Resultados para "Limit" en Literatura y ficción

Chloe Bennett AL LÍMITE De las etapas tranquilas siempre debes desconfiar. No son más que una trampa. Podría decirse que a Chloe Bennett le va bien. Al fin ha encontrado la calma que tanto ansiaba tras la pérdida de Sarah dos años atrás. Su relación con Colin va viento en popa, han renovado para una temporada más su programa de radio, tiene una idea para un próximo libro, está más unida a su madre que nunca, y Jon, que ha conocido a alguien especial, vuelve a ser su mejor amigo.

Le coeur de Paisley pourrait s'arrêter de battre à tout instant. La jeune femme est atteinte d'une maladie cardiaque et chaque jour pourrait être le dernier. Mais rien ne l'empêchera d'aller au bout de la liste des choses qu'elle veut faire, même si cela doit la tuer... Et c'est presque le cas lorsqu'un jour elle plonge dans l'océan en apnée et qu'elle est sauvée in extremis par Jagger. Le jeune homme la sort de l'eau et la réanime en lui faisant du bouche à bouche. Et quand elle se réveille, Paisley a l'âme en feu...

Novela de ficción ambientada en un periodo histórico de infausto recuerdo: la Segunda Guerra Mundial con sus diversos campos de concentración. Su protagonista, Pilar, es española por parte de madre y alemana por parte de padre, un militar destinado a la escolta del cónsul germano en Sevilla. Por razones de seguridad, cuando estalla la guerra civil española, la familia decide trasladarse a Alemania. Si Pilar ya apuntaba maneras despóticas y dictatoriales en su niñez, su llegada a Berlín y su ingreso en las juventudes hitlerianas acaban convirtiéndola en un monstruo sin sentimientos.

Money's tight and their new home is a fixer-upper. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancient wood at the foot of the garden, Tom and his family are miles from anywhere and anyone familiar. His wife, Fiona, was never convinced that buying the money-pit at auction was a good idea. Not least because the previous owner committed suicide. Though no one can explain why.

Struggling with money, raising a child alone, and fleeing a volatile ex, Jess McMachen accepts a job caring for an elderly patient. Flo Gardner—a disturbed shut-in and invalid. But if Jess can hold this job down, she and her daughter, Izzy, can begin a new life. Flo's vast home, Nerthus House, may resemble a stately vicarage in an idyllic village, but the labyrinthine interior is a dark, cluttered warren filled with pagan artefacts. And Nerthus House lives in the shadow of a malevolent secret. A sinister enigma determined to reveal itself to Jess and to drive her to the end of her tether.

Les Misérables est un roman monumental de Victor Hugo qui plonge le lecteur au cœur de la France du XIXe siècle. À travers le destin de Jean Valjean, ancien forçat en quête de rédemption, et la poursuite inlassable de l'inspecteur Javert, l'œuvre explore avec intensité les thèmes de la justice, de l'amour et de la révolte sociale. Ce chef-d'œuvre dépeint un panorama saisissant des inégalités et des souffrances de son époque, tout en offrant une réflexion profonde sur la condition humaine et la lutte pour la dignité.

It's a sweltering summer's day, and Anja Aropalo is on her way home with two errands in mind: first, to water the roses, and then to commit suicide. She is slowly losing her husband to Alzheimer's disease, and she has made him a terrible promise - one she's not sure she can keep. For Anja's niece, Mari, death is a teenage fantasy of grieving family and eternal beauty, an escape from the dullness of her life.

The Iliad tells the dramatic story of the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the clash between honor, pride, and fate. This timeless masterpiece, attributed to the Greek poet Homer, is brought to life through an immersive narration that captures the grandeur, fury, and poetry of ancient warfare. With dramatic performances, vibrant storytelling, and evocative soundscapes, this audiobook invites listeners into the heart of one of the most influential works in literary history.

If you started reading or just heard about SCP and the writing community. This is the audiobook to start listening to. I put down some stories, so it is easy to begin and get into the SCP universe. SCP means secure contain and protect. I have compiled easy to begin stories, so it is easy to start listening and learning about the SCP foundation. I put it together as an audiobook to bring more presence to the website.

