Alex Quick Bücher

Anleitung zum Glücklichsein - ganz umsonst! Ständig werden wir zum Konsum angetrieben, alle wollen unser Geld. Dabei sollten wir es in Zeiten des schwächelnden Euros doch lieber zusammenhalten. Dass Sparsamkeit nicht Verzicht bedeuten muss, führt Alex Quick in seinem Lob des einfachen Lebens vor. Ein charmant illustriertes Büchlein mit zahlreichen ernst gemeinten und einigen weniger seriösen Ratschlägen. 99-mal zeigt uns Alex Quick, wie beglückend es sein kann, von Luft, Liebe (und ein paar wenigen Dingen mehr) zu leben.

Packed with suggestions that will spur even the most lethargic reader to leap from their favourite armchair and express their Englishness, this book is also a delightful, insightful and mostly affectionate portrait of the English national character.

Here at last -- the perfect book for the hot(-ish) season. With his customary wit, charm and invention, Alex Quick walks the reader through 102 summery activities, ranging from the simple (Make a Sand Sculpture) to the more challenging (Build a Tree House); from the familiar (Go Cockling) to the exotic (Hold a Luau). Quick's lively style makes this book a joy to read as well as a brilliant source of ideas -- and it's gorgeously illustrated too.

Everyone knows that the best things in life are free . . but it's easy to forget in a world of constant advertising and competitive consumerism. 102 Free Things to Do is a warm, wise and witty reminder that almost everything that really matters can be done on less than a shoestring.Beautifully illustrated, always entertaining and full of surprising nuggets of advice and information, this is one of those rare books that might just change your life. Or at least make you feel a bit more like getting out of bed in the morning.

This title tells you what to do if your partner: has an irritating laugh; never remembers your birthday; drives drunk; is rude to waiters; tells the same jokes over and over again; avoids paying the bills; disgusts you in everyway.

'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.' William S. Burroughs This step-by-step guide to the art -- and the craft -- of writing fiction is a refreshing blend of the practical (how to find an agent), with the more cerebral (how to handle point of view; the importance of rhythm). Throughout, Quick uses the hard-won experiences of his fellow novelists to give color and depth to his own advice. Did you know, for instance, that Road Dahl wrote in a shed? That Nabokov composed his masterpieces on index cards? Or -- alas -- that most writers get their best work done in the mornings? Full of wit and lightly-worn erudition, 102 Ways to Write a Novel is an elegant, useful and even inspiring vade mecum. It will become a classic of its kind – the book no writer of fiction should be without.