New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to Blackberry Island with the poignant tale of two sisters on the verge of claiming their dreams Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker More Mum than their mother ever was she sacrificed medical school-and her first love-so her sister could break free Which is why she isn't exactly thrilled to see Averil back on Blackberry Island especially when Nina's life has suddenly becomecomplicated Nina unexpectedly finds herself juggling two men-her high school sweetheart & a younger maverick pilot who also wants to claim her heart But as fun as all this romance is Nina has real life to deal with Averil doesn't seem to want the great guy she's married to & doesn't seem to be making headway writing her first book; their mom is living life just as recklessly as she always has; & Nina's starting to realize that the control she once had is slipping out of her fingers Her hopes of getting off the island seem to be stretching further awayuntil her mother makes a discovery that could change everything forever But before Nina & Averil can reach for the stars they have to decide what they want Will Averil stay? Will Nina leave? & what about the men who claim to love them? Does love heal or will finding their happy ending mean giving up all they've ever wanted? ...

Probably the most famous living philosopher Slavoj Zizek explores the concept of 'event' in the second in this new series of easily digestible philosophy What is really happening when something happens? In the second in a new series of accessible commute-length books of original thought Slavoj Zizek one of the world's greatest living philosophers examines the new & highly-contested concept of Event An Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life a radical political rupture a transformation of reality a religious belief the rise of a new art form or an intense experience such as falling in love Taking us on a trip which stops at different definitions of Event Zizek addresses fundamental questions such as Are all things connected? How much are we agents of our own fates? Which conditions must be met for us to perceive something as really existing? In a world that's constantly changing is anything new really happening? Drawing on references from Plato to arthouse cinema the Big Bang to Buddhism Event is a journey into philosophy at its most exciting & elementary Slavoj Zizek is a Hegelian philosopher Lacanian psychoanalyst & Communist political activist He is the author of numerous books on dialectical materialism critique of ideology & art His main work is Less Than Nothing a study on the actuality of Hegelian dialectics ...

Event Design Handbook allows teams to code & decode success & failure of events using the ground breaking Event Canvas 204 pages Frissen Roel ...

Please note this is a region B blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the year 2046 a rescue mission is sent to the outer reaches of our solar system to salvage the Event Horizon a prototype spaces hip missing for the last seven years whose crew vanished without a trace As the rescuers search for survivors they discover the terrifying secrets that lie within the mysterious space ship ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 2047 Years earlier the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace Now a signal from it has been detected & the United States Aerospace Command responds Hurtling toward the signal&s source are a fearless captain (Laurence Fishburne) his elite crew & the lost ship&s designer (Sam Neill) Their mission find & salvage the state-of-the-art spacecraft What they find is state-of-the-art interstellar terror What they must salvage are their own lives because someone or something is ready to ensnare them in a new dimension of unimaginable fear Actors Laurence Fishburne Sam Neill Kathleen Quinlan Joely Richardson Richard T Jones Jack Noseworthy Jason Isaacs Sean Pertwee Peter Marinker Barclay Wright Holley Chant & Noah Huntley Director Paul WS Anderson Certificate 18 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen Anamorphic Languages English
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This book analyzes events & narratives from the points of view of literature grammar discourse & semantics The contributors explore the issues related to the ways of portraying stories & their events within a cultural & literary framework They also examine the role of prefixes in construing events & asymmetries that exist in time-creating event markers from a contrastive perspective The contributions focus on narrativity as a semantic category & on how events are described in signed languages They place the event & narrative categories at the center of interest & their specific goals are pursued by applying different both qualitative & quantitative research methods ...

Events Management provides an introductory overview of the fundamentals in managing events from conception to delivery highlighting both the theoretical & operational aspects to prepare students for a career in events management & hospitality Now in its Third Edition the authors have included new chapters on Crowd Control & Crowd Dynamic; Expos Conferences & Conventions; Brand Co-creation & Social Media & have added new content on contemporary trends like the environmental & social impact of large scale events such as the Olympics International case studies covering all manner of events are used throughout & include The impact of the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympic Games Van Gogh Augmented Reality in Nuenen Sands EXPO & Convention Center Las Vegas Glastonbury Music Festival Lame Horse Night Club Russia The Leeds Caribbean Festival Power Point slides & an Instructor Manual can be found online Suitable for Events Management students at Undergraduate & Postgraduate level ...

Events Management is the must-have introductory text providing a complete A-Z of the principles & practices of planning managing & staging events The book introduces the concepts of event planning & management presents the study of events management within an academic environment discusses the key components for staging an event covering the whole process from creation to evaluation examines the events industry within its broader business context covering impacts & event tourism provides an effective guide for producers of events contains learning objectives & review questions to consolidate learning Each chapter features a real-life case study to illustrate key concepts & place theory in a practical context as well as preparing students to tackle any challenges they may face in managing events Examples include the Beijing Olympic Games Google Zeitgeist Conference International Confex Edinburgh International Festival Ideal Home Show & Glastonbury Festival Carefully constructed to maximise learning the text provides the reader with a systematic guide to organizing successful events examining areas such as staging logistics marketing human resource management control & budgeting risk management impacts evaluation & reporting fully revised & updated content including new chapters on sustainable development & events perspectives on events & expanded content on marketing legal issues risk & health & safety management a companion website for lecturers & students which

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Ruth Winstone retells Britain's history through the great diarists of the last century drawing back the curtain on the lives of political classes their doubts ambitions & emotions She moves deftly among those in the thick of it showing the elation anger doubts jealousy joys & fears of people as they record their own & the nation's triumphs & disasters To this potent mix she adds the mordant perceptions of observers like Virginia Woolf Cecil Beaton Peter Hall & Roy Strong & the vivid records of everyday life found in the diaries of otherwise ordinary men & women Events Dear Boy Events reveals Britain's recent past in the words of the actors who were shaping the events of the day This is living real-time history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A “modern” young woman of the 16th century Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is an independent & wise as she is beautiful & kind Against remarkable odds she stands up to her scheming stepmother (Anjelica Huston) & works miracles on the lives of everyone around her including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott)! Now you can relive this captivating contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale No matter what you’re looking for “action romance or adventure ‘ Ever After’ delivers it all!” (ABC TV) Actors Drew Barrymore Anjelica Huston Dougray Scott Melanie Lynskey Timothy West Judy Parfitt Jeroen Krabbe Jeanne Moreau Megan Dodds Richard O& Brien & Director Andy Tennant Certificate PG13 Year 1998 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
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