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"Kew Gardens" is a short story by the English author Virginia Woolf. It was first published privately in 1919, then more widely in 1921 in the collection Monday or Tuesday, and subsequently in the posthumous collection A Haunted House (1944). Originally accompanying illustrations by Vanessa Bell, its visual organisation has been described as analogous to a post-impressionist painting.

The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories. It was later published in New York in 1921 as part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday. The Mark on the Wall is written in the first person, as a "tream of consciousness" monologue. The narrator notices a mark on the wall, and muses on the workings of the mind.

Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the sky. White and distant, absorbed in itself, endlessly the sky covers and uncovers, moves and remains...

Als leitende Ärztin der neuen Klinik bleibt Dr. Kristina Mertens neben der Arbeit nicht viel Zeit für anderes. Doch als sie Kane Evers, den charmanten Vater einer ihrer Patientinnen, zufällig näher kennengelernt, scheint das plötzlich nicht mehr genug. Moira, Kanes Tochter und Kristinas Patientin, hat schon lange beschlossen, dass die Ärztin die ideale Frau für ihren Vater ist. Nachdem Erwachsene manchmal erstaunlich schwer von Begriff sind, tut sie ihr Möglichstes, um die beiden bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit zusammenzubringen.

When Maryanne Wagner's father runs into money trouble at his bank, he trades Maryanne's hand in marriage for a loan. Maryanne refuses the marriage and robs her father's bank to get his attention. Wounded during her getaway, Maryanne stops at the livery in Wylder, Wyoming, and hides in one of the stalls. Chet Jackson Daniels runs the livery in Wylder and is looking for a new beginning. Fresh from a tangle with the law in Boston, Jackson has black-and-white ideas on what is right and wrong, until Maryanne comes into his life and shows him different.

À Londres, ce soir, Clarissa Dalloway offre une fête ! La haute société anglaise a intérêt à s'amuser. Or, de vieilles connaissances ressurgissent des limbes et exhument des souvenirs comme on ouvre une boîte de Pandore. Ce mois de juin d'après-guerre n'en est pas moins radieux. Quant à Lucrezia, déracinée de son Italie natale, elle tente de retrouver son mari dans la froide Angleterre. Septimus est là, mais absent. Pâle vétéran décoré, le jeune homme reste hanté par les tranchées et les bombes. Parfois, il entend la voix d'un de ses amis mort au front.

Jacques Pistoux befindet sich auf dem Rückweg von New York nach Europa. Mit dem Ozeandampfer Angelique gerät er kurz vor der französischen Küste in einen gewaltigen Sturm, der die Ruderanlage des Schiffes so beschädigt, dass es den Hafen einer kleinen Insel anlaufen muss. Tags darauf wird einer der Passagiere mit durchgeschnittener Kehle gefunden. Pistoux macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder.

Jacques Pistoux, seines Zeichens Meisterkoch und Amateurdetektiv, tritt 1882 seinen Dienst im Hotel de lEurope unter dramatischen Vorzeichen an: Ein Dreimaster mit über zweihundert Toten ist in den Hafen von Altona getrieben. Offensichtlich gab es ein Massaker an Deck, und nun versucht man an höchster Stelle, den Skandal zu vertuschen oder handelte es sich doch um eine tödliche Cholera-Infektion unter der Mannschaft?

Adventszeit 1881. Im Stadtgraben von Nürnberg wird ein Junge tot aufgefunden. Im Mund entdeckt die Polizei ein Stückchen Lebkuchen. Wenig später wird der Ratsherr Jakobus Ehrenhoff am Henkersteg aufgeknüpft. Um seinen Hals baumelt der Rest eines vergifteten Lebkuchenherzens. Pistoux scheint der rechte Mann an der rechten Stelle zu sein, denn die Ermittlungen drehen sich im Kreis und der in einer stadtbekannten Zuckerbäckerei arbeitende Meisterkoch kennt sich aus mit dem Gebäck.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1880: Nach seinem Abenteuer in Wien will sich Jacques Pistoux nach Frankreich durchschlagen: Unterwegs engagiert ihn ein adeliger Landsmann, der Deutschland bereisen will. Doch die Fahrt der kleinen Entourage wird zur Tour de force. Pistoux beobachtet höchst verdächtige Gestalten, zudem häufen sich mysteriöse Vorfälle. Die Reisegruppe erreicht Elsass-Lothringen und sucht Zuflucht auf einer Burg. Zu spät stellen die Franzosen fest, dass sie in eine Falle geraten sind.

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For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, this “marvelous debut” (Alice McDermott, National Book Award–winning author of The Ninth Hour) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces her past and the secrets held in the waters of Florida’s lush swamps and wetlands. Loni Murrow is an...

Sunny Rivers hat genug. Vier lange Jahre hat sie versucht, Luke Graham davon zu überzeugen, dass Frauen hervorragende Arbeit bei der Feuerwehr leisten. Vergeblich. Jetzt hat sie eigene Pläne.

Det er tiden omkring første verdenskrig. Familien Ramsay holder sommerferie på øen Skye i Hebriderne, og blandt gæsterne er den ugifte kunstner Lily Briscoe. Hendes modbillede er husmoderen mrs. Ramsay, hjemmets engel. I spændingsfeltet mellem disse to kvinder lader Virginia Woolf romanens kalejdoskopiske univers udfolde sig. Gennem indre monologer og et fortættet billedsprog fortæller Viginia Woolf en stærk historie om familieforhold og kvinderoller, om krigens destruktivitet og kunstens skabelsespotentiale.

Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live on in her dilapidated cottage opposite.

Desperate to stay home with her baby, Allie Harrod launches a new career. Sure, she dropped out of Girl Scouts because she was lousy at cookie sales, but makeup is different, right? She'll do anything to make enough money to cover her share of the household bills, but how can she focus on her business when her list of problems is growing? None of her pre-baby clothes fit, her checking account is dwindling, and her mother-in-law has decided to move in! To top it off, her husband's attractive coworker suddenly needs his help every weekend.

Lovingly designed for devoted Austen fans who know the story of Darcy and Elizabeth like the back of their hand. This audiobook allows you time to answer over 300 questions, many delivered in a conversational tone. Warning - having watched the movie 40 times may not help you. These questions are based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice!

Love Jane Austen? How well acquainted are you with the Dashwood sisters? With over 300 in-depth questions, delivered in conversational form, you'll have fun finding out.

An exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers. Kansas,1881--On a trip to visit relatives, Emma Switzer's Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned him up first. Luke Carson, heading up his first cattle drive, is not planning on being the answer to anyone's prayers, but it looks as though God has something else in mind for this kind and gentle man. Plain and rugged--do the two mix? And what happens when a dedicated Amish woman and a stubborn trail boss prove to be each other's match?

Tori Sanderson has the professional opportunity of a lifetime. If she can prove she's executive material, she's in line for a big promotion. But there's only room for one new account executive, and her co-worker has his eye on the job--and on Tori. Her matchmaking sisters have a handsome handyman in mind for her. But how can she consider romance when she couldn't hold on to the one man who was supposed to love her forever--her own father? The time has come for answers, and Tori decides to search out the father who deserted her twelve years ago. While Tori may find the answers she craves, will she ever be able to love again?