Peter Mayle
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Description
Peter Mayle was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. Born in Brighton, Sussex, the youngest of three children, Mayle and his parents moved to Barbados in the aftermath of World War II, where his father was transferred as a Colonial Office employee. Mayle returned to England after leaving school at 16 in Barbados. He relocated from Devon to the Lubéron, southern France, in the late 80s but his plans to write a novel were overtaken by an account of life in his new environment. This resulted in A Year in Provence, chronicling his first year as a British expatriate in Ménerbes, a village in the southern département Vaucluse. A Year in Provence (1989) was the first in a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there. Several more books followed, which have been translated in more than twenty languages. Source: [Wikipedia](
Books
What's happening to me?
Explains the physical and emotional changes which occur during adolescence and defines conception, pregnancy, birth, and the influence of heredity. Also discusses getting along with the opposite sex and dating.
Why are we getting a divorce?
A handbook offering "reassurance, sympathy, and sound advice on how to cope with a family that is splitting up."
The vintage caper
Danny Roth is the rich owner of a priceless collection of wines. He invites a journalist to write a piece about his collection and soon becomes the victim of a world-class wine heist. Lawyer and wine connoisseur Sam Levitt investigates.
A Dog's life
Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Geld allein macht doch glücklich. Erstaunliches und Kurioses aus der Welt der Reichen
" Will I go to heaven?"
Answers questions about heaven, who is likely to go there, and what it might be like.
Grown-ups and other problems
Offers "small people" help on problems related to school, cleanliness, bedtime, eating horrible food, getting money, and secret weapons to use against grown-ups.
A good year
Max Skinner is a ruthless, successful English investment broker with no time for life outside of his job. When his uncle dies, Max inherits the chateau and vineyard in the south of France where he grew up, but he then meets a potential rival to the inheritance, a young American who claims to be his illegitimate cousin. His first intention is to sell the vineyard as quickly as possible, but while spending time in Provence, Max "finds his soul when he loses his heart to a French beauty."