Resultados para "River" en Literatura y ficción

The story is set in Nebraska in the late 1890's. It is a time when women and children have few rights and society looks upon domestic abuse as a private, family matter. Seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure abuse and neglect at the hands of a man whose past has left deep scars and a cruel, warped few of family and religion.

For those tied to the western landscape who wonder whether we might find redemption in the story of its water during a time of increasing climate extremes, a based-on-true-events tale of family farmers fighting to save the land they steward.

Billie Wallace has spent her whole life trying to prove she's more than the Wallace Ranch's "wild" only daughter. All she wants is a shot at barrel racing—and a purpose beyond crunching numbers in her daddy's office. But when her very first run ends in disaster, Billie lands flat on her back with Ryder Rivers—her childhood crush, her brother's best friend, and the town's notorious heartbreaker—hovering over her. In all the years she's known him, Ryder has never entertained Billie's shameless flirting. But after her fall, he's suddenly everywhere.

Former U.S. Marshal Isaac McGraw wants nothing more than to forget his past and live in isolation on the family ranch. But his meddling family has cooked up other plans—plans that include matching Isaac with a mail-order bride who has two young boys in tow. There's something about Clare Ferguson that bothers Isaac…more than the haunted look in her eyes and the way she's constantly glancing over her shoulder. Against his will—and better judgment—he finds himself drawn to Clare and her cheery disposition.

Rancher Nick McGraw had his dreams of teaching shattered and lost his chance for true love in one fell swoop. Years later, he's finally moved on. After he broke her heart, schoolmarm Elsie Atchinson hoped she would never see Nick again. But moments after they come face to face, Nick is attacked and left for dead in the midst of a white-out blizzard. Elsie can't abandon him in his time of need. The Nick who wakes up with his head wrapped in bandages doesn't remember leaving Elsie.

Nochevieja de 1879. El personal de Menlo Park, el centro de investigación y desarrollo creado por Thomas Edison, se prepara para el acontecimiento del siglo: la inauguración de la primera calle del mundo iluminada por bombillas eléctricas. Sadie, la hermana de Francis Robbins Upton, hombre de...

My dad and I have been estranged for years, but as his only living relative, it's no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. But the stipulation in his will that requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money. I haven't stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Ruth es una mujer judía, viuda, que por primera vez tiene tiempo entre las manos y dedica su energía y picardía a explorar los recovecos de un deseo desasido de obligaciones. Con prosa lúcida y entretenida, llena de humor y apuntes tragicómicos, Adriana Riva da vida a la interioridad de una anciana dama en el umbral de los ochenta que se ha cansado de obedecer y dice, por primera vez, lo que piensa.

24 de febrero de 1525. Tras defender durante cuatro meses la plaza de Pavía frente al ejército francés, los soldados de Carlos V presentan batalla el día de su cumpleaños. El genio táctico del marqués de Pescara y la disciplina y el arrojo de la infantería española convertir en lo que parecía una derrota inevitable en una de las mayores hazañas militares de la Historia. La flor y nata de la nobleza francesa es aniquilada y su rey, Francisco I, capturado en la batalla que cambió para siempre la forma de hacer la guerra.

Unha cuadrilla de cazadores, urbanos e con relacións de amizade e negocios, participa nunha batida na que o obxectivo é «O Solitario», un lendario porco bravo, considerado moi perigoso, a quen se lle atribúe unha morte e ataques a participantes noutras cazarías. No escenario agreste da batida, dúas mulleres sendeiristas afrontan unha situación de risco e os cazadores acoden na súa axuda. Despois, o que comeza sendo unha conversa informativa e amábel irá derivando nunha tensa discusión, sobre a caza e outros asuntos da vida, até chegar a un punto de violencia verbal.

Francis Robbins ha desaparecido. En el suelo solo queda su armónica. Emil y Sonia huyen precipitadamente después de que Thomas Edison descubriera que han falsificado su identidad. Mientras tanto, Sadie y John intentan averiguar para qué sirve la máquina que han encontrado en el granero y...

Sadie, Sofía y la señora Upton avisan al grupo de que John ha sido apresado y será ejecutado en el campo de exterminio. De pronto, ocurre algo inesperado en el granero. El grupo se enfrenta a un futuro incierto y han de actuar deprisa. ¿Habrá funcionado la...

Willa Maren has a bookstore café, two meddling sisters, a witchy mother who swears by candle spells… and a big problem: Tate Holloway is back in town. Her first love. Her heartbreak. The boy next door, who left, is now back, looking entirely too hot in flannel. The whole town is matchmaking, her sisters are firmly on Team Tate, and even their mother, Lilith Maren, seems to stir up a love spell or two. But this time, Willa's determined to protect her heart, even if it takes every ounce of magic she's got.

París, 1939. Los nazis creen que Éliane no entiende alemán y que no sabe que están robando los tesoros del Louvre: están equivocados. No se imaginan que está decodificando sus notas e informando a la Resistencia, pero es un juego peligroso. ¿Se atreverá a confiar sus secretos al hombre que una vez amó? ¿La traicionará una vez más? No tiene forma de saberlo con certeza hasta que un viaje a una impresionante casa en la Riviera francesa trae consigo un nivel de peligro completamente nuevo.

¡Es nuestro distinto placer presentarle nuestra versión de Cinco semanas en globo por Jules Verne, narrada por José Félix Rivas!

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin' hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice. He's exactly what I'm looking for. If only Wyatt wasn't also my best friend…I'm back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I'm here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

Wheeler Rankin isn't here for romance—she's come to Lucky River Ranch to visit her best friend, wrangle a business deal, and prove herself to everyone who ever doubted her. But when she collides with Duke Rivers—resident heartbreaker, restless cowboy, and brother to her best friend's new flame—sparks fly hotter than a Texas summer. Duke has always dreamed of more than dusty trails and small-town life. He's itching to see the world, but one unforgettable night with Wheeler changes his course.

New York, Herbst 1907: Die ehemalige Privatdetektivin Molly Murphy Sullivan ist zufrieden mit dem gemeinsamen Leben mit ihrem Polizisten Ehemann Daniel umgeben von Familie und Freunden. Und sie dachte, er wäre genauso glücklich damit – doch als er ihr erzählt, dass sie in ein schickes Haus an der Fifth Avenue ziehen werden und dass er für das Amt des Sheriffs von New York kandidiert, ist Molly völlig fassungslos. Daniel bittet Molly, ihm zu vertrauen, aber warum sollte er ausgerechnet für die Tammany-Partei als Sheriff kandidieren?

Fruta verde explora la intimidad de tres personajes atraídos y enfrentados por el vértigo de lo prohibido: Ermán Lugo, un joven aspirante a escritor, resentido por la traición de una novia ingrata; el dramaturgo homosexual Mauro Llamas, dispuesto a valerse de todos los ardides lícitos e ilícitos para seducirlo; y Paula Recillas, la madre de Germán, un ama de casa divorciada, cuyo rigor moral se tambalea ante las insinuaciones eróticas de un guapo adolescente.

Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all....