Imogen EdwardsJones Libri

Absolutely Fabulous meets Under the Tuscan Sun in this witty satire of the idealized ex-pat life in Italy.

An epic story of love, tragedy and the loss of innocence, set against the background of the Russian Revolution after the murder of Rasputin.It is 1916 and Rasputin has finally been killed by those who have long feared his influence over Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra. But for Princess Militza, famed as one of the 'Witches of St Petersburg', and her daughter Nadezhda, life is about to become extremely dangerous. Revolution is bubbling and with it will come the murder of the Romanov imperial family. Now the rest of the court is also on the run, fleeing from the mob.Against this violent and turbulent backdrop, Nadezhda, the witch's daughter, finds in exile and captivity, an extraordinary and unlikely love. They say nothing heals like the heart, but as the Red Army marches south and the remnants of the Russian court finds itself trapped in the Crimea, with their backs to the sea, Nadezhda and her beloved Prince Orlov must take the gamble of their lives.

'Hospital Babylon' is an in-depth, amusing and highly insightful expose of the extraordinary world of modern medicine. It will take the reader on a journey through the various departments and wards where babies are made, thighs are reduced, noses straightened and spare kidneys are flown in from the Indian subcontinent."

What makes a restaurant hot? Why else do some chefs drive themselves crazy in pursuit of elusive Michelin stars, when in reality all they're doing is 'making someone else's tea'? So please do sit down, pour yourself some heavily marked-up wine and make yourself comfortable (although we'll need that table back by 8.30 sharp).

Nel giugno del 1815, Bruxelles è in festa, con mercati affollati e carrozze colorate, mentre l'imperatore Napoleone si avvicina. La diciottenne Sophia Trenchard, una bellezza inglese, è più interessata a Lord Edmund Bellasis, erede di una delle famiglie più importanti della Gran Bretagna, che le ha procurato inviti per il ballo della duchessa di Richmond. La guerra ha creato opportunità, e Sophia è determinata a sfruttare questa occasione. Suo padre, James Trenchard, noto come "il Mago", è un abile commerciante che ha scalato la società partendo da una bancarella a Covent Garden. La madre, Anne, cerca di mantenere la famiglia con i piedi per terra e ostacola l'unione tra Sophia ed Edmund, temendo che il marito veda in questa relazione un modo per ascendere ulteriormente. Durante il ballo, un aiutante di campo interrompe la serata con un messaggio: le truppe francesi hanno oltrepassato il confine, e gli ufficiali inglesi devono tornare ai loro reggimenti. Le eleganti sale diventano teatro di commiati strazianti, compreso quello tra Sophia e Lord Bellasis. Venticinque anni dopo, i Trenchard vivono a Belgravia, un quartiere edificato da James, ora facoltoso nel settore edilizio. Vicini ai conti di Brockenhurst, i genitori di Edmund, le due famiglie sono unite da un segreto che suscita curiosità e pettegolezzi nei salotti londinesi, dando vita a eventi ricchi di colpi di scena. Con uno stile impeccabile, l'autore esplora le tensio

'Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply.' All of the following is true.Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes, the stories, the characters, the situations, the highs, the lows, the scams, the drugs, the misery, the love, the death and the insanity are exactly as was told by Anonymous - someone who has spent his whole career working in hotels at the heart of London's luxury hotel industry. However, for legal reasons, the stories now take place in a fictitious hotel known as Hotel Babylon. More than a decade is compressed into a day. Everything else is as it should be. The rich spend money, the hotel makes money and the chambermaids still fight the bellboys over a two-pound coin.It's just another twenty-four hours in an expensive London hotel.

Following a week in the life of a busy wedding planner, and based entirely on true but anonymous stories, Wedding Babylon takes you to the heart of an industry where emotions run high, money flows like champagne and GBP3,000 cakes are made of polystyrene.

Heard the one about the airline that has introduced corpse cupboards on new planes to cope with the number of people who die in the air? Heard the story about the First Class air hostess who got fired for sitting on the face of a passenger during a long

How does it feel to live and work in the world's most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? How does it feel to be in the lap of luxury when you're thousands of miles from anywhere else? And when the guests are some of the richest and most demanding people in the world, where do you find the energy every day to smile, smile and smile again? Beach Babylon takes you behind the scenes at a five-star tropical island resort. Do all the stories which take place behind the closed doors of the exclusive spa have happy endings? What do the world's richest people expect from room service during their fortnight in paradise? What does the windsurfing instructor do to keep sane after hours? In the bestselling tradition of her previous Babylon books, Imogen Edwards-Jones investigates the rivalries and alliances between the staff at a resort where pandering to the guests' most extravagant whims is de rigueur. With a cast of millionaires, celebrities, hangers-on and prostitutes, Beach Babylon takes you to a world where extreme luxury is the norm and where excess somehow isn't always enough...

A behind-the-scenes tour of the cutthroat side of the fashion industry is co-authored by an anonymous A-list British designer and focuses around the Fashion Week activities of London, Paris, and New York, in a controversial account that discusses the high-stakes processes contributing to every stage. 50,000 first printing.

Once more the editors have scoured the globe for A-list talent, and Girls' Night In 4is jam-packed with exciting new stories that carry on the humour and warmth of the previous titles. Girls' Night In 4is another wonderful night in: not only is it a fabulous read, but the proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the charities War Child and No Strings, making a major contribution to the assistance of children whose lives have been torn apart by conflict. So pull down the blinds, grab the doona, open this book - and prepare for world-wide armchair adventures with over 50 of the hottest authors around.

How do you make it as a pop star?Tracking a year in the making of a brand-new boy band, Pop Babylon is pure, unadulterated reading pleasure - stuffed with stories about pop's most demanding divas, which jocks do shock and just how long you can chop a line of cocaine.

It is a truth universally acknowedged that everyone loves a good wedding. Except, possibly, the bride and groom, who spend the day in such an overexcited frenzy that they can't remember it. And the bridesmaids, who are forced to wear ill-fitting peach taffeta so as not to outshine the bride. And the best man, who has to make a terrifying speech in front of a room of drunken people he's never met before, then fight off the attentions of the chief bridesmaid. Oh, and the father of the bride, who has to pay through the nose for the whole thing... Now, in the bestselling Babylon tradition, Imogen Edwards-Jones lifts the lid on the excesses of the wedding industry. The scams which inflate the prices of everything from flowers to cakes to marquee hire. And the wedding disaster stories of high jinks at the altar and disastrous low comedy in the speeches. The potential for things to go horribly, horribly wrong is never higher than at a wedding. Hilarious, shocking and throughly entertaining, Wedding Babylon is proof positive that the dream day is never far from becoming a nightmare...

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