The Birdcages

Author : Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781525547058

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Revealing a little-known chapter in the history of Victoria, British Columbia, The Birdcages, the province’s first legislative buildings, were built 1859-1864, the formative, tumultuous time of the Gold Rushes. Constructed on the site of the present Legislature, they were built amid controversy and derided for their style. The brainchild of Governor James Douglas, they resembled, according to journalist/politician Amor de Cosmos, “something between a Dutch toy and a Chinese pagoda.” Readers will discover how civil servants and politicians felt about them as a workplace and what the general public thought about them as civic architecture. The career of their designer, the mysterious Hermann Otto Tiedemann, one of Victoria’s vivid early “characters,” is recounted as are the contributions of local contractors and tradesmen. The site of events of national importance until their demise in 1898, the Birdcages reflected the history, character, and heritage of Victoria and played an important role in the developing political traditions of the province and the young Dominion of Canada. A place for political demonstrations and community celebrations, the House of Assembly was where the MLAs debated joining Confederation, granting the vote to women, and excluding Asian immigrants. Based on personal memoirs and letters, government documents, photographs and plans, this book will interest both students and adults, history buffs and professional historians.

Author : Eve Chase
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525542414

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In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past. Some secrets need to be set free… When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago—a summer they're desperate to forget. But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?

Author : Eve Chase
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525542438

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The Birdcage by Eve Chase Pdf

In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past. Some secrets need to be set free… When half-sisters Kat, Flora, and Lauren are unexpectedly summoned to Rock Point, their wild and remote Cornish summer home, it's not a welcome invitation. They haven't been back since that fateful summer twenty years ago—a summer they're desperate to forget. But when they arrive, it's clear they're not alone. Someone is lurking in the shadows, watching their every move. Someone who remembers exactly what they did... Will the sisters be able to protect the dark past of Rock Point? Or are some secrets too powerful to remain under lock and key?

Author : Freya Berry
Publisher : Review
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472276322

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The Dictator's Wife by Freya Berry Pdf

Everyone is talking about this darkly gripping story of hidden secrets, as seen on BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club. 'A gripping, intelligent, utterly-of-the-moment thriller' EMMA STONEX 'A captivating story of women's power, love and secrets' LARA PRESCOTT 'Compelling, atmospheric. It's BRILLIANT' MARIAN KEYES 'Fascinating, atmospheric, utterly gripping' LIZ HYDER 'Demands to be devoured in one sitting' GLAMOUR 'A gripping and moving debut' HARLAN COBEN 'Magnificent' CHARLOTTE PHILBY 'Spellbinding' JANE SHEMLIT 'Darkly compelling' STYLIST 'Richly imagined' THE TIMES _________ She's beautiful and beguiling... but can you trust her? Young London lawyer Laura flies to her parents' homeland for the most important defence case of her life. On trial is Marija Popa, the beautiful widow of a murdered dictator, who created fear and division in his impoverished Eastern Bloc country, hiding untold riches for himself and his family. For Laura, the case is an opportunity to make sense of her broken childhood and her distant relationship with her mother, who will not speak about her old life under the regime. But Laura is distracted by the enigmatic Marija, who claims she knew nothing of her husband's dark affairs. As Laura is led deeper into her investigation of the past, she realises that to uncover the truth, she must draw closer to the dictator's wife. But does danger lie there...? ** Coming soon from Freya Berry - THE BIRDCAGE LIBRARY ** __________ DISCOVER YOUR NEW OBSESSION... 'The ending left me breathless' LARA PRESCOTT 'Atmospheric, claustrophobic and so elegantly written' ELLERY LLOYD 'Engrossing, evocative, chillingly claustrophobic. Wonderfully written' KAREN HAMILTON 'A darkly atmospheric, rich, compulsive and page-turning read' KATE HAMER 'A masterful portrait of a woman who is both devil and angel. Like the real-life dictator's wives that inspired her, she's unforgettable' ANIKA SCOTT 'A remarkable new talent' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'Sumptuously written... One of the most compelling literary debuts of the year' GLAMOUR 'One of the most original debuts I have read' DAISY GOODWIN 'Excellent. Immersive with strong characterisation and atmosphere' HARRIET TYCE

Author : Helen Dunmore
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802189226

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Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore Pdf

Revolutionary turmoil in France threatens to cross the English border—and tear apart an increasingly tense marriage—in this “brilliant” gothic thriller (Publishers Weekly, starred review). It is 1792, and Europe is seized by political unrest. In England, Lizzie Fawkes has grown up among Radicals who’ve followed the French Revolution with eager optimism. But Lizzie has recently married John Diner Tredevant, a developer who is heavily invested in Bristol’s housing boom, and he has everything to lose from social upheaval and the prospect of war. As the strain of financial setbacks and the secrets of his past converge upon him, his grip on what he considers his rightful property—including Lizzie—only grows tighter...From an Orange Prize winner and Whitbread Award finalist, this is a novel with a “charged radiance” (The New York Times) that explores romanticism and disillusionment, terror and love, and the dangerous lines between them. “Dunmore knows how to let a narrative move like an arrow in flight...A man rows from Bristol to a glade where he has left his dead wife overnight. He must bury her fast, where no one will find her. From the start, Birdcage Walk has the command of a thriller as we keep company with John Diner Tredevant, an 18th-century property developer building a magnificent terrace in Clifton, high above the Avon Gorge. Lizzie, his second wife, does not know the details of what happened to his first. Nor do we know as much as we might suppose...The novel’s cast is marvelous and vivid.”—The Guardian “Explores the impact of the French Revolution on 1790s England within the context of a gothic romance set in Bristol...[a] magnificently complex villain.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Angelo John Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600082128

