Alexander McCall Smith
1) Cook for Me
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
Katie Donald’s aunt Ness announces that she’s heading to Canada for a late-in-life gap year, asking Katie to take over management of her matchmaking bureau in her absence. Katie, who is always ready for a new challenge, enthusiastically accepts the offer, taking charge of The Perfect Passion Dating Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in Edinburgh’s New Town. Although Katie has little in the way of direct experience, with the help of her...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. In Tiny Tales, Alexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness in thirty short stories. Here we meet the first Australian pope, who hopes to finally find some peace and quiet back home in Perth; a psychotherapist...
Author
Publisher
Bokförlaget Stolpe
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
How has the idea of liberty developed and evolved over the centuries?
What does freedom mean for us today and what do we need to do in order to
preserve the freedoms for which generations of men and women fought and
even gave their lives? Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story
contains multitudes – humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors'
long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of...
Author
Publisher
Bokförlaget Stolpe
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Hur har idén om frihet utvecklats och förändrats under århundradena? Vad betyder frihet idag och vad behöver vi göra för att behålla de friheter som generationer män och kvinnor har kämpat till och med dött för? I denna ljudbok utforskar ledande akademiker, författare och historiker vad frihet har betytt genom tiderna. De reflekterar över detta ständigt pågående drama och varför vi så villigt offrar oss för friheten när den hotas....