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The unbearable lightness of s
To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster. And soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; the gloriously vain Bruce discovers a wrinkle and confronts rejection; and Angus finds himself facing the grave consequences of unbridled bliss, not to mention a large Glaswegian gangster bearing gifts ...
Right Attitude To Rain
The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain - just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what you have. Bruised in love by her faithless Irish husband, Isabel Dalhousie is a connoisseur of intimat
e moral issues: she edits a philosophical journal and spends a great deal of her time considering how to improve the lives of those around her. There is her housekeeper Grace, whose future she must secure; her niece Cat, who is embarking on a new rel
ationship with a dubious workaholic mummy's boy; and even an American couple newly arrived in Edinburgh on a tour. And then there is Jamie, Cat's ex-boyfriend, a handsome, gifted musician fourteen years Isabel's junior, with whom she is slowly and ho
pelessly falling in love. Intensely thoughtful and consistently entertaining, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN is shot through with compassion and unassuming intelligence.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý
vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.
Las orchestra saves the world
With a failed marriage behind her, La -- short for Lavender -- moves to the Suffolk countryside on the eve of the Second World War to nurse her broken heart. Lonely and at a loss, a friend encourages her to bring the villagers and the men from the local airbase together by forming an amateur orchestra. One of her musician recruits is Feliks, a handsome and enigmatic Polish refugee. A friendship begins to blossom between the two, and La finds her feelings stirring to life again. Poignant, tender and inspiring, La's Orchestra Saves the World celebrates the power of love and friendship in the shadow of the collective tragedy of war, as well as the extraordinary healing power of music.
Careful Use
For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And with the arrival of baby Charlie, not to mention a passionate relationship with his father
Jamie, fourteen years her junior, Isabel enters deeper and rougher waters. Late motherhood is not the only challenge facing Isabel. Even as she negotiates a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidab
le housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura. Perhaps most seriously of all, Isabel's professional existence and that of her beloved Review come under attack from the machiavel
lian and suspiciously handsome Professor Dove. A master storyteller whether debating ethics in Edinburgh or pursuing lady detectives in Africa, here Alexander McCall Smith is as witty and wise as his irresistibly spirited heroine.Upozornenie: Vzhľado
m na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.
The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street 4)
Poor put-upon Bertie is still struggling to escape his overbearing mother?s influence, his yoga lessons and his pink bedroom while wondering why new baby brother Ulysses looks uncomfortably like his psychotherapist. The insufferably handsome Bruce has returned from London to land, on his feet and rent-free, in the arms of heiress Julia Donald. But all is not well among the residents of 44 Scotland Street: Angus?s dog and constant companion Cyril is under threat of execution, victim of a miscarriage of justice, while pretty, indecisive Pat and hopeless romantic Matthew are on the verge of making the most terrible mistake of their lives ...Big Lou finds a new man, Matthew and Pat edge their relationship towards something more permanent - although this development is not without complications, when a glimpse of someone who just might be her handsome, caddish ex-flatmate Bruce sets Pat's pulse racing - and Domenica's friendship with Antonia is tested to the limit when an assortment of her belongings mysteriously appear in Antonia's new flat.
Franciaország második legrosszabb vendéglője
A Találkozzunk Toscanában! című regény folytatásában Paul Stuartot ezúttal egy hangulatos kis francia faluba kísérjük, ahol a helyi étteremről az a hír járja, hogy az ország második legrosszabb vendéglője.
Az elismert skót gasztroszakértő Az étel filozófiája című könyvén dolgozik, amikor különc nagynénje, Chloe felajánlja neki, hogy töltse vele a nyarat a francia vidéken. Ottlétük alatt azonban mintha minden kizökkenne a rendes kerékvágásból: a hírhedt étterem egyetlen pincérnője az esti műszak közben hozza világra gyermekét, a szakács pedig összerúgja a port a segédjével, aki azonnal felmond. Paul hamar a konyhában találja magát, és az ő feladata lesz felvirágoztatni a falu gasztronómiai központját, miközben a férfifaló Chloe a jóképű, de dilettáns séf társaságában múlatja az időt. Vajon ő lesz a hóbortos hölgy hatodik férje?
A váratlan drámák közepette Paul képtelen az írásra összpontosítani, és még arra is rádöbben, hogy nagynénje múltja sötét titkokat rejt...
