J. P O’Connell

Hotel Portofino has been open for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Great War. All eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian, but events don't go to plan, which will have far reaching consequences for the whole family. Set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate, and cuisine on British "innocents abroad," perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.

Hotel Portofino

A heady historical drama about a British family who open an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the ‘Roaring 20s’. Hotel Portofino has been open for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she’s being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini’s Italy. To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Great War. All eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian, but events don’t go to plan, which will have far reaching consequences for the whole family. Set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy’s enchanting culture, climate and cuisine on British ‘innocents abroad’, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.

Bem-vindos ao Hotel Portofino, um belíssimo lugar na Riviera italiana, onde romance, festas e intrigas os aguardam. Na glamorosa atmosfera dos anos 1920, J. P. O'Connell constrói um drama inebriante que mostra que nem mesmo os lugares mais idílicos estão livres de problemas. O Hotel Portofino abriu suas portas há pouquíssimas semanas, mas sua proprietária, Bella Ainsworth, já enfrenta inúmeros problemas. Não é nada fácil agradar seus hóspedes ricos e exigentes, e não demora muito para que o empreendimento se torne alvo das maquinações de um político corrupto local que ameaça arrastá-la para os turbulentos acontecimentos políticos da Itália de Mussolini. Para piorar ainda mais a situação, seu casamento não anda nada bem, e seus filhos ainda estão se recuperando dos traumas da Grande Guerra. Alice ficou viúva e precisa treinar Constance, a babá de sua filhinha, e, quem sabe, se casar novamente. Mas todos os olhos estão voltados mesmo é para a chegada da potencial esposa de seu filho Lucian. Entretanto, nada transcorre como o planejado, o que pode gerar graves consequências para toda a sua família e para o próprio hotel. Ambientado na exuberante Riviera italiana, Hotel Portofino é uma história sobre como descobertas pessoais podem emergir mesmo nos períodos conturbados, como à sombra do fascismo na década de 1920, e sobre a influência libertadora dos encantos da cultura, da cozinha e da natureza da Itália, uma leitura perfeita para fãs de Downton Abbey e The Crown. "Se você gosta de dramas históricos como Downton Abbey e The Crown, então precisa ler Hotel Portofino, de J.P. O'Connell, imediatamente." – PopSugar "O romance histórico de O'Connell é repleto de drama, amor e intriga, além de ser ambientado na bela Riviera italiana durante a década de 1920. Perfeito para fãs de Downton Abbey. A história tem diversidade e aborda com habilidade os preconceitos da época." – Library Journal

For fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown ... welcome to Hotel Portofino, where romance, revelry, and intrigue await. A heady historical drama about a British family who opens an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring Twenties Hotel Portofino has been open for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she’s being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini’s Italy. To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Great War. All eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian, but events don’t go to plan, which will have far-reaching consequences for the whole family. Set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy’s enchanting culture, climate, and cuisine on British “innocents abroad.”

J. M. Haile

Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications is a 2005 text for a first graduate course in Chemical Engineering. The focus is on macroscopic thermodynamics; discussions of modeling and molecular situations are integrated throughout. Underpinning this text is the knowledge that while thermodynamics describes natural phenomena, those descriptions are the products of creative, systematic minds. Nature unfolds without reference to human concepts of energy, entropy, or fugacity. Natural complexity can be organized and studied by thermodynamics methodology. The power of thermodynamics can be used to advantage if the fundamentals are understood. This text's emphasis is on fundamentals rather than modeling. Knowledge of the basics will enhance the ability to combine them with models when applying thermodynamics to practical situations. While the goal of an engineering education is to teach effective problem solving, this text never forgets the delight of discovery, the satisfaction of grasping intricate concepts, and the stimulation of the scholarly atmosphere.

Fundamentals for Applications

Thermodynamics

A heady historical drama about a British family who open an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring Twenties Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its coproprietor Bella Ainsworth. She is short of staff and ready money. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she is being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot political cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. The hotel demands all of Bella's resources, energy, and focus, but she has her own family to worry about too, who are struggling in the traumatic aftermath of World War I, and Bella soon finds that she is being pulled in far too many directions. Set in a breathtakingly beautiful Italian village, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate, and cuisine on British "innocents abroad," perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.

J. P O’Connell

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