Resultados para "Flower" en Narrativa literaria

Jason Taverner has a glittering TV career, millions of fans, great wealth and something close to eternal youth. He is one of a handful of brilliant, beautiful people, the product of top-secret government experiments forty years earlier. But suddenly, all records of him vanish. He becomes a man with no identity, in a police state where everyone us closely monitored. Can he ever be rich and famous again? Or was that life just an illusion?

From the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’ comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam. The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his father’s permission to announce his...

Els bessons Klaas i Kees i el seu germà petit Gerson juguen sovint a «Negre», un joc en què la regla principal consisteix a no obrir els ulls. Un dia, en Gerson perd la visió en un accident de cotxe, i es veurà obligat a jugar a «Negre» la resta de la seva vida. Serà capaç d’adaptar-se a la seva nova vida amb l’ajuda del seu gos? La vida també ha canviat considerablement per al seu pare i els seus germans. Però el que no canvia mai és la calidesa de la família.

In Flower Net, Lisa See gives us a China not often seen: An extraordinary nation that is at once admirable and frightening. Here the veil is ripped away from modern China--its venerable culture, its teeming economy, its institutionalized cruelty--and the inextricable link between China's...

The Flower in the Desert is a beautiful fable about following your heart. With a depth of sensitivity, it opens its readers and listeners into the great journey we all share, a journey in truth with no beginning and no end. Whilst very much an enchanting story, it's also a meditation, simple yet profound, which will speak directly to your heart. Lovers of authors such as Khalil Gibran, Rich Bach, Paulo Coelho, Antoine St. Exupery, and Hermann Hesse are likely to love this book.

In picturesque Tarnfield in the North of England, feuds and rivalries between villagers typically lie dormant. But the arrival of a new local vicar shakes the community up, bringing together an unlikely alliance between Suzy Spencer, a working mother, part-time television producer and full-time mess, and Robert Clark, a conservative, 'Mr Perfect' widower from the parish. But they are too late to save an unfortunate flower arranger!

"A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly." — Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House “Decadence laced with horror . . . A delightfully meta...

I am Kozaisho: Fifth daughter, Woman-For-Play, teller of stories, lover, wife and Flower Samurai. In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of twelfth century Japan, one young girl begins her epic journey, from the warmth of family to the Village of Outcasts. Marked out by an auspicious omen, she is trained in the ancient warrior arts of the samurai. But it is through the power of storytelling that she learns to fight her fate, twisting her life onto a path even she could not have imagined...

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of...

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of...

Every day, Cole Roberts reminds himself that life wasn’t always this bleak. He was once passionately in love with Erin. Sam used to be an artistic and lively kid. That was before Brenna disappeared. Every day it gets worse. Erin drinks wine out of the bottle and spends her days with a tormented expression, searching the web for signs of their daughter. Sam hides in his room and rarely speaks. And Cole works himself to a stupor for a paycheck a fraction of the size of his old salary. Until one day, a phone call changes everything.

The Dark Flower has a universal theme - the positive powers and the disruptive effects of sexuality and desire. It is the story of Mark Lennan and his infatuation, adulterous affair, conventional marriage and obsession for a younger woman. The author drew on his own experiences for much of the substance of his work and was truly a free thinker with regard to the relationship between the sexes.

It’s been 2 years since Autumn and Winter tied the knot, officially becoming The Noble-Hughes Family. Winter officially adopted Sydney as her daughter, and they’ve grown closer as a family, but there’s one small problem… Autumn has an extreme case of baby fever. After witnessing various family members and friends welcoming little ones, Autumn realizes that maybe she does want to have another baby. So, after much discussion and research, Autumn and Winter start on a new journey. But there’s one annoying factor that keeps trying to add its way in. Ben. This is a story about love. About family.

In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush...

Little Flower chronicles the unique bond shared by two damaged souls: Sister Shanti, a mischievous, elderly nun from Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, and Meeta, a young prostitute with dreams of a life lived outside the brothel. Thrown together when a young man they love is murdered, they embark upon a darkly comic journey through New Delhi's underbelly in a search to understand the curious crime that has stolen him.

Brought to you by Penguin. A country at war with itself, a family divided and betrayed. . . Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur? Fearful and...

“Ravishing… as if Saavedra were a modern-day Borges.” —Luis Alberto Urrea, O, The Oprah Magazine A novel of dark obsession, missed connections, and violent love. Marcos has just been through a divorce and moved into a new apartment. He feels alienated from his ex-wife, from his daughter...

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. The...

David hat Job und Wohnung gekündigt, das Flugticket in der Tasche, den Koffer voller Geld. Da ruft die siebzehnjährige Nicole an und behauptet, er sei ihr Vater. In der leeren Wohnung erwartet David das Eintreffen der vermeintlichen Tochter. Davon unbeeindruckt zieht die attraktive Nachmieterin Angelina ein... Die desillusionierte, verheiratete Maria hat den alten Pietro bis zu dessen Tod gepflegt und sein heruntergekommenes Hotel geführt.