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Set on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the Marsh family faces what many American families have experienced in the last few decades: the reorganization of the family through divorce. This bittersweet novel has been called by one reviewer the funniest story since Auntie Mame. As mother Linda Marsh re-enters the dating world at the same time that her 15-year-old son does, comic, realistic situations develop. Eventually the three Marsh children and their mother, Linda, learn that the change in the family...
| Автор | Shelley Fraser Mickle |
This book is about this guy HAPPY who is from a humble background in SINGAPORE, and his life experience, serving in the army to escort the President on the Police Bike, Selling Insurance, Romance, Investing in Stocks, Generating multiple Streams of $$$, ups and downs… and eventually realising his DREAM of running a resort and cruise service to connect with Whales and Dolphins in Australia!<br><br>Be inspired by the lessons in this book!<br><br>Jimmy Chua is a Singaporean...
| Автор | Jimmy Chua |
A new government has been elected and, as usual, savings must be made in the public service. Some individuals in the Department of Multifarious, Extraneous and Artistic Affairs will go to any lengths to be made redundant and to leave with lucre, but Alan Mewling is not one of them; he is unashamedly desperate to avoid bureaucratic irrelevance. At the very time, though, when he needs to demonstrate his indispensability to senior management, his domestic life descends into chaos, his work...
| Автор | A.C. Bland |
Set in Hollywood, California, Sex, Cheese and French Fries is a witty look at relationships, using as premise an American woman's life with an irreverent Frenchman named Pierre Bonsoirno. <br><br>Beautifully illustrated by noted Los Angeles artist Jeannie Winston Nogai, each chapter of this book takes the reader on a journey of adventure, comic miscommunication, and ultimately the sublime rewards of falling — and staying — in love, as long as the partners...
| Автор | Carine Jr. Fabius |
Here is the follow-up to the much talked about and read, Megabelt. Five years ago, Nick May wrote about his growing up in what is known as the Bible Belt. The story of Gil, Cal, Everyman, Grey and more resonated with people who also lived in this section of the United States, and allowed those who did not, to look through the knothole in the fence. Stories included dinner on the grounds, gospel singing, summer camp and ice cream socials. We laughed and cried and asked for more. Nick May has...
| Автор | Nick May |
A sweeping, bittersweet love story amidst the glitz and the glamour of the French Riviera. *From the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets* Two very different women are starring in their own real-life dramas behind the scenes of the Cannes Film Festival.Newly in love, Anna Carson returns to the Festival for the first time in nearly 40 years hoping to reconcile her past with her present-day happiness. Journalist Daisy Harris is looking for a big scoop at her first Festival and is...
| Автор | Jennifer Bohnet |
[b][/b] Is a change as good as a rest? When married couple Fern and Aiden have a windfall, their reactions could not be more different. While Fern is content to pay off their mortgage and build a nest egg before starting a family, her husband is set on traveling the world. Fern’s not much of a back-packer so, before she knows it, the idea of a ‘marriage gap year’ takes shape. And, as Aiden heads off to the wilds of Australia, Fern chooses the more restful Provence for her year out. Set...
| Автор | Lucy Coleman |
*The Top 10 Bestseller*'A tender, heart-breaking, page-turning read' Rachel Hore 'The perfect combination of page-turning thriller and deeply emotional family story. Superb.’ Nicola Cornick The new chilling and captivating novel from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy pick The Secrets Between Us . When Edie’s mother-in-law, Anna DeLuca, dies, she is relieved. Edie blames Anna for the accident that destroyed her family. So, when her will lures Edie to Sicily...
| Автор | Louise Douglas |
Meaningful and moving, a beautiful story with life-affirming qualities. Milly Bryne’s world came crashing down when she lost her beloved Dad and boyfriend in a matter of weeks. Losing her Dad has broken her family. Losing her soul mate made has made her give up on life and love. After swerving from stability to chaos to despair, Milly finally believes she has her life back on track when the unexpected return of a familiar face throws her life once more into a spin. Milly is forced to decide...
| Автор | Sian O'Gorman |
A feel-good story of new beginnings set in a gorgeous country village, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Milly Johnson. After losing her job in New York, Amber Green isn’t looking forward to visiting her godmother in the sleepy village of Cranbridge. With its empty lanes and rundown shops, it’s hardly a place to mend her lonely heart.But when Amber discovers that Cranbridge Stores, owned by her godmother Cathy and son Josh, is under threat of financial ruin, she realises that her skills as a...
| Автор | Alison Sherlock |
'Fast paced and addictive.' Ross Greenwood [/i]'A riveting read full of tension and suspense with a vivid cast of characters and an enticing plot.' [i]Heather Burnside When you’re working undercover the smallest mistake can cost you your life. Detective Constable Bailey Morgan has been out of the undercover game since her last job went horribly wrong, leaving her with scars inside and out.When her colleague Alice is found dead whilst working deep cover in a women’s...
| Автор | Caro Savage |
При информационной поддержке главной книжной социальной сети Рунета www.livelib.ru Если бы Кинг умел смешить, если бы Пратчетт умел пугать, возможно, они написали бы эту книгу. Или очень похожую – с ужасными созданиями, вызывающими смех, и со смешными людьми, испытывающими ужас. Книгу про страшно/смешной мир. Бойтесь с удовольствием! Здесь вам не причинят никакого вреда.
| Автор | Игорь Мытько |
Wise and funny, touching and true, What We’re Teaching Our Sons is for anyone who has ever wondered how to be a grown up.We’re teaching our sons about money; about heartbreak, and mountains, and philosophy. We’re teaching them about the big bang and the abominable snowman and what happens when you get struck by lightning. We’re teaching them about the toughness of single mothers, and the importance of having friends who’ve known you longer than you’ve known yourself, and the difference between...
