Sarah Butler

Drawn to dangerous world regions and unconventional careers, Alice, the black sheep of her family, rushes to say goodbye to her dying father; while Daniel, an artist suffering from synesthesia, clings to thoughts of the daughter he has never been able tofind.

A Novel

Ten Things I've Learnt about Love

Die Nacht brennt

Diez cosas que he aprendido del amor

Budd Coates

Leslie Bonci

Combines Runner's World insights with the expertise of a professional sports nutritionist to counsel readers on how to reach weight-loss goals by simultaneously reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned, sharing advice for such areas as shopping, cooking and exercise. Original. 35,000 first printing.

A Breakthrough Plan to Shed Pounds and Start Running (No Experience Necessary!)

Run Your Butt Off!

Alice has just returned to London from months of travelling abroad. She is late to hear the news that her father is dying, and arrives at the family home only just in time to say goodbye. Daniel hasn't had a roof over his head for years, but to him the city of London feels like home in a way that no bricks and mortar ever did. He spends every day searching for his daughter; the daughter he has never met. Until now ...

Ten Things I've Learnt About Love

A moving, funny and uplifting novel about an elderly couple, the son who is trying desperately to care for them and the young woman who will change their lives forever

Jack and Bet

Alice is back in the family house that has never felt like home, waiting out the last few days of her father's life and yearning to escape. Across the city, a homeless man named Daniel searches for the daughter he has always loved but never met. Connected by a secret, Alice and Daniel are about to cross paths in unexpected and life-changing ways . . .Alice has just returned to London from months of travelling abroad. She is late to hear the news that her father is dying, and arrives at the family home only just in time to say goodbye. Daniel hasn't had a roof over his head for years, but to him the city of London feels like home in a way that no bricks and mortar ever did. He spends every day searching for his daughter; the daughter he has never met. Until now . . . Heart-wrenching and life-affirming, this is a unique story of love lost and found, of rootlessness and homecoming and the power of the ties that bind. It is a story for fathers and daughters everywhere.

Before the Fire

Den unge Alice er netop vendt tilbage til London efter have rejst rundt i Mongoliet i flere måneder. Hun har meget sent fået beskeden om, at hendes far ligger for døden og når kun lige hjem til barndomshjemmet i tid til at sige farvel. Hun har aldrig kendt sin mor og har altid følt sig lidt som en fremmed i forhold til sine søstre og sin far. Hjemløse Daniel har ikke haft tag over hovedet i næsten tredive år, men bruger hver eneste dag på at lede efter sin datter – den datter han aldrig har mødt. Før nu ... En smuk historie om tabt og genfundet kærlighed, om rastløshed og om at vende hjem og om styrken af de bånd, der binder os sammen. Sarah Butler er en engelsk forfatter og 'sprogaktivivist'. Hun debuterede i 2012 i Storbritannien med romanen "Ti ting jeg har lært om kærlighed", der sidenhen er blevet udgivet i 15 lande herunder Danmark. Sarah Butler er fascineret af menneskers forhold til steder og landskaber, og hvordan det påvirker menneskers måder at være i verden på.

Ti ting jeg har lært om kærlighed

Drawn to dangerous world regions and unconventional careers, Alice, the black sheep of her family, rushes to say goodbye to her dying father; while Daniel, an artist suffering from synesthesia, clings to thoughts of his daughter.

