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A French Dream

FRANCE CALLING, #1

by Barry A. Whittingham ...

Series Book 1 - FRANCE CALLING
Disappointing academic results, an unhappy first love and a negative job experience all go to make a young French schoolmaster deeply disappointed with the path his life has taken. At home the atmosphere is poisoned, his work is slipping into a soul-destroying grind, and his disastrous management of relations with two female colleagues leads to disturbing repercussions. He dreams of escape to sun ... Read more

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Disappointing academic results, an unhappy first love and a negative job experience all go to make a young French schoolmaster deeply disappointed with the path his life has taken. At home the atmosphere is poisoned, his work is slipping into a soul-destroying grind, and his disastrous management of relations with two female colleagues leads to disturbing repercussions. He dreams of escape to sun
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A French Escape

FRANCE CALLING, #2

by Barry A. Whittingham ...

Series Book 2 - FRANCE CALLING
When a young French schoolmaster accepts an offer to spend a year teaching English in a lycée in a remote corner of Eastern France it's not just to improve his spoken French and gain a deeper insight into the workings of a foreign culture. He longs to wipe his slate clean of past failures and to escape the entrenchment into which his English life is sinking. He dreams of freedom, adventure, ... Read more

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When a young French schoolmaster accepts an offer to spend a year teaching English in a lycée in a remote corner of Eastern France it's not just to improve his spoken French and gain a deeper insight into the workings of a foreign culture. He longs to wipe his slate clean of past failures and to escape the entrenchment into which his English life is sinking. He dreams of freedom, adventure,
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François Théodore Thistlethwaite's Frenglish Thoughts

by Barry A. Whittingham ...

The product of his parents' ferociously antagonistic genes, François Théodore Thistlethwaite is a traumatized, split-identity 'Frenglishman'. Any one of his three alter egos - François, the Marxist Frenchman, his ultra-conservative English sibling, Thistlethwaite, or Théodore, their middle voice of reason - can seize control of the whole to expound their views on some of those différences which ... Read more

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The product of his parents' ferociously antagonistic genes, François Théodore Thistlethwaite is a traumatized, split-identity 'Frenglishman'. Any one of his three alter egos - François, the Marxist Frenchman, his ultra-conservative English sibling, Thistlethwaite, or Théodore, their middle voice of reason - can seize control of the whole to expound their views on some of those différences which
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Barfield School

by Barry A. Whittingham ...

‘Would this loathsome inner creature which had poisoned his past and was now infecting the present leave its slimy traces on his future?’The first novel in the trilogy, CALL OF FRANCE, Barfield School explores the thoughts, feelings and motivations of Michael Morgan. Disappointing academic results, a disastrous first love and a failed job experience have all gone to make Michael feel he hasn’t yet ... Read more

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‘Would this loathsome inner creature which had poisoned his past and was now infecting the present leave its slimy traces on his future?’The first novel in the trilogy, CALL OF FRANCE, Barfield School explores the thoughts, feelings and motivations of Michael Morgan. Disappointing academic results, a disastrous first love and a failed job experience have all gone to make Michael feel he hasn’t yet
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The Emotionally Intelligent Office

20 Key Emotional Skills for the Workplace

by The School of Life, Alain de Botton ...

An exploration of the twenty core emotional skills we need to flourish at work.Work-related stress currently costs the United States economy $300 billion a year. Modern businesses prioritize technical training, yet the true success of a business has little to do with the hard skills taught at business school and much more to do with the emotional intelligence of its employees.This book examines ... Read more

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An exploration of the twenty core emotional skills we need to flourish at work.Work-related stress currently costs the United States economy $300 billion a year. Modern businesses prioritize technical training, yet the true success of a business has little to do with the hard skills taught at business school and much more to do with the emotional intelligence of its employees.This book examines
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At the Hairdresser's

by Anita Brookner ...

