Resultados para "Alice" en Literatura y ficción

Un robo a un banco con toma de rehenes. Una escalera llena de policías a punto de asaltar un apartamento. Llegar a esto fue sorprendentemente fácil. Sólo hizo falta una mala idea. Una idea mala de verdad. Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situación de vida o muerte. A menos que sea...

When high-ranking Tory minister Sir Randall Panderyn gets himself photographed in a compromising position in a seedy London dungeon, Conservative Party HQ must act fast to avoid a calamitous scandal!

Plucky and romantic Alice tries to rise above the crudities of her hopelessly shabby background in this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about ambition and self-delusion. The lower-middle class Adams family faces a slow disintegration in a small Midwestern town. Alice, a social climber, is ashamed of her unsuccessful family and determined to distinguish herself.

Only weeks since her release from Borstal, Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments. With guidance from the working nurse’s manual, Alice brings support to thousands of patients. In the process, she attracts the attention of a lovesick...

Another delightful entry into the beloved Fentons series. This time a novella featuring all your favorite characters mixed up in a truly Gothic mystery complete with villains, rescued beauties, treasure and a secret society of terrible aspirations. Baron Balfour, a great giant of a man, and his new wife, who used to be Euphemia Fleet, a put-upon companion, are on their honeymoon in France when the baroness spots a villainous looking individual, just like her idea of a character from a Gothic novel. He is in the company of a frightened young beauty and Euphemia decides to rescue her.

Delphine Delacroix has lived the life of bird in a gilded cage, kept in a stately home with only her cold autocratic mother for company. At her mother’s death, she finds herself to be a wealthy woman and comes to London to be fretted over by her three maternal aunts determined to have her marry well. But Delphine feels she is once more having to hand herself over to another’s will and seeks to be the mistress of her own destiny.

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature—an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent.

Luigino, novantenne di Mestre che vive in compagnia delle sue galline, una mattina sparisce senza lasciare traccia. Un riluttante commissario siciliano, che odia il Veneto e sogna il trasferimento, sarà costretto a farsi carico delle indagini, ma la vera investigatrice - caparbia e inarrestabile come la sua mentore Jessica Fletcher - sarà Alice: una ragazza che si autoproclama "l'influencer di Mestre" e che non smette di ficcare il naso al bar, alle poste, al gingerino pomeridiano delle amiche della zia e, soprattutto, all'interno della stessa casa di Luigino.

«Una novela audaz, impredecible y terriblemente divertida de una escritora tan singular que es difícil de comparar con alguien más… en definitiva, brillante». —Kevin Wilson Una historia atrevida, muy divertida y conmovedora sobre los intentos de una joven por navegar en la vida adulta...

Things are finally looking up for Rosie: she's debt-free, or at least almost, her trailer is in great condition, and she even has time to take her three kids on a Christmas vacation. But she knows the smooth sailing can't last. Rosie is always there for a friend in need, and before she knows it, she has her hands full. Again. To cover for her best friend, Véro, she fills in as housekeeper for a renowned psychoanalyst.

Someone has a penchant for murder. Is it jealousy, vengeance, or simply a hobby? In the suburbs of Coneyhill, people have started dropping like flies. And it’s creating panic in all quarters. In Trumpington Heights, the moneyed in their glorious mansions can see they are not immune. And in the bowels of Hell, known officially as Downsford, the workshy and their rabid dogs are fighting a rearguard action against the ever-stricter Social Security clampdown. Caught in the middle are the struggling working-class of Folkfield, and their more prosperous counterparts in Amplemere.

Rosie Maldonne is outspoken and sexy. She's also unemployed, and, with three children and a cat, life is a little tough. The four of them - well, five, if you count the cat - live in the South of France, in a run-down trailer near a vacant lot. They make do, living off her part-time waitressing job and a little help from the state.

Rosie Maldonne thought she hit it big when she stumbled upon an envelope of cash in Queen of the Trailer Park. But with a nasty flu keeping her laid out, school fees due, and Christmas on the way, she finds herself back in the red. Time to find a real job. After weeks of searching, Rosie is losing hope when the man of her dreams happens to post a new position: cleaning for an elderly person. Perfect! She lands the job, but the new role brings more than the promise of romance.

“Creemos que somos únicos e irrepetibles. Nos han vendido la idea (y sin dudarlo la hemos comprado) de que nadie es como nosotros. Pero la realidad es que nos parecemos tanto a los demás que no nos damos cuenta. Crecemos con la necesidad de sentirnos integrados a nuestra comunidad y nos hacemos dependientes de las masas. Hacemos lo que hacen los demás, queremos ser como la gente que admiramos. Somos todo lo que vemos, escuchamos, leemos, comemos, bebemos, compramos, amamos y odiamos. Vivimos con el instinto gregario a flor de piel”.

Fra det øjeblik Dallas Lawson møder den charmerende og berygtede Comte de la Talle, ved hun, at intet nogen sinde vil blive det samme. Også slottet som ligger dybt inde i vinlandet i Frankrig, og som ifølge legenderne er hjemsøgt, udøver en mystisk tiltraekningskraft på Dallas. Dallas, der er sat til at faerdiggøre sin nu afdøde fars livsvaerk - at restaurere slottets uerstattelige malerier - bliver hvirvlet ind i de mystiske hemmeligheder, både slottets og dets ejer er omspundet af, og det viser sig hurtigt, at det ikke kun er slottets malerier der traenger til en kaerlig hånd.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, Western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Gregory Peck, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Robert Cummings, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, and many more.

Alice is hiding an unusual power, a power that she has to keep secret. In movies, this would make Alice a superhero, a principal character with a sparky trick up her sleeve. However, in the reality of office life, this power is proving to be a pain in the rear end. Alice gives out massive static shocks. Alright, this might not be the most spectacular gift, but it can fuse electrical circuits, cripple low-life creeps on the underground, and foil bank robberies.

After down-on-her-luck and deeply in denial Katy Perry (no, not that Katy Perry) gets fired from her job as a blogger, she sets her sights on a new path to guaranteed fame and fortune: podcasts.

Good eventide, earbandits. You are invited on a journey of shelf discovery, as you take a trip to Wunderland - the Poundland of magical realms. It’s a kingdom much like our own, yet also nothing like it in the slightest. There, you’ll meet waifs and strays, wigshops and witches, murderous pensioners and the squirrels of this delightful land as they go about their bizarre business. Experience the delights of Wunderwoods Widderday, take a trip through time with Lady Bowie to Ye Olde Wunderlande and tremble as the land is threatened by an Unclear War. 

Alice the chrononaut falls down an unmarked dimensional rift, or rabbit hole, which transports her to the wondrous lands as imagined by author Lewis Carroll. But this is a very real place, as any parallel reality that can be thought of can be created. Wonderland is being torn apart by warring kingdoms, cruel monarchs, cosmic corporations, odd gods, and the forces of Cthulhu!