Ergebnis für "Benjamin" in 20. Jahrhundert

"Distrait, inattentif, ennuyé", Adolphe, à 22 ans, trouve "qu'aucun but ne vaut la peine d'aucun effort". Un beau jour, pourtant, il a envie d'être aimé et décide de conquérir Ellénore. Bien vite, "le charme de l'amour" lui pèse comme une chaîne. Ellénore, lui sacrifiant "fortune, enfants, réputation", empoisonne de remords sa belle indifférence. La souffrance d'Ellénore n'est pour Adolphe qu'un moyen de se connaître et d'éprouver sa propre lucidité.

WAAF Section Officer Elizabeth Bennet and RAF Wing Commander Fitzwilliam Darcy have already done their bit. Both bear scars—seen and unseen—from their service. They have done much; now they will do more. Elizabeth and Darcy step forward to undertake the deadliest of tasks: gathering intelligence behind German lines. They go knowing that the Gestapo’s destiny for captured Special Operations Executive agents was simple: a bullet.

A few days before Christmas 1939, Dr. Benjamin Bones is in a "Bah, humbug" sort of mood. It's the coldest winter on record, his country is at war, and his love life has run aground. But magic as well as mysteries abound in Cornwall. When Ben makes a bargain with an elfin little man, it leads him to an old woman who longs to make amends - and a chance for Ben to show that certain someone how much he cares.

There's no such thing as privacy in the tiny village of Birdswing. Everywhere Dr. Benjamin Bones turns, someone is spying from a window, listening through a wall, or gossiping over a garden fence. "The birds sing in Birdswing," says the vicar, Father Cotterill; and in February 1940, this is more true than ever. Waiting for Hitler to make his move and turn this "Phony War" into the real thing, Ben's fellow villagers are desperate for a distraction.

'Return to Me' is a historical fiction work which is written to be used as an impactful educational resource for students who are studying World War II. The book covers all 5 fronts of the war, with a clear explanation of the role the key players: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Empire of Japan) played in the escalation and eventual resolution of the war. The story is intertwined with characters living in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains during the Depression and World War II.

Darrin Clark is an impoverished young man, madly in love with his long-time friend Janie. He is desperate for a job and any way to win Janie’s affections. Then, a Hollywood studio promises to make him a movie star - if he will submit to a face-modifying procedure they are developing. Darrin’s love overcomes his fear, and he allows the movie studio to alter his face. Soon, his dreams come true. Yet, changing faces doesn’t seem enough, and the studio wants him to sacrifice more of his identity than just his appearance.

À travers le destin de deux sœurs, Émélie et Muguette, de leurs maris, Joffre et Louis, et de leurs enfants, Jean, Lucie, Joseph et Marline, "Par amour" raconte le martyre de la ville du Havre depuis l'Exode et son occupation par les Allemands, à sa libération en 1944, sous le déluge des bombes alliées qui la détruiront presque entièrement. Donnant la parole à chacun des personnages, la singularité de ce roman est de livrer à l'auditeur ce que fut la traversée de cette guerre, jour après jour, pour les gens ordinaires.