the french run paul anness

A coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s between the working-class East End of London and bucolic rural France; two lads find themselves on the run and in the unexpected world of the classic French novel Le Grand Meaulnes. A love of literature, swearing and smoking combine in this witty, rude and beautifully lyrical rites-of-passage novel It started on our last ever day of school. When the teacher called out “Please stop writing,” we got up from the final exam with the rest of the class and walked across the road to the pub to celebrate, still in our uniforms; two book-loving boys from the East End of London with an uncertain future. Of course, that’s when it all went wrong. We got dragged into a fight with some hooligans from another school; a weapon was pulled, a lad was injured, but nobody saw how badly because we panicked and ran before the police could arrive. We’d already arranged a secret trip to France; the bags were packed, we’d got our passports and francs, and the Morris Minor was ready to go. So, we made a dash for it, worrying about the boy on the pub floor, anxious about the police pursuing us. We got to the ferry and crossed the channel. There was a very nervous road trip, driving south with pork pies and fondant fancies, looking over our shoulders for the gendarmes, disrespecting Ernest Hemingway, smoking, which we all did in those days, and singing along with The Beatles on the radio. Please Please Me. When we finally reached Cousin Jean’s farm, it turned out he was trying to launch a mad make-or-break entertainment business based on the fabulous French coming-of-age story, Le Grand Meaulnes. So, it was agreed we could hide out with him, but only if we joined his magical circus as actors in the Harlequinade. And that’s where the story really began…

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Sir Winston Churchill discovered painting at the age of forty and revelled in his new pastime.He went on to produce over 600 paintings, of which more than 150 were painted on the French Riviera alone.In Winston Churchill: Painting on the French Riviera, the artist Paul Rafferty reveals for the first time many newly discovered Churchill painting locations. We see how Churchill, with his â ˜fearless impressionsâ ™ of the â ˜paintatiousâ ™ area he loved so much, captured the scenes on canvas, and we learn much of his life in this, his favourite haunt.

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Drinking to excess is living when youâ ™re young. But what happens if living becomes rapeâ ¦ assaultâ ¦ death?!!Lisbon: that city at the mouth of the Tagus, that city that whispers, licks and seduces its visitors, that city that haunts those seeking refuge or its pleasures. Who would wish to escape?It is the start of the millennium and two â ˜ladsâ ™ from South-East London are trapped in Lisbon among people and experiences set to push them to the limits. Attempting to lie low after a fateful night back home, the friends find themselves navigating an unfamiliar and unnerving new reality. A crime novel inspired by a real-life incident, and distinguished by its sensitivity to subtleties of language and dialogue, Along the River Run is a story of guilt and retribution played out amid the streets, sounds and sights of this bewitching city. Just as the undercurrents of Lisbonâ ™s Tagus are ever present, so the literary undercurrents of the capital as written by Pessoa, Saramago or Sa-Carneiro are there to enrich and pervade the evolving narrative. The novel follows the authorâ ™s much-praised earlier book on Lisbon, a cultural exploration in a â ˜Cities of the Imaginationâ ™ series, setting up authoritative background research for this haunting story of psychological destruction.

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This AQA GCSE French Higher Student Book is approved by AQA and aligned with the 2024 French GCSE Higher specification. Crafted by experienced French teachers and experts, this book comprehensively covers vocabulary, grammar, topics, and skills, with engaging, culturally rich content to foster a love of languages.Oxford s AQA GCSE French Higher tier course provides plenty of practice for new assessments, including transcription and reading aloud (audio available separately). It can be co-taught with the AQA GCSE French Foundation tier Student Book, featuring shared and differentiated spreads for each topic. No other resource has been approved by AQA for the French Higher AQA GCSE exam from 2026.Additional practice is available via the Kerboodle Online Learning platform for UK School accounts, and downloadable audio files can be purchased for sole users. For more information, contact Oxford s Partnership Managers at secondary.enquiries@oup.com.

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The AQA GCSE French Foundation Student Book is approved by AQA and matched to the 2024 French GCSE specification. Written by experienced French teachers and experts, this book covers everything GCSE French Foundation students need - including vocabulary, grammar, topics, and skills comprehensively - with engaging, culturally rich content to foster a love of languages. Oxford s AQA GCSE French Foundation tier course offers ample practice for new assessments, including transcription and reading aloud (audio available to purchase separately). It can also be co-taught with the AQA GCSE French Higher tier Student Book, featuring shared and differentiated spreads for each topic. No other resource has been approved by AQA for the French Foundation AQA GCSE exam from 2026. Discover additional practice via the Kerboodle Online Learning platform for UK School accounts, and downloadable audio files are available to purchase for sole users only. For more information, contact Oxford s friendly Partnership Managers at: secondary.enquiries@oup.com.

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Learn how to master the art of creating sleek, elegant, and chic French interiors with Carolyn Westbrook’s The French-Inspired Home.“The French Inspired” has become Carolyn’s own signature style. Her stunning plantation house, a sleek urban apartment, and a classically elegant town house showcase a variety of distinct styles that will leave you enamored with all that is French. Whether she has used a distressed and gilded mirror that oozes elegance, or a faded and frayed rug that exudes rustic charm, her ideas are quintessentially “French” in their inspiration. Taking cues from her time growing up in the US, Carolyn infuses her earliest memories into everything she styles. From the chic elegance of New Orleans to the sweeping romance of southern plantation houses, Carolyn always produces the sense of a truly timeless French-inspired interior. Priding herself on these classic and timeless interior designs rather than reflecting the latest trends, she hopes they ignite longevity and a true romance with your own home. The French have mastered the art of this time-worn, yet sophisticated, style of living, and you too will fall in love with the colors, the textures, and the inspiration that is truly French.

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Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French.Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers.Was the guillotine a French invention?Non! It was invented in Yorkshire.Ten centuries worth of French historical facts bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066 ...From the Norman (not French) Conquest, to XXX, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all out great-fallings out.In short, the French are quite right to suspect that the last 1,000 years have been one long British campaign to infuriate them. And it s not over yet...