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Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. This is a poignant novella from Anita Brookner.'I rather hope I shall die at the hairdresser's, for they are bound to know what to do. At least that is what I tell myself.'Solitude is a familiar burden for Elizabeth Warner. She lives in a ... Read more

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Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. This is a poignant novella from Anita Brookner.'I rather hope I shall die at the hairdresser's, for they are bound to know what to do. At least that is what I tell myself.'Solitude is a familiar burden for Elizabeth Warner. She lives in a
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Gently with the Innocents

by Mr Alan Hunter ...

Series series George Gently
When an old man is found dead at the foot of the staircase in his rambling old house, a hint of murder and the lure of hidden treasure draw Gently into the case.Gently has plenty of suspects for the old man's murder. A warehouse watchman across the street misses nothing that goes on at the house, but can shed no light on the murderer. A local antiques dealer knows a suspicious amount about the ... Read more

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When an old man is found dead at the foot of the staircase in his rambling old house, a hint of murder and the lure of hidden treasure draw Gently into the case.Gently has plenty of suspects for the old man's murder. A warehouse watchman across the street misses nothing that goes on at the house, but can shed no light on the murderer. A local antiques dealer knows a suspicious amount about the
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To Sir, With Love

by E. R. Braithwaite ...

This schoolroom drama that inspired the classic Sidney Poitier film is "a microcosm of the racial issues . . . A dramatic picture of discrimination" ( Kirkus Reviews).With opportunities for black men limited in post–World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, ... Read more

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This schoolroom drama that inspired the classic Sidney Poitier film is "a microcosm of the racial issues . . . A dramatic picture of discrimination" ( Kirkus Reviews).With opportunities for black men limited in post–World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry,
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The School of Life Guide to Modern Manners

How to navigate the dilemmas of social life

by The School of Life ...

An essential guide to modern etiquette.Life is full of awkward social situations; we forget someone's name while making introductions, we're stuck on the elevator with our boss, we run into our ex on a first date. While these dilemmas might feel trivial, they tap into some of the deepest themes of our social existence: how to pursue our own agenda while honoring the happiness and needs of others? ... Read more

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An essential guide to modern etiquette.Life is full of awkward social situations; we forget someone's name while making introductions, we're stuck on the elevator with our boss, we run into our ex on a first date. While these dilemmas might feel trivial, they tap into some of the deepest themes of our social existence: how to pursue our own agenda while honoring the happiness and needs of others?
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Consequences

by Penelope Lively ...

The Booker Prize winning author's sweeping saga of three generations of women"One of the most accomplished writers of fiction of our day" (The Washington Post ) follows the lives and loves of three women--Lorna, Molly, and Ruth--from World War II-era London to the close of the century. Told in Lively's incomparable prose, this is a powerful story of growth, death, and renewal, as well as a ... Read more

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The Booker Prize winning author's sweeping saga of three generations of women"One of the most accomplished writers of fiction of our day" (The Washington Post ) follows the lives and loves of three women--Lorna, Molly, and Ruth--from World War II-era London to the close of the century. Told in Lively's incomparable prose, this is a powerful story of growth, death, and renewal, as well as a
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Prelude to Christopher

by Eleanor Dark ...

Published in 1934 and regarded as Australia's first modernist novel, Prelude to Christopher covers four days following a car crash where a doctor is critically injured, and the women around him struggle with their hopes, inhibitions and knowledge.'...perfectly captures the feeling of the subterranean horror which flows silently under everyday life' - The Penguin New Literary History of Australia ... Read more

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Published in 1934 and regarded as Australia's first modernist novel, Prelude to Christopher covers four days following a car crash where a doctor is critically injured, and the women around him struggle with their hopes, inhibitions and knowledge.'...perfectly captures the feeling of the subterranean horror which flows silently under everyday life' - The Penguin New Literary History of Australia
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Compulsory Games

by Robert Aickman ...

The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman’s self-described “strange stories” are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the ... Read more

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The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman’s self-described “strange stories” are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the
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