"In this autobiographical tale, we follow Coelho and his wife Chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the Mojave Desert in search of the eternal feminine. Translation has an uncertain feel and suffers from too much editing, pruning, and rearranging of the original as well as occasional misreading"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, ...more
Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sniff a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audienc...more
Paulo Coelho's astonishingly beautiful writing in Eleven Minutes virtually guarantees it the cult status that The Alchemist already enjoys. But what is the Paulo Coelho phenomenon? How can an author who (only a short time ago) was virtually unknown to most readers have taken the world of books by storm--and without the benefit of glitzy advertising...more
Izzy Van Asch wasn't the most successful singer in the world but, ever optimistic, she still enjoyed life to the full - until the day Gina Lawrence knocked her off her motor bike. As a result, Izzy lost everything - two long-term boyfriends, her job singing in a seedy bar and her bijou flat.
It all starts with a shiny, red, sit-on lawnmower. When Nancy spies her Christmas present from her husband sitting on the lawn, she realises the jewellery she thought was for her must be sitting on someone else. Her best friend Carmen isn't surprised (she never liked Jonathan) and persuades Nancy to leave Edinburgh and come and stay in her luxury L...more
Rules are made to be broken when you're playing mixed doubles...|New Year is looming and best friends Liza, Dulcie and Pru are making their resolutions. Liza wants to get married - she's never had any trouble hooking a man. The trouble is, she can never stay interested once she's got him. Dulcie thinks marriage sucks. Her husband, Patrick, may be g...more
The O'Driscoll family were notorious, as common as they were colourful. Miriam had been the object of whispering for the last 45 years because of her affair with the Ninth Earl of Kilburton, but she positively revelled in the attention. As far as her children were concerned, she could do no wrong.
As a teenager, Maddy Harvey was a bit of an ugly duckling, what with her National Health Service glasses, unfortunate hair, and wonky teeth. Thankfully, she’s blossomed since then. But when she meets Kerr McKinnon one summer’s night and discovers, days later, who he really is… well, that’s when the real problems start. Because everyone in A...more
What's a girl to do with… An offer you can't refuse?A new bestseller from one of the UK's biggest authors!Nothing could tear Lola and Dougie apart, except his mother… Seventeen-year-old Lola has no intention of accepting when her boyfriend's snobbish mother offers her a huge bribe to break up with him. Then Lola discovers a secret that makes he...more
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