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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

Take an ordinary, well-off family like the Prices. Watch what happens when one Sunday seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. See how the family rallies when a ransom note demands half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins.

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?

These stories are aimed at readers of 'Good Housekeeping' magazine - primarily women aged 25 to 55 - and deal with the myriad issues facing women today. Each story is a generous bite size of well-written, self-contained fiction perfectly suited to holiday reading.

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.

Meet Pru. Recently dumped, and on the hunt for a new man. A nice, wealthy widower will do... From the author of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL comes a darkly funny novel of life, loneliness and the foibles of friendship

Roman om den aldrende skuespiller Buffy, som lever en trist tilværelse i London. En ung pige, Celeste, træder ind i hans liv, opsøger alle hans ex-koner og udvirker en genforening af alle hans familier

The irrepressible Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B & B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel that inspired the beloved film. The book that inspired the box office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel and Penelope Wilton Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances. Previously published with the title These Foolish Things

One hot summer, and the lives of two families converge. The second novel, newly reissued, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Deborah Moggach, author of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL číst celé

Mit Witz, Feingefühl und guter Beobachtungsgabe entlarvt die Verfasserin eheliches Alltagsleben, Beziehungskrisen und menschliche Schwächen zweier 2 benachbarten Familien.

Sabine Hedinger, geb. 1953, studierte Erziehungswissenschaften, Soziologie sowie Jugend- und Familienrecht in Göttingen; sie arbeitete in Gainesville, Florida, mit jugendlichen Opfern von häuslicher Gewalt und Missbrauch und gründete eine alternative Sprachschule in Göttingen. Seit 1984 arbeitet sie als literarische Übersetzerin und übertrug wichtige Autorinnen und Autoren wie u. a. Joan Didion, Joyce Carol Oates, Bret Easton Ellis, Fay Weldon, Rachel Cusk ins Deutsche. Im Jahr 2000 wurde sie mit dem Ledig-Rowohlt-Preis ausgezeichnet. Sabine Hedinger lebt seit 1999 in Vincennes/Frankreich.

Een knappe, jonge vrouw wordt verliefd op de schilder die haar met haar oude echtgenoot portretteert en bedenkt een gewaagd plan om voor altijd bij haar geliefde te kunnen zijn.

Terwijl Eithnes echtgenoot aan het front zit, probeert zij hun aftandse pension in Southwark draaiende te houden. De oorlog werpt zijn schaduw over het leven van iedereen; de vrouwen staan er alleen voor en er is een tekort aan voedsel. De zekerheden die het leven voorheen draaglijk maakten gelden niet langer. Eithnes zoon Ralph probeert tijdens zijn vaders afwezigheid de man des huizes te zijn, terwijl Winnie, de meid, er maar net in slaagt om het huishouden draaiende te houden. Dan is er opens de slager Neville Turk, een reus van een vent die zijn hart aan Eithne verliest en haar leven op zijn kop zet. Hij verleidt Haar met de beste stukken vlees die hij heeft, en algauw is de erotische siddering van hun affaire door het hele pension voelbaar. Terwijl Ralphs gevoelens van afkeer voor de indringer uit de hand beginnen te lopen, heeft Winnies vreemde liaison met een blinde huurder eveneens schokkende gevolgen. Intussen heeft de slager zo zijn eigen agenda, wat uiteindelijk leidt tot een dramatische climax. Een scnsucle, prikkelende en tragikomische roman van een verhalen-vertelster pur sang. Van Deborah Moggach verschenen bij Archipel reeds vijfromans, waaronder het succesvolle Tulpenkoorts. Ze schreef tevens het scenario van de laatste verfilming van Pride & Prejudice. ‘Ontroerend en vaak hilarisch […] met tussen de regels door een knappe analyse van menselijke en maatschappelijke verhoudingen.’ - Nouveau

Sophia Sandvoortová žije poklidným životem se svým postarším, ale bohatým manželem. Ten jednoho dne navrhne, aby se dali portrétovat, a tak do jejich domu přichází malíř Jan van Loos. Přestože Sophia cítí ke svému manželovi náklonnost, zamiluje se do Jana a přes výčitky svědomí se s ním začne scházet. Aby ji nikdo nepoznal, když večer vychází z domu, používá oblečení služky Marie. Marie čeká nemanželské dítě, ale protože přišla na nevěru své paní, začne Sophii vydírat. Sophia tedy vymyslí plán, který má pomoci služce, ale i jí a Janovi. Ví, jak její manžel touží po potomkovi, a tak předstírá, že je těhotná. Jan dostává doporučení na spolehlivého doktora, který na jejich riskantní hru přistupuje. Protože k realizaci svých záměrů potřebují peníze, začíná Jan spekulovat s tulipánovými cibulkami, neboť celé Holandsko je v té době zasaženo tulipánovou horečkou. Blíží se doba Mariina porodu a právě tehdy má dojít k vyřešení situace ke spokojenosti všech. Jenže všechno se vždy naplánovat nedá.

In »Getrennte Wege« verfolgen die Schwestern Laura und Claire nach dem Auszug aus dem Elternhaus unterschiedliche Lebenswege. Claire ist die verantwortungsbewusste Ältere, während die selbstsichere Laura das traditionelle Milieu verlässt, Psychologie studiert und nach neuen Lebensformen sucht. Moggach beschreibt präzise ihre Ängste, Sehnsüchte und komplexen Gefühle füreinander.