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In The French Kitchen, award-winning author Kristy Cambron weaves multiple characters and storylines into a tapestry of secrets, betrayals, and redemption. Full of mouthwatering culinary scenes and peppered with several appearances from famed chef Julia Child, who worked in intelligence during World War II, this story of spies and lovers zips between the coast of northern France during the war and Paris in the early 1950s . . . Delicious! --Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Life of Colette MarceauAs Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, Kat Fontaine never expected the skills she learned in a French chateau kitchen to be the key that unlocks the secrets swirling in her new post-war life.Paris, 1952--Still haunted by the years she spent serving in the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, ex-pat Kat Fontaine, now living in Paris, finds a simple cookery class led by indomitable chef Julia Child unearths the tangle of gut-wrenching memories of war. Determined to find her brother who went missing during the war and is presumed dead, Kat questions everything, especially her high-ranking society husband whose past is as murky as her own. But when the puzzle pieces start to come together--and her carefully crafted Paris world begins to fall apart--Kat must confront her own secrets against the mounting suspicions of the husband she thought she knew . . .Rue, 1943--Deep in the heart of Nazi-controlled northern France, Manon Altier shifts between working for the enemy by day--as a French chef at the famous Chateau du Broutel, where names like Himmler, Rommel, and Goebbels frequent the guest list--and running with underground networks against the Vichy regime at night. Working undercover to filter critical information to agents within the burgeoning OSS presence in France, Manon digs deep into the glitz and glamour of a Nazi stronghold that has her teetering on the edge of being discovered at any turn. But when an intriguing stranger appears at the chateau claiming to work with the French Resistance, Manon must lean on her instincts to judge whether to run and hide or stand firm--even as a terrifying discovery tests her resolve to continue the fight.From the heights of culinary cuisine in 1950s Paris society to the underbelly of a WWII spy network embedded deep within Nazi-controlled Vichy France--and the spy backstory of the world s most famous would-be French chef, Julia Child--The French Kitchen turns up the heat on the pasts of women whose worlds collide, and forces each to question what she thought she d planned for a perfect future.

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Learn to count to ten in English and French and build vocabulary with this bright, quirky board book.Have you ever wondered what an elephant riding a skateboard would look like? Or how about four lions on scooters? Meet lots of different, and very funny, animals as they set out on their travels in this bilingual English-French, interactive flap book.In Lift the Flap and Learn: French 1,2,3 toddlers aged 3-5 will enjoy learning how to count to ten and pick-up plenty of French vocabulary along the way. With gorgeous illustrations, fun flaps, and a bunch of hilarious characters, this is the perfect educational vocabulary book for adults to share with their little ones.This fun and engaging bilingual book for children features: - A soft and comedic introduction to learning a new language, as well as learning numbers and counting.- Flaps children can lift, an interactive, novelty element, which helps toddlers develop their fine motor skills and promotes interactive learning. Flaps uncover the French translations and complete the picture, so little ones can count all the characters.- Numbers 1 to 10 with simple descriptive sentences in both English and French to develop vocabulary. - Charming and colourful illustrations to keep toddlers engaged as they learn.Lift the Flap and Learn: French 1,2,3 teaches simple and descriptive sentences in English and French to toddlers, which is the best time for them to learn a second language, as the brain is in its most flexible stage. This imaginatively illustrated, lift-the-flap, bilingual book introduces children to counting, numbers and basic vocabulary.

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Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial.If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that s a big if ), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. In essence, the French cannot bear the idea that Napoleon, their greatest-ever national hero, was in any way a loser. Especially not against the traditional enemy â “ les Anglais.Stephen Clarke has studied the French version of Waterloo, as told by battle veterans, novelists, historians â “ right up to today s politicians, and he has uncovered a story of pain, patriotism and sheer perversion ...

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French gastronomy is renowned for its classic recipes passed from generation to generation. From Burgundy to the Auvergne, Provence, the Loire and the Pyrenees, traditional family cooking has always been at the heart of the French kitchen and lifestyle. With its delicious dishes and exquisite ingredients as diverse as the regions from which they come, heritage cooking and family values from provincial France have stood the test of time. In this book Michel Roux Jr, star of the BBC s MASTERCHEF and owner of the two-Michelin star Le Gavroche in London, explores the heritage of his native French cuisine - from the rustic to the haute. With classic recipes using delicious ingredients, Michel Roux Jr will help you bring provincial French cooking into your kitchen and helps you to recreate the je ne sais quoi that only French cuisine can embody.

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⠘If you⠙ve ever stood with your nose pressed to the window of a French patisserie, you⠙ll love this hefty collection of 350 recipes.⠙ ⠓ BBC Good FoodThe classic collection of more than 350 authentic French dessert recipes from the ultimate authority on French home cookingFrom éclairs to soufflés and macarons to madeleines, when it comes to desserts, no one does it better than the French. With Ginette Mathiot as your guide, beautiful, elegant, and delicious French desserts are easy to create at home. The Art of French Baking is the definitive collection of authentic French pastry and dessert recipes.This gorgeous cookbook contains more than 350 accessible recipes for the home baker, from Tarte Tatin and Hazelnut Petit Fours to Cherry Tartlets and Choux Buns, as well as more than 100 recipes for jams, preserves, compotes, and pickles.Novice bakers will appreciate step-by-step guides to classic pastry techniques and expert advice for troubleshooting common pastry problems, while home cooks of all skill levels will discover sweet treats to suit every palate. An introduction by the Parisian food writer Clothilde Dusoulier completes this elegant companion.

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IACP Award Winner 2019 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley⠔⠜the most exciting place to eat in the United States⠝ (The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller s methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America s great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen⠔no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can t get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as ⠜as close to dining perfection as it gets.⠝

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It is I think the most radical Book that has been written in these late centuries . . . and will give pleasure and displeasure, one may expect, to almost all classes of persons. CarlyleThomas Carlyle s history of the French Revolution opens with the death of Louis XV in 1774 and ends with Napoleon suppressing the insurrection of the 13th Vendémaire. Both in Its form and content, the work was intended as a revolt against history writing itself, with Carlyle exploding the eighteenth-century conventions of dignified gentlemanly discourse. Immersing himself in his French sources with unprecedented imaginative and intellectual engagement, he recreates the upheaval in a language that evokes the chaotic atmosphere of the events. In the French Revolution Carlyle achieves the most vivid historical reconstruction of the crisis of his, or any other, age.This new edition offers an authoritative text, a comprehensive record of Carlyle s French, English, and German sources, a select bibliography of editions, related writings, and critical studies, chronologies of both Thomas Carlyle and the French Revolution, and a new and full index. In addition, Carlyle s work is placed in the context of both British and European history and writing, and linked to a variety of major figures, including Edward Gibbon, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Eliot, John Stuart Mill, Hegel, and R. G. Collingwood.

