Graeme Simsion

Don Tillman - molodoj uspeshnyj uchenyj-genetik - v otnoshenijakh s zhenschinami ni razu ne prodvinulsja dalshe pervogo svidanija. Sochtja etot metod poiska svoej "polovinki" neeffektivnym, Don reshaet primenit nauchnyj podkhod. Ego proekt "Zhena" nachinaetsja s podrobnejshego 30-stranichnogo voprosnika, prizvannogo otsejat vsekh nepodkhodjaschikh i vyjavit odnu - idealnuju. Ona sovershenno tochno ne budet kurjaschej, nepunktualnoj, sportivnoj bolelschitsej... No Rozi Dzharmen kurit, opazdyvaet, boleet za "Bizonov" i k tomu zhe - o, uzhas! - rabotaet v bare. A esche ona krasivaja, umnaja, temperamentnaja i uvlechena sobstvennym proektom -ischet svoego biologicheskogo ottsa. Kogda Don soglashaetsja ej pomoch, proekt "Zhena" ustupaet mesto proektu "Otets", a zatem nezametno dlja nego samogo prevraschaetsja v proekt "Rozi". V protsesse raboty nad nim Don uznaet, chto ljubov nevozmozhno vychislit i otyskat - dazhe "po nauke"... Ljubov sama nakhodit tebja.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and learning to love again as two people, one mourning her husband and the other recovering from divorce, cross paths on the centuries-old Camino pilgrimage from France to Spain. "The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone..." The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Every year, thousands of walkers--some devout, many not--follow the route that wends through quaint small villages and along busy highways alike, a journey unlike any other. Zoe, an artist from California who's still reeling from her husband's sudden death, has impulsively decided to walk the Camino, hoping to find solace and direction. Martin, an engineer from England, is road-testing a cart of his own design...and recovering from a messy divorce. They begin in the same French town, each uncertain of what the future holds. Zoe has anticipated the physical difficulties of her trek, but she is less prepared for other challenges, as strangers and circumstances force her to confront not just recent loss, but long-held beliefs. For Martin, the pilgrimage is a test of his skills and endurance but also, as he and Zoe grow closer, of his willingness to trust others--and himself--again. Smart and funny, insightful and romantic, Two Steps Forward reveals that the most important journeys we make aren't measured in miles, but in the strength, wisdom, and love found along the way. Fans of The Rosie Project will recognize Graeme Simsion's uniquely quirky and charming writing style.

Can you define your life by a single song? Adam Sharp - former pianist in a hip Melbourne bar, now a respectable IT consultant in Norwich - can. And it's 'You're Going to Lose that Girl' ... On the cusp of fifty and a happy introvert, Adam is content. He's the music expert at his local pub-quiz and he and his partner Claire rumble along. Life may not be rock n' roll, but neither is it easy listening. Yet something has always felt off-key. And that's his nostalgia for what might have been, his blazing affair - more than twenty years ago, on the other side of the world - with Angelina Brown, a smart and sexy, strong-willed actress who taught him for the first time, as he played piano and she sang, what it meant to find - and then lose - love. How different might his life be if he hadn't let her walk away? Then, out of nowhere, Angelina gets in touch. Adam has sung about second chances, but does he have the courage to believe in them? The Best of Adam Sharp is about growing old and feeling young, about happy times and sad memories, about staying together and drifting apart, but most of all, it's about how the music we make together creates the soundtrack that shapes our lives.

Pois alta! Don Tillman on tulossa isäksi. Tutkija Don Tillman ei ilahdu, kun hänen tuore vaimonsa kattaa pöytään viinin sijasta appelsiinimehua. Tarvitaan useampi tarkentava kysymys, ennen kuin Don tajuaa vihjauksen: Rosie odottaa vauvaa." Nokkelaa ja ilahduttavaa viihdettä." -Me Naiset"Vauvatestiä voi lämpimästi suositella kaikille fiksun viihteen ystäville." -Kirjavinkit-blogi

Fortsättning på feelgood-succén Projekt Rosie Den charmiga feelgood-romanen Projekt Rosie blev en bästsäljare världen över. Alla som undrat hur det går för den udda huvudpersonen Don Tillman får nu svaret i uppföljaren Rosieeffekten. Don Tillman har gift sig med sin Rosie och de har flyttat till New York, där båda forskar vid Columbia University. Don har svårt att passa in i sociala sammanhang och försöker desperat upprätthålla sitt strukturerade liv som styrs av scheman, listor och rutiner. Det går helt överstyr när Rosie meddelar den glada nyheten: hon är gravid! Att bli förälder är svårt för vem som helst att förbereda sig på, men för Don är det nästan oöverstigligt. Han måste nu se till att Rosie inte äter något olämpligt, räkna ut att han förväntas vara med vid ultraljudet, och han får mycket men kanske inte så god hjälp av sina sex vänner. Den blivande pappan leds in på helt fel banor och när han till slut inser det är det kanske för sent. Då riskerar han åtal, landsförvisning och värst av allt: att förlora Rosie.

