In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia\'s most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers,

Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married\'. Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddy\'s marrying - because although she\'s his girlfriend, she definitely isn\'t the bride-to-be. Heartbroken, she flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lola\'s retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes? Not if journalist Grace has anything to do

This is the story of how we grow old -- how we give up the dreams of youth for something better -- and how many chances we have to get it right. George Bailey has been given the gift we all dream of -- the chance to live his life again. After suffering a heart attack at the age of 42, George is given the heart of a 19-year-old -- and suddenly everything changes...He is a friend to his teenage son and

Change your job to change your life You no longer need to work nine-to-five in a big company to pay the mortgage, send your kids to school and afford that yearly holiday. You can quit the rat race and start up on your own - and you don\'t need an MBA or a huge investment to do it. The $100 Startup is your manual to a new way of living. Learn how to: - Earn a good living on your own terms, when and

As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records life on the road in prose of pure poetry. Standing on the engine of a train as it rushes past fields of prickly cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico while high on opium; meditating on a sunlit roof in Tangiers or falling in love with Montmartre - Kerouac reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own particular

An entirely new kind of biography, \"Oscar\'s Books\" explores the personality of Oscar Wilde through his reading. For Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He referred to the volumes that radically altered his vision of the world as his \'golden books\'; he gave books as gifts - often as part of his seduction campaigns of young

Italian car design engenders a unique sense of passion in drivers and car enthusiasts everywhere. Its great names - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lancia, Maserati - are associated with some of the most charismatic and exciting cars ever made and resonate the world over. This lavishly illustrated book brings together more than fifty-five of the most important Italian cars designed from 1907 to the

Rossamund has always dreamed of a career in the Navy, fighting tentacled monsters and rescuing damsels from hook-handed pirates. But fate has chosen him for a different path. He is being sent to train as a Lamplighter - to bring light to the inland roads of the Half-Continent, to shine the way for travellers through lands peopled by outcasts, monsters and worse. But for Rossamund to begin his education,

An extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry

All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn\'t touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have

Anger is good. It is an energy that compels us to define what is right and wrong.\" - Mahatma Gandhi, to his grandson, Arun This major new work of non-fiction illuminates ten vital, extraordinary life lessons taught to Arun Gandhi by his beloved grandfather. Told through the author\'s moving, often irreverent story of his years being raised at the iconic Sevagram ashram, Arun\'s charming memories of

This is an anthology of the best stories written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald - including \"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button\", \"Bernice Bobs Her Hair\" and \"A Diamond As Big As The Ritz\".

Craving an adventure to wake them from their lethargic Mexican holiday before they return home, four friends set off in search of one of their own who has travelled to the interior to investigate an archaeological dig in the Mayan ruins. After a long journey into the jungle, the group come across a partly camouflaged trail and a captivating hillside covered with red flowers. Lured by these, the group

Architecture is commonly defined as the art of designing and constructing buildings or space for mankind to use, being considered an art from the moment a certain aesthetic is sought. The principles of mathematics are used to create functional stru ctures, the right proportions to relate all parts of the building and attain a pleasing appearance. Polygons, triangle, rectangles, circles

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper\'s true identity, Audrey Rose has no choice but to flee London and its memories. She journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe\'s best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend. But her life\'s dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries

This is Susie Salmon, speaking to us from heaven. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. There are counsellors to help newcomers to adjust, and friends to room with. Everything shewants appears as soon as she th inks of it - except the thing she wantsmost: to be back with the people she loved on Earth. From heaven, Susie watches. She sees her happy suburban family

AN OBSERVER \'NEW FACE OF FICTION 2018\' This is a story of something like survival. Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey map from the school library. She bought a compass, a Bear Grylls knife, waterproofs and a first aid kit from Amazon using stolen credit cards. She read the SAS Survival Handbook and watched loads of YouTube videos. And now Sal knows a lot

Diese Erzählungen spielen mit dem fabelhaft Wunderbaren und dem himmlisch Märchenhaften, mit unseren Leserphantasien. In den kunstvoll knappen Geschichten bricht das Unwirkliche und das Unerhörte in scheinbar festgefügten Ordnungen ein und enthüllt Groteskes und Skurriles.

This is an Elementary Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words, Beginner Level (600 basic words), Elementary Level (1100), Intermediate Level (1600), and

Today s design professionals are faced with challenges on all fronts. They need not only to keep in step with rapid technological changes and the current revolution in design and construction processes, but to lead the industry.