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Janey has survived an abusive marriage, a lifetime of boring jobs, and has dedicated her whole life to motherhood. But as her youngest child flies the nest, a twist of fate gives her the means to follow her dreams. But can dreams really come true? Or will the lies and secrets of the past consume her future too? A tale of survival, friendship, love and intrigue. Join this forty-something divorcee as she tries to make her dreams a reality, and navigate the impact her decisions have on those around her...Set in Edinburgh, Mallorca and the Highlands; can Janey build the future she deserves??1 from each sale of this title goes to Edinburgh Women?s Aid.

The rubbish in the once-lovely garden, the broken toys, the bicycles against the toppling fence, the neglected, trampled flower-beds ? all were highlighted by the merciless midday sun. The house itself, with paint peeling, tiles missing from the roof, its pretentious pillars pitted with gunfire, looked forlorn and neglected. But nothing could detract from the beauty of the acacia trees whose proud flowering dominated the scene and apologized for everything. Having made her publishing debut with The Dancing Bear, a superb memoir of life in Berlin immediately after World War II, Frances Faviell applied first-hand knowledge to fiction, telling the riveting, harrowing tale of one large, troubled family in Germany nearly a decade after the war?s end. In a town near Cologne, rebuilding is proceeding at a frantic pace, factory work is plentiful and well-paid, and the dark days of near-starvation have ended. But Joseph, a former Allied prisoner of war, and his enormous brood?his wife having received a medal under the Nazis for bearing more than 10 children?face new problems ranging from the mother?s infidelity, th

This book illustrates themes of the struggle of migration, loss, and coming to terms with one's history, which the author believes, affects one's present life; exile by choice because of economic circumstances; assimilation and cause and effect; the myth of the American dream held by people worldwide; cultural alienation; socialization of the immigrant; leaving home; learning new experiences; adapting to a new life; speaking a new language; the reuniting of old friends; friendship; male bonding; spirituality; African Deities; Haitian Culture; Voodoo; facing the past; nationalism; community building; cultural awareness; music and dance in the Haitian culture; political unrest; murder; vengeance; civic duties; and citizen responsibilities. General Authority stems from personal accounts of many violent political coups in the author's native land. She was the oppressed hiding under a bed to keep away from deluge of gun bullets only to later confront the more oppressing without even a bed to hide under. Migrating to the U.S. meant new struggles: cultural alienation, immigration, and police brutality. General





When an eager American moves to Moscow to teach Russians the difference between the and a, he begins what will become an eventful six-and-a-half-year descent into the murky entrails of language, culture, and the world?s greatest metro system. Part surrealistic travelogue, part historical serendipity, Twelve Stories is at its most enduring as a fanciful rumination on the elusiveness of words. Twelve Stories of Russia was originally published in Moscow by the independent publisher GLAS, where it quietly gained a following among expats and locals alike. Unique in its appeal to both sides of the linguistic and cultural divide, the work has remained largely unknown beyond Russia. Now, almost a generation after its narrator?s lively quest for the word that changes and is changed, this emphatic ?novel, I guess? is being released to a wider audience for the first time, its subject matter as universal and its themes as timely as ever.



Seny i sentiment és la història de dues germanes angleses de temperaments totalment oposats, que viuen en un poblet d'Anglaterra a finals del segle XVIII. Elinor, tranquil·la i pacient, és el paradigma de la prudència i l'autocontrol, i la seva germana petita, Marianne, és molt emocional, impulsiva i sensible. Tot i ser tan diferents, comparteixen les mateixes penes amoroses: totes dues perden l'afecte dels seus pretendents. Elinor desitja un home que es compromet amb una altra, i Marianne perd el cor per un pocavergonya que la deixa plantada. El seu patiment mutu les farà ajudar-se a comprendre's l'una a l'altra: l'amor de debò arriba finalment quan el seny deixa pas al sentiment, i el sentiment cedeix davant el seny.Una sàtira molt intel·ligent sobre els excessos de les emocions que van caracteritzar l'època del romanticisme que va viure Jane Austen, fidel retratista de les virtuts i misèries britàniques.

Els neandertals, membres d?una humanitat paral·lela que va evolucionar a Europa durant cents de milers d?anys, constitueixen un sorprenent mirall on mirar-nos i, per contrast, conèixer-nos millor. Tenien capacitat per fabricar estris de pedra a la manera

"Fa molts anys, quan jo encara era una nena innocent, el meu pare creia en la perfecció..." La princesa Jahanara rememora l'extraordinària història d'amor dels seus pares, la bella Mumtaz Mahal i l'emperador Shah Jahan, qui, després de la mort de la seva esposa, per honorar la seva memòria i com a símbol del seu amor, va ordenar la construcció del mausoleu més pur i perfecte del món: el Taj Mahal.Davant la debilitat de l'emperador que, consumit pel dolor, ja no és capaç d'atendre els assumptes d'Estat, Jahanara no té altre remei que assumir les regnes del govern per acabar amb les intrigues que poc a poc es van estenent per tot l'imperi."Aquest jove escriptor sap ressuscitar el món de l'Hindustan imperial", Publishers Weekly"Una inoblidable història d'amor narrada amb un teló de fons d'odi i violència", The India Post



The Perfume of Life trilogy chronicles the recent experiences and work in Mexico by a collective of pioneers who explore expressions of Nature. The program is premised on the idea that the story of Life on Earth is best related in the language of molecules, organic messaging metabolites that travel in our environments presently and through all history, and constitute the fundamental currency of information among living beings. And so, by beholding the narrative channelled by perfume, we come to appreciate most incisively the story of, and the present siege being laid to Life. The project and all the detailed writing follows from this proposition. The Perfume of Life comprises an unparalleled series of conversations in the matter of storytelling vapors of Nature, on distillation and extraction technologies, the science of drawing out or intercepting the chemical communications of vital beings, and including also classes presented to baristas and oenologists on the respective physical bases and neurobiological perception of espresso and wine, and tutorials on the aesthetic analysis of scent, and investigatio





Sixteen-year-old Joe Hawkins is the anti-hero?s anti-hero. His life is ruled by clothes, beer, football and above all violence ? violence against hippies, authority, racial minorities and anyone else unfortunate enough to get in his way. Joe is a London skinhead ? a member of a uniquely British subculture which arose rapidly in the late 1960?s. While other skins were driven mainly by music, fashion and working-class pride, Joe and his mob use their formidable street style as a badge of aggressive rage, even while Joe dreams of making a better life for himself. Lacerating in its depiction of violence and sex, often shocking by today?s standards, Skinhead is also a provocative cross-section of urban British society. It doesn?t spare the hypocrisy, corruption or excessive permissiveness which, the author believed, allowed the extremist wing of skinhead culture to flourish. Skinhead, first published in 1970 and a huge cult bestseller, is now available for the first time in ebook form, with a new introduction by Andrew Stevens. Nearly fifty years on, it remains one of the most potent artefacts of British popul