Dickerson develops the male and female protagonists by stripping them of the royalty to which they are accustomed and placing them in the vilest of human states at the time in which this story was set: 1365, during the Holy Roman Empire. Magdalen and Steffan must find a way to regain their true identities as they wrestle with their mixed emotions for each other and their concern over the fate of their people. When the real Steffan arrives, he is forced to play the role of a poor shepherd until he can prove his true identity. Magdalen quickly discovers that trickery is afoot at Wolfberg Castle: the "duke" to whom imposter Agnes is now engaged is not Steffan but Alexander, his cousin, acting under the control of his father, Lord Hazen. Mother immediately sends Magdalen on her way, but the situation quickly changes when Agnes, her maidservant, and Erlich, Agnes's father, threaten her life if she does not swap places with Agnes. Gr 9 Up-When 19-year-old Magdalen, daughter of the deceased Barron of Mallin, receives a written wedding proposal from 21-year-old Steffan, Duke of Wolfberg, she and her stern and callous mother believe things are looking up for the family and for the people of Mallin.
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The first part of the book revolves around the structure of the government and analyzes American institutions which assist in upholding freedom and equality, while the second volume examines individuals and the effects of democracy in society, with economics, family life, and religion among the topics analyzed. Tocqueville begins his expedition with a description of the shifting social circumstances, as the social and economical standing of men have become more equal unlike its aristocratic predecessor which is slowly disappearing. Additionally, he set out to compare the structure of the democratic system with the aristocratic regime present in France. Consequently, he used his time in America to analyze the improved living standards and individual social conditions which were induced by a stable democratic approach. The young French aristocrat first came to America on an official assignment to study the American penal system, but instead used this as a pretext to study American society. Published in 2 volumes, in 18, Tocqueville records his findings after studying the thriving nation in his nine month exploratory journey. Arguably, one of the most influential and insightful pieces of work concerned with American political life, Democracy in America directs itself towards American politics and society, and is considered to be one the best books written on the subject. With the help of his long-term girlfriend, his quirky Mensan best friend, his wild and athletic best girlfriend since childhood, and his friend from undergrad at Georgetown who followed him to Harvard for grad school, he sets out to decode this complex cryptogram, which he soon discovers is charged with the potential to unhinge the very control that certain government officials are intent, at all costs, on maintaining. Had he not, in his hungover state, opened the email, Graham could have continued on his predetermined successful, if dysfunctional, path and never embarked on the paradigm-shifting journey that so loosens his grasp on reality and obliterates not only what he chooses to believe but what he trusts as fact. Graham must work to unravel a litany of secrets sobering in their implications not only for himself, but for the past twelve-thousand years of human history and the secrets of the universe. Graham, a functioning alcoholic and Harvard medical student, stumbles across a puzzling communication from his deceased Navy SEAL brother. I know the answer to the world’s deepest secret … as the events they relate cannot be contained in a single span. 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Kate Grable is geeked out to shadow the county medical examiner as part of her school’s pre-med program. Here’s a description of Carrie’s new book, BAD HAIR DAY, from Goodreads: She has a strong interest in medicine and Carrie weaved this in throughout the plot, which is also a mystery about zombies. But what I really liked about her was how fully developed she was as a character. Her main character Kate is definitely funny in a snarky way. I’d always wanted to read it from the intriguing cover. I bought her first book, BAD TASTE IN BOYS, at her signing. I was so excited when I discovered an amazing fact about Carrie-She lives in the same town as me! I was happy for days after discovering that. I met Carrie at her book signing in November for her new book, BAD HAIR DAY. Today I’m thrilled to have Carrie Harris here to discuss writing humor and platform. And she had a great time and is back home.īefore I get to my interview, I want to announce the winner of DUALED.Ĭongrats! E-mail me your address so I can send you your book by midnight on Wednesday or I'll have to pick another winner. Happy Monday Everyone! I am happy to report that I survived my 9 days with Anna Li away in Costa Rica. Companies participating in this industry include Anixter International, Cisco Systems, Dell EMC, Huawei, Panduit, Rittal GmbH & Company, Wave-2-Wave Solution, and Zellabox. In this report we define the sales of edge data centers as including all commonly understood products and/or services falling within this broad category, irrespective of product packaging, formulation, size, or form. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. This report covers the top 2,000 cities in over 200 countries. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. Badule, to see how she comes up with money to send their son to a private school. Mma Ramotswe ends up promoting her secretary to the position of assistant private detective and investigating the philandering wife of the butcher, Mr. She also becomes involved in uncovering the activities of her fiancee's unscrupulous maid. Andrea Curtin results in her attempt to find out about the disappearance of Andrea's son, Michael, ten years ago. Mma Ramotswe is the only lady detective in Botswana. Both are kind and considerate people who appreciate each other and they both have a problem of being persuaded by people who they cannot say no to. For example, Mma Ramotswe becomes upset by people who shake hands without putting the free hand on the forearm or accept a gift with one hand instead of two. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe are ethical people with deep roots in the traditional old fashioned Botswanan values and customs. When he calls her in the morning, they agree to meet for lunch at the President Hotel to celebrate their engagement.īoth Mr. He worries that she changed her mind during the night. This is the second time he had proposed marriage to her and he does not believe his good fortune. Matekoni, the proprietor of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, agrees to marry Mr. The Tears of the Giraffe is an amusing book by Alexander McCall Smith about the lives of two people who become engaged in Gaborone, Botswana. So Kat stumbles over a murder or three, almost gets murdered herself a couple of times, runs into an uncooperative cop, and in general acts about as stupid as Stephanie Plum. And that nasty person is head of the “Mafia” in Argentina, not to mention a worldwide arms dealer and an importer of drugs. Seems someone’s been using the company to “launder” conflict diamonds. Kat, smarter than the average bear, accidentally learns that for a couple of years, the company’s been reporting diamond output that doesn’t make mathematical sense (if you don’t understand, google Benford’s Law). Seems they’re missing a corporate officer and five billion bucks (Canadian, I assume, so more like four billion US, and no pennies). I’ll attempt to summarize the story in simple terms – if I can… Katerina “Kat” Carter’s hired by a Canadian diamond company to perform a little forensic accounting. And I’m here to tell you, it was worth every penny… That’s why I have a copy of Exit Strategy, subtitled “Katerina Carter Fraud Thriller Series 1”: I got it free. I have to admit that I try to avoid any titles accompanies by a blurb bragging about the number of five-star reviews at GoodReads, but every once in a while I pick up one of the freebies just to see if the rest of the series is worth buying (or borrowing from the library). Most of these ebooks are available at fire sale prices a couple a week are even free. Every day a list of books shows up in my email inbox from a place called BookBub. |