Why would Germans accuse you of being like the donkey getting cross with a rabbit? Who would a Spaniard tell to go and fry asparagus? And when might the French claim they are without a radish? Furthering your knowledge of the world�s unusual idioms, Toujours Tingo will also explain how ordering �lamb� in Ethiopia may see a cow delivered to your table, and how politicians in Sweden may be encouraged occasionally to g�ra en hel Pudel (�do a full poodle�) with some humble apologising. Covering such wide-ranging linguistic necessities as arguing, raising children, working and dining out, and filling all those gaps that English leaves thoughtlessly unplugged, this book�s charm would � for Russians at least � be e�iku ponjatno (obvious even to a hedgehog). Views: 29
A photograph, a necklace and a missing family . . . A new pupil, Nancy, arrives at Precious Ramotswe's school, and the two girls soon become firm friends. When Precious finds out that all Nancy has to remind her of her missing parents is a photograph and a necklace of beautifully carved zebras, she offers to help find them. This is the start of an exciting adventure that leads the two girls deep into the remotest parts of Botswana, where they meet an old lady who recognises the necklace and has some extraordinary news for Nancy. Find out what it is in the latest book to feature the girl who grew up to become one of the most famous detectives in the world: Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Views: 29
Feathers fly when a black cockatoo goes missing from a black-tie do. (RL 3.9) Views: 29
Mort (geddit?) Vickers is a CORPorate Security Executive (i.e., a company hitman) in a near-future America wherein the Corporations have usurped most of the functions of Government and are a law unto themselves. We first meet him on a return Shuttle flight from an orbiting space station, where he has just eliminated a potential troublemaker. On arrival, Vickers learns that his own Corporate employer has "lost" an entire underground nuclear command facility to a megalomanic executive, who is on the point of sealing the bunker against the outside world and running it as his own personal domain. Through a number of violent subterfuges, Vickers is inveigled into the bunker with the mission: get it back and kill those responsible. Excellently bleak and savage, the first of a series of ‘80s/’90s "realist" works which claw America’s decadent corporate inhumanity. Views: 29
From one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers of our time comes a major new collection of stories and verse "We each have our little triggers . . . things that wait for us in the dark corridors of our lives." So says Neil Gaiman in his introduction to Trigger Warning, a remarkable compendium of twenty-five stories and poems that explore the transformative power of imagination.In "Adventure Story"—a thematic companion to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane—Gaiman ponders death and the ways in which people take their stories with them when they die. "A Calendar of Tales" is comprised of short pieces about the months of the year—stories of pirates and March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale "The Case of Death and Honey." Also included is... Views: 29
Feeling she needs a change of scenery,
librarian and genealogist, Asha West leaves her job and a failed relationship
behind to return to her home in Brisbane. With her new library position not due
to start for a couple of months Asha plans to take a well-earned break and
spend some time with her family.
Her plans go awry almost immediately
when she is contacted by Vivienne Chaseley, the matriarch of one of the city’s
pioneering families. The elderly woman has seen a book Asha prepared for a
friend’s family reunion and she wants Asha to do something similar about her
own family. Unable to resist the project, Asha soon finds herself moving into
the Chaseley’s historic home.
Soon research isn’t the only thing on
Asha’s mind when she meets another visitor at the house – the cool and
attractive Peri Moyland. What would it take to melt Peri’s cool exterior? Any
involvement on Asha’s part would be simply asking for trouble and
heartache… wouldn’t it?
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These fourteen stories, among other things, contain robots, alien planets, genetic manipulation and virtual reality, but their centre focuses on individuals rather than technology, and they deal with love and loneliness, authenticity and illusion, and what it really means to be human.With an introduction from Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space series.Contents:The Turing Test (2002)The Warrior Half-and-Half (1995)Monsters (2003)The Gates of Troy (2000)The Perimeter (2005)Valour (1999)Snapshots of Apirania (2000)Piccadilly Circus (2005)Jazamine in the Green Wood (1994)Dark Eden (2006)We Could Be Sisters (2004)La Macchina (1991)Karel's Prayer (2006)The Marriage of Sky and Sea (2000) Views: 29
Levi Wilcox thought he had left Morris Grove and the ghosts of his past behind him after high school. Living in Oklahoma City, he has had to deal with the anger he feels over the death of his parents. When a life altering event calls him back home, he opens his heart in unexpected ways. Views: 29
Joel is growing up. He is getting interested in girls. Just look at his New Year's resolutions: to see a naked lady, to toughen himself up so that he can live to be a hundred, and to see the sea. They all look pretty impossible for a motherless boy in Northern Sweden. Especially as his sailor dad is keen to drown his sadness in drink, and all the local matrons are narrowly watching the pair of them. And then he saves old Simon from a frozen death in the woods, and Joel becomes a local hero. Views: 29
From Publishers WeeklyThe wry 11th and final Insp. Aurelio Zen mystery (after 2006's Back to Bologna) will leave the series' many fans in renewed mourning for Gold Dagger–winner Dibdin (1947-2007). When the corpse of American attorney Peter Newman is discovered in Calabria after an apparent botched kidnapping, Zen finds himself probing the rumor that Newman was not only born in Italy but heir to a family of southern Italian landowners. The detective must sort out other possible motives for the crime, including the dead man's work for an eccentric Hollywood producer hoping to outdo Mel Gibson with a film based on the Book of Revelations. The writing occasionally soars (There is a unique flavor of melancholy to remote railway stations during the long intervals between the arrival and departure of trains), and Zen's apt observations of his country's foibles and the unromantic portrayal of Calabria help to balance the sometimes brutal plot. This quirky series will be missed. (Aug.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"Didbin's Italy-based Aurelio Zen tales are among the best in the mystery genre."--_The Boston Globe _"Didbin has an abundance of gifts: bracing wit, the ability to wring unexpected poignance out of dark comedy, and a gift for striking imagery."--_The Wall Street Journal _"Didbin belongs to that hierarchy of innovative stylists who make it a point of honor never to repeat a singal trick."--_The New York Times Book Review _"Didbin's work deserves comparison with such...giants as Raymond Chandler."--_The Oregonian _"Didbin is esential reading for those who love mysteries and Italy without illusions."--_The Washington Post_ Views: 29
Three blushing brides in one easy download! Bundle includes The Billion-Dollar Bride, The Disobedient Bride, and The Sheikh's Captive Bride. Views: 29
"It's for the same audience that flocked to The Nest, Where'd You Go, Bernadette? or dare I say a little book you might be a fan of, Crazy Rich Asians."— Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich AsiansEntertainment Weekly's Summer Must-ReadA Publishers Weekly BEST SUMMER BOOKS, 2017New York Post Best Books of SummerRedbook's 10 Books You Have To Read This SummerRelationships are awful. They'll kill you, right up to the point where they start saving your life.Paul and Alice's half-sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels, dinners at "it" restaurants and a reception at a country estate complete with tea lights and embroidered cloth napkins. They couldn't hate it more. The People We Hate at the Wedding is the story of a less... Views: 29
