Resultados para "Billie" en Literatura y ficción

Den 16-årige, svigtede Nora, der føler et stærkt skæbnefællesskab med jazzsangerinden Billie Holiday, nægter at deltage i voksenlivet og isolerer sig i højere og højere grad. Men da hendes mor dør, bryder hun sin isolation for en tid og inddrages på uhyggelig vis i de voksnes verden. Vagn Lundbye (1933 - 2016) var en dansk forfatter. Han debuterede i 1964 med novellen "En af disse" i tidsskriftet Vindrose og udgav to år efter romanen "Signalement". Siden skrev han både romaner, noveller, digte og rejseskildringer.

Bestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Tericel and Elinor, and the charter magic that brought them together—and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series. In the Old Kingdom...

Amelie Ayres has impeccable taste in music. Bowie. Bush. Bob. So when she finds herself backstage at The Keep’s only UK gig, she expects to hate it; after all, they are the world’s most tragic band. In fact, she feels a grudging respect - not (obviously) for their music, but for the work that goes into making them megastars. But the next morning she wakes up, rolls over, and discovers a million new mentions on social media. Overnight, a photo of her backstage has made her the subject of global speculation.

Alexia Falls is 18, living in her parents' New York penthouse and working with superstar boy band The Keep. But with her heart set on independence and a career behind the camera, she trades it all for a take-it-or-leave-it internship at London's Bright Star Productions. There, she meets fellow intern Greta. Greta's East End upbringing couldn't have been more different from Alexia's, but she's every bit as hungry for her big break. But both girls have secrets.

Seventeen-year-old Frankie is obsessed with what everyone else is thinking. She can keep up with the chat - from feminism to boys with tattoos - but when it comes to her own ideas, it's not so easy to hide her lack of confidence. With the help of her best friend, Haruna, Frankie forms a punk-rock girl band to attract the attention of Doc - her spiky-haired, joint-smoking ex-boyfriend. She's got it all sorted: the Instagram page is live, the handmade posters are everywhere, and the band even has a first gig lined up (even if they are playing to a handful of retired bingo fans).

The world can tip at any moment... a fact that 15-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat's biological father.

This year, thanks to a salacious tell-all book, the seven champions are thrust into worldwide spotlight, granting each of them new information, new means to win, and most importantly, a choice: Accept their fate or rewrite their story.

The students of Hillside High have spoken and now Brenda must come to terms with the results of her destructive and delinquent behaviour. Derek is determined to make things work with Kendra and his romantic plans are met with some initial hesitation, making his desire even stronger.

Warm sunshine, swimming in the lake, and total relaxation are just a few of the summertime activities in which many of the Hillside students are immersing themselves. For others, this free time represents a clean slate, an opportunity for fresh starts and new beginnings.

Summer jobs, vacation, and fun times are approaching but the students of Hillside High must remain grounded while studying for upcoming exams. With second term nearly complete, these students are raring to be wild and free. A communication breakthrough for Karen and Rebecca finally allows some insight into their terrible past experiences.

High school is a word that conjures up all sorts of different images: fun, excitement, over-active hormones, nerds, jocks, bullies. Enter the world of Hillside High, where you will find yourself wrapped up in the intricacies and adventures of these students....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES This wicked novel uncovers the origins of one of Disney’s most cold-hearted villains: Cinderella’s stepmother, Lady Tremaine. This was supposed to be her happily ever after... It’s a familiar tale: A kind and beautiful young girl, reeling from loss. A...

From New York Times bestselling author Robin Benway comes a journey into the wicked side of Disney's Cinderella--the first book in the Villains-focused Dark Ascension series, starring infamous stepsisters Drizella and Anastasia. Before they were known as the wicked ones, they were two sisters...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum comes the final book in the creepy fantasy series praised as “darkly delightful.”* Fleeing the nightmares of Coldthistle House, Louisa and her friends have taken up in a posh new London residence. But religious zealots from the...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum comes the second book in a creepy fantasy series that Publishers Weekly praised as “darkly delightful.” Perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. After the frightful events of last autumn, seventeen-year-old...

Wicked meets ""The Little Mermaid"" in the captivating origin story of the sea's most iconic villainess, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die. Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning...

A surprising and romantic YA retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz. Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll are best friends. And thank goodness, since their boarding school is basically...

Six girls, six boys: looking for glory and romance on Mars. They thought they were masters of their destiny. They are the 12 pioneers of the Genesis programme. They thought they were taking part in the most extraordinary of missions. In fact, they are the victims of the cruellest of plots. Leonor was looking for glory - and love - on Mars. She thought she would be able to open her heart there. But what she has done is open up a Pandora's box of her past....

Six girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the onboard cameras. They are the contenders in the Genesis programme, the world's craziest speed-dating show ever, aimed at creating the first human colony on Mars.

For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. A dead boy now lives again. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the curse for good...no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process. As the curse teeters closer and closer to collapse, the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece, or fight to the death as this story was always intended.