The Chemistry of Tears

<p>When her lover dies suddenly, all Catherine has left is her work. The long affair had been kept secret from their colleagues at London's Swinburne Museum and now she must grieve in private. Or almost. In an act of compassion, the head of her department gives Catherine a very particular project, something to cling onto: a box of intricate clockwork parts that appear to be the remains of a nineteenth-century automaton, a beautiful mechanical bird. Once she discovers that the box also contains the diary of the man who commissioned the machine, one obsession merges into another.\nThe Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love and loss that is both wildly entertaining and profoundly moving, simultaneously delicate and anarchic. At its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breathe such life into - an object made of equal parts magic, love, madness and science, a delight that contains the seeds of our age's downfall.</p>

Literature & Fiction

Peter Carey

Literary

Penguin??Books

True History of the Kelly Gang

Penguin Books Australia

Collected Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Jack Maggs

Penguin

Amnesia

A Long Way from Home

Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Random House Australia)

Vintage Books Canada

Media Law provides a succinct and lucid introduction to all areas of the law relating to print, broadcast and electronic media. It is an ideal text for all those working with, or in, the media world particularly writers, journalists, editors, advertisers, broadcasters, publishers, and law undergraduates and students studying media studies and journalism. Written in a clear and accessible format, this well-referenced text offers a practical insight into key media issues. * Diagrams, flow charts, bulleted lists and tables clarify complex issues and aid ease of use * A detailed glossary and lists of websites and addresses point to wider study * Extracts from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and the Press Complaint's Code of Practice provide key materials for study * A new chapter on privacy law will discuss cases such as Naomi Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers and Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones v Hello!

Media Law

Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd.

A Long Way from Home: A novel

Vintage

The day that Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy was also the day that the Tax Inspector, Maria Takis, arrived to begin her long-overdue audit of the family business. But this is no ordinary investigation. Maria is eight months' pregnant, Granny Catchprice is at war with her offspring, and Benny, her grandson, wants to become an angel...

The Tax Inspector

Humor & Satire

Faber and Faber Limited

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