Resultados para "Thor" en Literatura de género

Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. As a young university student, she is quickly smitten with the intelligent, beautiful young man from school who quotes Derrida and reads Latin and cooks balanced vegetarian meals. Before she even realizes, she's moved in with him, living in his cramped apartment, surrounded by sour towels and flat Diet Cokes. As the newfound intimacy of sharing a shower and a bed fuels her desire to please her partner, his acts of nearly imperceptible abuse continue to mount undetected.

En la Islandia del siglo XIX, dos hermanos mantienen una relación amorosa. Un joven juez, Ásmundur, tendrá que decidir si los hermanos son culpables del delito de incesto. Sin embargo, a medida que la investigación va avanzando, las convicciones del juez se irán poco a poco transformando.

After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark’s throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarls jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed only to return home to find Ribe sacked by those he trusted and Charles, a pawn in a much bigger political game, kidnapped. Consumed by the loss of Charles, Sven is shocked by the arrival of the Abbess Hildegard, daughter of his nemesis King Louis of East Francia, who seeks the whereabouts of Charles, her son, and also the cross of Charlemagne.

Secret Service Agent Scot Harvath auf der blutigen Spur des kaltblütigsten Terroristen der Welt. Das größte Problem für Harvath: Er hat keine Ahnung, wie der Mann aussieht. Der Pfad des Mörders führt Harvath von den brennenden Wüsten Nordafrikas bis in die verwinkelten Gassen Roms.

It all started with the geese. The Firefly crew is eager to get paid for their latest job, but when payment arrives as a gaggle of geese instead of a purse, their stay on the planet Brome gets an indefinite extension. No matter that the geese will fetch a pretty penny once they get somewhere to sell them. Without coin, they can’t buy fuel, and without fuel, they can’t get offworld. Serenity is stuck.

Niels Aage Barfoeds biografiske roman "Spurveskjul" fortæller historien om Thora Esches (1850-1920) spændende liv og omfattende arbejde som forstanderinde på blandt andet Magdalenehjemmet i København, der tog sig af unge kvinder, der ønskede at komme ud af prostitution. Thora Esche var en del af Indre Mission og ledede hjemmet ud fra kristne værdier. Hendes filantropiske arbejde udvidede sig med tiden til også at omfatte unge mødre, der ikke var i stand til at tage vare på deres børn alene.

In his daring and chilling first novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action as one man is pushed to the edge. On the snow-covered slopes of Utah...

"The Problem of Thor Bridge" is a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1922 in The Strand Magazine. Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime. It soon emerges that Mr. Gibson's marriage had been unhappy and he treated his wife very badly.

TJ knew the coal was there. A large deposit. But he had seen something else that intrigued him about the area south of Gillette in Wyoming Territory. He would find it only after he had bought the huge tract from the railroad. And he found much more. Not all of it good.

Wien, 1910: Ein sechzehnjähriges rothaariges Mädchen wird von zu Hause verstoßen und auf die Straße gesetzt. Sie muss einen Weg finden, um zu überleben. Auf der Straße kann sie nicht bleiben, denn die Polizei verbietet es allen, dort in der Nacht zu schlafen. Auf ihrer verzweifelten Suche gelingt es ihr, einen Platz in einem Frauenwohnheim zu ergattern. Doch sehr schnell bemerkt sie, dass dieses Wohnheim nur eine Fassade ist und die Mädchen ausgebeutet werden. Sie müssen die zu Besuch kommenden Herren unterhalten. Ihr wird klar, dass sie fliehen muss.

28. dubna 1947 vyplul z Peruánského Callaa balzový vor se šesti muži a papouškem. Jeho kapitánem byl tehdy třiatřicetiletý Thor Heyerdahl a jejich cílem byla Polynésie. Thor Heyerdahl patří k nejznámějším objevitelům všech dob. Jeho pozoruhodný život a výpravy představují nevyčerpatelný pramen inspirace. Nikdo mu nevěřil, ve vědeckém světě se mu smáli. Jak by mohli Inkové doplout z Peru do Polynésie a osídlit ji? A jak se jim to podařilo, když neměli plavidla, která by byla schopná tu dálku překonat.

A jaded professor of religion and an evangelical work together to stop a serial killer - the timeless tale of an unlikely pair joining forces in a common cause and finding themselves transformed along the way.

From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor, four deadly women from the top-secret Athena Project join Delta Force as they undertake one of the nation’s most dangerous assignments. The world’s most elite counterterrorism unit has just taken its game to an...

#1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor brings his darkest and most intriguing thriller yet—a terrifying story of espionage and betrayal—brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action. Born in the shadows and kept from heads of state, there are some missions...

From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes the white-knuckled thriller The Apostle. A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America’s enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job. But when American...

All I want for Christmas is to see Boone Pierce again. Too bad he's been deployed overseas and we haven't spoken in years... Three years ago, I met a handsome Marine named Boone at my brother's wedding. We shared a stolen kiss, but that was all. As a single mom and widow, I just wasn't ready to open up my heart again. So we both went our separate ways... or so I thought. Boone has just moved from Texas to my small town of Fit Mountain, Wyoming, to start a mechanic shop. To say I'm shocked would be an understatement. And the surprises don't stop there.

The #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his most frightening and pulse-pounding thriller ever! After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There’s just one problem—no one knows if...

#1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his hottest and most action-packed thriller yet! The most secretive organization in America operates without accountability to the American people. Hiding in the shadows, pretending to be part of the United...

In his daring and chilling first novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action as one man is pushed to the edge. On the snow-covered slopes of Utah...

“The perfect all-American hero” (Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Scot Harvath is on the hunt for a dangerous killer bent on world domination in this white-knuckled thrill ride from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor. America’s worst nightmare has just...