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Author: Gary Philpott Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1848764626 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 313
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Alice Evans mysteriously falls from her fifth floor balcony. Unable to prove her fall was not suicide, DCI Collins knows that there is much more to the case. Alice’s mysterious final words, and what turns out to be a liberal love life, with partners ranging from café owners to British Government advisors, all convince DCI Colins that there is more at stake.Then links between Alice’s death and the questionable conduct of a high profile British politician start to emerge. This is a rip-roaring tale of murder, reminiscent of James Patterson, starting in London, moving to a small Spanish village and climaxing in Dubai. Along the way DCI Collins must battle against a wall of silence erected by the authorities in both Spain and the Middle East as he works to uncover a tangled web of vice and corruption.
Author: Gary Philpott Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1848764626 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 313
Book Description
Alice Evans mysteriously falls from her fifth floor balcony. Unable to prove her fall was not suicide, DCI Collins knows that there is much more to the case. Alice’s mysterious final words, and what turns out to be a liberal love life, with partners ranging from café owners to British Government advisors, all convince DCI Colins that there is more at stake.Then links between Alice’s death and the questionable conduct of a high profile British politician start to emerge. This is a rip-roaring tale of murder, reminiscent of James Patterson, starting in London, moving to a small Spanish village and climaxing in Dubai. Along the way DCI Collins must battle against a wall of silence erected by the authorities in both Spain and the Middle East as he works to uncover a tangled web of vice and corruption.
Author: Amanda Vaill Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408833883 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 615
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Amid the rubble of a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe, the Hotel Florida on Madrid's chic Gran Via has become a haven for foreign journalists and writers. It is here that six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and a new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious young journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic and ground-breaking young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing moder photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea, chief of the Republican government's foreign press office, and Ilsa Kulcsar, his Austrian deputy, are struggling to balance truth-telling with their loyalty to their sometimes-compromised cause - a struggle that places both of their lives at risk. Hotel Florida traces the tangled wartime destinies of these three couples - and a host of supporting characters - living as intensely as they had ever done, against the backdrop of a critical moment in history. It is a narrative of love and reinvention that is, finally, a story about truth, finding it, telling it - and living it, whatever the cost.
Author: Amanda Vaill Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0374172994 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 465
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"A spellbinding story of love amid the devastation of the Spanish Civil War Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe--a conflict one writer will call "the decisive thing of the century"--Six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea, chief of Madrid's loyalist foreign press office, and Ilsa Kulcsar, his Austrian deputy, are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause--a struggle that places both of them in peril. Hotel Florida traces the tangled wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history. As Hemingway put it, "You could learn as much at the Hotel Florida in those years as you could anywhere in the world." From the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, and recovered reels of film, Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is, finally, a story about truth: finding it out, telling it, and living it--whatever the cost"--
Author: Elizabeth Bowen Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226925250 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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In his introduction to a collection of criticism on the Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen, Harold Bloom wrote, “What then has Bowen given us except nuance, bittersweet and intelligent? Much, much more.” Born in 1899, Bowen became part of the famous Bloomsbury scene, and her novels have a much-deserved place in the modernist canon. In recent years, however, her work has not been as widely read or written about, and as Bloom points out, her evocative and sometimes enigmatic prose requires careful parsing. Yet in addition to providing a fertile ground for criticism, Bowen’s novels are both wonderfully entertaining, with rich humor, deep insight, and a tragic sense of human relationships. Bowen’s first novel, The Hotel, is a wonderful introduction to her disarming, perceptive style. Following a group of British tourists vacationing on the Italian Riviera during the 1920s, The Hotel explores the social and emotional relationships that develop among the well-heeled residents of the eponymous establishment. When the young Miss Sydney falls under the sway of an older woman, Mrs. Kerr, a sapphic affair simmers right below the surface of Bowen’s writing, creating a rich story that often relies as much on what is left unsaid as what is written on the page. Bowen depicts an intense interpersonal drama with wit and suspense, while playing with and pushing the English language to its boundaries.
Author: Fernando de Haro Publisher: ISBN: 9786074371109 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book includes boutique hotels all over Mexico and one in Manhattan. These luxurious hotels are in different settings, although they all share the common goal of providing a pleasant and unique experience. Here absolutely everything that has been designed, from architecture to interior design,furniture, and the most sophisticated objects and details, are subject to a powerful concept that governs and determines everything. This is precisely how these unique settings were each created with their own character and the ability to arouse a flood of emotions among visitors.
Author: Owen Davis Publisher: D Publications ISBN: 9789076124216 Category : Hotels Languages : en Pages : 0
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The ultimate Spanish hotel guide, this book uses gorgeous photography in eliminating a time consuming hotel search, supplying the names of Spain's best hotels & including helpful reservation & location information.
Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy Publisher: Taschen ISBN: 3822819115 Category : Africa Languages : en Pages : 414
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Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.
Author: Gary Philpott
Author: Gary Philpott
Author: Amanda Vaill
Author: Amanda Vaill
Author: Mintel Group Ltd.
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Author: Fernando de Haro
Author: Owen Davis
Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Author: Richard Ford
Author: John Murray (Firm)