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The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc is a detailed and insightful account of one of the most significant events in European history. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the causes, events, and consequences of the French Revolution, as well as its impact on the wider world. Belloc examines the social, economic, and political conditions in France in the years leading up to the revolution, including the growing discontent of the peasantry and the emergence of a new middle class. He also explores the role of Enlightenment ideas and the influence of the American Revolution on the French Revolution. The book provides a vivid and dramatic retelling of the major events of the French Revolution, from the storming of the Bastille and the Reign of Terror to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and the eventual restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. Belloc s writing is engaging and insightful, offering a nuanced and balanced view of the French Revolution that is both informative and accessible.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER With typical razor-sharp wit and candour, Paul tells of his rise to fame as Lily Savage . . . Riveting. Daily MirrorFrom Britain s most beloved TV star, Open the Cage, Murphy is an action-packed roller-coaster ride through a decade of Paul O Grady s life, stuffed full to the gunwales with hilarious stories, extreme situations and outrageous one-liners.A must read for any Paul O Grady fan, Open the Cage, Murphy follows his brilliant comic creation Lily Savage as she embraces success and world domination beckons.From being involved in a plane crash, to getting caught up in the LA riots and a close encounter with Madonna, the stories come thick and fast. Paul takes us with him to a gay-themed weekend in Butlin s in Skegness, on a rowdy tour with Prisoner Cell Block H - the Musical and into the depths of the Australian rainforest, where he befriends a rare bird that can disembowel a man with a single kick. The dramatis personae include a family of dolphins, Charlton Heston and the ghost of Joan of Arc - and there s a starring role for a certain remarkable dog, Buster Elvis Savage.But whether he s writing about star-studded Hollywood parties, the devastating loss of close friends to AIDS, or late night shenanigans at the end of Blackpool Pier, Paul s wit and humanity never desert him.Open the Cage, Murphy is a genuine delight - all the more so for being delightfully genuine.Readers love Open the Cage, Murphy! I couldn t put it down . . . Paul comes across as a very intelligent man . . . with a heart of gold under that naughty exterior. ***** This is such a great read, Paul is excellent when describing things makes you feel as though you are there with him. His humour warmth and caring comes out in abundance. ***** An excellent read. He takes you through the highs and lows of his life, you laugh and cry with him. *****

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The official behind-the-scenes companion to The French Dispatch and the latest volume in the bestselling Wes Anderson Collection series Everything that goes into bringing Anderson #39;s trademark style, meticulous compositions, and exacting production design to the screen is revealed in detail in this beautifully designed book. Written by film and television critic and New York Times bestselling author Matt Zoller Seitz, The Wes Anderson Collection: The French Dispatch presents the complete story behind the film’s conception, anecdotes about the making of the film, and behind-the-scenes photos, production materials, and artwork.The French Dispatch—the tenth feature film from writer-director Wes Anderson—is a love letter to journalists set at the titular American newspaper in the fictional 20th-century French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé. The film stars a number of Anderson #39;s frequent collaborators, including Bill Murray as the newspaper #39;s editor in chief; Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, and Frances McDormand, as well as new players Jeffrey Wright, Benicio del Toro, Elisabeth Moss, and Timothée Chalamet, who bring to life a collection of stories published in The French Dispatch magazine.

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Can Lucy find her second-chance romance in the glamour of the French Riviera?When aspiring author Lucy attends a rich friend⠙s 50th birthday party in glamorous Monaco, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever.Heartsore after a broken marriage, she is not looking for love so when she meets Elias, and he offers to take her sailing on his employer⠙s boat, she agrees only as research for the book she desperately wants to write. They bond over their adult children ⠓ who seem to want to clip their wings and force them into living like pensioners ⠓ and the chemistry is undeniable.But is he all he seems? And is she ready to trust again?An uplifting, later-in-life romance perfect for fans of Milly Johnson, Jo Thomas and Julie Caplin.Readers are falling in love with Escape to the French Riviera:⠘I simply didn⠙t want this book to end⠦ This is one not to be missed.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘I loved this book so much! Full of beautiful hope for love after a certain age.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘A real feel-good read. Loved it. Read in one session.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘Set against the stunning backdrop of the French Riviera⠦ it⠙s a perfect read for fans of feel-good, transformative love stories.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘The perfect feel-good romance ⠦that leaves you smiling at the end.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘Great writing. Reading this makes you feel like you are in the heart of the French Riviera.⠙⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader ReviewPraise for Helga Jensen:⠘I simply couldn⠙t put this down. I laughed out loud several times before I⠙d even finished the first chapter.⠙ Jules Wake⠘A joyous tale of rediscovering your dreams, love and sense of self. Sheer fun and absolute UpLit!⠙ Pernille Hughes⠘I love this book so much! All I wanted was for it not to end! It⠙s right there on my top romcoms list now.⠙ Natalie Normann⠘A believable story with laugh-out-loud moments⠦so relatable and true to life! Loved it!⠙ Harriet J. Kent⠘Funny, heartwarming and addictive.⠙ Susan Buchanan⠘I would highly recommend this fabulous book which is full of the trials and tribulations of family life, love, drama and intrigue together with lovable characters that you don⠙t want to leave behind when the book ends.⠙ Rosy Gee⠘I did not want it to end, I fell in love with the characters and this is my favourite rom com of the year!⠦ I am absolutely in love with this book⠦ This story reached into my heart, broke it and put it back together.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘I loved the characters⠦ a really sweet book with some twists and turns, and a perfect ending. Highly recommend for curling up on the sofa with a mug of hot chocolate.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘Love how this author writes about real people and relatable issues and targets those in their 40s and 50s in their stories. ⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘A charming, funny story⠦ Ideal sunshine reading.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘I loved every page ⠦ lots of laugh-out-loud moments to be enjoyed⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘A beautiful story ⠦ well worth 5 stars.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review⠘Wow, just wow ⠦ It⠙s funny, cute and romantic and that twist⠦ What more can you ask for?⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review

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‘Majestic, ambitious’ Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophistication, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But how did France become the country it is today, and what really sets it apart? Historian Peter Watson sets out to answer these questions in this dazzling history of France, taking us from the seventeenth century to the present day through the nation’s most influential thinkers. He opens the doors to the Renaissance salons that brought together poets, philosophers and scientists, and tells the forgotten stories of the extraordinary women who ran these institutions, fostering a culture of stylish intellectualism unmatched anywhere else in the world. It’s a story that takes us into Bohemian cafés and cabarets, into chic Parisian high culture via French philosophies of food, fashion and sex, and through two explosive revolutions.The French Mind is a history propelled by the writers, revolutionaries and painters who loved, inspired and rivalled one another over four hundred years. It documents the shaping of a nation whose global influence, in art, culture and politics, cannot be overstated. __________________________________________ ‘An encyclopaedic celebration of French intellectuals refusing to give up on universal principles, while remaining slim, bringing up well-behaved children and falling in love at every opportunity’ The Times #39;An engaging movement through time towards France #39;s recent reckonings with extremism, exceptionalism and empire #39; TLS