With The Rosie Project, "Graeme Simsion achieved the impossible and created an entirely new kind of romantic hero" (Jojo Moyes, New York Times bestselling author). Now Don Tillman returns in the hilarious and charming sequel to the international sensation. Get ready to fall in love all over again. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. Picking up where The Rosie Project left off, The Rosie Effect is a fun, hilarious, and poignant read. "Don Tillman helps us believe in possibility, makes us proud to be human beings, and the bonus is this: he keeps us laughing like hell" (Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook).

With The Rosie Project, "Graeme Simsion achieved the impossible and created an entirely new kind of romantic hero," Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You said. Now Don Tillman returns in the hilarious and charming sequel to the international s

Join Don and Rosie in their next chapter together with the joyously weird and wonderful romantic comedy you'll never forget . . . THE INTERNATIONAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLING SERIES'A wholly absorbing, vivid read that leaves you pining to be reunited with its characters every time you put it down - if you're able to' INDEPENDENT'Offers plenty more laugh-out-loud moments' GUARDIAN 'Touching and entertaining' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Hilarious' EVENING STANDARD ___________ Can a man who loves order embrace chaos? Forty-one-year-old geneticist Don Tillman is living in New York City with his new wife Rosie. Sure, they're incompatible on paper - yet when did love ever follow the rules? And after ten months and ten days of marriage, Don has accepted a little chaos into his carefully ordered life. But when Rosie announces she's pregnant, Don panics. Suddenly, everything he loves most is in danger of being lost . . . What did Rosie and Don do next? Find out in The Rosie Result - the hilarious and heart-warming conclusion to the series! ____________ 'The hilarious follow-up to The Rosie Project, one of the best novels I've read in ages. A sweet, entertaining, and thought-provoking book' Bill Gates'Intelligent fun' THE TIMES 'Quirky and sweetly funny, you will want to join the Don Tillman fan club all over again' SUN ON SUNDAY 'Genuinely heartwarming, truly endearing, plenty of LOLs. You may end up a blubbing wreck' HEAT 'There is much to love in this comedy of errors' SUNDAY EXPRESSJoin the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with Don and Rosie . . .'Touching and funny. There was not a page I turned where I was not rooting for the characters or smiling' 5* Reader Review'Warm, wonderful and laugh out loud funny. Stays with you long after you have finished' 5* Reader Review'Wonderful, touching, funny, very romantic. Glorious' 5* Reader Review'Funny, poignant and original. The best romantic comedy I've read since Bridget Jones' 5* Reader Review'Utterly, utterly brilliant! Captured my heart' 5* Reader Review'A truly wonderful, warm-hearted story. Read it, you won't regret it!' 5* Reader Review'If I could have given this book 6 stars, I would. Brilliant' 5* Reader Review

Charmig och originell feelgood-roman! Don Tillman är 39 år gammal och ska gifta sig. Han vet bara inte med vem än. Han ser bra ut men har aldrig riktigt passat in i några sociala sammanhang och har svårt att få kontakt med kvinnor. Men som den strukturerade forskare Don är utformar han Projekt fru - ett mycket grundligt frågeformulär - som ska hjälpa honom att hitta den perfekta partnern. Hon får absolut inte röka, dricka, ogilla kött, komma försent eller rubba hans inrutade liv. Rosie Jarman gör allt detta. Hon är även spontan, smart och snygg, jobbar som bartender och vänder upp och ner på hela Dons tillvaro. Eftersom han är professor i genetik kan han hjälpa henne i sökandet efter hennes biologiska pappa. Och ju mer Don engagerar sig i Rosies jakt, desto mer börjar han släppa på sina strikta rutiner. Hon drar ut honom ur hans trygga men trista tillvaro och han börjar förstå att man inte kan hitta kärleken med hjälp av vetenskapliga tester. Projekt Rosie är en charmig romantisk komedi, en annorlunda och tänkvärd feel good-roman som visar att alla kan möta kärleken, hur udda man än är. En av de knäppaste och mest bedårande romaner jag läst. Den liknar ingenting annat och är skriven med spänst och bra tajming. Jag älskade Projekt Rosie. Den bjuder på underhållande läsning från början till slut, är eftertänksam och rolig, väldigt annorlunda och ytterst charmig. En briljant debutroman från en mogen och skicklig författare. New Zealand Herald on Sunday

