"FRENCH'S MOST FOCUSED, DARING, AND POWERFUL NOVEL." --New Woman Famed presidential advisor Stephen Upton has suffered a stroke, and his four very different daughters gather in his perfectly appointed mansion outside Boston to await his death or recovery. Elizabeth, cold and calculating, fights hard for every success and pays a high price; beautiful Mary has always needed a man to support her tastes, but time is catching up with her; Alex can't remember her childhood and wants to know why; and Ronnie, illegitimate and proud, refuses to acknowledge her feelings for the man they all love and hate. In the weeks to come, they will learn one another's terrible secrets, and the astonishing truth about the life they might have shared.... Once again, Marilyn French has written an extraordinary novel of our times--a novel of family love and resentment, of sisterhood and fatherhood, of acceptance and rejection and the search for peace. "SHOULD STRIKE A CHORD WITH EVERY WOMAN who is willing to think honestly about the place of femaleness in the world." --Chicago Tribune

Our Father

Marilyn French

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

This new edition gives general advice on writing, points out common errors and cliches, offers guidance on consistent use of punctuation, abbreviations and capital letters, and contains a wide range of reference material - covering everything from accountancy ratios and stock market indices to laws of nature, science and economics. Also included is a special section on the differences between British English and American English. It is to published as a companion volume to "The Pocket World in Figures 1994".

"Economist" Style Guide ("Economist" Books)

the-economist

Literature & Fiction

With revised facts and figures, this pocket book gives rankings on more than 200 topics and all the essential facts on the world's most important countries, including: which are the world's fastest and slowest growing economies, where is inflation over 4000per cent and who owns the most cars?

"Economist" Pocket World in Figures ("Economist" Books)

Reference

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Thousands of patients have benefited from the use of Chinese herbs to treat conditions for which Western medicine has failed. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has proven effective in easing a wide range of conditions, from multiple sclerosis to infertility, chronic skin problems, menstrual disorders, and migraines. With an A-Z list of conditions and their remedies, this comprehensive, easy-to-use manual thoroughly explores these claims and succinctly explains the theory behind the practice. The authors tell how Chinese medicine evolved, how it works, and why it is attracting such attention in the Western world. The book also includes a detailed discussion of Qi Gong, the system of mental and physical discipline that underlies the traditional methods, explanations of nutritional balance and herbal lore (including preparation techniques), and a brief summary of acupuncture methods.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Ke', Song Xuan

MacNamara, Sheila

Alternative Medicine

This is a Chinese love story by the author of "Red Sorghum". A 1987 glut on the garlic market leaves farmers of Paradise Country watching their crop rot in the fields. Against the backdrop of a riot against communist officialdom, three tales of love and tragedy unfold.

The Garlic Ballads

Mo Yan and Howard Goldblatt ( Translated By )

Thirteen-year-old Plato Jones comes to terms with his mixed heritage when he visits Greece and finds out about his Welsh grandfather, a World War II hero, and his Greek grandfather, who is rumored to have been a traitor.

The Real Plato Jones

Children's Books

BAWDEN, Nina

Angel

Anita Mason

Contemporary

Grace is governess to an Anglo-German family. In 1929 her employer leaves her German husband in Berlin, uprooting the family to a Northamptonshire village. As Grace gets to understand village life, she also comes to experience her sexual awakening as a new war is cast over their rural existence.

On the Way to the Wedding

RIDDETT Jo

Juggling

A sequel to "Temples of Delight", which was shortlisted for the "Sunday Express" Book of the Year Award. Pam is the adopted daughter of Christina's parents. They meet Peter and Jago and their paths converge, diverge and converge again in unexpected ways.

BARBARA TRAPIDO

Western democracies are "open societies" in which neither the state nor religion try to achieve a monopoly of power or the exclusive claim on people's hearts. In between the state and the family are countless other institutions, from trade unions to stamp collecting clubs, from student organizations to churches and protest movements. This is the civil society. Before the fall of communism in 1989, all this was prescribed. The state (the Communist Party) controlled everything. In the Middle East (Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia especially), this remains the case. In Eastern Europe there is a burgeoning civil society. In fundamentalist Islamic society there is none. Why not? This book tries to find out why.

Conditions of Liberty

Politics & Social Sciences

ERNEST GELLNER

Politics & Government

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