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A Company of Swans

Eva Ibbotson
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Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230737884

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A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson, with a new introduction by Joanna Nadin. Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . . 'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' Nigella Lawson, The Times Rediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer and The Secret Countess, originally published as A Countess Below Stairs, Magic Flutes, originally published as The Reluctant Heiress, Madensky Square and A Company of Swans.

A Company of Swans

Eva Ibbotson
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Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Picador
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781743030066

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Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiance have begun to track her down...

A Company of Swans

Eva Ibbotson
A Company of Swans Book PDF

Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0230014844

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An enchanting love story set in the Amazon, by the award-winning and bestselling author of JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA.Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiance have begun to track her down. . .

Green Swans

John Elkington
Green Swans Book PDF

Author : John Elkington
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781732439139

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Green Swans by John Elkington Pdf

Even leading capitalists admit that capitalism is broken. Green Swans is a manifesto for system change designed to serve people, planet, and prosperity. In his twentieth book, John Elkington—dubbed the “Godfather of Sustainability”—explores new forms of capitalism fit for the twenty-first century. If Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Black Swans” are problems that can take us exponentially toward breakdown, then “Green Swans” are solutions that take us exponentially toward breakthrough. The success—and survival—of humanity now depends on how we rein in the first and accelerate the second. Green Swans draws on Elkington’s firsthand experience in some of the world’s best-known boardrooms and C-suites. Using case studies, real-world examples, and profiles on emergent technologies, Elkington shows how the weirdest “Ugly Ducklings” of today’s world may turn into tomorrow’s world-saving Green Swans. This book is a must-read for business leaders in corporations great and small who want to help their businesses survive the coming shift in global priorities over the next decade and expand their horizons from responsibility, through resilience, and onto regeneration.

Magic Flutes

Eva Ibbotson
Magic Flutes Book PDF

Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780330505321

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Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson Pdf

Sweeping across countries, class and music, Eva Ibboton's classic historical romance, Magic Flutes, is a richly imagined tale of intrigue and identity, with a new introduction from Harriet Evans. In the spring of 1922, young Austrian Princess Theresa-Maria – known to her ancient aunts as 'Putzerl' – abandons her crumbling castle and her royal duties. Disguising herself simply as Tessa, she enrolls as under wardrobe mistress of the International Opera Company and soon loses herself in the intoxicating world of the Viennese opera. But when Guy Farne, an Englishman looking to impress his new fiance, arrives in Austria and employs the Company to perform at his newly purchased Austrian estate, he finds himself fascinated by the under wardrobe mistress, and Tessa finds it increasingly difficult to keep her two lives separate . . . 'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' Nigella Lawson, The Times Rediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer, The Secret Countess (originally published as A Countess Below Stairs), Madensky Square and A Company of Swans. Magic Flutes was originally published as The Reluctant Heiress.

The Swan Book

Alexis Wright
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Author : Alexis Wright
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501124785

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Originally published: Australia: Giramondo, 2013.

Madensky Square

Eva Ibbotson
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Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447214380

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Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson Pdf

A whip-smart observation of the passions and tragedies behind daily life, Eva Ibbotson's Madensky Square is a classic snapshot of Viennese life before WWI, with a new introduction from Laura Wood. Susanna Weber's dress shop stands in the picturesque Madensky Square, a quiet little world of its own, nestled in the heart of glittering pre-war Vienna. As the winter of 1910 unfurls into spring, Susanna starts a journal about life in the Square, about the buildings and their colourful inhabitants. There's Frau Schumacher, with six daughters and a baby on the way, Professor Starsky and his menagerie of sickly reptiles, an aging bookseller, a teenaged Anarchist, and little Sigi – an orphaned child prodigy forced to play the piano all day, every day. And then there's her dear friend Alice, the only person who has noticed the heartbreak that hides beneath Susanna's brisk kindness and brilliant talent . . . Discover more of Eva Ibbotson's sweeping historical romances in Magic Flutes, The Morning Gift, The Secret Countess, A Song for Summer and A Company of Swans, all with brand new introductions.

Island of the Swans

Ciji Ware
Island of the Swans Book PDF

Author : Ciji Ware
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1648394833

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Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware Pdf

A PASSIONATE, FLAMBOYANT DUCHESS AND A CRUEL TWIST OF FATE... Jane Maxwell, the Fourth Duchess of Gordon, was one of the most influential women of her time-a patroness of poet Robert Burns, advisor to King George III and friend to Queen Charlotte, the mastermind behind her husband's political success, and a rival of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Rich in historical detail, passion, and intrigue, Ciji Ware's Island of the Swans paints a fascinating portrait of one of the most celebrated and controversial beauties of the eighteenth century England. Spirited and charming, Jane captured the heart of her childhood sweetheart, Thomas Fraser, while her beauty caught the eye of his rival, Alexander, Duke of Gordon. Torn between duty and love, Jane is thrust into a lifelong love triangle that would threaten to destroy all she holds dear.