The international bestselling romantic comedy "bursting with warmth, emotional depth, and...humor," (Entertainment Weekly) featuring the oddly charming, socially challenged genetics professor, Don, as he seeks true love. The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who's decided it's time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers. Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities. Don easily disqualifies her as a candidate for The Wife Project (even if she is "quite intelligent for a barmaid"). But Don is intrigued by Rosie's own quest to identify her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on The Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie―and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don't find love, it finds you. Arrestingly endearing and entirely unconventional, Graeme Simsion's distinctive debut "navigates the choppy waters of adult relationships, both romantic and platonic, with a fresh take (USA TODAY). "Filled with humor and plenty of heart, The Rosie Project is a delightful reminder that all of us, no matter how we're wired, just want to fit in" (Chicago Tribune).

Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love, perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineTHE INTERNATIONAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLER'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA'Brilliant, important, good-hearted' GUARDIAN'Original, clever and perfectly written' JILL MANSELL'Superb. Endearing, charming and fascinating' THE TIMES'Funny, charming and heart-warming. A gem of a novel' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Adorable' MARIAN KEYES________Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don's never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie - 'the world's most incompatible woman' - throwing Don's safe, ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he's feeling? . . . If you loved The Rosie Project, find out what happens next in The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result!________'All three of the Rosie novels made me laugh out loud. Ultimately the story is about getting inside the mind and heart of someone a lot of people see as odd, and discovering that he isn't really that different from anybody else' BILL GATES'Exuberantly life-affirming' SUNDAY TIMES'A completely charming story that is as engaging as it is funny' INDEPENDENT'Compulsively readable. A poignant universal story' OBSERVER'Such a joy to read - I honestly can't think of many books that I've enjoyed more. The definition of a comfort book. It made me laugh out loud more than any book before' MARIE CLARE'Full of quirky humour and touching tenderness. Imagine the love child of Eleanor Oliphant ad Bridget Jones and you have this book' CULTUREFLY'Marvellous' JOHN BOYNE'Charming and hilarious' LUXE'Hilarious, unlikely and heartbreaking' EASY LIVINGJoin the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with Don and Rosie . . .'Touching and funny. There was not a page I turned where I was not rooting for the characters or smiling' 5* Reader Review'Warm, wonderful and laugh out loud funny. Stays with you long after you have finished' 5* Reader Review'Wonderful, touching, funny, very romantic. Glorious' 5* Reader Review'Funny, poignant and original. The best romantic comedy I've read since Bridget Jones' 5* Reader Review'Utterly, utterly brilliant! Captured my heart' 5* Reader Review'A truly wonderful, warm-hearted story. Read it, you won't regret it!' 5* Reader Review'If I could have given this book 6 stars, I would. Brilliant' 5* Reader ReviewThe Rosie Project has sold over 1 million copies globally, The Bookseller, November 2018

Siansorkkakriisi, Takkijupakka, Aprikoosijäätelökatastrofi. Donin kontaktit naisten kanssa eivät ole olleet kovin rohkaisevia. Yhtäkkiä ratkaisu oikean kumppanin löytämiseksi tuntuu päivänselvältä. Kyselylomake! Urallaan menestynyt mutta ihmissuhteissaan kompuroiva genetiikan professori Don Tillman päättää etsiä vaimon tieteellisin menetelmin. Testin avulla hän suodattaisi pois ajanhaaskaajat, jäätelödiskriminoijat, visuaalisesta häirinnästä valittajat, kristallipalloihin tuijottajat, muotihullut, vegaanit, urheilunseuraajat, luomisopinkannattajat, tupakoitsijat, tieteellisesti lukutaidottomat ja homeopaatit. Ideaalitapauksessa jäljelle jäisi täydellinen kumppani. Odottamatta tielle osuu Rosie, kyselytutkimuksen valossa täysin mahdoton vaihtoehto - mutta hänestäpä Don ei niin vain pääsekään eroon. Kuka voisi vastustaa älykästä romanttista komediaa!

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