Cornerstone mär 2005 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'He is, as Proust was before him, the great chronicler of his culture in his time.' Guardian'An intricately wrought work of art.' John Banville'An incomparable treat.' Michael Palin'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Now in the first volume's 75th anniversary year, this twelve-volume series is ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.In this fifth volume, Nick Jenkins finally seems to be settling down and enjoying the life he has made for himself in London. However, the same cannot be said of his friends, each of whom are dealing with their own dramas and heartaches. The composer, Hugh Moreland, is risking his marriage for a pointless affair while Nick's old school friend, Stringham, has nearly destroyed himself with drink.With the rumblings of war getting closer and closer, the future is starting to look uncertain for these once bright young things.Praise for 'A Dance to the Music of Time''A world as rich as Joyce's on the one hand and P. G. Wodehouse's on the other.' Guardian'One of the great novel-sequences in English Literature.' William Boyd'One of the greatest pleasures of my reading life.' Michael Palin'An epic, elegant masterpiece.' Lauren Groff'A joyous experience.' Roddy Doyle'An intricately wrought work of art.' John Banville'The finest long comic novel that England has produced.' Anthony Burgess'Mr Powell's imagination is inexhaustible.' Evelyn Waugh'One of English fiction's few twentieth-century masterpieces.' London Review of Books'There is no other novelist whose work gives so much or such consistent pleasure.' Times Literary Supplement.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Love makes the world go round. A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of A Wedding in the Country and A Springtime Affair.'Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. She really is the queen of uplifting, feel good romance.' AJ PEARCE_________________Ellie Summers' life is unravelling. Finding herself pregnant - and her sexy but idle boyfriend Rick less than enthusiastic about parenthood - she needs a plan. Fast.Grace Soudley's life is also coming apart at the seams - her only security is the beautiful yet crumbling old house she was left by her godmother. But unless she can find a fortune, Luckenham House will disintegrate around her.When Ellie and Grace meet, the two very different women find they can help each other out. Ellie needs a place to stay; Grace needs a lodger. Both of them need a friend. But then the disconcertingly engaging Flynn Cormack arrives on the scene, apparently determined to help. And when Grace discovers some beautiful painted panels hidden behind the tattered dining-room curtains, the whole business of restoration starts to get serious.________________Praise for Katie Fforde'Modern-day Austen. Great fun' Red'Top-drawer romantic escapism' Daily Mail'Warm, brilliant and full of love' Heat'Delicious' Sunday Times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.In this sixth volume, with Britain on the brink of war yet again, Nick Jenkins reflects back on his childhood growing up in the shadow of World War I. Wanting to follow in his father's footsteps, Nick sets his sights on becoming an officer in the Army, and asks his old school friend Widmerpool, who is gaining prominence in the business world, if he will help him. But reserves lists are quickly filling up with names, and it's not long until the threat of war is the one thing on everyone's mind.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is there a 'physics of society' Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human behaviour we can understand when we cease trying to predict and analyse the behaviour of individuals and look to the impact of hundreds, thousands or millions of individual human decisions, in circumstances in which human beings both co-operate and conflict, when their aggregate behaviour is constructive and when it is destructive. By perhaps Britain's leading young science writer, this is a deeply thought-provoking book, causing us to examine our own behaviour, whether in buying the new Harry Potter book, voting for a particular party or responding to the lures of advertisers.…