A skót szerző most sem okoz csalódást: humor, romantika, napsütés, gasztrokalandok és egy csipetnyi rejtély egyetlen könyvben, Alexander McCall Smith módra!
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Találkozzzunk Toscanában!
Paul Stuart, az elismert skót gasztroszakértő lába alól kicsúszik a talaj, amikor a barátnője egyik napról a másikra faképnél hagyja. A férfi úgy dönt, hogy szerkesztője javaslatára legújabb szakácskönyvét Toscanában fejezi be, hátha a levegőváltozás (no meg alkalomadtán egy kis szarvasgombás tészta és egy üveg vörösbor) meggyógyítja összetört szívét, és az alkotói válságból is kihúzza. De amikor Paul megérkezik Olaszországba, nem egészen úgy történnek a dolgok, ahogy várta... A félresikerült autókölcsönzés után nem marad más választása, mint buldózerre pattanni, az idilli Montalcinóba vezető útja során azonban a szokatlan járműnél sokkalta nagyobb meglepetések is érik. Miközben kellemesen lubickol a toszkán vidék csodás látnivalóiban és ízeiben, a legkülönbözőbb alakokat sodorja elé a sors - köztük egy fiatal amerikai nőt, aki megdobogtatja a szívét.
A Találkozzunk Toscanában! az érzékek ünnepe, az emberi kapcsolatok tanulmánya és a véletlenek vígjátéka. Bájos és örömteli szerelmi történet mindazoknak, akik valaha is álmodtak újrakezdésről. Kedves nyári olvasmány, amely garantáltan mosolyt csal az olvasó arcára.
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
Mister Varg is a Sandinavian Blanc novel. Scandinavian Blanc is different from Scandinavian Noir: there is nothing noir about the world of Ulf Varg, a detective in the Sensitive Crimes Department in the Swedish city of Malmo. Ulf is concerned with very odd, but not too threatening crimes - injuries to the back of the knee caused by an unknown hand, young women who allow their desperation for a boyfriend to get the better of them, and peculiar goings-on in a spa on Sweden's south coast.
Of course, Ulf is a Swedish detective, and Swedish detectives, by convention, lead lives beset with problems of one sort or another. For a start, there is his name: Ulf derives from the Old Norse word for wolf and Varg means wolf in modern Swedish. But his character is far from vulpine: Ulf is a sympathetic, well-educated, and likeable man, with a knowledge of and interest in Nordic art. He has a dog called Marten, the only dog in Sweden who is capable of lip-reading (but only in Swedish). Martin becomes depressed and needs treatment. Dogs in Sweden are, apparently, particularly prone to Seasonal Affective Disorder. But this is summer - and there must be something else going on.
Ulf has a number of colleagues into whose lives we gain an insight. There is Anna, married to an anaesthetist, but very fond of Ulf; there is Erik, whose sole interest is fishing; Carl, whose father has written a book on the Danish philosopher, Kierkegaard; and there is poor Blomquist, from the uniformed branch, who goes on and on about health issues but who seems to have extraordinary luck in investigations. There is also Ulf's psychotherapist, Dr Svensson, whose observations on Ulf's life - and many other topics - enlightens - or possibly confuses.
Mister Varg introduces us to the world of this typically Scandinavian character and his friends and colleagues. Further adventures are planned.
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No. 1. Női Nyomozóiroda
Precious Ramotswe túlad atyai örökségén, és a tehenekért kapott pénzen megnyitja Botswana legjobb, egyszersmind egyetlen női magánnyomozó irodáját.
Barátai - Mr. J. L. B. Maketoni autószerelő-műhely tulajdonos és széptevő, valamint a főváros leggyorsabban gépelő sikítós titkárnője, Mma Makutsi - segítségével kell megoldania egy különös apa, egy pórul járt férj, egy elvesztett középsőujj és egy elrabolt fiú esetét...
Noha a legendásan gyors észjárással, ravaszsággal és tökéletes ösztönnel megáldott, szókimondó Mma Ramotswe a botswanai élet sötét botrányainak, galádságainak és piszkos ügyeinek bugyraiba vezeti az olvasót, történetei finom humorral, rejtélyekkel és életkedvvel átszőtt, szívet melengető modern afrikai mesék.
A világszerte húszmillió példányban megjelent No. 1. Női Nyomozóiroda regényekből rádiójáték-sorozat és díjnyertes televíziós sorozat készült.
