Resultados para "Underground" en Novela histórica

Step into the mind of one of literature's most profound anti-heroes in Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky's existential tour de force. This unabridged classic dives deep into the psychology of alienation, human contradiction, and philosophical rebellion. Revered as a foundational work of existentialist thought, this novel challenges listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about free will, society, and the self.

From the most famous of the Beat writers and the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums, Kerouac’s intoxicating love story of two young bohemians Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration...

Meet Underground Angel Laura Haviland. Her story reminds us that one person can make a profound difference for the good. She singlehandedly stood for the freedom of slaves as an abolitionist, humanitarian, and Underground Railroad conductor close to two centuries ago. The story of Laura’s life shows us that we can each become a change agent of compassion in a world that continues to oppress others because of their race, religion, or ethnicity. It inspires us to think and act “outside the box” in a divided country.

Amsterdam, 1940: Schoolteacher Aletta knows the war will soon reach her and the Jewish children in her class. When her family hide an injured Allied airman in their home, they must decide: how much will they risk when resistance could prove deadly? Paris, 1940: Since her mother’s death, Chloe has dedicated herself to protecting her brothers. So when the SS accuses Claude of being in the Resistance, she sacrifices herself to save him.

Immersed in imaginative journeys, the Baron Trump stories showcase the eponymous character—a wealthy young boy residing in Trump Castle. While his official name is Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, he opts to be addressed by his title, Baron Trump, for simplicity. Venturing into time travel escapades across human history, the young Baron encounters ancient societies, engaging with their languages and social customs. Accompanied by his loyal and protective companion, Bulger the hound, Baron Trump navigates diverse adventures, overcoming numerous challenges.

It's 1934. When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they all have their theories about the identity of the murderer and help to unravel the mystery of who killed the wealthy 'Pongle'. Several of her fellow residents - even Tuppy the terrier - have parts to play in the events that lead to a dramatic arrest.

1941. Steven Katz is the son of prosperous landowners in rural California. Although his parents don’t approve, he’s found true friends in Nick, Suki, and Ollie, sons of field workers. The group is inseparable. But Steven is in turmoil. He’s beginning to acknowledge that his feelings for Nick amount to more than friendship. When the bombing of Pearl Harbor draws the US into World War II, Suki and his family are forced to leave their home for the internment camp at Manzanar. Ollie enlists in the army and ships out. And Nick must flee.

From the most famous of the Beat writers and the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums, Kerouac’s intoxicating love story of two young bohemians Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration...

Prohibition is a dangerous time to be a working-class woman in New York City, but Vivian Kelly has finally found some measure of stability and freedom. By day, shes a respectable shop assistant, delivering luxurious dresses to the citys wealthy and elite. At night, she joins the madcap revelry...

The second book in the acclaimed new historical crime series, set in Victorian London and featuring a transgender protagonist, following on from the Richard & Judy Book Club 2019 pick The House on Half Moon Street. It's been a year since Leo Stanhope lost the woman he loved, and came closing to...

Depuis toujours, un mur infranchissable sépare le Cocyte de la surface. Depuis toujours, la cité souterraine est soumise au bon vouloir du "Marchand d'Âmes", qui régit la vie et la mort. Depuis toujours... du moins, c'est ce que croit Orion. Car le jeune homme a sacrifié ses souvenirs lorsqu'il est entré au service du marchand. De sa précédente existence, il ne lui reste qu'une peur viscérale du noir et une étrange faculté : celle de déplacer les âmes. Un don qui lui permet de se réfugier chaque nuit dans un rêve de son invention.

A plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the 'blue death' - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an...

Every fall, six men return to a remote cabin in the woods of northern Maine. They come to hunt, to work, to sit by the fire, and to keep a tradition alive—one passed down not just through family, but through time spent on land that asks to be treated with care. What begins as another familiar season changes when a wounded deer leads one of them into ground that has been quiet for more than a century. Hidden in stone and shadow is a truth the land has protected through silence—human lives caught between hope and history, waiting where freedom once passed north.

March, 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with bombs raining down almost every night. Inspector Coburg and his trusted Sergeant Lampson are just recovering from the devastating bomb attack on the Café de Paris when they get a call asking them to go to the disused Lord's Underground station. Once there, they are taken to see the body of a man on the former platform. He's been beaten to death by blows on the back of his head, by what Dr Welbourne believes to have been a cricket bat.

December 1940. Down Street underground station, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet from the relentless air raids overhead. In this supposedly secure location, the body of a woman is found, stabbed in the heart. The victim, fortune-teller Lady Za Za, did not see this one coming. Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to investigate but whispers of treason and corruption succeed in muddying the waters of the case.

April, 1941. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to the former Whitechapel Road tube station when the body of a woman is discovered. Her body was found in an isolated part of the subterranean area away from the platforms currently being used as air raid shelters. She...

Uplifting and occasionally heartbreaking stories of love from the time of slavery in the American south.

Read by Fenella Woolgar, known for her role as Sister Hilda in BBC series Call the Midwife. When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen...

Ingersoll Lockwood (1841-1918) was the ambassador to the German Empire appointed by Abraham Lincoln. As a writer, he is known today for his Baron Trump novels, described by some as prophetic because the narratives contain strange coincidences with the current US president.

A quest to save the free world. In this third and final book in Jerry Sanders’s epic trilogy, Troy Kensington, a powerful and talented warrior, faces his most ambitious quest yet. A secret underground society of misguided but brilliant Ashkenazi Jews has but one mission: military domination. If they succeed, millions of people from England to Israel will be killed.