New Releases by Eric Knight

Spending leave together on the South Coast during the Battle of Britain and the beginning of the blitz, Clive and Prudence have an affair. Having survived Dunkirk, but having a crisis of conscience over what the war is being fought for and disgusted at the incompetence of the ruling elite, Clive decides not to return to the Army and to go absent without leave. Deserving comparison to Hemingway''s "A Farewell to Arms", This Above All was heralded as the first great novel of the Second World War... and it is about the war, but first and last it is a great love story, a great adventure in thinking things through. This soldier, discharged on leave after hospitalization, meets a girl in uniform of the W.A.A.F’s - and they break through the barriers of tradition and class and come to understand what both of them really stand for.

Joci negru, câștigă roșu de Eric Knight este un roman a cărui acțiune se petrece în anii Marii Crize din California. Dick are împreună cu Lois, soția sa, un mic restaurant în Oklahoma. Într-o seară, întoarcându-se de la cel de-al doilea serviciu al său, constată că Lois, fascinată de lumea filmului, l-a părăsit. Bănuind că e la Los Angeles, străbate țara ca să o găsească. Ajunge la destinație, și acceptă să ia parte la un jaf. În carte, un necaz nu vine niciodată singur pentru Dick, victimă a unui destin capricios; tot ce se întâmplă, se revarsă peste el fără să poată riposta.

LASSIE, personajul principal din cartea lui Eric Knight- LASSIE SE-NTOARCE ACASĂ este un câine care s-a făcut iubit prin actele lui de curaj şi prin loialitatea de care a dat dovadă faţă de stăpânul lui de care fusese despărţit. O poveste emoţionantă, sensibilă care a fost ecranizată şi a dăinuit mai bine de jumătate de secol în inimile copiilor şi adulţilor deopotrivă.

Have Your Cake And Look Good Too is an easy reading guide that shows how the author used the power of a healthy meal replacement to not only get into shape, but stay in shape without completely cutting out the foods that we really want to eat. The core message is why should people who simply want to be healthier and look better have to eat like people whose lively hood depends on the way their bodies look? We all know that if we want change, then we have to make some changes. But many trainers and programs push drastic changes down our throats that are not sustainable by the majority of people. If I am not a body builder or fitness model, why do I have to eat like one? If you don''t have at least a little discipline, this isn''t the program for you. It is for people who have discipline but can''t find a program that rewards that discipline. This book shows you how to maximize a good meal replacement so that you can lose weight or get healthier without throwing the foods you love out of the window. You have tried everything else, so what do you have to lose?

Som barn mister engelske Tregan sin mor og vokser derfor op hos sin mors slægtninge. Faren er rejst til USA og har giftet sig på ny. Tregan er rodløs og giver ikke meget for traditioner, og da han bliver gammel nok, rejser han til USA, hvor han i en kortere periode bor hos faren. Det bliver dog hurtigt klart, at de to er fremmede for hinanden, så Tregan drager videre. Han ender med at melde sig som frivillig i 1. verdenskrig, hvor han sendes til Frankrig. Her møder han endelig kærligheden i en ung, engelsk pige. De gifter sig lynhurtigt, men hvad der kommer let, går let. Tilværelsens barskhed formørker Tregans sind, og apatien tager over, selv da han en dag står over for at skulle i den elektriske stol. Eric Knight (1897-1943) var en britisk forfatter bosat i USA i en længere årrække. Eric Knight omkom som major i den amerikanske hær under 2. verdenskrig, men nåede at efterlade sig et stort og forskelligartet forfatterskab.

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Lassie adlı köpeğin, insan ve hayvan dostlarının maceralarını konu alan bir roman.

"First published as a short story in the Saturday evening Post"--Title page verso.

How to solve the world''s trickiest problems? In Reframe, Eric Knight explains how a change of focus can reveal a solution that was lying just outside your frame of vision. From terrorism to global warming, from border security to high finance, he brings a new perspective that is both exhilarating and useful. Why can''t we eliminate terrorism by killing terrorists? Why can''t we learn anything about climate change by talking about the weather? Why can''t we resolve immigration tensions by building higher fences? And what do fishermen in Turkey have to teach us about international relations? This is an optimistic, lucid and original book by a brilliant young thinker.

Eric Knight, the internationally known film reviewer of the 1930s and author of Lassie-Come-Home tells his story in his own words, with the help of Geoff Gehman.

Twelve-year-old Joe Carraclough is heartbroken. Lassie, the family''s beloved collie, must be sold to the Duke of Rudling, a bad-tempered, wealthy old man. The Carracloughs are struggling through hard times and can''t afford to keep Lassie, who is without a doubt the finest collie in Yorkshire. The Duke sends Lassie to his estate in Scotland, four-hundred miles to the north, but Lassie will not be kept away from the family she loves. By instinct she starts the long journey south to find the home where she belongs. Filled with danger and adventure, this is the story of the love and loyalty shared by a boy and his dog. First published in 1940, the legendary Lassie Come-Home is sure to warm the hearts of yet another generation of readers.