i give it a year helen whitaker

Her husband''s moved out - and her dad''s moved in...Curl up with the page-turning story full of emotion about family, marriage and second chancesIt''s New Year''s Eve, and Iris has just found out that her husband, Adam, is cheating on her. Furious, she kicks him out, and enlists her Dad to move in and help with the children whilst she tries to mend her broken heart.But her Dad soon starts to display signs of Alzheimer''s, and Iris realises that if she loses her partner, she''ll be managing an awful lot on her own. Soon, she realises that Adam wasn''t the only one taking their marriage for granted, and for the sake of the children she decides to give him one more chance. But is it braver to stay than to run? And can anyone fall in love with the same person twice? See what your favourite authors are saying about I Give It A Year:''Emotionally smart and thought provoking'' Clare Pooley, author of THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT''So well-observed, with a kind eye and an open heart. It''s wonderful.'' Laura Jane Williams, author of THE LOVE SQUARE''A keenly observedtale of love gone wrong and the things we do to try and make it right again. Whitaker deftly mines the complexity of long-term relationships, exposing both their fragility but ultimately leaving the reader with a real sense of hope. A triumph!'' Mike Gayle, author of ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE''Wise and warm and full of ''aha!'' Moments'' Helen Russell, author of THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY

Objev podobné jako I Give It A Year - Helen Whitaker

'A gorgeous story of love, loss, best friends and unbreakable bonds. It truly melted my heart' Shari Low As young women, Lise and Emma had the kind of friendship people dream about. While Lise's own family was distant and disengaged, Emma's was welcoming and warm, and for the first twenty-six years of their life, growing up together in a close-knit community, the duo were inseparable. But when they decide to spend one year living together in Paris, what starts as the adventure of a lifetime becomes a disaster that changes everything. And when Emma returns to Bath the following summer, Lise stays behind in France, their friendship in tatters. Now, sixteen years later, Lise has come back to their hometown, determined to put things right. But to do so, she'll have to face up to the truth about what happened in Paris. And with Emma refusing to talk to her, can she get close enough to share her secret?A warm-hearted and gripping story from bestselling author Helen Rolfe that will captivate fans of Lucy Diamond, Cathy Bramley and Jessica Redland. Readers love Helen Rolfe!‘I really loved this book! I ended up devouring it all in just two sittings…’ Jo Bartlett‘Helen Rolfe is an absolute specialist at building cosy communities and making me want to live there. I want the characters as my friends!’ Sue Moorcroft'A beautiful tale exploring the bonds of family and friendship and how strong these are when tested. Loved it' Jessica Redland‘This incredibly special book celebrates friendship. It is rich with perfectly flawed characters and relatable themes that had me visiting many emotions. Ultimately, it’s perfect and I can highly recommend it’ ?????????? Reader Review‘ This is an excellent book, it will take your emotion on a roller coaster ride’ ?????????? Reader Review'Good book throughout, couldn't put it down. Loved how it ended’ ?????????? Reader Review'It's a Helen Rolfe book, so it's worthy of nothing less than five stars!’ ?????????? Reader Review‘Barely a chapter in and I was hooked and knew I’d love it’ ?????????? Reader Review‘I have never read anything by Helen Rolfe before but I really enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the first chapter, I loved the setting of the story’ ?????????? Reader Review‘A must read!!’ ?????????? Reader Review‘Brilliant characters, a great storyline and an absolute delight to read’ ?????????? Reader Review

Objev podobné jako The Year That Changed Us - Helen Rolfe

When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn''t Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries.What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or made? Helen decides there is only one way to find out: she will give herself a year, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness.From childcare, education, food and interior design to SAD, taxes, sexism and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows us where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves.

Objev podobné jako The Year of Living Danishly - Helen Russell

Two mothers. Two best friends. One school place. Old friends Imogen and Lily will do whatever it takes to get their children into the perfect school. A laugh-out-loud read about competitive parenting for readers who enjoyed Why Mummy Swears, Rev and Motherland.

Objev podobné jako The School Run - Helen Whitaker

'A delightful love story brimming with heart and sparkling humour' FIONA GIBSON When her Christmas Eve flight home to London is grounded by a snowstorm, Thea is desperate to make it back to her family. The only flight available is first thing the next morning, so she books a night's stay at the closest hotel. But there's a problem: there's only one room, and someone else has beaten her to it. Logan is tall, gorgeous and charming - and determined to get home for Christmas too. The solution? They're going to have to share . . . One thing's for sure: it's going to be a Christmas to remember.

Objev podobné jako Flying Home for Christmas - Helen Whitaker

Jan Vidor seems like the ideal tenant for a long summer holiday in a Tuscan villa. Unobtrusive and quietly sociable, the American academic can be relied upon to entertain herself - but her aristocratic landlady Beatrice has made a terrible mistake. A chance remark about a violent death at Villa Chiara during the war piques Jan''s writerly interest and sends her digging into the Salviati family''s tragic past. Was Beatrice''s uncle Sandro really mistaken for a partisan, or was his killer someone closer to home? Does it matter if Jan just fills in the gaps? After all, Beatrice said she could do as she liked with the story, she even said ''I give it to you'' . . .Written with a deep understanding of loyalty and temptation, I Give It To You is a riveting novel about who owns a story, whether we have a right to what we inherit, and what a gift really means.

Objev podobné jako I Give It To You - Valerie Martin

In this beautiful and practical guide, Martha Swales makes it easier than ever before to start growing your own slice of nature with her collection of fool-proof projects. You don’t need expensive tools or equipment, Martha’s approach is all about getting outside, trying something new and watching the magic of nature take its course. With chapters on veg, fruit, herbs, flowers and wildlife, there are over 40 of Martha’s favourite projects to make the most of your garden, patio or balcony (plus bonus recipes for how to cook with your produce!) including: Grow garlic greens on your windowsill (and use them to make tasty garlic flatbreads) Create a tower of tumbling strawberries Build a pond to bring wildlife to your garden Make a bulb lasagne for a changing display of flowers throughout spring Complete with beautiful illustrations, this is the perfect book for anyone who wants to get more out of their outside space, to enjoy the taste of their own produce, or to simply feel more connected to nature – why don’t you give it a grow?

