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Getting a Life
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 12.95Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life. An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two... more...
In the Driver's Seat
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.95A dark, dazzling, surprisingly funny new collection of stories (?Masterly? ?Adam Mars Jones, The Observer ; ?A virtuoso performance? ?Jane Shilling, The Sunday Telegraph ) about single women and wives in various phases of midlife?anxious mothers, besotted mothers, beset mothers?in a (futile) search for security and consolation. Helen Simpson?s stories... more...
In-Flight Entertainment
Random House Group Ltd 2010; US$ 10.67Poignant, funny and perceptive, Helen Simpson's fifth collection of short stories deals with the full stretch, from birth to death and everything in between. A young woman's diary records a blackly farcical escape attempt involving flamenco, murder and wild picnics; two students fall in love then almost talk themselves out of it in an argument about... more...
In-Flight Entertainment
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 15.00The Times (London) calls ?dangerously close to perfection.? These thirteen stories brilliantly focus on aspects of contemporary living and unerringly capture a generation, a type, a social class, a pattern of behavior. They give us the small detail that reveals large secrets and summons up the inner stresses of our lives (?It is a blissful relief... more...
A Bunch of Fives
Random House 2012; US$ 12.00Since the publication of Four Bare Legs in a Bed, her first collection, Helen Simpson has been hailed as one of the best short story writers at work today. These are wickedly funny, heartfelt, and sensuous stories that deal with the full stretch, from birth to death and everything in between. more...
The Ritz London Book Of Afternoon Tea
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 9.34Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a greater authority on the subject than the sumptuous Ritz London Hotel? This charming Edwardian-style book captures the essence of this traditional British pastime, and provides us with all the expertise on the ceremony as well as the recipes. Stories about the legendary afternoon... more...
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories
Random House 2012; US$ 12.00WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. more...
Anxiety Disorders
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 89.00Illustrates the enormous advances occurring in research and describes the multi-disciplinary efforts that will shape the future of the field. more...
Ask a Policeman
HarperCollins Publishers 2012; Not AvailableThis new edition, which is reproduced from a first printing of the book, is introduced by the author Martin Edwards, archivist of the Detection Club, and includes a never-before-published Preface by Agatha Christie, ?Detective Writers in England?, in which she discusses her fellow writers in the Detection Club. more...
African Democracy and Development
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 79.99This book is an examination of particular African countries that are in the post-conflict phase. They have experienced horrific civil wars that left thousands of their citizens internally displaced or as refugees in surrounding countries, and some fled to countries in the global north. The countries examined in the book are in the process... more...
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