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FREEDOM WORTH FIGHTING FOR. LOVE WORTH WAITING FOREscape this summer with the unforgettable wartime love story and Richard Judy Bookclub pick The French House is a beautifully wrought exploration of love of all kinds. It s utterly gorgeous, convincingly written and completely captivating. Make sure you read it MY WEEKLY A raw and honest love story, filled with a wealth of historical detail. The French House is a powerful depiction of the brutal intricacies of island relationships and loyalties in a time of war FIONA VALPY Deeply involving . . . A fantastic debut by a gifted storyteller JILL MANSELL***In Nazi-occupied Guernsey, the wrong decision can destroy a life... Left profoundly deaf after an accident, Émile is no stranger to isolation - or heartbreak. Now, as Nazi planes loom over Guernsey, he senses life is about to change forever.Trapped in a tense, fearful marriage, Isabelle doesn t know what has become of Émile and the future she hoped for. But when she glimpses him from the window of the French House, their lives collide once more. Leutnant Schreiber is more comfortable wielding a paintbrush than a pistol. But he has little choice in the role he is forced to play in the occupying forces - or in his own forbidden desires. As their paths entwine, loyalties are blurred and dangerous secrets forged. But on an island under occupation, courage can have deadly consequences...Lyrical, moving and compelling, this is a novel about wanting to hear and learning to listen - to the truths of our own hearts.Perfect for lovers of The Nightingale, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and All the Light We Cannot See. A story of fraught secrets and tested loyalties . . . I found this beautifully told tale hard to put down ANITA FRANK Heart-wrenching . . . A truly special novel LOUISE FEIN Accomplished and atmospheric . . . I really enjoyed this uncliched yet deeply moving love story TRACY REES A vividly written, refreshingly different World War Two love story, with a central character I adored. Just brilliant! GILL PAUL Such an emotionally gripping novel portraying how love can be betrayed yet still endure SUZANNE GOLDRING I have been swept away by Jacquie Bloese s gorgeous writing, completely transported into the rich, atmospheric, and incredibly moving pages of The French House. . . this is an absolutely stunning, beautifully original novel JENNY ASHCROFT A wonderful story, powerfully written with beautiful characters JAMES KENT, director of Testament of Youth A brilliantly moving historical novel - 2020 Caledonian Novel Award panel

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An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how itâ ™s surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in France wanted to oust the king, let alone guillotine him. But things quickly escalated until there was no turning back. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks at what went wrong and why France would be better off if they had kept their monarchy.

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A mysterious disappearance. A loyal dog. A fight for justice. When vigilante, Rex Dalton, and his trusty military dog, Digger, take a much-needed vacation on the tranquil islands of Vanuatu, their plans for a carefree getaway take an unexpected turn. Digger introduces Dalton to Jacqui, an enigmatic French woman, and their friendship blossoms. But when Jacqui suddenly vanishes, Dalton becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. Determined to uncover the truth and clear his name, Dalton dives headfirst into a dangerous investigation that unravels a sinister plot with far-reaching consequences. With international tensions rising and time running out, he and Digger must navigate a labyrinth of deception, face formidable foes and risk everything to save the French girl. The French Girl is the pulse-pounding fifth instalment in JC Ryanâ ™s electrifying Rex Dalton K9 Thrillers series. ____________________________________________________________________Praise for The French Girl:? ? ? ? ? All these Rex and Digger books have wielded such a very strong influence on me that I adopted my own Digger . ? ? ? ? ? I have to admit that JC Ryan is a fantastic mystery and adventure writer. ? ? ? ? ? JC Ryan has earned a new fan! I couldn t put this book down, not even to sleep!? ? ? ? ? Rex Dalton is at his finest once again. You canâ ™t put the book down. Keep up the fine work, JC Ryan!? ? ? ? ? Great characters, great plot, and great locations. ? ? ? ? ? Amazing book. You won t want to put it down!

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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French monarchy, the death of an extraordinary number of people beneath the guillotine s blade during the Terror, and the rise of Napoleon, as well as far reaching consequences still with us today, such as the enduring ideology of human rights, and decimalization.In this Very Short Introduction, William Doyle introduces the French old regime and considers how and why it collapsed. Retelling the unfolding events of the revolution, he analyses why the revolutionaries quarrelled with the king, the church and the rest of Europe, why this produced Terror, and finally how it accomplished rule by a general. Doyle also discusses how and why the revolution destroyed the age-old cultural, institutional, and social structures in France and beyond. In this new edition, Doyle includes new sections highlighting the main developments in the field since the first edition, before exploring the legacy of the revolution in the form of rationality in public affairs and responsible government.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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The founders of Antoinette Poisson take readers inside their historic townhouse on the Atlantic coast to discover a style and art of entertaining rooted in French tradition and elegance.Maison Lescop—the historic residence of an eighteenth-century French importer for the Indian trading company in Port-Louis, Brittany—seemed predestined to become the new home and restoration project for the creative duo behind Antoinette Poisson, a Parisian design team dedicated to reviving the savoir faire of domino paper for home decoration and furnishings. The art historians became enchanted by the poetic beauty of this artisanal craft—derived from an Indian block print technique—when they uncovered original hand-painted eighteenth-century domino wallpaper while restoring a mansion in central France.Enchanted by the repeat-pattern domino prints, which range from florals and fauna to geometric and ikat, they have appointed their new home with the charming decorative touches that are their signature—handmade lampshades, wallpaper lined armoires, paper-mâché marriage boxes, assorted table settings, and luxurious textiles.Celebrating the rhythm of life in France, they bring readers on adventures—shopping at the local market, antiquing, mushroom hunting, sheep’s cheese making, paper making, and textile dying—and share classic seasonal French meals inspired by antique cookbooks, served-up on hand-dyed indigo tablecloths or on nautical striped throws for a seaside picnic. They also include creative insight from their style icon friends, like American decoupage artist John Derian and French musician Clara Luciani.

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Benjamin J. Petroelje argues that how one reads Ephesians is a function of deeper questions about how to read the Pauline book. Petroelje suggests the contemporary consensus⠔that Ephesians depicts development of/away from the ⠜real Paul⠝⠔is largely a construct of modern criticism, rooted in shifting strategies about how to read a letter collection that developed in the 19th-century.Using Ephesians 3:1-13 as a point of analysis, Petroelje theorizes that the text⠙s ⠜image of Paul⠝ not only anticipates recent revisionist interpretations of Paul⠙s Jewish identity and gentile gospel, but also holds together tensions in the collection itself surrounding these questions. By analysing ancient letter collections beside their own hermeneutical priorities, and applying this method to the late-antique and modern reception of the corpus Paulinum, Petroelje is able to historicize the origins of the split of Paul s corpus, revealing the constructed nature of the critical consensus on Ephesians and the effect that such modern reading strategies have on interpreting the letter. Urging a return to reading Ephesians alongside Pauline co-texts, Petroelje advocates for Ephesians as a crucial source for the study of Paul, whether Paul wrote it or not.

