Out Of Africa

Out Of AfricaKaren Blixen's Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Kenya that launched a million tourist trails, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills Up in this high air you breathed easily you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.' From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to

Lisa discovers as her one-time private life becomes all too public

Drawing on in-depth interviews with over seventy young women and a wide range of psychologists

and one chance to save it

it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia'

and many others

This fantastic two-in-one book reveals the Earth as you've never seen it before

a strong message

a treatise of proto-feminism that was as powerful and original then as it is now

Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures

But that's before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her

and Giorgio reveals the recipes for their best-loved meals

or will the strain tear them apart