Chéri

Author: Colette
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1035048493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Set in Paris’s demi-monde at the beginning of the twentieth century, Chéri by Colette is a passionate story of devotion, misplaced desire and the passage of time. Chéri is part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Janet Flanner, who was an extraordinary writer and journalist. She was the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker for fifty years. Fred Peloux, affectionately nicknamed Chéri, is handsome and spoilt. Until now he’s lived a life of hedonistic luxury, and has been indulged in his every desire. He is newly married to the young and beautiful Edmée, and according to early twentieth-century Parisian society, he has everything a man could dream of. But the only woman he can think about is his lover, Léa de Lonval, a beautiful, ageing courtesan who has stolen his heart. Full of wit, drama and intensity, Chéri is a groundbreaking novel which grapples with radical ideas about sexuality and ageing. This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition is introduced by acclaimed writer Paul Bailey.

Cheri (Dual-Language)

Author: Colette
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486120406
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Superb story of a love affair between Lea, a still-beautiful 49-year-old ex-courtesan, and Cheri, a handsome but selfish young man 30 years her junior, is widely considered the author's best work.

Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2: Losing Their Seeds

Author: Eric Arden Berry
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462845959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
From author Eric Arden Berry comes Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2—Losing Their Seeds, an engaging read that follows Timmy, Cheri, and friends as they embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world’s plant life. Someone or something has stolen the Secret Sacred Magic Seeds that control the world’s plant life and if they are not found and returned to the keepers by sunset, the entire world's plant will die forever and ever. Will they be able to fulfill this important mission? Readers can find out in this fanciful mystery-adventure thriller. It begins in a dream where Lola, the Angel of Marbles, and Lolo, the Angel of grapes, have tasked Timmy with the search for the missing seeds. The angels have given Timmy the gift of language again, allowing him to talk with and understand all life on Earth, to aid him in the search. Timmy, his sister Cheri, and his cousin Caleb, known as the "Force of Cousins," team up with a colorful array of pets and wildlife to find the seeds. As they search throughout the day, Earth's plant life gradually begins to die off, causing great confusion around the world. Can the Force of Cousins and friends find the seeds in time to save the world's plant life? A unique, fast-paced mystery adventure thriller, Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2—Losing Their Seeds will keep readers guessing all the way to sunset – stirring their imagination and interest. Book I Adventures of Timmy and Cheri

Cheri on Top

Author: Susan Donovan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429986921
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331

Book Description
Sun-drenched beaches, designer-label clothes, drop-dead-gorgeous boy-toys...all paid for with a series of high-risk real estate deals. That's the lifestyle Cherise Newberry and her BFF Candy enjoy after leaving rural North Carolina for Tampa—until the market tanks and they lose everything. Cheri is surviving on Ramen Noodles and temp jobs when she gets a call from home to come back and run the family's small-town newspaper. Just one catch: She'll become the boss of her high school crush—and former brother-in-law—who might have the power to crush her all over again... But Cheri is surprised to see how "bad boy" J.J. DeCourcy has grown into the hard-working and principled managing editor of The Bigler Bugle. Still, according to Cheri's bitter sister, he's not to be trusted. If Cheri's going to co-exist at the with this sexier-than-ever man from her past, she needs to stay professional—and keep her distance —even though he sets her on fire. When they're handed the biggest news story in the town's history, Cheri must trust J.J., even it means putting her life in danger....and her heart on the line.

Chéri and The End of Chéri

Author: Colette
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324006382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
An exquisite new translation of Colette’s tragicomic masterpiece, a pair of novels exploring the relationship between an aging courtesan and a much younger man. Chéri and its sequel, The End of Chéri, mark Colette’s finest achievements in their brilliant, subtle, and frank investigations of love and power. Set in the Parisian demimonde in the last days of the Belle Époque, Chéri tells the story of Léa, a courtesan at the end of a successful career, and her lover, the beautiful but emotionally opaque Chéri. Chéri will soon enter into an arranged marriage, ending their six-year affair, which—they will each realize too late—has been the one real love of their lives. The End of Chéri picks up their story in the aftermath of the First World War. Chéri, now a decorated soldier, has returned from the trenches to a changed world. Emotionally estranged from his independent and unfaithful wife, a psychically wounded Chéri begins an inexorable descent—one that leads him back to a stunning encounter with Léa. As the acclaimed writer and translator Lydia Davis puts it in an illuminating foreword, Rachel Careau’s “brilliantly ingenious, close new translation” reveals Chéri and The End of Chéri as “the strangest of love stories.” Colette skillfully portrays her characters’ shifting inner lives and desires amid a clear-eyed depiction of interpersonal power dynamics. Careau’s lean, attentive translation restores to these classic novels their taut, remarkably modern style—the essence of Colette’s genius.

