Resultados para "Pro" en Literatura y ficción

It is 1827, and Sarah Seely DeWitt finds herself at the center of Texas history in its earliest and bloodiest period. Sarah's journey from St. Louis to Texas catches her up in a love triangle, forces her into a struggle for her family's survival, and pitches her headlong into the whirlwind of war. Based on actual events leading up to the 1836 Texas Revolution, The Empresario's Wife chronicles the struggles of a young American Everywoman and the events that change her and the nation forever.

Esaú Falconi, Ismael Nero, Ángela de Ory son la presa apetecida de un plan concebido hace milenios. Una anciana con memoria de humo y conocimiento del misterio, un sacerdote de pobres enfrentado al fascismo italiano y los horrores sin nombre de las calles de Roma, sacrificios abyectos en...

Sins, Tragedies, and Other Things That Make Us Human is a collection of five thought-provoking short stories that blend historical fiction, dark humor, and contemporary drama.

Navigating the stormy seas of the 1960s wasn't easy, especially if Vietnam was on your horizon. Ignoring his 2-S selective service deferment, Conor Patrick McKall volunteers for the draft, and Uncle Sam promptly deposits him in the Big Green Machine.

Seven centuries into the future, aliens and humans compete for the greatest prize in the universe: the Galaxy Bowl trophy. Quarterback Quentin Barnes enters his third season at the helm of the Ionath Krakens. He's reshaped the team in his image, and the time for excuses is over; it's win, or be replaced. Quentin's championship quest carries him and his teammates across the galaxy in a brutal 12-game season fraught with injury and death. But he faces more than just on-field challenges.

Eine Zeitreise in die wilde Jugend unserer Großeltern, als wärst du live dabei! Verrückte Schlaglichter in eine unbekümmerte Zeit ohne Handy und Social Media, aber mit weit offenen Augen für das Wesentliche: Liebe, Erotik, Verwirrungen. Und dabei absolut keine Gebrauchsanweisung für nichts! Michael Schwarzmaier, Schauspieler und Autor, entdeckt nach über fünfzig Jahren eine Autobiografie, die er mit Mitte zwanzig geschrieben hat.

Still struggling with her new identity as the Singer for the Anyala Stone, Ani returns to her home world in search of her twin, known as The Balance. The Anyala Stone has been mortally injured by her own grandmother, and only The Balance can save it.

Crystal ball reader Isadora wants to prove she's up to the leadership responsibility to keep Philadelphia staff safe from Hitler's occult attacks until their team leader can return from special assignment in D.C., but a Nazi spy murdered the temp secretary D.C. sent and assumed her identity. The spy's mission is to steal an ancient book of spells coveted by Hitler. After finding the book, the spy's obsession is to avenge her spy lover's disappearance by leaving this U.S. facility in paranormally induced flames.

Sea Star is a swashbuckling historical novel that chronicles the adventures of beautiful red-haired, green-eyed Anne Bonny, the Pirate Queen. The saga passionately brings to life Anne's rebellious Southern girlhood, her sensual awakening in the arms of a buccaneer, and the courageous mastery of her own ship and crew. Pamela Jekel's sparkling tale transports you to the exotic Charles Town of the precolonial South; to teeming Port Royal, Jamaica; and to the infamous pirate island of New Providence for duels, plundered treasures, and torrid love scenes on palm-fringed cays.

“Don’t tell anyone we’re Democrats,” warned Mother when we moved to Bakersfield, CA, a town often referred to, back then, as redneck central. “And for heaven’s sake, don’t tell them you’re Jewish.”

Long ago in the distant Kingdom of Dycentia, storytellers sang the legend of one of their own; a hero the likes of which were only born in forgotten lands, in forgotten times. This Dycentian’s name was Horian, and although his life was cloaked in shadows, the secrets the storytellers sang have been passed down through the ages, known to only a select few and now preserved in these pages so that they may never be forgotten.

When Alex takes on a mission to reclaim stolen Bedouin land, he finds himself imprisoned and branded a criminal. Meanwhile, Caitlin faces her own dangers, becoming the target of an extremist plot. But the rules of warfare change forever when Caitlin condenses an electromagnetic pulse into shootable ammunition and deploys an AI chatbot–quantum computer that can use the internet to control secure Israeli communications and provide strategic intel.

Only the one known as The Blood can save Lrakira . . . but is there time? The women of Lrakira have begun to die and the Stones have chosen Renloret to rescue Lrakira’s only hope of survival, a five-year-old child living on Teramar. When his ship crashes on Teramar, Renloret races against time to find the child whose blood carries the cure for his people. But the child cannot be found, and to complicate matters, Renloret is falling in love with Ani, a female Teramaran blade ring champion with serious alien issues and a need to be accepted for who she is.

The Enclave family, once known for their distinctive jazz, blues, and rock sound, has risen to the forefront of the Dallas music scene. But their world takes a dark turn when Manny and Norma Lee introduce a bright and resourceful young man, Jack Miller, to their manager, Clinton Carroll. Jack's arrival ushers in a new era for the Enclave—one that goes beyond music and into the dangerous world of security and investigation.

棋士生活三〇年、ある日突然襲ってきた病魔

「ふざけんな、ふざけんな、みんないい思いしやがって」
藤井聡太ブームに沸く将棋界。そのウラで羽生世代の棋士が脳の病と闘っていた。

Written in 1914 by Owen Seaman, the poem "Pro Patria" is a call to arms to defend the righteous and noble values that England was deemed to represent. Calling upon God to support the coming actions of the war, based on a gallant national history, "Pro Patria" is an allusion to Horace and was also utilized in Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen.

„Postaví se a vypne motor, a když si nečekaně sundá helmu a odhodí blond vlasy dlouhé po ramena na stranu, mám pocit, že jsem zhypnotizovaná. Zamrazí mě v zádech. Nutkání vzhlédnout je neodolatelné, takže se na něj bez váhání podívám. Když se naše pohledy setkají, proběhne mi tělem elektrický výboj. Úplně zapomenu dýchat, a až když se moje plíce začnou vzpouzet, zalapám po dechu." Tato povídka byla vydána ve spolupráci se švédskou filmovou producentkou Erikou Lust.

In Dänemark war Meter pro Sekunde der erfolgreichste Roman der letzten Jahre. Seine besondere Mischung aus Humor, Menschenfreundlichkeit und Sprachkunst macht es zum Buch unserer Tage. Kühe, Windräder und die sonderbare Welt einer Internatsschule: Eine junge Mutter zieht mit Mann und Baby nach Westjütland, ins "Land der kurzen Sätze". Eine einfache Unterhaltung wird für sie zum Wagnis, und das Leben selbst ist auf einmal voller Hindernisse. Mutterschaft, Ehe und Fahrprüfung: alles kaum zu schaffen.

A story of a well-reputed crew who is faced with repelling the efforts of a group of pirates. Teamwork would win the day, and the narrative of the moment by moment skirmish makes for a delightful tale from a classic author. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Už sarkastický název uvádí do atmosféry tohoto netradičního detektivního příběhu ve stylu „noir“ z texasko-mexické hranice. V průběhu děje se plní šerifovými meditacemi na téma láska, krev a občanská povinnost. Je to audiokniha, která vás vtáhne a už nepustí… Llewelyn Moss vyrazí na lov a během něj objeví, místo, kde se zvrtla předávka drog. Najde několik mrtvých mužů a v kabele pohádkovou hotovost. Od této chvíle ho i s jeho manželkou Carlou Jean, která se odjede skrýt ke své matce, začne pronásledovat ten, jemuž peníze patřily, zločinec Anton Chigurh.