Objev podobné jako Give it a Grow - Martha Swalesová

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Predict which objects will float and which will sink in this photographic non-fiction book.Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun “I Spy” Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

Objev podobné jako Will it sink? - Clare Helen Welsh

Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating. Our world is full of patterns. If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir, you'll see a swirl, a spiral of two fluids, before the two liquids mix completely. The same pattern is found elsewhere too. Look down on the Earth from space, and you'll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn, coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time. This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future, from medical advances to solving our future energy needs. It is also physics as the toy box of science: physics as fun, as never before.

Objev podobné jako Storm in a Teacup - Helen Czerski

Marking the 250th anniversary of Janes Austen's birth - a collection of quotes, quips and most-loved passages from her works and letters for every day of the year.Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year is a charming collection of 366 quotes and short passages drawn from Jane Austen's novels, with excerpts from her intimate, witty letters scattered throughout. This book is perfect for reading or sharing and brings you passages from Jane Austen's best-loved classics alongside the lesser-known works. Packed full of witty remarks and wry observations, this is the perfect companion to inspire laughter and spark delightful conversation - a gift to treasure all year long. Some of the most-loved quoted lines include: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.' Pride and Prejudice 'There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.' Emma 'Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.' Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen, celebrated for her keen observations of social manners and romantic entanglements, is best known for classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, and this celebratory collection - with beautiful vintage line illustrations - is the perfect gift for every Austen fan.

Objev podobné jako Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year - Tara Richardson

From Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho comes a beautiful anthology of monthly nature poems which encourage a love for the natural world and the importance of looking after it. See how animals behave through the seasons, and the cycle of trees and plants, from the first blossoms of spring through to the stark winter wonderland in December. Twelve inspiring poems from Joseph Coelho, one for each month of the year, paired with folk art from Kelly Louise Judd give this book year-round appeal. A beautiful book for your bookshelf, to spark an idea for your own poem, or to teach a love for nature and to help children foster a love for the natural world. 'Heart-flutteringly lovely and powerful' - Book Trust 'In the classroom, this book could be used as a reference for writers to create their own season poems; play with the language of the original poems or pair their own personal memories with the weather or changing seasons.' - North Somerset Teachers Book Award 'This will appeal to all ages and never date...' - LoveReading4KidsWith stunning illustrations, this true celebration of the world we live in is a treasure for you and your child to share.

Objev podobné jako A Year of Nature Poems - Coelho Joseph

A charming picture book for young children to learn simple facts about spending money.Welcome to Bunnyland, where carrots are money!Sonny gets three carrots for his allowance every week but wants to buy EVERYTHING with it. He wants a toy rocket, a pogo stick AND a bouncy castle! When he discovers he doesn''t have enough carrots for it all, he''ll need to make some decisions about what''s most important to him.It''s never too early to teach your little bunny about money! Collect all the books in the Moneybunny series:Earn It! (A Moneybunny Book)Give It! (A Moneybunny Book)Save It! (A Moneybunny Book)

Objev podobné jako Spend it! - Cinders McLeod

Kirkus Reviews Best BookSchool Library Journal Best BookThe Horn Book FanfareNew York Public Library Best BookNPR Books We Love“Hilarious, inventive, smart, and silly.” —Alice Oseman, bestselling author of HeartstopperA funny, vulnerable, and disarming debut graphic novel from Emma Hunsinger, the creator of the popular “How to Draw a Horse.” How It All Ends is a book about being overwhelmed by who you are and who you might be—and all the possibilities in between. For fans of Snapdragon, The Magic Fish, Heartstopper, and New Kid.Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more entertaining than dull, everyday life. But when she’s bumped from seventh grade directly to high school, she gets a dramatic jolt to reality.Tara isn''t ready to watch the racy shows the high school kids like, or to listen to the angsty music, or to stop playing make-believe with her younger brother. She’s not ready to change for PE in front of everyone, or for the chaos of the hallways, or for the anarchy of an English class that’s overrun with fourteen-year-old boys.But then there’s Libby.Tara doesn’t know whether she’s ready for Libby. She can’t even explain who Libby is to her because she doesn’t know yet. She just knows that everything’s more fun when she and her new classmate are together. But what will happen next? How will it all end?“Imaginative and hysterical, and with the sort of rare, clear-seeing honesty that will make any reader feel less alone in the world. I loved it.” —Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author“A fantastic story about making new friends and surviving school.” —Dan Santat, National Book Award winner for A First Time for Everything“A hilarious, surreal, and deeply sincere story.” —Sarah Sax, author of Picture Day“I''ve never felt so healed by a book. I can''t wait to give it to everyone I know.” —Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Objev podobné jako How It All Ends - Emma Hunsinger

Mark Whitaker “writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet” (The Boston Globe) to tell the story of the momentous year that redefined the civil rights movement as a new sense of Black identity, expressed in the slogan “Black Power,” challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.In “crisp prose” (The New York Times) and novelistic detail Saying It Loud tells the story of how the Black Power phenomenon began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in the turbulent year of 1966. Saying It Loud takes you inside the dramatic events in this seminal year, from Stokely Carmichael’s middle-of-the-night ouster of moderate icon John Lewis as a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to Carmichael’s impassioned cry of “Black Power!” during a protest march in rural Mississippi. From Julian Bond’s humiliating and racist ouster from the Georgia state legislature because of his antiwar statements to Ronald Reagan’s election as California governor riding a “white backlash” vote against Black Power and urban unrest. From the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, to the origins of Kwanzaa, the Black Arts Movement, and the first Black studies programs. From Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ill-fated campaign to take the civil rights movement north to Chicago to the wrenching ousting of the white members of SNCC. Deeply researched and widely reported, Saying It Loud offers brilliant portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and provides new details and insights from key players and journalists who covered the story. It also makes a compelling case for why the lessons from 1966 still resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter and the fierce contemporary battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black History.

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An investigation into how Native American identity became a commodity, from cultural appropriation to ethnic fraud to disenrollmentSettler capitalism has been so effective that the very identities of Indigenous people have been usurped, misconstrued, and weaponized. In Who Gets to Be Indian?, scholar and writer Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) explores how ethnic fraud and the commodification of Indianness has resulted in mass confusion about what it means to be Indigenous in the United States.As an entry point to the seemingly intractable problem of ethnic fraud, Gilio-Whitaker critically looks to the film industry, including a case study of Sacheen Littlefeather, who is most known as the Native American woman that rejected an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973—though later revealed, she was not who she said she was. Gilio-Whitaker argues that this pretendian phenomenon originated in Southern California when the United States was forcing assimilation of Indians into white America culturally, but also into its capitalist economic system. With Indianness becoming a marketized commodity in the Hollywood film business, the field became open to anyone who could convincingly adopt an Indian persona.Deeply researched using socio-historical analysis, Gilio-Whitaker offers insights from her own experiences grappling with identity to provide clarity and help readers understand how the commodification of Indianness have ultimately left many people of legitimate American Indian heritage to be disconnected from their tribes. Personal and compelling, Gilio-Whitaker takes settler capitalism to task and helps us better understand how we got here in order to counteract the abuses of pretendianism and disenrollment.

