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The gripping story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and her relationship with the extraordinary Brazilian woman Lota de Macedo Soares.
Five years ago Lena had the best sex of her life with a sexy stranger who came to her rescue. What she thought would be a one night stand turned into two blissful weeks where it felt as though their passion would never end.Until suddenly, it did.When Graham's ailing mother takes a turn for the worse, he is forced to move back home to care for her, taking a piece of Lena's heart with him.But she kept something even more precious of his.She planned to tell him, but the last thing Lena wanted to do was force Graham to abandon his terminal mother. So, she decided to bear the responsibility alone and wait until the timing was right.Turns out, the right time was half a decade later.Now, with their daughter asking questions she can't answer, Lena realizes it's finally time to face the man she once loved. Confronting him will be the most difficult thing she's ever done, and could prove to be the biggest mistake of her life.Can she count on the man he used to be? Or will doing what's right break the last pieces of her heart?
This is a compilation of the descendants of Jacob Bishop and Katherine Elkins. Jacob was the son of Hans Johannes Bischoff and Margaretha Overmeyer. Many of their descendants settled in and remained in the Floyd and Montgomery County areas of Virginia. Includes photos.
Carmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46. This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic f...
'We make it clear in our literature that we are looking for extraordinary couples - progressive people who are open to radical ways of doing things.' Jo and Alex are the perfect professional couple - the ideal modern family. But at the centre of their comfortable lives a void has opened and Jo is desperate to find a solution. Her unorthodox search leads her to Gloria. Can Gloria help? Or is that not her aim at all?
Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Morton, Catherine;
Twenty-two collected essays on late Anglo-Saxon and Norman history.
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