Learn how to reuse, recycle, restyle, restore and revamp your old furnishings to create a stylish and unique home, without spending a fortune! Whether you are on a tight budget, or simply want to give your existing home a new look, 'Thrifty Chic' provides a treasure trove of ideas at your fingertips. Originally published: 2009
Passion at the photocopier Assignations at the coffee machine Adultery in the office Ring any bells? If you aren't doing it yourself, you probably know someone who is. A big, funny, cool, cruel first novel about office politics and illicit love.
Welcome to the Winter Gardens of Half Moon House. Please do not mishandle the exhibits. (The owners accept no liability for any events that occur, magical or otherwise…)The Winter Garden open at the stroke of midnight with no great fanfare – after all, this is a time when all virtuous folk should be in bed. But for the few curious souls that brave the opening of its gates what enchantments await.There is all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna collected on her travels by the scandalous Lady Beatrice Sitwell and exhibited for the delight of paying customers. By flickering lamplight, visitors can discover magic fish, spectacular ghost butterflies, and a tiger made of stars.And for the very brave – and a small extra cost - there is the forest of plum trees, ripening against the snow bearing magical fruit which can tell your fortune - if only you dare take a bite…
Take classic country and combine it with modern urban interiors—and you have a fresh style that works anywhere. “Stylish yet livable country looks. Whether you are an eclectic city slicker or live in a traditional Maine cottage, you can create your own melting pot of styles. Learn to combine old with new, and how to mix and match classic patterns and colors.”—Bridal Guide Magazine.
Global travel and collecting are now major forces in interior design, and "East Meets West" offers inspiration for comfortable, harmonious interiors where differences in the age and origin of objects are unimportant. Adventurers, collectors, designers, and home decorators will find this book the new word on easy, sophisticated interiors combining worldwide influences in an utterly personal style. 200 color photos.
'Enchanted places have the power to change us,to germinate that tiny seed of happiness, avarice or desire that we are so careful to conceal.' Lily Devereaux faces a dilemma. Should she rebuild her marriage to Tom or walk away from it? Tom also has to choose. His mother, Maud, has died, and his elder brother, Chris, wants to sell her cottage, The Boathouse, the scene of their magical childhood summers. His younger brother, Cameron, wants them to keep it. And Dora Savage, an old family friend, must decide whether the Devereauxs should finally know the truth about Maud's marriage to their father, Bertie, forged in the melting pot of the 1950s and 60s. Do love, forgiveness and compromise change over fifty years? The answers lie down at The Boathouse, where the waves and wildflowers ripple over the bones of a dangerous family secret.
In 1973, full of enthusiasm and naivety, ten young students seeking an adventure during their summer holidays get together to journey overland to India. No matter how well travelled they thought they were in Europe, they were totally unprepared for the trials and tribulations ahead. They were introduced to new cultures and customs in the countries they passed through, and were received with overwhelming hospitality for the most part with only the odd scary encounter.They experienced more hold ups and hitches than they had thought possible, their progress impeded by landslides, military coups, illness and the simple fact that time means little to most people once you cross the Bosphorus Strait that separates Europe from Asia. On top of all this, communication in 1973 was a very different ‘ball game' to what it is today, which made things much more challenging and more exciting.
Román o manželské krizi ze současné Británie. Hrdinka knihy Leonie Lucasová prožívá životní krizi. Vdávala se z lásky a předpokládala, že bude mít velkou rodinu stejně jako její sestry. Děti ale stále nepřicházely. Leonie si z toho nechtěla udělat problém a věnovala se naplno své práci redaktorky módního časopisu. Také její manžel Will, který zprvu o děti moc stál, se cele ponořil do své lékařské praxe. Leonie si začala říkat, že je to tak vlastně lepší, že jsou oba tak vytížení, že by stejně na děti neměli čas. Když už si myslela, že jsou oba se svou situací vyrovnaní a že jim vlastně nic nechybí, přichází manžel s návrhem umělého oplodnění. Leonie, přesto že právě dostává skvělou nabídku v práci, se podrobuje léčení. Aby toho nebylo málo, objeví se manželova bývalá přítelkyně Saffron a Will se s ní opět sblíží...
Suzy und Max waren einst verliebt, doch Max wollte sich nicht binden. Suzy heiratet schließlich den bodenständigen Stephan, doch als ihre Halskette gestohlen wird, gerät ihr Leben ins Wanken. Sie muss sich entscheiden, ob sie zu ihrem besten Freund oder der Liebe ihres Lebens zurückkehren möchte.
Leonie führt ein glückliches Leben, bis die Ex ihres Mannes, Saffron, auftaucht. Diese ist schön, intelligent und raffiniert, was Leonie in eine Welt voller Eifersucht und Intrigen stürzt. Alexandra Campbell erzählt mit Humor und Ernst von den Herausforderungen einer Frau zwischen Beruf und Familie.
