Resultados para "The Cure" en Literatura y ficción

Un giorno d'agosto una donna si prepara a stare via per un po'. Lascia una lettera di istruzioni ai figli, perché anche in sua assenza possano trovare le cose che non trovano mai. Per esempio i doposci. Non è la stagione dello sci, ma chissà quando lei potrà tornare. Questa è la sua storia. Non è il diario di una malattia, ma la testimonianza esatta che nessuno si salva da solo. A risuonare in queste pagine sono le voci degli altri. La voce di Angelina, che ha il piglio di una capobanda e tratta le altre pazienti con tenerezza.

Una novela encantadora de la reina del healing fiction japonés y autora de La biblioteca de los nuevos comienzos. Más de 2.000.000 de lectores la esperan. GANADORA DEL PREMIO MIYAZAKIMOTO «Una autora única. Sabiduría y ternura en cada página.» The New York Times Un refugio. Un respiro...

¿Quién imaginaría que la cura perfecta ronronea? Una celebración absolutamente encantadora del poder curativo de las mascotas. Premio Kioto a la Mejor Novela La misteriosa Clínica Kokoro se encuentra en un oscuro y escondido callejón de Kioto. Solo pueden encontrarla quienes más lo...

Julius Hertzfeld, brillante professore di psichiatria presso l'università della California scopre di avere poco più di un anno di vita. Che fare quando la vita spensierata termina di colpo? Julius Hertzfeld non ha dubbi: continuerà a occuparsi dei suoi pazienti e a cercare di ridestare, nella terapia di gruppo, il sentimento della vita dentro di loro. Sa, anche, che non si sottrarrà all'ultima sfida rappresentata dal suo paziente più ostico.

Vuelve la autora que ha convertido el healing fiction japonés en un fenómeno global, con más de 2 millones de lectores en 30 países. Michiko Aoyama regresa con Mis lunes con aroma a matcha, la segunda entrega de su exitosa bilogía El pequeño café de Tokio, galardonada con el Premio...

En los buenos tiempos, las chicas se casan por amor. En los malos, no siempre pueden elegir. En el Madrid recién salido de la guerra civil, sobrevivir es un duro oficio cotidiano. Especialmente para Manolita, una joven de dieciocho años que, con su padre y su madrastra encarcelados, y su...

Como a cualquier otro gato, a Alfie le encanta pasarse el día dormitando en el sofá, delante de la chimenea. Le basta con unas cuantas caricias y algún que otro ronroneo para ser feliz, pero, de repente, se verá obligado a abandonar el hogar en el que se ha criado, se encontrará solo y perdido por las calles de Londres. Todo cambia al llegar a Edgar Road, un lugar lleno de jardines y preciosas casitas unifamiliares. Alfie comprende enseguida que solo allí conseguirá sentirse de nuevo como en casa. Únicamente allí podrá encontrar una nueva familia.

Her body hurts her all the time now. It is separate, a thing apart. In her mind it has become a person or an object that is not quite her, that she doesn’t know. Vera and Thea are mother and daughter. Vera writes for the internet: she constructs identities and scenarios for brands to cater to...

El cura de Tours de Honoré de Balzac es una novela que describe la vida del tímido y modesto sacerdote François Birotteau, en la ciudad provincial de Tours. Birotteau se ve envuelto en una red de intrigas sociales, celos y manipulación cuando hereda una importante fortuna. Balzac explora las complejidades de la naturaleza humana, la hipocresía social y la influencia corruptora de la riqueza. La novela es parte de la obra más amplia de Balzac, "La Comédie Humaine", que ofrece una visión panorámica de la sociedad francesa del siglo XIX a través de una serie de historias y personajes interconectados.

Aleksy still remembers the last summer he spent with his mother in Northern France. At eighteen, eager to fly the nest and escape a family still grief-stricken by the death of his sister years earlier, these lazy months in the countryside are akin to torture. And then, his mother tells him she’s dying.

Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work - and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some 20 years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured - miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer - and is himself a philosophical counselor in training. 

In a future divided by a cure that could save —or control —humanity, one political campaign threatens to rewrite the fate of the world.. What if they could erase who you are —and call it a cure? In the near-future United States, backed by a powerful institution and a presidential candidate, Project Z offers a so-called cure —and the country is splitting at the seams.

The Cure is a genre-bending thriller reminiscent of Michael Crichton or Douglas Preston, about the biological underpinnings of psychopathy. As a child, her family was taken from her by a serial killer. Erin Palmer is left orphaned and forever scarred. She dedicates her life to the study of psychopaths, conducting one-on-one interviews and tests with inmates. When Erin finally finishes years of exhaustive research, she finds herself in possession of the key to ending psychopathic behavior - in the species - forever. That' s when they try to kill her.

Controversial oncologist Dr. Anson Lunt dies in a suspicious plane crash just as one of his researchers develops what appears to be a "magic bullet" against all forms of cancer. Before Lunt's mangled body grows cold, powerful forces are conspiring to seize control of the top-secret cure, either to reap the riches at stake or to suppress the discovery entirely. Industrial espionage, blackmail, and murder are only a few of the ruthless strategies employed in the no-holds-barred battle for the cure.

Le Journal d'un curé de campagne, considéré comme le chef-d'œuvre de Georges Bernanos, est le journal intime d'un jeune prêtre de village dans le nord de la France. De nature passionné et nourri d'idéaux, il confie ses espoirs, ses pensées, ses doutes, ses quêtes et dresse le portrait...

Ruth's tireless research into the disease that killed her young daughter had an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a vaccine against old age. Just one jab a year reverses your biological clock, guaranteeing a long, healthy life. But Ruth's cure was hijacked by her colleague, Erik Grundleger, who hungers for immortality, and the SuperJuve—a premium upgrade—was created, driving human lifespan to a new high. The wealthy elite who take it are dubbed Supers, and the population begins to skyrocket. Then, a perilous side-effect of the SuperJuve emerges, with catastrophic consequences.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette more usually known as simply ‘Colette’, was born in 1873. Her most famous work is ‘Gigi’. An author, a woman of letters, a mime, an actress, and journalist and a celebrity example the wide range of her many talents. She died in 1954.

On the brink of curing cancer, Gracie Green is eager to advance to human trials and share her findings with the world. But the FDA, special interests in Big Pharma, and a host of other people who stand to lose billions if cancer is cured, have other ideas. They hire Jaco Ivanov, an expert assassin and ex-CIA operative, with one mission - wipe Greentech from the face of the Earth! Hunted by an expert killer and framed for a terrible crime, Gracie finds herself on the run. There's only one thing none of them accounted for - the Black Ghost.

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Rosa busca un refugio. Diego quiere acabar con su maldición. Juntos deberán enfrentarse a un misterio lleno de magia y peligro. Rosa recibe una herencia inesperada en un momento en el que su vida no podría ser más triste y se aferra a ella...

Doctors Chase Durgin and Norah Bishop once had bright futures and an unshakable love. But when Chase bails in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, she leaves Nora shattered and their relationship in ruins. Now, a lethal new virus is spreading across the globe, and Chase and Norah are thrown...