eclair jenny listening in
Eclair Jenny Listening In
In this addictive short story collection, twenty-four very different women reach a pivotal moment in their lives. A widow is liberated by a new job, but keeps it secret from her family. A date in suburbia has dramatic results. A seamstress takes revenge on an unsuspecting customer, while in France, a mother is promised 'fantastic news' - and lets her imagination run away with her. With each story, Jenny Eclair introduces a fascinating new character. And behind each woman lies a gripping tale - of betrayal, of love, of hope and defiance. Funny, heart-breaking, inspiring - and packed with wicked one liners - this wonderful collection shows Jenny Eclair's exceptional talent for observation at its very best.
2125 Руб.
Eclair Jenny Inheritance
Beginnings, middles and ends; Peggy, Serena, Natasha and Bel. This is the room that binds them, this is how consequences work . . . In deepest Cornwall, the mansion Kittiwake has seen many pass through its doors since it was bought by American heiress Peggy Carmichael seventy years ago. Over the decades, the keys have been handed down through the family, and now it belongs to Bel's adoptive brother, Lance. It's where he'll be celebrating his fiftieth birthday, and Bel is invited. But Bel barely feels like she's holding it together as it is, and in going back to Kittiwake, she will be returning to the place where it all began - where, following the death of a child, a sequence of events was set in motion, the consequences of which are still rippling down through the generations . . . From Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Eclair comes an utterly compelling new novel of family secrets that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
2230 Руб.
Eclair Jenny Moving
One house. Many secrets. The gripping, heartbreaking new novel by top ten bestseller Jenny Eclair Edwina Spinner has lived in the same house for over fifty years. It used to be a busy, crowded family home but now Edwina lives alone and it has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. The young estate agent who comes to value the house sees potential. Knock down a few walls, add a wet room. 'People like a project.' But as Edwina takes him from room to room, she is transported back to her old life as a young mother. Back to her first husband Ollie and their twins, Charlie and Rowena. Back to lies and dark secrets and to a stepson whose name Edwina cannot even bear to speak aloud. As Edwina's story unravels she is revealed as a complex and intriguing person. Not just the 'frail old lady' trapped in her dated house, but a woman who has lived an extraordinary life, full of love and tragedy. Why is she now so alone? What happened to Edwina's family all those years ago? Moving - Jenny Eclair's fourth novel - reveals a writer at the height of her powers. Gripping, heart-breaking and laced with black humour, it is a novel of family secrets, shocking betrayals and most of all, of home.
2479 Руб.
Eclair Jenny Camberwell Beauty
Welcome to South London, to one of the nicest streets in one of the country's vilest boroughs...For the residents of Lark Grove, events shunt into each other like cars on a fogbound motorway: characters like Anna, a butter-side-up sort of woman; Anna's neighbour Jo, the kind of woman who can ask for a pound of sausages without the butcher smirking; their sons and daughters - Nancy-boy Jed, snivelling Henry, prepubescent Uberbitch Georgina and fat Pandora; Jo's husband Nigel, a terrible one for casual sex; and Anna's husband, 'good old Chris', the worm that turns. Jenny Eclair's debut novel brilliantly dissects the problems of urban living. Camberwell Beauty - come inside, shut the door and smell the coffee. You could almost be in Kensington.
2363 Руб.
Eclair Jenny Having A Lovely Time
Meet the Dobsons and the Jamiesons: two ordinary families on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joe Dobson left his wife and kids when his young girlfriend Nina discovered she was pregnant. Now he feels like a cliche and Nina feels like a drudge, swapping her wild nights out with friends for mild nights in wiping baby sick off the carpet. So when Joe announces that he's booked a week's luxury holiday in Italy, Nina is thrilled - until she realises Joe's kids Saul and Tabitha are coming along for the ride. Meanwhile Guy Jamieson is sure this will be his last family holiday; he plans to leave his wife Alice on his return. Guy is a high-powered advertising director, and Alice - with her elasticated skirts, inedible mince suppers and unshaven legs - just doesn't fit his image. But Alice has a secret plan of her own: to have another baby... Funny, smart and refreshingly honest, Having A Lovely Time is all about infidelity, jealousy, resentment, recriminations and, just occasionally, love.
