High in the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There he finds the intense comradeship of war. And there he finds Maria who has escaped from Franco’s rebels.
Minding Her Boss's BusinessUSA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard asks: Can a boss on a royal mission mix business with pleasure? Diplomat Alex Ramon's Miami mission is on the rocks. Convincing the exiled Montoros to give up their American life and return to Alma's throne has become personal. Not only is his trusted aide Maria Ferro flirting with a potential prince, but Alex is actually jealous! So jealous, he might sabotage his goals so he can take Maria to his bed...a prize more tempting than any commission from the crown. But Alex doesn't know that Maria has a longtime crush of her own--and it isn't on the playboy prince..
MAD Magazine satire-comic series The very first 20 issues of the cult "Mad Magazine!" previously introduced to the Englishtips by Maria! (Maria's publication is here: http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150792132) Enjoy! The rest will follow soon, I hope! Get yourselves at ready: there's quite a loooooooooooooot of it :-) MAD started in the 50-ies, so u can follow the changes in Eglish having a lot of fun due to the sharp wit and black humour of MAD authors....
Writing during periods of dramatic social change, Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell were both attracted to the idea of radical societal transformation at the same time that their writings express nostalgia for a traditional, paternalistic ruling class. Julie Nash shows how this tension is played out especially through the characters of servants in short fiction and novels such as Edgeworth's "Castle Rackrent", "Belinda", and Helen and Gaskell's "North and South" and "Cranford".
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Added by: drazhar | Karma: 1454.87 | Other | 7 October 2014
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In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call that would challenge every idea he ever had about mercy and compassion. An animal control officer had found a neglected donkey on a farm in upstate New York, and she hoped that Jon and his wife, Maria, would be willing to adopt him. Jon wasn’t planning to add another animal to his home on Bedlam Farm, certainly not a very sick donkey. But the moment he saw the wrenching sight of Simon, he felt a powerful connection. Simon touched something very deep inside of him. Jon and Maria decided to take him in.
