Resultados para "Robert Sarah" en Literatura y ficción

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

The complicated relationship between the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell is revealed in nearly 30 years' worth of correspondence. Taken from their exchange of letters, Dear Elizabeth is a study in friendship, intimacy, and the power of words.

A new anthology of science-fiction stories, Overruled! explores what the future of jurisprudence might well be like, with thrilling, hilarious, and downright entertaining results.

Here is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction short stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Erosion",l by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying earth. In "As Women Fight", by Sara Genge, a hunter has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife's body in a society of body-switchers....

Starships come in many shapes and sizes. Their crews and passengers are an eclectic lot. They venture into the deep voids of space on their assigned missions. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they do not. This collection tells the stories of the crews and passengers aboard six of these starships.

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.

In these wonderfully funny and poignant stories, Willett’s eccentric, complex characters think and do the unconventional. Soft, euphonic women gradually grow old; weak, unhappy men confront love and their own mortality; and abominable children desperately try to grow up with grace. With a unique voice and dry humor, Willett gives us a new insight into human existence, showing us those specific moments in relationships when life suddenly becomes visible. Critically acclaimed when it was first published, Jenny and the Jaws of Life is being brought back due to popular demand.

Scrooge has compelling reasons for hating Christmas, for rejecting his fiancée and his precious nephew, and for employing Tiny Tim’s father, despite his obvious incompetence. He is a doting uncle, beloved brother, successful businessman, and passionate lover, but a dark secret puts both him and his loved ones at risk. Scrooge struggles to embrace his true self and live in defiance of the Victorian era’s repressive moral standards.

"Sarah aurait tant aimé que son mari se réveille et qu'il la surprenne penchée sur lui, pareille à une étoile veillant sur son berger. Mais Driss ne se réveillerait pas. Restitué à lui-même, il s'était verrouillé dans un sommeil où les hantises et les soupçons se neutralisaient, et Sarah lui en voulait de se mettre ainsi à l'abri des tourments qui la persécutaient. Aucun ange ne t'arrive à la cheville, lorsque tu dors, mon amour, pensa-t-elle."

For centuries England has always had a leading and admired reputation for its poets and poetry. In this volume we explore those born in the East of England who created such revered, enduring and respected verse.

Das Hörbuch zum Serienereignis des Jahres: So haben wir Sisi noch nie erlebt - wagemutig und kämpferisch, lebenshungrig und verführerisch. Als die junge, ungestüme Sisi in Bad Ischl Franz Joseph I. von Österreich begegnet, diesem strahlenden und geheimnisvoll-abgründigen Mann, ist es um sie geschehen. Obwohl er ihrer Schwester versprochen ist, kann sie sich der Anziehungskraft des jungen Kaisers nicht entziehen und erkämpft sich gegen die Widerstände ihrer Familie sein Herz. Mit dieser Liebe scheint ihre Zukunft glänzend hell.

Während sich Owen Pitt und der Rest der Mannschaft von Monster Hunter International bei einer monatelangen Belagerung einer von Monstern verseuchten Albtraumdimension befinden, bleibt Julie Shackleford – Owens Ehefrau und Nachfahrin von MHI-Gründer Bubba Shackleford – zu Hause zurück. Sie soll die Stellung halten und sich um ihren kleinen Sohn Ray kümmern. So sehr Julie den Säugling liebt, der Mutterschaftsurlaub und die dröge Büroarbeit machen ihr allmählich zu schaffen.

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! USA TODAY Bestseller Return to The Meridian with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s sequel to the most critically hailed epic fantasy of 2020 Black Sun—finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Lambda, and Locus awards. There are no tides...

J Is for Jack-o’-Lantern, the 10th book in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Here, you will find a collection of 13 disturbing stories from some of the most creative independent horror writers on the scene today.

A pregnant young woman becomes obsessed with the disappearance of her lover’s wife, only to discover that she may be headed for the same fate, in this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Miller When secretary Colleen Roper becomes pregnant by her boss, Michael, he whisks her...

A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box. C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in...

From the bestselling author of What Was Mine-a deeply moving family drama about a young Irish immigrant, an ancestral home in New England and a dark secret that lay hidden in its walls for five generations. In 1908, sixteen-year-old Bridey runs away from her small town in Ireland with her...

Os contos desta coletânea foram publicados em colaboração com a produtora de cinema sueca Erika Lust. Sua intenção é retratar a natureza e a diversidade humanas por meio da paixão, intimidade, amor e desejo em uma fusão de histórias poderosas e cheias de erotismo.