Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, & doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: He`s stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike
- & it could be all his fault. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. & thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right. & Paul`s gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him. Threatened with eviction, unemployment & bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...
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Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, & doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: His apartment is so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. & thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right. & Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him. Threatened with eviction, unemployment & bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan... ...

This voyage is special. It will change everything… One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours & brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence & through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on… & a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost. Where will their ambitions lead? & will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess? In this spell-binding story of curiosity & obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart & wit. ...

Somebody in Laos is wooing & wedding country girls
- & then killing them on honeymoon & binding their bodies to trees. The horror
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Unable to find stage work, actresses Cordelia Preston & Rillie Spoons need to find a way of making a living. Cordelia remembers the skills of her aunt & sets out to be a phreno-mesmerist, advising couples on their compatibility & enlightening women on The Gentle Intricacies of the Wedding Night'. Cordelia finds that she does indeed possess the gift for mesmerism, & as her popularity grows, she & Rillie are finally living their dream. But events from Cordelia's past return to haunt her, & the women become embroiled in a scandal that threatens to ruin not only them but those they love.. . ...

After the critical & commercial success of her Orange Prize-shortlisted novel, Foreign Bodies (2012), Atlantic Books is proud to republish what is widely considered to be Cynthia Ozick`s masterpiece, The Messiah of Stockholm Lars Andeming, perhaps overly intellectual & certainly eccentric, is the Monday book reviewer for a Stockholm daily. He is also the self-proclaimed son of Bruno Schulz, a Polish writer who was executed by the Nazis before his last novel, The Messiah, could be published. When a manuscript of The Messiah mysteriously appears in Stockholm, in the possession of Schulz`s `daughter`, Lars`s circumscribed world of paper, apartment, & favorite bookstore turns upside down, catapulting him into a whirlwind of dream, magic, & illusion. ...

The Met Office Book of the British Weather is a unique & entertaining guide to what to “expect”, for want of a better word, from the British weather across the country, as well as a preview of how the nation’s climate is likely to change. The book is extensively illustrated with colourful weather maps showing all aspects of the weather affecting the UK, as well as showing the weather month-by-month, sunshine & temperature by season, wind & rain by season, extreme weather by season & annual averages. In addition, the latest climatic research & predictions from the Met Office are included. These just might help you decide what to wear when going out for the paper in 2050! ...

If you enjoy watching clouds & want to know more about cloud types & what they mean then this practical reference guide is for you. Beautifully illustrated with lovely images from the Met Office, this handy pocket-sized book provides you with all the information you need to identify different kinds of clouds & the kind of weather that may be on its way. Full of useful information, this book provides: quick reference pages for rapid identification; a cloud classification chart & a guide to the unique cloud identification system; clear informative explanations from weather experts; a simple, easy-to-understand progression from low clouds to high stratus clouds, as well as covering unusual cloud phenomena; a detailed introduction on the history of cloud classification & an introduction to the three principle cloud forms, with clear explanations of the atmospheric processes that create them. This is an invaluable companion for the casual cloud-spotter & for all those fascinated by the variety & beauty of clouds & cloud names. Take it with you on walks & have it handy in the garden so that you can enjoy sky-gazing every day. This book is the ideal daytime partner for our book on the night sky
- The Star Book by Peter Grego.
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Ovid`s deliciously witty & exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world & brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek & Roman myths & legends in which men & women are transformed, often by love
- into flowers, trees, stones & stars. This new verse translation, in simple & swift English hexameters, allows Ovid`s narrative to flow
- pulling the reader along with it.

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Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data & sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, & regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young & beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive. Convinced that her brother has been wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime, Mia comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens` lives. ...