Shangri-La - Utopie oder Wirklichkeit?James Hiltons weltberühmter Roman entführt uns in die erhabene Ruhe des Himalaya und die Abgeschiedenheit des Lamaklosters Shangri-La. Irgendwo in Tibet. ...

What makes this masterpiece a pure delight for contemporary readers is its vibrant portrait of life in Edwardian England, and the wonderful characters who inhabit the charming old country house in Hertfordshire called Howards End. This cozy house becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the upright conservative Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, sensitive and intuitive women loved by men willing to leap wide ...

Victoria Bradshaw fell in love with playwright Oliver Dobbs when she was just 18. But he left her and disappeared from her life. Years later, Oliver reappears and Victoria is foolish enough to want him back. The two leave for Scotland to rekindle their love, but will Oliver's career get in the way?
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Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she is far too energetic and independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. And when she discovers that her most treasured possession, her father's painting, "The Shell ...

In "Sleeping Tiger", Selina Bruce has impulsively left behind her lawyer fiance in London and flown alone to a tiny island off the Spanish coast. She is searching for the father she has never known, but what she finds is an unexpected truth about herself and the man she plans to marry. For exotic San Antonio offers Selina more than the penetrating brilliance of the noonday sun. It offers the mysterious George Dyer, who holds the key not only to ...

After years in the United States, Jane returns to the tranquil Scottish estate, Elvie, where she'd spent a magical childhood. Memories of Elvie have always summoned the image of Sinclair, the rakish man she had once dreamed of marrying, but now that she is home, she finds Sinclair a different man. His charm has a purpose, and Jane can no longer trust him or herself. ...

The second collection of short stories by the author of "The Shell Seekers" and "The Blue Bedroom". Rosamunde Pilcher explores the hearts and minds of ordinary people.
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This is a collection of stories, some of which were published in "Good Housekeeping" between 1983 and 1984. It is the first British publication of the collection. Rosamund Pilcher is also the author of "September", "The Shell Seekers", "The Empty House", "Wild Mountain Thyme", and "Another View".
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Paperback edition of the bestselling saga set in pre-war Cornwall. Judith Dunbar has spent her teenage years at boarding school, while her family live abroad. When a school friend invites her home for the weekend, Judith falls in love with the family and their beautiful home. Under their tutelage she grows from a naive girl to a confident young woman, a situation which will be shattered by approaching war, when Judith finds that she has a long ...

For a small group of people, the dance that takes place in Perthshire in September will be a turning point in their lives. A group of people tied to each other by links of family and friendship are brought together.
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