Emma McLaughlin

Nicola Kraus

A sequel to the best-selling Nanny Diaries finds Nan returning to New York after 10 years abroad and getting approached by a drunken 16-year-old Grayer X, who describes his parents' brutal divorce and prompts her re-entry into child care for the elite.

A Novel

Nanny Returns

Another biting satire from Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries. Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done...whatever that may be. Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.

Citizen Girl

The authors of the bestselling novel The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, bring you the story of a girl who gets her heart broken…and figures out a foolproof way to get over her ex. Over You’s Max Scott had a hard time getting over Hugo, the boy who dumped her. Now it’s Max’s mission to help NYC girls get over their broken hearts fast, and with dignity. Now Max’s life is better than she ever imagined it could be. Her new business, Ex, Inc., is booming. Better still, her friendship with Ben, a truly sweet guy, could turn romantic. But when Hugo reenters the picture, Max realizes that she isn’t over him. At all. Funny, touching, and romantic, Over You is the kind of book every girl will fall head over heels for.

Over You

Thirteen years after the love of her life abruptly leaves town hours before the senior prom only to become the world's biggest recording star, twenty-nine-year-old Kate Hollis decides to resolve her lingering resentments by confronting him during a home visit. By the authors of The Nanny Diaries. 150,000 first printing.

Dedication

Reunited with her cousin Kelsey when a job offer returns her to the home of her unhappy childhood in Oklahoma, Logan risks everything to secure her cousin's happiness while Kelsey's celebrity and controlling parents threaten her efforts to live a normal life. By the authors of The Nanny Diaries.

Between You and Me

Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employers Hermès bag. Those who take it personally need not apply. Who wouldn't want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day. When the Xs' marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity and, most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months, Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude. Written by two former nannies, The Nanny Diaries deftly punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.

The Nanny Diaries

"[N]ovel about a forty-something wife and mother thrust back into the workforce, where she finds herself at the mercy of a boss half her age" -- provided by publisher.

How to Be a Grown-Up

The story of a young woman who is nannying to support herself while she is at college - She becomes more attached to her young charge than she realises.

a novel

The nanny diaries

Net echt!

Um Studium und Wohnung finanzieren zu können, arbeitet Nanny nebenher als Kindermädchen. Das Schicksal führt sie zu Familie X, einer New Yorker Upper-Class-Familie und der Job ist hier wahrlich kein Zuckerschlecken.

Roman

Die Tagebücher einer Nanny

Fresh out of college, 24-year-old Girl is ready to jump into the work force. When she finds the job of her dreams, she leaps at the chance to make big money. But she's having a hard time figuring out just what her job is.

Avec son programme quasi magique de réparation des coeurs brisés, Max devient la coqueluche du Tout-New York. Jusqu'au jour où Hugo, le Seul, l'Inégalable, ressurgit dans sa vie. Comment peut-elle à son tour oublier l'unique garçon qu'elle a jamais aimé ? Vous vous êtes fait larguer ? Vous êtes inconsolable ? Maxine Scott a la solution pour vous : Ex & Cie. Apprenez à surmonter vos chagrins d'amour en un clin d'oeil. Et n'oubliez jamais : celui qui vous a quittée finira par le payer ! Par les auteures de Nanny, journal d'une baby-sitter.

Le jour où j'ai largué mon ex

Diário de Uma Nanny

" J'adore les enfants ! J'adore leurs petites mains et leurs petits souliers, les sandwiches au beurre de cacahuètes et avoir du beurre de cacahuètes dans mes cheveux [...], avoir du sable dons mon sac, les comptines niaises [...], le lait de soja, les doudous et le barrage de questions auxquelles nul ne saurait répondre - c'est vrai, au fait, pourquoi le ciel est bleu ? " Etudiante à New York, Nanny est engagée chez les X pour s'occuper de leur fils Grayer. Mais elle n'imagine pas ce qui l'attend. Mme X est une bourgeoise radine, suractive et névrosée - option maniaco-dépressive - et Mr X préfère passer son temps au travail ou avec sa maîtresse : un beau couple de tortionnaires modernes... Au beau milieu de cette guerre psychologique, décrite avec humour et réalisme, Nanny atteindra-t-elle les objectifs qu'elle s'est fixés donner à Grayer les rudiments d'amour que ses parents ont été incapables de lui prodiguer... et, surtout, survivre ! ?