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Precious Ramotswe túlad atyai örökségén, és a tehenekért kapott pénzen megnyitja Botswana legjobb, egyszersmind egyetlen női magánnyomozó irodáját.
Barátai - Mr. J. L. B. Maketoni autószerelő-műhely tulajdonos és széptevő, valamint a főváros leggyorsabban gépelő sikítós titkárnője, Mma Makutsi - segítségével kell megoldania egy különös apa, egy pórul járt férj, egy elvesztett középsőujj és egy elrabolt fiú esetét...
Noha a legendásan gyors észjárással, ravaszsággal és tökéletes ösztönnel megáldott, szókimondó Mma Ramotswe a botswanai élet sötét botrányainak, galádságainak és piszkos ügyeinek bugyraiba vezeti az olvasót, történetei finom humorral, rejtélyekkel és életkedvvel átszőtt, szívet melengető modern afrikai mesék.
A világszerte húszmillió példányban megjelent No. 1. Női Nyomozóiroda regényekből rádiójáték-sorozat és díjnyertes televíziós sorozat készült.
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Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe
Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - in spite of Mma Ramotswe's belated claims that she is only 'an assistant full partner' - she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. Grace Makutsi is a lady with a business plan,but who could predict temperamental chefs, drunken waiters and more? Luckily, help is at hand, from the only person in Gaborone more gently determined than Mma Makutsi ...Mma Ramotswe, of course.
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The Forever Girl
Clover has loved James for as long as she can remember, since before she knew what what love was. But fate seems determined to keep them apart. As children, Clover and James played beside a turquoise sea under cloudless skies, their Caribbean island home a place of pleasure and privilege, of lush lawns and tennis parties. In such a paradise nothing should obstruct the kind of happiness Clover dreams of, except that, as she discovers, true love is often harder than paradise allows for. And when Clover's mother falls out of love with her husband, a web of complications is woven that may take Clover a lifetime to unravel. If she ever can ...Tender and true, The Forever Girl traces love's unpredictable path to maturity with style, wit and feeling.
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Emma
Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to the Austen classic, Emma. 'It's comfort reading at its most soothing' Independent Prepare to meet a young woman who thinks she knows everything. Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse triumphantly arrives home in Norfolk ready to embark on adult life with a splash. Not only has her sister, Isabella, been whisked away on a motorcycle up to London, but her astute governess, Miss Taylor is at a loose end, abandoned in the giant family pile, Hartfield, alongside Emma's anxiety-ridden father. Someone is needed to rule the roost and young Emma is more than happy to oblige. As she gets her fledging design business off the ground, there is plenty to delight her in the buzzing little village of Highbury. At the helm of her own dinner parties and instructing her new little protegee, Harriet Smith, Emma reigns forth. But there is only one person who can play with Emma's indestructible confidence, her old friend and inscrutable neighbour George Knightly - this time has Emma finally met her match? You don't have to be in London to go to parties, find amusement or make trouble. Not if you're Emma, the very big fish in the rather small pond. But for a young woman who knows everything, Emma has a lot to learn about herself. Ever alive to the uproarious nuances of human behaviour, and both the pleasures and pitfalls of village life, beloved author Alexander McCall Smith's Emma is the busybody we all know and love, and a true modern delight.
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The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe
Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - in spite of Mma Ramotswe's belated claims that she is only 'an assistant full partner' - she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. Grace Makutsi is a lady with a business plan, but who could predict temperamental chefs, drunken waiters and more? Luckily, help is at hand, from the only person in Gaborone more gently determined than Mma Makutsi ...Mma Ramotswe, of course.
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Lacná kniha The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe (-50%)
Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - in spite of Mma Ramotswe's belated claims that she is only 'an assistant full partner' - she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. Grace Makutsi is a lady with a business plan, but who could predict temperamental chefs, drunken waiters and more? Luckily, help is at hand, from the only person in Gaborone more gently determined than Mma Makutsi ...Mma Ramotswe, of course.
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Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband, but after her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Ramotswe's challenging but irreplaceable associate Mma Makutsi has joyful news. With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire and Mma Makutsi busy with motherhood, Mma Ramotswe must tackle tea-making and detective work alone. Well-known troublemaker Violet Sephotho may or not be behind a smear campaign against the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, and a dispute over the will of a local dignitary points to a shocking family secret. But the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is resilient and adaptable, and change brings salutary lessons: that our enemies are not always obvious, that a snake under the bed may be an ally, and that a mother's love conquers all.
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