Resultados de "Christos" en Todas las categorias

1981, ein Dorf in Oberbayern. Die zehnjährige Annika S. ist mit dem Fahrrad auf dem Heimweg, doch sie kommt nie an. Tage des qualvollen Wartens verstreichen, bis die Polizei einen erschütternden Fund macht - eine Kiste, vergraben im Wald, darin die Leiche des Mädchens, das dort erstickt ist. Eine mögliche Spur in das nahe gelegene Internat wird nur halbherzig verfolgt. War das ein Fehler? Jahre später verurteilt man einen Verdächtigen, der bis heute seine Schuld bestreitet. Christa von Bernuth bringt Licht ins Dunkel dieses Kriminalfalls, der ganz Deutschland erschütterte.

"Moskau!", übertitelt die junge Christa Wolf ihren Tagebucheintrag vom 3. Juni 1957 - der gespannte Ausruf einer Reisenden, die endlich angekommen ist. Zwischen 1957 und 1989 reist die Schriftstellerin zehn Mal in die Sowjetunion. Dabei zeugen ihre persönlichen Aufzeichnungen über diese Exkursionen von ihrem scharfen Blick auf die sozialen und politischen Entwicklungen im Land.

Im Alter von nur 36 Jahren stirbt Christa T. an Leukämie. Ihre frühere Schulkameradin, die Erzählerin des Romans, durchstreift den Nachlass ihrer verstorbenen Freundin und nähert sich einer zerrissenen Frau. Voller Idealismus und Träume, schwankend zwischen der geforderten Anpassung und gewünschter Selbstverwirklichung, fand diese in der Welt keinen Platz für sich. In der versuchten Annäherung wird die Erzählerin zunehmend auf sich selbst und ihr eigenes Leben zurückgeworfen.

Isaac, a young Australian photographer, is travelling through Europe. His whole life he has longed for the sophistication and wealth of the Europe of his father’s stories, the Europe at the centre of civilisation and culture. But behind the facade of a unified and globalised contemporary society, he finds a history blasted wasteland, a place forever condemned by the ghosts of its unspeakable past. Dead Europe is an unsettling ghost story about blood lust, blood libel, and blood revenge.

Raised up from poverty by a determined single mother, gifted and beautiful twin sisters Christa and Cara Parravani were able to create a private haven of splendor and amusement that they shared between themselves. They earned their way into a prestigious college, established careers as artists (a photographer and a writer, respectively), and entered young marriages. But plagued by their father's early rejection of them and further damaged by being raped as a young woman, Cara veered into depression, drugs, and a shocking early death.

If you've ever felt too overwhelmed to make a difference, or just unsure of how to apply your unique skills to a bigger purpose, this book is ready to unlock your potential. When you feel that pull to be part of social change, where do you start? How can you ensure that your good intentions...

Christo Brand was an 18-year-old recruit to the South African prison service when he was sent to work at the Robben Island prison. He was assigned to guard Nelson Mandela, who he was told was a dangerous terrorist. Over time, he became friendly with Mandela, even helping his wife Winnie bring in their grandchild for Mandela to hold for the first time.

After Deputy Ben Patil finds an abandoned newborn in rural South Dakota, he and his wife Abbi seem the perfect foster parents. But the infant’s arrival opens old wounds for Abbi and reveals how much Ben has changed since his devastating tour in Afghanistan.

Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Slap (soon to be an NBC miniseries) returns in an “immensely moving” (Sunday Times) story of a young athlete’s coming of age Fourteen-year-old Daniel Kelly is special. Despite his upbringing in working-class Melbourne, he knows that his...

An Examination of the Beatitudes and Jesus’s Counterintuitive Promises In our sinful world, we often struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and heartache. Everywhere we look, we see broken families and divided communities. How can we truly cultivate God’s kingdom “on earth as it is in...