Nanny, journal d'une baby-sitter

Named "Summer Book Pick" by Us Weekly * Redbook Magazine * Brit + Co * Buzzfeed * SheKnows * Bustle * Parade magazine From international #1 best-selling authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus comes a story about a girl from the trailer parks of central Florida and the two powerful men who shape her life—one of whom will raise her up to places she never imagined, the other of whom will threaten to destroy her. Amanda Beth Luker has spent her whole life desperately looking for someone who can show her the way out of her trailer park Florida town. And then, finally, help arrives—in the form of Tom Davis, a successful lawyer with political aspirations who grew up just a few towns over from Amanda. But it’s his wife, Lindsay, who really captures Amanda’s imagination. Strong, smart, and determined, she gives Amanda something she’s never had—a role model. Meanwhile Amanda is introduced to the wealthy, charismatic, and deeply troubled Pax Westerbrook. He clearly desires Amanda, but if she gives in will that move her closer to the life she’s always dreamed of—or make it impossible? Amanda rides Davis’s political success all the way to Washington, where he becomes Senator and will later be tapped for president and even make a bid for the White House. But when Amanda starts to suspect, and later confirms, his moral indiscretions, her loyalty is tested. Will a girl from a trailer park even be believed if she goes public with damning information? Will she be willing to risk losing everything she’s gained?

So Close

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries return with “a convincing portrait of a damaged young woman whose head is turned by the attentions of a dashing and powerful political figure.…An utterly absorbing page-turner” (Booklist). I was twenty-two years old only three weeks out of college. I thought my whole life was beginning...then he kissed me. Jamie McAlister has resigned herself to the fact that in this job market, her painfully expensive degree might only get her a position at Starbucks, when she suddenly lands a prestigious internship at the White House. Although she doesn’t hit it off with the other interns—who come from so much money that ten weeks without a paycheck doesn’t faze them—she is eager to work hard and make the best of the opportunity while it lasts. An unexpected encounter late one evening with the charismatic President Gregory Rutland seems like just a fleeting flirtation, but when he orchestrates clandestine meetings and late-night phone calls, their relationship quickly escalates. Jamie knows what she is doing is wrong: he’s married, he has kids, he’s the President. Yet each time she tries to extricate herself, Greg pulls her back in. With the conflicted desires of the most powerful man in the world driving her to her breaking point, Jamie can’t help but divulge intimate details to those closest to her. But she must have confided in the wrong person, because she soon finds herself, and everyone she cares about, facing calculated public destruction at the hands of Greg’s political enemies, and—perhaps no matter how much he cares about her—at the hands of Greg himself.

The First Affair

What is your first love left town without a word to anyone, days before graduation? What if he went on to become one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song he's famous for is about you? What if, after thirteen years of getting on with your life, you get the call that he has landed back in your hometown for an MTV special two days before Christmas? What if you finally had a chance to confront him? What would you do?

Nanny, a struggling NYU student, takes a position caring for the son of the rich and glamorous X family, and learns how to juggle a vast array of tasks so that a Park Avenue wife never has to lift a well-manicured finger.

Spritzige Liebeskomödie über gebrochene Herzen im hippen New York Als der 17-jährigen Max zum letzten Mal jemand das Herz gebrochen hat, hat sie sich nicht einfach zu Hause verkrochen und sich schluchzend durch die letzten Facebook-Einträge ihres Ex-Freunds Hugo geklickt. Na gut, hat sie. Aber nicht nur. Kein Mädchen sollte sich so quälen, findet sie. Also hat sie alle Ratgeberbücher und Talkshow-Aufzeichnungen durchgearbeitet, die sie in die Finger kriegen konnte, und daraus ein todsicheres Programm gegen Liebeskummer entwickelt. Das Programm wird ein voller Erfolg, immer professioneller ihr mobiles Einsatzkommando in Sachen gebrochenes Herz. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit reichen sich Mädchen in ganz New York City ihre Adresse weiter. Alles läuft prima, Max hat alles im Griff. Bis Hugo wieder auftaucht und Max langsam, aber sicher die Kontrolle verliert ...

No more heartbreak

James Mackay

Averil Coxhead

Jean Parkinson

English for Vocational Purposes provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts. As the demand for English-speaking workers in the trades grows internationally, a major gap in the research on language in the trades is evident. Based on courses in construction and engineering at a polytechnic in New Zealand, this book offers an empirical response to this gap in research. Features of this book include: new research on linguistic features of written and spoken texts in trades education, with a special focus on discourse, visual elements of written texts and vocabulary; real-life examples of the language in context, along with implications for teaching and learning and a chapter devoted to putting research findings into practice; qualitative and quantitative data to support examples and shed light on the most complex aspects of English as a trades language; supplementary material online which includes technical word lists in areas of carpentry, plumbing, automotive technology and fabrication (welding). Paving the way for a new research agenda in the field of ESP, English for Vocational Purposes is key reading for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of ESP, trades education and vocational education.

Emma McLaughlin

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