David Nicholls Libros

Siempre el Mismo Día es una historia de amor sin fecha de caducidad. David Nicholls, autor de Dulce Despedida, plantea un concepto muy original: tomar como referencia el día en que se conoció una pareja y observar a lo largo de veinte años, todos los 15 de julio, cómo se encuentra esa relación; qué cosas han cambiado para bien y para mal. Siempre el mismo día nos habla sobre el paso del tiempo y las dificultades para mantenernos fieles a nosotros mismos pero, sobre todo, nos relata una poderosa historia de amor.

En la última noche de 1937, Katey Kontent, de veinticinco años, se encuentra en un bar de jazz de segunda categoría en Greenwich Village, tratando de estirar tres dólares con su compañera de pensión, cuando Tinker Grey, un apuesto banquero de ojos azul real y sonrisa templada, se sienta en la mesa vecina. Este encuentro fortuito y sus sorprendentes consecuencias impulsan a Katey en un viaje de un año desde una oficina de secretarias en Wall Street hacia las altas esferas de la sociedad neoyorquina y las suites ejecutivas de Condé Nast, donde deberá confiar en su aguda inteligencia y su propio temple. Cortejada por un millonario tímido y principiado, y un irrefrenable vividor del Upper East Side, y amiga de una viuda decidida que está adelantada a su tiempo, Katey experimenta de primera mano la compostura que brinda la riqueza y el estatus, así como las aspiraciones fallidas que residen justo debajo de la superficie. Mientras espera que las circunstancias traigan de vuelta a Tinker a su vida, comienza a darse cuenta de cómo nuestras elecciones más prometedoras inevitablemente sientan las bases para nuestros arrepentimientos.

Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of her rotten, selfish ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of ten-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future... if they can survive the journey.

'Bad News' takes Patrick into his early 20s. Constrained to fly to New York to collect his monstrous father's ashes, fully in the grip of massive addiction, he endures a weekend hunting for drugs and attempting to avoid figures from David Melrose's life.

"One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare."--Publisher description

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. 'I was looking forward to us growing old together. Me and you, growing old and dying together.' 'Douglas, who in their right mind would look forward to that?' Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?

The debut bestseller from the author of the phenomenally successfully ONE DAY and Man Booker longlisted US. STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all. He's going to win the game, at any cost, because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general knowledge . . . STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?

It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all. He's going to win the game, at any cost, because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general knowledge . . . STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?

To moja pierwsza sprawa o morderstwo powiedział ze złością Wexford. Nie ma żadnej tajemnicy. Herbert Arthur Painter zabił swoją 90-letnią pracodawczynię uderzając ją siekierą w głowę. Zrobił to za 200 funtów Główny Inspektor Wexford, jest pewny, że morderstwo starszej pani zostało popełnione przez pracownika i sąd zgodził się z nim. Ale Henry Archery, który jest zaręczony z córką Paintera zaczyna powątpiewać i zadawać pytania Książka zawiera płytę CD.

Alternative cover editions for this ISBN can be found here and hereIn the small East Anglian coastal town of Hardborough, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.Hardborough quickly becomes a battleground – for Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done. As a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.

***Pre-order David Nicholls' new novel YOU ARE HERE now - Coming April 2024*** A COMIC MASTERPIECE BY BELOVED BESTSELLER DAVID NICHOLLS A scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love 'Irresistible' DAILY MAIL 'Wonderfully chaotic' THE TIMES 'Delightful' OBSERVER 'Brilliant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Funniest book of the year' MARIE CLAIRE For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means being stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. When Stephen falls in love with Josh's clever, funny wife, Nora, things get even more difficult. But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his big break? ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS 'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love' THE TIMES 'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does' EVENING STANDARD 'Genuinely brilliant' NEW STATESMAN

Who decides how to use the UK military budget and how can we be sure that the UK’s armed forces can meet the threats of tomorrow? This book provides the answers to these questions. Concentrating on decisions taken below the political level, it uncovers the factors that underpin the translation of strategic direction into military capability.