New Releases by Helen Fielding

Het dagboek van Bridget Jones vertelt over het vrolijke leven van een jonge werkende vrouw en haar strijd tegen de overmatige consumptie van alcohol en calorieën, tegen de verleiding van de sigaret en tegen het allesoverheersende verlangen naar de Enige Echte, de ware man. Bridget Jones is inmiddels een begrip geworden: de blunderende Bridget, haar trouwe vriendinnen en de vrouwen die op haar toekomstige minnaar azen, groeiden uit tot iconen van de eenentwintigste eeuw. Helen Fielding woont en werkt in Londen. Haar romans Het dagboek van Bridget Jones en Bridget Jones: het nieuwe dagboek verschenen in veertig landen en er werden miljoenen exemplaren van verkocht. Ook de verfilmingen van de boeken, met in de hoofdrollen Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant en Colin Firth, waren wereldwijd een doorslaand succes. In 2013 verscheen het nieuwe dagboek, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

L''UNICA REGOLA PER NON TORNARE VERGINI È FARLO SPESSO, MEGLIO SE LUI È PIU GIOVANE. SE VUOI IL MEGLIO, NON PROVARCI IN MODO AGGRESSIVO E SCONTATO. PIUTTOSTO FAI GESTI SENSUALI E ALLUSIVI COME SFREGARE SU E GIÙ LO STELO DI UN CALICE DI VINO (Bridget Jones docet) La single più amata del mondo è tornata. Ed è ancora single. L''avevamo lasciata felice e innamorata fra le braccia del suo Darcy, lontana dal rischio di morire zitella ed essere divorata dagli ormai mitici pastori alsaziani. Ma dopo tredici anni, Bridget Jones è di nuovo sola. E mamma di due figli: il saggio Billy, un compassato e tenerissimo Darcy in miniatura, e la incantevole, diabolica Mabel, che non perde occasione per svergognarla rivelando pubblicamente scomode verità che Bridget preferirebbe tacere persino a se stessa. Una su tutte: la sua età. Eh già, perché lungi dall''avere i trentacinque anni che sfacciatamente dichiara, la single più amata del mondo ha ormai raggiunto i cinquanta. E, come molte sue coetanee, è costretta a destreggiarsi - goffa e irresistibile più che mai e favolosamente imperfetta - tra responsabilità familiari e (improbabili) occasioni di lavoro, epidemie di pidocchi e tornei scolastici, teleconferenze e consolatorie bevute con gli amici di sempre, Jude, Tom e Talitha. Che, ancora una volta, tramano per aiutarla a trovare, se non proprio l''amore, almeno uno straccio di maschio buono per una gratificante notte di sesso - allontanando da lei lo spauracchio di una umiliante "verginità di ritorno". Ma chi è il padre dei figli di Bridget? Che fine ha fatto Mark Darcy? E il pessimo Daniel Cleaver? La risposta a queste e ad altre domande nel nuovo, sorprendente capitolo del "diario" più spassionato, irriverente ed esilarante che vi possa capitare di leggere.

La vita della single trentenne Bridget Jones è completamente cambiata: fidanzata con Mark Darcy, l''uomo dei suoi sogni, ha finalmente vinto la battaglia contro la bilancia. Innamorata e dimagrita, Bridget scopre ben presto che la convivenza logora persino le relazioni più romantiche. Non le resta che ricorrere ai manuali di self-help, alla scorta di sigarette e allo Chardonnay in frigo, soprattutto quando all''orizzonte compare Rebecca, filiforme, alta, elegantissima e decisamente troppo interessata a Mark. Un brillante spaccato del mondo femminile scritto con lo stile spumeggiante che contraddistingue Helen Fielding, Che pasticcio, Bridget Jones! è il graditissimo ritorno di una delle eroine moderne più amate degli ultimi anni.

A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Two diaries, two enduring bestsellers, one unforgettable character. This is Bridget Jones: The Singleton Years. V.g.

Bridget Jones, voorbeeld voor velen, is een begrip: met haar hilarische en meeslepende dagboeknotities veroverde ze internationaal een miljoenenpubliek. Helen Fielding beschrijft op vrolijke en absurdistische wijze het leven van een moderne werkende vrouw, in de strijd tegen overmatige consumptie van alcohol en calorieën, de verleiding van de sigaret, haar zoektocht naar zelfverbetering en het onstilbare verlangen naar de ware man. Beide dagboeken werden inmiddels succesvol verfilmd, met in de hoofdrollen Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth en Hugh Grant, en zijn nu, in een wereldwijde primeur, samen in één band verkrijgbaar. `Een pijnlijk geestige satire op het jachtige bestaan van de moderne werkende vrouw. nrc handelsblad `Een heerlijke karikatuur van de eeuwig vrouwelijke zorgen over lijf en liefde. de standaard `Bridget Jones is een soort Agnes, maar dan in Londen. het parool `Een briljante komische creatie. Zelfs mannen zullen lachen. salman rushdie

The western philosophical tradition has only recently explored alterity, in particular the alterity of woman as the other of man. This volume reflects on the ethical implications of this, and on the need for a rethinking of the implicit structures of Western philosophy, which exclude women as subjects who conceptualize the world and society.

