Resultados para "Ein Held" en Literatura de género

Wanneer elfen en fabelwezens verdwijnen uit Oer, wordt Justin gevraagd om hulp en reist hij naar de gevaarlijke Schroei, waar reuzen mogelijk meer weten over het mysterie van de verdwijningen. Deel 3 van 3.

Ein Funke Rebellion kann ein Imperium zum Fall bringen. Als Finn Brasa in einen tödlichen Gladiatorenkampf gegen High-Tech-Attentäter und intelligente Roboter geworfen wird, geschieht das alles nur zur Unterhaltung der Massen. Niemand rechnete damit, dass er überleben würde – am allerwenigsten Finn selbst. Seine Belohnung? Status und Reichtum. Aber wonach Finn wirklich hungert, ist Revolution. Das einfache Volk sehnt sich verzweifelt nach einem Anführer, der sich erhebt und das rücksichtslose Imperium herausfordert, das die Menschheit seit Jahrhunderten unterjocht.

In this short story, Captain Chisholm’s pride and joy, The Swordfish, is taken from him by a mutinous crew. But the sea seems to take matters into its own hands to reunite the old captain with his beloved ship.

Jede Tat zieht Konsequenzen nach sich. Jede Tat betrifft das unmittelbare Umfeld. Jede Tat kann Leben kosten. Auch wenn man nicht sieht, was man durch den einfachen Druck auf einen Kopf anrichtet, hat man es doch getan. Und manchmal, in den Momenten, wenn man am wenigsten darüber nachdenkt, wird man mit seinen Taten konfrontiert.

When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life for herself, with Innes at her side. In the present day, Elina and Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child.

Katy Walton spent her life trying to be a good girl, or at least giving the appearance of one. When she marries into a long family line of Southern Baptist preachers, it becomes her job to maintain the image of the perfect family in the perfect church with a perfect future ahead. When the facade starts to crumble and even her best intentions fail to fool anyone, she finds herself alone and abandoned. It's not until she realizes how much living in the shadows of secrets and shame has damaged her daughter, Ivy Rose, that she learns to let go of all she once held.

"In diesem Haus wohnen alte Geschichten." Frankfurt, 1984: Pias Mutter liegt im Krankenhaus. Sie soll sich um die Pension an der Nordsee kümmern, doch zu schwierig ist das Verhältnis zur Mutter, geprägt von jahrelangem Schweigen. Schließlich fährt Pia doch und trifft auf eine Schar Sommergäste - und eine rätselhafte Sammlung kaputter Puppen.

Melanie Henderson's life is a lie. The scandal of her birth and the identity of her true parents is kept from her family's small, conservative Colorado town. Not even she knows the truth: that her birth mother was just 14 and unmarried to her father, a local boy who drowned when he tried to take a shortcut across an icy river. Thirty-five years later, in Denver, Melanie dabbles in affairs with married men while clinging to a corporate job that gives her life order even as her tenuous relationships fall apart. She still hasn't learned that the woman who raised her is actually her aunt.

Bloomsbury presents Held written and read by Anne Michaels. **The international bestseller** **A Guardian Book of the Autumn 2023** **Chosen as a book of the year by the independent.co.uk** 'Michaels’s writing continues to stand head and shoulders above most other fiction' OBSERVER 'Through...

WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR A breathtaking and ineffable new novel from the author of the international bestsellers Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault—a novel of love and loyalty across generations...

In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors’ squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers’ home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief.

Weihnachtszauber in Lyons Creek Hollywood Action-Star Jax Dalton will eigentlich nur zu einer Weihnachtsparty in New York fliegen – bis ein Schneesturm seinen Plan komplett durcheinanderbringt. Statt in der Glitzerwelt der Großstadt landet er in dem verschneiten Städtchen Lyons Creek am...

In March 1867, Ezekiel Washington, a Black veteran of the 5th U.S. Colored Troops, files a homestead claim on 160 acres of Nebraska prairie. He builds a soddie with his own hands, breaks the sod, plants corn, and waits for the land to become his. Five years later, a rigged hearing strips him of everything. In 1885, a Bohemian immigrant family purchases the land, never knowing who built the house they now call home. In 1993, Marcus Cole arrives at the prison built on that same ground. Over fifteen years, he learns the story of the man who first claimed it.

Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. It was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2005) and won the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February...

"Greer, du kan ikke overkomme den slags. Greer, du ved, at din krop ikke kan klare så meget. Greer, du kaster dig altid over mere, end du kan gennemføre." Hele sit liv er Greer Hawthorne blevet pakket ind i vat. Så da en lottogevinst giver hende chancen for at følge sin drøm om at tage en uddannelse, er det lige så meget en chance for at overbevise sig selv og sin overbeskyttende familie om, at hun kan stå på egne ben.

Eine neue Zeit, eine große Liebe und eine mutige Frau, die ihren Weg geht. Um ihre Familie zu retten, folgt Elise von Achenthal ihrer Pflicht und heiratet den Londoner Fabrikantensohn Fletcher Cunningham. Die Hochzeitsreise führt sie über den Atlantik zu Plantagen im Süden der USA, wo Elise die Schrecken der Sklaverei aus erster Hand miterlebt. Doch Fletcher sieht in der Ausbeutung von Sklaven und Arbeitern nur seinen Vorteil. Und damit nicht genug: Um die schwangere Elise zu „schonen“, kauft er sich eine junge Sklavin und nimmt sie zu seinem Vergnügen mit nach England.

Gripping, insightful and deft, Maggie O'Farrell's third novel is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives. It won the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years, but instantly recognises. Or thinks she does...

A quiet corner in a small town doesn't seem like much—until you realize how many lives pass through it. For thirty years, Martha Halverson has stood at the intersection of Maple and Third, guiding children safely across the road. It's a routine so familiar most of Willowbrook barely notices it anymore. Until one afternoon, when everything almost goes wrong.

Nach der Schlacht von Stalingrad zerschlägt die Rote Armee mit einem Großangriff die italienischen Reihen, was zu Chaos und Panik führt. In den fluchtartigen Rückzug der Verbündeten gerät eine deutsche Infanterie-Division. Sie wird aufgespalten, zerrieben, bis auf klägliche Reste zermalmt. Nur in einem kleinen Steppendorf hält sich noch ein verbissener Widerstand.

Accused of a horrific crime and on the run, Kat has been rejected by everyone she loves. She's a fugitive from her past, flitting from town to town with nothing but the clothes on her back - until she meets a man who literally stops her in her tracks.