Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his past or try to plan a future with Marcella.

Cal is a haunting love story set against the fear and violence of Ulster, where tenderness and innocence must struggle to survive.

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Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

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Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she wa...

A Barron's best-seller for more than four decades! This brand-new edition of 1100 Words You Need to Know has been expanded and updated, and includes:

Word lists and definitions

Analogy exercises

Words-in-context exercises

Idiom indexes

An updated Pronunciation Guide

All new words for students to learn are placed in the context of sentences that have been selected from well-known novels, plays, poems, newspaper editorials, and TV broadcasts. For optimal ease and enjoyment in learning, the auth...

Een dun Frans literatuur boek geschreven door Goscinny-Sempe. Het gaat over een Franse schooljongen in de jaren zestig.

Elle avait l'air si jeune. En même temps il m'avait semblé qu'elle connaissait vraiment la vie, ou plutôt qu'elle connaissait de la vie quelque chose qui faisait peur. D. V. Adolescente surdouée, Lou Bertignac rêve d'amour, observe les gens, collectionne les mots, multiplie les expériences domestiques et les théories fantaisistes. Jusqu'au jour où elle rencontre No, une jeune fille à peine plus âgée qu'elle. No, ses vêtements sales, son visage fatigué, No dont la solitude et l'er...