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The French Revolution was a period of radical political and societal change in the eighteenth century. Everyone knows about the guillotine and the grisly processions of tumbrils, but less is generally appreciated about the much greater violence in provincial France. This book examines the beliefs and assumptions about the French Revolution which have become popularised in films and novels but also accepted in standard accounts to see if they stand up to scrutiny. There is no attempt to deny the intense drama of the whole revolutionary period but rather to separate myth and reality. There are chapters on the development of the constitutional monarchy and its failure and also on the tragic period of the Terror which for many is the most characteristic period. The role of women in this period is one of huge turmoil as well as the impact of the Revolution on the French colonies and in particular Saint-Domingue in the West Indies. This book looks at the leading figure in the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture, with some myths being challenged and attempts to reach a realistic judgement as well as exploring some of the vivid, if at times horrifying, events of this key part of the history of colonialism. It includes a critical look at commonly held beliefs about the Revolution and its aftermath. It is also an account of many of the highly colourful and dramatic events and personalities for those who want to get beneath the surface of one of the most absorbing periods of history. The range of extraordinary people in the Revolution has led to many fictional accounts and we look at many of their lives, but also at the way that a period of intense belief impacted ordinary people with often tragic results. It really was â ˜the best of times and the worst of timesâ ™.

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WINNER OF THE EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2016A comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy DiesWhat links the Investment Bank of Torabundo, www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, hots with an s, don t ask), an art heist, a novel called For the Love of a Clown, a four-year-old boy named after TV detective Remington Steele, a lonely French banker, a tiny Pacific island, and a pest control business run by an ex-KGB man? You guessed it . . . The Mark and the Void is Paul Murray s madcap new novel of institutional folly, following the success of his wildly original breakout hit, Skippy Dies. While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul s fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. But Paul s plan is not what it seems-and neither is Claude s employer, the Bank of Torabundo, which inflates through dodgy takeovers and derivatives-trading until-well, you can probably guess how that shakes out.The Mark and the Void is a stirring examination of the deceptions carried out in the names of art, love and commerce - and is also probably the funniest novel ever written about a financial crisis.

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Happiness is a day in the park for a pack of joyful pups, in this Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Level D early reader.See me run. A happy, fuzzy gold mutt is running through the park when he finds some friends. So he joins the crowd, and together they run, chase, and play in the mud. Then they begin to dig-- and find the mother lode, a huge pile of bones. But when the bones magically arrange themselves into a dinosaur-- who isn t very happy to be woken up-- the dogs have to run again! Energetic, cartoon-style illustrations of this pack of mischievous dogs accompany the simple text, adding plenty of visual humor and detail to delighjt young readers. Filled with personality and fun, this pack of pups is bound for adventure! The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!Suitable for late kindergarten readers, Level D books use a wider vocabulary and more complex plots with multiple scenes. They feature longer sentences and greater variety in sentence structure than the prior levels. Move onto Level E books next!

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Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it s the best way to be better at everything.In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who s trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that s a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their laissez-faire parenting, chic style, haute cuisine, and enviable home cooking: they barely seem to be trying, yet the results are world-famous, thanks to a certain je ne sais quoi that is the key to a more creative, fulfilling, and productive life. For fans of both Mark Manson s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Alain de Botton s How Proust Can Change Your Life, philosopher Ollivier Pourriol s book draws on the examples of such French legends as Descartes, Stendhal, Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac and Françoise Sagan to show how to be efficient à la française, and how to effortlessly reap the rewards.

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An exceptional tale, expertly crafted with endearing characters and an enthralling plot that will captivate readers. NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A country at war. A dangerous secret.After a failed honey-trap mission for British Intelligence leads to the breakdown of her marriage, French journalist Iris escapes to Dijon, seeking refuge in the cottage of her beloved aunt, Eva. But Eva is gone, the streets are full of distrust, and Iris is soon followed by the very last man she wants to see ⠓ the British civil servant and traitor she was tasked with catching, now keen to rekindle their affair.Eva⠙s home used to be a comforting place, where the locals sought out Eva⠙s homemade tinctures and cures and gifted jars of fresh honey from the garden. Now it is a place of danger, where threats loom in every corner. And as Iris spends more time there, she discovers a secret that will change the way she sees her aunt forever ⠓ and the course of her own life too⠦Don t miss this utterly sweeping WW2 historical novel, perfect for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Mandy Robotham and Kristin Hannah.Praise for The French Affair: What a great story ⠓ really well written with likeable characters and a plot line that will keep you reading more and more just to find out what happens. NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The French Affair is a thrilling, suspenseful World War Two historical fiction⠦ I highly recommend. NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this fascinating story. Very addictive and interesting. NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover The Independent Food for short story lovers everywhere Irish Times*A major celebration of the French short story and Spectator Book of the Year*The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. The first volume spans four hundred years, taking the reader from the sixteenth century to the golden age of the fin de siècle. Its pages are populated by lovers, phantoms, cardinals, labourers, enchanted statues, gentleman burglars, retired bureaucrats, panthers and parrots, in a cacophony of styles and voices. From the affairs of Madame de Lafayette to the polemic realism of Victor Hugo, the supernatural mystery of Guy de Maupassant to the dark sensuality of Rachilde, this is the place to start for lovers of French literature, new and old.Edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness, academic, writer and translator.

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Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover The Independent Food for short story lovers everywhere Irish Times*A major celebration of the French short story and Spectator Book of the Year*The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. The second volume takes the reader through the tumultuous twentieth century in the company of writers including Simone de Beauvoir and Maryse Condé, Patrick Modiano and Virginie Despentes, covering world wars, revolutions, and the horrors of the motorway service station. Along the way we meet electronic brains, she-wolves, a sadistic Cinderella, ancestors, infidels, dissatisfied housewives and lonely ambassadors, all clamouring to be heard. Funny, devastating and fresh at every turn, this is the place to start for lovers of French literature, new and old.Edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness, academic, writer and translator.