1973 Руб.
Chinese Listening Course (3rd Edition). Book 3
This book is the listening course book matching Book 3 of Chinese Course (3rd Edition). It can also be used independently as a practice book of elementary listening. As the third book in the series, this book focuses on training students’ discourse and semantic comprehension, and based on which, intensifies the training of pragmatic comprehension. This book contains 30 lessons in total, each consisting of two parts—Listening Comprehension and Extensive Listening. Though the lessons are consistent in format, the listening materials progress from paragraphs to passages, showing an increase in difficulty. Besides, a great number of Chinese cultural elements are integrated in the materials so that students may learn more about Chinese culture while improving their listening comprehension skills.
1448 Руб.
Wilson JJ How to Teach Listening (+CD)
How to Teach Listening provides a practical guide to the theory and the practice of teaching listening in the language classroom. This book discusses key topics such as authenticity, testing and technology. Key Features: - An explanation of the main principles behind listening in the classroom - Practical ideas for conducting an effective listening lesson - Strategies to ensure the long term development of students' listening skills - A task file of photocopiable training activities
10168 Руб.
Eclair Jenny Life, Death and Vanilla Slices
Jean Collins had two daughters. But she only loved one of them. She knew it was wrong, but she just couldn't help herself. Jess was a little sweetheart, everyone said so. Anne was awkward and serious and not much fun, to be frank. But now the years have passed. Jess is missing - run off long ago, no one knows where or why. So when Jean is left in a coma after a road accident, it's Anne who travels back up north to sit at her mother's bedside. And she wonders - why did Jean dash out into the road without looking? What distracted her? And why was she carrying a box of vanilla slices, the cream cakes she only ever bought for extra special occasions? Meanwhile there are secrets waiting for Anne and Jean, back at the old family home. Secrets that were buried a long time ago . . . A brilliantly observed, page-turning family drama from Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Eclair
1220 Руб.
Eclair Jenny The Writing on the Wall
From acclaimed writer and comedian, Jenny Eclair, comes a hilarious and heart-breaking story about a friendship against all odds. Summer 1975: Helena is bored out of her mind - there's absolutely nothing to do and her supposed "best friends" Gwen and Elaine are holidaying in the South of France without her. The only saving grace is that she's allowed to re-decorate her room - bring on the purple floral wallpaper. Summer 2021: New to the north, Hermione's mum has moved her away from London and all her friends to start a new life with new boyfriend Paul, who resembles a slab of meat from the butchers. Just as well she can paint over that hideous wallpaper in her new room. By some miracle, the girls meet. When Hermione discovers Helena's writing under the wallpaper - she's transported back to Summer 1975 and the two instantly hit it off. But after dancing to the juke box at the infamous Blue Monkey cafe, and meeting Helena's multiple crushes, Hermione discovers a truth about Helena's future which suggests she is in great danger... Hermione found the writing on the wall. But can she save Helena?
2133 Руб.
Radcliffe Jenny People Hacker. Confessions of a Burglar for Hire
'From an early age, locked doors, high fences and the secrets kept by businesses, buildings and people, fascinated me. I wanted to find out what they wanted to hide away.' A burglar for hire, con-artist and expert in deception and physical infiltration – Jenny Radcliffe is a professional people hacker. After being schooled in the art of breaking and entering by her family, she became an expert social engineer, doing an insider’s job to exploit the flaws and weaknesses in top-grade security operations. In People Hacker, Jenny reveals how she uses her inimitable blend of psychology, stagecraft and charm to gain access to top-grade private and commercial properties. From the back streets of Liverpool to the City of London's Square Mile, across rooftops, cellars and staircases in Europe to the mansions of gangsters in the Far East, Jenny has risked it all to earn the title ‘People Hacker’. This is Jenny insider’s account of how her working-class upbringing, northern sense of humour and femininity in a male-dominated industry all helped her to become one of the most sought-after social engineers in the world. Told in her trademark colourful style, and packed full of stories of the crazy and dangerous situations she has found herself in along the way, Jenny shines a light on the security mistakes we all make – and how to avoid them.
