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Mothers-in-law are famous for being difficult but when Nell marries Andy it’s her father-in-law, Hal, who is the problem. A corrosive force in his own family, Hal is a truly ugly Australian who spreads his corruption whenever he gets the chance. Surviving Hal takes place in Sydney and Thailand and is the story of Nell and Andy trying to keep their family together against the influence of a charismatic but ugly soul.<br /> <br />Praise for Penny Flanagan<br...
| Автор | Penny Flanagan |
Moon Over the Mediterranean' is the fascinating story of Alexander, a conscientious objector in 1960s Holland. He embarks on a lifetime adventure, travelling the hippie trail through Greece, India, Nepal, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and beyond. He keeps his sketch pad at hand, always has a good book to enjoy and engages in deep philosophical discussions with fellow travellers, as well as falling in and out of love along the way.<br /> <br />As he matures, Alexander...
| Автор | G J Maher |
Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.<br /> <br />When Canadian miner Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit....
| Автор | Kerry B Collison |
Victoria, armas sinisilmne tütarlaps, oli terve oma elu elanud muretult vaikses linnakeses. Vaid oma armastatud romaanidest sai ta teada armastusest ja kirest, kohutavatest kuritegudest ja uskumatutest seiklustest. Kuid ükskord sai see kõik tema jaoks reaalsuseks. Kõik algas kesköisest kohtumisest talvisel teel…
| Автор | Sondra Tabit |
Keskkooliõpilased lähevad klassiekskursioonile väikesele saarele. Ühe teismelise jaoks jääb see retk aga viimaseks. Tapetu surma uurides põrkavad Vistrik ja Rita kokku erinevate sotsiaalsete pahedega, mis end korraliku pereelu fassaadi taha peidavad.
| Автор | Mihkel Ulman |
Kogumik Sherlock Holmsi lugude autorilt, kus juttu tuleb noorest poksijast, kel seisab ees ennekuulmatutel tingimustel poksimatš, juhtumist merel, kus naisele paistab ilmuvat tema surnud abikaasa jt.
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
In this 7th book of the highly acclaimed Grafton Everest Series, our indolent hero, Professor Dr Everest (former lecturer in Lifestyles and Wellbeing at the University of Mangoland) is surprised to find himself President of the newly minted Republic of Australia. Luckily he manages to avoid any actual work or duties, save heading the newly created Department of Wellbeing, and leaves on a goodwill tour of the US.<br /> <br />Here, he is courted by both Democrats and Republicans as...
| Автор | Ross Fitzgerald |
Peach Avenel is a broken woman. She thought she had a loving marriage. She thought she would be starting a family. She thought she had a successful career… Peach was wrong. She has a life that no longer fits, filled with broken dreams. When a tumbled down house with a neglected garden comes into her life by serendipitous circumstances, Peach feels something stir within her and although she prefers Jimmy Choo shoes to gum boots, she is drawn to the house and the garden. What unfolds is a story of...
| Автор | Tracy Madden |
Gracious Living plunges into the excesses of the 1980s. Adrian Dadswell, an entrepreneur, is the owner of a holiday resort that boasts everything from an indoor golf range to a fake rain forest. Adrian has a former wife and a disabled daughter who, together with their friends, live very differently from Adrian and his white-shoe brigade. It is these women – young and old, married and single, lesbians and mothers – who come to dominate the novel. The book explores the value of diversity, while at...
| Автор | Andrea Goldsmith |
In 2004 the author found a little diary of 386 pages written by a 62-year-old man in a nursing home. This story is inspired by that diary.<br /> <br />E=mc2? Jack Smythe thinks Einstein is wrong and he has a theory to prove it. But he's no physicist. Instead, he's been a homeless kid, a palmreader, a cosmic theorist, a father of two (who probably aren't his) and a devoted companion to his sister Kitty who has her own demons. But now at 62, he wakes after an operation...
| Автор | Robert Hollingworth |
"Dragon's Gate is a superb book, a fascinating story written from the heart and woven into a complex cultural and historical tapestry – a modern classic in the making." – Robert Macklin, author of Dragon and Kangaroo Shi Ding is seventeen. In an attempt to impress a girl, he joins a local Red Guard unit and succeeds in having a nine-year-old boy arrested and a widowed professor of foreign literature driven to a shameful suicide. But when his father's death is also...
| Автор | Vivian Bi |
Kuulsa Prantsuse kirjaniku ja ajaloolase filosoofiline jutustus inimlikust rumalusest ning massidele omasest pimedast kuuletumisest barbaarsetele jõududele. Armutu satiir, mis paljastab harjumuspärase normaalse pealispinna all varjuvat solvavat absurdsust.