The Morning Gift

Eva Ibbotson
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Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780330477376

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The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson Pdf

A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson. With an introduction from Sarra Manning, author of Diary of a Crush. Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her family, where she delights in its music, energy and natural beauty. She is wildly in love with the brilliant young pianist Heini Radik and can't wait until they are married. But Ruth's world is turned upside down when the Nazis invade Austria and her family are forced to flee to England, and through a devastating misunderstanding she is left behind. Her only hope to escape Vienna comes from Quin, a young English professor, who unexpectedly offers her a marriage of convenience to bring her back to London. Ruth throws herself into her new life – but a secret marriage is more difficult than she expected, especially as she and Quin find themselves drawn together. 'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' – Nigella Lawson, The Times Rediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer and The Secret Countess.

The Maker of Swans

Paraic O'Donnell
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Author : Paraic O'Donnell
Publisher : Tin House Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781953534262

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A New York Times BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER A CrimeReads & Book and Film Globe BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A Tor.com BEST BOOK OF JUNE “Truly bewitching.” —David Mitchell It is no small matter, after all, to create something—to make it so only by setting down the words. We forget the magnitude, sometimes, of that miracle. In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman—his longtime employer, Mr. Crowe—and knows he must think and act quickly. Who is the man lying dead on the lawn? Who is the woman in his company? Can he clean up his master’s mess like he always has before? Or will this bring a new kind of reckoning? Mr. Crowe was once famed for his gifts—unaccountable gifts, known only to the members of a secretive order. Protected and privileged, he was courted by countesses and great men of letters. But he has long since retreated from that glittering world, living alone but for Eustace and Clara, his mysterious young ward. He has been content to live quietly, his great library gathering dust and his once magnificent gardens growing wild. He has left the past behind. Until now. Because there are rules, even for Mr. Crowe and his kind, that cannot be broken. And this single night of passion and violence will have consequences, stirring shadows from the past and threatening those he now cares for. He and the faithful Eustace will be tested as never before. So too will Clara, whose own extraordinary gifts remain hidden, even from herself. If she is to save them all, she must learn to use them quickly and unlock the secret of who she is. It is a secret beyond imagining. A secret that will change everything.

Black Swans

Eve Babitz
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Author : Eve Babitz
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640090514

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"Babitz’s talent for the brilliant line, honed to a point, never interferes with her feel for languid pleasures." —The New York Times Book Review A new reissue of Babitz’s collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s—decades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation. With an introduction by Stephanie Danler, bestselling author of Sweetbitter. "On the page, Babitz is pure pleasure—a perpetual–motion machine of no–stakes elation and champagne fizz." —The New Yorker

Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics)

Betsy Byars
Summer of the Swans The Puffin Modern Classics Book PDF

Author : Betsy Byars
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101006894

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Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics) by Betsy Byars Pdf

Sara's life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

Pippa Passes

Rumer Godden
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Author : Rumer Godden
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ballet dancers
ISBN : UOM:49015002147099

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A romance in Venice between an Italian gondolier and an English dancer from a visiting ballet company. It is complicated by lesbian advances by the company's ballet mistress. By the author of Great Grandfather's House.

The Company of Swans

Jim Crumley
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Author : Jim Crumley
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Swans
ISBN : 1787300625

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This beautiful record, on fine paper, is Crumley's homage to these noble creatures, but it is also an elegy, a love song to one swan whose silent tragedy he watched from one season to the next. 'A small mound on white feathers lies on a tussock of grass made grey by a Highland winter. It is all the monument there will ever be to the life of a swan.' With these words, and those that follow, Jim Crumley has ensured that there will be a more enduring witness to the life of this swan, and of all swans, than that pyre of white feathers. Crumley watches, year in year out, as a pair of mute swans struggles, against the odds, to raise young on a wild patch of lock. But the pen starts to lose her eggs to predators; and the cob begins to disappear for longer and longer periods. Until comes the day when a third swan, stronger and younger than the first pen, appears at the other end of the loch. This journal of a swan-watcher, as he calls himself, is an elegy to these noble creatures; and most poignantly it is a memorial to one swan, whose silent drama he has recorded.

Dying Swans and Madmen

Adrienne L. McLean
Dying Swans and Madmen Book PDF

Author : Adrienne L. McLean
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813544670

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Dying Swans and Madmen by Adrienne L. McLean Pdf

From mid-twentieth-century films such as Grand Hotel, Waterloo Bridge, and The Red Shoes to recent box-office hits including Billy Elliot, Save the Last Dance, and The Company, ballet has found its way, time and again, onto the silver screen and into the hearts of many otherwise unlikely audiences. In Dying Swans and Madmen, Adrienne L. McLean explores the curious pairing of classical and contemporary, art and entertainment, high culture and popular culture to reveal the ambivalent place that this art form occupies in American life. Drawing on examples that range from musicals to tragic melodramas, she shows how commercial films have produced an image of ballet and its artists that is associated both with joy, fulfillment, fame, and power and with sexual and mental perversity, melancholy, and death. Although ballet is still received by many with a lack of interest or outright suspicion, McLean argues that these attitudes as well as ballet's popularity and its acceptability as a way of life and a profession have often depended on what audiences first learned about it from the movies.