David Nicholls is een Britse auteur wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en maatschappelijke dynamiek met een scherp oog. Hij combineert meesterlijk humor met een diep begrip van karakterpsychologie, en creëert verhalen die zowel onderhoudend als tot nadenken stemmend zijn. Zijn kenmerkende stijl wordt gekenmerkt door gevoelige observatie en het vermogen om de nuances van het moderne leven met empathie en intelligentie te vangen.
Zijn naam is Brian Jackson. Hij is jong en gaat studeren. Gewapend met het bruine ribfluwelen jasje van zijn overleden vader en het boek Toveren met gehakt, dat hij van zijn moeder heeft gekregen, vertrekt Brian naar de universiteit. Het is 1985. Dansend op 'Sex Machine' van James Brown, waarbij hij verleidelijk op zijn onderlip bijt, lukt het Brian een rijk meisje te versieren. Hij mag zelfs bij Alice thuiskomen, waar hij wanhopig probeert al zijn tekortkomingen te verbergen. Vol trots kwalificeert Brian zich voor deelname aan de populaire tv-quiz 'University Challenge'. Maar in de nacht voor de opname gaat Alice vreemd. Brian is woest. De volgende dag - met een dikke kater - maakt hij ruzie, krijgt klappen en raak in heftige gewetensnood wanneer hij zo maar de antwoorden op alle quizvragen in handen krijgt.
Written by AQA examiners, this is a revised and updated edition of Collins
Student Support Materials for AQA AS Chemistry. It fully supports the new 2008
AQA Chemistry specification for Unit 1. All the knowledge you need is
summarised so you can use it as a study guide or revision guide to ensure
success in your exam.
This A–Z biographical sourcebook provides information about the life and times of Adolf Hitler, along with insight into the political movement and world conflict he created.The Hitler regime warns us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality. This illustrated A–Z biographical companion provides easily accessible information about the key events in Hitler's life, his most important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult, racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader.Adolf Hitler also includes an introduction, a chronology, maps, primary source documents, a general bibliography, and index.
Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of her rotten, selfish ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of ten-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future... if they can survive the journey.
This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.
"David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date. and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe--from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafe's of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona--to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?"-- Provided by publisher
Exploring the complexities of marriage and family dynamics, this novel blends humor with insightful observations. It delves into the challenges that threaten to unravel relationships, showcasing the resilience and vulnerabilities of its characters. David Nicholls skillfully captures the essence of love and commitment, making readers reflect on what truly binds people together amidst life's trials.
'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.' He smiled without opening his eyes. 'Go on then.' 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. From the author of the massive bestseller STARTER FOR TEN.
The new Sunday Times bestseller from David Nicholls - 'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer
