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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. Part 1: Ruling by the Book Janina begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum. Part 2: What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion, discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopaedia. Part 3: Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries| and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance. （转自mvgroup论坛）。一架飞机坠落在一个与世隔绝、白雪覆盖的森林中，飞机上有一具尸体，还有四百五十万的现金。汉克（比尔派斯顿饰）、他的哥哥雅各（比利鲍伯松顿饰）与他们的朋友路，都为这笔钱心动，因为他们都需要用钱。汉克在村里小有名望，妻子即将生产；雅各没那么成功，老是梦想要把父亲的农场买回来；失业又好杯中物的路则想钱想的要命。站在雪中，面对这辈子从来没见过的巨款，这三个人秘密达成协议，背叛、怀疑与猜忌却也由此而生。他们的关系将面临危机，汉克对他的妻子沙拉（布莉姬芳达饰）的爱、他与路的友谊，以及他和雅克的兄弟之情，都将一一受到考验。新风格新配搭 新派娱乐片王“乐式玩具”的董事长病逝，将家产分给女儿家琪和儿子家声，但家声的财产由家琪监管到她结婚。于是家声就让三个好朋友轮流追求家琪，以便早日得到财产。此时，家琪与公司设计总监彼得闹意见，但多次巧合后两人成为情侣。最后时刻，家声也察觉到应该凭自己的实力争取成就……。
