The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction an inspiration for many later distinguished writers including Graham Greene. Set before the First World War it tells the tale of two wealthy & sophisticated couples one English one American as they travel socialise & take the waters in the spa towns of Europe. They are 'playing the game in style. That game has begun to unravel however & with compelling attention to the comic as well as the tragic results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues & emotional betrayals that lie behind its facade. ...

This is the story of fatal attraction & its consequences. The American narrator's highly-strung wife falls for his bluff inarticulate English friend. Retrospectively piecing the story together the betrayed & now widowed husband puzzles over the mysteries of the affair. ...

Haseks most important work was centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army -- dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker bohemian & drunk Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character & preposterous nature of war. ...

A solid & competent book to help anyone unsure about how to study or what might be expected of them for a serious academic qualification. Standard issue for a lot of Open University courses this is just as useful for any university or college course where students are expected to do their own reading research & private study. Essential wisdom on time-management & note-taking leads into detailed coverage of how to research & produce written work (including sections on using numbers statistics & graphs/charts). If you are taking your first steps into higher education or you think your study & writing skills might be a bit rusty this book could be an enormous help. ...

The reason for reissuing this book in hardback now is because it is Jane Grigsons celebration of the seasons & the foods they bring. Seasonality is now the top priority of all those who take their eating & cooking seriously. She says in the Introduction to the original edition published in 1971.. .I feel that delight lies in the seasons & what they bring us...the strawberries that come in May & June straight from the fields the asparagus of a special occasion kippers from Craster in July & August the first lamb of the year from Wales in October the freshest walnuts from France where they are eaten with new cloudy wine. This is good food... The encouragement of fine food is not greed or gourmandise; it can be seen as an aspect of the anti-pollution movement in that it indicates concern for the quality of environment." " This is not the limited concern of a few cranks. Small & medium-sized firms feeling unable to compete with the cheap products of the giants turn to producing better food... People in many parts of the country run restaurants specializing in locally produced food salmon from the Tamar laver & sewin from the Welsh sea snails from the Mendips venison from the moors of Inverness. I notice in the grocers shops in our small town...the prominence given to eggs direct from the farm." How prophetic she was when she pointed out to us the importance of locally-produced fresh food & she wrote those words 35 years ago! The book is divided into sections covering Fish
- kippers lobster mussels & scallops trout; Meat & Game
- meat pies salting meat snails sweetbreads rabbit & hare pigeon venison; Vegetables
- asparagus carrots celery chicory haricot beans leeks mushrooms parsley parsnips peas spinach tomatoes; Fruit
- apple & quince gooseberries lemons prunes strawberries walnuts. & importantly the book contains the recipe for her famous curried parsnip soup."



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Can a good company become a great one & if so how? After a five-year research project Collins concludes that good to great can & does happen. In this book he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence his findings are surprising
- at times even shocking
- to the modern mind. Good to Great achieves a rare distinction: a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel.

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It's good to talk is one of the great clich[ac]es of our time. The benefits of talk to individuals families & organizations are proclaimed by pop psychologists television talk show hosts & management gurus. The importance of talk is talked about endlessly. ' Good to Talk? is an attempt to look critically at what lies behind this upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces classrooms & private lives & it places these developments in historical context & relates their forms to the broader economic & social changes associated with globalization. The book also poses questions about the social & political implications of talking about talking. Is 'communication' the key to solving the problems of modern life? Are the lessons in talking that are offered to us now the ones we most urgently need to learn? Is it time to challenge the prevailing belief about what makes it good to talk? ...

A GOOD WALK SPOILED is John Feinstein's acclaimed behind-the-scenes account of an unusually turbulent year in the punishingly competitiev world of the US professional golf circuit. Beginning with the tense US victory in the 1993 Ryder Cup this book tells the story of an unusually turbulent year on the PGA tour. It also provides portraits of leading golfers such as Nick Price Tom Watson & Greg Norman & of rising stars such as Paul Azinger. The author a leading American sports journalist & radio commentator discusses the players' private lives & examines the pressures of a high-profile sport with virtually no off-season the intense competition to stay on the money list & the psychological dangers in a game in which a player's true opponent is always himself. ...

This is the second story about the March family. Three years on from Little Women" the March girls & their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way
- from Megs sad lesson in housekeeping to Lauries disappointment in love & a tragedy which touches them all
- each of the girls finally finds happiness if not always in the way they expect."

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' In every sense a good word guide' Times Educational Supplement ' This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers & writers' Good Book Guide Our language is changing faster than ever before. Modern communications are breaking down distinctions between formal & informal English raising ever more questions as to how to speak & write correctly. This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information & advice on spelling grammar punctuation pronunciation confusables & the latest buzzwords & provides clear straightforward answers to everyday language problems. This edition contains a new feature: ' Your Turn' sections
- new interactive quizzes for the reader to test their own knowledge of grammar plain English punctuation spelling & usage
- a perfect resource for language courses. Endorsed by the Plain Language Commission.

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