Resultados para "Das Wesen" en Literatura y ficción

She broke up with him to date another man...who broke her heart. He's a former CEO with nothing to do who can't get her out of his head. Can Wes and Bree find a way toward happily-ever-after at Whiskey Mountain Lodge?

Beast, with Jane Yellowrock in the background of her mind, observes the lumber camp of white men who are destroying her hunting grounds. She decides to take revenge on the leader of the lumberjacks.

In a rural Appalachian town, a man reckons with the violence and lassitude of his neighbors after a dark and confusing encounter in the woods. His life, as dull and steady as the weather hanging over the town where he lives, becomes a phantasmagoria when he is haunted by waking nightmares about a dead girl no one else can see. In this short work of Appalachian magical realism, a man is plagued by the ghosts of murders he didn't commit.

As Frank traverses the shadowy edges of society, he encounters remnants of his former self, forcing him to confront his deepest regrets and desires. Blake’s haunting prose captures the essence of a man on the brink of transformation, urging readers to ponder the thin line between redemption and damnation.

Although two of his best friends have settled down, Wes Lancaster is determined not to get sucked into some siren's web. As owner of the New York Mavericks football team and wildly successful BAD restaurant, his lifestyle is full as it is. Well, it was, until Winnie Winslow, the new, sexy, stiletto-wearing team physician trash-talks him in the locker room without batting an eye. Now he can't stop himself from wanting her.

American author Nathaniel Hawthorne has astounded critics and the public alike for well over a century with his tales of horror, mystery, darkness, and romance. The short story, "The Haunted Mind", first published in 1835, is a perfect example of Hawthorne delving into the unknown in interesting and unexpected ways. Hawthorn referred to the state between sleep and wakefulness as The Haunted Mind, and discusses the strange, obscure, and mysterious feelings and experiences we have all had in this state or similar somnambulant phases.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a dark romantic novelist and short story writer. First published in 1837, Mrs. Bullfrog is a humorous morality tale on the subject of marriage, cautioning that a happy marriage should be based on realistic assessments of virtues. Mr. Bullfrog, a shopkeeper, finds his perfect match late in life, and soon the two are wed. Then there’s an accident and the carriage in which they’re riding overturns...a turn of events which brings out an entirely different Mrs Bullfrog.

The first general-interest biography of the legendary editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, the iconic Yiddish-language newspaper of the laboring masses that inspired, educated, and entertained millions of readers, helped redefine journalism during its golden age, and transformed American culture.

The Only Answer to Success contains a proven formula for changing your mind-set to that of a true “champion”. Based on thousands of hours of research and personal experience, Dr. Leonard Coldwell has come up with a proven way to retrain your mind to achieve any goal or get through any challenge with zero stress. He will systematically show you how to change the subconscious negative mind programming that is eating away your drive and enthusiasm.

Drei Jahrhunderte, ein mächtiges, friedliebendes Geschöpf und die Lebenswege der Menschen, die von ihm angezogen sind. Iida Turpeinen erzählt in Das Wesen des Lebens ausgehend von der ausgestorbenen Stellerschen Seekuh von obsessiven Sammlern und rastlosen Wissenschaftlern, von begeisterten Naturschützern und den Frauen, die an Naturerforschungen immer schon beteiligt waren. Sie zeigt, wie wir Menschen vom unbedingten Begehren nach Erkenntnis angetrieben werden – und wie wir dafür die unwiderrufliche Zerstörung der Natur in Kauf nehmen.

Ob Sindbad der Seefahrer, Superman, Don Juan oder Alice im Wunderland: Literarische Heldinnen und Helden haben zahlreiche Abenteuer zu bestehen, die sie klug und welterfahren machen. Sie werden damit zu inspirierenden Begleiter:innen, die uns immer wieder neue Antworten geben auf die großen Fragen des Lebens. Dank Alberto Manguel entdecken wir die Weltliteratur neu.

Published to commemorate the author’s 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people. Sometimes wistful, melancholic, poignant, at times the author’s wry sense of fun and humour shines through. When he arrived in Sydney in the 1960s, Bigambul man, Uncle Wes, was not allowed to tell his stories at schools.

John Donovan is a Frontiersman: smuggler, pilot, and professional debtor. He'll haul anything for the right price—cargo, cattle, fugitives, even a preacher with secrets too big to pray away. When a desperate job takes him through the forbidden space of the warlike Peko, Donovan figures it's just another high-risk run. Between hostile aliens, scavenger pirates, and a haunted luxury cruiser adrift in the void, Donovan and his mismatched crew are in for the ride of their lives.

When Senator George Hearst taps Neville Stryker for another off-the-books job, it leads him straight to the gutted remains of the Mark Hopkins Mansion—once a crown jewel of Nob Hill, now a crime scene soaked in silence. The tenants, the Bosworth family, have vanished, their blood staining the marble, their bodies nowhere to be found. Locals whisper the place is cursed. Haunted. But Stryker knows better. Evil wears many masks, and not all of them are dead. Inside the mansion’s decaying splendor, strange things stir—phantoms of the past, secrets buried deep beneath velvet and stone.

In the lawless town of Egalitaria, Neville Stryker is drawn into a violent web of power and revenge when Morgan Bickford, a fiery and relentless woman with secrets of her own, hires him to recover her stolen assets. Stryker agrees—reluctantly. But he soon realizes the job is dirtier than it seemed, and Morgan's enemies might be more dangerous than his.

Prez, eldest daughter of Chinese Triad leader Chin, is on a mission to go legit. She’s spent years building up connections and is ready to convert her network to a casino empire, on the backs of a struggling Native American tribe. That is unless family’s nemesis Noah Reid can stop her first. Definitely not an easy task as Prez will bribe, sleep with or kill anyone to establish her heartless criminal dynasty…including Noah’s unborn child.

This audiobook is about an unusual, yet incredibly brave and fierce warrior, born deep within the Dek Rong Mountains. Learning of his supernatural gifts and powers, this warrior’s caretaker then embarks on a journey to raise him as his own, all the while, teaching him the control and cultivation of his innate abilities, through discipline, heart, and courage. This warrior also discovers self-defense and the inborn desire to fight for what he believes is right, for the ultimate survival of all humanity and all living creatures of the earth, through peace and discernment.

The story takes place in a northern California town near the Sierra foothills. Neville Stryker, the protagonist, is ambushed and left for dead on the trail. He walks to the next town, Egalitaria, formerly named Bickford, and finds his horse but he also finds a town held captive by a gang of murderous politicos. Major Neville Stryker, now known as Stryker, has had a relentless series of violently tragic losses and he reacts to aggression with a gun or a blade. Most of his enemies occupy graves.

Manche bezeichnen sie als Verbrecher, andere als Helden der Randplaneten. Sie selbst nennen sich Frontiersmen: Furchtlose Männer und Frauen, die Fracht und Flüchtlinge dorthin schmuggeln, wo der Weltraum noch frei und wild ist. John Donovan ist einer von ihnen und chronisch knapp bei Kasse, sodass er auch riskante Jobs übernimmt. Etwa einen Passagiertransport zur rauen Koloniewelt Heaven's Gate.

Der Raumhafen auf dem Planeten Alvarado ist ein Sprungbrett zu vielen Randplaneten. Entsprechend gut laufen die Geschäfte. Seit Jahren schon streiten zwei Familien um die Kontrolle über diesen Umschlagplatz, und mittlerweile wird die Fehde mit harten Bandagen geführt. In diesen Kleinkrieg geraten John Donovan und seine Crew, als sie nichts weiter als ein paar Rinder verkaufen wollen.