Following Theresa May's shock general election announcement, the UK political landscape looks set to change dramatically. Will predictions of a Tory landslide come to pass, or will the pollsters be surprised again? Whatever the result, the latest edition of the bestselling Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons will have all the info.Public affairs consultant Tim Carr and political experts Iain Dale and Robert Waller are rolling up their sleeves to put together a complete guid...

POINTS OF DIFFERENCE describes how to transform a business in a dying industry into a leadership position in contemporary competitive niches. Hormel Foods did it by totally revamping its approach to management, marketing and technology. The success of this transition is validated by the company's outstanding performance during the past 25 years, and the book's messages are compelling to managers in all industries as American business seeks to redefine itself in the midst of economic crisis...

The latest edition of The Almanac of British Politics has been thoroughly revised and updated to include full details of the new constituencies following the comprehensive boundary changes which will come into force throughout the United Kingdom at the next election. It has firmly established itself as the definitive guide to the electoral map of the UK for nearly twenty-five years, covering in detail each of the constituencies sending representatives to the House of Commons....

在充滿不確定的宇宙中，這樣的確定感只會出現一次。法蘭切絲卡在小鎮上過著平凡人生。她是妻子、母親，是樸實的家庭主婦。過去她曾有夢，只是說服自己，所有的夢和現實相比都不切實際。只是，偶爾在鎮日忙碌的縫隙中，她會像突然抽離一般陷入思索：如果在另個平行宇宙，她會否擁有不同未來？這樣的未來就在某日翩然降臨。一名攝影師為了拍照前來問路，他像是一陣風，更猶如自由的化身，不偏不倚停在她家門口。在那個瞬間，她知道自己的人生已然改變。她欣然為他指路，邀他用餐留宿；他也應允邀約，帶著她享受人生，從不同角度看見世界。雖然兩人邂逅僅有四天，卻都很確定一件事：他們深深愛上彼此。然而她不能隨他遠走，因為自由是有代價的。她只能看著他離開，將這段感情深埋心中，一路帶入六尺之下......---我一直都在走向妳，而妳也一直在走向我，我們已經走了很久，雖然在我們相遇之前都不知道彼此的存在，但是在我們的無知之下，卻一直有一股無意識的篤定，發出愉悅的嗡鳴聲，就是要讓我們在一起，就像兩隻孤鳥受到天象的召喚，飛越過廣大的平...

Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and f...

Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller.The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographe...

With over 10 million copies sold, bestselling author Robert James Waller returns with the haunting, evocative story of a small town, a beautiful and mysterious woman, and the man forever changed by both.The wild places are where no one is looking anymore. Out there on the high plains, among the Sioux reservations and the silent buttes, among the small towns dying and the people with them, you can hear the wind. And on the back of the wind is the sound of an old accordion—tangos—min...

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The steady tick of an aged Regulator wall clock and the squeak of an overhead fan turning slowly are soft but insistent, counting down the night, while the high desert thrums like a half-remembered Victrola song. The sounds are below the consciousness of Winchell Dear, an old-time gambler, a Texas poker player on the southern circuit, as he waits for something . . . something vague that his life of chance tells him is evil and moving his way. He has gassed and oiled the Cadillac and adjust...

La plàcida existència de la Francesca, casada i amb dos fills, es veu completament sacsejada per l’arribada d’en Robert Kincaid, un fotògraf nòmada, lliure i generós que transforma en tendresa tota la seva energia. El destí els uneix inexorablement quan es troben a la tardor de les seves vides. El seu amor, curt com una tarda madura, va ser tan profund com les arrels d’un arbre. Les seves cendres es troben escampades molt a prop dels ponts de Madison. I, així, en dues-centes pàgines, Rober...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.