Joanne Harris

After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him.

The first adult epic fantasy novel from multi-million-copy bestselling author Joanne Harris.

The tantalizing sequel to the blockbuster New York Times bestseller Chocolat Even before it was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris's Chocolat entranced readers with its mix of hedonism, whimsy, and, of course, chocolate. Now, at last, Chocolat's heroine returns to the beautiful French village of Lansquenet in another, equally beguiling tale. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to return to Lansquenet, where she once owned a chocolate shop and learned the meaning of home. But returning to one's past can be a dangerous pursuit, and Vianne and her daughters find the beautiful French village changed in unexpected ways: women veiled in black, the scent of spices in the air, and--facing the church--a minaret. Most surprising of all, her old nemesis, Francis Reynaud, desperately needs her help. Can Vianne work her magic once again?

When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat.

St Oswaldsin rauhallisen poikakoulun latinanopettaja Roy Straitley vaistoaa koulun ilmapiirin muuttuneen. Eräs henkilökunnan jäsen ei ole voinut unohtaa, mitä koulussa sattui kolmetoista vuotta sitten. Hän on ujuttautunut kouluun kaivaakseen luurangot kaapista ja haluaa pahaa niin Straitleylle kuin koko koululle. Kostonhuumassaan hän ei kaihda mitään, ei edes murhaamista. Joanne Harris kuvaa taitavasti pienen maaseutukoulun suljettua yhteisöä, kunnianhimoa, vihaa ja rakkautta.

'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyed boy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris.

The wind has always dictated Vianne Rocher's every move, buffeting her from the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow Yanne Charbonneau, she opens a chocolaterie on a small Montmartre street, determined to still the wind at last and keep her daughters, Anouk and baby Rosette, safe. But the weather vane soon turns, and Zozie de l'Alba blows into their lives. Charming and enigmatic, Zozie provides the brightness that Yanne's life needs--as her vivacity and bold lollipop shoes dazzle rebellious and impressionable preadolescent Anouk. But beneath their new friend's benevolent fa ade lies a ruthless treachery--for devious, seductive Zozie has plans that will shake their world to pieces.

It's never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend. Then Alice finds an old diary and reads about two men and the mysterious woman who bewitched them both, buried in Grantchester churchyard half a century ago.

'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while.

Since she was a little girl, the wind has dictated every move Vianne Rocher has made, buffeting her from the small French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow Yanne Charbonneau, she opens a chocolaterie on a small Montmartre street, determined to still the wind at last and keep her daughters, Anouk and baby Rosette, safe. Her new home above the chocolate shop offers calm and quiet; no red sachets by the door; no sparks of magic fill the air. Conformity brings with it anonymity--and peace. There is even Thierry, the stolid businessman who wants to care for Yanne and the children. On the cusp of adolescence, an increasingly rebellious Anouk does not understand. But soon the weathervane turns . . . and into their lives blows the charming, enigmatic--and devious--Zozie de l'Alba. And everything begins to change.

Zum 80. Geburtstag von Günter Grass - Sämtliche Gedichte des Nobelpreisträgers in einem Band.

When Framboise Simon returns to a small village on the banks of the Loire, the locals do not recognize her as the daughter of the infamous woman they hold responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation years ago. But the past and present are inextricably entwined, particularly in a scrapbook of recipes and memories that Framboise has inherited from her mother. And soon Framboise will realize that the journal also contains the key to the tragedy that indelibly marked that summer of her ninth year. . . .

Sonnoe spokojstvie malenkogo frantsuzskogo gorodka narusheno priezdom molodoj zhenschiny Viann i ee docheri. Oni pojavilis vmeste s shumnym i jarkim karnavalnym shestviem, a kogda karnaval zakonchilsja, ego svetlaja radost ostalas v glazakh Viann, otkryvshej zdes svoj shokoladnyj magazin. Kakim-to chudesnym obrazom ona uznaet o sokrovennykh zhelanijakh zhitelej gorodka i predlagaet kazhdomu imenno takoe shokoladnoe lakomstvo, kotoroe zastavljaet ego vnov pochuvstvovat vkus k zhizni. "Shokolad" - eto istorija o dobrote i terpimosti, o protivostojanii nevinnykh soblaznov i zakosneloj pravednosti. Odnoimennyj gollivudskij film rezhissera Lasse Khallstrema (s Zhjulett Binosh, Dzhonni Deppom i Dzhudi Dench v glavnykh roljakh) byl nominirovan na "Oskar" v pjati kategorijakh i na "Zolotoj globus" - v chetyrekh.

