Resultados para "Rita" en Literatura y ficción

In Emrys, no one celebrates the end of the year. They lock their doors and hide, hoping to escape the Unseen Hour with their lives intact. Celia knows she should hide with them, but when chance leads her to a long-forgotten journal, the author's words awaken not only unfamiliar desire, but also the hope that she might finally find her father.

Can two lost people find themselves, and possibly each other, halfway around the world? After a tragic accident, Quinn Coolidge leaves everything behind, hoping to find solace in a secluded life in the Ozarks. Her solitude is disrupted when her best friend unexpectedly shows up with a...

Their job should be to kill me. Instead, I have become their favorite toy. The bones of every blood witch mark the entrances to the human villages. Blood magic is forbidden. It's evil incarnate. Everybody knows that. So, on my twentieth birthday, when my coven's sacred blood rite ritual reveals me as the first blood witch to appear in the last twenty years, I fully expect my bones to be added to the pile. What I don't expect is to be kidnapped by three egotistical, frustratingly gorgeous, and devious witch-killing warrior immortals with a peculiar and insatiable taste for my blood.

L.A. Theatre Works presents Five Short Stories by Women: A quintet of tales from some of America’s most distinguished female authors.

W zaroślach na środku największego ronda w Głogowie odkryte zostają nagie zwłoki młodej kobiety, Roksany Zawiały. Zbrodnia wstrząsa aspirant Ritą Lewandowską, policjantką po przejściach, która dopiero od roku służy w głogowskiej komendzie. Policja szybko trafia na trop mężczyzny, który przyznaje się do zamordowania kobiety.

They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. There are some situations where the correct response is to display the sort of ignorance which happily and wilfully flies in the face of the facts. In this case, the birth of a baby girl...

In A Rite of Swords (book 7 in the Sorcerer's Ring), Thor grapples with his legacy, battling to come to terms with who his father is, whether to reveal his secret, and what action he must take. Back home in the Ring, with Mycoples by his side and the Destiny Sword in hand, Thor is determined to wreak vengeance on Andronicus' army and liberate his homeland - and to finally propose to Gwendolyn. But he comes to learn that there are forces even greater than he that might just stand in his way.

Shy, overlooked, just wanting to protect the few people he cares about, Greg is given an impossible choice by a mysterious stranger who knows far too much about his past and his bloodline. If he agrees to steal a relic hidden in his local church, the people he loves will not suffer. Greg survived the choice.

Roma, settembre 1683. In una locanda nel cuore della Città Santa la morte improvvisa di un viaggiatore semina il panico: veleno o peste? Per paura del contagio, gli ospiti vengono rinchiusi in quarantena nelle proprie stanze. Tra loro c'è l'abate Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e ora agente segreto del Re Sole, deciso a scoprire cosa si celi dietro quella strana morte. Atto dovrà scontrarsi con le reticenze e le paure degli altri ospiti, con lo spettro della peste che aleggia sulla locanda.

Uma jovem viúva. Um guerreiro escocês fascinante. Duas vidas transformadas pelo amor e por uma paixão avassaladora. Quando Lady Johanna soube que estava viúva, ela prometeu que jamais se casaria novamente. Com apenas dezesseis anos, ela já possuía uma força de vontade que impressionava a todos que enxergavam além de sua beleza avassaladora. Contudo, quando o Rei John ordenou que ela se casasse outra vez – e escolheu um noivo para ela – pareceu que a moça deveria se conformar com esse destino.

Roma, luglio 1700. È anno di Giubileo: strade e piazze sono invase da torme di pellegrini accaldati. Anche il colle più panoramico dell'Urbe è preso d'assalto: nella sua sontuosa villa il cardinal Spada, segretario di Stato pontificio, festeggia le nozze del nipote con il fior fiore di curia, nobiltà e diplomazia. Per giorni si alternano merende sull'erba e battute di caccia, commedie all'aperto e cene luculliane. Tra gli invitati Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e agente del Re Sole, tesse la sua tela. Dietro le quinte della festa si agita infatti ben altro.

Ditado pelo espírito Lucius, este romance mostra que nossas dificuldades têm a função de desfazer as ilusões que impedem a felicidade e revela que somos responsáveis por tudo o que nos acontece. Com base no enredo original do livro impresso, que desde o lançamento figura no ranking dos mais vendidos, a versão em audionovela conta com abertura de Zibia Gasparetto e é narrada de forma dramatizada por atores profissionais, com diálogos que prenderão o ouvinte do começo ao fim, proporcionando uma envolvente experiência.

Zanzíbar, años noventa. Karim, Fauzia y Badar, tres muchachos que han crecido en entornos muy distintos, sueñan con las enormes posibilidades de su naciente país. Karim regresa a su tranquila ciudad natal con nuevos bríos y ambiciones tras sus estudios universitarios. Fauzia, apasionada por la escuela y con el sueño de ser maestra, ve en él una oportunidad para escapar de una educación asfixiante. Para Badar, en cambio, un sirviente sin estudios que nunca conoció a sus padres, parece que todas las puertas están cerradas.

A half-Monster/half-Player glitch in a System in which Monsters and Players are meant to fight to the death, Sally has just woken from a coma in the Wastelands after defeating the Architect who created it all. She's now liberated two areas of the game world from the soulless, zombie-creating System, allowing Unique Monsters to live in peace. With her sidekicks—Humphrey the glitched skull/Druid; Theo the rebellious vampire/Death Knight; Norah the mummy; and Lucius the emoji-speaking demon—at her side, Sally's working to complete Keystone Quests and climb to Level Twenty.

È l’estate del 1984, quattro ragazzini scappano da un orfanotrofio e dalle «Invisibili», come chiamano le suore che gestiscono l’istituto, per vivere un’ultima avventura insieme quando scoprono che uno di loro sarà adottato. Trovano prima nascondiglio in montagna e poi, ispirati dal libro di fantascienza da cui uno dei ragazzi è ossessionato, cercheranno rifugio in un loro fantastico rito di passaggio, prima di dover affrontare in modo definitivo quello che li aspetta a valle.

In 2198, 150 years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth, Man lives precariously on 100 hastily-established colony worlds and in the 7 giant Ships that once ferried men to the stars. Mia Havero's Ship is a small closed society. It tests its children by casting them out to live or die in a month of Trial in the hostile wilds of a colony world. Mia Havero's Trial is fast approaching, and in the meantime she must learn not only the skills that will keep her alive, but the deeper courage to face herself.

When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. But he hadn't counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch, including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses.

Lazarus Cross, once a mortal champion, now strides the path of the divine, his powers burgeoning to rival those who once sought to control him. His journey leads him to the foreboding city of Ravenhold, nestled in the shadowy Blackspine Mountains, where Queen Desdemona reigns under the dark influence of the goddess Sanguiana. With the aid of his loyal harem, Lazarus must confront Valka, the traitorous goddess whose machinations have entwined his destiny with hers for centuries.

Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer and is settling in just fine. Then Aaron's investigation into an attempted murder leads him right to Dani Owens. She may hold the key to a long-lost part of the Pope family's past, and more importantly, she may hold the key to Aaron's heart.

Returning to her hometown was the last thing Brianna Goodwin wanted to do. She and her mom had left Flower Hills under a cloud of secrecy and shame when she was ten years old. Her life is different now. She has a high-powered career, a beautiful girlfriend, and a trendy life in Chicago. Upon her estranged father's death, she reluctantly agrees to attend the reading of his will. It should be simple—settle his estate and return to her life in the city—but nothing has ever been simple when it comes to Donald Goodwin.