Five Quarters of the Orange
ISBN : 9780552998833
Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow named after a raspberry liqueur, plies her culinary trade at the crêperie - and lets her memory play strange games. Into this world comes the threat of revelation as Framboise's nephew - a profiteering Parisian - attempts to exploit the growing success of the country recipes she has inherited from her mother, a woman remembered with contempt by the villagers of Les Laveuses. As the spilt blood of a tragic wartime childhood flows again, exposure beckons for Framboise, the widow with an invented past.
The Elephant Vanishes
ISBN : 9780099448754
When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; an insomniac wife wakes up to a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death. In every one of the stories that make up The Elephant Vanishes, Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal. He has a deadpan genius for dislocating realities to uncover the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary in the ordinary.
The 4-Hour Work Week - Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, And Join The New Rich
ISBN : 9780091929114
Do not read this book unless you want a new way of living. Forget the old concept of retirement and saving for the future — there is no need to wait and every reason not to. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing first-class world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with no management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint. In this step-by-step guide to living the life of your dreams you will learn : How author Timothy Ferriss went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week ; How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist ; How to exchange your career for life far short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements' ; How to outsource your life and do whatever you want.
SONG OF SOLOMON
ISBN : 9780099768418
This is the story of Macon "Milkman" Dead, heir to the richest black family in a Midwestern town, as he makes a voyage of rediscovery, travelling southwards geographically and inwards spiritually. Through the enlightenment of one man, the novel recapitulates the history of slavery and liberation.
