A mad confusion of rival affairs At about the same time that Kate discovers her husband is unfaithful, she gets a crush on her snowboard instructor, Evan. And the flirtings and double-crossings start. And never seem to end. The setting is a winter sports region in New Zealand. The players are mostly party-lovers who live…
The Trump generation – including me – won’t be around when London and Houston sink. Along with Jakarta, Manila, Shanghai and half of the Netherlands. Nor when the last wild polar bear and Atlantic puffin has died because of habitat loss. And the Greta generation have time to adapt to the changing climate without too…
Dies ist eine kurze Geschichte von einem Franzosen in Algerien, der, von der Hitze verwirrt, zufällig einen Araber erschiesst. Dadurch will Camus seine Sicht des Lebens vermitteln: Leben oder Tod, Arbeit, Liebe, Zuhälterei oder Mord – alles ist belanglos, absurd. Das ist ihm sehr gut gelungen!
Another masterpiece of passion and insight! We experience the suspense and tragedy of WWII through the eyes of the offspring of the people we came to know in Fall of Giants, the first book in the Century Trilogy. These children grow up into realistic, passionate characters who travel the world, engage in devious pursuits and…
Der SEO-Kurs bei Walter lernt ist definitiv lohnenswert! Das Thema, das mir wie ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln vorkam, hat sich grösstenteils gelüftet. Arto ist souverän auf die Bedürfnisse der einzelnen TeilnehmerInnen zugegangen und hat uns selber zum Überlegen gebracht, wie wir den Erfolg unserer eigenen Websites verbessern könnten. Er hat uns in wichtige Zusammenhänge…
The Shadow Doctor – or is it Adrian Plass himself, in his inimitable way? – tantalises his characters – especially Jack, his young trainee partner. He also frequently leaves us readers in suspense as he delves off onto some unlikely sidetrack, which later turns out to be somehow relevant. The trick works. And, as a…
Silvanus is a young lad intent on becoming a man. When his God Aquila smiles on him, Silvanus finds a cave of precious gems. His dreams of buying a boat and fleeing his island home are that much closer! Instead, a series of events lead Silvanus to the bizarre old hermit, Cerbonius. His uncanny wisdom…
Another charming bit of rather harmless fun through the eyes of Mma Ramotswe, written in McCall Smith’s unique voice. The somewhat moralistic tone seems appropriate in the portrayed culture. The menfolk come off with a few scars, but that’s OK.
“Can we go to the adventure park?” My son had just arrived with his children, as they had no school that afternoon. I had offered to do something special with them. Carl’s suggestion was no surprise; he loved climbing. And Sheila loved whatever Carl did. “Let’s first have lunch,” I said. That might give me…
Winter 1959 in Jerusalem. Dem jungen Schmuel Asch gehts nicht gut. Seine Freundin hat ihn verlassen und sein Vater kann sein Studium nicht weiter finanzieren. Und doch wäre seine Diplomarbeit über Jesus aus Sicht der Juden von grosser Bedeutung. Seine These, Judas Ischariot sei keineswegs ein Verräter gewesen sondern im Gegenteil der treueste Verehrer von…
If you’re after the sort of flippant humour you might have come to expect from Adrian Plass, then The Shadow Doctor might disappoint you. But I doubt it. You’ll be surprised – and a little confused – by the Doctor’s mysterious encounters and baffling remarks, but you’ll gradually come to realise he has an unusual…
I recently attended a lecture (in German) by Hans-Ruedi Stadelmann, a retired astrophysicist cum theologian, on the subject of ‘A contemporary image of God?’