The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Tom Canty, youngest son of a poor family living in Offal Court, London, has always aspired to a better life, encouraged by the local priest (who has taught him to read and write). Loitering around the palace gates one day, he sees a prince (the Prince of Wales – Edward VI). Coming too close in his intense excitement, Tom is nearly caught and beaten by the Royal Guards; however, Edward stops them and invites Tom into his palace chamber. There the two boys get to know one another, fascinated by each other's life and their uncanny resemblance; they were born on the same day. They decide to switch clothes "temporarily". The Prince momentarily goes outside, quickly hiding an article of national importance (which the reader later learns is the Great Seal of England), but dressed as he is in Tom's rags, he is not recognized by the guards, who drive him from the palace, and he eventually finds his way through the streets to the Canty home. There he is subjected to the brutality of Tom's abusive father, from whom he manages to escape, and meets one Miles Hendon, a soldier and nobleman returning from war. Although Miles does not believe Edward's claims to royalty, he humors him and becomes his protector. Meanwhile, news reaches them that King Henry VIII has died and Edward is now the king. Tom, posing as the prince, tries to cope with court customs and manners. His fellow nobles and palace staff think "the prince" has an illness which has caused memory loss and fear he will go mad.
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A salesman, a would-be divorcée, and an insurance policy turn toxic in Reno. Vegas is a city of lovers, but in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the only question is how to pass the time - craps or roulette? Jane Delavan is a roulette woman, a stately beauty from back East who's too classy for the motel where she's shacked up. She's come for a divorce, but her husband has other ideas. He wants an annulment, and in exchange offers to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on himself - just in case something happens to him before their paperwork goes through. Jane is cunning enough to make sure that, if she wants something to happen, it will. Ed Horner is the insurance agent sent to settle the agreement, and it doesn't take long for Jane to settle him. They fall in love over twenty-five-cent roulette, and soon get a bigger score in mind. In the Biggest Little City in the World, a king-size scheme is brewing.
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The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum. The name of the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, is the title of the sequel novel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898), published four years later, and is included in some editions of The Prisoner of Zenda. The popularity of the novels inspired the Ruritanian romance genre of literature, film, and theatre that features stories set in a fictional country, usually in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, such as Ruritania, the Central European realm that named the genre, which includes the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon. On the evening of the coronation of King Rudolf of Ruritania, his brother, Prince Michael, has him drugged. In a desperate attempt to deny Michael the excuse to claim the throne, Colonel Sapt and Fritz von Tarlenheim, attendants of the king, persuade his distant cousin Rudolf Rassendyll, an English visitor, to impersonate the King at the coronation. The unconscious king is abducted and imprisoned in a castle in the small town of Zenda. There are complications, plots, and counterplots, among them the schemes of Michael's mistress, Antoinette de Mauban, and those of his dashing but villainous henchman, Count Rupert of Hentzau. Rassendyll falls in love with Princess Flavia, the King's betrothed, but cannot tell her the truth. He determines to rescue the king and leads an attempt to enter the castle of Zenda. The king is rescued and is restored to his throne, but the lovers, in duty bound, must part.
