Ergebnis für "Hawaii" in Belletristik

The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the...

Es sind die heißesten Tage im Jahr, Hundstage, die, so glauben manche, schweres Unheil bringen. Kemal Arslan läuft durch Heilbronn, ein Fußballstar, der nach einem Unfall seine Karriere beenden und von vorn anfangen muss. Unbeteiligt steht er auf einer türkischen Hochzeit herum, geht in ein Striplokal und ins Wettbüro, gerät mitten hinein in eine Straßenschlacht zwischen Rechten und Migranten, trifft seine Exfreundin Sina und besucht seine Eltern.

Hawaii, 1914: Die junge Lani Elkart träumt davon, eines Tages das alte Europa kennenzulernen, die Heimat ihrer Mutter Clara. Doch als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, rückt dieser Wunsch in weite Ferne. Auch auf Hawaii wird die Gefahr spürbar, als das deutsche Kriegsschiff "Geier" in der Bucht von Honolulu vor Anker geht. Aber Lanis Neugier ist stärker als ihre Furcht vor den Wirren des Krieges. Sie lernt den Marineoffizier Paul kennen, der ihr Leben aus den Angeln hebt. Lani verliebt sich in den geheimnisvollen Draufgänger - doch die Zeichen der Zeit sprechen gegen ihre Liebe.

When Angela Clark’s best friend Jenny invites her to join a press trip to Hawaii, three days of sun, sea and sleep sounds like the perfect antidote to her crazed life. At work in New York, she’s supposed to be the face of Having It All. But the only thing Angela feels she excels at is hiding in the printer cupboard, eating Mini Cheddars and watching Netflix on her phone, and if this is living the dream, she's more than ready to wake up.

“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking Chelsea Bieker as a major fiction talent. Clove has gone to extremes to...

Die Geschichte einer Familie, zerrissen zwischen alten hawaiianischen Mythen und dem bitteren Scheitern des amerikanischen Traums. Ein außergewöhnlicher Roman, der die Legenden über die Götter von Hawaii mit einer aufrüttelnden Familiengeschichte verbindet: Nainoa ist sieben Jahre alt, als er von einem Ausflugsboot in den Pazifik fällt und bald von mehreren Haien umkreist wird. Alle befürchten das Schlimmste, doch der größte Hai trägt ihn sanft im offenen Maul zu seiner Mutter zurück – eine Legende ist geboren.

Wenn all inclusive sogar inklusive Baby bedeutet ... Eine humorvolle Lovestory unter den Palmen Hawaiis Ich bin schwanger. Als Christopher T. Markham eine Postkarte mit nur diesen drei Worten in den Händen hält, gerät seine Welt ins Wanken. Und hinter dieser mysteriösen Post steckt niemand Geringeres als die hübsche Hawaiianerin, mit der er ein paar schöne Urlaubstage verbracht hat. Sofort fliegt er nach O'ahu, denn ein untergeschobenes Kind ist das letzte, was der erfolgreiche Anwalt im Moment gebrauchen kann.

A departure from London’s normal tales of the frozen North, all of these tales take place in the islands of Hawaii. The tales deal with racial issues, family relationships, leprosy quarantines, missionaries, and the diverse people who make their homes on the beautiful Hawaiian islands. London traveled to Hawaii in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including an eight-month stay shortly before he died in 1916. He had a fondness for the islands that is apparent in the rich descriptions in these tales.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CRAZY RICH ASIANS Eden Tong is used to feeling out of place. Growing up next door to Greshamsbury Manor, she spent her days in the shadow of the chilly matriarch Arabella and her children: free-spirited Augie, golden...

笑って泣ける家族小説 今度の舞台はハワイ！ ナニワのじいさん、南の島でも大暴れ！？ 関西の金融会社会長・稲荷山誠造（いなりやま・せいぞう）、74歳。 ある朝、誠造は自身の送迎車に扮した男たちに拉致され、暗い倉庫に監禁されてしまう。

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life 'I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much' – The Observer To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Hanya...

A kidnapped young woman, a serial killer on death row, and a recovering alcoholic are on a collision course to save a life before the clock runs out in this heart pounding thriller from a New York Times bestselling author. "Frightening, full of twists, and completely satisfying." —Karin...

Makalani Pahukula, interpretive ranger for Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, craves some rejuvenating hard work on Hawai‘i Island. When cousin-in-law Rosie offers Makalani a chance to help at the Hiapo family ranch, it’s the perfect opportunity. But something else weighs on Rosie’s mind. Her father recently died in a gruesome accident—trapped and cornered in a pit by an aggressive bull.

Bloomsbury presents Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, read by Michelle Sekine. USA Today Bestseller A Debutiful “Best Debuts of the Year” “Rich and wise, humming with confidence.” —New York Times Book Review “A knockout. Eleven knockouts. One KO for every...

A thrilling collection of dramatisations from the classic Scottish master of tales Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, and created some of the most famous and influential characters in modern literature. From Long John Silver and David Balfour to Dr Jekyll...

After ten years as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula is back on Kaua‘i for her grandmother’s birthday. Having been gone for so long, Makalani finds the disconnect with her people and her struggles have never been more profound. Neither has her need to reacquaint herself with everything she left behind. When she reaches the homestead, she finds a bickering family and the disconcerting news that her cousins—a failed college football player and a rebellious teenage girl—have gone missing.

Progressing from the 1960s to the turbulent present, the novel begins on the island of O’ahu and centers on Ana, abandoned by her mother as a child. Raised by her extended family on the “lawless” Wai’anae coast, west of Honolulu, Ana, against all odds, becomes a physician. While tending victims of Hurricane ‘Iniki on the neighboring island of Kaua’i, she meets Nikolai, a Russian filmmaker with a violent and tragic past, who can confront reality only through his unique prism of lies. Yet he is dedicated to recording the ecological horrors in his motherland.

The New York Times bestselling master of military historical fiction tells the story of Pearl Harbor as only he can in the first novel of a gripping new series set in World War II’s Pacific theater. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a...

After the catastrophic fury of Mount St. Helens and the agonizing eruption of Mount Fuji, Dr. Duke Mercer and his family find themselves regrouping in new environs. Duke and the CVO refugees have a new, desperate mandate to monitor the Pacific Rim's most volatile volcanic systems, from the enigmatic Axial Seamount to the looming titans off Indonesia.