Resultados para "Stine" en Literatura y ficción

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance - and healing - in each other's arms.  

Die Näherin Ernestine Rehbein, genannt Stine, lebt in sehr einfachen Verhältnissen im Berlin der Gründerzeit. An einem Abend lernt Stine den jungen, aber kränkelnden Grafen Waldemar Haldern kennen. Der Adlige - angetan von ihrer natürlichen Art - verliebt sich in die Kleinbürgerin und macht ihr trotz der Standesunterschiede einen Heiratsantrag. Als Stine ablehnt, kommt es zur Katastrophe.

Follow Mary Jade VonStine as her world is turned upside down with the murders of her parents. Now, Mary must go to a faraway kingdom, and live with her distant royal family. How will Mary adapt to a strange country and her family? When her family is all a bunch of monsters mostly vampires, werewolves, and other undead creatures, how will Mary survive and cope living with them, and what of the assassins who seek to kill her? Who knows - there may be more to Mary than just your typical southern tomboy

Die junge Ernestine Rehbein, genannt Stine, lebt in einfachen kleinbürgerlichen Verhältnissen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer verwitweten Schwester Pauline, die zwei Kinder aus zwei verschiedenen Ehen hat, lebt sie ein Stockwerk über der Wohnung ihrer Schwester in einem Wohnhaus in der Invalidenstraße 98e in Berlin. Bei einem abendlichen Diner, mit dem Pauline in kleiner Gesellschaft den Pflichten ihrer Liaison mit dem alten Grafen Haldern nachkommt, lernt Stine den kränklichen jungen Grafen Waldemar Haldern kennen.

When wicked men first took the boy she loved, she was a child. Now, they’ve taken him again, but this time…she’s a queen. For weeks, Malin plotted and schemed with the kingdom’s cruelest crooks, the Nightrender and the Guild of Kryv, to infiltrate a wicked masquerade. They survived. They escaped. Most of them. To the underbelly of the kingdom, the Nightrender never made it out of his own scheme. To Malin, he’s only Kase, the man who owns her heart, and who is once again a prisoner of their enemies.

Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing for her training, familiarizing her with local highlights, including Peaceful Meadows Horse Retreat, for children with special needs.

Das Thema dieses späten Romans - die Liebe eines Mädchens aus niederem Stand und eines Adligen - hatte Fontane schon in "Irrungen, Wirrungen" behandelt. Er selbst schätze STINE sehr, wor allem wegen der kraftvollen Figur der Witwe Pittelkow. STINE ist bester Fontane, ein gelungenes Stadt- und Sittenbild mit lebendig gestalteten Personen.

Wie schon beim Erscheinen von "Irrungen, Wirrungen" löste Fontanes Werks einen Skandal aus...

Stine lebt in einfachen Verhältnissen. Als sich der junge Graf Haldern in sie verliebt und um sie wirbt, zeigt sich bald, dass diesem Glück etwas Großes im Weg steht: Standesgrenzen, die dem Adligen nicht erlauben, eine Bürgerliche zu wählen. Doch Haldern will Stine nicht aufgeben... Fontanes Roman löste seinerzeit einen gesellschaftlichen Skandal aus.

Efter tio år som änka och ensamstående mamma längtar Rakel efter gemenskap. Vännerna har tagit avstånd mer och mer, hennes föräldrar har gått bort. Och när Rakels två döttrar väljer att åka på roadtrip i USA får hon plötsligt betydligt mer frihet än hon är van vid. Vad ska hon göra med sin lediga sommar? En dråplig vattenskada i familjens lägenhet gör att Rakel hastigt och lustigt blir hemlös. Lösningen på boendeproblemet blir en semester på pittoreska Västerö.

Tanjas lever det liv hon alltid drömt om. Hon har sin fantastiska make Oliver och fyra underbara barn. Ändå känner hon plötsligt att det är något som saknas - och att Oliver till och med blivit lite tråkig. Men hur adresserar man det egentligen? Och vad gör man åt saken? En oväntad present från svägerskan i USA gör att Tanja blir fast besluten att hitta något som kan andas nytt liv i äktenskapet. Men att få en stund tillsammans utan barnen visar sig bli mycket svårare än hon trott.

After everything she's been through over the past ten years, Jess should be focusing on her healing. She should be figuring out where her future will take her. And she should be finding herself after her abusive husband ripped away her identity. Too bad someone else has different plans.

When she entered school at a recently integrated college in North Carolina, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another kind who turned her world upside down. After being turned into a blood-sucking being and then giving birth to a child fathered by the King of Vampires, Adirah thinks that life can't get any stranger. But when her ancient past becomes a part of the present, she learns that her son has a destiny that is out of her control. The only way to protect him is for old enemies to put their differences behind them....

Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is noticed by members of the "in" crowd, who invite her to the most popular frat party on campus. Adirah finds herself smitten with someone of another race and is taken on a ride she can never return from. Unbeknownst to her, Adirah's newfound love is not only a master seducer.

For centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race's natural magical talents to retain its elevated and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.   

It was supposed to be a fresh start for eighteen-year-old Devon Grace and her father, but fate had other, darker plans. The Appalachian town of Millicent, Ohio, is poor and forgotten by the world - the perfect setting for a disgraced cop and his artistic "misfit" daughter to regroup after a tragic mistake upends their lives. Trouble is, the young men of Millicent are disappearing, including Devon's sole confidant and first love.

Maria flyttar till Västerö med stora drömmar om en sagolik jul på landet. Det hon inte tänkt på är att vägen dit går via november och att vänja sig vid livet i glesbygden är helt enkelt inte lika kul i ett evigt mörker. Det känns som att livets små motgångar hopar sig, speciellt när Marias nyfunna vän tvingas lämna ön och när Maria inser att grannen Jona inte alls förstår sig på henne. Alla gamla vänner har fullt upp med sina egna julförberedelser och ingen har tid att hälsa på.

Despite Jess's initial reluctance to get involved with ex-Marine Troy Carson, her friendship with him is growing to be something more. But love cannot exist without trust, and trust is something she can't afford—not when she needs to cling to the secrets of her past. Not when she's hoping to be part of her daughter's life again. Too much is at stake if the truth gets out.

The Acrasian army has swept through Eledore, nearly massacring the entire race in fear and hatred of the magic they possess. This same magic is all that was keeping the demon incursion at bay, but now the great evil that was banished is seeping into the world. Watchers are formed to warn of any sightings of the demons, but little can be done if one encounters them in shadow or at night.   

How did visionary women see the future? Written between 1931 and 1979, these 13 stories show how different women have, in different eras, envisioned the future of their sex. Selecting its contents from lesser known writers, Future Eves is fascinating to listen to, both as science-fiction and as an eye-opening view into futures past.