Ein Wohlfühlroman perfekt für die kalte Jahreszeit. Am besten mit einer Tasse heißer Schokolade und frisch gebackenen Plätzchen genießen, zurücklehnen und für den Moment dem hektischen Alltag entfliehen. Buch auf, Welt aus.
Für Leser von Susan Morgan, Susan Mallery und Debbie Macomber
Anne Summers has been prominent in Australian media, politics and feminist activism for the past four decades. She has advised governments, been an award-winning journalist, edited magazines - in Australia and in New York - led the international environmental organisation Greenpeace and even had her image on a postage stamp.
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. It shows how friendship and co-operation between Christian and Jewish women changed lives and, as the Second World War approached, actually saved them. The networks and relationships explored include the thousand-plus women from every district in Manchester who combined to send a letter of sympathy to the Frenchwoman at the heart of the Drey...
The acclaimed authors of The Book of Luck are back with some brilliant ideas for bringing more happiness into your life. The Book of Happiness is more than just a practical guide to improving your happiness levels. It's a complete makeover, aimed at putting a spring in your step, and giving a permanent lift to your spirits. We all know happiness is a state of mind, but few of us know how to increase our share of it. Many people think that happ...
Out of the NightOut of the stillness of the nightCame the sound of the night bird's trillIt came through the window loud and clearFrom the brow of the distant hill.As I lay there and listenedTo his melodious callThe answering trill came in on the windFaintly, barely heard at all.'Twas a glorious thing of joy to hearSuch beauty out of sightIt made me know that God was thereIn the stillness of the night.
In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120, 000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Summers makes the case that Australia, the land of the fair go, still hasn't figured out how to make equality between men and women work.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay explores the idea of luck and of being lucky. Analyzing and challenging Australians' fervent belief in luck, this perceptive examination investigates topics such as Australia's nickname of "The Lucky Country, " its intrinsic gambling culture, corruption in business, the Australian economy, and considers the consequences when l...
Some people are just born lucky? Right? Wrong. You have to create your own luck.
The good news is, there are proven ways to become luckier person and get the success you want in your life. In The Book of Luck, Heather Summers and Anne Watson reveal how to be lucky, always. They explain what has been missing for you in the past and outline what you need to know for the future.
The Book of Luck is a must-read for those who want to move up in t...
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. It shows how friendship and co-operation between Christian and Jewish women changed lives and, as the Second World War approached, actually saved them. The networks and relationships explored include the thousand-plus women from every district in Manchester who combined to send a letter of sympathy to the Frenchwoman at the heart of the Drey...
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and elsewhere across society. It's hard to imagine an Australia where these abuses were not yet fully understood as obstacles to women's equality, yet ...
Some people are just born lucky. Right? Wrong. You have to create your own luck. The good news is, there are proven ways to become a luckier person and get the success you want in your life. In The Book of Luck, Heather Summers and Anne Watson reveal how to be lucky, always. They explain what has been missing for you in the past and outline what you need to know for the future. The Book of Luck is a must-read for those who want to move up in t...
