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Jim Foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, Dickens and God, although not necessarily in that order. Later, he loves Kate, enough to make her his wife; later still, he loves his children, Jack and Hannah. This is Jim's story, from early days spent in County Clare to early adulthood in America, and back to Clare again.

Essays in Love is a stunningly original love story. Taking in Aristotle, Wittgenstein, history, religion and Groucho Marx, Alain de Botton charts the progress of a love affair from the first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak.

"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends...and it could be deadly, unna?

Gaslighting er en fortælling om, hvordan den unge Leah falder pladask for den charmerende og karismatiske Neo. Men Neo ændrer adfærd, først i det små, men det tager til, og en dag indser Leah, at hun er ved at miste ikke alene venner og familie, men også sig selv. Herefter begynder en svær kamp mod en narcissistisk eksmand og et offentligt system, hvor hun hverken føler sig set eller hørt.

I slutningen af første bind, Guds blinde øje, blev Anne gravid med Ditlev Hammer, en ven af huset hun tjente i. Nu er de gift og flyttet til Jylland, hvor Hammer har fået ansættelse som lærer. Hjemme herser han med Anne, der længe ligger under for hans tyranni, fordi hun så brændende har ønsket sig et hjem. Hun må se alle sine dæmoner i øjnene for at kunne stå op for sig selv.

Ruth Cole har aldrig kendt sine to brødre, der omkom i en tragisk ulykke. Som lille pige opdigter hun historier om dem, og på den måde bliver fundamentet for hendes fremtidige forfatterkarriere lagt. Vi møder Ruth tre gange. Første gang i 1958, da hun er fire år gammel. I 1990, da hun er blevet en berømt forfatter, der har større succes i sin litterære karriere end i sit privatliv.

Par une belle soirée d'été, Maya voit sa vie basculer : son mari fait ses valises et la laisse seule avec son chagrin. Elle n'a plus qu'à arborer son plus beau sourire pour jongler entre une carrière exigeante, des enfants pleins de vie et tenter de faire taire sa douleur. Quand celle-ci devient trop forte, elle peut compter sur le soutien sans faille de son gang de copines, de son imprévisible frère, et d'un jeune père divorcé qui ne la laisse pas indifférente... Et si le naufrage de sa vie parfaite lui offrait la liberté d'être enfin elle-même ?

Tessa hat es endlich geschafft und sich aus ihrer unglücklichen Ehe mit Bernd befreit. Trotz Trennungsproblemen und dem Stress als alleinerziehende Mutter ist Tessa fest entschlossen, ihr Leben in die eigenen Hände zu nehmen. Doch Paddy macht es seiner neuen Besitzerin nicht leicht und das Abenteuer Pferd beginnt.

Så længe hun har sin families opbakning og sit dyrebare team, kan hun klare hvad som helst. Men da hendes ægteskab vakler, en særlig betroet medarbejder tager sin afsked, og en lille dreng i en hjerteskærende situation får brug for hjælp, begynder hun at tvivle. Begge kvinder må sande, at livet er fuld af svære beslutninger, men at gode relationer er vigtigst af alt.

De fire exceptionelt dygtige traumelæger, Bill, Stephanie, Wendy og Tom bliver sendt fra San Francisco til Paris for at arbejde på et internationalt katastrofe-træningsprogram med deres parisiske kolleger. Det er en fantastisk chance for at tilegne sig ny viden og opnå uvurderlig erfaring, men den byder også på alvorlige arbejdssituationer. Men da en voldelig hændelse ryster Paris, må de gribe til handling – og deres liv er forandrede for altid.

Julia, una chef con estrella Michelin, necesita parar antes de romperse. Acompaña a su sobrino a La Palma y, en una bahía salvaje y luminosa, descubre una finca antigua que la hace soñar de nuevo: ¿y si pudiera abrir allí un pequeño restaurante frente al mar? En la salina cercana conoce a Álvaro, un hombre sereno y lleno de pasión. Julia tendrá que decidir si está dispuesta a dejar atrás su antigua vida para apostar por lo que de verdad desea.

Den efterladte mand må bort for at finde fred og ro til at komme sig over sin sorg og skrive sig ud af sit smertefulde tab. Han rejser til Provence i Sydfrankrig, hvor det lykkes ham at leje en lille, afsidesliggende vingård, der er perfekt til formålet. Men den gamle bonde, han lejer gården af, forlanger, at en smuk, men meget sky, ung kvinde skal være hans husholderske. Det går derfor ikke helt som forventet, og især ikke da det viser sig, at den unge kvinde bærer på en skjult og frygtelig hemmelighed.

If you follow a stray bullet into a project day, you'll see small schemes turn into big dreams. Conflict of Interest is a hard concrete story where bullets, beauty, and deception turn into late-night gunfights. Where the smoke and mirrors are broken through jealousy, manipulation, and hatin’. Pistols are drawn between the infamous Spanish Fly and the cutthroat gangster Popcorn. Their friendship is held at gunpoint, and it doesn’t help that the conniving broad Luv Luv, whose sexy loose lips tend to sink ships, is in on all the drama.

Rachael Treasure’s funny, heartwarming sequel to Jillaroo follows Rebecca and the farm through tumult and heartbreak to discover what’s really important in life. Ten years ago, Rebecca took up the reins of the family farm and her boyfriend, Charlie, came on board to help - her life was complete. But now Rebecca’s relationship is in trouble, and so is the farm. Can she rebuild her life and her livelihood on her own?

鳴りやまぬ拍手と眩しいほどの光、人生の境地がここにある。

A silver brumby is special, but he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both... Thowra's speed and courage have always saved him from the men who want to capture him - until now, when the men come on skis quickly and silently over the mountains. This time Thowra must protect his daughter from the hunters who prize the silver brumbies above any other horse.

Luke and Anna, 30-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and wounded by a loss neither can talk about, they flee to a sleepy village by the coast. There, surrounded by nature, they begin to feel rejuvenated. But when bushfire threatens their new home, they must confront what they have tried to put behind them. Vertigo is a fable of love and awakening by one of Australia's finest writers, about the unexpected way emotions can return and life can change.

Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many sacrifices and she now finds her life has lost direction. Shirley, approaching 80, was betrayed by her lover many years before and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Anna,19, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, or enjoying life like other young people.

At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive - known locally, as 'Larks'. His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings with Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks, who has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure.

"I'M A FAN" tells the story of an unnamed narrator's involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, Sheena Patel makes startling connections between power struggles at the heart of human relationships to those in the wider world, offering a devastating critique of social media, access and patriarchal systems.