Ergebnis für "August" in Literatur & Belletristik

Auf Grund seiner höfischen Erziehung erscheint es Parzival als höchste Ehre, Mitglied der Tafelrunde von König Artus zu werden. Er ist jedoch zu Höherem bestimmt: Gralskönig soll er werden. Scheinbar zufällig findet er, der Auserwählte, die Gralsburg, die geheimnisumwitterte Burg des Lichtes und des Heils auf dem Monsalvat. Doch sein falsches Verhalten zeigt, dass er noch nicht würdig ist. Verflucht zieht er durch die Lande, mit seinem Schicksal hadernd.

Deutschland, 1933: Ernst Lossa stammt aus einer Familie von "Jenischen", Zigeuner, wie man damals sagte. Er gilt als schwieriges Kind, wird von Heim zu Heim geschoben, bis er schließlich in die psychiatrische Anstalt in Kaufbeuren eingewiesen wird. Hier nimmt sein Leben die letzte, schreckliche Wendung: Obgleich geistig völlig gesund, wird Ernst Lossa 1944 die Todespritze verabreicht. Der Autor berichtet aus der Perspektive des Jungen. Er macht die Denkstrukturen des NS-Regimes sichtbar und berichtet von der damit einhergehenden Ideologie der Euthanasie.

Ántes Leben hoch im Norden Schwedens ist von samischer Tradition geprägt. Wie auch schon sein Vater vor ihm will er Rentierzüchter werden. Seine Gefühle für seinen besten Freund Erik haben sich verändert, sind zu etwas Großem geworden. Hin und her gerissen zwischen den Erwartungen seiner Familie, der Verbundenheit zu seiner Heimat und dieser neuen Liebe, sucht Ánte nach einem Weg, das Chaos in seiner Brust zu bändigen und seinen Weg zu finden. Moa Backe Åstot schrieb einen berührenden Coming-of-Age-Roman über Familie, Verpflichtungen, Heimat und die eigenen Wünsche ans Leben.

Even heroes need a vacation—preferably one with good ale.Archibold Stormblood once saved kingdoms, slew demon lords, and carved his name into legend. Now he just wants to keep his tavern open, his ale cold, and his barmaids from brawling with the patrons.

Baron Münchhausen erzählt seine abenteuerlichen Geschichten: Über seinen Ritt auf der Kanonenkugel, den Entenfang mit einer Speck-bestückten Leine oder die spektakuläre Befreiung aus dem Sumpf durch das Herausziehen am eigenen Zopf.
Der Sprecher Wolfgang Gerber lässt den "Lügenbaron" lebendig werden. Man sieht ihn vor sich, wie er im kleinen Kreise seiner Freunde die abenteuerlichsten Geschichten erzählt.

Maisy Lewis has grown up living in the shadows of her famous brother. At eighteen-years-old she's a dedicated gymnast who has spent every moment she can training to be perfect. Unintentionally, she's allowed the sport to take over her life, much like her brother did with acting. With no time for anything or anyone else, she's starting to wonder if her planned out future is worth it anymore.

Graduation was supposed to be a relief. Except Quinn can't avoid the barrage of well-intentioned questions about her college plans. Why does no one understand that it's hard for her to think about the future - or feel as if she even deserves one - when her best friend is dead? Spending the summer with her aunt on the Jersey shore may just be the fresh start Quinn so desperately needs. And when she meets Malcolm, a musician with his own haunted past, she starts to believe in second chances. Can Quinn find love while finding herself?

Born a slave in 1776, Gabriel grows up capable and literate only to be taken from his mother and sent to the capital city as a blacksmith’s apprentice. There in the forge, a meeting point for many travelers and news bearers, his work awakens him to the sparks of resistance that are igniting into rebellion around the globe. When he is unable to both defend the love of his life and earn the money to buy her freedom, Gabriel makes a decision: freedom for just his own family would not be enough.