Unmoored by her husband’s death and suffering from writer’s block, novelist Saoirse White moves to Providence, and into the historic home of Sarah Helen Whitman, the nineteenth-century poet and spiritualist once courted by Edgar Allan Poe. Saoirse’s certain she’ll find inspiration in the quiet rooms, as well as in the tucked-away rose garden and forgotten cemetery at the back of the property.

In Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford shares her own stories of loss, betrayal, and personal tragedy, chronicling clear steps to redemption to help those in pain invite the true Healer into the tangled mess of their broken hearts. Gifford reminds listeners that pain is not their enemy, however, unhealed pain can become their greatest foe if it’s not taken to Jesus.

Jimmy fyller snart trettiofem men bor fortfarande hemma hos morsan. Sen bäste kompisen Jonas dog har han mest suttit framför datorn och ätit chips. Innan dess var han ungdomsbrottsling, så det är inte konstigt att folk betraktar honom som en loser. Den nya praktikplatsen på Sjöfartsmuseet skulle kunna bli hans stora revansch på arbetsmarknaden om det inte vore för den hemliga jättebläckfisken under luckan. Samtidigt som Jimmy försöker lista ut varför det är just han som valts ut för att sköta vidundret i sumpen börjar rapporter om mystiska försvinnanden och upphittade likdelar strömma in från hamnen.

Le tome 4 de la série Les saints : Histoire de l’Église de Jésus-Christ dans les derniers jours relate la croissance rapide de l’Église et la foi remarquable de ses membres au cours des soixante-dix dernières années. Le livre commence en 1955, alors qu’il n’y a que neuf temples, et se termine en 2020, alors que plus de cent cinquante temples parsèment la terre. D’autres langues suivront en 2025.

Reinvented You invites you to rediscover who you truly are, reignite your confidence, and design a life filled with meaning, momentum, and financial freedom. Guided by Pat Mesiti, world-renowned speaker and author of Millionaire Mindset, and co-creator David Cavanagh, this book unites voices from around the world to help you align your talents, truth, and income with your deepest purpose.

An evening walk takes an ominous turn for Kendi Liston when he stumbles upon a lifeless woman in the shadows of his apartment building. Faced with a choice—to help or to protect himself from suspicion—Kendi makes the decision to report the discovery. But in a world where his identity often precedes him, this single act of integrity may cost him everything. As the investigation unfolds, Kendi becomes entangled in a web of prejudices, assumptions, and danger. Officers Regan and Crowe, both battling their own demons, approach the case with opposing philosophies that escalate tension and risk.

A dark cloud hangs over baseball season in small town Rosedale when star pitcher Randy Kampton is taken out of the game for good. The DA is determined to pin the crime on Cole Rigley, a friend's brother and fellow pitcher, citing the fierce competition for a major league trade as his motive for murder. Rigley's brother, asks Henry and reluctant restaurant owner Izzie Di Sante to help prove his innocence. Adding fuel to the fire, Kampton stole Rigley’s girlfriend months earlier.

Growing up in small-town North Dakota, Frank Kuntz led a typical, country life with lots of brothers and sisters, hard-working parents, and farm animals of every kind. He learned the value of a dollar, what it meant to show your worth, and how to care for the things and people that are important to you. After serving his country in Vietnam, he returned with ghosts of wrong-doings and injustices haunting him, but he continued to work hard, start a family, and have a farm of his own just a mile down the road from where he grew up.

Artists at a Shift in Time: Courage in a Time of Conflict and Change describes time as a road in the wilderness. Artists, rather than being "ahead of their time" are in truth, accurately understanding the times they live in. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section describes the place of the artisan in scripture according to Zechariah 1:18-2:5.

A desperate woman’s plot to frighten her husband out of her life takes a nightmarish turn in a chilling novel of modern horror by a Bram Stoker Award–winning author. Lainey Taylor is being pushed to the brink by her alcoholic husband, Callum. Prone to hallucinations and erratic behavior...