If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

A highly -placed school official is accused of buying drugs on the street. Is he an out-of-control addict or a victim of discrimination? Voir Dire - a legal term meaning “to say what is true”- is the story of the racially-mixed jurors who will decide the official’s fate.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Christine Avila, Barbara Bosson, Shannon Cochran, Ella Joyce, Kevin Kilner and Amy Pietz.Directed by Ken Frankel. Recorded before a live audience.

Adapted directly from the actual transcripts by Mame Hunt, Unquestioned Integrity examines the notorious Senate Confirmation hearings when law professor Anita Hill charged Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Edward Asner as The SenatorElla Joyce as Professor HillPaul Winfield as Judge ThomasDirected by Roberta Levitow. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Qu...

A shape-shifting spirit haunts a family in England during the depths of winter.A woman must locate a snowflake for a magical trickster to save her frozen true love.A witch knocks upon a young man's door to take his life on Christmas day.A small boy meets a faerie housed within a snow drop.Once upon a time stories travelled from place to place on the tongues of merchants and thieves and kings alike. Under the blanket of night they were exchanged between...

Aunque los sentimientos pueden ser muy fuertes y exigentes, no tenemos que permitirles que gobiernen nuestras vidas. Podemos aprender a manejar nuestras emociones en lugar de permitir que ellas nos manejen a nosotros. Si tenemos que esperar a ver cómo nos sentimos antes de saber que podemos disfrutar del día, entonces estamos dando a los sentimientos control sobre nosotros. Pero afortunadamente, tenemos libre albedrío y podemos tomar decisiones que no están basadas en los sentimientos. Si ...

Mail Order Bride: A Clean Western Cowboy Romance (Henry & Ella's Story), is about an overweight woman from London who decides to travel to San Francisco after corresponding with a store owner, and deciding that he would be a perfect match for her. Maybe he will be, but only if she can extricate herself from an increasingly more complex but less than perfect life in England.

Ella Fitzgerald explores how Ella Fitzgerald made incredible contributions to American music and culture, captivating audiences with memorable melodies and rhythms. Covers early life, her rise to fame with her music, and her lasting impact. Groundbreakers: Black Musicians introduces some of the greats. Creating music, broadening perspectives, and increasing awareness, the musicians' stories will engage students while emphasizing the importance of the arts.

Amore, Amaretti und die Mafia! Italien ist laut und aufregend, leise und leidenschaftlich, klassisch und modern. Unsere Autorinnen nehmen Sie mit auf eine spannende Reise durch die Regionen rund um den Stiefel. Es gibt viel zu erzählen! Jede Gegend bietet andere Sehenswürdigkeiten und eigene Genusslichter. In 16 Kurzgeschichten entdecken wir lokale Eigenheiten und kulinarische Genüsse. Einzigartig und berührend. Manchmal tödlich. Ob faszinierende Felsenwohnungen, aromatischer Wein oder rät...

When you are winning gambling seems very easy. You place a bet and receive your winnings. The thrill is a joyous electric shock of joy and applause. And winnings.If you lose, well, at first you know your luck will turn. It must, you’re a winner. But if your luck fails, and keeps failing, misery endures and then envelops your life. Everything is centered on that next roll of the dice, the turn of the card …. Nothing else matters. You are addicted.01 - Short Stories About Gam...

Som barn plågas Abby av en återkommande mardröm: hon går över ett fält där benknotor skymtar i gräset. I vuxen ålder inbillar hon sig att de nattliga fasorna har släppt taget, men kvällen före hennes bröllop gör de sig påminda igen. Abby inser att hon måste konfrontera de mörka hemligheter som hon har dolt för sin blivande make, Willem. Kort därefter råkar hon ut för en svår olycka. Medan Abby svävar mellan liv och död i sjukhussängen försöker Willem förstå vad som har hänt och varför. Han...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

The complete canon of the Brontë sisters' classic novels, dramatised by bestselling author Rachel JoyceJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOrphan Jane falls in love with the enigmatic Rochester, but he is concealing a dark secret.Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëOn the bleak Yorkshire moors, Heathcliff and Cathy’s elemental passion runs wild – but t...