Ergebnis für "17 minutes" in Literatur & Belletristik

"Es ist vorbei, sagte er. Doch das war es nicht, es fing gerade erst an." Nach seiner unaussprechlichen Bluttat in der Sterling Highschool zweifelt niemand an der Schuld des 17-jährigen Peter Houghton. Doch während der kleine Ort mit den Folgen dieser 19 Minuten zu ringen hat, wird das Rätsel um den Ablauf der Tragödie immer größer... Die Bestsellerautorin Jodi Picoult lotet die Hintergründe von großer Schuld und der verzweifelten Suche nach Gerechtigkeit aus.

Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things, pens her most riveting book yet with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy. Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its...

Special Operations Chief Tyler Brooks might not know quantum mechanics, or have an eidetic memory, but he is the very best in the world at one thing: leading covert ops. When an unpredictable enemy causes the catastrophic loss of his entire SEAL team, Brooks is recruited by Pat Moody to lead a new elite squad, Task Force Omega. Moody’s promise—access to mind-bending tech that grants a glimpse of the future.

Maria es de un pueblo al norte de Brasil. Todavía adolescente, viaja a Río de Janeiro, donde conoce a un empresario que le ofrece un buen trabajo en Ginebra. Allí, Maria sueña con encontrar fama y fortuna, pero acabará ejerciendo la prostitución. El aprendizaje que extraerá de sus duras experiencias modificará para siempre su actitud ante sí misma y ante la vida.

Rose, 36 ans, mère célibataire, est une femme dévouée qui a toujours fait passer les besoins des autres avant les siens. Après avoir perdu son père et son emploi, la jeune femme apprend que Baptiste, son fils unique de 18 ans, quitte la maison. Son monde s'effondre. Cette ex-nounou d'enfer est alors contrainte d'accepter de travailler comme dame de compagnie pour une vieille dame riche et toquée, Colette, et son insupportable fille, la despotique Véronique.

“One of Coelho’s strongest.”—Kirkus Reviews “The book casts a curiously sweet spell.”—Entertainment Weekly From the author of beloved international bestseller The Alchemist, a daring novel that explores the sacred nature of sex and love and invites us to confront our own prejudices...

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, FBI Agent Atlee Pine returns to her Georgia hometown to investigate her twin sister's abduction, only to encounter a serial killer. FBI Agent Atlee Pine's life was never the same after her twin sister Mercy was kidnapped -- and likely killed --...

What happens when I return early from a work trip to find my son throwing yet another party? Annoyance. Exasperation. Temptation . . . I'm tired, yearning for my bed, but I hadn't counted on the games my son and his friends play—or the one person who'd be waiting in my closet after everyone else is gone. The guy who's been haunting my fantasies lately. He's too beautiful. Too young. Too off-limits, being one of my son's best friends. And . . . on his knees for me. Oh god.