Ergebnis für "Halen" in Belletristik

Anpassung ist alles, weiß Inge Lohmark. Schließlich unterrichtet die schrullige Lehrerin seit mehr als dreißig Jahren Biologie...

What begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two families “Exquisitely crafted.” —John Irving “Masterly…Ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to...

Was wie ein harmloser Exkurs auf eine idyllische Ferieninsel beginnt, endet für die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan in einem Albtraum. Archäologische Grabungen im Sand von Dewees Island, South Carolina, fördern nicht nur bestattete Ureinwohner zutage, sondern auch eine Leiche, die erst vor wenigen Jahren am Strand verscharrt worden sein kann...

Christmas is a time for family... isn't it? Allie Richfield loves Christmas, so when she lands a job as House Manager for the amazing Ashford Estate - which includes organizing the Marley family festivities - she is in her element. With a budget bigger than her life savings and a team of staff, how hard can it be? As one-by-one she meets the Marleys, she’s about to find out... Allie’s new boss, Robert, might be gorgeous, but he’s also colder than the snow outside and refuses to come home for Christmas.

Christmas has always been a special time for Noelle Parker. Winter evenings spent with family and friends, drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies at her family's cozy bakery have shaped her love for all things festive. But this year everything is changing.... The beloved bakery is facing closure and Noelle needs a miracle to save Christmas. Determined to raise funds for the family business, Noelle sets about revamping the bakery while juggling a surprise new job, caring for the elderly and cantankerous William Harrington in his luxurious, sprawling mansion.

Lady Be Good transports us to the glittering, sumptuous era of 1920s New York to follow the life of aspiring actress Dorothy Hale as she comes of age. Breaking societal rules imposed on women, “Peck’s Bad Girl of Pittsburgh Society” leaves behind her privileged world for the bright lights of Broadway to chase her dream.

The lure of the American West is in the spirit of adventure, in the majestic expanse of unconquered wilderness and in rugged individuals on a quest for identity and sometimes for survival. Owen Wister's unsmiling Virginian... Dorothy M. Johnson's, "A Man Called Horse": These are a few of the colorful, even legendary characters who populate The American West in Fiction, a collection of stories edited by Jon Tuska.

Ava St. John is on her way to a client meeting when her car is hit from behind, landing her in the hospital. While she’s unconscious, she hears two options: “Find Lucas Phillips and live out the rest of your life, or pass on peacefully—which will it be?” She chooses to live. There’s just one problem. She hasn’t seen Lucas Phillips since she was fifteen years old. Ava questions everything she knows in her search for Lucas: her faith, belief in herself, and her life choices. But her biggest question is, what will she do when she finds Lucas?

I've never really been included. I've never felt like I truly belonged. But then again, how could I? Living on this island, I've seen and heard too many things. Lies. Secrets. Lies I've been forced to tell and secrets I've been forced to keep. They keep me locked to myself. They're the reason I stand on the edge of the horizon and watch from afar. Other people's lives have evolved, but not mine. It's exactly the same. Day after day, the sun rises, and every time its rays penetrate my skin, I'm reminded that no matter how desperately I don't want to be, I'm trapped.

Ali Rain: Sometimes I think to myself, "How did I get here?" Then the pain hits and I remember...it's because she's gone. I now live in a new town, go to a new school, and I'm supposed to be moving on with my new life. Only, I no longer know who I am anymore. Dancing is all I have left and every day I feel completely alone. Silence has become the theme song to my life. She said to find some joy and light, but I don't know how. Mostly, I feel surrounded in darkness...that is, until I meet him.

Pregnant and divorced, Josie Hale seeks comfort in deep-fried food at the county fair, where she runs into two old friends from high school: Ben Romero and Kevin Lawrence. After sharing their disappointments in adult life, they devise a life pact to move in together and turn their lives around. Josie finds herself the third wheel in a comedy bromance—much-needed medicine as she deals with a mountain of debt, unemployment, an overbearing mother, and preparing for single parenthood. But stress levels rise when her high-school feelings for Ben resurface.

