Anne of Ingleside
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Originally published in 1939 by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd.






Originally published in 1939 by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd.
If Evie Thomas knows one thing, it's that love doesn't last. When she sees a couple kiss, she gets a vision of their whole relationship, from the moment they first catch each other's eye to the last bitter moments of their break-up. it's more than enough reason for her to keep boys at arm's length. But then, at La Brea Dance Studio, she meets X -- tall, dreadlocked, fascinating. And as they dance around and towards each other, Evie finds herself wondering if, after all, love might just be worth the risk...
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside--and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty--and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her delicious triumphs.
Co může být děsivější než ti druzí? No přece my sami! Když je humor sci-fi… Být z jiné planety (a taky skoro poslední člověk ve vesmíru, na kterém závisí přežití zbytku lidstva) není žádná sranda. Anebo že by přece? Stačí jen přesvědčit obyvatele cizí planety, na které je zakázáno vyvolávat jakékoli emoce včetně smíchu, že lidé jsou naprosto mírumilovní, neškodní a užiteční tvorové a že si zaslouží dostat ještě šanci. I když si svoji vlastní planetu zničili. Přesně tohle dostanou za úkol Lani s rodinou. A nemají na to úplně moc času: týden. Proti nim stojí odhodlaní obyvatelé cizí planety, kteří jenom VYPADAJÍ jako komáři. A rozhodně se nehodlají smát. Ani zvednout koutek. To bude zábava! Vtipné a mrazivě trefné podobenství o nejpalčivějších problémech současnosti: migraci, fake news, mediální manipulaci a šíření nenávisti.
The fifth novel about Anne Shirley, the red-haired girl from Green Gables. Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley, about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe and set up home with him in her 'house of dreams' on the shores of Four Winds Harbor. There are new neighbours to meet and fresh problems to solve. But then tragedy strikes and there's huge heartache for the young couple which takes all of their courage and love to overcome.
Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history unfolds through the lives of remarkable occupants of a significant palace. Upon moving into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, Norman Eisen discovered swastikas hidden beneath the furniture, remnants of the residence's forgotten past and a reminder of how history lingers. This revelation leads to the captivating stories of four individuals who called the palace home, reflecting Europe's upheavals over the past century. Otto Petschek, an optimistic Jewish financial baron, built the palace post-World War I as a testament to his faith in democracy, only to see that faith shattered. Rudolf Toussaint, a cultured German general during World War II, occupied the palace and risked his life to save it and Prague from destruction. Laurence Steinhardt, the first postwar US ambassador, fought to keep the palace from Communist control while striving to liberate the country from Soviet influence. Lastly, Shirley Temple Black witnessed the Soviet suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring and returned as US ambassador in 1989, determined to help end totalitarianism. Intertwining Eisen's mother's experiences, the narrative illustrates how those without power navigated history, ultimately telling the dramatic and cyclical tale of liberal democracy's triumph.
The second book of red-haired Anne Shirley's adventures. Five years after coming to Green Gables, Anne is 'half past sixteen' and about to start teaching at her old school, set on inspiring youthful hearts and minds with ideals and ambitions. But some of her pupils only respond to very different methods. Meanwhile the young orphan Davy and the Avonlea Improvement Society bring their own headaches for a harum-scarum girl trying to grow up.
The dazzling new novel from Nicola Yoon, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won't be my story. Daniel: I've always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store-for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?