and duck-shooting holiday by an old University acquaintance called Arthur Davies. Set in 1901, and starring Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale and Jenny Agutter, it concerns the efforts of two British yachtsmen to avert a plot by the German Empire to launch a seaborne military invasion of the United Kingdom. ![]() The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British spy thriller cinema film based upon the novel of the same name written by Erskine Childers. ![]()
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![]() Anne assures the princess she would have an easy time getting through than either Anne or Prince Henrich had earlier. Anne cuts up tree branches to clear a path through a forest to an alternate route into the castle to avoid being recognized. And now only this princess could bring all of that back. In the past, the former king and queen of the kingdom ruled benevolently, with prosperity and peace for all, with not just rich soil for farming, but also an underground diamond mine. A celebration was about to begin, and they had little time, as the queen of this kingdom demanded everyone be at this celebration. It seems that the castle was once a beacon for its kingdom. In a prologue, a princess and her friend, Anne, are seen arriving at a castle for the first time in a few weeks. ![]() including going after the ones Snow loves? But can she stop an enemy who knows her every move and will stop at nothing to retain her power. ![]() With the help of a group of wary dwarfs, a kind Prince she thought she'd never see again, and a mysterious stranger from her past, Snow embarks on a quest to stop the Evil Queen and take back her kingdom. ![]() Snow keeps her head down at the castle, hoping to make the best of her situation.īut when new information about her parents resurfaces and a plot to kill her goes haywire, everything changes for Snow. What if the Evil Queen poisoned the Prince?įollowing her beloved mother's death, the kingdom falls into the hands of Snow White's stepmother, commonly referred to as "the Evil Queen" by those she rules. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Apache is Macy's story-an adrenalin-fueled account of one of the most daring actions of modern wartime, and a tale of courage, danger, and comradeship you won't be able to put down. When a marine goes missing in action, Ed and his team know they are the Army's only hope of bringing him back alive. In 2007, Ed's Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary. ![]() Ed Macy had always dreamed of a career in the army, so when the British Army Air Corps launched its attack helicopter program, Ed bent every rule in the book to make sure he was the first to sign up to fly the Apache-the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world and the toughest to fly. Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside the cockpit of the worlds most dangerous war. A firsthand account of the exhilaration and ferocity of war, Apache chronicles a rescue mission involving a stranded soldier in Afghanistan in 2007. Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside the cockpit of the world's most dangerous war machine. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Ebay logo's below link to Ebay searches for Lindsey, Kailey, Marisol, Jess and Nicki's retired American Girl doll items.īelow the Lindsey, Kailey, Marisol, Jess and Nicki sections on this page, are listed the Girls of Today items that have been retired over the past twenty-one years.Ĭhrissa Maxwell and her family have just moved, and she has to start at a new school mid-year. Lindsey, Kailey, Marisol, Jess, Nicki, Mia, Chrissa and all of their items (except their books) have been retired, but the easiest way to find and collect these items is via online auctions such as Ebay. The first seven modern girls are shown and described below. The fifth Girl of the Year was Nicki Fleming. The fourth Girl of the Year was Jess McConnell. Then, on December 27, 2004, Marisol Luna, the third limited edition girl, was introduced. In the Summer of 2003, Kailey, the second modern American Girl, made her appearance. She was only available for a year, and the idea was that a different American Girl of Today would be introduced each year or so. ![]() Introduced Lindsey, a girl of today with a paperback book telling her story and some accessories all her own. ![]() ![]() In response to girls asking to read about American Girls of Today, in Fall of 2001, Pleasant Company Outfits Accessories Furniture Retired Limited Edition Girls of Today AG Doll Collecting - Retired Today Girl ItemsĬhrissa Mia Nicki Jess Marisol Kailey Lindsey ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human-including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. ![]() ![]() ![]() “On our honeymoon,” Klein tells me, laughing, “I made him visit Nike sweatshops!” ![]() As the wine and conversation flow, we all devour plates of nasi lemak ordered by Klein’s husband, Avi Lewis, a TV host and documentary filmmaker who exudes graciousness and transparently adores his wife. We’ve convened at Soos Resto/Bar, a newfangled Malaysian café, for dinner with a group of friends including her lanky, droll Random House editor, Louise Dennys (the niece of Graham Greene), avant-garde filmmaker John Greyson, fiction writer Kyo Maclear and her composer husband, David Wall, a onetime member of the almost-famous