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An Etruscan Spring

April in Paris

By: Lorna J. Shaw

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AN ETRUSCAN SPRING is the sequel to A Kenyan Winterlude. After their adventures in Kenya and Uganda, Margaret and Douglas Parker arrive in Rome to begin a belated Italian honey moon. Margaret becomes weary after touring the citys attractions. And with a respiratory infection, she agrees to her husbands suggest ion that they drive north to Tuscany to rest at their small hotel on the beaches of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Margaret basks in the sunshine while reclining on the balcony of their room. Doug takes advantage of the time to prowl through the dusty museum at Tarquinia wheer he meets and befriends the curator, a British archaeologist,Philip Longfellow, who takes him around to various newly discovered digs . Margaret recovers to accompany them to an ancient Etruscan village on the steep hillside near Volterra. They wander about examining inscriptions on rocks. An earthquake occurs triggering a massive earthslide. The terrified Parkers escape by jumping into an excavation but Philip is badly injured with a complex fracture of his leg. Doug administers first-aid and lights a bonfire as twilight is near. Margaret volunteers to remain with the victim while Doug leaves to get the car to summon help. The earthslide has scraped away the soil covering a royal tomb nearby compromising the strength of the ceiling. Dougs weight collapses the ceiling and he falls into the depths of the tomb encountering demonic forces, where he calls out to Jesus to save him. A neighbouring farmer arrives attracted by the fire. His dog discovers the hole in the tomb ceiling. Theproper authorities arrive to aid Philip and to extract the unconscious Doug from the tomb with a dislocated shoulder and a broken collar bone. He is immediately transported to the hospital in Siena. Margaret joins him and learns Philip Longfellow is now at the same facility. She goes to see Philip and discovers he is a homosexual. When Doug is well enough to use a wheelchair, they go to see Philip and meet his partner a suave, wealthy tycoon in the Italian film industry, Fredrico Scalise who is very helpful to the Parkers, It is determined that Philip is exhibiting symptoms of an advanced case of AIDS. Both Parkers are tested positive for HIV. Philip is sent to a famous clinic in Paris for treatment of his condition. Fredrico also suffers the same symptoms and insists that the Parkers be treated at the clinic at his expense because of their care for his beloved Philip. April in Paris is the sequel where the Parkers become more involved with these characters and others of their acquaintance.

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A Kenyan Winterlude

The Second Novel of the New Lancastrian Series

By: Lorna J. Shaw

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A Kenyan Winterlude

The Second Novel of the New Lancastrian Series

By: Lorna J. Shaw

Following her return to New Lancaster, Margaret Darwin marries Douglas Parker. They decide to visit Michael Parker and his family in Nairobi, Kenya on their way to Italy to study the history of the Etruscan tribes. While in Kenya, at the risk of making the book seem like a travelogue they visit the orphanage in Uganda for children victimized by the AIDS crisis which has long range implications in the plots of the succeeding books in the series.

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1491861096

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The Last Summer

The First Novel of the New Lancastrian Series

By: Lorna J. Shaw

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The Last Summer

The First Novel of the New Lancastrian Series

By: Lorna J. Shaw

This is the story of Margaret Darwin, a capable self confident woman who cared for her husband during seven years as he suffered with Alzheimer's disease and an adult daughter who wass infected with .HIV After their deaths, she learns that she has ovarian cancer. Determined to see herself through to the end of her life, she leaves Toronto and her two estranged sons to go to a small town in northern Ontario where she and her husband had vacationed long ago.. In this small town she meets several characters who change her self sufficiency to a desperate need to find God and peace for her tattered soul. She has several alarming adventures as she struggles to find herself again to become whole

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1491852852

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EU Constitutional Law

An Introduction

By: Allan Rosas,Lorna Armati

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EU Constitutional Law

An Introduction

By: Allan Rosas,Lorna Armati

The third edition of this acclaimed book continues the story of the EU's constitutional journey. The EU's constitution, composed of myriad legal texts, case law and practice, is no less of a moving target than before and the pace of change has, if anything, increased since the publication of the second edition. In a constantly challenging geopolitical context, the EU faces unprecedented political, economic and cultural trials, all of which impact upon the evolution of its constitution. In particular, the migration crisis has given rise to the need for substantial revision of the chapter dealing with the area of freedom, security and justice, and the institutional reforms embarked upon in the quest to restore financial order have taken a more structured form following the inception of a European banking union. Fully updated to include the ramifications of Brexit, the book succeeds – where others have struggled – in making sense of the EU's complex constitutional order, focusing on its essential features but taking into account the profound changes that have taken place over the past 20 years. The EU has become much more than an internal economic market. Recently it may even be argued that the focus of action has been in areas such as immigration and third-country nationals, security and defence policy, and penal law and procedure, and the work towards creating a European banking union underlines the continued need to monitor economic and fiscal policy. Eschewing too much detail, the authors underline the essential values, principles and objectives of the integration regime as well as its basic normative structure and hierarchy. In this context, the decentralised nature of the EU is highlighted as an integral part of its constitutional make-up. Recurring themes include European citizenship, fundamental rights and the rule of law. The book also confronts head-on the problems and challenges facing the Union and the gap which is often perceived between lofty ideals and harsh realities. The book will be useful to students of EU law and European integration but will also appeal to a broader audience of researchers and practitioners, including political scientists.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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150990915X

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Survivors

An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide

By: Donald E. Miller,Lorna Touryan Miller

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An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide

By: Donald E. Miller,Lorna Touryan Miller

A superb work of scholarship and a deeply moving human document. . . . A unique work, one that will serve truth, understanding, and decency."—Roger W. Smith, College of William and Mary

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Univ of California Press

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0520219562

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