DescriptionMarianne Williamson lectures throughout the world on A Course in Miracles, a self-study system of spiritual psychotherapy contained in three books. She teaches the basic principles of the Course and discusses their application to daily life. On Being in Light, Marianne encourages you to get in touch with your inner self by developing a profound understanding of concepts such as self-forgiveness, self-esteem, your authentic nature, vulnerability, spiritual enlightenment, and much more.
DescriptionLottery winner Cleo is living her dream, running a bookshop in the sleepy village of Kilrowan with her painter husband, Pablo. Bestselling author Pixie Pirelli is a media consultant's delight, but her big smile masks a terrible hurt. City girl Hazel MacNamara has a list of celebrities with ex-directory, top secret phone numbers in her organizer. Which of these luminaries will dazzle obligingly and make the Kilrowan Arts Festival the must-attend event of the Irish social calendar?
DescriptionGoon but not forgotten. From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. GO ON and savour some of the special guests as Dick Emery, Kenneth Connor, Graham Stark, and George Chisholm get in on the Goonery. Follow their fortunes as they trace the dreaded Spon, go bagpiping playing in the South Pole, march off to war ("Name your weapon", "I name my weapon Basil"), and attempt to find a cure for Neddie's poverty stricken wallet. Yes, folks, it's the all-leather Goon Show, another quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellars, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and friends. They've found an apple. Their search is no longer fruitless.
DescriptionIn the still shadows of the confessional, the penitent kneels and makes a bone-chilling disclosure: "Bless me father, for I will sin..." Tauntingly, the man describes his murderous past - how he stalked his victim, worked his way into her life, and then took that life in a violent rage - and his plan to kill again. Only this time, he reveals the name of his next intended victim. "I'm a heartbreaker. And I do so love a challenge..." Agent Nick Buchanan has come face-to-face with society's worst monsters in his work for the FBI. Nick can't refuse this case - for the threat hits close to home. The intended victim is his best friend's sister Laurant. Soon he is caught up in an intricate chase with one of the most devious psychopaths of his career. As an electrifying attraction grows between Laurent and Nick, so does the danger - and one false move will cost both of them everything that matters.
DescriptionIn terms of style, wit, and irony, there is no comparison between Peyton Place and Joe Goffman's Bush Falls . But both books stripped away the facade of small-town propriety to reveal the private, indecorous, and unseemly doings underneath. Joe Goffman was fifteen years out from his sleepy hometown when he wrote Bush Falls, a searing critique of its people and institutions. The book was a runaway best seller, and led to an even more successful movie. Now, however, Joe's got a problem. His father has suffered a stroke, and that means that Joe has to go back to his birthplace after having successfully antagonized every person living there. Can Joe survive the reservoirs of hatred that have been waiting to pour down upon him? Just maybe.
DescriptionWhat could be easier than preventing a servant girl from marrying a prince, especially for 3 clever witches? But Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick face more than they bargained for when they journey to the distant city of Genua. For one thing, their power is limited to Mrs. Gogol's weak voodoo spells, a one-eyed cat, and a second-hand magic wand that only works on pumpkins. Furthermore, the Godmother has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse. Do servant girls have to marry the prince? Is that what life's all about? Browse more novels of Discworld.