June's sister, April, is getting married. The lucky guy? A businessman whose cousin is Jasper King, the art maniac loner of her high school.The hate between them is mutual, but they can't avoid one another before the wedding. That becomes impossible when the two are thrown together into a car and forced to drive down the East Coast from Boston to Jacksonville for the wedding. Along the way, June must re-evaluate her relationship to Jasper. Sparks fly and ignite, and what happens next will go down in road trip history.

He’s barely set foot in the city when someone recognizes him as Archibold Stormblood, the immortal hero of legend. Worse, a lieutenant of the local crime lord overhears the exchange. Not exactly the best way to start a vacation. Charm, his companion, watches with her usual unreadable calm. She doesn’t raise her voice, but her rebukes cut like a blade. To her, his plan is reckless, foolish, and bound to fail.

It's just another long, hot summer - until Derek Cliver and his friends join an exciting new mail-order club. The Terror Club allows Derek and his friends to create their own monsters. And it gives them the opportunity to "dispose" of those they despise most. But the game turns terrifyingly real when the monsters they create come to life - and actually murder their rivals. Now, as the body count rises, Derek and his friends must somehow undo what they've done ... before they become the next victims!

This layered and compelling cozy mystery is all about found family, first love, and one town’s tragedies, perfect for fans of Melina Marchetta, Kristin Dwyer, and Nina LaCour. Brodie McKellon didn’t leave town in handcuffs; not exactly. But all the same, in only one night, she lost her best...

How do you forgive yourself—and the people you love—when a shocking discovery leads to a huge mistake? Acclaimed author Christine Heppermann’s novel-in-verse tackles betrayals and redemption among family and friends with her signature unflinching—but always sharply witty—style. For...

Ellen är BFF (Best Friend Forever) med Agneta. Men så börjar Agneta på en ridskola. Kan Ellen och Agneta fortsätta vara vänner? Marie-Louise Wallin (f. 1933) är lärare, författare och journalist. Hon har skrivit böcker för både barn och vuxna. Hennes debutbok Tovan blev en succé och översattes till flera språk.

W.C. Jameson takes his listeners back to a time when the six-gun was king, life was cheap, and many a bandit died before recovering his stolen loot. Jameson, a folklorist, musician, and environmentalist, has been on close to two hundred expeditions for lost stashes of gold, silver, or other treasures.

Almina är en vanlig tonåring vars liv slås i bitar av kriget i Bosnien. Familjen splittras och Almina tvingas fly till Sverige. Hoppet om att en dag få återförenas med sina nära och kära hjälper henne genom en hopplös situation. Anna Nilsson Spets har arbetat som flyktingmottagare och hjälparbetare. Under sin resor till Balkan under kriget samlade hon på sig ett otal berättelser och livsöden som har varit stoff för hennes romaner. Romantrilogin Hållplats Sverige är hennes debut.

There was a time during Donald Davis's college freshman year when he wasn't really sure he wanted to claim his hometown of Sulpher Springs, North Carolina. But a boy by the name of Stanley Easter changed Davis's mind.

In "The Time Machine", Davis offers us both the story of the reunion and the collectively remembered story of his classmates' senior year. In 1962, Waynesville, North Carolina, was that small town where the school principal also served as a teacher, the football coach, and the Sunday-school superintendent. One classmate spends his time in the bar wishing for a time machine, so he can go back to his teenage years with his accumulated experience.

The drive-in is dying. People can blame the demise on cable television, luxury theaters with sound systems so technical NASA engineers are needed to install them, or on a host of other modern conveniences and distractions. In reality, the drive-in operator of the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater hired a young Donald Davis to work his high school summers there.

Growing up in North Carolina, Donald Davis heard stories that came to America through Scots-Irish immigrants about a fellow named Jack who was so real that young Davis thought he was a distant relative or otherside-of-the-mountain neighbor. Now Davis knows that Jack is a universal legendary figure who, by various names, is found in nearly every culture.