Resultados para "september" en Literatura de género

Newly widowed at the start of the new millennium, novelist Olivia Hammond is at loose ends - until an unexpected discovery resurfaces a long-ago secret and makes her question the story she thought she knew about her past. As she embarks on a book tour for her new novel, Livvie reconnects with Robert Yardley, a legendary photographer and her first love. During a road trip to Robert's Southern childhood home, the two dissect their splintered relationship and the life they might have had.

Brett had been in love with Charlie from the first day she laid eyes on him in college. When Charlie is brutally murdered, Brett is devastated. But, if she is honest with herself, their marriage had been hanging by a thread for quite some time - especially after Charlie had an affair. The recent reappearance in their lives of his unstable younger brother, Eli, further strained their relationship until Brett, ever steadfast in her devotion to Charlie, began to question her own commitment in the days leading up to his death.

Ett försvinnande och ett märkligt fynd gäckar kommissarie Evert Bredberg och hans kollegor. Den 43-årige Peter Nordin har inte hörts av sedan han en morgon åkte till jobbet och hustrun är utom sig av oro. Bara några dagar senare hittas en säck med mänskliga ben i en sjö. Men vem tillhör kvarlevorna? Samtidigt får en Fredrik Andersson märkliga sms från ett okänt nummer. Och när han listar ut hur meddelandena hänger ihop, är det inte långt ifrån att blodet fryser till is... I Everts kärleksliv stormar det ordentligt.

A contemporary adult relationship drama. The desires, dreams and fears of six lives collide when a stranger comes to town. Are they willing to face their fears to chase their dreams or will they fall victim to desire? With the best intentions in the world, streetwise, charmer Gabriel plans to lock himself away from temptations and get down to some serious art work in the house by the sea. But when fate sends him to a primitive cottage in the northern woods, he determines to make the most of this far-less-inspiring backwater.

A place you will never forget. Rosamunde Pilcher's Scotland...where the fields flourish with greenery, the bills bloom with purple, and the lochs glitter with the bright blue of the sky. A time you will never forget. September...when the heather is in full flower, the first chill of autumn cools the air, and the countryside stirs with the hunt, balls, dinner parties, and dance. Rosamunde Pilcher's September...a story of homecomings and heartbreaks, friendships, betrayals, forgiveness, and love.

Summer 1939 - When war breaks out, Sylvie is marooned with her cousin Nell's family in the Chiltern hills and cannot return to her Normandy home. During the early days of rationing, blackouts, and the threat of bombers in the skies, Sylvie and Nell have to grow up quickly. Yet as the war rages around them, it's the competition and jealousy between the two that dominates their lives. When the girls fall in love with the same man, their relationship is truly tested. But the war pulls them all apart and changes the course of their lives – until their secrets are revealed.

Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas, darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns black, and the inhabitants of the city have no idea the force of the hammer about to drop on them. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane ripped apart Galveston, Texas, killing nearly 8,000 people and nearly obliterating the town. Lansdale's story brings dimension to many who lost their lives that day, and a few who survived.

By July 1, 1942, the United States has been fighting in the Pacific for nearly seven months. The Japanese advance halted west of Australia at the island of Timor, and from Timor the Japanese stage bombing raids on Darwin. In the north, the Japanese hold the former Australian possessions of New Ireland and New Britain, including the town of Rabaul in the north of New Britain. Holding Rabaul gives the Japanese possession of Simpson Harbor, a deep-water port that the Japanese turn into a formidable forward base, swarming with Zeros and antiaircraft weapons.

Quan l'Hug se'n va a Itàlia per fer-hi una estada i treballar en una nova traducció, no sap ben bé què hi va a buscar. No tot és la traducció. També l'empeny el desig d'agafar distància d'una quotidianitat rutinària, d'apartar-se i alhora de retrobar-se. Però el que segurament no ha previst és que els canvis de residència obren nous interrogants i transformen l'esperit. A Perugia, l'Hug coneixerà el Paolo, un personatge singular que l'impactarà per l'actitud vital, tan diferent de la seva.