| Автор | Voltaire |
Louise Davitt, a young Australian anthropologist, and Zeno Wolde, an Ethiopian doctor and fellow anthropologist, research and explore isolated villages and tribal lands in Ethiopia, making fascinating discoveries about the people, the environment and themselves. While working for reform to lift poor peasants out of poverty, they fall in love and marry then have a child. Zeno's work takes him away from home for long stretches of time, then he disappears. Louise visits family in London and is...
| Автор | Roger Rees |
In WAIT, WHAT, a man finds perfection, only to discover that someone else has beaten him to it. In HOW TO MEASURE INFINITY, a teenager on an annual camping trip with his family learns that lust and shame often go hand in hand. In DATING APP, a timid adult discovers the ins and outs and complications that come from modern dating. And in the four part series LIAR a young man grows and matures until he can finally realize that the boy he once loved more than anything in...
| Автор | Zachary Leonard |
When talented hoop dancer and staunch introvert Lily Black meets hoop instructor James Baker, her first instinct is to retreat. James sees possibilities within Lily that she had never imagined for herself. He encourages her to train for and enter a national hoop dance competition called The Circle. But Lily struggles with not only four decades of stage fright, but the recent loss of her husband due to cancer. Both cause pain for herself and her teenage children. Lily must fight to discover...
| Автор | Amy Shankland |
Brian Fredericks, ’n aangrypende nuwe stem, skryf met nege kortverhale ’n wêreld oop in die Cape Flats. Hy werp lig op ’n komplekse wêreld waar die grens tussen reg en verkeerd heeltyd verskuiwe, maar bowenal het hy ’n sonderlinge insig in die feilbaarheid maar ook die broosheid van menswees. Karakters kry lewe op papier, en maak jou opnuut kyk na die wêreld om jou en in jou. Met dié bundel kortverhale vestig Fredericks hom as baanbreker in die Afrikaanse kortkuns.
| Автор | Brian Fredericks |
Justine ja Daniel Homage on Pariisis elav väärikas ja edukas abielupaar. Kuid väärikus on vaid fassaad, mille on kujundanud terve elu mehe kõrvalehüppeid kannatanud Justine. Viimaks naise kannatus katkeb ja ta läheb meest teolt tabama. Olukord kujuneb aga selliseks, et Justine peab esinema teise naisena, klopsides kokku loo teisikutest. Kas mees läheb pettuse õnge?
| Автор | Natalee Redmond |
"Vabariigi Valvuri Ivan Orava nimi on tuntud igale eestlasele. Käesolev mälestuste täiendatud trükk ilmub Orava 100. juubeli puhul. Nagu ikka, sekkub Orav karmilt ja selgesõnaliselt kõikjal, kus viga näeb laita. Lisaks on raamatus ka varem ilmumata näidend «„Orav ja Meri“»."
| Автор | Andrus Kivirähk |
Romaan eesti rahva raskest elust mõisahärrade rõhumise all. Rängas olukorras ei jää rahval muud üle, kui krabada endale kõike mida kätte saab, olgu siis naabri sahvrist, mõisaaiast või teede ristmikul vanakurja käest. Loomulikult on mängus ka kõiksugused kratid, tondid ja kollid, kes varitsevad põõsas, silmad põlemas, et paljukannatanud külainimestele veelgi kurja teha.
| Автор | Andrus Kivirähk |
Monsters, cryogenics, relationships, religion, war, dragons, cannibalism, angels, demons, space exploration, aliens, beans, eyes, traffic cones, gods, Chicago, pot plants, robots, a dive bar on Mars, goblins, heart break, July, cake, bees, geese, peacock flavour crisps and time travel are just some of the things you’ll find in this eclectic collection of flash fiction and poetry. Originally written for the Elephant Words website where writers are challenged to produce a new short piece of...
| Автор | Ian Sharman |
It is the politically turbulent 1950s, in Cape Town. Phyllis’s ailing mother has just passed away, leaving Phyllis without a home, and with no one to care for. With her sister’s help, she applies for a position as matron at a prestigious boarding school for boys. Surrounded by restless, reckless boys on the verge of adulthood, Phyllis is reminded of her own desires and losses. She begins to write a journal again – for the first time since that dreadful day when her mother discovered what she had...
| Автор | Dawn Garisch |
On the larger of two islands in the southern Atlantic seas, a baby girl is born one dark winter’s day, while the spindrift wind sings strange songs around the gullies and cliffs. But Gulai’s mother dies soon after giving birth to her, and her father, Dr Orion Prosper, the only medical doctor on the island, blames himself.For days afterwards he stays locked in his room, refusing to talk to anyone. But Gulai never stops crying and her aunt is forced to seek advice from Sophia – the island’s other...
| Автор | Dawn Garisch |