![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Written in her trademark whimsical and upbeat style, Helene Hanff transports us right to the heart of Manhattan in the 1980s, describing her favourite places, people and pets with gentle humour, and introducing the reader to the ups and downs of life in a high-rise apartment building in New York City (“the last small town in America”). This book is a collection of selected scripts from this series, composed with a British audience in mind, in which the author offers us a glimpse into her own everyday tales of the city. Over several years, Helene Hanff read aloud these stories of her life in New York for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The front cover was specially designed by New Yorker illustrator Bruce Eric Kaplan, also a fan of the author and a resident of New York City too. To showcase this wonderful book, we commissioned the New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz ( The Plot) to pen a new introduction – she is a cousin of Helene Hanff’s, and was inspired to become a writer after meeting her as a teenager. ![]() Manderley Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand-new edition of Helene Hanff’s Letter from New York – another literary jewel from the author of 84, Charing Cross Road. ![]()
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Cal wants to be a journalist, and he's already well underway with almost half a million followers on his FlashFame app and an upcoming internship at Buzzfeed. the Homo Sapiens Agenda In this smart, heart-warming YA debut perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, two teens find love when their lives are uprooted for their parents' involvement in a NASA mission to Mars. " I'm so starry-eyed for this wise, romantic gem of a book." - Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon vs. ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis In our complex world, facilitation and mediation skills are as important for individuals as they are for organizations. The majority of the book is sourced from browns twenty-plus years of facilitation and mediation work, with additional wisdom from a selection of living Black feminist facilitators and mediators.-Provided by publisher. Black feminists have evolved this wisdom, but it can serve anyone working to create change, individually, interpersonally, and within our organizations. ![]() ![]() It provides lessons for generating the ease necessary to move through lifes inevitable struggles and for practicing the art of holding others without losing ourselves. Holding Change is a guide for attending to both in ways that align with nature, with pleasure, with our best imaginings of our future. About the Book Facilitation and mediation are important skills in our highly organized world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Una huelga de la Universidad de Guadalajara le impide inscribirse en ella y decide trasladarse a la ciudad de México. Algunos acostumbran destacar su temprana orfandad como determinante en su vocación artística, olvidando que su conocimiento temprano de los libros mencionados tendría un peso mayor en este terreno. Vivió en la pequeña población de San Gabriel, pero las tempranas muertes de su padre, primero (1923), y de su madre poco después (1927), obligaron a sus familiares a inscribirlo en un internado en Guadalajara, la capital del estado de Jalisco.ĭurante sus años en San Gabriel entró en contacto con la biblioteca de un cura (básicamente literaria), depositada en la casa familiar, y recordará siempre estas lecturas, esenciales en su formación literaria. 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Then, a woman exorcises her hatred for the rose garden her husband planted for her. First, when Apollo 11 lands on the moon, it’s not only those on Earth that watch with keen interest. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to Hart, all of these classics are available for you to read for FREE. ![]() At the heart of Project Gutenberg’s philosophy is, “Everyone in the world, or even not in this world (given satellite transmission) can have a copy of a book that has been entered into a computer.” 100 Free History e-Books From Project Gutenberg Having an electronic copy of such an important document got Hart thinking how many other documents and literature he should digitize. No, this did not require any form of coding, but instead, Hart typed out the Declaration of Independence in its entirety. Project Gutenberg originated in Materials Research Lab at the University of Illinois, where Hart put his software engineering “skills” to the test. While these tech giants were working on making digital books more accessible, Michael Stern Hart had been working hard to digitize ebooks with a project he called ‘Project Gutenberg.’ What is Project Gutenberg? Sony made a breakthrough in 2006 and launched its e-reader that resembles more of what the Kindles and Nooks you see today. Seven years later, NuvoMedia Rocket eBook hit shelves, wowing avid readers with its lightweight (1.25 pounds) and 4MB of memory. It weighed almost two pounds and required a CD to read a digital book. 100 Free History Ebooks From Project GutenbergĮbooks existed long before e-readers made their debut in 1991 with the Sony Data Discman leading the way. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because these individuals kept running into each other, they had to keep fake stories to ward off suspicion. In In Farleigh Field, they worked in organizations where they were not allowed to talk to other people about what they did. 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Insider access to all the museums and monuments the kids have long dreamed of exploring. ![]() Brother and sister Diego and Corin Townsend are on the trip of a two weeks in Rome with their new best friend, Desmond, and his treasure hunter parents to open their new exhibition. ![]() ![]() ![]() Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach-a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God. The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? ![]() What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships-and even keep you in the shallows with God. Ignorance is bliss-except in self-awareness. Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist ![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn't tell the story so much as let you live inside it. His ability to crawl into a character and expose every flaw, rationalization, and weakness, yet at the same time expose her vulnerability and insecurity, is just flat-out astonishing. It seems clear where the novel will go, but I guess I was fooled once again by the amazing mind of Ian McEwan. Yes, she falls for Tom, and yes, she keeps her identity and the source of his new funding from him. (Having MI5 pay a writer to influence others seems too close to buying public opinion.) Serena's job is to give this welcoming news to a struggling writer, Tom Healey, who is trapped by the drudgery of a full-time job as a university professor. ![]() "Sweet Tooth" is the code name for a loosely reasoned plan to financially back struggling artists by giving them a stipend and letting them produce art, with the proviso that the funding is coming from another source. ![]() And soon, she does get an undercover assignment. Still suffering the effects of a demoralizing breakup, she takes the job anyway. ![]() After suffering through a couple of bad love affairs, Serena, a beautiful 20-something university graduate, stumbles into a job with MI5 and is thrilled.until she realizes women only hold clerical positions. Ian McEwan's Cold War-era spy tale is not what it appears to be. ![]() |