Resultados para "Max" en Narrativa literaria

Jessica Niemi, inspectora del Departamento de Homicidios de Helsinki, tiene que investigar un caso de asesinato fuera de lo común. Parece que la esposa del famoso escritor Roger Koponen ha sido asesinada en un extraño ritual. A medida que ocurren más asesinatos, la inspectora está convencida...

Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar - a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness, while the boys wander, savage and unsupervised. In this moment of violent despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, goad, protector, therapist, and babysitter.

Max kämpft. Max flieht. Max sucht. Er kämpft gegen die Verrücktheit einer Welt, die aus den Fugen gerät. Er flieht vor den Menschen, die ihn nicht verstehen. Er sucht die eine Frau, die er wirklich lieben kann. Dies ist die Geschichte eines großen Künstlers des vergangenen Jahrhunderts: Max Ernst. Im Spiegel von sechs Frauenleben erzählt dieser Roman vom 20. Jahrhundert und entwirft das Panorama einer wahnwitzigen Zeit.

Harry Bannerman drinks his nightly bourbon on the train from New York City to Putnam's Landing, Connecticut. A typical commuter, he has a bald spot, a house, two mortgages, three children, and a wife who is a committed soccer mom and pillar of the community. Second Lt. Guido di Maggio loves baseball less than his last name implies and his fiancee, Maggie Larkin, more than the army allows. College sweethearts, the couple has their future all mapped out: Guido will complete his military service in Maryland while Maggie starts her teaching career in Putnam's Landing.

אולי רציתם לפרוש מהחיים לשעתיים ולקרוא יצירה אינטנסיבית ומשעשעת, קופצנית ואירונית, מלאת חמלה ואלגנטיות, שנגמרת בפתרון עלילתי מושלם? קחו לכם את "הצבוע המאושר" של...

Vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog keert de naamloze verteller vanuit Californië terug naar zijn geboortestreek Piëmont. Met zijn enige vriend die nog in leven is, de arme Nuto, bezoekt hij de plekken uit zijn kindertijd. Terwijl hij door de wijngaarden, langs vijgenbomen en hazelnootstruiken loopt, begrijpt hij wat er in zijn geboortedorp is gebeurd tijdens de donkere jaren van het fascisme.

Tom Fuller - a scrupulously honest fellow, a person of extraordinary physical strength, and owner of a savage horse, Rusty, that he alone was able to tame - is generally regarded as a half-wit. He has been summarily fired from every job he has ever had and even comes to regard himself as a failure. He makes one more try when he is hired on as a blacksmith's assistant by Boston Charlie. Finally here is a job that Tom can perform successfully, and his spirit soars.

The day Jingo rode into Tower Creek, the town was busy celebrating its 20th anniversary. The big event of the festival was a high-stakes poker game in Joe Slade's saloon with Wally Rankin holding most of the chips. But it didn't take long for Jingo to figure out why: Rankin was cheating. And it would only take a couple of well-placed bullets to reveal it to the others in the room.

He was still a young man, but he'd used that handful of years effectively, building a bad reputation that spanned the West, his villainy taking different forms everywhere it took roost. Denver knew him as the Doctor; Texans called him Montana; and folks in Idaho called him Texas. On account of his youth, most everywhere else called him the Lonesome Kid.

This audiobook contains two of legendary Western author Max Brand's short novels for your listening pleasure. The Valley of Jewels: Doc Willis, despite the nickname, is just an unemployed cowboy in Daggett Valley, a place that holds many secrets from the past - including a now-deserted mining camp. When Buck Logan lures Willis to the camp with the promise of great riches, Doc doesn't even suspect he is about to play a part in a most subtle feat of deception.

Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly. It was a girl who attracted him. But Sparrow Roberts, a fight manager, used this romantic lure only to attract Harry into his own sphere, because he knew that Camden had a truly devastating punch.

Efter 2. verdenskrig står Danmark over for et bredt spektrum af udfordringer, der kommer til at påvirke landet i årtier frem. I landets søvnige provinser gemmer der sig stærke kræfter, som i kølvandet på krigen kæmper for at føre Danmark videre. En historie om enegang og solidaritet af arbejderforfatteren John Max Pedersen. John Max Pedersen (f.1942-1992) var en dansk kommunist, arbejder og forfatter. Som 14-årig meldte han sig ind i DKU og kæmpede siden som værftsarbejder for arbejderens rettigheder.

Danny's World is the story of Danny, an amazing handicapped boy who won the fight to overcome the stigma of being a disabled or handicapped child following the Great Depression. The power of superstition and fear held sway over the lives of families with special children until they met Danny.

Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the mysterious man he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent south to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city - with sin everywhere and betrayal around every corner - Quarry must make the most dangerous choice of his deadly career: who to kill?

The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner, Velda, has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered - a cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What's more, Mike's pal, Captain Pat Chambers, has discovered that Velda is in Florida, now the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

The powerful Lord complains loudly to the local bishop, who asks Father Max Tudor, vicar of Nether Monkslip and former MI5 agent, to investigate. Just as Max comes to believe the poisoning was accidental, a body is discovered in the cloister well. Can Max Tudor solve the case and restore order in time to attend his own nuptials?

La vorágine es una novela del escritor colombiano José Eustasio Rivera. Fue publicada en 1924 y está considerada un clásico de la literatura colombiana y latinoamericana.

Itauk the Madman has spread death to the Yukon, throwing the bodies of his victims to his sled team of 12 wolves. Tracking him down are Canadian Mountie Tommy McKenna and his partner, Simmons. But when the pair separate to hunt for food, Itauk attacks Simmons and lets his wolves make an unmentionable feast that Tommy later discovers on his return to camp.

Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies - a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. He’s a trailblazer - flying higher and faster than any pilot out there. His latest invention could change the face of air warfare and alter the balance of world power. It’s The Dive Bomber - a perfectly designed aircraft for the US Navy. There’s only one problem - up to now, every test flight has ended in disaster. The reason: sabotage.

Max Sturm ist Autor, dreht die letzte Runde in seinen Dreißigern und kann mit gleichaltrigen Frauen nichts anfangen...