Pasión sin límites nos ofrece una gran variedad de relatos para adultos calientes y apasionados. La lujuria aparece como el motor común de las fantasías de una viajera en tren, de dos extraños que se cruzan en una caballeriza, de romances entre personas de distintas edades o en lugares insospechados... Adéntrate a conocer todas las posibilidades.

The wolf princes are her enemies, fated mates, and protectors in a deadly world of witches and werewolves. Hours of fated mates wolf shifter romance set in Oxford, England, with British princes. Escape into a unique world of suspense and mystery, forbidden attraction, and sizzling love scenes. Rosemary A. Johns is a USA Today best-selling author who writes addictive paranormal romance, where the men know how to share. Includes: Only Perfect Omegas, Only Pretty Betas, and Only Protector Alphas.

Dracula by Bram Stoker is a gothic horror classic that tells the chilling tale of Count Dracula, a vampire from Transylvania who travels to England in search of new blood. Through journal entries, letters, and newspaper clippings, the story unfolds as a group of brave individuals, led by Professor Van Helsing, confront the ancient and sinister vampire. With its dark atmosphere, suspenseful plot, and timeless themes of fear and courage, Dracula remains one of the most influential works in the horror genre.

Mankind in its present state has been around for a quarter of a million years, yet only the last 4,000 have been of any significance. So, what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We huddled in caves and around small fires, fearful of the things that we didn't understand. It was more than explaining why the sun came up; it was the mystery of enormous birds with heads of men and rocks that came to life. So we called them "gods" and "demons", begged them to spare us, and prayed for salvation.

Half vampire and half angel, Violet was abandoned amongst the humans in London as a baby. Suddenly discovering monstrous powers on her 21st birthday, she thinks she's the most dangerous creature to prowl the streets. She's wrong. When a snarky angel falls into her lap and her adopted sister disappears, she's forced into a new role: huntress.

Audible Studios presenta una produzione Audible Originals: Poirot a Styles Court, con Claudio Santamaria nel ruolo del leggendario Hercule Poirot. Un’audio serie corale che riunisce un cast d’eccezione, nell’adattamento del romanzo d’esordio di Agatha Christie. Inghilterra, 1914. Il mondo è precipitato in un conflitto senza precedenti. Ferito nel corpo e nell’animo, il capitano Hastings accetta l’invito a trascorrere la convalescenza a Styles Court, l’imponente dimora di campagna di un vecchio amico.

La máscara, el maquillaje que reformula las identidades: José Donoso ha buscado siempre en sus relatos, obsesivamente, ese otro rostro posible de los seres y las cosas. El lugar sin límites (novela que llevó al cine el mexicano Arturo Ripstein) juega eficazmente con el engañoso espejo de los sexos en un prostíbulo de pueblo, especie de infierno anodino donde confluyen no sólo las pasiones eróticas, sino además los sórdidos juegos de poder y dominación que suelen marcar los territorios degradados.

A Polish historian visiting Italy falls in love with a 16th-century femme fatale, who murdered a series of enthralled husbands and lovers. When he experiences visions of the beautiful Medea Da Carpi, it slowly turns his scholarly fascination into a fatal obsession.

The story takes place aboard a transatlantic ocean liner. A passenger named Brisbane is puzzled when the steward behaves oddly while taking his luggage to his stateroom, number 105. In the middle of the first night, Brisbane is further perplexed when his roommate suddenly leaps down from the upper berth and runs out of the cabin. In the morning, Brisbane learns that his roommate has gone overboard - and was the fourth consecutive occupant of the same upper berth to do so.

Russ commutes to work—not across town but through time. An ambitious employee stuck in Oracle Marketing Solutions’ mundane “near past” division, he longs for the excitement of ancient eras and distant futures. But Oracle’s secretive management has refused every one of his transfer requests, and Russ can’t understand why…until he makes a devastating discovery about his own timeline.

La riqueza temática y narrativa de estos relatos no restringe su versatilidad teórica ni conceptual. En la superficie, nada más aceptable y familiar que los relatos de Yamila Bêgné: el ejercicio de control parece haber sido llevado al máximo y conjugado a la perfección con las tramas...