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On Coronation night the ex-pat community in Hong Kong gathers for a celebration party, and while they strain to listen to the wireless, twenty-one-year-old Joy falls in love at first sight. She is engaged within 24 hours, but will not see her fiance again for a year.
**From the bestselling author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture** The captivating debut novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You Still Me and The Giver of Stars. **** 'Page-turning . . . Be sure that your bookmark is a hankie.' - Elle When twenty-one year old Joy meets handsome naval officer Edward at an ex-pat party in 1950s Hong Kong, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Quickly wedded, she leaves to travel the world with her new husband. But she soon discovers that married life isn't all that it seems . . . In 1980, Joy's young daughter Kate mysteriously flees the family home. Fifteen years later, Kate's own daughter Sabine leaves London in search of grandparents she has never known. When the family is finally reunited, hidden tensions come to the surface, uncovering a dark secret which has been deeply buried for years . . . **** 'An enjoyable read' - Sunday Express 'An emotional roller-coaster' - Company 'Beautiful and very moving' - Lesley Pearse 'Rich and deep and full of wonderfully realised characters' - Anne Rivers Siddons
Trivia-on-Book: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! Lou is your average girl content to live in her small country town. She wears clothes made from drapes and likes to work at a local tea shop. She is certain about most parts of her life; especially that she may not be in love with her future fiancée. However, sparks fly when Lou meets Will Traynor, the handsome quadriplegic she is assigned to after losing her job at the tea shop. Will lost his motivation in life after the accident took away his independence and drive; but will Lou be able to completely change his mind? You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan? Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach to Me Before You by Jojo Moyes that is both insightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, come play your trivia of a favorite book!
This remarkable new dictionary represents the first attempt in some four centuries to record the state of development of English as used across the entire Caribbean region.
Trivia-on-Book: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes Take the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends! Jojo Moyes' novel One Plus One is an offbeat romantic story that also discusses a social issue. It centers on a lady and her children who go on a trip with an affluent man. It is the story of a chaotic family and a quirky stranger's only selfless act in his life. Moyes has shown her finesse as a writer once again by portraying complex real-life issues with humor. With its release in the United States, One Plus One hit the New York Times bestseller list at the eleventh spot. The book was nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction and has received a glowing review from Sunday Express, calling it a guaranteed bestseller. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan? Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach One Plus One by Jojo Moyes that is both insightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, come play your trivia of a favorite book!
Wild Animals in Captivity covers some of the mistaken notions concerning the conditions of animals in captivity, most of which are the result of an anthropomorphic approach to the subject. This book is composed of 12 chapters and starts with an overview of the historical development of zoological gardens. The succeeding chapters deal with the territorial requirements and sociological factors in the wild life. These topics are followed by discussions of the wild animal’s transition behavior from freedom to captivity; the physiological and psychological aspects of animal captivity; and the motive and situation of animal escapes. Other chapters emphasize the physical and biological environment of animals in captivity. The final chapters examine the problems related to feeding patterns, and nutrition of captive animals. These chapters also explore the relationship between human and animal, their capacity to be tamed and trained. This book will prove useful to zoologists.
“It is tremendously important that great poetry be written. It makes no jot of difference who writes it.” Ezra Pound’s remark makes some polemic, but still more prescriptive sense, as evaluative of our present situation. Some great poetry (never mind the far larger quantity of trash) is emerging – from countless coteries of devoted artists, quite plausibly in your community. This anthology brings to press fifteen exemplary poets from Springfield, Illinois and its environs. Yet though endorsing their wider popularity, this critical anthology advances an interpretative method. We can garner much from reading the justly famed poets reflexively, with those lesser known in our midst. Any specific poem of the highest quality is informed by, and informs through, comparison with works of like caliber. Indeed, the test of an obscure gem inheres in critical comparison. And relations never run one way. One may well harbor keener appreciation of Wallace Stevens in light of certain works by Corrine Frisch – just as Keats and Stevens mutually inform one another. The central tenet of this text holds, with Eliot and Frost – a not so unlikely coupling as might be thought, hence a perfect pair to introduce the author’s modus operandi – that we read relationally. “No artist . . . has his meaning alone.” “We read C the better to read D; D, the better to go back and get something more out of A. Progress is not the aim, but circulation: to get among the poems where they hold each other apart in their places as the stars do.”
Through forty-five curated hikes with maps and photographs, Hiking with Kids Southern California provides more than just a collection of easy hikes for families. It’s a collection of bucket-list explorations to enjoy from toddlerhood through the teen years across the diverse landscapes and unique ecosystems of southern California. Let award-winning family travel writer Shelly Rivoli be your guide as your family hits the trail in five national parks, as well as several state and city parks, natural preserves, and national forests.)
At age 24, Dave Crider’s life is at a crossroads, and he is consumed by a deep and seemingly irresolvable angst. Nearly paralyzed by his existential fears, he seeks solace from cut and dried academia, a nagging boss, and a failing romantic relationship via excessive drinking, fantasies of exotic women, and his immersion into the rock and roll subculture. At the end of a very long and self-destructive semester, Dave embarks on a road trip in an attempt to regain some sense of balance in his off-kilter life. Little can he imagine the spiritual and emotional roller coaster ride that awaits him on this soul-searching journey. Set amidst a swirling backdrop of late 1970’s hedonistic excess, Sleeping in a Field captures the confusion and youthful anxiety of the times in a poetic, fast-paced first person narrative.
Offering a fresh perspective on women's fiction for a broad reading audience—fans as well as librarians—this book defines and maps the genre, and describes hundreds of relevant titles.