Objev podobné jako Who Gets to Be Indian? - Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Structured around the individual test paper questions and skills, this full colour write-in workbook prepares students for the requirements of the AQA Year 8 English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 tests. The workbook contains step-by-step support to approach each of the test paper questions as well as sample student answers, activities, tips, key terms and progress-monitoring assessments. Offering bespoke support for each of the Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 Paper 1 and Paper 2 tests, this series of clear, student-friendly write-in workbooks can be used by students in class or independently at home.

Objev podobné jako AQA KS3 English Language: Key Stage 3: Year 8 test workbook - David Stone, Helen Backhouse

A Lollies Book Award-winning funny story, all about wee, packed full of animal facts! The follow-up to the hilarious Poo! Is That You?Lenny the lemur is on holiday in Alaska. He''s skipping across the snow, when he slips in a puddle. It''s wet, yellow and smelly... WEE! But whose wee could it be?Lenny is on a quest to find out... Along the way, he meets various animals and learns all about their weeing habits! But the real question is: will he find that pesky puddle-piddler?Learn about caribou, turtles, wolves and more in the piddle-tastic Wee? It Wasn''t Me! written by Clare Helen Welsh and illustrated by Nicola O''Byrne. Cleverly interweaving facts throughout, it also contains an information page at the back of the book, with a photo of each animal.

Objev podobné jako Wee? It Wasn't Me! - Clare Helen Welsh

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life. To War with Whitaker is an account of the most adventurous, most defiant and most valiant of those years. Hermione and Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir offers astounding displays of commitment and independence. After vowing not to go home without her husband, Hermione travelled alone from Cape Town to Cairo, and remained in the Middle East and North Africa for the two and a half years he was imprisoned by the Germans – meeting many notable characters along the way.With wit and exuberance, Hermione’s diary entries take us To War with Whitaker and back again, providing sharp insight into the strong and outspoken woman she was. This Pan Heritage Classics edition features the original black and white plate sections.

Objev podobné jako To War with Whitaker - Hermione Ranfurly

Magical Stories for 6 Year Olds is a bright and varied selection of marvelously magical stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud—and for dipping into time and time again. With stories from The Brothers Grimm, Berlie Doherty, Joan Aiken, Geraldine McCaughrean and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun for six-year-olds.

Objev podobné jako Magical Stories for 6 year olds - Helen Paiba

Magical Stories for 5 Year Olds is a bright and varied selection of marvelously magical stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud—and for dipping into time and time again. With stories from Joan Aiken, Margaret Mayo, Alf Proysen, Margaret Mahy and many more, this book will provide hours of fun for five-year-olds.

Objev podobné jako Magical Stories for 5 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world''s poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker''s most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects. A haunting, deeply compassionate book-updated with a new introduction and prologue bringing in the latest medical treatments and trends-Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind.

Objev podobné jako Mad In America (Revised) - Robert Whitaker

A laugh-out-loud funny story, full of animal facts and . . . SLIME.Lenny the lemur is on holiday in California. He''s having a wonderful time swinging through the redwood trees, when – ew – he gets slimed! Lenny is determined to find the source of the slime, so off he sets . . .Lenny meets lots of slime-producing animals on his quest, including opossums, dolphins, salamanders and sea-lions. But which one is the sneaky slime-maker who slimed Lenny . . .?The follow-up to Poo! Is That You? and Wee? It''s Not Me! from Clare Helen Welsh and the award-winning Nicola O''Byrne.Includes an information spread at the end with animal facts.

Objev podobné jako Slime? It's Not Mine! - Clare Helen Welsh

Funny Stories for 6-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.With stories from Margaret Mahy, David Henry Wilson, Francesca Simon, Tony Bradman and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Funny Stories for 6 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Funny Stories For 7-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.With stories from Dick King-Smith, Michael Bond, Philippa Gregory, Jacqueline Wilson and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Funny Stories For 7 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Funny Stories for 5-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.With stories from Dick King-Smith, Tony Ross, Alf Prøysen, Malorie Blackman and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Funny Stories for 5 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Funny Stories For 8-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time againWith stories from Judy Blume, Anne Fine, Dick King-Smith, Morris Gleitzman and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Funny Stories For 8 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Animal Stories for 6 Year Olds is rich and varied selection of heart-warming animal stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or reading aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.With stories from David Henry Wilson, Meredith Hooper, Dick King-Smith, Margaret Mahy and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Animal Stories for 6 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

Scary Stories for 7 Year Olds is a funny and varied selection of hair raising scary stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone (if you''re brave enough!) or aloud together – and for dipping into time and time again.With stories from Michael Rosen, Catherine Storr, Jamie Rix, Rose Impey and many more, this book will provide hours of fantastic fun.

Objev podobné jako Scary Stories for 7 Year Olds - Helen Paiba

''There''s nobody like Binchy for warming the cockles, and this collection of Christmas stories warms them to white heat'' Kate Saunders, The TimesChristmas: a time of year when emotions run high and long-held secrets can unexpectedly surface...This Year It Will Be Different powerfully evokes the lives of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers. As the festivities take hold, there are step-families grappling with exes; long-married couples faced with in-law problems; a wandering husband choosing between the other woman and his wife; a child caught up in a grown-up tug-of-war.Filled with Maeve BInchy''s unique warmth, wit and storytelling genius, this collection is the perfect festive treat.''We are all in her pages, all of us: mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, husbands, wives, children, friends, lovers ... It is this combination of Maeve''s understanding of what it is to be human, and how to cope with life, that makes her so popular'' Veronica Henry, bestselling author of Christmas at the Beach Hut

