A flower falls deeply in love with a tree…For a while, their love is ‘all and everything’, but then something changes and love seems lost…But is it?A Flower and a Tree is a heart-warming perennial tale of love, lost and found. A fable of ‘heart and mind’ embedded within the most accessible of metaphors… A story that ultimately reveals the deep yearning within our hearts for love and unity.“A wonderful storypoem…So beautiful and full of love…” – Lars Muhl
A candid memoir detailing the author's and her husband's struggles with IVF, highlighting their experiences with numerous doctors, a mix of medications, and the challenges of intimacy during this trying journey.
Violence, romance and a society on the edge: the new novel from journalist Imogen Edwards-Jones, set against the background of the Russian Revolution.
Hospital Babylon is an in-depth, amusing and highly insightful expose of the extraordinary world of modern medicine. Doctors who sleep with patients. Doctors who suck fat, pump up breasts, plump lips and lengthen penises. As well as the doctor who makes a fortune doing buttock enlargements in the Caribbean.
What makes a restaurant hot? Why else do some chefs drive themselves crazy in pursuit of elusive Michelin stars, when in reality all they're doing is 'making someone else's tea'? So please do sit down, pour yourself some heavily marked-up wine and make yourself comfortable (although we'll need that table back by 8.30 sharp).
Londres, 1840. Au moment où l'aristocratie commence à être concurrencée par une classe émergente d'entrepreneurs nouveaux riches, Belgravia nous entraîne dans un monde en pleine révolution. Mais l'histoire commence la veille de la bataille de Waterloo en 1815, au bal devenu légendaire de la duchesse de Richmond à Bruxelles. Anne et James Trenchard et leur fille Sophia ont été invités par Lord Bellasis, le soupirant de la jeune fille. Une invitation déplacée pour une famille qui n'appartient pas à l'aristocratie.Vingt cinq ans plus tard, James Trenchard a fait fortune en participant à la construction des nouveaux quartiers chics londoniens. Lord Bellasis est tombé au combat et Sophia est morte quelques mois après.Mais un grave secret de famille pèse sur les Trenchard : un enfant est né et donné en adoption.Anne va-t-elle à la révéler cette filiation à la mère de Lord Bellasis au risque de détruire la réputation de la famille ?On retrouve dans ce roman tout le charme « austinien » de Julian Fellowes : amours contrariées, intrigues de classes sociales, sans oublier l'importance des domestiques. Humour et romanesque garantis ! Traduit de l'anglais par Valérie Rosier et Carole Delporte
'Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply.' All of the following is true.Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes, the stories, the characters, the situations, the highs, the lows, the scams, the drugs, the misery, the love, the death and the insanity are exactly as was told by Anonymous - someone who has spent his whole career working in hotels at the heart of London's luxury hotel industry. However, for legal reasons, the stories now take place in a fictitious hotel known as Hotel Babylon. More than a decade is compressed into a day. Everything else is as it should be. The rich spend money, the hotel makes money and the chambermaids still fight the bellboys over a two-pound coin.It's just another twenty-four hours in an expensive London hotel.
A sharp and furiously funny must-read about family life
The narrative explores the lives of four friends grappling with the complexities of marriage, parenthood, and careers. As they confront their chaotic realities, they reflect on their choices, questioning their relationships and personal fulfillment. With humor and candor, the story delves into their struggles, from the meaning of love and friendship to the small comforts they seek in daily life, all while pondering whether they will ever find a moment of peace amidst the chaos.
Following a week in the life of a busy wedding planner, and based entirely on true but anonymous stories, Wedding Babylon takes you to the heart of an industry where emotions run high, money flows like champagne and GBP3,000 cakes are made of polystyrene.