Maddie Dawson Books

"Marnie MacGraw and Patrick Delaney have been in love for a few years now, enough to realize that they are imperfectly perfect together. Still, there are some things that maybe need a little attention. Marnie's ebullient; he's brooding. She thrives on change; he prefers stability. She sees marriage and parenthood in their future, but he can't see beyond the shadow of an earlier tragedy. Then an eight-year-old surprise from Patrick's past shows up on their doorstep, cartwheeling into their lives and spinning things in all directions. While it's not exactly the change she envisioned, it looks like instant family to Marnie. But Patrick, afraid of being hurt again, retreats further into himself. Suddenly, two very different pieces of a beautiful puzzle find it harder and harder to fit. How can Marnie trust in the magic of the universe when it seems to be doing its best to knock her off her feet?"--Publisher description.

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along. Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer's son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she's been torn between the two. But now that she's been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning. So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees. Who better to spend your life with than your best friend? Maybe the connection they already have is love. Maybe there's no falling to be done. But immediately after they announce their engagement, she encounters someone who makes a very charming and compelling argument for revisiting romance. While her even-keeled stepmother argues for the safety that comes with her new engagement and her mother relays messages from the universe to hold out for true love, Phronsie must look to her own heart to find the answers that have been there all along.

A funny, warmhearted novel about falling in love, falling apart, and pulling it all together again by the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners.After three marriages and a lot of living, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she’s reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who’s been burned by that four-letter word, LOVE, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships.Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT.As Billie’s business goes viral and skyrockets her to sudden fame, her comfortable life turns surreal: her daughter’s marriage begins to fail, and Victor, aka Worst Husband Ever, wants not only to bond with the daughter he left but to win Billie back. Only, he’s got competition: a charming widower might be falling in love with a woman who no longer believes in love.As every romantic notion Billie had pushed away starts pushing back, the Heartbreak Bunny must confront the possibility that, just maybe, love has some tricks left up its sleeve.

The search for happiness turns a woman's life upside down in a warm, quirky, and bighearted novel about the joys and chaos of finding love by the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners. After too many dates, thirtysomething Mimi Perkins is still single, unmoored, and longing for love. So when Ren Yardley--a handsome, divorced fellow drama teacher and single father--falls in love with her and proposes, she's sure this is at last the good news her psychic predicted. Soon after proposing, Ren receives the devastating news that his ex-wife has been in a debilitating car accident, prompting him to temporarily move back into his former home to care for her and his daughters. The unfailingly loyal Ren also wants to keep Mimi close. But as time goes by, it begins to seem that Ren and his estranged family might be slowly reuniting, and Mimi has to figure out what she's willing to fight for and what she needs to let go of. One thing is for sure: she would have never guessed that her psychic was right after all. Life's twists, turns, and disasters just might lead her to unexpected happiness.

Segreti di famiglia, relazioni complicate, svolte sorprendenti: la grande autrice della commedia contemporanea torna con una storia piena di sentimento, intelligenza e ironia. Due donne le cui vite si intrecciano: Nina Popkin ha 35 anni, è stata lasciata dal marito e ha appena perso la madre adottiva, l’unica persona a cui era profondamente legata, quando scopre di essere stata adottata e di avere una sorella, Lindy McIntyre. Ma se Nina Popkin ha una vita tutta da reinventare e considera la rivelazione della madre in punto di morte come un segno del destino per affrontare la propria crisi personale, Lindy McIntyre è una persona di successo, dirige un prestigioso salone di bellezza, ha una bella casa, un marito affascinante e tre bambini dagli irresistibili riccioli biondi. E l’ultima cosa di cui ha bisogno Lindy è che una svitata come Nina faccia irruzione nella sua quiete annunciandole che è sua sorella e tentando di coinvolgerla per rispondere alla domanda più scomoda della loro vita: chi è la donna che le ha messe al mondo per poi sparire senza lasciare traccia?

Annabelle e Grant sono la coppia modello: Grant è l’uomo solido, idealista, buono e fedele che tutte le donne vorrebbero accanto. Certo, ultimamente passa tutto il tempo sul libro che sta scrivendo e dedica al sesso solo il mercoledì mattina. E a volte sembra proprio non accorgersi di niente. Annabelle si sente così sola che un giorno, al reparto surgelati del supermercato, scoppia in un pianto dirotto. Ma, come confesserà alla sua analista, le ragioni di quel pianto hanno radici lontane. Quando tutto era lì, a un passo, anche la travolgente passione per Jeremiah. Una passione mai finita… Una meravigliosa storia d’amore ironica e profonda. Una commedia incantevole e intelligente.

È sabato mattina e Rosie e Jonathan sono a letto in un momento di intimità, quando il telefono inizia a squillare senza tregua. Sul display compare un numero sconosciuto. Ancora non sanno che quella telefonata di per sé insignificante manderà all’aria tutta la loro vita. Più che quarantenni, Rosie e Jonathan sono gli unici fra i loro amici a non aver messo su famiglia e a vivere da eterni fidanzati in un quadrilocale che sembra arredato da due studenti. Impossibile immaginare che a pochi giorni da quel sabato Jonathan si inginocchierà davanti a Rosie chiedendole di sposarlo e seguirlo in California! La prima a storcere il naso di fronte all’improvvisa proposta è l’energica nonna Soapie: sognatrice, anticonformista, irriverente, Soapie ha sempre spronato Rosie a osare nella vita, a coltivare le sue passioni e seguire i suoi desideri. Per questo non capisce cosa spinga la nipote sull’altra sponda dell’ oceano, dietro a un ragazzotto con la passione per le tazzine di porcellana. Ma il destino è sempre pronto a stuzzicarci e quando Rosie sarà messa di fronte a un’altra scelta cruciale, dovrà per forza decidere quale partita giocare. Perché la grande regola della vita è che non è mai troppo tardi per correggere il tiro e la felicità è sempre più vicina di quanto immaginiamo. Basta ricordarselo.

To pierwsza z trzech książek z serii prezentującej z jednej strony metody stosowane w dawnym budownictwie, z drugiej współczesną wiedzę konserwatorską. Jest efektem wieloletniej działalności naukowo-badawczej i doświadczenia zawodowego Profesora Jana Tajchmana – prekursora współczesnych badań naukowych nad technologią, technikami i materiałoznawstwem historycznych budowli. Pierwszy tom dotyczy fundamentów, rusztowań, murów, więźb oraz sklepień. Jest polecany w szczególności studentom kierunków technicznych, architektury, uczelni plastycznych a także badaczom historycznej architektury oraz zawodowym konserwatorom zabytków.

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