| Автор | Owen Booth |
16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy.Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.Sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights.In ‘Terminus’ a young woman hides in an empty Brighton hotel; in ‘Thicker Than Blood’ a man sits in a hot tub stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in ‘A bird half-eaten’ an amateur boxer prepares for a match.A woman recalls the...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
“A remarkable and very moving feat of storytelling.” —Andrew Holgate China is the center of the world, and the center of China is Beijing, and at the center of Beijing is a billionaire financier named Qin. At the opening of this novel-in-stories, billionaire Qin is lying in state at his funeral, victim of a sudden and premature death. Moving back and forth in time, we meet a wide range of Chinese, all linked to Qin by a degree or two of separation: a property developer, a street artist, a...
| Автор | Jonathan Tel |
…Всем нам после смерти уготовлено распределение: в Рай или Ад. Окончательное и бесповоротное. В идеале. Но случилось так, что лично я в Раю отчаянно заскучала, и добрые Ангелы предложили мне отправиться на каникулы в… Ад. Я была бы не я, если бы отказалась от уникальной возможности попутешествовать по миру чертей. А черти были бы не черти, если бы не превратили мои каникулы в настоящее приключение. Какое? Сейчас узнаете… © Storysidе
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Piedra Negra is an isolated village that is home to many soldiers who were injured in the revolution and now pass their time drinking firewater so intense that they all hallucinate and most never recover. The firewater distiller's daughter, Elena, longs to be a poet. After a chance encounter with Daniel Arcilla, Cuba's most important poet, she wins a national poetry prize and leaves Piedra Negra behind for Havana. There, she encounters a population adjusting to a new way of life...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Once upon a time, Tim Luchetti went searching for a daddy and found one in Dean Luchetti. Now it's time for Tim's Mommy Quest, and he has the perfect woman picked out: his principal, Stella O'Connell. Unfortunately, Dean and Stella have history…a lot of it. Stella left Gainsville, Illinois right after high school, never planning to come back. But an attack at her Los Angeles school has put her on mandatory leave. When the Gainsville Elementary principal is injured, Stella slides...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Arkadi Timofejewitsch Awertschenko (1881 – 1925 ) war ein russischer Journalist und Satiriker. Seine Grotesken, Erzählungen und Komödien beschreiben mit oft überraschenden Pointen treffsicher menschliche Schwächen. Das satte und selbstgefällige Russland der Jahrhundertwende forderte seinen kritischen Geist heraus, und dies – es ging ihm nicht um Kritik an politischen Verhältnissen – sowohl unter dem Zaren, dann unter den Bolschewiken, als auch später in der Emigration. Der erste Teil der...
| Автор | Arkadij Timofejewitsch Awertschenko |
Endlich wird gemordet! Hotelmanagerin Annabelle hat gerade einen Superjob in Singapur ergattert, als sie das Alpenhotel ihrer Eltern retten soll. Fest entschlossen, den maroden Familienbetrieb zu verkaufen, reist sie in die verschneite Heimat – und findet eine Leiche im Straßengraben. Ist es einer der Investoren, die das verträumte Bergdorf touristisch aufmöbeln wollen? Welche Rolle spielt Andi, der charmante Sohn der Nachbarn, mit denen ihre Eltern eine alte Fehde verbindet? Als eine weitere...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Heirate doch selber! Hochzeitsplanerin Amelie könnte vor Verzweiflung in den Brautstrauß beißen: Der Bräutigam kann vor Restalkohol kaum stehen, die Braut dreht ohnehin frei, die weißen Tauben haben keine Lust zu fliegen. Noch dazu ist Amelies eigener Traum vom Für immer gerade zerplatzt – nach ihrer unerfreulichen Scheidung muss sie sich in einem ganz neuen Leben zurechtfinden. Dass sie bei ihrem nächsten Auftrag einem Mann begegnet, der all das zu sein scheint, was sie sich sehnlichst...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
In the near future, Berlin's real estate is being flipped in the name of «sustainability,» only to make the city even more unaffordable; artists are employed by corporations as consultants, and the weather is acting strange. When Anja and Louis are offered a rent-free home on an artificial mountain – yet another eco-friendly initiative run by a corporation – they seize the opportunity, but it isn't long before the experimental house begins malfunctioning. After Louis's mother...
| Автор | Elvia Wilk |
Thomas von Steinacker / Joachim Lottmann / Ingo Schulze / Katja Lange-Müller / Thomas Meinecke Maisonette oder Reihenhaus, Designerbad oder Klofuß-Umpuschelung, Schreibmaschine oder iBook? Wie leben, wohnen und arbeiten Schriftsteller? Was inspiriert sie? Jenni Zylka, selbst Autorin und Spezialistin fürs Skurrile, ist den ewigen Fragen des Literaturbetriebs auf der Spur. Vor Ort guckt sie Schriftstellern in Topf und Kühlschrank, zieht Schreibtischschubladen auf und geheime Romanprojekte aus dem...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Die verhaltensauffälligsten Förderschüler im deutschen Entertainmentgeschäft, Vol. II Die Nunchaku sind geschnürt, die polnischen Zigaretten stangenweise eingepackt: Es kann wieder losgehen! Ein Jahr nach dem förderpädagogischen Super-GAU «Förderschulklassenfahrt» begeben sich Hassan, Gerome, Bogdan und Marc, die vier Musterschüler der Claudia-Nolte-Förderschule in Vechta, gemeinsam mit ihrer Lehrerin Sibylle Rettkowski wieder auf große Reise. Ein Eventhörspiel-Sequel für die ganze Familie,...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |