Ergebnis für "Dancer" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.”—People “Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.”—Miranda July, New York Times...

Muss man die 80-er Jahre erlebt haben, um sie mögen bzw. verstehen zu können? Was macht einen Menschen zu einem Dörflioriginal? Gibt es Ferialjobs, bei denen kein Vitamin B der Welt mehr helfen kann? Was macht Frau, wenn sie überall männliche Nackerte sieht? Mit welchen Mannsbilderprofessionen harmoniert Frau eher nicht bzw. welche sind für eine längerwährende Partnerschaft dann doch nicht geeignet? Und warum kommt eine Bissgurn nur selten allein? Mit diesen und anderen nicht unbedingt lebenswichtigen, aber recht lustigen Fragen beschäftigt sich die Autorin in gewohnt selbstironischer Manier.

"Dancers in the Dark" is set in the Sookieverse and features Sean and Layla. Dancer Layla Rue Le May's childhood prepared her to handle just about anything, including her aloof partner, Sean McClendon, a 300-year-old, redheaded vampire. Even so, when she somehow acquires a stalker, Layla Rue is surprised to find that Sean is the only one she can trust.

The short stories in Dance Me to the End of Love reflect the real day-to-day life of ordinary people of different ages, genders, professions, and ethnicities with connections to a believable world of imagined events. They take place in the former Soviet Union, the United States, and the emigration in-between.

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray transports listeners to Bridgeport, Ohio, where nobody gets left behind and a powerful community helps ordinary men and women to find extraordinary strength inside themselves. This set includes Book 1: Shall We Dance?, Book 2: Take the Lead, and Book 3: Save the Last Dance.

Der schwimmende Tod hat Blut gerochen. Nur knapp entgeht eine junge Frau einem fürchterlichen Angriff durch einen albtraumhaften Hai. Im verzweifelten Kampf ums Überleben kann sie sich an die unwirkliche Küste einer von den Wellen verborgenen Insel flüchten. Doch dieses geheimnisvolle Stück Land ist weit mehr, als es zu sein scheint. Mysteriöse Gestalten kauern zwischen schattenverhangenen Klippen.

Was als routinemäßige Ermittlung beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem albtraumhaften Puzzle aus Rache, Eifersucht und tödlicher Besessenheit. Auf Gran Canaria, wo andere ihren Traumurlaub verbringen, wird eine Serie von Leichenfunden entdeckt.

When Amber Watson walks in on her husband in the throes of extramarital passion with one of his employees, her comfortable, passion-free life is shattered in an instant. Worse, the fate of the successful country music bar that bears her family's name suddenly hangs in the balance. Her soon to be ex-husband is one of the bar's official owners, his mistress one of its employees. Will her divorce destroy her late father's legacy?

Vom Autor: Dieses Hörbuch ist in drei Teile gegliedert und kann in beliebiger Reihenfolge gehört werden. Es ist aufgeteilt in die drei Kategorien Realität , Fantasie und Poesie . In der Realität findest du meine Gedanken zu Themen, die mich in der Entstehungszeit der Texte interessiert und beschäftigt haben. Sie besitzen weder gültige Aktualität noch wissenschaftliche Richtigkeit. Es sind reine Zeitzeugen meines Ichs. In der Fantasie findest du von mir erfundene Geschichten. Wo sie herkommen? Aus meinem wirren Gehirn! Woher sonst? Ich habe mir ein bisschen was von der Fantasiewolke genommen.

Die meisterhafte und spannende Kriminalnovelle handelt von der Schriftstellerin von Scuderi, und beginnt damit, dass ein gefährlich wirkender Fremder ein geheimnisvolles Kästchen für die Dame hinterläßt. Ein Mord an dem berühmten Goldschmied Monsieur Cardillac führt auf die Spur seines Gehilfen Olivier Brusson. Kann das Fräulein von Scuderi diesen Fall klären?

More craziness, oddball stories from the muse inspired pencil of Canada’s foremost off the wall author.

The first and only short story collection by William Melvin Kelley, author of A Different Drummer, and the source from which he drew inspiration for his subsequent novels. Originally published in 1964, this collection of sixteen stories includes three linked sets of stories about the Carey...

Thrust into the role of a debutante, Mia Delphine Morgan, a pre-school teacher from Kentucky, must sink or swim among Manhattan’s elite. She’s not trained or refined for New York, Paris, or London high society, but the good she can do with a sizeable inheritance from her estranged Aunt Sylvia, propels her toward keeping her feet firmly planted on the ground—even though poise and polish aren’t exactly her thing.

This long-awaited story collection from Wesley Brown summons up the smoky clubs and gritty streets of a long-gone New York City, one that moved in the frenetic rhythms of jazz. A more innocent city fueled by cool, not money. We meet Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, and many giants of the era in these sharply observed, carefully intertwined stories. In Brown's deft hands, these legends become real - like we've never seen them before.

Diese erste Episode der Hörbuchreihe "Es War Einmal Und Bleibt Für Immer - Musik Küsst Sprache" ist der Start eines neuen Kunstprojektes von Matthias Beitmann. Er verbindet das gesprochene Wort mit seiner Leidenschaft Musik und schafft eine cineastische, emotionale, sensible und abenteuerliche Atmosphäre, die über das normale Hörbuch hinausgeht.

The Dancer is a simple story of a young woman in love, a young woman who is trying to find out who she is. While the story is simple, the manner in which it unfolds is anything but. And sometimes the ride is so wild it has everyone, including the author, hanging on to their seats. The Dancer starts on the Stage and that's where it ends. In between, it goes to the beach, to an Artist's Studio, and to a Native Village. We come to understand that the Artist's Studio and Native Village are other worlds. Will the Dancer find true love? Will she find her place in the World?

Now at 150, Jamil is bored, even more bored than he was at 100. Then Jamil becomes disoriented, and somehow he ends up on a dance stage. Jamil found himself walking off the stage, in his elation. He couldn't stop himself, and it was a long way down.

During his time in Afghanistan, Logan Murphy endured the unthinkable, and reentering civilian life in Storm is harder than he imagined. But when he is reacquainted with Ginny Moreno, a woman who has survived terrors of her own, he feels the first stirrings of hope.

The Dancer is a simple story of a young woman in love, a young woman who is trying to find out who she is. While the story is simple, the manner in which it unfolds is anything but. And sometimes the ride is so wild it has everyone hanging on to their seats. The Dancer starts on the Stage and that’s where it ends. In between, it goes to the beach, to an Artist’s Studio, to a Native Village. We come to understand that the Artist’s Studio and Native Village are other worlds. Will the Dancer find true love? Will she find her place in the World?

The order requires three things: Dedication, Discipline, and complete Obedience. Chiara is anything but obedient. She has too many secrets. Chief among them Ness, her soul-bound Jaguar. On a mission gone wrong, Chiara must choose between the order she's always dreamed of joining, and the people she's sworn to protect.