Resultados para "becker" en Literatura de género

Den fattige fisker Kino forsørger sin kone og sin lille dreng ved at dykke efter perler på bunden af Den Mexicanske Golf. En dag finder Kino en perle på størrelse med et havmågeaeg, og fundet vaekker et håb om økonomisk sikkerhed og et løfte om et bedre liv for familien. Da nyheden om Kinos fund spreder sig i den lille by, blusser det op i grådigheden hos befolkningen, der tyer til alle midler for at få fat i Kinos perle.

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

21 historier om menneskelige skaebner i vor tid. Om dramatiske livsvalg, forraederi og lurende katastrofer i såvel internationale braendpunkter som under hjemlige himmelstrøg. Leif Davidsen har i årtier vaeret Danmarks fremmeste thrillerforfatter, og i denne samling historier kan man nyde hans virtuositet som novellekunstner. Novellerne har tidligere vaeret trykt i Forraederen og andre historier, Utahs bjerge og en bonusnovelle fra romanen "Min broders vogter". Begge novellesamlinger har solgt i mange oplag.

Ausgerechnet Obdachlose bilden den neuen Freundeskreis von Josephine. Acht Menschen ohne festen Wohnsitz inszenieren ein Theaterstück, dessen Entstehung der engagierten Altenpflegerin überraschende Einblicke in die fremde Gesellschaftsschicht geben. Herla ist Initiatorin sowie allgegenwärtiger lichter Schatten der Handlung. Hautnah erlebt der Leser ein Wechselbad der Gefühle und begleitet Josi auch in ihrer persönlichen Entwicklung: dem Aufbau einer Liebesbeziehung vor dem Hintergrund sexuellen Missbrauchs in ihrer Kindheit.

What do you do if you have a message from God that makes everyone around you angry? MiMi knows she is meant for something greater. This belief, together with tragedy, moves her from the mixed-religion home of her early childhood to Orthodox Judaism in her teens, to the establishment and development of her cult in the Israeli desert. Deeply affecting and thought-provoking, Memoirs of a False Messiah is the richly told story of a young woman's struggle to find her place in a world reluctant to accept her.

Jill always needs to know everything, so when suspicions arise about her boyfriend’s faithfulness, she takes control of the situation. Creating a complicated plan which involves their friends, she lies and manipulates. Will Jill finally get the answers she’s looking for, or will her ploy be discovered in the most humiliating way?

A coming-of-age story that deals with the trials and tribulations of being in the late teens, Vocations describes the lives of three friends, Jeannie, Lila, and Pamela, and the events which draw them closer and pull them apart. Whether dealing with boys, friendships, or difficult decisions, Vocations takes an in-depth and honest look at the confusion one feels at this time in their life.

Summer vacation gets a lot hotter for Jade Addams when she meets the handsome and caring Russell. They quickly form a deep bond, but it's tested when a feud breaks out between their parents. Now, Jade and Russell must prove their love is stronger than hate or risk losing each other forever.

Years ago, Sage McKinley thought settling down in small-town Bell Buckle was the only way to protect her daughter. It didn't hurt that she managed to get a job at the local cafe, doing what she loved most: baking. The perfect life she'd built for them was all that mattered—until everything was turned upside down.

Peyton Prescott would give anything for the carefree life she knew before breast cancer changed everything. But instead of using her second chance to move forward, she’s stuck promoting the memoir her brother convinced her to write, thus reliving the very battle she wants to forget. If she hopes her European book tour will allow her to enjoy revisiting her favorite travel-writing destinations, she’s wrong: Her PR whiz is too consumed with his own goals to consider her needs.

Steffi Lockwood has survived more than most. Recovering from an assault, she returns to her coastal Connecticut hometown to rebuild her life the best way she knows how: with her hands. But starting a remodeling business with one longtime friend puts her in the middle of a rift with another. Worse, being hired by her ex-boyfriend’s mother forces her to confront old regrets.

"Caccia alla marmotta" è il libro di una vita. Parzialmente autobiografico, racconta le poche settimane di permanenza in Svizzera, a Pontresina, nel giugno 1938, del giornalista viennese Albert Trebla, fuggito nei Grigioni dopo l'annessione dell'Austria da parte della Germania, insieme con la moglie Roxane, detta Xane. Sono giorni carichi di angoscia e alle notizie inquietanti che giungono dall'estero si aggiungono gli eventi luttuosi che agitano la tranquilla superficie dei paesini attorno a Sankt Moritz, tra morti improvvise e misteriosi suicidi.

With a childhood shattered by alcoholism and abandonment, April learned the hard way to trust only herself and her younger sister, Rose. But suddenly, Rose is gone without a word - and April's purpose in life is to find her. She has only one ally: Joseph Young, a handsome Amish man with whom she's struck up an unlikely flirtation in the bakery where she works. He's knowledgeable, steadfast - and when they join forces, April's life takes a radical turn....

Gentry Cabot’s rebellious life comes to a screeching halt when a one-night stand leads to a sobering new reality: motherhood. Exhausted and overwhelmed, the former wild child struggles to raise an infant on her own. After a lifetime of feeling like the odd Cabot out, Gentry knows that what her son needs most is family. For his sake, she plans to rebuild bridges with them, but first she needs a little help on the home front. So humanitarian worker Ian Crawford, who has been forced to temporarily return stateside from Haiti, takes a short-term gig as a live-in nanny....

Author Jamie Beck returns with an engrossing series about family, friendship, and starting over. In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.

When Jackson St. James decided that six weeks in Vermont's Green Mountains would help him get his life together, he didn't anticipate replacing his craving for whiskey with a craving for his alluring new landlord, Gabby. Now, instead of prioritizing his sobriety and the resolution of the lawsuit threatening his business, he's making excuses to spend time with the spunky young landscaper whose candor is more than a little addictive.

Cover girl Cat St. James's picture-perfect life is anything but flawless. Luckily, she's a master of hiding the truth from the camera. Relying on that skill, she conceals her latest secret from her family while attending her brother's wedding. Her only trouble now is Hank Mitchell - the soft-spoken carpenter she'd once brushed aside. Seeing him at the reception underscores her private heartache and ignites unwelcome longing, which she promptly drowns in champagne.

Hunter Cabot deeply loves two things: the international tea company he's helped his father build, and his wife, Sara. From the moment he first saw her wide smile on their college campus years ago, Hunter fell hard. Yet now, with other family members pushing to sell the thriving business and Sara grieving their failure to start a family, he's suddenly facing the crushing loss of both.

TRA LOG: The Time Regulation Agency (TRA) invasion lasted four days. We could never have been prepared for the resistance we would experience from our assets. Dr. Trudi Deiss was overconfident in her ability to control the situation. The technology TIG that generates the ability to time travel was destroyed in the destruction of the TRA facility. The status of the five-member jump team EC614 is unknown. TIG reported that their last known location was 1815 Brussels. Reports of jumpers as young as twelve are out of context and require more explanation.

Dreißig Jahre lang hat sie den Ort gemieden... nun kommt sie zurück und ein Albtraum beginnt! Ein packender Thriller voller Twists und Nervenkitzel. Hannah wollte niemals in ihren Heimatort zurückkehren. Sie wollte alles, was damit zusammenhängt für immer vergessen. Doch als sie durch einen unheimlichen Zufall die Leiche des ehemaligen Bürgermeisters findet, bleibt ihr keine Wahl. Unweigerlich werden in ihr lang verdrängte Erinnerungen geweckt. Erinnerungen an ihre Schwester Jette, die vor dreißig Jahren spurlos verschwand. Hannah ist entschlossen endlich herauszufinden, was damals wirklich geschehen ist.