Da quasi trent’anni, quando la brezza di Londra diventa più calda e petali bianchi si aprono tra i fili d’erba, Daniel cammina sulle rive del Tamigi e si siede su una panchina. Tra le mani ha un foglio di carta e una busta su cui scrive solo un nome, sempre lo stesso. Poi la imbuca, senza indirizzo. Sono gli auguri di compleanno per sua figlia. Di lei sa solo come si chiama e che è stata concepita in un giorno di pioggia con la donna che ha amato di più al mondo. Alice ha trent’anni e da sempre si sente più felice sotto un cielo stellato, circondata dall’immensità dell’orizzonte, piuttosto che al sicuro fra quattro mura. Londra le va stretta, piena dei ricordi di sua madre scomparsa troppo presto, di una famiglia a cui non sente di appartenere e di un amore perduto. Ma adesso è tornata, perché suo padre sta morendo. Alice riesce a dargli solo l’ultimo addio. Alice e Daniel sembrano non avere nulla in comune, tranne l’amore per le stelle, i colori e i mirtilli ancora aspri. Ma soprattutto l’abitudine di stilare elenchi delle dieci cose che li rendono più tristi o felici. Alice non conosce l’uomo che le si avvicina con aria confusa e impacciata al funerale del padre. Alice non sa chi è Daniel. E non sa che la sta cercando da tutta la vita. Tra le mani Daniel tiene un fiore di carta e nella testa tutte le parole e le carezze che ha conservato per Alice in tutti questi anni. E che, forse, adesso avrà il coraggio di regalarle... L’amore in un giorno di pioggia di Sarah Butler ha lasciato senza fiato i librai e i lettori di tutto il mondo. Un esordio che è stato venduto in 25 paesi e che è entrato nel cuore di tutti quelli che l’hanno letto per non volerne uscire più. Questa è una storia su quello che si perde e a volte si ritrova. Sul vero colore delle emozioni e sulla speranza di un nuovo inizio. Questa è la storia di un padre e di una figlia che non si conoscono, ma che possono ancora imparare ad amarsi.

L'amore in un giorno di pioggia

Darren Deane

Unlike regionalism in architecture, which has been widely discussed in recent years, nationalism in architecture has not been so well explored and understood. However, the most powerful collective representation of a nation is through its architecture and how that architecture engages the global arena by expressing, defining and sometimes negating a sense of nation in order to participate in the international world. Bringing together case studies from Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia, this book provides a truly global exploration of the relationship between architecture and nationalism, via the themes of regionalism and representation, various national building projects, ethnic and trans-national expression, national identities and histories of nationalist architecture and the philosophies and sociological studies of nationalism. It argues that nationalism needs to be trans-national as a notion to be critically understood and the geographical scope of the proposed volume reflects the continuing relevance of the topic within current architectural scholarship as an overarching notion. The interdisciplinary essays are coherently grouped together in three thematic sections: Revisiting Nationalism, Interpreting Nationalism and Questioning Nationalism. These chapters, offer vignettes of the protean appearances of nationalism across nations, and offer a basis of developing wider knowledge and critically situated understanding of the question, beyond a singular nation's limited bounds.

Nationalism and Architecture

Raymond Quek

Bringing together case studies from Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia, this book provides an exploration of the relationship between architecture and nationalism. It includes essays grouped together in three thematic sections: Revisiting Nationalism, Interpreting Nationalism and Questioning Nationalism.

'A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship' Daily Mail Even the longest marriages have their secrets . . . Jack and Bet have been married for seventy years. Happily so, for the most part. Now, all they want is to enjoy the time they have left together in their small flat. But their son Tommy has other ideas: he thinks they should move out and opt for round-the-clock care in a very different kind of home. When a young Romanian woman, Marinela, enters their lives, Bet thinks she might have found a solution to all of their problems; one that could change Marinela’s life for the better. But doing so would mean confronting a long-buried secret Bet has kept hidden from everyone, even Jack, for decades. An irresistibly moving story about love and loss, Jack & Bet is at once a story of unlikely friendship and a tender look at a lifelong struggle to find a place to call home. 'Full of beauty, pain and joy, I loved Jack & Bet' – Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

Jack & Bet

It's June 2011. Best friends Stick and Mac can't wait to turn 18 and escape their north Manchester estate. They've spent months planning a road trip to Spain, but the night before they're due to leave, Mac ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time, and now Stick must face an uncertain future alone. Resisting his family's well-meaning attempts to help, he focuses on seeking justice for his friend and then meets a girl he can't stop thinking about. When riots break out across the country, Stick is still burning with rage and grief and searching for a way to express them."

Paul Dobraszczyk

What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, work and play. It tells the story of the city thematically, using concepts such a ‘material’, ‘atmosphere’, ‘waste’, ‘movement’ and ‘underworld’ to challenge our understanding of the quintessential post-industrial metropolis. Bringing together contributions from twenty-five poets, academics, writers, novelists, historians, architects and artists from across the region alongside a range of captivating photographs, this book explores the history of Manchester through its chimneys, cobblestones, ginnels and graves. This wide-ranging and inclusive approach reveals a host of idiosyncrasies, hidden spaces and stories that have until now been neglected.

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