Objev podobné jako This Year It Will Be Different - Maeve Binchy

Manderley Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand-new edition of Helene Hanff''s Letter from New York - another literary jewel from the author of 84, Charing Cross Road. To showcase this wonderful book, we commissioned the New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Plot) to pen a new introduction - she is a cousin of Helene Hanff''s, and was inspired to become a writer after meeting her as a teenager. The front cover was specially designed by New Yorker illustrator Bruce Eric Kaplan, also a fan of the author and a resident of New York City too. Over several years, Helene Hanff read aloud these stories of her life in New York for BBC Radio 4''s Woman''s Hour. This book is a collection of selected scripts from this series, composed with a British audience in mind, in which the author offers us a glimpse into her own everyday tales of the city. Written in her trademark whimsical and upbeat style, Helene Hanff transports us right to the heart of Manhattan in the 1980s, describing her favourite places, people and pets with gentle humour, and introducing the reader to the ups and downs of life in a high-rise apartment building in New York City ("the last small town in America"). We are introduced to Bentley, the Old English Sheepdog belonging to a neighbour who captured the author''s heart; we take a stroll through the beautiful Shakespeare''s Garden in Central Park; and we join the author to enjoy annual city parades down Fifth Avenue - especially the St Patrick''s Day parade, when the whole of New York turned green. And we meet Helene''s friends: Arlene, whose glamorous social life - and wardrobe - puts Hanff''s tiny apartment and simple writer''s life into perspective, and Nina, whose garden on the sixteenth-floor overflows with flowers and fruit trees. Finally, we accompany the author as she travels to London to celebrate the opening night of the dramatisation of her best-selling book 84, Charing Cross Road. What started out as a six-month trial in 1978 eventually turned into a six-year project, during which time Helene Hanff captivated radio audiences with her monthly broadcasts - each one a love letter to her beloved NYC. Long before the cast of Friends - and Sarah Jessica Parker''s iconic evocation of life in the city - recreated a New York existence for us to experience vicariously, these 5-minute vignettes were the perfect way for native New Yorkers and international readers alike, to revel in the quotidian as well as the glamour of city life, and to discover the unexpected hidden gems - and treasured traditions - of New York City. Letter from New York is still a delight to read, 40 years after it was first written - a timeless and beguiling tale of everyday life in this great city, by one of the best-loved authors of the 20th-century.

Objev podobné jako Letter from New York - Helene Hanff

A simple, scrumptious birthday story from beloved author-illustrator, Helen Oxenbury."It’s my birthday and I’m going to make a cake," a little boy tells his friends. Will they all help? Yes. The chicken gets some eggs; the bear gets some flour; the cat gets butter and milk; the pig gets a pinch of salt.... And they’ll all help to eat the cake too!

Objev podobné jako It's My Birthday - Helen Oxenbury

The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester’s childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s.Helen Forrester continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of her teenage years and the devastating effect of the Second World War on her hometown of Liverpool.At seventeen, Helen Forrester''s parents are still as irresponsible as ever, wasting money while their children still lack adequate food and clothing. But for Helen, having won a small measure of independence, things are looking up. Having educated herself at night school and now making friends in her first proper job, she meets a handsome seaman and falls in love for the first time. But the storm clouds of war are gathering and Helen will experience at first hand the horror of the blitz and the terrible toll that the war exacted on ordinary people. As ever, Helen faces the future with courage and determination.

Objev podobné jako By the Waters of Liverpool - Helen Forrester

A na krátky okamih, obklopená cezmínou, ktorá mi prepichuje nohavice, zabudnem, kde som. Zabudnem na dom, ktorý zatiaľ nepovažujem za domov, a na hektickú prácu. Vtedy príde tá myšlienka. Tu by mohli byť včely, napadne mi a moja myseľ sa vzápätí rozbehne ako stádo divokých koní. Prekvapene odstúpim. Helen Jukes sa na prahu tridsiatky cíti uväznená v mestskom kolotoči kancelárskych intríg a dočasných adries. Snaží sa vybudovať zázemie v podobe novej práce v Oxforde, ale uvedomí si, že ak túži viesť zmysluplný život naplnený láskou a prácou, musí sa zmeniť. Práve vtedy jej priatelia venujú včelstvo (podľa starých legiend darované včely prinášajú šťastie) a z Helen sa postupne stáva včelárka. Čo však znamená starať sa o týchto divokých tvorčekov a prežiť s nimi jeden celý rok? Ako môžu nové poznatky o včelách prispieť k objavovaniu seba samej? A prinesie jej cesta do útrob úľa uvoľnenie? Táto kniha je rovnako prekvapujúca, krásna a neobyčajná ako život včiel v úli. - Helen MacDonald, autorka knihy J jako jestřáb Zatiaľ čo Helen hľadá svoje miesto v úžasnom ekosystéme úľa, samotný chov jej prináša nový pohľad na život. Prehlbuje jej staré i nové vzťahy a do sveta okolo nej vnáša svetlo. Helenino rozprávanie je fascinujúcou výpravou po stopách včiel, premenách ich príbytku i exkurzom do histórie nášho skúmania včelstva. Kniha predstavuje úchvatné zamyslenie nad zodpovednosťou a starostlivosťou, zraniteľnosťou a dôverou, vytváraním nových pút a nad vstupom na doteraz nepreskúmané územia. Autorka Helen Jukes je britská spisovateľka a včelárka. Na univerzite v Oxforde prednáša tvorivé písanie. Jej práce sa objavili v Caught by the River, BBC Wildlife, Resurgence, Junket a LITRO. Spolupracuje s Bee Friendly Trust – neziskovou organizáciou, usilujúcou sa o zvýšenie nášho povedomia o živote včelstva a podporujúcou starostlivosť o udržateľné zdroje. Žije vo Wye Valley

Objev podobné jako Helen Jukes Srdce včely má päť komôr, slovensky Provedení: Tištěná kniha

