Penguin Let Me Tell You Jackson Shirley

За свою длительную карьеру Дидион написала большое количество эссе на самые разные темы. В них она освещала все – прессу, политику, положение женщин в обществе, писательство и неуверенность в себе и многое другое • Let Me Tell You What I Mean – это двенадцать ранних работ Джоан Дидион, которые позволяют взглянуть на мир глазами писательницы • Книга на английском языке • Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion • Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart

Прованс, май 1889 года. У подножия гор, среди пшеничных полей, трав и оливковых деревьев стоит старый монастырь, который служит больницей для душевнобольных. Уже многие годы люди с хрупким рассудком приходят сюда, чтобы жить тихой жизнью за высокими стенами под палящим солнцем • Пересуды о новом обитателе этого приюта - его диком характере, его живописи и рыжих волосах - вскоре доходят до жены руководителя больницы. Жанна Трабюк смотрит на него из своего маленького белого домика. Наблюдает за тем, как он выставляет свой мольберт среди деревьев, ирисов и пшеничных полей и предаётся искусству • Жанна знает правила, она знает, что приближаться к пациентам нельзя. Но этот пахнущий краской, грязный, беспокойный и такой яркий мужчина определённо заслуживает внимания

Ширли Джексон была не только мастером жуткого, но и безупречным летописцем повседневной семейной жизни. В "Жизни среди дикарей", ее едко-смешном рассказе о воспитании своих детей в ветхом доме в Вермонте, она имеет дело с крысами в подвале, плохо себя ведущими воображаемыми друзьями, забывчивым мужем и постоянно вторгающимся домашним хаосом, все это описано с остроумием, теплотой и большим количеством острот • Книга на английском языке • A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery • 'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children' • As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life

Рост модели на фото — 183 см, размер изделия — M Технические характеристики Хлопчатобумажная джерси Уютный классический крой Округлый вырез воротника Графический принт спереди

Рост модели на фото — 183 см, размер изделия — M Технические характеристики Полусинтетика из хлопка и полиэстера Уютный классический крой Округлый вырез воротника Принт спереди и сзади

Папка-портфель на двух кнопках. Размер: 31,7*4,6*32,9см. Материал изготовления: пластик

Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton • When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home • Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name • As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma • Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? • Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? • I Can't Begin to Tell You is a beautiful story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places

Луиза Кларк приезжает в Нью-Йорк, готовая начать новую жизнь. И попадает в другой мир, в чужой дом, полный секретов. Радужные мечты разбиваются о жестокую реальность, но Луиза со свойственным ей чувством юмора не унывает. Она твердо знает, что рано или поздно найдет способ обрести себя. А еще обязательно получит ответ на вопрос: кого же она на самом деле любит? • Роман Джождо Мойес "Всё та же я" - яркая увлекательная история, которая никого не оставит равнодушным • Книга на английском языке • The third Lou Clark novel, following the Number One international bestsellers Me Before You and After You • Lou Clark knows too many things • She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London • She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him

You can run away from your life • But you can't run away from murder • When her family tragedy is splashed across the newspapers, Nancy decides to disappear. Her grandmother's beautiful Regency house in a quiet seaside village seems like the safest place to hide. But the old house has its own secrets and a chilling wartime legacy • Now someone knows the truth about the night Nancy's mother and stepfather were murdered. Someone knows where to find her. And they have nothing to lose • So what really happened that night? And how far will she go to keep it hidden?

A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man's world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a film • In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects such as Concorde's black box recorder from the comfort of their own home • Shirley empowered a generation of women in technology, giving them unheard of freedom to choose their own hours and manage their own workloads. The business thrived and Shirley gradually transferred ownership to her staff, creating 70 millionaires in the process • Let It Go explores Shirley's trail blazing career as an entrepreneur but it also charts her incredible personal story - her dramatic arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee during World War Two and the tragic loss of her only child who suffered severely from Autism

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro • First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a 'haunting'; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers - and soon it will choose one of them to make its own

A ground-breaking method for giving effective feedback to peers and employees that will boost performance and motivation • 'Brilliant . . . empowers you to create real behaviour change and lasting trust.' - Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked • Critical feedback, delivered frequently and expertly, can game changing - it can turn average performers into overachievers and stars into superstars. But fear of hurt feelings and awkward conversations often lead managers to hold back from offering crucial insights • In Let's Talk, Dr Therese Huston shows how to deliver feedback effectively and with confidence. Starting with the best ways to approach the performance review process, Huston explains the importance of siding with the other person, stating your good intentions and working out what kind of critique your employees want most - do they want to be appreciated, coached or evaluated? Huston then delves into the six practical tools you need to deliver impactful feedback, including how to take steps to ensure unconscious bias doesn't leak into your appraisal