Ergebnis für "Haven" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Keflavik: a town that has been called the darkest place in Iceland, surrounded by black lava fields, hemmed in by a sea that may not be fished. Its livelihood depends entirely on a US military base, a conduit for American influences that shaped Icelandic culture and ethics from the 1950s to the dawning of the new millennium. It is to Keflavik that Ari - a writer and publisher - returns from Copenhagen at the behest of his dying father, two years after walking out on his wife and children.

Brought to you by Penguin Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ... Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points: Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning...

En lille fortabt pige. En frygtelig hemmelighed. En mystisk arv. I 1913 dukker en lille pige op alene på kajen i Australien. 90 år senere sætter hendes barnebarn sig for at opklare historien om den lille pige. Glæd dig til denne store, dejlige kvinderoman, som er Kate Mortons anden roman. Hun debuterede med Huset ved Riverton i 2006. De to romaner har gjort hende til en af de mest populære kvindeforfattere i England og USA og er solgt til udgivelse i 36 lande.

東南アジアでもっとも成功した金融マネージャー北川が、シンガポールのホテルで転落死した。自殺か他殺か。

Jeg hedder Emanuel Kent. Jeg har én ven, Tore, og jeg har aldrig kysset nogen. Jeg vil gerne være jeres åndelige vejleder. Hvorfor? Se sådan her på det: Hvis jeg laver fejlene, så slipper I. Eller endnu bedre: Sæt jer ind i mit halvmiserable liv, og gør så det modsatte. Spænd selen, her kommer mit første råd: Sænk forventningerne! Jeg garanterer, at du ikke bliver skuffet. Det er egentlig ganske logisk. Hvis ting og sager bliver, som du forventede, så er alt godt.

Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard-living father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from the kitchen window; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Frustrated by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions.

Camille se acerca a la cuarentena cuando, de repente, se ve envuelta en un mar de dudas. No es que sea desgraciada, pero tampoco se siente realmente feliz. Tiene la impresión de que la felicidad se le escurre entre los dedos. Es cierto que ha conseguido un trabajo que le permite estabilidad financiera, pero en realidad no le apasiona. En casa, la rutina se ha instalado en su matrimonio: ya ninguno de los dos se esfuerza. Y la relación con su hijo... es más tensa que la cuerda de un equilibrista.

Can whales watch the humans who watch them? Miranda Jones is convinced they can and do. She's looking forward to her day of whale-watching off California's Central Coast. In preparation for a painting commission, she'll be photographing the migrating gray whales.