Ergebnis für "De giganten" in Belletristik

La historia empieza en 1911, el día de la coronación del rey Jorge V en la abadía de Westminster. El destino de los Williams, una familia minera de Gales, está unido por el amor y la enemistad al de los Fitzherbert, aristócratas y propietarios de las minas.

Cinco famílias, cinco países e cinco destinos marcados por um período dramático da história. Queda de gigantes, primeiro volume da trilogia "O Século", de Ken Follett, começa no despertar do século XX, quando ventos de mudança ameaçam o frágil equilíbrio de forças existente—as potências da Europa estão prestes a entrar em guerra, os trabalhadores não aguentam mais ser explorados pela aristocracia e as mulheres clamam por seus direitos.

The entire human race balances on the razor's edge of annihilation, beset by an enemy that turns our own bodies against us, that changes normal people into psychopaths or transforms them into nightmares. To some, Doctor Margaret Montoya is a hero-a brilliant scientist who saved the human race from an alien intelligence determined to exterminate all of humanity. To others, she's a monster - a mass murderer single-handedly responsible for the worst atrocity ever to take place on American soil. All Margaret knows is that she's broken. The blood of a million deaths is on her hands.

Del mare non sappiamo nulla, però ci illudiamo del contrario: passiamo una giornata in spiaggia e pensiamo di guardare il mare, invece vediamo solo “la sua buccia, la sua pelle salata e luccicante”. Forse perché appena sotto, e poi giù fino agli abissi, c’è una vita così diversa e strabiliante da sembrarci assurda, impossibile. Come per secoli è sembrata impossibile l’esistenza del calamaro gigante, il mostro marino che ha mosso alla sua ricerca gli esploratori più diversi.

n this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke - the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit man who metes out a cruelly ingenious vengeance on those who victimize children - is up against a soft-spoken messiah who may be rescuing runaways or recruiting them for his own hideous purposes. But in doing so Burke becomes a target for an entire Mafia family, a whore with a heart of cyanide, and a contract killer as implacable as a heart-seeking missile.

Inglaterra en la Edad Media. Del paso de los romanos por la isla sólo quedan ruinas, y Arturo y Merlín –amados por unos, odiados por otros– son leyendas del pasado. Entre la bruma todavía habitan ogros, y británicos y sajones conviven en unas tierras yermas, distribuidos en pequeñas aldeas. En una de ellas vive una pareja de ancianos –Axl y Beatrice– que toma la decisión de partir en busca de su hijo.

Diego Suarez è un interessante caso di statistica genetica. Nato dall'incrocio tra una prostituta tossicodipendente e un violento spacciatore di origine argentina, sarebbe stato il candidato ideale ad aggiudicarsi una personalità su misura per la vita nei bassifondi, invece il patrimonio genetico dei suoi genitori lo ha colpito solo di striscio. Con un'intelligenza superiore alla media, un sorprendente talento musicale e tanto cinismo da sopravvivenza, approda a otto anni nella vita di Maddalena Maschieri, la sua mamma adottiva.

In the figure of Burke, Andrew Vachss has given contemporary crime fiction one of its most mesmerizing characters. An abused child raised in orphanages, foster homes, and prisons, Burke is a career criminal and outlaw who steals and scams for a living. But he draws the line at the psychopaths and predators who stalk children. Sometimes he draws that line in blood.

In Andrew Vachss’s tautly engrossing novel, Burke is given a purse full of dirty money to find the infamous Ghost Van that is cutting a lethal swath among the teenage prostitutes in the hood. He also gets help in the form of a stripper named Belle, whose moves on the runway are outclassed only by what she can do in a getaway car.

For more than three decades, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has ruled the epic fantasy realm with his legendary Shannara series. With each new novel the mythos has deepened, ever more fascinating characters have arisen, and increasingly breathtaking vistas of magical adventure...

Cronaca di vita e d'amore ambientata in una cittadina della California degli anni Cinquanta, Mary e il gigante racconta la storia di Mary Anne Reynolds, una giovane donna dal carattere sensibile e intenso, e delle sue difficoltà affettive e relazionali.

" Vous vivez actuellement dans un pays dont vous ignorez à la fois le nom et la beauté. Ce pays, c’est vous. Durant ce voyage, vous allez activer des ressources, élucider des énigmes, dissoudre des peurs et développer vos super-pouvoirs. ". Chaque dispute avec son compagnon Antoine est une blessure supplémentaire pour Elena, une jeune femme à la vie morose ignorant tout de sa véritable puissance. Elle rêve secrètement de voyage, d’ailleurs, d’une échappatoire à cette existence monotone qu’elle mène jusqu’alors.

Nel 1930 Il barone tedesco Von Krämer e il milionario giapponese Yoko-Hito costruiscono un gigantesco robot ciclopico. I motivi che spingono i due uomini a creare l'inquietante individuo artificiale sono molto diversi. Yoko-Hito vuole usarlo per rapire la bella Tanagra, un’attrice italiana che lavora a Hollywood, mentre il barone Von Krämer vuole utilizzare il gigantesco robot per distruggere l’America e vendicare la sconfitta della Germania nel primo conflitto mondiale.

The Fissure connecting the alternate New York to its counterpart has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze. The people are demanding a return to Prohibition and rationing as energy supplies dwindle.

Meanwhile, in the real 1954 New York, the political dynamic has changed. Nimrod finds his department subsumed by a radical new group, Atoms For Peace, led by the mysterious Evelyn McHale. Their goal is simple: total conquest - or destruction - of the Empire State.

In Footsteps of the Hawk Burke himself is in danger of becoming a victim. Two rogue cops are stalking him. The coolly seductive Belinda Roberts wants him to free a man charged with a grisly string of rape-murders. The brutal and half-crazy Detective Jorge Morales may be trying to frame Burke for the same crimes.

Investigating an epidemic of apparent suicides among the teenagers of a wealthy suburb, Burke discovers a sinister connection between the anguish of the young and the activities of an elite sadomasochistic underground.

Fifteen Montana cowboys and 500 longhorns are embarking on a one-of-a-kind Wild West adventure: a cattle drive across 1,000 miles of Siberia. The clash of cultures between East and West, American six shooter and Russian saber, begins immediately when a band of Cossacks arrives to escort them to their destination. Cowboys and Cossacks must work together or they’ll never survive the journey, which includes a meeting with the warrior Genghis Kharlagawl and his army of bloodthirsty Tartars.

They are the first wagon train to cross the American continent—and forge the Oregon Trail. Five-hundred courageous men, women and children, led by mountain man Whip Holt, they have survived the Rocky Mountain winter, fierce native attacks, and countless other hardships. Now, on the last leg of their journey, they face their greatest challenge yet. Three mighty nations have sent explorers to stake their claims — the English army, Russian agents, and American pioneers—but only one can win.

November 2032, Joe Benton has just been elected the 48th president of the United States. Only days after winning, Benton learns from his predecessor that previous estimates regarding the effect of global warming on rising sea levels have been grossly underestimated. With the world frighteningly close to catastrophe, Benton must save the United States from environmental devastation.

The Empire State is the other New York. It’s a parallel-universe, Prohibition-era world of mooks and shamuses that is the twisted magic mirror to our bustling Big Apple. It’s a city where sinister characters lurk around every corner while the great superheroes who once kept the streets safe have fallen into deadly rivalries and feuds. Not that its colourful residents know anything about the real New York...until detective Rad Bradley makes a discovery that will change the lives of all its inhabitants.