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory...

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays, as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

A year’s worth of novellas from twelve inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed. When Annie moves to Red Leaf, she’s ready to call the little town home. But one handsome, suspicious policeman is ready to stand in her way . . . even if it means walking her down the aisle...

September Day can't shake her mounting wedding-planning angst. Too overwhelmed to pick up a dropped-off shelter dog she once trained, she finally leaves the house to check in on a missing vet clinic employee. But when she gets there, she's terrified to find the girl's brother hanging on the edge of death and the poor young woman abducted. Discovering the hound got dumped by the same vicious criminal, September and Shadow race out of town on a dangerous rescue mission.

Lous zweiter Ehemann ist eine Trophäe – das muss selbst ihre Mutter anerkennen. Sergej ist Pianist und er ist jüdisch, genau wie Lou. Trotzdem ist ihre Tochter Rosa noch nie in einer Synagoge gewesen – eine ganz normale jüdische Familie in Berlin. Aber sind sie noch eine Familie, und was ist das überhaupt? Um das herauszufinden, folgt Lou der Einladung zum 90. Geburtstag ihrer Tante. In einem abgehalfterten Ressort auf Gran Canaria trifft der ganze ex-sowjetische Clan aus Israel zusammen, verbunden nur noch durch wechselseitige Missgunst.

Præcis klokken 11 hylede sirenerne ildevarslende over hele landet. Det skulle blive en af de mest dramatiske dage under besættelsen. I de følgende timer satte tyskerne det danske politi ud af funktion i en storstilet og blodig aktion, og da den 19. september 1944 var omme, var 2.000 betjente på vej til en uvis skæbne i tyske koncentrationslejre. Af dem vendte mange hjem, men ingen uden ar på sjælen.

Ryan Jackson is a shy, scrappy teenager from a poor Appalachian town. Kip Reynolds is a talented high school polo player from a wealthy family living in the suburbs of Detroit. Sharp and stunning, Claudia Kinzler wins the admiration of both young men before her world is shattered by her father’s death in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. What follows is a sprawling, deeply human journey through grief and rage, addiction and healing, and the struggle to attain retribution for unfathomable acts of cruelty.

Die Adventszeit ist ruhig und besinnlich? Von wegen! Evelyn Sanders nimmt in zwölf humorvollen Kurzgeschichten den familiären Vorweihnachtsstress aufs Korn. Und dieser fängt alle Jahre wieder schon im Herbst an! Egal ob es um verliebte Weihnachtsmänner und -frauen, die unendliche Suche nach dem perfekten Geschenk oder das Winterquartier für die Gartenzwerge geht: Die Großfamilie Sanders stolpert von einem Chaos ins nächste. Eine "Stille Nacht" gibt es mit dieser Familie nicht – dafür jede Menge witziger Geschichten mitten aus dem Leben.

On September 14, 1969, Private First Class Judy Talton celebrates her 19th birthday by secretly joining the campus anti-Vietnam War movement. In doing so, she jeopardizes both the army scholarship that will secure her future and her relationship with her military family. But Judy's doubts have escalated with the travesties of the war. Who is she if she stays in the army? What is she if she leaves? When the first date pulled in the Draft Lottery turns up as her birthday, she realizes that if she were a man, she'd have been number one & dashed off to Vietnam.

Ein hintersinniges Meisterwerk über eine Zeit der Wut. Ein Dorf in Ostdeutschland: Walter, ein zorniger Mann, erschlagen in der Silvesternacht von Hilde, der eigenen Frau. Nur kurz vor seinem Ende war er plötzlich sanft und ihr zugewandt. Dann ein Friedhof: Die Toten studieren die Lebenden. Walter wird zum Chronisten, sieht sich dazu verdammt, die Schicksale im Dorf festzuhalten. Und er fragt nach dem Warum. Was war der Grund für Hildes Tat? Geschah es aus Hass oder aus Barmherzigkeit?