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A young man wakes from a coma to find himself targeted by the men who killed his parents, while someone is impersonating a notorious New Zealand serial killer … the latest chilling, nerve-shredding, twisty thriller from the author of The Quiet People… ‘Paul Cleave is an automatic must-read for me’ Lee Child ‘Riveting from start to finish. Smart and twisty, this book will get under your skin’ Liz Nugent ‘Shocking and chilling. A literary ice plunge. I absolutely loved it’ Helen Fields ‘Almost three books in one! Multiple murders, dedicated detectives – past and present. Complex, detailed and oh, so clever’ Sam Holland _______________How do you catch a killer…When the only evidence is a dream? James Garrett was critically injured when he was shot following his parents’ execution, and no one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma. When he does, nine years later, Detective Inspector Rebecca Kent is tasked with closing the case that her now retired colleague, Theodore Tate, failed to solve all those years ago. But between that, and hunting for Copy Joe – a murderer on a spree, who’s imitating Christchurch’s most notorious serial killer – she’s going to need Tate’s help. Especially when they learn that James has lived out another life in his nine-year coma, and there are things he couldn’t possibly know, including the fact that Copy Joe isn’t the only serial killer in town… _______________ ‘An absolute thrill ride. Precise and swift and a joy to read … storytelling at its best’ James Oswald ‘Such a unique concept, with wonderful, emotional writing ... I hooked on the story from the word go. BRILLIANT’ Lisa Hall ‘The most original and intense thriller ever!’ Michael Wood ‘I’d forgotten how good Paul Cleave is!’ Sarah Pinborough ‘You can’t be a true fan of crime fiction if you’re not reading Cleave’s books’ Tom Wood ‘Uses words as lethal weapons’ New York Times ‘Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end’ Simon Kernick What readers are saying… [FIVE STARS] ‘A masterpiece’ Café Thinking ‘A heart-pounding, jaw-dropping thrill ride’ Emma’s Bibliotreasures ‘A brilliantly executed thrilling, twisty, nerve-shredding serial-killer chiller’ Live Deadly ‘A red-hot, sleep-stealing, pulse-pounding read’ Jen Med’s Book Reviews ‘An addictive trip!’ The First Eleven Minutes ‘I am absolutely lost for words’ PRDG Reads ‘Number-one TOP read of the year’ Ian Dixon ‘Cleave has made my heart pound, pulse race and jaw drop’ Little Miss Book LoverPraise for Paul Cleave ‘The sense of dread builds unstoppably in this gripping page-turner … an intense, chilling read’ Gilly Macmillan ‘You may think you know where it’s going, but you couldn’t be more wrong. A true page-turner filled with dread, rage, doubt and more twists than the Remutaka Pass’ Linwood Barclay ‘A true page-turner, with an intriguing premise, a rollercoaster plot and a cast of believably flawed characters’ Guardian ‘This merits comparison with the work of Patricia Highsmith’ Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW ‘Tense, thrilling, touching. Paul Cleave is very good indeed’ John Connolly ‘An intense adrenaline rush from start to finish’ S J Watson ‘A riveting and all too realistic thriller’ Tess Gerritsen ‘A gripping thriller …I couldn’t put it down’ Meg Gardiner ‘Did my head in time and again’ Michael Robotham ‘One to remember’ New York Journal of Book

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Uncover the truth among the myths, fictions, and lore of the French Revolution.Did Marie Antoinette really say the famed words, ⠜Let them eat cake?⠝ Were throngs of prisoners released during the storming of the Bastille? This book answers these questions and more, sorting through common misconceptions of the French Revolution and in doing so revealing a more holistic and accurate perspective of this famous moment in world history. With thorough and up-to-date analysis, this work dissects 10 different myths about the French Revolution. Readers will build their understanding of topics from the Reign of Terror to the role of women in the Revolution and key figures from King Louis XVI to Robespierre. Students are supported by suggestions for further reading on each topic.

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The recipe for a perfect summer⠦Step 1: Mix together a group of mature studentsStep 2: Add in a handsome hostStep 3: Season with a celebrity chefStep 4: Bring to the boil at a luxurious cookery school in France!Waltho Williams has no idea what he⠙s letting himself in for when he opens the doors to his beautiful French home, La Maison du Paradis. But with dwindling funds, a cookery school seems like the perfect business plan⠦Divorcée caterer Caroline needs to be able stand on her own two feet. While warm-hearted Fran hopes to help her beloved husband fulfil his lifelong dream. And for food journalist Sally it⠙s a PR opportunity ⠓ until a certain celebrity chef gets under her skin⠦But will the eclectic group be a recipe for success, or will the mismatched relationships sink like a souffle?Whip out an apron, grab a wooden spoon and take a culinary trip to La Maison du Paradis⠦Readers LOVE The French Cookery School:⠘A hilarious, heart-warming story of love and food ⠦ will have you laughing all the way to the pantry! Caroline has done it again!⠙ Celebrity chef Valentina Harris ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘This is like a lovely holiday with humour and heart thrown in as part of the package⠦ A fantastic summer read⠙ Bestselling author Faith Hogan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Food, laughter love are the ingredients of a great novel! I loved it and devoured the pages in one glorious sitting⠙ Bestselling author Nicola May ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caroline has come up with all the right ingredients, and there is nothing half-baked about this delightful story Claire Bassano ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘A wonderful story about finding romance and friendship when you least expect it, this is the perfect summery escape⠙ Bestselling author Fiona Leitch ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I find it hard to imagine a better holiday read. The talented Caroline James at her very best.⠙ Bestselling author Eva Glyn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘As fluffy as a french meringue. It⠙s a perfect novel⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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When The French Bastards crashed onto the Paris pastry scene in 2019, they turned heads. On a mission to bring fun and unexpected twists to precision baking, within days there were queues around the block for their chocolate babka, cruffins, feather-light croissants, baguettes and charcoal-sesame bread. With a global Instagram following and praise from peers around the world, this book includes 50 of the bakery’s most iconic recipes to enable anyone around the globe to recreate their ‘boulangerie, patisserie, bastarderie’ vibes at home. From classics such as chocolate eclairs and pecan Paris-brest to buzzy modern favourites such as popcorn and caramel cheesecake and brioche pizza, you can find recipes that are guaranteed to impress. With fun, stylised photography of the bakery capturing the vibrant concept and classically Parisian locations, step-by-step techniques and tips for the home cook, The French Bastards is a cool, creative vision of the dynamic future of Parisian patisserie.

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The long out-of-print retrospective from multiple Eisner-Award-Winning artist Paul Pope makes its return in a special extended edition!PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope makes its highly anticipated return to print in PulpHope2: The Art of Paul Pope. This updated, premium format edition contains never before seen art and brand new previously unavailable material. Iconic auteur and New York Times bestselling cartoonist Paul Pope (Battling Boy, Batman: Year 100) has worked with companies and clients including Kodansha, Nike, Disney, Image, DC, Marvel, and the British Film Institute. A critical and commercial icon, his influences include European, Japanese, and American comics traditions, while his own impact is undeniable across generations of artists. BOOM! Studios is proud to answer the call of art fans and collectors in putting this essential and much sought-after artbook in their hands, with newly revealed insights and expanded visuals that cannot be missed.

