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Graeme Simsion

    January 1, 1956

    Graeme Simsion brings a unique analytical perspective to fiction, transitioning from a career in IT consulting. His novels delve into the complexities of human relationships and the search for meaning, often infused with humor and unexpected twists. Through his characters, he explores themes of love, self-discovery, and societal expectations. Simsion's writing style is both meticulous and playful, offering readers engaging and thought-provoking narratives.

    Graeme Simsion
    The Rosie Effect
    The Good Luck of Right Now
    Two Steps Forward
    Data Modeling Essentials
    The Rosie Project
    The Rosie Result
    • Until ten years ago, geneticist Don Tillman had never had a second date. Then he developed The Wife Project and met Rosie, 'the world's most incompatible woman'. Now, having survived 3,653 days of marriage, Don's life-contentment graph, recently at its highest point, is curving downwards. Don and Rosie's ten-year-old son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn't fitting in with the other kids. Rosie is battling Judas at work, and Don is in hot water after the Genetics Lecture Outrage. For Don, learning to be a good parent as well as a good partner will require the help of friends old and new. It will mean letting Hudson make his way in the world, and grappling with difficult truths about his own identity. It will also mean opening a cocktail bar.

      The Rosie Result
      4.1
    • The Rosie Project

      • 295 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Don Tillman, a socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father.

      The Rosie Project
      4.0
    • Data Modeling Essentials

      • 550 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      This book is generally considered to be one of the best practical guides to data modeling and is commonly praised for its clarity and usefulness. Although it is a practitioner's guide, it garnered healthy classroom adoptions in the US and Australia. For the 3rd ed the authors have added a substantial online component including UML versions of all the diagrams, extra examples, course notes, questions, and solutions. Also, Graeme Simsion is a highly regarded member of the data management community, both in academia and industry. He won the 2002 DAMA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2003 International Achievement Award. (Midwest).

      Data Modeling Essentials
      3.8
    • Two Steps Forward

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The internationally bestselling novel from the author of The Rosie Result - two misfits walk 2,000 km along the Camino to find themselves and, perhaps, each other.

      Two Steps Forward
      3.7
    • The Good Luck of Right Now

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Bartholomew, at thirty-nine and recently orphaned, struggles with independence after his mother's death. He writes letters to his mother's idol, Richard Gere, seeking guidance while exploring themes of philosophy, friendship, alien abduction, and the complexities of women.

      The Good Luck of Right Now
      3.6
    • The Rosie Effect

      • 424 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back. If you were swept away by Graeme Simsion's international smash hit The Rosie Project, you will love The Rosie Effect. The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge. Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. As Don tries to schedule time for pregnancy research, getting Gene and Claudia back together, servicing the industrial refrigeration unit that occupies half his apartment, helping Dave the Baseball Fan save his business and staying on the right side of Lydia the social worker, he almost misses the biggest problem of all: he might lose Rosie when she needs him most. Get ready for The Rosie Effect, the new hilarious and heart-wrenching romantic comedy of the year.

      The Rosie Effect
      3.6
    • A novel about love, music and coming to terms with the past, from the author of the international bestseller The Rosie Project that has now sold over three million copies worldwide. On the cusp of fifty, Adam Sharp has a loyal partner, earns a good income as an IT contractor and is the music-trivia expert at quiz nights. It’s the lifestyle he wanted, but something’s missing. Two decades ago, on the other side of the world, his part-time piano playing led him into a passionate relationship with Angelina Brown, who’d abandoned law studies to pursue her acting dream. She gave Adam a chance to make it something more than an affair—but he didn’t take it. And now he can’t shake off his nostalgia for what might have been. Then, out of nowhere, Angelina gets in touch. What does she want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously? How far will he go for a second chance?

      The Best of Adam Sharp
      3.3
    • A Rosie projekt

      • 398 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Don egy genetika professzor a Melbourne-i Egyetemen, aki nemrég egy hihetetlen felfedezést tett: a házas férfiak átlagosan boldogabbak, mint a szinglik, és tovább élnek! Ezért úgy döntött, tudósként, hogy egy problémát – azt, hogy nincs párja, és sosem sikerült találni egyet – egy projektté alakít: a Feleség Projektet. Egyszerű: csupán egy tizenhat oldalas kérdőív szükséges, hogy kizárja az összes rossz jelöltet, és végre megtalálja a tökéletes nőt, aki megfelel a szigorú kritériumoknak: nem szabad dohányoznia vagy innia, és sosem érkezhet késve vagy korán. A Feleség Projekten keresztül Don felfedezi, hogy a fülcimpák hossza nem megbízható mutatója a szexuális vonzalomnak. Rájön, hogy van oka annak, hogy sosem volt második randija egy nővel. Hogy egy sárga fényvisszaverő sportzakó, bár „zakónak” hívják, nem megfelelő egy elegáns étterembe. És rájön, hogy hiába a rendkívül tudományos megközelítés a problémához, nem így található meg a szerelem. Mert a szerelem talál meg téged.

      A Rosie projekt
      4.2
    • Der unterhaltsame Pilgerweg-Roman durch Italien von Bestseller-Autor Graeme Simsion (»Das Rosie-Projekt«) Als Zoes gute Freundin Camille sie bittet, mit ihr aufzubrechen und den Franziskus-Weg bis nach Rom zu wandern, stimmt sie spontan zu. Der Pilgerweg, die skurrilen Herbergen, der Muskelkater unter Zypressen - all das ist ein Abenteuer. Besonders, als Zoe dabei Martin begegnet, dem Mann, mit dem sie schon einmal von einem gemeinsamen Leben geträumt hatte. Eröffnet dieser Weg durch Italien eine zweite Chance für die beiden? Ein Roman übers Aufbrechen und Ankommen und darüber, was uns im Leben und in der Liebe wirklich wichtig ist. »Bewegend, mit sanftem Witz.« New Daily, Melbourne Bestseller-Autor Graeme Simsion (»Das Rosie-Projekt«) und seine Frau, Psychologin und Autorin Anne Buist, haben »Schritt für Schritt zum Glück« gemeinsam geschrieben, jeder aus seiner Perspektive, wie bei ihrem Jakobsweg-Roman »Zum Glück gibt es Umwege«. Beide kennen den Franziskusweg aus eigener Wandererfahrung.

      Schritt für Schritt zum Glück
    • Hrdinou thrilleru Michaela koryty Kdo chce moji smrt je třináctiletý chlapec, který se stal nepohodlným svědkem vraždy a stojí před nutností ukrývání pod novou identitou.¨ Projekt manželka Graema Simsiona je humoristický román o svérázném profesorovi genetiky, který má problémy s navazováním vztahů se ženami a proto si vymyslí dotazník, na jehož základě by si vybral životní partnerku. Ve válečném románu Smrt nebo slávu vypravuje Michael Asher příběh seržanta britské armády za 2 světové války, který na africké frontě plní náročnou záchrannou misi. Poklidnější atmosféru nabízí Sarah Addison Allenová ve Ztraceném jezeru, jehož životem zklamaná hrdinka hledá útočiště v idylické přírodní scenerii svého mládí.

      Nejlepší světové čtení : Kdo chce mojí smrt. Projekt manželka. Smrt nebo slávu. Ztracené jezero
      5.0