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A Surprising Legacy
A Surprising Legacy is a work of fiction. Set at the end of the 1700s, it is a tale of romance, hardship and a dangerous flirtation with a counterfeit coin racket that is entwined in folk-lore, myths and legends that abound this Godforsaken and lawless moorland area. Amos Carlisle is a young man forced to lead an itinerant lifestyle because of the implementation of the Enclosures Act. He travels the countryside in his vardo (a gipsy caravan) pulled by his mare Maggie, picking up casual work. He is drawn to the remote and bleak village of Flash in the Staffordshire Moorlands where life in general is hard and winters extreme. Pulling him back to this place is the excitement generated by the risk of being involved in a counterfeit coin racket. Sarah Fletcher, raised in an orphanage was placed in 'service' at the home of wealthy people at an early age. Her treatment there was harsh but she fell in love with the son of her employers and became pregnant with daughter, Ruth. The relationship is not acceptable to her employers and a commission is purchased in the army for her young lover in order to separate them. Unfortunately he is killed in action in the New World. Sarah finds herself destitute with a child to support. She begs for food and is gaoled as a vagrant. At this point Amos finds the child, Ruth, hiding in a barn and cares for her. When Sarah is released from gaol she joins Amos in his caravan. Together they experience ghostly happenings, a violent robbery, cock-fighting, bare-knuckle fighting, become involved with a mining tragedy and a death caused by an illegal abortion. Amos narrowly escapes discovery and arrest with his counterfeit coin, but his nefarious enterprise is abandoned when Sarah hears news of the legacy she and Ruth have inherited in the will of her former lover. Plans for their marriage are being laid.
A Dream Come True
Sixteen year old Josephine Adams was fast approaching her seventeenth birthday. She was the first child of a second marriage who, together with her brother, had grown up in a favoured position with everything that money could buy, including her horse, Prince. Her half brothers and sisters, on the other hand, were treated appallingly. As a result they despised Josephine and were jealous, not only of her possessions, but also of the love that she received from their father and step mother.
The hatred came to a head following the grand celebrations laid on for Josephine’s seventeenth birthday, and her belief that she had been chosen by God to perform some special task. The gift of a gleaming red four-by-four and matching horse trailer became symbols of the favoured position she held in her father’s eyes. Such was the level of hatred that built up that eventually Josephine fled, fearing for her life.
It was during the difficult time that followed, that Josephine experienced a closeness to God and a relevance of her childhood Christian faith that she could never have imagined possible. As a result, she lived out her faith by demonstrating honesty and conscientiousness in her new work and home situations – and beyond.
Whilst in prison, after being unjustly accused, Josephine recognised God’s calling to her. After becoming aware of the amount of power that the media had over society – for good or harm, she confronted the editor of a publication concerning the irresponsible way in which he was publishing material that was unhelpful to people. As a result, together they were able to harness some of the media’s power for good, and use it to help build up society. After her release from prison, Josephine organised a huge community initiative through the magazine, and before long people’s lives were being touched in an amazing ways through Christ-like love in action – a love which seems to be contagious. As for the family – Could such a family ever be reconciled?
Kinder auf der Flucht
Das Drama der geflüchteten Kinder ist nie vorbei. Das zeigen die aktuellen Bilder aus Idlib oder Lesbos, das zeigt aber auch ein Blick in die Geschichte. Während sich heute Kinder aus vielen zerrütteten Ländern via Iran, Syrien und die Türkei, durch die Sahara oder auf anderen gefährlichen Pfaden auf den Weg nach Europa machen, kamen sie früher aus europäischen Ländern, beispielsweise auf der Flucht vor der Franco- oder der Hitlerdiktatur und später vor der stalinistischen Verfolgung. Kinder sind Opfer politischer Machtverhältnisse. Die Schweiz spielte stets eine besondere Rolle, wenn es um Menschen und insbesondere Kinder auf der Flucht ging – im Positiven wie auch im Negativen. Die beiden Journalisten Martin Arnold und Urs Fitze ziehen mit den Mitteln der historischen Recherche und der Reportage einen Querschnitt durch das 20. und 21. Jahrhundert und beleuchten dabei – anhand von Porträts und zahlreichen O-Tönen – insbesondere auch heutige Fragen von humanitärer Hilfe und Integration in der neuen Heimat. Der historische Vergleich verdeutlicht Parallelen in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung, und er lotet die Bedeutung von Solidarität damals wie heute aus.
Pemberley Shades
Jane Austen's famous novel Pride and Prejudice has had countless admirers through the ages. Who can ever forget the sweet but deeply satisfying love story of Darcy and Elizabeth, the two immortal lovers of the regency era romance? Still, if you are one of those, who have kept wondering about their lives and love after marriage, or, those of the other characters, then this is the perfect book for you. First published in 1949, Pemberley Shades is the first ever sequel of Austen's monumental work and comes really close to the perfection of its famous predecessor. The story continues in the hallowed grounds of Pemberley, Darcy's exquisite estate with his beautiful and forever witty companion, Elizabeth. Keep reading!
