Awarded a Blue Star from Kirkus Reviews. When Colin discovers his son is on a murder charge in France, he trails his small boat, ‘The Dragonfly’, across the channel to stay in Paris to try and help him. There he meets his grand-daughter – the irrepressible Delphine – for the first time. They embark on an exciting boat journey through the picturesque French canals, heading south through Burgundy, ‘until the butter melts’. Along the way, they catch up with Tyler, a spirited American, and through various mishaps and misunderstandings, they land big fish, cultivate new loves and uncover a burning secret. But can Colin finally help his son get off the hook?
Did you know that leaving the toilet seat up creates a negative energy force that's akin to flushing money down the toilet? Or, that mirrors should not be present in certain rooms in your home? Do you know which colors promote relaxation and restfulness in the bedroom? If you are seeking to utilize the traditional Chinese Feng Shui system to maximize the mental, emotional, and spiritual energy in your home, Kate Dunn's in-depth guide will quickly bring you up to speed. Dunn is a Feng Shui expert and living testament to the transformative power of this ancient design philosophy. At one time, she was unhappy, stressful and frantic. But, once she reworked her living space to encourage balance, rest, and rejuvenation, her life started to change for the better. Today, she helps her Feng Shui design clients achieve the balance and happiness that her life once lacked. To help others achieve those same results, Dunn created this guide so that others could turn their homes into restful, energy-balanced sanctuaries--with energy that's not bottled up or stagnant. The Ultimate Feng Shui Guide to a Happier Life is not a basic superficial guide that you can skim through in an hour. Dunn has crafted a through, detailed guide that carefully and precisely describes the intriguing history of Feng Shui, its early and present uses, its complex yin and yang energy systems, the Five Essential Elements: metal, earth, fire, water, and wood, and more. It will take you a little time to master the content in this guide, but once you do, you will be able to use your knowledge to greatly enhance every aspect of your life. Unbottle your energy flow and start letting money, love, and positivity flow into your life! If you are serious about increasing the energy flow in your home and life, this ultimate Feng Shui guide will help you achieve maximum results.
In the early days of television, everything was live, even the repeats. Actors and actresses had to think on their feet, running from set to set, often while changing costume and making cuts to their scripts at the same time. In this book, stars such as Dame Eileen Atkins, Wendy Craig and Sir Nigel Hawthorne recall the frenetic conditions in which classics such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars were made, and the extraordinary hazards they had to deal with - scenery collapsed, actors went missing, and even died.
A nostalgic and humorous evocation of the days of local rep through the memories of those who worked in it. Many of today's best known actors pay tribute to rep as the place where they learned their craft. Dunn draws on theatre people's experiences to trace the rise and fall of the institution of British rep.
Presidential campaigns are our national conversations – the widespread and complex communication of issues, images, social reality, and personas. Political communication specialists break down the 2012 presidential campaign and go beyond the quantitative facts, electoral counts, and poll results of the election, to make sense of the “political bits” of communication that comprise our voting choices. The contributors look at the early campaign period, the nomination process and conventions, the social and political contexts, the debates, the role of candidate spouses, candidate strategies, political strategies, and the use of the Internet and other technologies.
A nostalgic and humorous evocation of the days of local rep through the memories of those who worked in it. Many of today's best known actors pay tribute to rep as the place where they learned their craft. Dunn draws on theatre people's experiences to trace the rise and fall of the institution of British rep.
This anthology provides access to neglected theatrical work and broadens our understanding of the history of Irish theatre as well as the vital role of women within it. The introduction places these plays in dialogue with one another as well as within the national context of the repealing of women's rights during the Irish Free State years. These are plays by authors including Mary Manning, Dorothy Macardle, Mary Devenport O'Neill, Kate O'Brien and Margaret O'Leary, which are difficult to access, but which are increasingly visible in Irish theatre scholarship. This unique collection places the playwrights in dialogue to form a tradition of women's theatrical work that challenges the male-dominated literary canon of Irish theatre, as well as enriching the body of women's theatrical work in the Anglophone world during the interwar years. Includes the plays: Kate O'Brien – Distinguished Villa (1926) Margaret O'Leary – The Woman (1929) Mary Manning – Youth's the Season (1931) Dorothy Macardle – Witch's Brew (1931) Mary Devenport O'Neill – Bluebeard (1933)
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