Summer Reading: The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife is a novel by Audrey Niffenegger. It is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.

The novel tells the story of Henry DeTamble (born 1963) and his wife, Clare Abshire (born 1971). Henry has a very rare genetic disorder known as "Chrono-Impairment" that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. He is unable to control when he leaves, where he goes, or how long his trip will last.
Read a summary of the plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Traveler%27s_Wife

The film will be released in 2008

German title: Die Frau des Zeitreisenden

Die Frau des Zeitreisenden.

Immer wenn es brenzlig wird, löst sich Henry in Luft auf und reist durch die Zeit. Wohin, und in welche Zeit? Das weiß er nicht. Außerdem reist seine Kleidung nicht mit. Auf seinen Reisen trifft er immer wieder auf Clare, die seine Freundin und Frau wird. Klingt erst verwirrend, ist es aber im Buch nicht. Die beiden erleben eine herzzerreißende Beziehung, wunderbar gelesen im ungekürzten Hörbuch.

Mehr Info:
http://www.filmeundso.de/die-frau-des-zeitreisenden/395/

Irish unfazed by smoke-free pubs

Back in early 2004, when the introduction of a smoking ban in Ireland loomed, the prospect produced incredulity abroad.

Why, it was asked, would the country with the best-known "pub culture" in the world want to change a seemingly winning formula?

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6238492.stm

Disruption continues after floods

Roads remain closed and hundreds of families are in temporary shelter after floods swept through England.

Read article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6243926.stm

Fairground riders kept hanging on

Passengers found their ride on a roller coaster in Arkansas even scarier than expected after a power cut left them dangling upside down for half an hour.

The US thrill-seekers hung 150ft (46m) above the ground before being brought down by firemen.

They were rescued by ladder, whereupon a least one passenger was sick.

Read the article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6742079.stm