Dr Katherine Roberts is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on all things Austen. But she has a guilty secret; a love of racy Regency novels by Lorna Warwick. She`s even struck up a long-distance friendship with the novelist and the two of them have been sharing their closest confidences. When Katherine gets her yearly invite to a Jane Austen Conference at the magnificent Purley Hall in Hampshire, she sincerely hopes that Lorna will be in attendance as well. She can hardly wait to meet her new friend, but it seems that Lorna may not have been completely honest with her! Meanwhile, hopeless romantic Robyn Love is at her happiest when her head is stuck in one of Jane Austen`s novels - if only her boyfriend Jace Collins could be...
ISBN: 978-1-84756-225-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011
This is a powerful, moving story that details the effects of the infamous Mau Mau war, the African nationalist revolt against colonial oppression in Kenya, on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a rubbish heap and look into their futures. Njoroge is excited; his family has decided that he will attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. Together they will serve their country - the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and the times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau the choice is simple,...
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7331-8
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
More than a century after someone murders two people on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire, a photographer comes to shoot a photo essay about the famous crime. As she investigates the bleak, isolated lives of the victims, she comes to identify with their spiritual loneliness. For her own marriage is falling apart, crumbling into nights of heavy drinking and terrible silences. Incited by the chaotic forces that blasted the island years ago, this modern woman is drawn inexorably toward the violence of the past, toward choices that will destroy all she has ever valued. With exquisitely stylish prose and arresting psychological insight, Anita Shreve captures one woman`s journey into the farthest extremes of emotion
ISBN: 0-316-78250-5
Издательство:
Back Bay Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Eine Liebesgeschichte, wie sie schöner nicht sein könnte. Max will vor Weihnachten flüchten und auf die Malediven fliegen. Dabei ist ihm Kurt, sein Hund, im Weg. Kurt war leider eine Fehlinvestition. Er schläft meistens. Und wenn er sich bewegt, dann höchstens irrtümlich. Katrin wird demnächst dreißig, und leidet unter Eltern, die darunter leiden, dass sie noch keinen Mann fürs Leben gefunden hat. Mit Weihnachten kommt der Höhepunkt des familiären Leidens auf sie zu. Da tritt plötzlich Kurt in Erscheinung. Katrin mag zwar keine Hunde, aber Kurt bringt sie auf eine Idee.
ISBN: 978-3-442-46762-4
Издательство:
Random House Germany
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Josh thinks Fizz is dentally challenged and fluent in gibberish. Fizz thinks Josh is the Prince of Handsomeness. They`re destined to work together at Marigolds Old People`s Home – can Cupid`s arrow strike among the Zimmer frames? Throw in Josh`s wacky mother with her goats on the sofa and Fizz`s goddess-like big sis and one thing is certain. Things will get a LOT weirder before they start making sense – and can the oldies really make their great using tablespoons? Being fourteen has never been so
ISBN: 978-0-14-132202-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Welcome! is a course for people who either work or plan to work in tourism. It contains fifty 90-minute lessons, with units grouped into ten thematic modules for maximum flexibility. The course places particular emphasis on getting students to communicate in work situations they are likely to meet.
ISBN: 0-521-47900-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2003
"Welcome to the Monkey House" is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and "The Atlantic Monthly", what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
ISBN: 978-0-385-33350-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