A na krátky okamih, obklopená cezmínou, ktorá mi prepichuje nohavice, zabudnem, kde som. Zabudnem na dom, ktorý zatiaľ nepovažujem za domov, a na hektickú prácu. Vtedy príde tá myšlienka. Tu by mohli byť včely, napadne mi a moja myseľ sa vzápätí rozbehne ako stádo divokých koní. Prekvapene odstúpim. Helen Jukes sa na prahu tridsiatky cíti uväznená v mestskom kolotoči kancelárskych intríg a dočasných adries. Snaží sa vybudovať zázemie v podobe novej práce v Oxforde, ale uvedomí si, že ak túži viesť zmysluplný život naplnený láskou a prácou, musí sa zmeniť. Práve vtedy jej priatelia venujú včelstvo (podľa starých legiend darované včely prinášajú šťastie) a z Helen sa postupne stáva včelárka. Čo však znamená starať sa o týchto divokých tvorčekov a prežiť s nimi jeden celý rok? Ako môžu nové poznatky o včelách prispieť k objavovaniu seba samej? A prinesie jej cesta do útrob úľa uvoľnenie? Táto kniha je rovnako prekvapujúca, krásna a neobyčajná ako život včiel v úli. - Helen MacDonald, autorka knihy J jako jestřáb Zatiaľ čo Helen hľadá svoje miesto v úžasnom ekosystéme úľa, samotný chov jej prináša nový pohľad na život. Prehlbuje jej staré i nové vzťahy a do sveta okolo nej vnáša svetlo. Helenino rozprávanie je fascinujúcou výpravou po stopách včiel, premenách ich príbytku i exkurzom do histórie nášho skúmania včelstva. Kniha predstavuje úchvatné zamyslenie nad zodpovednosťou a starostlivosťou, zraniteľnosťou a dôverou, vytváraním nových pút a nad vstupom na doteraz nepreskúmané územia. Autorka Helen Jukes je britská spisovateľka a včelárka. Na univerzite v Oxforde prednáša tvorivé písanie. Jej práce sa objavili v Caught by the River, BBC Wildlife, Resurgence, Junket a LITRO. Spolupracuje s Bee Friendly Trust – neziskovou organizáciou, usilujúcou sa o zvýšenie nášho povedomia o živote včelstva a podporujúcou starostlivosť o udržateľné zdroje. Žije vo Wye Valley

Objev podobné jako Helen Jukes Srdce včely má päť komôr, slovensky Provedení: E-kniha

Audiokniha: Na prahu třicítky se Helen Jukes cítí uvězněná v městském kolotoči kancelářského pletichaření a dočasných adres. Snaží se usadit ve své nové práci v Oxfordu a tu jí dojde, že aby prožila smysluplný život naplněná láskou a prací, musí se sama změnit. Tehdy jí kamarádi darují včelstvo (podle starých mýtů darované včelstvo přináší štěstí) a Helen začíná svůj první včelařský rok. Co ale obnáší "chovat" tyto divoké tvorečky? Jak mohou nové vědomosti o včelách přispět k objevování sebe sama? A přinese jí cesta do útrob úlu uvolnění? Je to knížka stejně překvapivá, krásná a vzbuzující údiv jako je život včel a úlu. - Helen MacDonald, autorka knihy J jako jestřáb Zatímco Helen hledá svou roli v úžasném ekosystému úlu, samotná akt chovu jí přináší nový pohled na život, prohlubuje její přátelství (stará i nová) a oživuje její svět. Její vyprávění je fascinující cestou ve stopách včel a jejich úlu i dějinami našeho pozorování včel. Jde o úchvatné zamyšlení nad zodpovědností a péčí, nad zranitelností a důvěrou, nad tvorbou nových pout a vstupem na pole dosud neprozkoumaná. Autorka Helen Jukes - britská spisovatelka, včelařka a učitelka tvůrčího psaní. Její práce se objevily v Caught by the River, BBC Wildlife, Resurgence, Junket a LITRO. Učí tvůrčímu psaní na Oxfordské univerzitě a spolupracuje s Bee Friendly Trust - neziskovou organizací, usilující o zvýšení našeho povědomí o životě včel a podporující péči o udržitelná stanoviště. Žije ve Wye Valley.

Objev podobné jako Srdce včely má pět komor - Helen Jukes - audiokniha

Stropní LED svítidlo Deko-Light Helen II – univerzální volba pro každý interiér i exteriérDeko-Light Helen II je moderní stropní přisazené LED svítidlo s elegantním designem v kombinaci bílé a stříbrné barvy. Toto svítidlo vyniká nejen nadčasovým vzhledem, ale především svou variabilitou – nabízí tři snadno volitelné teploty chromatičnosti (3000 K / 4000 K / 5500 K), které si nastavíte pomocí přepínače na svítidle. Je ideální volbou pro osvětlení kuchyně, koupelny, chodeb, obývacího pokoje, ale i garáže či krytých venkovních prostor.Hlavní přednosti svítidla Helen II 3 volitelné teploty světla: Teplá, neutrální nebo studená bílá podle aktuální potřeby a prostoru. Vysoká odolnost – IP54: Vhodné i do vlhkého prostředí nebo polovenkovních prostor. Úsporný provoz: Spotřeba pouze 20 W při světelném toku 1800 lm (až 90 lm/W). Snadná instalace: Přisazená montáž na strop, montážní materiál je součástí balení. Dlouhá životnost: Až 30 000 hodin provozu. Moderní design: Elegantní broušený stříbrný rámeček a kompaktní rozměry (průměr 351 mm, výška 89 mm).Technické parametry Příkon: 20 W Světelný tok: 1800 lm Teplota chromatičnosti: 3000 K / 4000 K / 5500 K (volitelná) Krytí: IP54 Barva světla: Volitelně teplá, neutrální, studená bílá Materiál: plast, povrch stříbrný (broušený) Průměr: 351 mm Výška: 89 mm Životnost LED: 30 000 h Energetická třída: G Stupeň ochrany: II (dvojitá izolace) Montáž: přisazená na strop (montážní materiál v balení) Stmívatelnost: NeProč si vybrat právě toto svítidlo?Helen II je univerzální řešení pro všechny prostory, kde oceníte možnost přizpůsobit světlo aktuálním potřebám. Jediným svítidlem tak můžete osvětlit například koupelnu příjemnou neutrální bílou, obývací pokoj teplým tónem a garáž nebo technickou místnost chladnou bílou barvou. Odolnost vůči vlhkosti (IP54) zaručuje bezproblémové použití i v náročnějších podmínkách. Díky dlouhé životnosti a nízké spotřebě šetří vaše finance i životní prostředí.Trust badges & garance Životnost: až 30 000 hodin Záruka: 2 roky Certifikace: CEFAQ – často kladené otázky Lze u svítidla měnit barvu světla? Ano, svítidlo nabízí možnost přepínání mezi teplou, neutrální a studenou bílou pomocí přepínače na svítidle (před instalací). Je svítidlo vhodné i do koupelny nebo na chodbu? Ano, díky krytí IP54 je Helen II ideální do koupelen, chodeb i dalších vlhkých prostor.

