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Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by.
So here?s the world again . . .? begins the title poem of Justin Quinn?s sixth collection, a world that is ?suddenly large / and intricate?, and that encompasses ?the usual bloody mess / of Central Europe??where the author lives.
By adjusting classic patterns to new landscapes and new times, this ?realist with a strong social conscience and sense of history? (Rory Waterman, TLS) teases answers to questions of nostalgia for his?native Dublin and of the future in store for his children abroad.
With verbal wit and formal, fluent ingenuity these poems embrace the erotic as their author identifies with birds he describes that??sing that they?re alive?.
Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a ‘heroine whom no one but myself will much like’, but Emma is irresistible. ‘Handsome, clever, and rich’, Emma is also an ‘imaginist’, ‘on fire with speculation and foresight’. She sees the signs of romance all around her, but thinks she will never be married.
Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Judgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy, and the end is a triumph of understanding.
THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThere are many challenges facing our mental health. We are living in the middle of an anxiety epidemic, depression is the one of the most significant mental health issues of our time, self-harm is endemic amongst school children and technology and social media are insidiously and pervasively invading our lives leading to toxic stress. In this book, bestselling author and GP Dr Harry Barry reveals how you can unlock your inner emotional resilience reserves, deal with the challenges of life, and protect your mental health.
A chance sighting on a bus; a letter which should never have been read; a pianist with a secret that touches the heart of her music . . .
AN EQUAL MUSIC is a book about love, about the love of a woman lost and found and lost again; it is a book about music and how the love of music can run like a passionate fugue through a life. It is the story of Michael, of Julia, and of the love that binds them.
‘Will still be read with pleasure and absorption decades from now‘ Spectator
‘A wonder-work: irresistible, tense, deeply moving‘ Sunday Times
‘A novel that can stand being reread and reread, but the first time round is an emotional cliffhanger … secure a copy for yourself, settle down, and prepare for the unforgettable‘ Sunday Times
Aesop’s celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables – the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep’s clothing and many others – have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues
This book is for business owners and managers of non-profit organisations who want be become more effective at Facebook marketing. Whether they are complete beginners or have been using Facebook for a while, readers of this book will learn how to get maximise results from Facebook. The book will help businesses in the following areas:* Gain an understanding of the architecture of Facebook* Get clear instruction on how businesses should set up business pages and create page administrators* A comprehensive explanation of Page settings* How to carry our customer analysis and profiling* How to come up with compelling content for business pages* A guide on how to craft content that encourages engagement* How to represent brands on Facebook* A complete guide to using Facebook AdsWritten with small business owners in mind, many of whom realise that they are missing out by not using this powerful and popular resource more effectively, Facebook Marketing will make a huge difference to the bottom line.
WB Yeat’s classic collection of Irish myths and legends, tales of witches, fairies, giants and people of the otherworld, draws on the glorious storytelling tradition of Ireland.
Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy’s Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was ‘…the past was yesterday; never, the day after’.
And lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with ‘…a fearful sense of exposure’, when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba. The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods.
The 5th collection of poems from O’Donoghue, who won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry in 1995. Brings together subtle and moving meditations on exile and belonging, travel and home, and honours friends and loved ones.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Sabrina Ghayour knows how to throw a party: serve big dishes of beautifully spiced food and let everyone dig in.’ – OLIVE ‘Sabrina Ghayour’s Middle-Eastern-plus food is all flavour, no fuss – and makes me very, very happy’ – NIGELLA LAWSON In Feasts, the highly anticipated follow up to the award-winning Persiana & no. 1 bestseller Sirocco, Sabrina Ghayour presents a delicious array of Middle-Eastern dishes from breakfasts to banquets and the simple to the sumptuous. Enjoy menus and dozens of recipes for celebrations and occasions with family & friends, such as summer feasts, quick-fix feasts and brunch.
The new children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.Meet the Meeks!Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want.
But everything isn’t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there’s only one problem… What is a FING?Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia.