Marie Phillips – författare

Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a delapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out... Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down.Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.

Have you ever wondered how people get rich? Why is it that some folks manage to accumulate significant amounts of wealth while others just scrape by?Only 1/4 of Americans end up with more than half a million by their 60's. Will you be one of them? I am.You don't have to be a best selling author, a rock star musician, a tech guru wizard or a high powered lawyer to be a multimillionaire, you just need time and persistence. Anyone can do it if they know how. YOU can do it if you want it badly enough, learn how and persist. You just have to choose to be wealthy. This book helps you figure out how to choose wealth.My goal in writing this book is to show you through story and fact that it is entirely possible for most people to build a net worth of several million dollars by midlife. I hope to inspire you. I want to help you understand and identify what prevents you from traveling the road to wealth. I want to share some of the many excuses people have for never achieving wealth and show you how to avoid the excuse trap.You'll read about my unique Framework for Wealth which covers- learning more about environments other than yours;- finding your dream;- making the most of your education & getting a good start in life;- how ordinary people overcame great obstacles;- how to learn to discuss money;- things you should know about personal finance and resources to learn what you don't know yet;- how to leverage your time and your money better;- ideas on learning how to be and practice the persistence needed to build your net worth;- ways to keep from losing hope- how to find a millionaire mentor and- a list of resources I have used and found helpful.I've used my own story and struggles, along with all of my research – all of the books I've read, classes I've taken and conversations I've had about wealth – as a basis to form this framework for you to use to build your own net worth into a million-dollar fortune.My spouse and I were millionaires before age 50, but it was a long, hard road to get there. I wrote Choose Wealth – Be a Millionaire by Midlife to help you get there faster.It's not a get rich quick scheme. Some people do get rich very rapidly at very young ages, most don't. Not everyone can be a Bill Gates or a Warren Buffett or a JK Rowling, but anyone, including you, can get rich over time if you choose it. Read this book to help you learn how to choose wealth. Updated version 2026

Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a delapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out... Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down.Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.

Because I am a girl I am less likely to go to school Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutritionBecause I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the homeBecause I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties.Eight authors have visited eight different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes.Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations.

One night in August 1991 I noticed two tom cats rummaging in a dumpster at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where I worked. That observation led to the discovery there were feral cats secretly living on campus in a community governed by the illustrious Dadcat. The Dadcat''s wife, Ashes, who allowed me to join their private world, and I immersed myself in their culture - the Jane Goodall of feral cats - determined to find out if they could ever trust a human. Dadcat University is a true story about my incredible friends and the journey we embarked on in forming lifelong, trusting relationships that exceeded any of our expectations.

Longlisted for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for FictionSir Humphrey du Val of the Table of Less Valued Knights – Camelot's least prestigious table, with one leg shorter than the others so that it has to be propped up with a folded napkin – doesn't do quests ... until he meets Elaine, a damsel in distress with a secret to hide.Meanwhile, Queen Martha of Puddock is on the run from an arranged marriage to the odious Prince Edwin of Tuft. But an encounter with the Locum of the Lake (standing in for the full-time Lady) leaves her with a quest of her own: to find her missing brother, long believed dead.The two quests collide, introducing a host of Arthurian misfits, including a freakishly short giant, a twelve-year-old crone, an amorous unicorn, and a magic sword with a mind of her own.With Gods Behaving Badly Marie Phillips showed that she has a rare gift for comedy, giving the Greek Gods an ingenious contemporary twist. In The Table of Less Valued Knights it's Camelot's turn, and you'll never see a knight in shining armour in the same way again.

To run away to Brazil, turn to 34.To get a tattoo, turn to 147.To burn your house down, turn to 145.Midway through our lives, we wonder how we ended up here and whether there''s a way out. There must have been a crucial turning point, but there''s no way to start again in the hope of a better result. Or is there? Here''s your chance to try all the roads not taken: polyamory, ayahuasca, younger men, enlightenment, infidelity, Botox, or just telling your boss for once and for all where she can shove her job. But beware: all choices come at a cost...Yelpingly funny, horribly relatable, here are the predicaments of modern midlife, brought together in a compulsively readable book-as-game which - just like real life - you can never truly win.

Shakespeare clone and would-be playwright Billy has just arrived in an English seaside town with his sister Sally, who was cloned from a hair found on the back of a bus seat. All Billy wants is a cheap B&B, an ice cream and a huge hit in the West End. Little does he know that their fellow clones Bill and Sal are also residents of this town. Things are about to get confusing – cue professional rivalry, marital discord and a family reunion like no other.This modern update of The Comedy of Errors is what you get when Gods Behaving Badly author Marie Phillips decides to write an important, scholarly work about the life of William Shakespeare, reads the complete works, including the long poems nobody likes, and then decides to turn it into a witty, delightful romp that you can probably finish reading in an afternoon with two tea breaks.

Dein Leben ist kein Ponyhof?Dir geht einfach alles auf den Zeiger! Deine Chefin. Deine Meetings. Deine olle Küche. Deine Freizeitgestaltung (es gibt keine). Deine spießige Tochter. Dein Mann!? Wie konntest du eigentlich hier landen? Und wie wäre es, wenn es ganz anders wär?Probier''s aus! Sag deiner Chefin, dass ihre langweiligen Meetings pure Zeitverschwendung sind! Renn raus aus dem Büro auf die Straße! Oder wandere gleich ganz aus. Lass dir ein Tattoo stechen. Kauf dir ein Motorrad. Angel dir ein heißes Date. Scheidung oder Paartherapie. Wellness oder Selbsterfahrung? Oder mach mal wieder ((KURSIV))richtig((KURSIV ENDE)) Party …155 Entscheidungen bringen dich durch die Krise – du bestimmst, wie es weitergeht! (In diesem Buch komplett risikofrei und ohne Nebenwirkungen.)