Objev podobné jako Light Impressions Deko-Light stropní přisazené svítidlo Helen II 3 colour 220-240V AC/50-60Hz 20,00 W 3000/4100/5500 K 1800 lm bílá 348052

‘Helen Rolfe is an absolute specialist at building cosy communities and making me want to live there. I want the characters as my friends!’ Sue Moorcroft A Second Chance…For Maya, serving as a pilot in the Whistlestop River air ambulance team is a dream come true. And now, with her divorce from her overbearing husband finally complete, flying over the fields of Dorset, and saving lives with the Skylarks, is the centre of her world. If only her ex would accept their separation as readily as she had, life would be perfect…A fresh start…Having recently transferred from London to Dorset, paramedic Noah is ready for a new start. But he’s brought with him a lot of baggage, not least his infant niece who he’s been looking after since his sister died unexpectedly earlier that year. Noah adores Eva, but is he really cut out to look after a baby?A risk worth taking?When Noah and Maya find themselves on the same rescue team, they’re immediately drawn to each other. Yet, with so many complications in their personal lives, do they have time to open their hearts to someone new?As their friendship grows, Noah and Maya are both about to discover that life is worth nothing unless you share it with the people you love. Take to the skies in this gorgeous and gripping series from bestselling author Helen Rolfe, perfect for fans of Jo Bartlett and Cathy Bramley. Readers LOVE Helen Rolfe's books!‘I really loved this book! I ended up devouring it all in just two sittings…’ Jo Bartlett'A beautiful tale exploring the bonds of family and friendship and how strong these are when tested. Loved it' Jessica Redland‘Barely a chapter in and I was hooked and knew I’d love it’ ?????????? Reader Review‘I have never read anything by Helen Rolfe before but I really enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the first chapter, I loved the setting of the story and the details of the air ambulance call outs were really interesting and added to the story’ ?????????? Reader Review‘From the very first moment I saw this on the authors page I knew I had to read it even without reading the outline... I love anything medical but I've never read anything with a air ambulance crew involved but I challenge you not to love The Skylarks Book One’ ?????????? Reader Review‘Overall, this is a fantastic read, much deeper than a typical romance, with a really satisfying story. The fact that it's book one of a new series is an added bonus’ ?????????? Reader Review‘A must read!!’ ?????????? Reader Review‘Helen's descriptive writing immediately immersed me in the world of Dorset, making me feel like part of the story. I absolutely loved it. Excited to see what’s next! Grab your copy without delay!’ ?????????? Reader Review‘Brilliant characters, a great storyline and an absolute delight to read’ ?????????? Reader Review‘What a terrific start to a new series! I’m already looking forward to the next instalment. Whistlestop River is a delightful setting, and I could envisage the patchwork fields and the breathtaking coastline each time the helicopter took to the skies’ ?????????? Reader Review

Objev podobné jako Welcome to Whistlestop River - Helen Rolfe

In her hotly anticipated debut solo cookbook, Ottolenghi pastry chef and recipe developer Helen Goh shares her 100 favourite baking recipes to show the many ways baking brings meaning and joy to our lives. No one knows the ''why'' or ''how'' of baking better than Helen Goh, recipe developer with Yotam Ottolenghi for more than a decade, co-author of bestselling books Sweet and Comfort, food columnist for the Good Weekend, The Guardian and Observer, and practising psychologist. In this, her first solo cookbook, Helen draws on her upbringing in Malaysia and Australia, her acclaimed work with Ottolenghi and her psychology training to share her distinctive approach to baking with 100 delicious sweet and savoury bakes.With recipes like Chocolate Tahini Cake with Sesame Brittle, Plum and Pistachio Bars, Pandan and Coconut Chiffon Cake, and many other shareable treats that offer both tried-and-true and creative flavours, this book is a celebration of community, connection and pleasure through baking. Helen''s Champagne and Blackcurrant Celebration Cake will become your new go-to for a special occasion, while a batch of Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes for a picnic or charity bake sale is a small but powerful building block of community and solidarity. All of her desserts are impressively sweet ways to celebrate milestones and connect with family and friends. And after your sweet tooth has been satisfied, there are more than 15 savoury baking dishes, from a Puttanesca Galette with Lemon Ricotta to a Potato, Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia. With inventive flavour combinations that showcase Helen''s creativity, a wealth of thoroughly road-tested bakes and her reflections on living and baking well, Baking and the Meaning of Life is a one-of-a-kind companion bakers will return to again and again to spread joy, one cookie, cake, or cheese puff at a time.

Objev podobné jako Baking and the Meaning of Life - Goh Helen

love lay down beside me and we wept is Helen Murray Taylor’s lyrical memoir of devastating mental illness. Helen Murray Taylor was finding her feet as a young doctor and trying to maintain some semblance of a life in the shadow of a punishing schedule when she witnessed a horrific road traffic accident. The impact of this fatal collision caught Helen off guard and had terrible repercussions. Both her career and her mental health took a battering. After a succession of other distressing events left Helen emotionally shattered and seriously depressed, she was admitted to a psychiatric ward and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. At her lowest, she almost succeeded in taking her own life. love lay down beside me and we wept sprang from these difficult times, from Helen’s months on the ward and the psychological upheaval of being restrained against her will, and from the challenge of being a doctor turned patient, but also from the moments of pure comedy and unexpected comradeship that she encountered there. This is a profoundly moving and masterful account of one woman''s physical and psychological breakdown, it''s a tribute to the love that supported her through it, and it''s an offering to the reader who might find comfort or understanding in this story.

Objev podobné jako love lay down beside me and we wept - Helen Murray Taylor

*The book that inspired Chrissy Teigen and Sex and The City’s Miranda to quit drinking*_____________''An incredible read'' - Chrissy Teigen''Has the power to change your relationship with your entire life'' - Glennon Doyle''This thoughtful, moving book will help a lot of people get to a healthier place'' - Johann Hari_____________We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at work events, lunches, book clubs and weddings. Yet no one ever questions alcohol''s ubiquity. In fact, the only thing ever questioned is why people don''t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some sort of magic elixir. It is anything but. When Holly Whitaker started to look for a way to recover, the support systems she found for recovery where archaic and patriarchal. Urging drinkers towards a newfound humility is great if you''re a man, but if you''re a woman and not in a position to renounce privileges you never had, a whole other approach is needed.Honest, witty and trenchant, Quit Like a Woman is at once a ground-breaking look at drinking culture, a call to arms, and a celebration of learning how to claim everything life has to offer.

