Home Cooking - format ePub

Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of animal behavior when he meets Mary Leibnitz. Benno Morna,...

When Sam Bax, that charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth 'Olly' Bax, his wife and ardent sidekick, becomes a widow at the edge of twenty-seven....

At once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, A Big Storm Knocked It Over stands as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction's most original and beloved...

This collection of stories about love and privacy is serious, funny, tender, and alive with the elegance and spirit that characterise Laurie Colwin's work. In these stories, the reader moves among young...

Geraldine, ragazza ebrea di buona famiglia e appassionata di musica soul, ha lasciato il dottorato per fare la corista (la prima e unica corista bianca) in un gruppo rhythm and blues, Vernon e Ruby Shakely...

Immaginate la New York dei film di Woody Allen: le case eleganti dell’Upper West Side, i viali frondosi di Central Park, una borghesia intellettuale benestante e colta; ora immaginatela raccontata non...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine HeinyGuido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering...

Geraldine, ragazza ebrea di buona famiglia e appassionata di musica soul, ha lasciato il dottorato per fare la corista (la prima e unica corista bianca) in un gruppo rhythm and blues, Vernon e Ruby Shakely...

Vom Wagnis, sich zu binden, erzählen zehn kluge, pointierte Texte großer Autorinnen aus zweihundert Jahren, von Heiratsanträgen und Hochzeiten, von Verlobungszeit und Flitterwochen. Gemeinsame Nenner...

Comment rassasier une horde d’invités affamés ? Déguiser les légumes pour duper les enfants ? Concilier une infinité de régimes alimentaires autour d’un bon repas, dans la joie et la bonne humeur ?...

Guido et Vincent, charmants jeunes hommes de la bonne société new-yorkaise, cherchent désespérément la femme de leurs rêves. Ils la rencontrent au même moment : Holly, distinguée et mystérieuse, et Misty,...

« Elle fait indiscutablement partie de ma vie. Quand je ne travaille pas et que je ne suis pas avec elle, mes pensées vont vers elle aussi naturellement qu’une main se pose sur la tête d’un enfant… »...

« Nous étions les filles de gens parfaitement sûrs d’eux qui avaient de l’argent en guise d’imagination. » Ah, la bonne société américaine, ses conventions, ses habitudes et ses aspirations à plus. Mais...

Aucune faille en vue dans la vie de Polly Solo-Miller Demarest. Un mari aimant (et riche), d’adorables enfants et un job à son goût : une vie d’épouse presque parfaite, surtout quand on descend d’une...

Qand Frank rencontre Josephine, dite Billy, ils ont tout pour se détester. Mais les contraires s'attirent et les voici embarqués dans une relation dévorante, faite de malice et de réparties. Seul problème...

Laurie Colwin è morta nel 1992 a soli quarantotto anni, ma nel panorama letterario degli Stati Uniti rimane una figura di culto: per i suoi romanzi, che uniscono grazia, intelligenza e ironia, e per questa...

Laurie Colwin è morta nel 1992 a soli quarantotto anni, ma nel panorama letterario degli Stati Uniti rimane una figura di culto: per i suoi romanzi, che uniscono grazia, intelligenza e ironia, e per questa...

"Seriously good. . . . Deep and rich." — Los Angeles TimesFrom the critically acclaimed author of Happy All the Time and Home Cooking, a insightful and witty tale of a woman struggling to overcome her...

'Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected' Nigella LawsonWeaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwin's...

“Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults HereIn these fourteen tales, Laurie Colwin explores...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured...

In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as...

"One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world." —D. H. Lawrence "‘Moby-Dick’ is the book which I put down with the unqualified thought, 'I wish I had written that'…" —William Faulkner "What...

The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible is God’s providentially appointed Word for the whole world which reveals the name of the Father as “Jehovah”, and the name of His Son, “Jesus”, in whom...

The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence....

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

The books that inspired the Netflix crime series. Here you will find the following original works: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar - Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes - The Hollow Needle - 813 -...

The series that inspired the Netflix show. This collection contains 38 Arsène Lupin stories (the biggest and greatest Arsène Lupin collection in the eBook world), including: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman...

Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and...

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

This volume collects the complete writings of Virginia Woolf: 8 novels, 3 'biographies,' 46 short stories, 606 essays, 1 play, her diary and some letters. Contents: THE NOVELS The Voyage Out Night...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can...

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That...

The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie....

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...