"Am I giving the impression that I don't like the Veneto? It's not true. I love it. But like any place that's become home I hate it too."
How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When Tim Parks first moved to Verona he found it irresistible and infuriating in equal measure; this book is the story of his love affair with it. Infused with an objective passion, he unpicks the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture with wit and affection. Italian Neighbours is travel writing at its best. Views: 65
"Am I giving the impression that I don't like the Veneto? It's not true. I love it. But like any place that's become home I hate it too."How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When Tim Parks first moved to Verona he found it irresistible and infuriating in equal measure; this book is the story of his love affair with it. Infused with an objective passion, he unpicks the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture with wit and affection. Italian Neighbours is travel writing at its best. Views: 65
What happens when a woman loves her boy so intensely she destroys him? A striking new voice in Irish fiction. Views: 65
A 1959 Pulitzer Prize-winning political novel, later made into a movie, about Senate confirmation hearings for Secretary of State for a nominee who is a former member of the Communist Party. The Senator heading the confirmation subcommittee, while under pressure to move the nomination to the forward, is discovered to have a homosexual past and commits suicide rather than face exposure. Views: 65
A portrait of a fictional village, by one of the world's most admired writers In the village of Tel Ilan, something is off kilter. An elderly man complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging under his house at night. Could it be his tenant, a young Arab? But then the tenant hears the mysterious digging sounds too. The mayor receives a note from his wife: "Don't worry about me." He looks all over, no sign of her. The veneer of new wealth around the village—gourmet restaurants and art galleries, a winery—cannot conceal abandoned outbuildings, disused air raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left wherever they stopped. Amos Oz's novel-in-stories is a brilliant, unsettling glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday life. Scenes from Village Life is a parable for Israel, and for all of us. Views: 65
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia London launches a
triumphant, emotional, heartwarming story about finding love, family and home.
Madeline Pruett has made up for a
lonely childhood and being raised by an irresponsible single mom by creating a
solitary world where timetables and highlighters are essential for the
predictability she craves. But Madeline is shocked out of her carefully constructed
life by word that a father she never knew has died and left her an inheritance
and, surprisingly, two unknown sisters. Madeline hopes that she can fly to
Colorado, meet her sisters, discover her inheritance, and return to Orlando in
a few days to close the biggest deal of her budding real estate career and get
back to what she knows best: a quiet life.
For years, Luke Kendrick has juggled
school and career and rescuing his family from illness, death and financial
crisis. But he has never lost sight of his goals: building and selling his own
dream homes. Just when it seems that dream might finally materialize, Luke is
called home to Pine River, Colorado to reclaim the ranch his father lost in a
gentlemen’s agreement. He is not surprised—Luke’s family knows he will put his
life on hold to rescue them...again. But Luke is surprised by a sexy yet
uptight button-up woman in impractical shoes who thinks his ranch now
belongs to her.
Madeline isn’t sure how to put order
to a sprawling, rundown ranch, not to mention a pair of sisters who are nothing
like what she imagined or hoped them to be. The only thing she’s sure of is
that careful planning is useless in a place where roads have names like Sometimes
Pass and men as ruggedly handsome as Luke Kendrick behave so
unpredictably.
As Luke and Madeline go toe to toe
over the future of the ranch, sparks fly as hot and fiery as their kisses.
Madeline thinks she’s the expert, but it’s Luke who teaches her a thing or
two—about breaking down walls, finding home, and the true meaning of family.
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