Objev podobné jako Quit Like a Woman - Holly Glenn Whitaker

In 2016 the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education published a landmark study, What do students know and understand about the Holocaust? Almost 10,000 students aged 11 to 18 participated in the research. It was the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. The study indicated that the vast majority of young people found the subject interesting and relevant. However, it also revealed that many students did not have clear knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust.Written in direct response to the findings of the 2016 national study, this textbook significantly improves understanding of the Holocaust by:> Providing you with an appropriate historical overview of key aspects of the Holocaust> Helping you to understand the long-standing hatred of Jews (i.e., the roots of antisemitism)> Deepening your knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust > Encouraging you to challenge common myths and misconceptions (e.g., that Hitler was solely responsible for the Holocaust)> Developing your understanding of key historical concepts (e.g., evidence, interpretation, causation, significance)> Enabling you to answer the big historical question: How and why did the Holocaust happen? > Helping you to appreciate the impact of the Holocaust on ordinary people across Europe> Inviting you to consider the importance of the Holocaust and its significance todayThis textbook is supported by additional materials and teacher guidance notes on the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education website (holocausteducation.org.uk).The original design, development and distribution of this textbook was funded by the Toni Schiff Memorial Fund and the Pears Foundation. The Centre is enormously grateful for their support. The Wiener Holocaust Library also provided considerable assistance in developing the textbook.

Objev podobné jako Understanding the Holocaust at KS3: How and why did it happen? - Dr Andy Pearce, Professor Stuart Foster, Helen McCord, Dr Eleni Karayianni

Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary is a series of practical, write-in workbooks that are designed to expand students'' vocabulary and address the word gap. The series includes carefully selected, aspirational words drawn from the Oxford Children''s Corpus, focusing on vocabulary that will help students to access more challenging texts, as well as higher-level words that will empower them to use more sophisticated vocabulary in their own writing. Informed by findings from the Oxford Language Report, Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary Workbook 3 build students'' tier 2 vocabulary through a range of levelled comprehension and contextual activities, alongside a selection of engaging fiction and non-fiction extracts. Answers to all activities are provided on the Oxford University Press website.

Objev podobné jako Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary Workbook 3 - Helen Prince

Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary is a series of practical, write-in workbooks that are designed to expand students'' vocabulary and address the word gap. The series includes carefully selected, aspirational words drawn from the Oxford Children''s Corpus, focusing on vocabulary that will help students to access more challenging texts, as well as higher-level words that will empower them to use more sophisticated vocabulary in their own writing. Informed by findings from the Oxford Language Report, Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary Workbook 2 builds students'' tier 2 vocabulary through a range of levelled comprehension and contextual activities, alongside a selection of engaging fiction and non-fiction extracts. Answers to all activities are provided on the Oxford University Press website.

Objev podobné jako Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary Workbook 2 - Helen Prince

A book decades ahead of its time, And So Did I established a new model for the memoir, one built from moments of intense observation, candid self-reflection, courageous honesty, and irrepressible humor. It opens with the comedy of a man being struck by an automobile and walking away unscathed and cascades through a year''s worth of incidents and encounters that reveal Whitaker''s resilient spirit and fine-honed understanding of people, their quirks, weaknesses, and charms.

Objev podobné jako And So Did I - Malachi Whitaker

Rediscover the Rich Treasures of ProverbsFollowing their two successful prayer books on the Psalms, Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt now offer a devotional prayer book rooted in transformational passages from the book of Proverbs. Abiding Wisdom helps us rediscover the wisdom offered in Proverbs through free-verse prayer renderings of beloved passages. Key features include:· Seventy-five contemplative prayers based on biblical wisdom from Proverbs· Prayers focus on the theme of godly wisdom for everyday life· Perfect for personal devotion, meditation, and spiritual reflection· Beautiful hardcover binding and custom illustrations make this book an ideal gift for anyone in need of a biblically centered prayer bookThe challenges we''ve faced in recent years have deeply impacted our cultural, social, relational, and personal health. Written prayers, expressed in the slowing, quieting, reflective language of poetry, are some of the most powerful tools we have for returning to God''s faithful care.The inspirational prayers in Abiding Wisdom will help you quiet your heart before God. This artful, poetic, and classic devotional offers a fresh way to reflect on and pray in harmony with the book of Proverbs.

Objev podobné jako Abiding Wisdom - Dan Wilt, Ryan Whitaker Smith

Endless Grace helps us rediscover the rich treasures of the Psalms--through free-verse prayer renderings of their poems and hymns--as a guide to personal devotion and meditation.The church has always used the Psalms as part of its prayer life, and they have inspired countless other prayers. This book contains seventy-five prayers drawn from Psalms 76-150, providing lyrical sketches of what authors Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt have seen, heard, and felt while sojourning in the Psalms. While each prayer corresponds to a particular psalm and touches on its themes and ideas, it is not a new translation of the Psalms or an attempt to modernize or contextualize their content or language. Rather, the prayers are responses to the Psalms written in harmony with Scripture. These prayers help us quiet our hearts before God and remember the Lord''s daily mercies.This artful, poetic, and classic devotional book features compelling custom illustrations and beautiful hardcover binding, offering a fresh way to reflect on and pray the Psalms.

Objev podobné jako Endless Grace – Prayers Inspired by the Psalms - Dan Wilt, Ryan Whitaker Smith

A na krátky okamih, obklopená cezmínou, ktorá mi prepichuje nohavice, zabudnem, kde som. Zabudnem na dom, ktorý zatia? nepovažujem za domov, a na hektickú prácu. Vtedy príde tá myšlienka. Tu by mohli byť včely, napadne mi a moja myse? sa vzápätí rozbehne ako stádo divokých koní. Prekvapene odstúpim. Helen Jukes sa na prahu tridsiatky cíti uväznená v mestskom kolotoči kancelárskych intríg a dočasných adries. Snaží sa vybudovať zázemie v podobe novej práce v Oxforde, ale uvedomí si, že ak túži viesť zmysluplný život naplnený láskou a prácou, musí sa zmeniť. Práve vtedy jej priatelia venujú včelstvo (pod?a starých legiend darované včely prinášajú šťastie) a z Helen sa postupne stáva včelárka. Čo však znamená starať sa o týchto divokých tvorčekov a prežiť s nimi jeden celý rok? Ako môžu nové poznatky o včelách prispieť k objavovaniu seba samej? A prinesie jej cesta do útrob ú?a uvo?nenie? Táto kniha je rovnako prekvapujúca, krásna a neobyčajná ako život včiel v úli. - Helen MacDonald, autorka knihy J jako jestřáb Zatia? čo Helen h?adá svoje miesto v úžasnom ekosystéme ú?a, samotný chov jej prináša nový poh?ad na život. Prehlbuje jej staré i nové vzťahy a do sveta okolo nej vnáša svetlo. Helenino rozprávanie je fascinujúcou výpravou po stopách včiel, premenách ich príbytku i exkurzom do histórie nášho skúmania včelstva. Kniha predstavuje úchvatné zamyslenie nad zodpovednosťou a starostlivosťou, zranite?nosťou a dôverou, vytváraním nových pút a nad vstupom na doteraz nepreskúmané územia.

