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This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Haircut' is a dark satire about moral blindness. Ring Lardner was born in Niles, Michigan in 1885. He studied engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, but did not complete his first semester. In 1907, Lardner obtained his first job as journalist with the South Bend Times. Six years later, he published his first successful book, You Know Me...
| Автор | Lardner Ring |
'I absolutely love Shari's books, funny, honest and heartwarming writing' Jenny Colgan, bestselling author Brand new from #1 bestseller Shari Low. An emotional roller-coaster, that keeps you guessing… One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever.After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It's her turn, her time. But will she have the courage to start again?Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster...
| Автор | Shari Low |
'I enjoyed Out of Love hugely! It's vivid, very compelling storytelling' Marian Keyes'I fell in love with this book. The writing was good enough to make me forget I had a phone, put it that way' Aisling Bea ' Out of Love will fill the gap that Normal People left in our heart . . . Trust us, this is the book of the summer' Evoke 'Wise, compelling and beautifully written ' Daily Mail 'What a book . . . Hayes references Nora Ephron throughout and she's a...
| Автор | Hazel Hayes |
A curious scheme is afoot in Blighty. Attempting to tackle spiralling levels of crime and anti-social behaviour, the government has a new solution: to dye offenders purple. For once, even journalist Eve Baxter is shocked – she’s spent years gathering the world’s weird and wacky news, but has never seen anything as loopy as this. Learning of these shamed ‘bruises on society’, the nation is agog – and divided. There’s anger and agreement, protest and debate. Oh, green and pleasant and...
| Автор | Kate Bulpitt |
In the early hours of 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 72 people and injuring many more. An entire community was destroyed. For many people affected by this tragedy, the psychological scars may never heal.<br><br>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that affects many people who have endured traumatic events, leaving them unable to move on from life-changing tragedies. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, the focus...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
'Astute, funny, elegant meditation on identity . . . full of energy with an alluring Parisian glow’ Diana Evans, author of [/i][i]Ordinary People 'Generous, urbane, zestful . . . a Francophile's feast' Rob Doyle, author of Threshold Larry Frost, a British pharmacologist livingin Paris, is exuberant, charismatic, wildly opinionated. He’s also convincedhe’s Jewish – or at least he’s long had his hopes. But his search for what hebelieves is his true...
| Автор | Jude Cook |
Neil McCormick is the author of bestseller Killing Bono (originally published as I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger ), which was turned into a hit feature film in 2011. Elton John described it as ‘the best book I have ever read about trying to make it in the music business’.Neil is also chief music critic for the Daily Telegraph , as well as presenting a weekly music interview show on Vintage TV.He will be available for events around publication.For fans of John Niven's Kill...
| Автор | Neil McCormick |
*Brand new from the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets * What will be will be… Belinda Marshall’s idyllic teenage life in Brittany, France, fell apart when her parents dramatically separated and her mother took her back to England.Fast forward thirty-five years when Belinda’s world is once again turned upside down. It’s the week before Christmas and Belinda's employer ' surprises ’ her by asking for her help to rejuvenate their latest investment, a run-down campsite in...
| Автор | Jennifer Bohnet |
"A strange, tragic, inspired novel . . . as poignant as anything in modern fiction." — E. M. Forster This acclaimed novel marked the debut of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and important writers. In Virginia Woolf's captivating exploration of a young woman's growing self-awareness, the events of a shipboard journey to South America parallel the naive heroine's inner quest. Her experiences, from a first kiss to a surprising...
| Автор | Virginia Woolf |
The book that started it all! A vintage 90s romcom from #1 bestselling author Shari Low. 1999. Carly Cooper is 30, single, and after coming close to saying ‘I Do’ to six different men, she’s wondering if she accidentally said ‘goodbye' to Mr Right.But there is a problem.Her ex-boyfriends are scattered all over the world and Carly lives in 1999; an era before Facebook, Google, smartphones, 4G and Broadband, when it was impossible to track people down with a few clicks of a mouse.On a...
| Автор | Shari Low |
Is she alive, or is she missing for good…? When the estranged daughter of Scotland's premier art dealer goes missing, Private Investigator Hanlon is hired to find out where Aurora is.But what she thinks will be a relatively straightforward job, soon turns dangerous. The missing girl has a troubled past but what made Aurora suddenly pack her bags and disappear?Hanlon has her work cut out for her. The stakes are rising and she needs to get to the bottom of the case before someone else is...
| Автор | Alex Coombs |