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October 2015Weihnachtsherzen
Die schönsten Geschichten zum Fest
by Sternberg, Emma; Willig, Lauren / Beiträge von Callan Rogers, Morgan; Beiträge von Ashton, Juliet; Beiträge von Corry, Jane; Beiträge von Cramer, Sofie; Beiträge von Engelmann, Gabriella; Beiträge von George, Nina; Beiträge von Geraghty, Ciara; Beiträge von Hennig, Tessa; Beiträge von Mommsen, Janne; Übersetzt von Feldmann, Claudia; Übersetzt von Sandberg-Ciletti, Mechtild; Übersetzt von Geng, Claudia; Übersetzt von Sturm, Ursula C.; Übersetzt von Naumann, Katharina; Herausgegeben von Tente, Anne
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October 2014Weihnachtsherzen
Die schönsten Geschichten zum Fest
by Sternberg, Emma; Willig, Lauren / Beiträge von Ashton, Juliet; Beiträge von Callan Rogers, Morgan; Beiträge von Corry, Jane; Beiträge von Cramer, Sofie; Beiträge von Engelmann, Gabriella; Beiträge von George, Nina; Beiträge von Geraghty, Ciara; Beiträge von Hennig, Tessa; Beiträge von Mommsen, Janne; Herausgegeben von Tente, Anne; Übersetzt von Feldmann, Claudia; Übersetzt von Sandberg-Ciletti, Mechtild; Übersetzt von Geng, Claudia; Übersetzt von Sturm, Ursula C.; Übersetzt von Naumann, Katharina
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Biography & True StoriesOctober 2013Going Solo on Lake Como
by Ciara O'Toole
Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants is the best thing you can do … When Ciara O’Toole and her husband move to Lake Como, Italy, they make plans – to run their own businesses, to learn the language and to immerse themselves in the Italian way of life. But just a few months into the adventure Ciara’s marriage ends and she finds herself alone in a country where she doesn’t speak the language. She is faced with a choice: return to Ireland or stay in Italy and make her new life work. Determined to make a go of it, she throws herself into everything – forging new friendships – whirlwind romances, attempting to eat her own weight in four-cheese pizzas … and learning to fly a seaplane! Her new passion grips her as she works tirelessly towards an all-important milestone: her first solo flight. Told with warmth, humour and disarming honesty, Going Solo on Lake Como is the inspirational story of how one woman finds her wings and takes to the skies. ‘It made me laugh, it made me cry. It is epic in scope but incredibly intimate.’ Jane Maas
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FictionThe Geography of your Memory
by Laia Soler
Ciara has returned to the village where she grew up with one clear aim: she wants to renovate the house her mother left her in her will and use the money made from selling it to start afresh somewhere else, far from that little village in the south of Ireland where rumours are the daily currency and everybody criticises her behind her back. She knows what they say: “what a bad daughter, she abandoned her mother”. However, Ciara cannot escape voices from the past which resurge with every plate she throws out, with every piece of furniture she takes apart and every wall she paints. Each memory, each secret, further distorts what she thought she knew about her family and turns her past into unknown territory. And what if she never knew the truth about her mother? What if she only knew how to see the sad, wrinkled, fragile Edna? When you open doors to the past, you run the risk of not being able to close them.
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Places & peoples: pictorial worksJune 2012The Oxford of Inspector Morse
Including the Lewis Series Location Map & Oxford Walk
by Antony Richards and Philip Attwell
From The Ashmolean Museum to the White Horse public house, The Oxford of Inspector Morse, is the official guide published in conjunction with the Inspector Morse Society, and the companion to Inspector Morse on Location which covers all the locations outside of Oxford itself, and the original guide to the various Oxford locations most associated with the books and television productions of Inspector Morse as well as all six series of Lewis and not forgetting the new Endeavour film either. It not only gives the Morse and Lewis connections, but concentrates on the historical aspects to more than fifty places used in filming the adventures. Now in its 12th edition, regularly updated, fully illustrated, indexed by place and episode, and with a location map and Oxford walk, this publication featured at number six in the Blackwell's Bestseller List. A must for all Inspector Morse and Lewis enthusiasts.
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Global warmingI want to live.
by James Kilcullen
Global warming has reached its peak; the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capriciorn is so hot it can no longer support human or animal life. People are dying or moving north and south to cooler climates, which have closed their borders as they cannot cope with increased populations. Violence is widespread. James Laffoy,earth scientist, has failed to persuade the powers to take drastic action before it's too late. He retreats to his late father's uninhabited island off the west coast of ireland and, over a number of years, with a small number of like minded people, prepares for the worst. Can they survive in a world that's closing down rapidly?
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FictionJune 2021Dreaming in Quantum and Other Stories
by Lynda Clark
Contains ‘Ghillie’s Mum’ – shortlisted for the 2019 BBC National Short Story Award, 2020 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award and regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada. From the award-winning short story author, Lynda Clark, comes this debut collection of sixteen stories, all written in Lynda’s darkly humorous style and playing on themes of multiple realities and dystopian futures. In ‘My Invisible Wife’, a man is learning how to live with a gradually disappearing wife. In ‘Dreaming in Quantum’, there’s a murder to be solved with echoes through different dimensions only accessible in dreams. In ‘Ghillie’s Mum’, a shape-shifting mother needs to decide whether to compromise and stay in her human form or lose her son. And in ‘Blanks’, people are paying to create clones of themselves so they’ll never die.
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Inverted Triangles
by Karen Fagan
Set between Dublin and London in 2006/7, INVERTED TRIANGLES is where Tales of the City meets Sex in the City for the LGBTQ+ community. Exploring love and its loss, gay relationships and friendships, and the deception of self and others, the story follows the crises and triumphs of four increasingly interlinked lives. Filled with comedy, warmth and memorable characters, INVERTED TRIANGLES has the potential to break through commercially as few LGBT novels have done before.
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Travel writingVitali's Ireland
Time Travels in the Celtic Tiger
by Vitali Vitaliev
Vitali’s Ireland offers a unique perspective on 21st century Irish cultural identity, delivered in a style rich with his typical sardonic wit. Ukrainian-born Vitali Vitaliev, an award-winning travel writer and journalist, uses his outsider’s perspective to recount his Irish adventures. A renowned cultural observer, he muses on the nation’s quirks and stereotypes, whilst his reference to mid-19th century guide books provides an insightful historical comparison. The result is an affectionate if slightly perplexed portrait of a nation in transition.