Objev podobné jako Srdce včely má päť komôr - Helen Jukes

Pátý román Helen Oyeyemi je dosavadním vrcholem autorčiny tvorby. Obsahuje vše, co se stalo pro autorku charakteristické a co jí vyneslo zařazení na prestižní seznam nejlepších mladých prozaiků, který zveřejňuje vlivný britský časopis Granta. Práce s pohádkami, mýty, kulturními aluzemi, neustálé prostupování skutečnosti a fikce i náhlé zvraty, to vše najdeme v příběhu dívky jménem Boy. Ta vyrůstá bez matky v rodině krysaře, který na rozdíl od mytického krysaře z německé legendy lidi nepřitahuje, ale odpuzuje. I Boy od něj prchá a protlouká se Amerikou padesátých let, až nakonec skončí v náručí vdovce, jenž je otcem dívky jménem Snow. Oyeyemi na tomto trojúhelníkovém půdorysu rozehrává pro ni typickou hru, kdy nic není tím, čím se zdá být a kdy čtenáře čeká na každém rohu překvapení. Dívka jménem Boy je kniha čtivá, vtipná a bohatá nejen na četné aluze. Helen Oyeyemi Helen Oyeyemi patří navzdory svému mládí mezi nejuznávanější současné britské prozaičky. Je autorkou pěti románů, z nichž první napsala ještě na střední škole a během studií politologie v Cambridge slavila úspěch se dvěma hrami, které posléze vyšly knižně. Již od prvního románu The Icarus Girl její tvorbu charakterizuje zájem o legendy, mýty a fantastickou imaginaci. Druhý román The Opposite House (Protější dům, 2007) je silně inspirován kubánskou mytologií, následující dílo White is for Witching (Bílá je barva čarodějnic, 2009) skládá hold Edgaru Allanu Poeovi (za tento román získala autorka Cenu Somerseta Maughama). V roce 2011 vydala román Mr Fox (Pan Fox) a o tři roky později svou kriticky patrně nejúspěšnější knihu Dívka jménem Boy. Helen Oyeyemi žije v Praze.

Objev podobné jako Dívka jménem Boy - Helen Oyeyemi

Příběh anglické učitelky Harriet Leeové a její šestnáctileté dcery Perdity se zprvu zdá být zcela všední. Čtenář se však brzy ocitne uprostřed surreálného víru vyprávění, jež jej ze současného Londýna unese do (možná imaginární) země Harrietina dětství, kde její rodina peče neobyčejný perník. Nejraději ze všech jej má Harrietina přítelkyně Gretel, mysteriózní figura, jež Harriet zasahuje do života zcela nepředvídatelným způsobem a kvůli níž začne o dlouhá léta později Harrietina dcera pátrat po tajemství svého původu - a onen surreálný vír se roztočí ještě víc… Román Perník výmluvně dokládá, proč se Helen Oyeyemi řadí k nejuznávanějším britským spisovatelům současnosti: její fantaskní vyprávění se snovým nádechem čerpá inspiraci z pohádkových příběhů, staví na archetypech, odkazuje na klasickou literaturu i pop-kulturu, a to vše činí nesmírně vytříbeným jazykem a mimořádným stylem. Perník je přenádherný a omamně originální román (…) Helen Oyeyemi jím prokazuje, že je jedním z nejlepších anglofonních autorů dneška. - National Public Radio Číst věty Helen Oyeyemi je jako chytit za ocas ohromné a nezkrotné živoucí stvoření, aniž by čtenář byť jen tušil, jaké že stvoření to vlastně je. Všechno v jejím psaní je tak živé, nepředvídatelné, místy vrtošivé, místy zlověstné, velmi často bizarní, a vždy zcela kouzelné (…) Hluboce inteligentní román postavený na nespoutané imaginaci. - New York Times Píše dnes vůbec někdo srovnatelně jako Oyeyemi? (…) Není nadsazené konstatovat, že Helen Oyeyemi je génius. - Los Angeles Times Vydání knihy podpořilo Ministerstvo kultury České republiky.

Objev podobné jako Perník - Helen Oyeyemi

"Na krátkou chvíli mě však obklopí cesmína a já zapomenu, kde jsem. Zapomenu na dům, který za-tím nepovažuji za domov. Zapomenu na svou hektickou práci. A vtom mě něco napadne. Pomyslím si, že na toto místo by se hodily včely, a moje myšlenky se rozeběhnou jako divocí koně. Překvapeně ucouvnu." Na prahu třicítky se Helen Jukes cítí uvězněná v městském kolotoči kancelářského pletichaření a dočasných adres. Snaží se usadit ve své nové práci v Oxfordu a tu jí dojde, že aby prožila smyslu-plný život naplněný láskou a prací, musí se sama změnit. Tehdy jí kamarádi darují včelstvo (podle starých mýtů darované včelstvo přináší štěstí) a Helen začíná svůj první včelařský rok. Co ale obnáší "chovat" tyto divoké tvorečky? Jak mohou nové vědomosti o včelách přispět k objevování sebe sa-ma? A přinese jí cesta do útrob úlu uvolnění? Zatímco Helen hledá svou roli v úžasném ekosystému úlu, samotný akt chovu jí přináší nový pohled na život, prohlubuje její přátelství (stará i nová) a oživuje její svět. Její vyprávění je fascinující cestou ve stopách včel a jejich úlu i dějinami našeho pozorování včel. Jde o úchvatné zamyšlení nad zodpo-vědností a péčí, nad zranitelností a důvěrou, nad tvorbou nových pout a vstupem na pole dosud ne-prozkoumaná. "Je to knížka stejně překvapivá, krásná a vzbuzující údiv jako je život včel a úlu." - Helen MacDonald, autorka knihy J jako jestřáb

Objev podobné jako Srdce včely má pět komor - Helen Jukes