Back to Blog
Inès de la fressange books5/20/2023 She studied at the Tournelle Institution in Courgent, then at the Notre-Dame de Mantes-la-Jolie Institution in the Yvelines where she got her baccalaureate at the age of 16, and then went to the École du Louvre in Paris. Ines grew up in an 18th-century mill outside Paris with two brothers, Emmanuel, the eldest, and her younger brother, Ivan. She married two ministers in succession, Maurice Petsche, and then Louis Jacquinot. Her grandmother, the Marquise Simone de La Fressange, née Lazard was heiress to the Lazard banking fortune (Banque Lazard). 1923), died in the Second World War on 2 October 1944 in Anglemont, during which he participated in its liberation. Her family on her father's side comes from an old French nobility, and had the seigneury of Fressange in the Velay (in Auvergne). 1932), a French stockbroker, and his wife, the former Cecilia "Lita" Sánchez-Davila, an Argentine-Colombian model closely related to two former presidents of Colombia, Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo and Alfonso Lopez Michelsen. La Fressange was born in Gassin, Var, the daughter of André de Seignard, Marquis de La Fressange (b. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1998. Inès Marie Lætitia Églantine Isabelle de Seignard de La Fressange ( French pronunciation: born 11 August 1957), is a French supermodel, fashion designer and perfumer. VIVA Model Management (Paris, London, Barcelona)
0 Comments
Read More
Back to Blog
Erik larson lusitania5/20/2023 The admiralty had decided to open a safer northern channel to merchant shipping but hadn’t directed the Lusitania to use it. They knew that six U-boats left base during the last week of April, and three ships sank in the same channel the week before the Lusitania. The British Admiralty had broken the German codes and could track the whereabouts of submarines, particularly the deadly U-20. Throughout the voyage, many omens predicted disaster, especially the publication of a German warning the morning of sailing. Gaining position to fire a torpedo that has only a 60 percent chance of exploding belies the number of ships sunk. More fascinating is his explanation of the intricacy of sailing, submerging and maneuvering a U-boat. The author works with a broad scope, examining the shipping business, wartime policies, the government leaders and even U-boat construction. A gem of the Cunard fleet, she drew the cream of society, and life aboard was the epitome of Edwardian luxury. “ Lucy,” as she was fondly known, was one of the “greyhounds,” ships that vied for the Blue Riband award for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Larson ( In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, 2011, etc.) once again demonstrates his expert researching skills and writing abilities, this time shedding light on nagging questions about the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915.
Back to Blog
The ashleys melissa de la cruz5/20/2023 In fact, she was so late that all the other girls already had their venti decaf soy lattes, each cup nestled into a matching pink cozy (designed by Ashley and handwoven by an artisans' collective in Ecuador), and were waiting impatiently to climb the hill to Miss Gamble's school. But she'd overslept that morning and was late meeting the other Ashleys - Miss Spencer herself, plus best friends Ashley "A.A." Alioto and Ashley "Lili" Li - at the Fillmore Starbucks. Lauren was glad to be back home for the first day of the spring semester. Her mother had determined that they would become part of the international jet set and had spent all of winter break dragging her family to a host of balls and benefits. It was over a month since Ashley Spencer's blowout Super-Sweet Thirteen birthday party, and Lauren Page was still recovering from the excess of that celebration, not to mention exhaustion from her "relaxing" winter vacation in the Italian Alps.
Back to Blog
Wretched waterpark5/19/2023 Something mysterious is happening at Fathoms of Fun, and it’s up to the twins to get to the bottom of it. An impossible figure is at the top of the slide tower, people are disappearing, and suspicious goo is seeping into the wave pool. The employees wear creepy black dresses and deliver ominous messages. The waterslides look like gray gargoyle tongues. But the park is even stranger than Aunt Saffronia. When Aunt Saffronia suggests a week pass to the Fathoms of Fun Waterpark, they hastily agree. They’re stuck for the summer with their Aunt Saffronia, who doesn’t know how often children need to eat and can’t use a smartphone, and whose feet never quite seem to touch the floor when she glides-er-walks. From Wil acting strange to fake people, can Theo and. When she decides to go to a waterpark, the trouble starts. Reviewer summerflower113 wrote: 'Parents leave - now courageous Theo, cautious Alexander, and addicted-to-phone teenanger Wil with their strange aunt. Meet the Sinister-Winterbottoms: brave Theo, her timid twin, Alexander, and their older sister, Wil. Wretched Waterpark (The Sinister Summer Series) has 2 reviews and 1 rating. From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes her middle grade series debut! Part Scooby Doo, part A Series of Unfortunate Events, and entirely genius! Meet the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who solve mysteries at increasingly bizarre summer vacation destinations in the hopes of being reunited with their parents-or at the very least finally finding a good churro.
Back to Blog
Theory of People by Jakub Lasak5/19/2023 Easy to Apply in Life: You do not need a scientific background or have to work hard to understand complicated subjects. You would need to read tens of other books to get the same solutions.
