Resultados para "Salt" en Literatura y ficción

Imogen necesita alejarse de la persona que ha roto su corazón y de una familia que piensa que no es capaz de cuidarse por sí misma, desea comenzar de cero. El problema es que no sabe cómo hacerlo porque se ha dado cuenta de que en verdad no se conoce a sí misma. Nadie en el pueblo esperaba que Liam regresara después de tanto tiempo, pero él también se sorprende cuando al llegar se encuentra con que su familia ha metido a una inquilina en su casa.

In a remote village shaped by the sea and centuries of custom, outsiders are barely tolerated—and women are expected to know their place. So, when Jimmie Watt brings Belle to the village as his new bride, his mother, Annie, is furious. The Watt family name carries weight, and Belle—an incomer—is not the wife she expected. As Belle tries to find her place in the close-knit community, she faces isolation, judgment, and growing hostility from the women around her.

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.

"Al escuchar el nombre de Richard Steel su corazón comenzó a latir intensamente: claro que le iba a encantar conocerlo. De hecho, ya lo conocía. Él era mayor que ella. Para ser exactos, quince años y dos meses mayor. Josefina todavía vivía con sus padres cuando se hizo famoso. En aquella época, se vestía con blusas, enormes pendientes plateados en las orejas y sombra de ojos azul. Tenía las paredes de su habitación cubiertas con pósteres de sus ídolos y Richard Steel era uno de ellos."

Una historia conmovedora acerca de la bondad y el perdón desde la perspectiva de un sobreviviente del Holocausto. Esta es la historia del salto de fe de Izio, un niño polaco de trece años que se convierte a la religión de sus ancestros y se hace hombre. Sin embargo, este hecho ritual no será lo único que moldeará su carácter. Un terrible evento mundial transformará su vida de manera devastadora: la invasión de Polonia por parte de los nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

It is the 14th century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been - a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.

1928, Paris. Um menino é encontrado à beira da morte e acolhido por uma bondosa família. Gentil, precoce e talentoso, ele se adapta muito bem ao novo lar, e a família lhe proporciona uma vida com a qual ele jamais havia sonhado. Entretanto, ele se recusa a dizer uma única palavra sobre sua verdadeira identidade. Ao se tornar um rapaz, descobrindo o amor e estudando no prestigiado Conservatório de Paris, ele quase consegue esquecer os horrores de seu passado e a promessa que fez. Mas, na Europa da década de 1930, um mal vem crescendo e se alastrando, e ninguém mais está a salvo.

Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence. A shadow lies over Thornfield Hall and its reclusive master, Edward Rochester. And he’s hired her only as a last resort. Jane stumbles again and again as she tries to establish a rapport with her prickly new employer, but he becomes the least of her worries as a mysterious force seems to work against her.

Sam isn't sure where he belongs. A fisherman's son with hands more suited to painting than hauling traps, he's spent his life caught between two worlds—between land and water, duty and passion. He keeps to the tides, drifting through life unseen, unnoticed. His father doesn't recognize him half the time, his estranged brother has returned like he never left, and college is an uphill battle he isn't sure he can win. The only place that feels like home is his father's boat, where the world is quiet enough to think. Then Goldilocks arrives.

A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country on the brink of seismic change as its women decide for themselves which traditions are fit for purpose–and which prophecies it's time to rewrite.

En Atlantide, Léo est face à un dilemme : si elle veut fuir l’île avec ses cadets, elle doit aider le prince à prendre la place de son père. De son côté, Jamie plonge au cœur des mystères de la Cité Perdue. Entre les secrets millénaires des Astronomas et son propre pouvoir qui ne cesse de grandir, chaque découverte pourrait changer à jamais le cours de leur destinée.

"Det er Sverige, nord for Stockholm, og derfor er der ret tit sne udenfor, hans mor og far, jeg ved siden af Carl, den scene som vender tilbage hver vinter, har en hædersplads hos mig, sammen med ordene: Hvis vi havde haft en datter, ville hun nok have set ud som dig. og jeg bliver nødt til at fange et glimt af os i et af de mørke vinduer." "Salt" består af ni noveller som kredser om klasseskel, seksualitet, familie og sorg. De skildrer flere former for tab: af den elskede, af uskyld, af drømme og af selvbilleder.

Jonas Jonasson nos regala un personaje maravilloso. Un abuelo sin prejuicios que no está dispuesto a renunciar al placer de vivir. Momentos antes de que empiece la pomposa celebración de su centésimo cumpleaños, Allan Karlsson decide que nada de eso va con él. Vestido con su mejor traje y unas pantuflas, se encarama a una ventana y se fuga de la residencia donde vive, dejando plantados al alcalde y a la prensa local.

At eight, he gave me roses. At fifteen, he gave me butterflies, and at seventeen, he gave me sanctuary. I wasn't a damsel in distress. He wasn't Prince Charming waiting to whisk me off my feet. We didn't meet by chance. He's been part of my life for years, and for most of that time, I've been under his spell.

My name is Bird Howsley, and I'm a beautiful disaster. Okay, "beautiful" is probably being generous. But the "disaster" part is right. In a brutal dystopian waterworld, where survival depends on skill and smarts, I'm pretty much always one bad decision away from watching my life go completely down the drain. Luckily, I have a lifeline: my cute, level-headed sailing teacher, Sargo Paz. Did I say cute? I didn't mean cute. He's just a friend. I definitely don't have weird sex dreams about him.

This is a story from the Classic Ghost Stories collection.

"Assassin's Creed: Gold" è un evento a sé stante nell'universo di "Assassin's Creed", in cui incontriamo Aliyah Khan, una professionista del poker e truffatrice. Nata e cresciuta fra mille difficoltà, è sopravvissuta grazie alla sua intelligenza e capacità di raggirare il prossimo. Fino a quando Aliyah incontra un uomo maturo, Gavin Banks, che la batte al gioco. La sua unica opzione per ripagare il debito con Banks è diventare un'Assassina. Durante il suo addestramento, Gavin racconta ad Aliyah della secolare battaglia tra Assassini e Templari.

In the aftermath of their mother's death, the Tetley siblings' lives are falling apart. Left to fend for themselves as their family farm goes to ruins, Rose sets out to escape the grief and mess of home. When she meets Noongar Elders Patsy and Herbert, she finds herself drawn into a home where she has the chance to discover the strength of community, and to heal a wound her family has carried for a generation.