Ergebnis für "Adam" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Guten Tag, ich will mein Leben zurück. An diesem Tag hat sich alles gegen Grace Adams verschworen. Dabei ist ihr Leben ohnehin schon aus der Bahn geraten: Ihr Mann Ben und Teenie-Tochter Lotte haben sich eine andere Wohnung gesucht, und Grace ist zu Lottes 16. Geburtstag ausgeladen. Grace ist eine Frau mit vielen Talenten, sie geht locker mit den eigenen Macken um und hat die vielen Rollen einer modernen Frau eigentlich gut im Griff. Was ist bloß passiert? Der große Frauenroman aus England.

Kneipenbesitzer Zinos ist vom Pech verfolgt: Erst zieht seine Freundin Nadine für einen neuen Job nach Shanghai, dann erleidet er einen Bandscheibenvorfall. Als er in seiner Not den exzentrischen Spitzenkoch Shayn engagiert, bleiben die ohnehin schon wenigen Stammgäste aus. Und als wäre das nicht schon genug, taucht auch noch sein leicht krimineller Bruder Illias auf und bittet ihn um Hilfe.

This story carries you through the life of a young man who was born in the sunny, beautiful Caribbean and migrated to the US to find a better life. He found trials, challenges, love, fulfillment, joy, pain, family, and the determination to make this world a better place in the process. He found the need to simplify his life as he provided for his new family. Like you, this Adam had to come of age in order to find "his" story while he contributed to the lives of so many others, to help them develop their stories.

Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards in under a minute; he can recite pi to a thousand decimal places and he remembers every conversation he's ever had. He is 10-years-old. Howard McNamee is 28: lonely, overweight and poorly-educated. He lives in the north of England, far from the scene of his difficult Glasgow childhood, in the home he shared with his mother before she died. Through a series of unexpected events, these two solitary people find themselves forming an unlikely friendship.

Den 5. september lidt efter midnat ringer Dødsrådet til Mateo Torrez og Rufus Emeterio. Dødsrådet kan se ud i fremtiden: Både Mateo og Rufus vil dø i dag. De to kender endnu ikke hinanden. Spørgsmålet er, om de kan nå at finde hinanden, kærligheden og en mening med livet på den tid, de har tilbage. Kan man leve et helt liv på kun et døgn? En gribende undersøgelse af, hvad vi lever for: dem vi elsker, oplevelser og chancen for at efterlade et meningsfyldt bidrag, uanset hvor småt.

Da Griffins første store kærlighed og ekskæreste, Theo, drukner ved en ulykke, falder Griffins verden sammen. Selvom Theo var taget af sted på college og blevet kæreste med Jackson, var Griffin ikke i tvivl om, at han på et tidspunkt ville komme tilbage til ham.Oven i det hele er Jackson den eneste, der forstår Griffins hjertesorg. Men uanset hvor meget de taler sammen og åbner sig for hinanden, bliver Griffin mere og mere deprimeret. Han er ved at miste sig selv til sine tvangstanker og destruktive valg.

Casey just inherited her grandfathers' house in Cornwell, England, not realizing the danger that comes with it. A former MI-5 spy, her grandfathers legacy sends Casey and her German Shepherd Jackie Lee on a journey around the world to South America, getting lost at sea, kidnapped, and shot at along the way.

Krigen i Syrien og den generelle ustabilitet i den region i verden holder ikke op lige med det første. Og upåagtet at den brede befolkning givetvis er mere optaget af hverdagen, har konflikterne i den region direkte indflydelse på livet som det leves, også på vores breddegrader. I "Diktatoren i Damaskus" tager journalist og forfatter Adam Holm et andet greb på fortællingen om Syrien. Han tager udgangspunkt i den siddende diktator, Bashar al-Assad, og dennes vej til magten.

A great, gutsy novel that moves from a newsroom in the American capital to a cockpit over Afghanistan, from an Iranian cemetery to a military intelligence office in suburban Washington, as it explores a world of entwined conflicts and the way narratives about violence are told, twisted, hidden, or forgotten.

Very funny and very pointed, Adam Haslet’s "Seibert", honored in the Best American Short Stories 2014, gets to the root of how technology—our personal obsession with it and its role in creating a society built on surveillance—disrupts our relationships with each other. Single in New York and connected to her smartphone, Sylvia has a problem living in reality. Or, rather, she lives in an alternate reality of constant scrolling headlines promising apocalypse and of friendships mediated through text messaging.

Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the...

The fallout from OVER THE EDGE is here! One life has been destroyed, another family has been torn apart—and only the kids of Riverdale High can save their town from imploding! Adapted from Archie issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music. 

A coming of age tale for the lost, forgotten and those cast aside for not being normal. 15-year-old Matt Potter is like any youth stuck in the foster-care system. He's pissed off at the world and carries a chip on his shoulder. Tired of years of abuse and neglect, Matt takes his destiny into his hands and heads west. Matt soon learns that the Los Angeles punk scene isn't a punk rock utopia. He is thrown head first into the violent world of youth gangs, punk rock music, and teenage love.