Adventures of Timmy and Cheri

Author: Eric Arden Berry
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465368051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Join Timmy, Cheri, and friends on the adventure of a lifetime to save the world's colors in this fanciful mystery adventure thriller. Someone (or something) has stolen the Secret Sacred Magic Marbles that control the world's colors. If the marbles are not found and returned to the keeper by sunset today, all the world's colors will change to black and white forever and ever. The story begins in a dream where Lola, the Angel of Marbles, and Lolo, the Angel of Grapes, have tasked Cheri with the search for the missing marbles. The angels have given Cheri the gift of language allowing her to talk with and understand all life on Earth, to aid her in the search. Cheri, her brother Timmy, and her cousin Caleb, known as the "Force of Cousins," team up with a colorful array of pets and wildlife to find the marbles. As they search throughout the day, Earth's colors gradually begin to change to black and white, causing great confusion around the world. Can the Force of Cousins and friends find the marbles in time to save the world's colors? This unique, fast-paced mystery adventure thriller will keep you guessing all the way to sunset. Join Timmy, Cheri, and friends in the quest to find the marbles before the world's colors are lost forever. Book II Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2: Losing Their Seeds

The Dark Road Further Adventures of Cheri-Bibi

Author: Gaston Leroux
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9360460435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
"The Dark Road" with the aid of Gaston Leroux is a gripping tale that plunges readers right into a shadowy international of thriller and intrigue. Leroux, renowned for his mastery in crafting suspenseful narratives, weaves a spellbinding story that unfolds alongside an enigmatic and treacherous route. As the characters traverse this darkish avenue, they come upon secrets and techniques concealed in the shadows and confront the complexities of the human soul. Against a backdrop of atmospheric tension, Leroux introduces a solid of compelling characters, each harboring their personal clandestine pasts and motivations. The narrative navigates thru unexpected twists and turns, retaining readers on the threshold of their seats as they delve deeper into the mysteries that shroud the journey. Leroux's clever prose and eager expertise of psychological intensity add layers of complexity to the narrative. Themes of love, betrayal, and redemption intertwine with the ominous attraction of the darkish avenue, creating a charming mixture of romance and suspense. Throughout the novel, Leroux invites readers to question the nature of reality and illusion, hard them to get to the bottom of the intricacies of the human enjoy. "The Dark Road" stands as a testomony to Gaston Leroux's storytelling prowess, offering a compelling exploration of the human condition in the gripping embrace of a mysterious and unpredictable adventure.

Chéri and The End of Chéri

Author: Colette
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1681376709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Colette's celebrated novels about an older courtesan and her young lover, now in a new translation and published in one volume. Colette’s Chéri (1920) and its sequel, The End of Chéri (1926), are widely considered her masterpieces. In sensuous, elegant prose, the two novels explore the evolving inner lives and the intimate relationship of an unlikely couple: Léa de Lonval, a middle-aged former courtesan, and Fred Peloux, twenty-five years her junior, known as Chéri. The two have been involved for years, and it is time for Chéri to get on with life, to make something of himself, but he, the personification of male beauty and vanity, doesn’t know how to go about it. It is time, too, for Léa to let go ofChéri and the sensual life that has been hers, and yet this is more easily resolved than done. Chéri marries, but once married he is restless and is inevitably drawn back to his mistress, as she is to him. And yet to reprise their relationship is only to realize even more the inevitability of its end. That end will come when Chéri, back from World War I, encounters a world that the war has changed through and through. Lost in his memories of time past, he is irremediably lost to the busy present. Paul Eprile’s new translation of these two celebrated novels brings out a vivid sensuality and acute intelligence that past translations have failed to capture.

Reach Out and Give

Author: Cheri J. Meiners M.Ed.
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 1575422042
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23

Book Description
Introduce children to gratitude and philanthropy, and show them how they can contribute to their community in simple, meaningful ways.

Making a Change for Good

Author: Ashwini Narayanan
Publisher: Keep It Simple Books
ISBN: 1953624065
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
Making a Change for Good will assist anyone to make a change of any kind, whatever the area— diet, fitness, stress, addictions, unskillful behaviors, anxiety, finances, spiritual practice... . Kind, compassionate encouragement for confronting personal issues head on and supportive tools for addressing the struggle are the differences in approach this book offers. Readers realize that lack clarity is the hindrance to addressing an issue, not lack of self-discipline. Rather than being caught in self-hating and self-blaming loops that veer us off course, we can learn to mentor ourselves, and this book teaches us how. The 30-day retreat at the end of the book provides a structure for practicing compassionate self-discipline.