3112 Руб.
Wood Val The Kitchen Maid
Jenny is determined to make her own way in the world, and she secures a job as the kitchen maid in a grand house in Yorkshire. Gradually, she gains the attention of the young master of the house, and they fall in love.But their hopes and dreams turn to nightmares, culminating in a scandal that will force Jenny to leave behind everything she knows. Cast aside by her own family, Jenny faces many difficulties until an usual promise changes the course of her life. Jenny the kitchen maid becomes the mistress of her own grand house. Although she tries to fit in with this new world, however, she never forgets the words that the gypsy told her: that one day she will return to where she was once happy - and discover her true love . . . If you've liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.
2423 Руб.
Introductory Chinese Listening Comprehension Workbook
Introductory Chinese is a series of Chinese teaching textbooks tailored for foreign students who are studying in China. It will help them master the Chinese language basics needed to live and communicate with others in the country, as well as improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities. The whole set is comprised of six books: Listening and Speaking (I, II), Reading Comprehension, Chinese Character Workbook, Listening Comprehension and Listening Comprehension Workbook. This series covers a vocabulary of over 1200 words, 109 grammar points and more than 1200 characters. Listening Comprehension and Listening Comprehension Workbook are to be used together. The set consists of 44 lessons and requires approximately 150 class hours. Students are required to listen to recordings while completing the exercises in the Listening Comprehension Workbook. Together, Introductory Chinese and Elementary Course in Scientific Chinese form a set. Those who come to China to study science and engineering
668 Руб.
Brook-Hart Guy Audio CD BEC Higher. Business Benchmark. Advanced.
Business Benchmark helps students get ahead with their Business English vocabulary and skills and gives them grammar practice in business contexts. The CD contains all the recorded material for the listening activities in the both editions of Business Benchmark 3, including BEC and BULATS practice test listening.
8427 Руб.
Brook-Hart Guy Business Benchmark. Advanced. Audio CD. BULATS Edition
Business Benchmark helps students get ahead with their Business English vocabulary and skills and gives them grammar practice in business contexts. The CDs contain all the recorded material for the listening activities in both editions of Business Benchmark 3, including BEC and BULATS practice test listening.
363 Руб.
Duan W.H. Chinese on Live – Advanced Listening Course 2 / Курс отработки навыков восприятия китайской речи на слух. Продвинутый уровень. Учебник 2
This series is the listening textbooks for the foreign Chinese learners in their advanced learning phase. It is also assistant textbooks for advanced HSK listening test, or can be used as assistant exercise books for comprehensive Chinese courses, reading courses, culture courses, oral courses and viewing, listening and speaking courses. The language materials in the series come from broadcasting and TV talk-interview programs in real life, reflecting every aspect of the real China. The book strives to give the learners a feeling of reality.
3459 Руб.
Duan W.H. Chinese on Live – Advanced Listening Course 2 / Курс отработки навыков восприятия китайской речи на слух. Продвинутый уровень. Учебник 2
This series is the listening textbooks for the foreign Chinese learners in their advanced learning phase. It is also assistant textbooks for advanced HSK listening test, or can be used as assistant exercise books for comprehensive Chinese courses, reading courses, culture courses, oral courses and viewing, listening and speaking courses. The language materials in the series come from broadcasting and TV talk-interview programs in real life, reflecting every aspect of the real China. The book strives to give the learners a feeling of reality.
3459 Руб.