alt-rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. On this sultry summer evening, we’re sitting in a place where the attractive 44-year-old Toronto resident does feel comfortable. “Even though I believe in mass social movements, I’m uncomfortable in crowds.” “I was never really a marcher,” says Naomi Klein, an author so politically committed that she discovered she was pregnant with her son, Toma, while among Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park. ![]() ![]() ![]() The index was so-named after Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 10 million copies and is widely referred to as “the most unread book of all time”. As a lark, Ellenberg, an American mathematician, invented the “Hawking Index” (HI). The story was created by Jordan Ellenberg in the Wall Street Journal about two years ago. Somewhere along the line the joke was lost, or became a different kind of joke. This is not remotely scientific and is for entertainment purposes only! Rather, the dubious award came with a disclaimer: No, it’s not true, or at least the person who made up the story never claimed it was. OPINION: Amid the astonishing list of accolades collected by Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” the book is often also said to be one of the most unread bestsellers. ![]() ![]() Johnson lives in Burbank, California, with his wife, screenwriter Kimberly Lofstrom Johnson, and their son, Samuel. He currently has several projects in development. Johnson's most recent project was writing an original screenplay for the film Red Riding Hood, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. ![]() After working as a production assistant on the Academy Award-nominated film The Shawshank Redemption, Johnson spent five years as an assistant to the film's director and writer, Frank Darabont, learning the trade of screenwriting from one of the industry's most respected talents. He graduated from the Ohio State University in Columbus with a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography and cinema. Raised in Mansfield, Ohio, David Leslie Johnson began writing plays in the second grade and wrote his first screenplay at age nineteen. Despite what the book may say, she actually prefers wolves to people. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. She is the recipient of the 2008-2009 Mary Gordon Fiction Scholarship Award and the 2009-2010 Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Prose. Sarah Blakley-Cartwright is a recent cum laude graduate of Barnard College. Red Riding Hood by David Leslie Johnson Sarah Blakley-Cartwright Condition Used - Very Good Published 2011 Binding Paperback ISBN 10 0316190853 Quantity Available 1 Seller ThriftBooks Seattle, Washington, USA Seller rating : Description: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ranevsky and her familyįind themselves is derived primarily from their inability to adapt to their new social and personal responsibilities. Though intended as a comedy, the tragedy of the situation in which Mrs. Many Socialist Soviet critics in Russia after the Revolution of 1917 tried to interpret this as an indictment of Russian society at the turn of the century however, it is unlikely that Chekhov meant this play as an attack on the society of which he was so much a part. The Cherry Orchard portrays the social climate of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, when the aristocrats and land-owning gentry were losing their wealth and revealed themselves to be incapable of coping with their change in status. He also had inspiration for some of the characters while staying at the estate owned by Stanislavsky’s mother in 1902. Chekhov’s family had lost its home to repossession in 1876, and this may have been an inspiration for the story. Some critics have said that it is a play about nothing more than a wealthy family that loses its beloved cherry orchard and estate to a man of the rising middle class. The Cherry Orchard is a play about the passing of an era. ![]() Chekhov fought against this portrayal, but to this day, most productions emphasize the tragic elements of the piece. ![]() Though Chekhov intended the play to be a comedy, when it was first produced by the Moscow Art Theater on January 17, 1904, producer Konstantin Stanislavsky insisted it should be played as a tragedy. Anton Chekhov wrote The Cherry Orchard during the last year of his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 4-8 yearsĪmerica’s Flag Story By Karen S. It’s the story of “The Star Spangled-Banner,” a poem that became our national anthem, too. That’s huge! But how did it get there? And where did it come from? Well… The story of this giant flag begins in 1812 and stars a major on the eve of battle, a seamstress and her mighty helpers, and a poet named Francis Scott Key. Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner By Jessie Hartland If you go to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, you can see a massive American flag: thirty feet tall and forty-two feet long. Each spread depicts a stirring tableau, from the view of the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island, to civil rights marchers standing shoulder to shoulder, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off, this book is an ode to America then and now. Blue Sky White Stars By Sarvinder Naberhaus, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America’s history, landscape, and people. ![]() |