Pleasures save life

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days This book is the Winner Of The Costa Novel Award. What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to? Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves. Features Summary During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale... Author Kate Atkinson Publisher Black Swan Release date 20140130 Pages 621 ISBN 0-552-77968-7 ISBN 13 978-0-552-77968-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The youngest of nine children, Michael Downing was three when his father died, suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed. The family diagnosis was God's will. As a boy, Downing rigorously trained as a spiritual athlete, preparing to vault into heaven. But eventually he escaped the religious dogma and the family arena--until one of his brothers died in 2003, suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed. Alarmed, Downing pursued a diagnosis. Drawn into a world of researchers, clinicians, and manufacturers with their own arcane ethics and faith, Downing discovered he had inherited a mutant protein from his father, and that the first symptom would be his sudden death. To save his life, a defibrillator was hardwired to his heart. Within weeks, he needed emergency surgery to remove the device and the life-threatening infection he got with it. Two months later, he was reimplanted--only to read in his morning newspaper that the new wires anchored to his heart were prone to failure. His device might be powerless, or it might deliver a series of unwarranted, possibly fatal, shocks. From a bedeviled boyhood in the Berkshires to a grim comedy of errors in one of Boston's best hospitals, Life with Sudden Death is a tale of medical misadventure. Features Summary After the sudden death of his father and later his brother, Downing discovers he had inherited a mutant protein, and that the first symptom would be his sudden death... Author Michael Downing Publisher Counterpoint Release date 20100918 Pages 244 ISBN 1-58243-615-0 ISBN 13 978-1-58243-615-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Good advice for toasting timesThere comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. --Bette DavisThey say that wine is bottled poetry, so whether your poison is crisp champagne or a velvety Merlot, raise your glass and toast the good times, the not so good, and the downright awful. Here's a book packed with zesty and full-bodied quotations to keep the spirits up and the glass half-full. Features Summary They say that wine is bottled poetry, so whether your poison is crisp champagne or a velvety Merlot, raise your glass and toast the good times, and the not so good... Publisher Summersdale Publishers Release date 20120425 Pages 160 ISBN 1-84953-269-9 ISBN 13 978-1-84953-269-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Good advice for toasting timesThere comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. --Bette DavisThey say that wine is bottled poetry, so whether your poison is crisp champagne or a velvety Merlot, raise your glass and toast the good times, the not so good, and the downright awful. Here's a book packed with zesty and full-bodied quotations to keep the spirits up and the glass half-full. Features Summary They say that wine is bottled poetry, so whether your poison is crisp champagne or a velvety Merlot, raise your glass and toast the good times, and the not so good... Publisher Summersdale Publishers Release date 20120508 Pages 160 ISBN 1-84953-269-9 ISBN 13 978-1-84953-269-3

In Daniel Vilmure's powerful first novel,two brothers take off on a rampage through a seedy Florida port town on a hot August night. The older one is illiterate; one moment he is hypertense, ready to snap, the next, he is James Dean cool.  His kid brother - the one with the sense - goes along to save him but in the end is no match for such hell-bent momentum. "A gratifying first novel.  The talent of the author, who was born in Tampa in 1965, shines in the book's compelling imagery, irony and framing device.  His vivid, terse language aptly embodies the hard-driving, violent drama and makes us feel we are running through the night with these brothers driven by a painful loss of innocence, and fate"  New York Times Book Review. Soft cover, fairly good condition, although the cover is bent in places.  225 pages, all intact.

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 In Daniel Vilmure's powerful first novel, two brothers take off on a rampage through a seedy Florida port town on a hot August night. The older one is illiterate; one moment he is hypertense, ready to snap. The next he is James Dean cool. His younger brother - the one with the sense - goes along to save him but in the end is no match for such hell-bent momentum. Soft cover, fair condition. The book shows some signs of wear at the edges.  225 pages.

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days So often, we exhaust ourselves and the planet in a search for very large pleasures - while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which - if only we paid more attention - could daily bring us solace and joy at little cost and effort. But we need some encouragement to focus our gaze. This is a book to guide us to the best of life's small pleasures: everything from the distinctive delight of holding a child's hand to the enjoyment of disagreeing with someone, to the joy of the evening sky; an intriguing, evocative mix of small pleasures that will heighten our senses and return us to the world with new-found excitement and enthusiasm. Features Summary This is a book to guide us to the best of life's small pleasures: everything from the delight of holding a child's hand to the enjoyment of disagreeing with someone... Author The School of Life Publisher The School of Life Press Release date 20161110 Pages 246 ISBN 0-9935387-3-8 ISBN 13 978-0-9935387-3-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Tiger says he is a cat with simple pleasures. He likes to spend his days wandering about, chatting with friends and having a little snack. And despite the gossip concerning his ferocious appetite, he's a modest creature. It's only at night that his surprising - and heart-warming - hobbies come to light. The Secret Life of a Tiger is a wonderfully funny and irreverent picture book that reminds us that sometimes animals (and people) behave in unexpected ways. Features Summary A funny, warm-hearted picture book featuring a charming tiger with an unexpected secret. Author Przemyslaw Wechterowicz (Illustrator), Emilia Dziubak (Author) Publisher Words + Pictures Pub Release date 20170824 Pages 32 ISBN 1-910277-24-X ISBN 13 978-1-910277-24-9

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die? Let's get this story moving. Alongside the people most important to him, a boy goes out to meet the same sunrise once more. Strengthening his resolve, Subaru returns to his first day in the mansion. Repeating his loop in the Roswaal household armed with his memories, Subaru attempts to only make the optimal decisions to avoid another tragedy, but his fear and obsession with evading death and failure are slowly warping him. While Subaru slowly falls apart trying to save everyone...who will save Subaru...? Features Summary How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die? Author Tappei Nagatsuki (Author), Shinichirou Otsuka (Author) Publisher Yen Press Release date 20170320 Pages 256 ISBN 0-316-39840-3 ISBN 13 978-0-316-39840-4

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A Manifesto For Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country¿s ¿ and the continent¿s ¿ development obstacles. Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans¿ misery. Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa¿s Challenges (2011) set out to show that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa¿s and South Africa¿s problems, from agriculture to healthcare, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 20 years after the advent of democracy, we have A Manifesto For Social Change: How To Save South Africa, the conclusion in the ¿trilogy¿. This book started its life as Gridlocked, but through the process of research undertaken by Moeletsi and Nobantu it has evolved into a different project, a manifesto that identifies some of South Africa¿s key problems and what is required to change the country¿s downward trajectory. Features Summary A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles... Author Moeletsi Mbeki (Author), Nobantu Mbeki (Author) Publisher Picador Africa Release date 20160516 Pages 131 ISBN 1-77010-497-6 ISBN 13 978-1-77010-497-6