Ergebnis für "Forest" in Saga

In this new adventure, Hornblower is overjoyed to discover his next task is to serve aboard the mighty HMS Renown. After witnessing some unsettling scenes however, he soon finds himself struggling to serve under the captain, James Sawyer, whose unsound mind leads him to treat his crew with extreme suspicion and contempt.

Ein junger Amerikaner kommt in die Ukraine. Er heißt zufällig Jonathan Safran Foer. Im Gepäck hat er das vergilbte Foto einer Frau namens Augustine. Sie soll gegen Ende des 2. Weltkrieges seinen Großvater vor den Nazis gerettet haben. Jonathan will Augustine finden und Trachimbrod, den Ort, aus dem seine Familie stammt. Sein Reiseführer ist ein alter Ukrainer mit einem noch älteren klapprigen Auto, sein Dolmetscher dessen Enkel Alex, ein unglaubliches Großmaul und ein Genie im Verballhornen von Sprache.

Julia und Jacob haben sich auseinandergelebt, doch wie könnten sie sich einfach trennen, ohne dass ihre drei Söhne darunter leiden oder gar sie selbst? Immer wieder diskutieren sie alle Szenarien durch, kümmern sich aufopferungsvoll um den inkontinenten Hund und die bevorstehende Bar Mitzwa des Ältesten. Gerade als die israelische Verwandtschaft zur Familienfeier in Washington, D.C. eintrifft, ereignet sich ein katastrophales Erdbeben im Nahen Osten.

Georgia, 1917. Stasia, la hija de un exquisito fabricante de chocolate, sueña con ser bailarina en la Ópera de París pero, recién cumplidos los diecisiete años, se enamora de Simon Iachi, oficial de la Guardia Blanca. La revolución que estalla en octubre obliga a los enamorados a contraer precipitadamente matrimonio. Alemania, 2006. La biznieta de Stasia, Niza, lleva varios años viviendo en Berlín y huyendo de la dolorosa carga del pasado familiar. Cuando Brilka, su sobrina de doce años, aprovecha un viaje a Europa para fugarse de casa, Niza deberá encontrarla para llevarla de vuelta al hogar.

For nearly two decades, since the publication of her iconic first novel, The Good Mother, Sue Miller has distinguished herself as one of our most elegant and widely celebrated chroniclers of family life, with a singular gift for laying bare the interior lives of her characters. In each of her...

A Paste Most Anticipated Historical Fiction for Fall An “epic and marvelously entertaining” family saga by award-winning author Linda Grant about the European Jewish experience from WWI to the present day, that “constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back” (Financial...

Verngaurd’s soil, already drenched in blood from civil war, hungrily awaits more as hordes of Dark Warriors invade in unimaginable numbers. Every realm must shake loose and empty the dusty corners of their lands for any and all remaining warriors in anticipation of the upcoming battles set to determine the fate of the world. Even if the League completes their quest, how can they survive friend and foe moving to surround them, intent on stealing the source of magic?

Since the tragic loss of her parents, Enid has lived alone in a coastal cottage in Jersey. But this year someone new has come into her life: Fred, who truly gets her, and who knows how to make her happy. The only problem is that Enid has Asperger’s and doesn’t like to leave her comfort zone - and Fred lives in Australia. Like Enid, Fred has survived heartbreak and is searching for a way to start again. Could a stranger on the other side of the world really bring new meaning to his life, or is he just setting himself up for another fall?

Del 13 av 22. En släkthistoria i samma anda som Margit Sandemos serier - fullmatad med dramatik, romantik och starka kvinnoporträtt. 'Familjearvet' berättar om livet kring ett järnverk i slutet av 1800-talet. På midsommarafton samlas hela bygden till en stor fest med bål, dans och servering. Det är en kväll som går i romantikens tecken, och alla kan låta sig föras med av stämningen - det får inte minst Dina erfara. Det är också den kvällen då Agnete fattar ett ödesdigert, men oundvikligt, beslut.

Navarra, finales del siglo XIX. La inminente llegada del nuevo siglo quiebra el equilibrio alcanzado en el bosque donde viven Amaya y Aitor, un lugar aislado del resto del mundo. La despoblación se acelera y, por primera vez, ambos se preguntan si deben abandonar el lugar en el que han crecido, el único que conocen, o quedarse, sabiendo que llegará un día en el que estarán solos. Su preocupación por el futuro se acrecienta con el nacimiento de sus dos hijas, Luz y Blanca.

Del 14 av 15: Där vinden viskar. En släkthistoria fullmatad med dramatik, romantik och starka kvinnoporträtt. Serien utspelar sig på storgården Övre Tronstad vid Oslofjorden i början av 1900-talet. Tillsammans med sin son och en barnpiga flyttar rikemansdottern Gabriella in i storgården för att komma undan en skandal. Men vad hon inte vet är att gården har ett mörkt förflutet. Två år tidigare inträffade en tragedi, men folk i trakten vill inte prata om händelsen.

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Fiction Prize Winner of the Kirkus fiction prize ‘You and I are family. Blood and treasure. Listen to me, I created...

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Star Teacher by Jack Sheffield, read by Gordon Griffin. It’s 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store. It’s the year of Halley’s Comet, Band Aid...

New York Times bestselling author He’s come to Gold Valley with a hidden agenda… not to fall for his enemy’s daughter! Emerson Maxfield is the perfect pawn for rancher Holden McCall’s purposes. She’s engaged to a man solely to win her father’s approval, and the sheltered beauty never...