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100 citations pour profiter de la vie

100 citations sur la paix

100 citations pour comprendre les hommes

100 citations de leçons de vie

100 citations sur le mariage

100 citations sur le succès

500 citations pour changer votre vie

100 citations sur la philosophie

100 citations sur l'amour

100 citations sur l'amitié

300 citations pour développer l'esprit d'entreprise

Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Elizabeth McCracken's eccentric library did not happen in real life - even down to the murder; and it is rumoured that on 3 June 1997 the British Museum Reading Room really was visited by the ghost of Max Beerbohm's obscurest of poets, Enoch Soames...Fiction and reality merge in Cortazar's 'A Continuity of Parks'. Characters step out of their books in Fay Weldon's 'Lily Bart's Hat Shop', while Jasper Fforde's Jurisfiction operatives enter Wuthering Heights to deliver a Rage-Counselling session. Charles Lamb muses on the annoying book-borrowing habits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; the teenage Teffi is overawed by Tolstoy; Helene Hanff in Manhattan launches her famous correspondence with a London antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road.Reading, as the Queen informs an appalled private secretary, is 'untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting'. And also, of course, a lot of fun. Sit comfortably, then, and begin.

Featuring short stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos, Dorothy Parker, Zora Neale Hurston and moreEdited and Introduced by David M. EarleVivacious, charming, irreverent: a flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time. In this collection of short stories she's a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat. She bobs her hair, shortens her skirt, searches for a husband and scandalizes her husband. She's a glittering object of delight, and a woman embracing a newfound independence.Bringing together stories from widely adored writers and newly discovered gems, sourced from the magazines of the period, this collection celebrates the outrageous charm of an iconic figure of the Jazz Age.

Goat's Milk and Its Uses is an illustrative guide to maximising the uses of your goat's milk, and also contains information on cheese and butter. This farming handbook provides valuable insight into goat keeping. Specifically curated for a contemporary audience, Goat's Milk and Its Uses features various vintage articles and texts containing information on the many uses of goat's milk. Giving guidance on how to milk a goat, this volume will support you in producing cheese, butter, and various products from your goat's milk. The chapters featured in this volume include: - 'Family Goat-Keeping' by W O'Connel Holmes - 'Goat Keeping' - Written for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs with the Assistance of the British Goat Society - 'Improved Milk Goats - A Guide for Breeders, Dairymen and Exhibitors' by Will L Tewalt - 'Starting Right with Milk Goats' by Helen Walsh

Extraordinary Nurses Throughout History is a fascinating collection that includes insightful writings on eight notable nurses of the past and celebrates their brilliant contributions to medicine.Many incredible women made invaluable improvements to modern nursing and this collection celebrates their lives and achievements through a series of essays. This volume sheds a light on the women who have helped create and improve the modern nursing we are familiar with today and demonstrates how the practice has evolved. Collated in honour of Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday, this collection is an enlightening exposition of eight notable nurses including:- Dorothea Dix- Mary Seacole- Florence Nightingale- Clara Barton- Sarah Emma Edmonds- Linda Richards- Edith Cavell- Violetta ThurstenRepublished Read & Co. Books as part of the Brilliant Women series, this beautiful volume features an introductory essay entitled 'Representative Women - The Free Nurse', by Ingleby Scott. An ideal book for those with an interest in the history of nursing, this collection is not one to be missed.

A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite.______________'To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colours of a rainbow' MAYA ANGELOUThe story of motherhood is an endlessly rich one: it's one of love - and all the highs and lows that come with that world-turning emotion - and, in the purest sense, of life itself. Within these pages, some of the finest writers in the world explore motherhood in wildly varying modes, from single parenthood to sisters coparenting, from the deepest hardships to the biggest celebrations.Selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite, author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother.Stories by Lydia Davis, Anita Desai, Mary Gaitskill, Tessa Hadley, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Irenosen Okojie, Casey Plett, Tabitha Siklos, Helen Simpson, Ali Smith

"DC celebrates Pride with this ... collection starring fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ characters like Superman (Jon Kent), Nubia, Tim Drake, Kid Quick, Aquaman (Jackson Hyde), Green Lantern (Jo Mullein), Alysia Yeoh, the Ray, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Batwoman, and more"--