Bøger af Janet Olearski

The map is not the territory. The guidebook is not the country, the culture, or the people. Philip Blair, an innocent posted abroad, must form his own judgement of Namisa, a country rich in tradition, ready to embrace new beliefs on the backcloth of the Namisan autumn-autumn and the Pundexit Crisis. But, will having a fake marriage compromise his principles and prevent him from finding true love? A story of intercultural miscommunication, corruption, multicoloured cocktails, and PhDs, A Traveller's Guide to Namisa is a contemporary, coming-of-age-for-late-developers novel, set in a world of work for the inadequately qualified.

They are almost boyfriends, wannabee boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, exposed boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, live-in boyfriends, dishonest boyfriends, obsessive boyfriends, self-centred boyfriends, and dead boyfriends. Their history is brief because they mostly didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive. The twenty-five cautionary tales of A Brief History of Several Boyfriends are a mixture of the traditional and the experimental. Sometimes sad, often tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing, they are an exploration of women's experiences and emotions from naivety through to maturity, leading the reader through hostile cityscapes and natural landscapes, digging deeply into the universal themes of innocence, infatuation, resignation, identity, rebellion, revenge, and rebirth.

A moving and inspiring collection of twenty-nine poems set in Central Portugal following the forest fires of October 2017.

Gary ist 15 und möchte Fußballprofi werden, genau wie sein Vater. Schließlich sollen drei Schüler aus Gary's Schule die Chance erhalten, in die Crossbridge Fußball Akademie aufgenommen zu werden. Gary geht selbstverständlich davon aus, dass er einer von ihnen sein wird. Aber oft liegen die Dinge nicht so einfach, wie es scheint...

Namisa and its sister island of Pundar are the setting for A Traveller''s Guide to Namisa. Namisa is difficult to find on a map and problematic to Google, but when readers get there, they will have the time of their lives, reading about Namisa''s weird locations, its language, and the idiosyncratic customs of its inhabitants.Philip Blair is an ''innocent abroad,'' but he learns quickly. Among the issues he has to contend with in his role as Officer of Culture and Education for an NGO in Namisa are the autumn-autumn uprising, the Pundexit Crisis, cultural appropriation, British imperialism, immigration, racism, the role of women, office politics, and happy-happy hour cocktails. Procurement clerk Philip Blair desperately needs to engage someone to pose as his wife. His hope is to secure a post with the Downing Foundation on the tropical island of Namisa, home to a highly conservative society, where integrity and family values are paramount. Philip''s high-speed choice of partner is not ideal, but he has limited options.  Once settled in Namisa with a fake and disgruntled ''marriage'' companion, Philip is obliged to live a lie and suffer the trials of intercultural miscommunication. He seeks insight from his well-thumbed copy of Namisa - A Traveller''s Guide: from tradition to tourism and back by Michael Robinson-Smith, but still he grapples with the complexities of Namisan rituals, language, cuisine, and multicoloured cocktails, shared with the ambiguous yet charismatic academic Ito Bogadan.  On Namisa we meet the culturally enlightened Mrs Katraree, owner of the SnowWhite Dry Kleen Shop, the SnowWhite Sandal Repair Service, and the SnowWhite Dry Kleen Coffee Circle. Through her, we come to understand that Namisa is an island rich in tradition, poised ready to embrace new beliefs on the backcloth of the Autumn-Autumn uprising, and the Pundexit crisis. Yet... beneath Namisa''s gentle exterior, there lie the seeds of corruption, prejudice, and double standards. There are less-than-ethical goings-on at the University of Trinamisa, and there is conflict between the wealthy Namisans and the less-fortunate Pundaris from Namisa''s dark and sinister sister island of Pundar.  Bogadan, in his quest to appropriate the funding that Philip controls, seeks to uncover the truth behind Philip''s marriage. Providing Philip does not cross Bogadan or his manipulative mother Grace Shoon Bogadan, his secret and his job will be safe, though his principles will be compromised.  A Traveller''s Guide to Namisa is a contemporary, modestly amusing, coming-of-age-for-late-developers kind of novel, set in a world of work for the inadequately qualified.If you enjoyed Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, and if you enjoyed The No.1 Ladies'' Detective Agency, then the likelihood is that you will also enjoy A Traveller''s Guide to Namisa.

At his school in Abu Dhabi, Sam gets the job of minding Rajiv, a new arrival who is seriously lacking in social skills. The task turns out to be more than he bargained for when Dev, the school bully, sets his sights on both Sam and Rajiv, with devastating consequences. But, as innocent as he is, Rajiv is about to surprise everyone. The story of The Boy Who Never Smiled is told from the point of view of a thirteen-year-old schoolboy. It teaches us that true and lasting friendship emerges when and where we least expect it.