For the four girls who remain at the palace, the friendships they've formed, rivalries they've struggled with and dangers they've faced have bound them to each other for the rest of their lives. Now, the time has come for one winner to be chosen. America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown - or to Prince Maxon's heart. But as the competition approaches its end and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realises just how much she stands to lose - and how hard she'll have to fight for the future she wants.
Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illéa's royal family into a whole new Selection—and find out what happens after happily ever after. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought. A new generation of swoonworthy characters and captivating romance awaits in the fourth book of the Selection series!
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself--and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
A very funny romantic novel (... and no. 1 ebook bestseller) Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other again following a school reunion. So all is forgotten ... until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy's baby. Love and life are messy, but Katy and Matthew take things to a whole new level as deep emotions begin to resurface and hormones run riot. Never has a one-night-stand led to such chaos!
Dress code se dnes již nepovažuje za omezení tvořivosti a individuality, nicméně k pochopení pravidel oblékání je stále zásadní, a to i v případě, že se je snažíme překročit.
Tato kniha obsahuje souhrn klasických pravidel pánského oblékání upravených podle moderního vkusu a zároveň slouží jako záchytný bod pro docela nové a originální styly oblékání, jimiž muži každodenně usilují o pohodlí a eleganci.
Text, jehož autorem je věhlasný italský odborník v oblasti současné módy Giuseppe Ceccarelli a který doprovází řada kvalitních fotografií, obsahuje mnoho svědectví a zkušeností skutečných přívrženců pánského oblékání, od generálních ředitelů přes úředníky a dělníky až po umělce a dandyovské šviháky.
Zjistíme tak například, jakým způsobem tyto osobnosti přetvořily smoking, aniž by porušily jeho tradici, anebo jaký převrat zapříčinily úpravou obleku „formal attire“. Dozvíme se rovněž, že „zvláštní příležitostí“ k oblékání může být i nová pracovní pozice či změna životního stylu. Někteří muži vytvářejí svůj styl přirozeně a spontánně, pro jiné jde o pečlivé budování vlastní image.
Tato příručka vám postupně odhalí smysl jednotlivých pánských dress codů a krok za krokem vás provede jejich současnými proměnami.
Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-In-Law
Arriving in Naples as a naive young intern at the American Consulate, Katherine is set up on a blind date - at least that's what she's expecting. Instead, Salvatore brings her home to eat pizza with his family. But this is no ordinary pizza, and the woman who makes it is no ordinary woman. Katherine and Salve do end up dating - and marrying - but it's Salvatore's mother who truly initiates Katherine into Italian society, offering her a culinary and cultural education that marks the beginning of her womanhood. Along the way, Katherine dabbles in dubbing porn, learns to cook an octopus, and fends off frisky Italian suitors. Most importantly, she acquires carnale, the quintessentially Neapolitan sense of living with comfort and confidence in one's body. Only in Naples recalls the rich and wry culinary writing of Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking and the charmingly eccentric family portraits of Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened.
"A sassy, sexy novella from NYT bestselling author Alice Clayton, which is a delightful addition to the Cocktail Series, reuniting readers with Caroline and Simon"--
The cafe is boiling. The atmosphere is clouded with bittersweet coffee. Three years of desire rip through my body and burst from my lips: Josh His head jolts up. For a long time, a very long time, he just stares at me. And then...he blinks. Isla? Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on brooding artist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And, after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer break, romance might be closer than Isla imagined. But as they begin their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forced to face uncertainty about their futures, and the very real possibility of being apart. Set against the stunning backdrops of New York, Paris and Barcelona, this is a gorgeous, heart-wrenching and irresistible story of true love, and the perfect conclusion to Stephanie Perkins's beloved series."
"This is the last book in New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton's Cocktail series of sexy romances, which began with WALLBANGER and continued with RUSTY NAILED and SCREWDRIVERED"--