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<p>Ojciec Violet King jest hazardzistą, ale tego, że postawi w grze jej przyszłość, nigdy by się nie spodziewała. Pewnego dnia przyjeżdża do niej Javier de la Cruz i oświadcza, że ojciec obiecał ją za żonę jego bratu, księciu Monte Blanco. Violet jest nowoczesną kobietą sukcesu i nie zamierza pozwolić, by ktoś decydował o jej życiu. Jednak pełen uroku, staroświecki Javier podoba jej się tak bardzo, że decyduje się pojechać z nim do jego kraju i zobaczyć, co przyniesie przyszłość…</p>
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<p>King uwielbia spędzać czas w willi na Jamajce. Jednak tym razem nie daje mu spokoju myśl o wizycie przyrodniego brata z żoną. Bratowa od jakiegoś czasu coraz śmielej flirtuje z Kingiem, a on coraz bardziej jej pożąda. Nie chce ulec pokusie, więc prosi o pomoc mieszkającą po sąsiedzku Elissę. Są zaprzyjaźnieni, dlatego Elissa, wprowadzona w tajniki sprawy, zgadza się udawać przez kilka dni jego narzeczoną. Być może dzięki temu bratowa uwierzy, że King już znalazł ukojenie w ramionach innej kobiety. Niestety na pozór drobna sąsiedzka przysługa wywoła lawinę zdarzeń, które wywrócą ich życie do góry nogami.</p>
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We have seen progress in recent decades toward Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of beloved community. But this is not only because of the activism and sacrifice of a generation of civil rights leaders. It happened because God was on the move.Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran activist John Perkins to chronicle God's vision for a more equitable and just world. Perkins reflects on his long ministry and identifies key themes and lessons he has learned, and Marsh highlights the legacy of Perkins's work in American society. Together they show how abandoned places are being restored, divisions are being reconciled, and what individuals and communities are doing now to welcome peace and justice.Now updated to reflect on current social realities, this book reveals ongoing lessons for the continuing struggle for a just society. Come, discover your part in the beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.
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Es sind oft wenige Worte, die entscheiden. Reden, die Geschichte schreiben. Reden, die den Lauf der Welt verändern. Jesus Christus, Bertha von Suttner, Marie Curie, Joseph Goebbels, Kaiser Hirohito, Leopold Figl, Bruno Kreisky, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, Lech Walesa, Václav Havel, Michail Gorbatschow, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Oft bleibt von großen Leben ein Satz: Winston Churchill und sein "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat", John F. Kennedys Bekenntnis "Ich bin ein Berliner" oder Ronald Reagans Aufforderung: "Herr Gorbatschow, reißen Sie diese Mauer nieder." Der jetzige amerikanische Präsident Barack Obama verdankt seinen beispiellosen Erfolg vor allem drei Worten: "Yes, we can!" Er hat damit die Stimmungslage einer Generation und den Nerv der Zeit getroffen. Der zuvor weithin unbekannte Senator katapultierte sich mit einer Rede auf dem Parteitag seiner demokratischen Partei in Boston ins Scheinwerferlicht der Öffentlichkeit. Eine große Rede spiegelt nicht immer die Wahrheit einer Epoche wider, es sind auch die großen Lügen, die Geschichte machen. Worte haben Kriege begonnen und Frieden geschaffen. Und sie künden von großer Weisheit – oder fatalen Irrtümern, wie Neville Chamberlains "Friede in unserer Zeit"-Rede, nachdem er mit Hitler 1938 das Münchner Abkommen geschlossen hatte. Dieses Buch handelt von Reden, die Geschichte gemacht haben und es beschreibt die Geschichte dieser Reden.
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Teetied – und sie haben so viel Zeit.. Als in Sankt Peter Ording das Leben erwacht, stolpert ein sterbender Mann vor die Füße der Passanten. Jede Hilfe kommt zu spät und die Rettungskräfte können nur noch den Tod des Obdachlosen feststellen. Valentine Herzog und ihr Partner Jannis Karlsson werden hinzugezogen, denn schon vor der Obduktion wird klar, dass das ein Fall für die Sondereinheit für besonders schwere Verbrechen und Serienmorde ist. "Wieso sollte ein obdachloser Mann das Risiko eingehen, nachts überfallen zu werden, indem er eine gefälschte Rolex am Handgelenk trägt?" Herzog weiß, dass die teure Fälschung ein Zeichen sein muss – ein Zeichen, welches den Start einer Mordserie markiert. Trotz ihres bedrohten Privatlebens, in dem ein Stalker sie in Angst und Schrecken versetzt, macht sie sich gemeinsam mit ihrem Partner auf die Suche nach dem vermeintlichen Serientäter. Und sie soll recht behalten. Denn der Mann, den sie suchen, stellt bereits die nächste Uhr. Tick, tack – Wenn die Uhr verstummt, wird jemand sterben…. Also worauf warten Sie noch? Klicken Sie nun auf "In den Einkaufswagen" und lassen Sie sich an die Nordseeküste entführen!
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