Friday Night Lights - H G Bissinger
In the state of Texas American football is a religion. And nowhere is more fanatical about its football than the small town of Odessa. There, every Friday night from September to November, a bunch of…
A feel-good, uplifting tale of two women who make a life-changing connection. In Ethiopia, beautiful Sylvie''s successful life is derailed by a disastrous childbirth. With no money and no hope, all seems lost. In London, feisty Juliet is struggling with the many challenges facing a female surgeon as well as inner traumas of her own. Unsure how to balance career, love and life, she escapes to Ethiopia.Under the vast African sky, these two women''s lives are unexpectedly brought together. Can they help each other come to terms with their pasts? And will they be able to see a bright future on the horizon?Published with the support of global best-selling writer Alexander McCall Smith. Proceeds from this book go to the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund https://www.ucif.co.uk/
In the state of Texas American football is a religion. And nowhere is more fanatical about its football than the small town of Odessa. There, every Friday night from September to November, a bunch of…
On 26 August 1959 a revolutionary small car rolled off the assembly line, and almost overnight became a cult. Sir Alec Issigonis' Mini was both innovative and unconventional - making it the perfect embodiment of…
Je tu jaro a Čáp Čenda se vrátil na hnízdo u Kuňkavého rybníka. Čápice Cecilka se těší na čapí miminka, Čenda by však jenom lenošil a chytal lelky. Kdo ale opraví hnízdo a nachytá potravu?…
Součástí sbírek Historického muzea Národního muzea jsou i řády a vyznamenání, které osobně obdržel František Ferdinand d´Este, a dále ty, které zdědil po svých přímých i adoptivních předcích. Soubor se nedochoval kompletní, ale přesto jsou…
S ironickou nadsázkou psaný esej o zvolna mizejícím městě na laguně,v několika kapitolách svérázný úhel pohledu na slavné pamětihodnostii epizody všedního dne.
The Coast of Utopia is an epic but also intimate drama of romantics and revolutionaries in an age of emperors. The three sequential, self-contained plays, Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage, span the lives and loves of…
First published in Greek in 2023. The Greek edition was awarded the OURANIS PRIZE of the Academy of AthensIn this extraordinary personal account of childhood and survival during the Holocaust, Tony Molho recounts his adventures…
Jean and his friends are fishermen. Jean throws a spear at a passing dolphin to show his strength and suddenly the crew are swept into a terrible storm. Jean soon realises that he has injured…