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The Parent Trap meets It Takes Two in this women's fiction story from international bestselling author Jill MansellAmber Nicholls, Lachlan McCarthy, and Raffaele Wright would normally have absolutely nothing in common. But growing up as foster kids in Teddy's seaside home along the Cornish coast has forged a bond tighter than Gorilla glue. Each of them have their own messes in life to deal with, but Teddy's big news is the cherry on top.Teddy's gone on a vacation cruise around the Mediterranean and met the woman of his dreams. The only problem for his loyal-to-a-fault kids is that Olga is much younger than Teddy, she is improbably glamorous and seems awfully keen to move into Teddy's huge house.They need to do something before it's too late, but how can they guide their foster father when they can barely get a grip on their own lives? It's all a madcap jumble as secrets are shared, hearts are changed, and a single summer becomes a season of endless possibility.
When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright), which has turned us from a country of creators into one of consumers who spend, on average, ten hours each day on entertainment. In this alarming but illuminating book, Martin Skladany examines our culture of overconsumption and shows not only how it leads to addiction, but also how it is unraveling important threads - of family, friendship, and community - in our society. Big Copyright versus the People should be read by anyone interested in understanding how Big Copyright managed to get such a lethal grip on our culture and what can be done to loosen it.
When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright), which has turned us from a country of creators into one of consumers who spend, on average, ten hours each day on entertainment. In this alarming but illuminating book, Martin Skladany examines our culture of overconsumption and shows not only how it leads to addiction, but also how it is unraveling important threads - of family, friendship, and community - in our society. Big Copyright versus the People should be read by anyone interested in understanding how Big Copyright managed to get such a lethal grip on our culture and what can be done to loosen it.