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Modern magic, a practical treatise on the art of conjuring, by prof. Hoffmann by Angelo John Lewis Pdf

Author : Hoffmann (Professor)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Juggling
ISBN : HARVARD:HN7LL2

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Modern Magic by Hoffmann (Professor) Pdf

Author : Louis HOFFMANN (Professor, pseud. [i.e. Angelo John Lewis.])
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026164147

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Modern Magic. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring. By Professor Hoffmann. With ... Illustrations by Louis HOFFMANN (Professor, pseud. [i.e. Angelo John Lewis.]) Pdf

Author : Evan Munday
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773052205

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Connect the Scotts by Evan Munday Pdf

Is the fourth time a charm for October and her ghost detective friends? While investigating the cause of the long-dead Tabetha Scott’s death way back in the 1860s, October and the Dead Kids discover that Sticksville, Ontario, served as an endpoint for the Underground Railroad, the secret network by which enslaved people escaped to free states and Canada. But October Schwartz finds herself with more detective work than she can handle after some new musically inclined chums are incriminated in a robbery at a school concert. Fraudulent occult psychics, funeral home ambushes, band wars, the spooky Sticksville fairgrounds, and a history of prejudice all converge in a climactic conclusion that hints a secret society might be behind all manner of catastrophes in October Schwartz’s not-so-boring little town.

Author : Mike Fleming,Liora Bresler,John O'Toole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317586944

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The Routledge International Handbook of the Arts and Education by Mike Fleming,Liora Bresler,John O'Toole Pdf

This International Handbook brings together leading writers on Arts in Education to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the main debates in the field and an informed account of contemporary developments in policy and practice. Providing a detailed overview of key concepts and practical challenges, the book combines theoretical insight with specific examples of innovative projects drawing on theoretical, historical and empirical research perspectives to inform understanding. The range of content highlights the breadth of the field, addressing such issues as the importance of community arts and partnership as well as school education, and providing insight into developments in multiple and connecting arts as well as traditional art forms. Topics such as assessment, creativity, cultural diversity, special needs, the arts in early childhood, adult education, arts based research, are all addressed by recognised authorities in each area. The collection of chapters also serves to define the field of arts education, recognising its diversity but highlighting the common elements that provide its identity. The collection addresses generic issues common to all the arts while acknowledging differences and recognising the dangers of over-generalisation. It also includes specific chapters on each of the art forms (visual art, dance, drama, literature, music, media arts) providing a cutting-edge analysis of key contemporary issues in each subject. Bringing together specially commissioned pieces by a range of international authors, this Handbook will make an important contribution to the field of Arts Education.

Author : Leslie Garisto
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Birdcages
ISBN : UCSD:31822028323384

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The Birdcage Book by Leslie Garisto Pdf

A spectacular celebration of birdcages from antique to contemporary design--the first book on the popular new collectible of the 1990s. Like the objects it showcases, The Birdcage Book is a gem that will fascinate casual readers and serious collectors alike. 75 full-color photographs.

Author : Heleen Mees
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137588869

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The Chinese Birdcage by Heleen Mees Pdf

This book vividly describes how China’s rise in the early 2000s led to rising profits and declining labor income everywhere, ultimately resulting in the global financial crisis. Under Deng Xiaoping’s policy of ‘reform and opening up’ in the 1980s, China quickly became the world’s factory floor...but powerful political leaders envisioned a world in which the market economy would be trapped within the confines of a planned economy. With China’s admission into the World Trade Organization in 2001, almost a billion people joined the global workforce, driving down the real wages of blue- and white-collar workers in the US and Europe while also lowering interest rates, which fueled housing bubbles and destabilized the financial sector. This book explores China’s significant influence on western economies by focusing on the links between the labor market, corporate profits, and interest rates, using Arthur Lewis's framework for economic growth with unlimited supplies of labor to argue that by 2010 the world economy – and political situations – had been set back almost one hundred years.

Author : Kevin McCloud
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Color in interior decoration
ISBN : 9780671691424

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Decorative Style by Kevin McCloud Pdf

Shows forty decorating styles and demonstrates special painting techniques.

Author : Kenna Lach Bifani
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781465367020

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Ramblings of a Restless Soul by Kenna Lach Bifani Pdf

The book is a collection of travel related short stories. The stories are from real travels but the persons and exact situations are changed to protect privacy and prevent problems in sensitive areas. Some of the stories are situational. Others are about people or culture or places out of the ordinary. Others are newsletters written at the time and adapted later for a wider ranging audience. Yet others are dilemmas or frustrating situations turned to fiction to bring humor to the issue. You will learn about a hidden kingdom in Java, off limits to tourists without special permission of the king; take a ride on the Trans Siberian train from Moscow to Beijing and experience adventure along the way; visit Beirut a week after the suicide bombing; and experience what it’s like to work in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Africa will become more than a place for safaris when you visit countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Central African Republic, all of which have and still do experience conflicts, disease and poverty.

Author : Charles Wetzel
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402737351

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Haunted U.S.A. by Charles Wetzel Pdf

Collects stories of American haunting, from the soldiers of Gettysburg to the crawling statue of a young girl in a Chicago cemetery.