Филдинг, Хелен Бриджит Джонс. На грани безумия = Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Каждая женщина - немного Бриджит, даже если она в этом не признаётся. Продолжение приключений непотопляемой оптимистки Бриджит Джонс – это роман, в котором многие женщины могут узнать себя, а многие мужчины почерпнут бесценные сведения о загадочной душе, хитростях и слабостях прекрасной половины человечества

Вы никогда не позволяли себе съесть третье пирожное, или выпить лишнего без повода? Вы никогда не забывали забрать детей из школы? Вы не обещали себе, что с понедельника бросите курить и начнете делать зарядку? Никогда не выглядели глупо и нелепо? И не писали в Твиттер о свидании, хотя оно еще не закончилось? Нет? Тогда эта книга не для вас. Хелен Филдинг продолжает историю трогательной Бриджит Джонс. Дневник Бриджит – для таких бедовых и неутомимых искательниц счастья, как она сама. В погоне за счастьем на помощь ей приходят подруги и сайты знакомств, но настоящая любовь ждет Бриджит совершенно в другом месте

Вы никогда не позволяли себе съесть третье пирожное, или выпить лишнего? Вы никогда не забывали забрать детей из школы? Вы не обещали себе, что с понедельника бросите курить и начнете делать зарядку? Никогда не выглядели глупо и нелепо? И не писали в Твиттер о свидании, хотя оно еще не закончилось? Нет? Тогда эта книга не для вас. Хелен Филдинг продолжает историю трогательной Бриджит Джонс. Дневник Бриджит – для таких бедовых и неутомимых искательниц счастья, как она сама. В погоне за счастьем на помощь ей приходят подруги и сайты знакомств, но настоящая любовь ждет Бриджит совершенно в другом месте

“One in ten trees comes up sweet…” • In the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain. Hot-headed Sadie and buttoned-up James are a poor match, and Robert and his sister Martha can only watch helplessly as their parents tear each other apart. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, to seek his fortune among the mighty redwoods and sequoias of Gold Rush California. But even across a continent, he can feel the pull of family loyalties…

Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the course of her first year, she is welcomed into the rhythms and routines that characterise life at the edge of the world • When faced with personal loss, Catherine finds comfort and connection in the shared lives of the people, animals and wild landscapes of Shetland. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is a heartfelt love letter to the beauty and resilience of these magical ponies and their native land. This is a stunning book on community, hope and finding home

Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercy's remarkable novel will speak to a new generation of readers • Connie Ramos has been unjustly incarcerated in a mental institution with no hope of release. The authorities view her as a danger to herself and to others. Her family has given up on her • But Connie has a secret - a way to escape the confines of her cell. She can see the future • For fans of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic

X knows only obedience – has only seen hatred. Until one bright soul pierces the darkness • Zoe rages against a world turning to ice. Her father's body lies unrecovered in the wilderness and no one seems to care • X and Zoe were never meant to meet. But when their worlds collide, they dare to love ... They stand on the edge of everything – and risk it all

The farm sits with its back towards the Atlantic; a long stretch of granite, hunkering down. For over 300 years it has stood here, steeped in the history and secrets of one family. A farm at the very edge of the world • 1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer's daughter, Maggie, and against fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever, enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war • But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to atone for her behaviour - but has she left it too late? • 2014, and Maggie's granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldn't wait to leave thirteen years earlier, marriage over; career apparently ended thanks to one terrible mistake

Marathons are no longer enough • Pain is to be relished, not avoided • Hallucinations are normal • Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? • Adharanand Finn travelled to the heart of the sport to find out – and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His journey took him from the deserts of Oman to the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies, and on to his ultimate goal, the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc • The Rise of the Ultra Runners is the electrifying, inspirational account of what he learned along the way. Through encounters with the sport’s many colourful characters and his experiences of its soaring highs and crushing lows, Finn offers an unforgettable insight into what can be found at the boundaries of human endeavour

Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post – and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author’s previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century

Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover • Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic childhood far from home have left her struggling for her way in life • Bea, Charlie’s eccentric grandmother, who is convinced a reunion with her estranged mother will help Charlie heal • Lizbeth, a Texas widow who has never strayed too far from home. She is on a daunting journey into the unknown, searching for the grandchild she never knew existed • And Senzey, a young Haitian mother dealing with a lifetime of love and loss, who shows them the true meaning of bravery • Together they venture through the teeming, colorful streets of Port-au-Prince, into the worlds of do-gooders doing more harm than good, Vodou practitioners, artists, activists, and everyday Haitian men and women determined to survive against all odds

No one else knows what happened that summer. Or so she believes • Grace first came to France a lifetime ago. Young and full of dreams of adventure, she met two very different men • She fell under the spell of one. The other fell under hers • Until one summer night shattered everything • Now, Grace is living an idyllic life with her husband, sheltered from the world in a magnificent Provencal villa, perched atop a windswept cliff • Every day she looks out over the sea - the only witness to that fateful night years ago • Until a stranger arrives at the house. A stranger who knows everything, and won't leave until he gets what he wants • The past and present spectacularly collide in this gripping story of love and betrayal echoing across the decades