Excerpt: He [Darcy] had settled in his own mind that the new rector should be under forty, of superior birth, breeding and education, a scholar without pedantry, or irreproachable life, but not too exigent in matters affecting the usages of the polite world, and preferably married to a gentlewoman who would be acceptable to the ladies of Pemberley, his wife Elizabeth and his sister Georgiana. These demands appeared to him to be so moderate that he was hopeful of their attainment without difficulty or much delay. But that he should have exactly the sort of man he wanted he was thoroughly determined…
Doggy Desserts
The marriage of two of the world’s favorite topics—dogs and desserts—Doggy Desserts offers dog owners over 100 recipes to spoil (and nourish) their pampered pooches. This beautifully photographed and designed book presents easy-to-do, fun recipes divided into six categories: cookies, bars, drop cookies, cakes, muffins, and frozen treats. For dog owners who are concerned about controlling what’s in their dogs’ food or who are looking to find low-cal, low-fat options for their slightly plump pups, Doggy Desserts provides many tasty options. From carob peanut butter crunch balls, sweet potato biscuits and liver oatmeal bones to granola bars, apple sauce spice cake, and watermelon dog sherbet, owners will be tempted to try each of these delectable delights before serving to their dogs. The author, Cheryl Gianfrancesco is an avid cook and dog lover, and cooking for her dogs is her favorite passion!Dog owners looking to feed their dogs healthy homemade treats will find:How to make your own tasty, wholesome doggie snacks and dessertsMore than 100 easy-to-do recipesGoodies your dogs will not only enjoy but are also good for themHealthy, tasty, and easy to make with ingredients commonly found around the houseStrategies to avoid preservatives and ingredients that can irritate sensitive canine tummies and cause allergies and other health problemsLow-cal, low-fat options for overweight dogsSections on cookies, bars, drop cookies, cakes, muffins, and frozen treats
The Future of Science is Female
This book provides an overview of some of the coolest and most exciting tech projects happening today – all pioneered by badass women, who saw a problem that needed solving, and wouldn't take no for an answer. It should inspire, excite, and encourage young minds to think about how they could make a difference too.
The Hollywood Jim Crow
The story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which revealed, among many other things, that a powerful Hollywood insider didn’t believe that Denzel Washington could “open” a western genre film, provide glaring evidence that the opportunities for people of color in Hollywood are limited. In The Hollywood Jim Crow , Maryann Erigha tells the story of inequality, looking at the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities. She examines over 1,300 contemporary films, specifically focusing on directors, to show the key elements at work in maintaining “the Hollywood Jim Crow.” Unlike the Jim Crow era where ideas about innate racial inferiority and superiority were the grounds for segregation, Hollywood’s version tries to use economic and cultural explanations to justify the underrepresentation and stigmatization of Black filmmakers. Erigha exposes the key elements at work in maintaining Hollywood’s racial hierarchy, namely the relationship between genre and race, the ghettoization of Black directors to black films, and how Blackness is perceived by the Hollywood producers and studios who decide what gets made and who gets to make it. Erigha questions the notion that increased representation of African Americans behind the camera is the sole answer to the racial inequality gap. Instead, she suggests focusing on the obstacles to integration for African American film directors. Hollywood movies have an expansive reach and exert tremendous power in the national and global production, distribution, and exhibition of popular culture. The Hollywood Jim Crow fully dissects the racial inequality embedded in this industry, looking at alternative ways for African Americans to find success in Hollywood and suggesting how they can band together to forge their own career paths.
The Gay Marriage Generation
The generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriage How did gay marriage—something unimaginable two decades ago—come to feel inevitable to even its staunchest opponents? Drawing on over 95 interviews with two generations of Americans, as well as historical analysis and public opinion data, Peter Hart-Brinson argues that a fundamental shift in our understanding of homosexuality sparked the generational change that fueled gay marriage’s unprecedented rise. Hart-Brinson shows that the LGBTQ movement’s evolution and tactical responses to oppression caused Americans to reimagine what it means to be gay and what gay marriage would mean to society at large. While older generations grew up imagining gays and lesbians in terms of their behavior, younger generations came to understand them in terms of their identity. Over time, as the older generation and their ideas slowly passed away, they were replaced by a new generational culture that brought gay marriage to all fifty states.Through revealing interviews, Hart-Brinson explores how different age groups embrace, resist, and create society’s changing ideas about gay marriage. Religion, race, contact with gay people, and the power of love are all topics that weave in and out of these fascinating accounts, sometimes influencing opinions in surprising ways. The book captures a wide range of voices from diverse social backgrounds at a critical moment in the culture wars, right before the turn of the tide. The story of gay marriage’s rapid ascent offers profound insights about how the continuous remaking of the population through birth and death, mixed with our personal, biographical experiences of our shared history and culture, produces a society that is continually in flux and constantly reinventing itself anew.An intimate portrait of social change with national implications, The Gay Marriage Generation is a significant contribution to our understanding of what causes generational change and how gay marriage became the reality in the United States.