Allen & Unwin China Rich Girlfriend Кван Кевин

«Нигде в мире вы не найдете таких богатых людей, как китайцы», — писал средневековый арабский путешественник Ибн Баттута; эту фразу Кевин Кван использовал как эпиграф к своему международному бестселлеру • Итак, познакомьтесь с Рейчел Чу; она американка китайского происхождения, молодой профессор экономики в нью-йоркском университете и специалист по теории игр. Однажды ее бойфренд Ник, тоже университетский преподаватель, родом из Сингапура, зовет ее провести лето в Азии — составить ему компанию в поездке на свадьбу его лучшего друга Колина. Рейчел почти ничего не знает про его семью (как и его семья — про Рейчел), и только в самой поездке выясняет, что они безумно богаты, а Ник — один из самых завидных азиатских женихов… • "Безумно богатые азиаты" - совершенно необычный роман Кевина Квана, который расскажет о разнице между богатыми и безумно богатыми людьми и проблемах, с которыми они сталкиваются

Когда Рэйчел Чу соглашается провести лето в Сингапуре со своим бойфрендом Николасом Янгом, она представляет себе скромный семейный дом и время, проведенное с мужчиной, за которого она, возможно, однажды выйдет замуж • Чего она не знает, так это того, что дом семьи Ника выглядит как дворец, что она будет летать на частных самолетах чаще, чем на автомобилях, и что она вот-вот столкнется с самой странной, сумасшедшей группой людей на свете • Шумный, захватывающий и наполненный потрясающей роскошью "Безумно богатые азиаты" Кевина Квана - это взгляд изнутри на азиатский джет–сет; идеальное изображение столкновения между старыми и новыми деньгами - и потрясающий роман о том, что значит быть молодым, влюбленным и великолепно, безумно богатым • Книга на английском языке

Знакомьтесь, Гогарти: сварливая бабушка Милли (склонная к клиптомании и фанатка безрассудного вождения); ожесточенный забитый пасынок Кевин (бывший журналист, кого вечно сажали под домашний арест, доходит из-за этого его до грани); и обычно капризная, недовольная дочь-подросток Эйдин • Когда бабушку снова арестовывают за кражу в магазине, бунтарство Эйдин переходит на новый уровень, а Кевин все никак не может найти работу, он понимает, что ему нужно что-то с этим делать. Когда его матери наняли сиделку на дом, его дочь отправили в школу-интернат, чтобы она сосредоточилась на учебе, а у Кевина было больше времени, чтобы возобновить поиски работы. Наверняка все будет хорошо. Но по мере того, как история разворачивается – и в жизни всех лучших семей – ничего не идет по плану, и по мере того, как спокойствие начинает превращаться в хаос, мы отправляемся в веселую поездку на американских горках, на которую можно взглягкть с разных точек зрения, которая настолько же интересна, насколько и надумана

The extraordinarily rich, dark, panoramic tale of an orphaned boy’s quest for truth and then for vengeance as war rages across 17th-century Europe • Amidst the chaos of the Thirty Years’ War, Jack Fiskardo embarks upon a quest that will carry him inexorably from France to Amsterdam and then onto the battlefields of Germany. As he grows to manhood will he be able to unravel the mystery of his father’s death? Or will his father’s killers find him first? • The Silver Wolf is a tale of secrets and treachery and the relentlessness of fate – but it is also a story of courage and compassion, of love and loyalty and ultimately of salvation too • Book One of Fiskardo’s War marks the start of a series of unforgettable, epic historical fiction for readers of Ken Follett and Kate Mosse

Just before her twenty-seventh birthday, Jazzy hatches a plan. Before the year is out, she and her best girlfriends will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh – Western expat – husbands, with Chanel babies to follow • As Jazzy – razor-sharp and vulgar, yet vulnerable – fervently pursues her quest to find a white husband, the contentious gender politics and class tensions thrumming beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore’s glamorous nightclubs are revealed. Desperate to move up in Asia’s financial and international capital, will Jazzy and her friends succeed? • Vividly told in Singlish – colourful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang – Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of a young, striving woman caught between worlds

A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe – their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?

Busting the Diabetes Myth provides an effective and evidence-based approach to guide people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes towards a healthier future. Focusing on the lifestyle changes that help reverse the diabetes disease process, the book will be an invaluable source of hope and inspiration for the millions of people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes around the world • Drawing upon Dr Cavan’s extensive research into diabetes management and his professional experience, Busting the Diabetes Myth reveals the latest scientific evidence behind his innovative approach in helping people reverse their diabetes, providing specific advice for people with prediabetes as well as those with type 2 diabetes. Explaining in easy-to-understand terms how today’s lifestyles are driving millions of people into prediabetes and then on to developing type 2 diabetes, the author then describes the changes we can make to halt the process in its tracks, and help people turn around their health to look forward to a future free from diabetes

An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he would become • A powerful account of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is also a vivid and evocative rendering of a time and place, from the fast-running dark rivers and ghost gums of country-town Australia to the torn wallpaper, sticky carpet and manic energy of the nascent punk scene which hit staid 1970s Melbourne like an atom bomb • Boy on Fire is a stunning biographical achievement

A unique and compelling exploration of why humans need animal companions – from dogs and cats to horses, birds and reptiles – as seen through the eyes of bestselling author Jacky Colliss Harvey • In The Animal’s Companion, the acclaimed author of Red: A Natural History of the Redhead explores the human desire to share our everyday life with pets, a history that can be traced back to a cave in France where evidence has been unearthed of a boy and his dog taking a walk together, some 26,000 years ago • From those preserved foot and paw prints, Colliss Harvey draws on literary, artistic and archaeological artefacts to sweep readers through centuries and across continents to examine how our relationships with our pets have developed, but also stayed very much the same

For more than 25 years Noriko Morishita has studied and practised the intricate rules of the famous Japanese Tea Ceremony, trying to master its complexities in order to find inner peace. In this vivid account of her experience of the universal trials and triumphs of adulthood, Morishita connects the core tenets of this ancient art with leading a fulfilling life, showing how we too may use mindfulness to achieve happiness

One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha’s Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the 1960s. They couldn’t have been more different then, or even today – Lincoln’s a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher and Mickey an ageing musician. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since 1971: the disappearance of their friend Jacy. Now, decades later, the distant past interrupts the present as the truth about what happened to Jacy finally emerges, forcing the men to reconsider everything they thought they knew about each other • Shot through with Russo’s trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are also introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader’s heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga of how friendship’s bonds are every bit as constricting and rewarding as those of family

When is it wise to be a fool for something? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber’s dazzling connected stories tackle this question head-on • Vera, the shy, anarchist daughter of missionary parents, leaves her family for love and activism in New York. A generation later, her doubting daughter insists on the truth of being of two minds, even in marriage. The adulterous son of a Florida hotel owner steals money from his family and departs for Paris, where he finds himself outsmarted in turn. Fools ponders the circle of winners and losers, dupers and duped, and the price we pay for our beliefs, offering readers an unforgettable look at work, faith, love and the eternal quest for personal integrity