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One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare. Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.

È il 1985 quando Brian Jackson approda all'università di Bristol. Buffo e imbranato come tutte le matricole, imberbe diciottenne innamorato di Kate Bush e della sua musica, Brian cela una grande dote: sa rispondere a tutte le domande dei quiz. Un formidabile asso nella manica che gli consente di sbaragliare tutti alle selezioni di Bristol per la formazione della squadra da spedire all'«University Challenge», il popolare quiz televisivo che vede i college inglesi in gara tra di loro. All'«University Challenge» Brian si imbatte nel primo grande problema della sua vita: Alice Harbinson, bella, leggiadra, femminile, sensuale, con i genitori così upper class e così anticonvenzionali. In una parola: irraggiungibile! Per la splendida Alice, Brian perde la bussola, ignora gli amici, combina disastri e trascura Rebecca, la ragazza impegnata che sa apprezzare il suo fascino di giovane colto e sensibile e che considera Alice Harbinson una gatta morta che disonora l'intera storia del femminismo. Esilarante romanzo che illumina l'atmosfera degli anni Ottanta, Le domande di Brian ha svelato sulla scena internazionale il talento di David Nicholls.

Written by AQA examiners, this is a revised and updated edition of Collins Student Support Materials for AQA AS Chemistry. It fully supports the new 2008 AQA Chemistry specification for Unit 1. All the knowledge you need is summarised so you can use it as a study guide or revision guide to ensure success in your exam.

This A–Z biographical sourcebook provides information about the life and times of Adolf Hitler, along with insight into the political movement and world conflict he created.The Hitler regime warns us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality. This illustrated A–Z biographical companion provides easily accessible information about the key events in Hitler's life, his most important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult, racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader.Adolf Hitler also includes an introduction, a chronology, maps, primary source documents, a general bibliography, and index.

Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of her rotten, selfish ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of ten-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future... if they can survive the journey.

È la notte di capodanno del 1937 all'Hotspot, un night club di Greenwich Village a New York. In una pista da ballo vuota, un quartetto jazz suona stancamente. Tuttavia, Evelyn Ross e Katey Kontent, sedute a un tavolo appartato, mostrano la loro giovanile avvenenza. Evelyn, bionda naturale con capelli lunghi, è una tipica bellezza del Midwest che ha lasciato la casa paterna per la metropoli. Katey, giovane donna di buone letture, lavora in uno studio legale per sbarcare il lunario. Dopo aver bevuto gin, le due ragazze, con pochi centesimi in tasca, si preparano a flirtare con il contrabbassista o il barista quando appare un giovane uomo. Alto, con capelli castani e occhi azzurri, indossa una cravatta nera e un cappotto elegante. Si chiama Theodore Grey, detto Tinker, un banchiere a Wall Street con un appartamento al 211 Central Park West. È l'uomo del destino per le due ragazze, che le introdurrà nella "buona società" newyorchese della fine degli anni Trenta, prima che la guerra, i cui venti spirano già in Europa, cambi tutto.

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: A-level ChemistryFirst teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017

"David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date. and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe--from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafe's of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona--to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?"-- Provided by publisher

Exploring the complexities of marriage and family dynamics, this novel blends humor with insightful observations. It delves into the challenges that threaten to unravel relationships, showcasing the resilience and vulnerabilities of its characters. David Nicholls skillfully captures the essence of love and commitment, making readers reflect on what truly binds people together amidst life's trials.