Bücher von Anne Booth

Even saints need second chances...Discover the new heartwarming Christmas adventure with the Sisters of Saint Philomena, about friendship, family, and forgiveness. Perfect for fans of AJ Pearce, Katie Fforde and Call the Midwife.Everyone loves Sister Bridget. The cheerful Mother Superior of St Philomena's convent is friend to many in the town of Fairbridge and the irrepressible caller at the weekly Parish Bingo. There is nothing she can't sort out with a kind word, a cup of tea and a slice of her amazing chocolate cake.But as the Christmas tree goes up and festive cheer rises, a visitor arrives at the convent who doesn't like Sister Bridget one bit. Sister Bridget soon learns that secrets are bubbling to the surface back home in Ireland - especially for her younger sister Mary. She will need to face up to past deeds, however well-intended.With the help of her friends, and the power of love and forgiveness, maybe she can finally make things right.Sweet Mercies reminds us that none of us is perfect, and everybody deserves another chance at finding peace and happiness.Praise for Anne Booth:'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird'With gentle humour, and surprising twists and turns, this is just the book we need in these difficult times. I didn't want it to end' Katie FfordeReaders adore Sweet Mercies:'A lovely feel good story...I raced through this''The whole book left me smiling''This book is like receiving the best Christmas present all wrapped up with a bow!''This book was a joy to read, full of community and kindness''What a lovely hug of a book!'

A lyrical, heart-warming message of love from someone far awayWhen Big Bear and Little Bear have to say goodbye, Big Bear tells Little Bear about all the ways she'll send a hug from afar:I can change my hug into bird song early in the morning,or into the sea so I can wave at you when you are on the beach.Join Little Bear on his adventure to discover all the many different ways to feel a hug from a loved one, even when apart.A soothing and uplifting story for every child who is missing someone.

This book examines the evolution of fiscal capacity in the context of colonial state formation and the changing world order between 1850 and 1960. Until the early nineteenth century, European colonial control over Asia and Africa was largely confined to coastal and island settlements, which functioned as little more than trading posts. The officials running these settlements had neither the resources nor the need to develop new fiscal instruments. With the expansion of imperialism, the costs of maintaining colonies rose. Home governments, reluctant to place the financial burden of imperial expansion on metropolitan taxpayers, pressed colonial governments to become fiscally self-supporting. A team of leading historians provides a comparative overview of how colonial states set up their administrative systems and how these regimes involved local people and elites. They shed new light on the political economy of colonial state formation and the institutional legacies they left behind at independence.

Das altehrwürdige Kloster in der englischen Kleinstadt Fairbridge droht zu verfallen. Margaret, Oberin wider Willen, sieht keine Zukunft für sich und die drei übrig gebliebenen Nonnen des einst florierenden Ordens der Schwestern der Heiligen Philomena. Das Dach der Kirche leckt, die Rechnungen stapeln sich auf Margarets Schreibtisch, und sie stehen kurz davor, das Kloster zu verkaufen und ihre geliebte Pfarrgemeinde zurückzulassen. Doch ein Lottogewinn ändert alles - wenn auch anders als geplant ...

Ein anrührendes Bilderbuch, das Hilfe bei Tod, Trauer, Kummer und Depressionen bieten kann - übersetzt von Trauerexpertin Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper. Ein ideales Geschenk für taurige Zeiten. Die wunderbare Botschaft dieser Geschichte: Wer mit der Traurigkeit Freundschaft schließt, kann mit ihr leben. So findet der kleine Junge einen guten Ort für seine Traurigkeit. Dort kann sie so sein, wie sie mag, ob sie an einem Tag alles ausfüllt oder an einem anderen sehr klein ist, ob sie laut ist oder leise. Und wenn der Junge die Traurigkeit besucht, lernt er sie Stück für Stück kennen und weiß immer besser mit ihr umzugehen.

Indonesia is often viewed as a country with substantial natural resources which has achieved solid economic growth since the 1960s, but which still faces serious economic challenges. In 2010, its per capita GDP was only nineteen per cent of that of the Netherlands, and twenty-two per cent of that of Japan. In recent decades, per capita GDP has fallen behind that of neighbouring countries such as Malaysia and Thailand, and behind China. In this accessible but thorough new study, Anne Booth explains the long-term factors which have influenced Indonesian economic performance, taking into account the Dutch colonial legacy and the reaction to it after the transfer of power in 1949. The first part of the book offers a chronological study of economic development from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, while the second part explores topics including the persistence of economic nationalism and the ongoing tensions between Indonesia's diverse regions.