Iver bliver mistaenkt for at have slået Strand ihjel, da Strand falder død om i hvidløgsdressingen. Og Doktor Magnus sender Iver trusselsbreve - tror Iver da. Iver er smaskforelsket i Sarah, der er fantastisk smuk og vidunderlig og soler sig nøgen inde i nabohaven. Men Iver er gift med Ingrid. Og Ingrid har en affaere med Strand. Som faldt død om i hvidløgsdressingen. Livet er hverken let eller simpelt for Iver og Med livet i haelene er hans beretning om hvordan livet ser ud fra en småneurotisk, forelsket og forvirret mands perspektiv.

Oskars liv är inte riktigt som han tänkt sig det. Han är i tjugoårsåldern och bor fortfarande hemma i radhuset i den trista förorten. När han inte arbetar som städare sitter han antingen framför datorn eller tar långa promenader. Och funderar. Oskar är en dagdrömmare. Och det är en dröm som upptar honom lite extra mycket - att finna den stora kärleken. En vinterkväll när Oskar är ute och promenerar hittar han en dunjacka slängd vid Västerbron. Han inser genast att något är fel och när han tittar över broräcket och ser ett hål i isen får han sina farhågor besannade. Någon har just tagit sitt liv.

When British hat manufacturer Christopher Brooke is arrested under Regulation 18B in June 1940, a slow process of personal disintegration begins, affecting his family irreversibly. Irish farm girl, Mary Byrne, arrives in England in July 1940 to work as housekeeper for Cynthia Brooke and her three children, bonding with the family. When Mary is shockingly expelled from the house upon Christopher's release from internment in 1943, her narration continues through the mouth of 15-month-old Katie, conceived on a prison leave.

Bruno Littlemore is quite unlike any chimpanzee in the world. Precocious, self-conscious and preternaturally gifted, young Bruno, born and raised in a habitat at the local zoo, falls under the care of a university primatologist named Lydia Littlemore. Learning of Bruno's ability to speak, Lydia...

Work has been scarce for Jem Bishop and his brother Hal since their adventure at Rowanwood Hall - until Lord Ransom comes to call, seeking their help with a mysterious curse that has taken hold of his infant son. Hal and Jem travel to Lord Ransom's home in Devon to investigate, only to find that every member of Lord Ransom's household is hiding something, from his eccentric elder son and his unhappy young wife to Lord Ransom himself.

Is it possible for a terrorist group to secretly “weaponize” the most anticipated new electronic video game? And on the night of its nationwide launch, will thousands of unsuspecting kids and their parents be slaughtered? These questions haunt Blair Anderson, the game's distributor; and he alone can possibly uncover the truth and prevent the carnage. But that's only for starters. Anderson' s daughter has been kidnapped and unless he cooperates, she'll be tortured in the worst imaginable way. Blair can save her, or stop the terrorists – not both; and he has scant minutes to decide.

“MAMA” is an emotionally charged drama-thriller set against the backdrop of the George Floyd protestsand civil unrest in Minneapolis, 2020. The story follows four interconnected lives: Arturo, a reformed gang member seeking peace for his daughter; Mariah, a young law student whose viral video of Floyd’s murder sparks global outrage; Kassandra, the estranged daughter of Minneapolis’ District Attorney torn between loyalty and justice; and Saabir, a conflicted Somali-American caught between his moral compass and his family’s survival.

From the harsh streets of 18th-century London, Lizzy Cane rose to become the most successful and sought-after courtesan in England! Mistress of earls, dukes, and even the young Prince of Wales, she lived an exciting, luxurious life that was not without its perils. A single misstep could spell disaster. Then, at the height of her career, she risked everything she had struggled to gain by breaking the courtesan's cardinal rule...never fall in love!

Dicono che innamorarsi sia facile. Ma cosa succederebbe se sapessi che l'amore ti spezzerà il cuore? Per Emily Tate, tornare nella casa dell'infanzia a Oyster Bay è come ricominciare a respirare dopo il ritmo affannoso della città. Circondata dalle chiacchiere della sorella Rachel, dai biscotti al burro di Gram e da chilometri di sabbia bianca e soffice, Emily ritrova sé stessa e ciò che ha di più caro.