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Introduced by Alan Harman, The People in Paul’s Letters is a handy guide to the backgrounds and relationships of the individuals and churches mentioned in the Pauline epistles. Of the twenty–seven books of the New Testament, thirteen are letters written by the apostle Paul to early Christian communities and individuals. These churches were working out the reality of living for Christ and His Kingdom in a world antagonistic to the gospel. Many of the individuals in these congregations were mentioned by name in Paul’s letters, and there is much to be learned from them.We can learn as much by considering Paul’s interactions with people as his directions about Christian thought and behaviour. Although separated by twenty centuries, many of the issues we face today relate closely to matters they encountered. Guy Manuell has thoroughly researched the people mentioned in Paul’s letters. Each person has an individual entry, starting with the verses in which they are found, and giving a full explanation of who they were and their relationship to Paul.Also included are an in–depth introduction providing the background context, an invaluable chronology of Paul’s life, a handy chronology of Paul’s letters and an extensive bibliography.This book will be a valuable reference for preachers, or for any seeking to understand Paul’s writings more fully. Entry for each individual mentioned in Paul’s lettersIncludes chronology of Paul’s life and lettersUseful reference for preachers

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Paul Theroux s Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a journey from London to Asia by train. Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - The Great Railway Bazaar - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and also to learn what an old man will make of a young man s journey. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a brilliant chronicle of change and an exploration of how travel is the saddest of pleasures . A dazzler, giving us the highs and lows of his journey and tenderness and acerbic humour . . . fellow-travelling weirdoes, amateur taxi drivers, bar-girls and long-suffering locals are brought vividly to life Spectator Fans of Theroux are not likely to be disappointed. Theroux has great descriptive skill . . . the world is slightly less unknown by virtue of reading the book Sunday Telegraph Relaxed, curious, confident, surprisingly tender. Theroux s writing has an immediate, vivid and cursory quality that gives it a collective strength Sunday Times A brilliant eye, readable and vivid. Theroux has still got it Observer Fascinating, a joy to read TatlerPaul Theroux s books include Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel and The Lower River. The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

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Utterly gorgeous, convincingly written and completely captivating. Make sure you read it MY WEEKLY A raw and honest love story, filled with a wealth of historical detail FIONA VALPYIn Nazi-occupied Guernsey, the wrong decision can destroy a life... Left profoundly deaf after an accident, Émile is no stranger to isolation - or heartbreak. Now, as Nazi planes loom over Guernsey, he senses life is about to change forever.Trapped in a tense, fearful marriage, Isabelle doesn t know what has become of Émile and the future she hoped for. But when she glimpses him from the window of the French House, their lives collide once more. Leutnant Schreiber is more comfortable wielding a paintbrush than a pistol. But he has little choice in the role he is forced to play in the occupying forces - or in his own forbidden desires. As their paths entwine, loyalties are blurred and dangerous secrets forged. But on an island under occupation, courage can have deadly consequences...Lyrical, moving and compelling, this is a novel about wanting to hear and learning to listen - to the truths of our own hearts. Perfect for lovers of The Nightingale, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and All the Light We Cannot See.Praise for The French House: I was gripped from the start by the characters and the setting. A wonderful read RUTH DRUART Deeply involving . . . A fantastic debut by a gifted storyteller JILL MANSELL A story of fraught secrets and tested loyalties . . . I found this beautifully told tale hard to put down ANITA FRANK Heart-wrenching . . . A truly special novel LOUISE FEIN Accomplished and atmospheric . . . I really enjoyed this uncliched yet deeply moving love story TRACY REES A vividly written, refreshingly different World War Two love story, with a central character I adored. Just brilliant! GILL PAUL Such an emotionally gripping novel portraying how love can be betrayed yet still endure SUZANNE GOLDRING

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Think more deeply and work more independently at A level History through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach from SHP.Enquiring History: It makes you think! The OFSTED report on school history suggests that the current generation of A Level students have been poorly served by exam-based textbooks which spoon-feed students while failing to enthuse them or develop deeper understandings of studying HistoryThe Schools History Project has risen to this challenge with a new series for the next generation. Enquiring History is SHP s fresh approach to Advanced Level History that aims: - To motivate and engage readers - To help readers think and gain independence as learners- To encourage enquiry, and deeper understanding of periods and the people of the past- To engage with current scholarship - To prepare A Level students for universityKey features of each Student book:- Clear compelling narrative - books are designed to be read cover to cover- Structured enquiries - that explore the core content and issues of each period- Insight panels between enquiries provide context, overview, and extension - Full colour illustrations throughoutWeb-based support includes:- Lesson planning tools and activities for teachers- Dynamic eBooks for whole class teaching or individual student reading- Exam advice for each specification The French RevolutionThis title covers the turbulent history of France from 1774 to 1802 and the revolutionary events and larger than life individuals whose ideas and actions sent shock waves around Europe. Each enquiry tackles a discrete topic which together build a rounded and balanced picture of the causes, the course, the consequences, and the historiography of the revolution. As William Doyle puts it: There are few periods in history when so many benevolent intentions led to such unintended chaos and destruction, ... How and why did this happen? What can we learn from it? What has the French Revolution got to say to us today?Web-based support includes- lesson planning tools and guidance for teachers available from the SHP website http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/Publishing/BooksSHP- eBooks for whole class teaching or individual student reading available from eBook retailers

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Relationship experts Stacey and Paul Martino share their norm-shattering method to single-handedly transform your relationship, create unshakable love, and unleash deeper passion.After 14+ years of helping thousands of people to save their marriages, Stacey and Paul Martino are finally releasing their book to share their unique Relationship Development® Methodology with the world. The surprising paradigm the Martinos⠙ have uncovered has been The Missing Piece in our knowledge of human relationships. They demonstrate why the old relationship paradigm is broken, why couples work is actually destructive, and how their norm-shattering one-person methodology can be easily learned by the reader to enable them to single-handedly transform their marriage, stop the kerfuffles, and bring harmony back to their home.The Martinos have proven that marriage isn⠙t a ⠜mental health⠝ or even a personality issue. Instead, thriving relationships are the result of a skill set that nobody else has been able to figure-out, until now.Packed with tools, this book demonstrates how one person can quickly begin to transform their relationship, without compromise or pleasing and without having to convince their partner to get on board.At a time when divorce rates are sky high and families are unnecessarily suffering, The Missing Piece provides powerful solutions to help the reader navigate real-life situations harmoniously, regardless of what they are currently facing.Written in a relatable and actionable style, this book is an indispensable guide.Whether the reader wishes to make a great relationship even better, rescue a marriage on the brink of divorce or heal a co-parenting relationship affecting their family, this book has the answers they need. Giving them the piece that has been missing all this time.There has never been a book published which promises a one-person relationship method before. But this isn⠙t just a theory or idea, the Relationship Development Methodology has been proven by many students, over many years. Now it⠙s your turn to finally get The Missing Piece.

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The culmination of a lifetime’s work by the celebrated journalist and historian Paul Foot, The Vote tells the thrilling story of how the universal franchise was secured in Britain, and the slow erosion that followed. Foot takes readers from the smoke-filled church of the Putney Debates to the incendiary arguments between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke in the aftermath of the French Revolution, to the rise of Chartism and the fight for women’s suffrage. Throughout, Foot shows how vested interests first delayed and then hobbled the progress of democracy.Looking to the twentieth century, Foot exposes the gaps between the promises of a succession of Labour governments and their actions once in power, and the party’s abandonment of any aspiration to economic democracy.Written with Paul Foot’s inimitable energy and engaging style, this is a classic work of history and a must-read for anyone interested in the origins of today’s political scene.

