Ergebnis für "Bed" in Literatur & Belletristik

The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Brian can't believe his wife is doing this. Who is going to make dinner? But Eva won't budge; and soon she realises to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted - including herself.

Rising star author Bea Williams needs a vacation. And her godmother’s snug Greek island retreat is the perfect place to use as an escape from her writer’s block. Until she finds she’s going to have to share her idyllic one bed cottage with him – Gibson Caddell, one time childhood friend and a great big, drop-dead-gorgeous red flag. As the sun sets on Santorini, Bea’s thoughts soon turn to something much more pressing – there’s two of them. And only one bed

For fans of Outlander, New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ newest installment of the Highland Brides series brings us a sweeping tale of passion as a laird’s swim in a loch leads to the love of a lifetime. An invigorating swim in the loch was exactly what Calan Campbell, Laird of...

A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, pop bands and the perils of social media “Your view of twentieth-century history will be enlarged and altered...

It’s bad enough that its venom-dripping chelicerae can slice through flesh like warm butter. Worse? It’s right there under the bunk. It’s a fact now. To make it through the night, the children must obey the rules: don’t get out of bed, stay out of the shadows, and don’t wake the beast. But as the threats multiply, so do the rules of survival. And with the safety of dawn still hours away, the fun is just beginning.

In a charming and witty novel, Sarah Bilston tells the story of a busy career woman who finds her pregnancy a breeze -- until she's ordered off her feet for complete and total bed rest. Quinn ""Q"" Boothroyd is a young British lawyer married to an American and living in New York City. She's...

Winnie, Stella and Frankie have been best friends forever. When their lives unexpectedly unravel, they spontaneously decide to buy a gorgeous B&B on a remote Greek island. Drenched in hot sun, Villa Valentina is the perfect escape from reality. But when Winnie meets Jesse, their brooding neighbour, she finds that Greece is full of its own complications - not least how attractive he is....

Scrappy tough guy and three-time loser Johnny Keough is going a little stir-crazy awaiting trial for an alleged assault charge involving his girlfriend, Madonna, and a teapot. Facing three to five years in a maximum-security prison, Johnny knows this might just be the end of the road. But when Madonna doesn't show up for court due to a fatal accident, shell-shocked Johnny seizes his unexpected "clean slate" as a sign from above and embarks on an epic hitchhiking journey across Canada to deliver her ashes to a fabled beach on the outskirts of Vancouver.

When an old man dies in an assisted living center, the undertaker is the first to show up, hoping to get the business. “Easy money!” he declares, but his hopes for an easy funeral are dashed when a psychic insists the old man was murdered. He starts out doing the right thing—he informs the sheriff’s department of the psychic’s suspicion that the death might have been a murder. They laugh him out of the office, leaving the poor undertaker to try to solve it himself. Lucky for him, he has help.

Rediscover the modern classic that launched the career of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Everything and Big Summer with this beautiful anniversary edition of her “contemporary Cinderella tale told with intelligence, wit, and style” (Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling...

Born the anxious runt of the litter, Pancho has spent his life navigating a world full of terrifying vacuum cleaners, thunderclaps, and judgmental cats. His "little problem" has transformed family dinners into disaster zones, luxury hotels into hazmat sites, and an innocent dog park visit into a citywide legend. His viral mishaps have earned him internet fame, an unexpected support group, and the guidance of the most aptly named dog behaviorist in history—Dr. Poopsalot.

A wonderfully amusing and engaging account of the escapades of a naive student thrown into university life amongst the hallowed halls of Oxford c. 1850. Widely regarded as a comic masterpiece of its time (it sold over 200,000 copies) it brings to mind the writing of Jerome K Jerome or an adventure PG Woodhouse might have penned for a slightly more academic Bertie Wooster. Cuthbert Bede, B.A. is the nom de plume of the Rev. Edward Bradley.

Mr Green is perplexed thricefold: by going up north, by events at Oxford, and by his confused and loving heart.

In this second adventure, our hero learns more useful lessons at Oxford and experiences the first disconcerting flutters of his heartstrings. A joyous alternative to the satirical university novel. Philip Bird, narrator, numbers Charles Dickens and PG Wodehouse among his favourite writers and has found Mr Verdant Green to be a very agreeable mixture of the two. Cuthbert Bede, B.A. is the nom de plume of the Rev. Edward Bradley.

Time for Bed is a bedtime story for parents and adults. Ten desperate parents hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their brats straight, then one-by-one, ten little brats all meet their supposed fate. This book makes a great gift for parents, but can be enjoyed by anyone who likes a good old fashioned creepy clown story, right before it's time to turn out the lights and go to sleep. Dad jokes, rhymes, and puns... this book has it all. Have friends that don't like clowns? This is the perfect gag gift for Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah and birthdays! Let Wrinkles haunt your dreams tonight!

A comic monologue by Christopher Green, starring Caroline Quentin. A feisty woman has taken to her bed in the spare room and she is not getting up - ever. She's 39 and has decided that she is not having children. She claims her boyfriend is in denial, though in reality he is in Zurich. Directed...

Felix Hart is back, in the thrilling, wine-soaked sequel to Corkscrew. Hart, a wine buyer at the top of his game, finds himself compromised by a ruthless, multi-national drinks corporation. Forced to participate in a high-profile, corrupt wine tasting, Hart is drawn into a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse, pursued by blackmailers, assassins, and organic wine fanatics. The action moves from the Byzantine intrigue of the Minstrels of Wine to France’s most glamorous chateaux, Hart relying on his quick wits, fine palate and a touch of muscle to stay ahead of his enemies.