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Manchmal ist Glücklichsein so schön, dass es fast weh tutDie Schüchternheit von Helen Brindle täuscht - dahinter verbirgt sich ein reiches Seelenleben. Gott ist ihr einziger Vertrauter, mit seiner Hilfe erträgt sie die Ehehölle mit dem gewalttätigen Mr. Brindle. Doch dann macht sie eines Abends im Fernsehen Bekanntschaft mit einem Kybernetiker des Glücks, Professor Edward E. Gluck. Von ihm erhofft sie sich Erlösung von Fantasien, Liebessehnen ...

A. L. Kennedy, geboren 1965 im schottischen Dundee, ist schon lange als führende Stimme der britischen Gegenwartsliteratur anerkannt. Sie lebt als Autorin, politische Kolumnistin, Filmemacherin und Dramatikerin in Glasgow.

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This thrilling new DOCTOR WHO novel by award-winning novelist A. L. Kennedy features the Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker. Something distinctly odd is going on in Arbroath. With the help of Fetch Brothers' Junior Receptionist Bryony, the Doctor will get to the bottom of things. Just so long as he does so in time to save Bryony from losing her mind, and the entire world from destruction. .

Trinken ist das Paradies, Trinken ist die Hölle Das Paradies ist Hannah Luckraft nicht fremd: Einen Hauch davon spürt sie auf der Haut ihres Liebhabers und in jedem Drink, den sie zu sich nimmt. Hannah Luckraft ist Ende dreißig und Alkoholikerin. Ihr Leben ist alles andere als eine Erfolgsgeschichte, und es dämmert ihr, dass es so eigentlich nicht weitergehen kann: Die Anzeichen, dass es ihrer Seele nicht gut geht, mehren sich, und auch auf ih...

How are students in Asia and the Pacific taught to be effective citizens? Following two successful volumes previously published in this series, Citizenship Education in Asia and the Pacific: Concepts and Issues and Citizenship Curriculum in Asia and the Pacific, this volume focuses on citizenship pedagogies that are promoted by governments in the region, advocated by scholars, and adapted in the schools and classrooms where citizenship educati...

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Elizabeth Barber is crossing the Atlantic by liner with her perfectly adequate boyfriend, Derek, who might be planning to propose. In fleeing the UK - temporarily - Elizabeth may also be in flight from her past and the charismatic Arthur. Together they acted as fake mediums, perfecting the arcane skills practised by effective frauds. She hadn't, though, expected the other man on the boat. As her voyage progresses, Elizabeth's past is revealed,...

En 1938, en plena Gran Depresión, Francis Phelan, exjugador profesional de béisbol, sepulturero a tiempo parcial y vagabundo a dedicación completa vuelve a su ciudad natal, Albany, de la que se había marchado veintidós años antes tras un desgraciado accidente. Le acompaña Helen, una vagabunda alcohólica con la que comparte su vida desde hace años. A su regreso, los recuerdos y los fantasmas de un pasado violento lo asedian en cada esquina. ¿Se...

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This book is about a young man's family life before entering the Marine Corps. To serve in Viet Nam. It entails the formation of his belief system from his family in Chicago, and now his encounter with the culture shock of service in the Marine Corps and Viet Nam changed them. It tells the event-by-event experiences of his encounters and of how the people that influenced him, affected him and the changes he was forced to make in order to learn...

Badger Bill needs rescuing. He's been kidnapped by two nasty sisters who are about to make him fight a boxing match against three even nastier dogs.The four most depressed llamas in the history of llamas need rescuing too. They are about to be turned into llama pies.But never fear - Uncle Shawn is here! He loves rescuing things. He has a rescuing plan, which involves dancing, and a mole, and an electric fence. What could possibly go wrong?

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From one of Britain's most acclaimed novelists comes a comic but terrifying love story about two alcoholics alternately battling and embracing their addiction, and each other.

By offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.

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By offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.

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