Amy Thomas

The author chronicles her year living in Paris as a copywriter, describing her samplings of desserts and pastries in the patisseries, cafâes, and restaurants throughout the city.

A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate)

Paris, My Sweet

Irene Adler, American opera singer and the one woman who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes, finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on a woman they call Miss A, who is none other than Irene Adler herself. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot with implications that stretch across the Atlantic. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

A Novel of Sherlock Holmes

The Detective and the Woman

Wydawnictwo Pascal

Anna Bereta-Jankowska

Paryż, mój słodki

Irene Adler has withdrawn to the Downs and become adept at bee keeping. Then her bees begin to die, first one hive and then another. It appears someone has introduced an American strain of foulbrood. She determines to present the case to Holmes. But in London, Adler soon discovers people have been waiting for her arrival, people who sign their notes "KKK", clearly a link to the Openshaw incident. Those who actually killed Openshaw had met their fate, but others, associates, could not be apprehended. Someone has plotted revenge, and the first victim is young Anna, who used to work for Holmes. A note at the murder scene makes it clear that Holmes and all those he cares for are targets for revenge.

The Detective, the Woman and the Silent Hive

Andrew Jakubowicz

Heidi Norman

For too long Australia's media has failed to communicate Aboriginal political aspirations. This unique study of key Aboriginal initiatives seeking self-determination and justice reveals a history of media procrastination and denial. A team of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers examine 45 years of media responses to these initiatives, from the 1972 Larrakia petition to the Queen seeking land rights and treaties, to the desire for recognition expressed in the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart. This analysis exposes how the media frames stories, develops discourses, and supports deeper historical narratives that corrode and undermine the intent and urgency of Aboriginal aspirations, through approaches ranging from sympathetic stalling to patronising parodies. This book can be used by media professionals to improve their practices, by Aboriginal communities to test media truth-telling and by anyone seeking to understand how Aboriginal desires and hopes have been expressed, and represented, in recent Australian political history.

45 Years of News Media Reporting of Key Political Moments

Does the Media Fail Aboriginal Political Aspirations?

"From the New York cupcake wars to the perfect Parisian macaron, Thomas's passion is palpable, her sweet tooth, unstoppable."—Elizabeth Bard, bestselling author of Lunch in Paris Forever a girl obsessed with all things French, sweet freak Amy Thomas landed a gig as rich as the purest dark chocolate: leave Manhattan for Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton. Working on the Champs-Élysées, strolling the charming streets, and exploring the best patisseries and boulangeries, Amy marveled at the magnificence of the City of Light. But does falling in love with one city mean turning your back on another? As much as Amy adored Paris, there was part of her that felt like a humble chocolate chip cookie in a sea of pristine macarons. PARIS, MY SWEET explores how the search for happiness can be as fleeting as a salted caramel souffle's rise, as intensely satisfying as molten chocolate cake, and about how the life you're meant to live doesn't always taste like the one you envisioned. Part love letter to Paris, part love letter to New York, and total devotion to all things sweet, PARIS, MY SWEET is a treasure map for anyone with a hunger for life. "Like a tasty Parisian bonbon, this book is filled with sweet surprises."—David Lebovitz, New York Times bestselling author of The Sweet Life in Paris "Amy Thomas seduces us in the same manner that Paris seduced her —one exquisite morsel at a time."—Nichole Robertson, author of Paris in Color

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