Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099529327 ISBN 13: 9780099529323
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them â¿ from a Balkan exile to Kenâ¿s old flame and the siblingsâ¿ own raffish father â¿ the household struggles to preserve its precious peace.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 009952936X ISBN 13: 9780099529361
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Exclusive to Vintage Classics.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099552477 ISBN 13: 9780099552475
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The stories in Julian Barnes' long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. A divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a widower relives a favourite holiday; two writers rehearse familiar arguments; a couple bond, fall out and bond again over flowers and vegetable patches. And at a series of evenings at 'Phil & Joanna's', the topics of conversation range from the environment to the Britishness of marmalade, from toilet graffiti to smoking, as we witness the guests' lives in flux.Ranging from the domestic to the extraordinary, from the vineyards of Italy to the English seaside in winter, the stories in Pulse resonate and spark.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 009952872X ISBN 13: 9780099528722
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Set in wartime Highgate, London, this tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain and bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is 'not the type that attracts men'. A delightfully wistful tale of romantic entanglements and self reliance.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 009952869X ISBN 13: 9780099528692
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A compelling tale of social misfits told with Gibbons' trademark humour and affection. Filled with mischievous social stereotypes and period charm, this will appeal to fans of Nancy Mitford, Saki and P.G. Wodehouse.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099535637 ISBN 13: 9780099535638
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099528681 ISBN 13: 9780099528685
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A wickedly funny and charming sequel to 'Cold Comfort Farm'. Robert Poste's child is back at the farm, but all is not well. Flora finds it transformed into a twee haven filled with Toby jugs and peasant pottery. Reissue.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 009952063X ISBN 13: 9780099520634
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Fourteen years after independence, the enduring childhood friendship of three women has carried them through times of violence and loss in Kenya, their chosen homeland.Hannah Olsen and her husband Lars own Langani Farm and Safari Lodge where they struggle to protect their wildlife and land from poachers and corrupt officials. But the developing relationship between their daughter and a young African boy with a terrifying legacy tests the strength of their family. Sarah Singh, wildlife researcher and renowned photographer, is married to an Indian journalist. However, their inability to have children puts Sarah's relationship with her husband and his family under increasing pressure. And Camilla Broughton Smith, international model and fashion designer, has given up a sparkling career to work with the charismatic safari guide Anthony Chapman, who has been injured in a tragic accident. Yet his bitterness and fear of commitment threaten to shatter her dreams.The final part of the Langani trilogy is an unforgettable story of courage and fortitude, of loyalty and murderous deceit, of friendship and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the beauty and wilderness of Kenya.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099529335 ISBN 13: 9780099529330
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A new edition of the classic novel from Gibbons, the author of 'Cold Comfort Farm'. Exclusive to Vintage Classics.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099547023 ISBN 13: 9780099547020
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 009954704X ISBN 13: 9780099547044
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown.Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. In a world transformed by battles over resources, he teaches them how to steal.In time we see him struggle through strange, horrific and unexpectedly funny terrain as he goes about the no longer simple act of survival. Despite the chaos of his world, he keeps his eyes on the exit door, his heart open and his mind on what he thinks is going to happen next.Longlisted for the Guardian first book award.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0224086731 ISBN 13: 9780224086738
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Beryl Wood was born and brought up in Kent. As a young woman she worked as secretary to the pioneering obstetrician Dr Grantly Dick-Read in Johannesburg, and on her employer's return to England her responsibilities included running the market garden interests near Petersfield.Later her career spanned pest control, caravans and catering, managing a uniquely women-only private car-hire firm and, finally, restaurant work. Beryl Wood died in 1975.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0224093851 ISBN 13: 9780224093859
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Drawing on various sources, this book examines varieties of love, faith, hope and illusion, to suggest an unusual possibility: that when the search for what we expected to find - in the forest or in our own hearts - ends in failure, we can now begin the hard and disciplined quest for what is actually there.
Publicado por Vintage Publishing Aug 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099523930 ISBN 13: 9780099523932
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Like their modern counterparts, the 'first ladies' of Rome were moulded to meet the political requirements of their emperors, be they fathers, husbands, brothers or lovers.