Resultados para "the element" en Literatura y ficción

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With their sharp engineering minds, Laura Stiles and her two sisters have been able to deal with their mother’s unfortunate choice in husband until they discovered his plans to marry each of them off to his lecherous friends. Now they must run away—far and fast—to find better matches to legally claim their portion of their father's lumber dynasty and seize control from their stepfather. During their escape, Laura befriends a mission group heading to serve the poor in California. She quickly volunteers herself and her sisters to join their efforts.

The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious court intrigues. As the weak King Roland, flattered and misled by treacherous companions, rules the country, only his ruthless mother, the Dowager Queen Ravenna, guards the safety of the realm. But now rumors arise that Urbain Grandier, the dark master of scientific sorcery, has arrived to plot against the throne. And Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade's true desires are cloaked in mystery.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando En la pieza que da título a este volumen (premio Xavier Villaurrutia), Jorge, un muchacho que no entiende por qué la vida es como es, crece en una sociedad de doble moral cuyas contradicciones se acentúan a medida...

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando A mitad de la noche la vida parece encontrar su desenlace, pero es justo en la mayor oscuridad cuando comienza a manifestarse la luz que precede al amanecer: ese momento en que las tinieblas quedan atrás y emerge el...

In pre-war Germany, two boys grow up together inseparable. However, as adulthood approaches and Nazism continues its inexorable march, Dahl and Quantz can no longer reconcile their childhood friendship as one becomes an SS officer and the other a pawn in the intelligence unit. Thirteen years later, their children meet: a woman and a man exposed to the sins of their fathers.

Following the Weavers Enclave Grand Exchange, Feng Yu and his party had decided to venture to the mysterious and renowned Five Element Mirage Zone in hopes of quickly improving their strength to the next level. Of course, their fame from their endeavors had garnered the interest of a few powerful forces and rogue assassin groups, each moving with their own intentions. With their overwhelming power, you would think their quest to be a simple one, but little did they know, the secret of the special zone would lead to an unexpected change and the start of a disaster.

Seks realistiske hverdagshistorier fulde af skarpsindige, livskloge iagttagelser, undertiden med fantastiske indslag. Bl.a. i den centrale novelle "Kulde", et moderne eventyr om kærlighed og modsætningerne mellem mand og kvinde, her fremstillet med overrumplende nye aspekter.

Yamay was never meant to survive her first breath, and a god of Death has been making sure of it ever since. Branded and bound by the Warden of the West, she is collateral in a deal she never agreed to. Then a forbidden portal and a Lihtari prince change everything the gods planned. They marked her for death. She became something they never anticipated.

An den magischen Colleges können Magier magische Fachrichtung studieren. Egal ob in Oxford, Neu-Delhi oder Berlin – will man Magie studieren, muss man die Eignungsprüfung der jeweiligen Fachdisziplin bestehen. Zwei Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem Blutmagie und Multielementarmagie wieder an der Element High gelehrt werden dürfen.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando Una niña a quien un castigo del cielo convierte en tortuga y termina siendo la triste atracción de una feria, un parque de diversiones con elefantes que dan a luz a saltimbanquis, una cautiva emparedada en un...

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando Un papiro de tiempos de Alejandro Magno que une a un agitador serbio con un terrorista de la antigua Grecia, un semidiós que comparte sus aflicciones con las de un marido pusilánime, una cuadrilla de veteranos...

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando Hubo una edad en que «hicimos todo lo que ha - bía que hacer», pero, de pronto, los años se agolparon —no sabemos exactamente cuándo— y una retahíla de vocablos —«ausencia», «desamor», «lejanía»—...

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando El fuego -en continua mutación- es el verdadero espejo de nuestro ser. Su forma evidencia su movimiento perpetuo. Valeidoso, inconstante, todo lo transmuta; devenir que todo lo consume con su eterno apetito voraz. Si...

Ein modernes Fantasy-Märchen mit Humor und jeder Menge Abenteuer. Griesgram Aribert schätzt Ruhe und Ordnung, die lebensfrohe Dörte liebt Spontaneität und esoterischen Klimbim. Als Aribert im Garten ein magisches Tagebuch ausgräbt, ist bei beiden die Neugier geweckt und sie raufen sich zusammen. Das Buch führt sie in eine fremde Welt, erfüllt von scheinbarer Glückseligkeit. Doch der Schein trügt, sie steckt voller schicksalhafter Begegnungen und ungeahnten Gefahren.

"Dhara"—These short stories are intricately woven around the element of water, reflecting a profound truth of life. As we journey alongside, we encounter the moisture, the flow, and the current that define our experiences—what we call perception. The short stories in Dhara could very well mirror your own life tales, offering solace to the soul and ultimately delivering a delightful literary experience. Immerse yourself in these water-themed narratives and feel the positive flow they bring.

These short stories are intricately woven around the element of water, reflecting a profound truth of life. As we journey alongside, we encounter the moisture, the flow, and the current that define our experiences—what we call perception. The short stories in Dhara could very well mirror your own life tales, offering solace to the soul and ultimately delivering a delightful literary experience. Immerse yourself in these water-themed narratives and feel the positive flow they bring.

Visionary. Alchemist. Savior. Saint. The Prophet Zarathustra has been called many things. Now he spends his time drawing pictures of weird-looking goats. That's what happens when you've been stuck in a prison cell for 200 years. But the man who might be mad, and is definitely supposed to be dead, has suddenly become very valuable again.

As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius' father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil. But what awaits her there is worse than she ever imagined.... As a final showdown looms between Alexander the Great and Queen Neblis, the truth of the daevas' origins is revealed and three worlds collide.

Nazafareen lives for revenge. A girl of the isolated Four-Legs Clan, all she knows about the King's elite Water Dogs is that they bind wicked creatures called daevas to protect the empire from the Undead. But when scouts arrive to recruit young people with the gift, she leaps at the chance to join their ranks. To hunt the monsters that killed her sister. Scarred by grief, she's willing to pay any price, even if it requires linking with a daeva named Darius.