The New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school--as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan's Atonement and Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley Audere, agere, auferre. To dare, to strive, to conquer. For generations, elite young men have attended St. Oswald's School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric classics teacher who has been a revered fixture for more than 30 years. But this year, things are different. Suits, paperwork, and Information Technology rule the world, and Straitley is reluctantly contemplating retirement. He is joined in this, his 99th, term by five new faculty members, including one who--unknown to Straitley and everyone else--holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St. Ozzie's ways and secrets, it's comforts and conceits. Harboring dark ties to the school's past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: Destroy St. Oswald's. As the new term gets underway, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike. Beginning as small annoyances--a lost pen, a misplaced coffee mug--they soon escalate to the life threatening. With the school unraveling, only Straitley stands in the way of St. Ozzie's ruin. But the old man faces a formidable opponent--a master player with a strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final move. A harrowing tale of cat and mouse told in alternating voices, this riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel showcases Joanne Harris's astonishing storytelling talent as never before.

Following the success of My French Kitchen, bestselling author Joanne Harris and Fran Warde present a deliciously simple collection of recipes that draw inspiration from the rural markets of Gascony and emphasize rustic, fresh flavors and a relaxed, tossed-together style. From large, lumpy tomatoes bursting with taste, to sun-ripened melons, to goat cheese rolled in fresh herbs, and to locally produced organic honey, this is food as nature intended.

Vem är "Mullvaden", den mystiske person vars illvilliga practical jokes gradvis stegras mot våld - och kanske till och med mord? Och hur kan en gammal och halvt bortglömd skandal förvandlas till något som kan få en jätte på fall? Platsen är S:t Oswalds, ett gammalt och väletablerat läroverk för pojkar i norra England. Ett nytt läsår har just börjat, och för skolans personal och elever blåser nya och ovälkomna vindar. Kostymbärare, skrivbordsarbete och informationsteknologi styr världen, och Roy Straitley - latinlärare, excentriker och veteran på S:t Oswalds - funderar slutligen och motvilligt på att gå i pension. Men i skydd av skolans triviala konkurrens, futtiga dispyter och vardagliga kriser rör sig en mörkare underström. Och ett hätskt gammalt groll, undangömt och omsorgsfullt vårdat i tretton år, är på väg att brisera. Joanne Harris nya roman är en klassisk whodunnit-histora - ett begränsat antal människor, en plats varifrån det inte går att komma undan och en ständigt stegrande spänning. "Ms Harris, som åstadkommer något nytt för varje bok har lyckats med ännu en succé." Sunday Telegraph

The first in the Malbry Cycle of gripping psychological thrillers - the latest of which is A Narrow Door. At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement.

In My French Kitchen bestselling author Joanne Harris, along with acclaimed food writer Fran Warde, shares her treasured collection of family recipes that has been passed down from generation to generation. All the classics are here: Quiche Lorraine, Moules Marini re, Coq au Vin, and Cr me Br l e, plus anentire chapter devoted to French chocolate, including cakes, meringues, and spiced hot chocolate.

Each of the twenty-two tales in this enchanting collection is a surprise and a delight, melding the poignant and the possible with the outrageous, the magical, and, sometimes, the eerily haunting. Wolf men, dolphin women, defiant old ladies, and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear -- in Jigs & Reels the miraculous goes hand in hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive, and the disturbing are never more than one step away. Whether she's exploring the myth of beauty, the pain of infidelity, or the wonder of late-life romance, Joanne Harris once again proves herself a master of the storyteller's trade.