Numeracy is a core subject in schools, and this book will provide those supporting children in this subject area with tried and tested strategies for working with students, as well as the tools to improve their own subject knowledge. Advice is given on how to: " provide an overview of key maths topics; " introduce students to key issues surrounding the teaching of numeracy; " support learners who find it difficult to understand concepts, and stretch those who have grasped them easily; " show how numeracy links with other areas of the curriculum, and with everyday life. Each chapter covers a different aspect of mathematics, highlighting key teaching points and common misconceptions. Case studies from teaching assistants bring the topics alive, and there are tasks for the reader to try out, which will them develop their own understanding. This book is essential for reading for all teaching assistants and support staff in early years and primary settings. It is particularly useful for those studying for a Foundation Degree.

At the close of the last millennium, Helen Fielding debuted the irrepressible (and blockbuster-bestselling) Bridget Jones. Now, Fielding gives us a sensational new heroine for a new era...Move over 007, a stunning, sexy-and decidedly female-new player has entered the world of international espionage. Her name is Olivia Joules (that’s "J.O.U.L.E.S. the unit of kinetic energy") and she''s ready to take America by storm with charm, style, and her infamous Overactive Imagination. How could a girl not be drawn to the alluring, powerful Pierre Ferramo-he of the hooded eyes, impeccable taste, unimaginable wealth, exotic international homes, and dubious French accent? Could Ferramo really be a major terrorist bent on the Western world’s destruction, hiding behind a smokescreen of fine wines, yachts, and actresses slash models? Or is it all just a product of Olivia Joules’s overactive imagination? Join Olivia in her heart-stopping, hilarious, nerve-frazzling quest from hip hotel to eco-lodge to underwater cave, by light aircraft, speedboat, helicopter, and horse, in this witty, contemporary, and utterly unputdownable novel deluxe.

Für die Londonerin Bridget Jones scheint es beruflich bergauf zu gehen. Auch ihre Beziehung hält bereits über 4 Wochen. Doch das Schicksal nimmt unerbittlich seinen Lauf und Bridget muss auf die heilkräftige Wirkung von Chardonnay und Zigaretten vertrauen.

With another devastatingly hilarious, ridiculous, unnervingly accurate take on modern womanhood, Bridget Jones is back. (v.g.) Monday 27 January "7:15 a.m. Hurrah! The wilderness years are over. For four weeks and five days now have been in functional relationship with adult male, thereby proving am not love pariah as recently feared." Wednesday 5 March "7:08 p.m. Am assured, receptive, responsive woman of substance. My sense of self comes not from other people but . . .from . . .myself? That can''t be right." Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, everyone''s favorite Singleton Bridget Jones begins her search for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug Married advice. She experiences a zeitgeist-esque Spiritual Epiphany somewhere between the pages of How to Find the Love You Want Without Seeking It (can self-help books really help self?), protective custody, and a lightly chilled Chardonnay.

Disillusioned with life as a literary publicist in London and sick of her hotshot TV presenter boyfriend, twenty-something Rosie Richardson decides to give up glitz for good deeds and escape to Africa to run a refugee camp. When famine strikes and a massive refugee influx threatens to overwhelm the camp, officials drag their heels. The only way to get food fast is to bring the celebrities first, so Rosie returns to London to organize a star-studded and risky emergency appeal. Deftly skewering the world of celebrity fundraising, Fielding''s debut novel is both comic and thought-provoking. Cause Celeb crackles with insights into the nature of fame, passion, and altruism in our time, all the while following an unlikely-but hugely likeable-heroine.

Chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single, thirtysomething woman on a perpetual quest for self-improvement, as she struggles to cope with relationships, weight control, and the other baffling complexities of modern life.

Et års frustrationer, rapt og vittigt fortalt af Bridget, 30 år og feminist, der panisk søger en mand, men samtidig har en rædselsvækkende rollemodel i sin mor.

" Si seulement on avait un cerveau lavable. Incroyable, le nombre de fois où j''ai eu envie de me décalotter le crâne, comme on décalotte un œuf pour sortir mon cerveau et le rincer sous le robinet comme une éponge sale. Comme l''option de ce lavage de cerveau m''était impossible, je me suis mise à envisager le voyage en Afrique comme une échappatoire. " Rosie Richardson en a marre, marre, marre. Marre de son boulot de publiciste. Marre de ses contacts avec la Jet Set frivole, marre de la calamité qui s''est abattue sur elle : être tombée amoureuse folle d''un homme mégalo et caractériel. Alors un jour, elle décide de tout plaquer et part pour un camp de réfugiés, en Afrique. Devant la menace de famine, elle fait appel à ses anciens amis acteurs pour lever des fonds et provoque une juxtaposition incongrue entre les paillettes du show-business et la misère du tiers monde. Tout le monde en prend pour son grade, Rosie la première.