Back to Blog
“And here we are, one year later, about to release the film.” “ arrived in London, quarantined for two weeks, began shooting in mid-September and finished shooting mid-October,” McLean said. Lewis estate (FPA already had the stage rights). Stone confirmed the locations and hired crewmembers who had worked on the films “No Time to Die” and “Murder on the Orient Express.” McLean got approval from the board and obtained the film rights from the C.S. “I said, ‘If you can confirm that and make sure that the locations we need are available, I’ll go to my board.’” “In June of last year, we were working on the screenplay, and Norman said, ‘You know, they’re opening up filmmaking in Britain in August, and since nobody’s worked since March, I can get a really good crew and a really good cast if we’re ready to go,” McLean said in a recent interview with “The Sons of History.” Lewis.” In September 2020, the film industry in the UK reopened for a brief period. McLean had had conversations with UK director Norman Stone, who had directed the original BBC television version of “Shadowlands,” about possibly turning one of FPA’s most impactful and successful plays into a film: “The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. The company performed online events, worked on scripts, and actually managed to reach a larger audience. As the weeks turned into months, McLean and his company found ways to continue creating and performing.
Back to Blog
Animals from the mitten story5/19/2023 It came out pretty big, I think an adult large mitten would have done just fine! It was worsted weight yarn and I cast on 56 sts with smaller needles, ribbed for a bit, changed to larger needles, did a thumb gusset, etc. It’s for sure my kid needs that! We already had some of the woodland creatures but for Christmas I filled out the collection and knit them a rather large mitten to accommodate them all, ! It brings the story to life in a new way. Grandma warns him they will get lost in the snow, and that is the first thing that happens of course! An improbably number of woodland creatures crawl into the mitten and when a mouse crawls on bear’s nose he sneezes! Out the animals come, tossing the mitten in the air for the boy to find. If you aren’t familiar with the story of The Mitten, it is about a grandson who begs his grandmother to knit him a pair of white mittens. They have their favorites, including the book The Mitten by Jan Brett. We snuggle close and read about caterpillars who eat too much, kids who have to pee, and bears of all kinds! Lately Hunter wants to do the ‘reading’ (to the endless annoyance of Jones) and Bodhi wants to eat the books (to the endless annoyance of everyone). Like many parents I love reading to my kiddies.
Back to Blog
Distorted by nyla k5/19/2023 ***PUSH by Nyla K is a label-free HEA love story. What are these new, strange feelings and desires? Where did they come from? And why do they have to center around what belongs to his daughter?īen and Ryan’s situation couldn’t get much more complicated… Until Jessica steps into the mix. It seems like the boring married-guy image isn’t going to hold up for long… Not after this bizarre, life-changing weekend. Unfortunately for him, the tension in the house is less about Ryan being his daughter’s boyfriend, and more about him being a strangely intriguing human.Īnd soon enough, Ben can’t tell if he’s watching Ryan to protect his daughter’s innocence, or obliterate his own. You know, to make sure there’s no funny business going on under his roof. It’s in Ben’s best interest to keep an eye on the kid. He’s polite, smart, and charming… He doesn’t have any neck tattoos or facial piercings, and he drives a BMW. Ryan Harper, otherwise known as The Boyfriend, is every dread Ben’s ever had in his daughter dating come to fruition. So you can imagine the unease Ben is feeling when said daughter brings her new boyfriend home for Thanksgiving… To stay, in their house, for the whole weekend. He and his wife, Jessica, had their only daughter, Hailey, when they were in high school. Aside from the fact that he’s only thirty-six and his daughter is a sophomore in college. To the unassuming observer, Ben Lockwood is your typical, suburban dad.
Back to Blog
Hey World, Here I Am! by Jean Little5/19/2023 I was so thrilled because I shared the name of the character in the book, Kate. I was about eight years old when my mom first brought this book home for me. Other observations are more joyful, such as the hope for spring (in February in Canada!) or being happy to have a best friend like her friend Emily. Kate's observation on the situation is that she could deal with being snapped at, but having to deal with her mother's sadness was something much harder. Later, Kate's mother comes back to apologize, saying she had a bad day at work, etc, and that she didn't mean to snap like that. Some of these things are quite moving, such as the time that Kate's mother yells at her to clean her room. Rather than using long journal entries, Kate relates little things in her world through poems and through short stories. With this book, the reader gets an insight into Kate that is refreshing. I haven't read any of the other books that include Kate, but this book does stand alone. Strangely enough, the title poem "Hey World, here I am" is probably the one I liked the least in the whole book. However, I didn't take time to ponder most of the illustrations.) (I think it only took me about 45 minutes to read from cover to cover. I had been meaning to read this book for quite awhile, but never quite got around to it until today.
Back to Blog
Deadwake5/19/2023 Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”-the fastest liner then in service-and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania |