Penelope: 837 books

Penelope Bourdillon felt moved to write this book six years after her beloved husband died. Her fervent hope is that some sentence, paragraph or chapter will speak deeply into the heart of each of her readers. She believes that by sharing her personal journey of grief it could help others in their...

Leila James was abandoned by her parents as a young child.  She was left on a railway station platform in Western Queensland, Australia, with nothing but the clothes on her back.  Discovered the next morning by the station master, she was taken to the local Convent where she lived until the age...

2009: in Argentina, a woman prepares to travel to Italy for a funeral. In New Zealand, two friends discuss art, loss, and how to accept life as it plays out. 1969: a girl from New Zealand and another from Argentina are stranded in the airport in Rome. A friendship is forged and they exchange letters...

A revised, expanded and newly illustrated edition of Penelope Bennett's popular guide to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs in a tiny space. In a space that measures only 5 x 2.5m (16 x 8 ft), outside her kitchen window, high up on a London rooftop, Penelope Bennett cultivates a garden that...

Das heißeste Date des Winters! Auf dem Weg zu einem Interview mit dem erfolgreichen Businessman Dex Truitt bleibt die Journalistin Bianca George zusammen mit einem heißen Typen im Aufzug stecken. Um sich von ihrer Panik abzulenken, erzählt sie dem vermeintlichen Fahrradkurier, wie sehr sie Männer...

“A Master's Path” by Penelope Jewell is one part travelogue, one part deep Spiritual Adventure and one part How-To Manual for anyone with courage to do what Jewell has done: dedicate their lives to working with Spirit and Mastering the Art of one's own Life. (Praise from Oriethyia Crone) A true story....

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel. It was the summer of my life. I’d met the guy of my dreams. Unfortunately, he was the son of my uppity employer—and very much off-limits. But Gavin was a rebel. He knew his mother would...

«Non si vorrebbero mai abbandonare i protagonisti di questo libro... alla fine ci sembra di conoscerli da sempre.»The New Yorker«Un libro che si legge tutto d’un fiato... Penelope Lively è bravissima a ricreare un’atmosfera di ansia, sospetto e frustrazione.»The Wall Street JournalPauline è...

"Five survive undetected inside an elevator. They collapse into a frantic grasp for emotional survival. One woman takes charge guiding the others using an oldIndian technique. She leads them into the frightening adventures of a 9 year old girl running for her life in the forest. Can she transport their...

Mi chiamo Penelope perché era il nome che piaceva tanto a mia nonna, il mio lavoro è quello dell'Assistente di Studio Odontoiatrico, (l'Assistente del Dentista, tanto per intenderci!), collaboro con il Dr Pinza da 12 anni... accidenti, me ne rendo conto solo ora che lo scrivo, 12 anni (lui ed io)...

"Die leidenschaftliche Geschichte einer verbotenen Liebe – von der Bestsellerautorin Penelope Williamson Charles St. Claire, reicher Anwalt aus alter Familie, liegt tot in seinem Blut - in der ehemaligen Sklavenhütte des Anwesens Sans Souci, wo er seine geheimnisvolle schwarze Geliebte zu empfangen...

Der Tod eines geliebten Tieres ist für viele Menschen eine schmerzhafte und oft verwirrende Erfahrung. Tröstend und spannend zugleich beschreibt Penelope Smith, die weltweit bekannte Tier-Kommunikatorin den Übergang in eine andere Dimension aus der Sicht der Tiere und der Menschen. Erfahren Sie,...

The beloved and bestselling author takes an intimate look back at a life of reading and writing “The memory that we live with . . . is the moth-eaten version of our own past that each of us carries around, depends on. It is our ID; this is how we know who we are and where we have been.” Memory...

From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards...