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Nella Amsterdam del 1636, animata dal culto del denaro e da quello della bellezza, tra le botteghe dei commercianti e dei pittori più straordinari, gli speculatori spingono alle stelle il prezzo dei bulbi di tulipano. Pare facilissimo arricchirsi senza fatica, e la città palpita di nuove e attraenti possibilità. Cornelis Sandvoort, un ricco e maturo mercante, decide di commissionare il ritratto della sua sposa, la bella Sophia, a un promettente pittore dal talento eccezionale, Jan van Loos. È un incontro fatale, segnato da una sensualità travolgente ma anche dai mille pericoli che i due amanti dovranno affrontare, nel clima surriscaldato di un'euforia finanziaria al limite della follia.

"The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008. Bringiong together writers from all corners of the globe, it aims to help Palestinians break the cultural siege imposed by the Isreali military occupation, to strengthen their artistic links with the the rest of the world."--Book flap

From the author of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, an irresistible collection of stories, now published in one volume číst celé

Always a rebel, Marianne was the first girl in her class to bleach her hair and learn how to smoke. A few boyfriends and one abortion later she falls in love with Salim, the proud and elegant Pakistani with eyes like traeacle. East meets West in a passionate mixed marriage. However, Marianne knows little of the Islamic view of motherhood. When his wife proves unfaithful, Salim reasons that she is morally incapable of bringing up her children and kidnaps them while she is at work. . . . .

'Nobody in the world knows our secret... that I've ruined Bev's life, and she's ruined mine.' Petra's love life is a bit of a car-crash, even in her sixties. But then she falls for Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad. The catch? Jeremy is her best friend's husband. And just as Petra is beginning to relax (albeit slightly guiltily) into her happy ever after, she finds herself catapulted to West Africa, and to Bev, her best friend who she's been betraying so spectacularly. It turns out that no matter where you are in the world, everyone has something to hide. Can Bev - can anyone - be trusted?

Sometimes you have to go a long way to find what you're looking for. And sometimes a little beginner's luck is all you need...

James is getting on a bit and needs full-time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, who seems willing to take him off their hands. But as James regales his family with tales of Mandy's virtues, their shopping trips, and the shared pleasure of their journeys to garden centres, Phoebe and Robert sense something is amiss. Is this really their father, the distant figure who never once turned up for a sports day, now happily chortling over cuckoo clocks and television soaps? Then something happens that throws everything into new relief, and Phoebe and Robert discover that life most definitely does not stop for the elderly. It just moves onto a very different plane - changing all the stories they thought they knew so well.

Young love, heartbreak and growing up - the first novel, newly republished, by Sunday Times bestselling author Deborah Moggach, author of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

Claudia's husband has left her for somebody softer and more doting. When Claudia meets Steve Mullen, a cosmetics rep, over a quiet drink, the consequences are astounding.