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A reader s journey along the French Riviera, from Hyeres and Saint-Tropez to the Italian border, introducing the lives and work of writers who passed this way.The sunlight and calm of the French Riviera have been a magnet for writers since the fourteenth century. The Cote d Azur has provided the inspiration and setting for some of the greatest literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.From distinguished Nobel laureates to new authors who found their voices there, Ted Jones s encyclopaedic work covers them all: writers such as Graham Greene and W. Somerset Maugham, who spent much of their lives there; F. Scott Fitzgerald and Guy de Maupassant, whose work it dominates.The book also includes the countless writers who simply lingered there, including Louisa M. Alcott, Hans Christian Anderson, J.G. Ballard, Samuel Beckett, Arnold Bennett, William Boyd, Bertholt Brecht, Anthony Burgess, Albert Camus, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Ian Fleming, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, A.A. Milne, Vladimir Nabokov, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anton Tchekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Evelyn Waugh, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf and W.B. Yeats - and many others.

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A thrilling novel of female intrigue, betrayal and revenge. Read it! LUCY WORSLEY Dark and delicious Red Magazine Utterly gripping and highly relevant SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE_____________________Fear your neighbour. Praise the Republic. Preach liberty. Hate monarchy. Speak in whispers. Trust no-one.Revolutionary Paris, 1792: As the city spirals into bloodshed, Henrietta Lightfoot a young Englishwoman runs for her life to the extravagant home of Grace Dalrymple, notorious courtesan to the aristocracy.But loyalties are tested when she befriends Grace s arch rival, a committed revolutionary and mistress of the most powerful man in France. Trapped in a terrifying game of wits between these two dangerous women, Henrietta is about to learn the most brutal lesson of her life.A tale of friendship and betrayal, The French Lesson is an eye-popping drama of power and manipulation, as the women written out of the French Revolution tell their own story of smarts and sacrifice.PERFECT FOR FANS OF HARLOTS and BRIDGERTON___________________ A gleefully modern retelling of a juicy chapter in history The Times Rubenhold unfolds a complicated plot with great dexterity Sunday Times

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A new book by two of the biggest powerhouses in positive psychology and personal development ⠓ Dr Andy Cope and Professor Paul McGee Happiness. We chase it, we crave it⠦it⠙s so in demand⠦ yet so scarce and fleeting. But here⠙s the good news. In The Happiness Revolution: A Manifesto For Living Your Best Life, bestselling authors Dr Andy Cope and Professor Paul McGee deliver a page-turning self-help book of the times, for the times. As the world wakes up to a new kind of normal, The Happiness Revolution challenges readers to sign up to an uprising of wellbeing and to making the most of the privilege of being on this planet. The book outlines a 10-point Happiness Manifesto. Grounded in the science of human flourishing and the reality of life, the principles are simple, do-able and above all make a difference not only to yourself but to others too. Let the fight back to mental wealth start right here. Welcome to global domination of the happiness kind! Discover: How to regain your sanity, clarity, and wellbeing, even when your smartphone, kids, spouse, job, and possessions seem to be conspiring to keep you from doing just that. Why it can be so hard to maintain a happy outlook when the outside world has never been so fast, complex, and unpredictable. How to be at your best in a world that is doing its worst. Happiness is the #1 thing you want for yourself and your family. The Happiness Revolution is an indispensable guide for everyone trying to live their best life and to spread some happiness whilst doing so. Rise Up and Be Happy! Vive la revolution!

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Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020The Mosquito Coast - winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize - is a breathtaking novel about fanaticism and a futile search for utopia from bestseller Paul Theroux. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. Stunning. . . exciting, intelligent, meticulously realised, artful Victoria Glendinning, Sunday Times An epic of paranoid obsession that swirls the reader headlong to deposit him on a black mudbank of horror Christopher Wordsworth, Guardian Magnificently stimulating and exciting Anthony BurgessAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, My Other Life, The Collected Stories, My Secret History, The Lower River, The Stranger at the Palazzo d Oro, A Dead Hand, Millroy the Magician, The Elephanta Suite, Saint Jack, The Consul s File, The Family Arsenal, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic The Great Railway Bazaar are available from Penguin.

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In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . . . Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally best-selling novelist Paul Auster now remembers the experience of his development from within, through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world, as well as through a selection of the revealing letters he sent to his first wife, acclaimed author Lydia Davis.An impressionistic portrait of a writer coming of age, Report from the Interior moves from Auster s baby s-eye view of the man in the moon to his childhood worship of the movie cowboy Buster Crabbe to the composition of his first poem at the age of nine to his dawning awareness of the injustices of American life. Report from the Interior charts Auster s moral, political and intellectual journey as he inches his way toward adulthood through the post-war fifties and into the turbulent 1960s.Paul Auster evokes the sounds, smells, and tactile sensations that marked his early life - and the many images that came at him, including moving images (he adored cartoons, he was in love with films), until, at its unique climax, the book breaks away from prose into pure imagery: the final section of Report from the Interior recapitulates the first three parts, told in an album of pictures.At once a story of the times and the story of the emerging consciousness of a renowned literary artist, this four-part work answers the challenge of autobiography in ways rarely, if ever, seen before.

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How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world s most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance-of-power theory-the bedrock of realism in international relations-other states should have joined together militarily to counterbalance the U.S. s rising power. Yet they did not. Nor have they united to oppose Chinese aggression in the South China Sea or Russian offensives along its Western border. This does not mean balance-of-power politics is dead, argues renowned international relations scholar T.V. Paul, but that it has taken a different form. Rather than employ familiar strategies such as active military alliances and arms buildups, leading powers have engaged in soft balancing, which seeks to restrain threatening powers through the use of international institutions, informal alignments, and economic sanctions. Paul places the evolution of balancing behavior in historical perspective from the post-Napoleonic era to today s globalized world.

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â ~The principle at the heart of Paul Dixâ ™s book is singularly powerful: that if we want to build a loving, resilient relationship with our children, we need to start with ourselves.â ™ Dr Tina Payne Bryson, co-author of The Whole-Brain ChildThe culture of any home is determined by the parents. If you can remain unflappably calm in the face of every supermarket tantrum and sarcastic eye-roll, order will soon follow. Here, bestselling author Paul Dix reveals how to turn even the most chaotic home into an oasis of calm â “ by focusing not on your childrenâ ™s behaviour, but on your own.You will never need to raise your voice again. â ~An absolute game-changer . .. I laughed, nodded, winced a few times and most importantly felt inspired to make slow, incremental changes to how we do things in our house.â ™ Sarah Turner, aka The Unmumsy Mumâ ~How simple techniques, and a different way of thinking, can change the entire atmosphere at home.â ™ iNews

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