Author: Clare O'DeaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781912514519
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Author: Clare O'DeaVoting Day
Author: Clare O'DeaPublisher: Fairlight Books
ISBN: 1914148088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
In February 1959, Switzerland held a referendum on women’s suffrage. The men voted ‘no’. In this powerful novella, Clare O’Dea explores that day through the eyes of four very different Swiss women. Vreni is a busy farmer’s wife, longing for a break from family life. Her grown-up daughter Margrit is carving out an independent life in Bern, but finds herself trapped in an alarming situation. Esther, a cleaner, is desperate to recover her son who has been taken into care. Beatrice, a hospital administrator, has been throwing herself into the ‘yes’ campaign. The four women’s paths intersect on a day that will leave its mark on all their lives.
How to be Swiss
Author: Diccon BewesPublisher: Bergli
ISBN: 9783038690009
Category : National characteristics, Swiss
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The art of being Swiss isn't an easy thing to master, even if you have a head start by being born that way, but How to be Swiss will help you make it (or fake it). This instruction manual is the result of years of hard work by the authors themselves, one British and one Swiss.
WDF: The Naked Truth
Author: Timna AugustinePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387166948
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This is a book about my bipolar - biracial 20-year marriage. It reveals the reality of a modern day love story that starts from the beginning which takes you on an unbelievable, unexpected ride through the ups and downs of a marriage. The message of the book is that things can happen in one's relationship but we must ask the question we stay or leave based on circumstances. Nevertheless, sometimes we say ""What Da Fck?"" through this roller coaster we call life.
The Naked Future
Author: Patrick TuckerPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1591847702
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
“A thorough yet thoroughly digestible book on the ubiquity of data gathering and the unraveling of personal privacy.” —Daniel Pink, author of Drive Thanks to recent advances in technology, prediction models for individual behavior grow more sophisticated by the day. Whether you’ll marry, commit a crime or fall victim to one, or contract a disease are becoming easily accessible facts. The naked future is upon us, and the implications are staggering. Patrick Tucker draws on fascinating stories from health care to urban planning to online dating. He shows how scientists can predict your behavior based on your friends’ Twitter updates, anticipate the weather a year from now, figure out the time of day you’re most likely to slip back into a bad habit, and guess how well you’ll do on a test before you take it. Tucker knows that the rise of Big Data is not always a good thing. But he also shows how we’ve gained tremendous benefits that we have yet to fully realize.
The Naked Swiss
Author: Clare O'DeaPublisher:
ISBN: 9783905252989
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Cross-cultural journalist Clare O'Dea goes in search of the truth behind the 10 clichEs that clothe modern Switzerland. Her examination of the facts and real people of this unique nation reveals a complex and dynamic land, whose citizens are often poorly served by the assumptions we make about them, which include: - The Swiss Are Neutral - The Swiss Are Xenophobic - The Swiss Are Rich - The Swiss Are Swiss - The Swiss Are Crooked Bankers - The Swiss Are Boring - The Swiss Are Sexist - The Swiss Helped the Nazis - The Swiss Have the Perfect Democracy - The Swiss Are Brilliant
The Naked Anabaptist
Author: Stuart MurrayPublisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN: 0836199847
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Click here to read the introduction to The Naked Anabaptist. In churches and kitchens and neighborhood centers across the world, communities of Jesus-followers are crafting a vision of radical service, simple living, and commitment to peace. Many are finding a home in a Christian tradition almost five centuries old: Anabaptism. Who are the Anabaptists? What do they believe? Where did they come from? What makes them different from other Christians? And can you become an Anabaptist without leaving your own church? Follow Stuart Murray as he peels back the layers to reveal the core convictions of Anabaptist Christianity, a way of following Jesus that challenges, disturbs, and inspires. Glimpse an alternative to nationalistic, materialistic, individualistic Christian faith. If you are seeking a community of authentic discipleship, heartfelt worship, sacrificial service, and radical peacemaking, consider this your invitation. This new edition features: Voices and stories from North America and the global church. Updated and expanded definition and discussion of Christendom. Updated resource section. Free downloadable study guide available here.
When You Reach Me
Author: Rebecca SteadPublisher: Wendy Lamb Books
ISBN: 0375892699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review
The Last Weynfeldt
Author: Martin SuterPublisher: Bedford Square Publishers
ISBN: 0857301012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A well-to-do bachelor, who sees no more promise in love. A beautiful young woman with a mysterious past. A picture and its price. An auction, which causes an uproar in the art community - and a few who come up short in their desire for the big money. Adrian Weynfeldt, mid-fifties, bachelor, upper middle class, art expert at an international auction house, lives in an expansive apartment in the city centre. He is done with love. Until one day a younger woman persuades him - against his customary practice - to take her home with him. The next morning, she is holding on to the balcony... and threatening to jump. Adrian is able to dissuade her, but from now on she makes him responsible for her life. Weynfeldt's settled life becomes untracked - until he finally realizes that nothing is the way it appears.
