Ergebnis für "An Ill Wind" in Literatur & Belletristik

It is 1793. John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home - to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. And then comes that dread thing, a fire aboard a wooden ship of war! Cast adrift, Pearce and his Pelicans find help from an unlikely source.

“Kramer and Reading continue an excellent partnership as narrators, imbuing each character with distinct, complementary voices regardless of which reader is narrating.”—Library Journal (Starred Review) "The endearing husband-and-wife team of Kate Reading and Michael Kramer continue their...

Roland Deschain, der letzte Revolvermann, und seine Gefährten haben den Grünen Palast hinter sich gelassen. Als sie auf dem Pfad des Balkens ins Land Donnerschlag unterwegs sind, zieht ein heftiger Sturm herauf und sie finden Schutz in einer verlassenen Hütte. Dort erzählt Roland seinen Begleitern was in seiner Jugend geschah, nachdem er unbeabsichtigt seine Mutter umgebracht hatte: Sein Vater schickte ihn zu einer entlegenen Ranch, wo grausamen Morde stattfanden.

This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

After witnessing by chance the recovery of a mysterious, mutilated body in a public park in Northern California, San Francisco reporter Arnold Rednapp becomes embroiled in an ongoing investigation involving drugs, gangs, pedophilia, political corruption and murder and follows a trail of clues that extends the full length of California and deep into Mexico. As he closes in on the villains, their desperate efforts to escape capture result in a climactic finale that brings the lives of Arnie and several of his closest friends to within a whisker of extinction.

Ein alter Leuchtturm. Ein Toter. Ein tief verborgenes Geheimnis. Auf dem Leuchtturm Falshöft an der Flensburger Förde wird die Leiche des Standesbeamten Ole Hansen gefunden. Auch sonst steht die Polizei vor einem großen Rätsel, denn Feinde scheint Ole Hansen keine gehabt zu haben. Dafür aber großes Interesse an dem geschichtsträchtigen Gebäude, in dem er hinterrücks erschossen wurde. Die Kriminalhauptkommissare Birte Lohse und Rainer Speckmann übernehmen die Ermittlungen.

"Wenn der Wind singt", Haruki Murakamis Debüt, folgt einem namenlosen 21-jährigen Studenten, der die Semesterferien (und damit den August 1970) in seinem kleinen Heimatort verbringt. Die Zeit vertreibt er sich mit seinem besten Freund, genannt "Ratte", einem Mädchen mit vier Fingern an der linken Hand und einem Barkeeper. Nach langem Zögern hat Haruki Murakami die Bitten seiner Fangemeinde erhört und der Veröffentlichung dieses außerhalb Japans nie erschienenen Frühwerks zugestimmt.

Retired, divorced banker, and now hot air balloon pilot Tim Feely doesn't know the world is being eaten alive by zombies. It's early in the morning, and the first of the undead are only now appearing on the eastern seaboard of the United States. Right in Tim's town, in fact. So when he takes Julie and Lucas up into the air for their first hot air balloon ride, before the news reports start, and before the car accidents and looting begins, he has no idea just how crazy the ride will be.

A quick trip up the East Coast quickly turns into a life-and-death experience for Harmony when hurricane-force winds plunge her airship into the ocean. When Airus drifts upon a tiny island, she is faced with a deflated balloon, two broken robots, a damaged friction engine, and the fear of running out of fresh water. This might be enough to discourage the bravest heart, but Harmony is determined to stay alive. She simply refuses to believe she'll never see her family or Griffin again.

Kelly Dooney ist Journalistin und träumt davon, für eine große Tageszeitung zu arbeiten. Aber leider lässt die ersehnte Chance auf sich warten. Um finanziell über die Runden zu kommen, springt sie bei Brendan Hegarty als Sprechstundenhilfe ein – und verflucht bald darauf ihre Entscheidung. Denn der smarte, gutaussehende Tierarzt, für den sie jahrelang geschwärmt hat, ist ein überaus anspruchsvoller, wenn nicht sogar pedantischer Chef, und die beiden gehen sich gehörig auf die Nerven.

Zwei junge Menschen fahren nachts mit der U-Bahn ziellos durch New York City. Sie kennen sich nicht und sie suchen auch keinen Kontakt, denn nur in der Anonymität der Züge können sie für einen Moment ihre Sorgen vergessen: Der siebzehnjährige Sebastian fühlt sich erst dann wirklich frei, wenn es ihm gelingt, nachts heimlich die Wohnung zu verlassen, um seinem kontrollsüchtigen Vater zu entkommen. Maria ist viel zu früh Mutter geworden und seit kurzem arbeitslos.

A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together. After shoplifting some bread one chilly March night, just before the start of a new academic...

Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet join forces when hurricane winds trap them together during the Netherfield Ball. Darcy must confront his prejudices and the dangers that threaten their lives while keeping a secret that, if known, would ruin his family’s reputation. During the worst of the storm, the only person Elizabeth can rely on is the one man she despises—until his repeated acts of selflessness make her distrust her first impression.

Meet Lady Toad, Mistress Badger, Miss Water Rat and Mrs Mole as they go about their adventures, messing around on the river, gallivanting in Lady Toad’s shiny new toy and fighting valiantly to save Toad Hall from unruly squatters. In this retelling by Dina Gregory, The Wind in the Willows becomes a story about a group of female animals to be admired for their close sisterhood and fierce independence. Featuring original music and songs by Rosabella Gregory and sound effects captured on location, put your headphones on, sit back and lose yourself in the British countryside.

Die Rolle der Scarlett O'Hara ist ihr Traum, doch ist Ruhm wichtiger als die Liebe? Vivien Leigh ist Feuer und Flamme, als sie Margaret Mitchells Roman "Vom Winde verweht" liest. Wie gern würde sie die mutige Südstaatenschönheit Scarlett O'Hara in der Verfilmung spielen, aber kann sie als Britin den Produzenten von sich überzeugen? Für die Rolle und ihre Liebe zu Laurence Olivier setzt Vivien alles auf eine Karte: Sie lässt Familie und Freunde hinter sich und geht mit ihrem Geliebten in die USA.

Since learning of his merman shifter heritage, Taren has begun building a life with Ian Dunaidh among the mainland Ea. But memories of his past life still haunt him, and as the threat of war with the hostile island merfolk looms ever closer, Taren fears he will lose Ian the same way he lost his beloved centuries before. Together they sail to the Gateway Islands in search of the fabled rune stone - a weapon of great power the Ea believe will protect them - and Odhrán, the pirate rumored to possess it.

Hear the Wind Sing is the first novel by Haruki Murakami. First published in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo, one of the most influential literary magazines in Japan, it was published one month later as a book. Hear the Wind Sing is the first book in the "Trilogy of the Rat," a series of...

I fell in love with my best friend's dad when I was seventeen. He seemed like some kind of heathen god, big enough to kill a man with his bare hands, tattooed with bright, bold images, and weathered by time and a short stint in prison. Blind to the consequences, I made a mistake that ran him out of town and ruined his life. Now, he's back after all these years––hating me more than the day he left.

Set in the 19th century against a backdrop of island life and the vast surrounding seas, A High Wind in Jamaica is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them back to England following a hurricane in the postcolonial Caribbean they call home. Having set sail, the children quickly fall into the hands of pirates. As their voyage continues, things take an awful turn

What happened to Brigitte Berthold? That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was 13, when he and 10-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival. Daniel vowed to find Brigitte after the war, a promise he has fought to fulfill for more than 70 years.