Ergebnis für "Fing" in Belletristik

Die schönste Überraschung dieser Saison – der berührende Coming-of-Age-Roman des Fußballers. Der wärmste Sommer aller Zeiten, die erste große Liebe, eine Nacht, die alles verändert. Christoph Kramers Roman ist eine so persönliche wie berührende Geschichte über das Fünfzehnsein und die Momentaufnahme einer Zeit, in der alles noch so einfach schien. Erzählt mit ganz viel Herz und einem unwahrscheinlichen Gespür für die kleinen Dinge, die im Leben einfach alles bedeuten. Es ist der Sommer 2006, ein Hitzerekord jagt den nächsten, die Fußballweltmeisterschaft verändert das Land — und für den 15-jährigen Chris verändert sich gerade das ganze Leben.

Es war einmal ein kleines Navajo-Mädchen... Eine mitreißende Geschichte über schicksalhafte Begegnungen, unglaubliche Zufälle und eine Ranch in Colorado. Ein magischer Ort, an dem nicht nur ein Herz sein Zuhause findet. Bilderreich und hochemotional. Der Staat verweigert dem Navajo Chayton Ironcloud die Vormundschaft für das Kind, das er wie eine Tochter liebt. Sein Ziehvater Mato Whitefeather greift nach dem letzten Strohhalm und bittet einen Mann um Hilfe, mit dem er seit drei Jahrzehnten keinen Kontakt hatte.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. Recuperating from a flying accident, Jerry Burton needs to take a break somewhere peaceful. He and his sister rent a house in the little village of Lymstock, where they know no-one and hope to be able to relax. Their quiet life is shattered, however, by the arrival of an obscene anonymous letter accusing them of impropriety. Jerry refuses to take it seriously and throws it on the fire.

Wes Turner, an aging, careworn helicopter pilot in South Carolina, learns out of the blue that he is a father and grandfather. His new family has found him and embraces him, but Wes doesn't trust that love can come without a price tag. A continent away in California, Dante LaBella can't commit to his beloved girlfriend Natalie; he breaks up with her one too many times, then she refuses to take him back. In a moment of metaphoric pleading, he offers her the choice of a finger as a display of his devotion. Natalie takes him up on it, selecting the pinky of his left hand. "The love I want with you," she says, "the love I need you to understand, is forever. Nothing's forever like nine fingers."

The Wedding People meets The Celebrants in this hilarious and profound novel about a recently engaged gay man second guessing marriage, and his cousin’s chaotic Texas wedding weekend with old friends and unexpected strangers that will help guide him to the truth, from the beloved author of The...

Once upon a time, she was Robyn Hart, a dogged journalist covering an arson case who saw too much and wasn't afraid to expose it. But that courage nearly cost Robyn her life. Now under the safety of the Witness Protection program, she has a new identity - Carly Quinn - with a new job in a new city. As she struggles to make the best of her new life in Boston, the terror of the past still lingers, and Carly lives in fear that her enemies will find her.

Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The Crawling Hand." Crandall tells therein of the United States, in a bid to regain global eminence, launching at last its doomed manned mission to the desolation of Mars.

Tired of being a loser selling weed, Steve, our hero devises a plan to steal Elon Musk’s space shuttle and embarks on a mission to go find the Galactic Overlord Xemu.

When Salem Grimes stumbles onto a dead body on her way to an AA meeting, she does what any self-respecting Christian would do - freaks out and screeches words that would make Jesus blush. However, learning her ex-husband, Tony, stands accused of the murder spurs Salem into action. Eager to help, she makes the bold decision to investigate the case as an amateur sleuth. What she lacks in skills, qualifications, or a general clue on how to find, well, clues, she makes up for with the genuine desire to help.

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized: JT Lawrence doesn't disappoint with this brand-new collection of unsettling short stories.

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-size, JT Lawrence doesn't disappoint with this brand-new collection of unsettling short stories. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Roald Dahl, these stories are guaranteed to get under your skin.

Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Roald Dahl, these stories are guaranteed to get under your skin. Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized: J. T. Lawrence doesn't disappoint with this brand-new collection of unsettling short stories.

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, you'll love this compelling collection of 16 psychological suspense short stories. If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn, you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today best-selling author JT Lawrence?

En un futuro postapocalíptico, aunque no muy lejano, el país ha pagado su deuda externa cediendo parte de su territorio a las potencias imperialistas; en la Ciudad de México una gruesa capa de smog ha dividido a las clases sociales; la corrupción se ha institucionalizado a tal grado que la gente paga las mordidas con una tarjeta especial.

The adventure continues from West to Bravo. When a wagon train of homesteaders is massacred by outlaws, a young male survivor is determined to rescue his stolen siblings. Dragged from his now peaceful existence, former military scout Holton Lang invests himself in the search for the stolen captives as well as the difficult task of keeping the young man alive. As the search continues across three states, Holton comes across old friends and finds new meaning in life as his job of survival embraces a newfound kinship.

In Two Arms and Ten Fingers, a doctor, a mortician, and a lawyer make life-changing decisions and share the consequences. Follow their journey from darkness to possible enlightenment.

In the quiet corners of an English estate, where shadows stretch long and secrets linger, a sinister force is unleashed. "The Beast with Five Fingers" unfolds with an unsettling mystery that will grip your imagination and chill your soul. When the reclusive scholar Adrian Borlsover dies unexpectedly, a macabre discovery awaits his family and friends: a disembodied hand that refuses to remain still.

Vorherres tørre Finger er navnet på en lille halvø, der kun hænger sammen med resten af verden ved en smal sandrevle. På Vorherres tørre Finger er man enten fisker eller slet ikke noget. Det ved Mads-Stenbidder, hvis slægt har ry for at leve næsten unaturligt længe. Som enhver anden olding med respekt for sig selv har Mads-Stenbidder købt sin ligkiste på forhånd og tager hver dag en lur i den, og han har afholdt gravøl for sig selv flere gange. Men det er ikke brændevinen, der holder liv i den gamle, sådan som han bilder sig selv ind.

In a day that starts with amnesia, mysterious old men, and a scrawled, barely-legible note that says only "DON'T TRUST HIM", follow Tom as he tries to piece together not only his memories of the day before, but the answer to the question... what happens when you never let go of the ones you love?

Winner of the Crook’s Corner Book Prize One of Vanity Fair's Best Books of the Year A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town. Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing...