Ergebnis für "Homer" in Belletristik

We've won a multi-million-pound house in the Cotswolds. It's a dream come true. But the nightmare is just beginning. The threats start immediately. The day we move in, the woman next door comes over, with a bottle of red wine. Then I get a message congratulating me... and saying they know about what happened sixteen years ago. The mistake that ruined everything. And things are about to get even worse.

After twenty years of marriage, Eleanor finds herself alone — separated from her husband, surrounded by grown-up children who have lives of their own, and expected to somehow begin again. But freedom is not as simple as she imagined. Her mother and mother-in-law watch and judge, her children...

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world’s greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns. The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars to his beloved wife.

TAI Ten years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life. When Hawke left for the NHL and my hockey dreams went up in smoke, I ghosted my best and longest friend. It made sense at the time, but there hasn’t been a day where I haven’t missed him. So when we run into each other again, and his only response is “Do I know you?”, I know I deserve it. But I refuse to let one mistake keep us apart forever. Especially when he has bigger problems, and I’m in a position to help him.

November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsi has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister's name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time. But when the date arrives, Marsi is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsibil and her penpal had agreed to meet. November, 1977. Stína's disappearance remains unsolved.

Liz deWitt ist Spitzenköchin in einem vegetarischen Restaurant in San Francisco. Täglicher Stress und immer neue Anforderungen verderben ihr jedoch zusehends die Passion fürs Kochen. Als ihr Onkel verunglückt und die beste Freundin Ceecee ihr das Angebot macht bei ihr ins Café einzusteigen, zögert Liz keine Sekunde. Doch das Leben im idyllischen Willow Springs ist viel aufregender als erwartet, besonders als sie dort auf Joe Mariani, den neuen Chief of Police, trifft. Joe ist waschechter New Yorker und erst seit kurzem in Willow Springs.

Es ist fast ein Jahr her, dass Magnolia Parks BJ Ballentine auf den Stufen des Hotels stehen ließ. Seitdem hat sich alles verändert: Magnolia führt jetzt ein Leben in New York und BJ scheint endlich losgelassen zu haben und weiterzuziehen. Doch als beide wieder in London landen und sich erneut begegnen, stellen sie sich die uralte Frage: Wie oft findet man die große Liebe, und vor allem - hatten Magnolia und BJ sie bereits gefunden? Herzschmerz in Londons High Society – Die große Liebesgeschichte um Magnolia Parks und BJ Ballantine hat Millionen Fans auf TikTok zum Weinen gebracht.

Dieser Roman rührt die Welt zu Tränen Corby Ledbetter ist am Ende. Erst verliert der junge Vater von Zwillingen seinen Job. Als sich eine heimliche Sucht einschleicht, droht seine Ehe zu zerbrechen. Und dann geschieht eine so schwerwiegende Tragödie, dass es die Familie zerreißt. Nach der...

In the tumultuous aftermath of the Trojan War, a young man battles to save his home and his inheritance. Setting out to find his father, he ends up discovering himself. Telemachus' father, Odysseus, went off to war before he was born...and never came back. Aged 16, Telemachus finds himself abandoned, his father's house overrun with men pursuing his beautiful mother, Penelope, and devouring the family's wealth. Telemachus determines to leave Ithaca, his island home, and find the truth.

Last Game für die sympathischen Spieler der Philadelphia Delphis: Die Neuauflage von Band 7 der erfolgreichen Sports Romance-Reihe Baseball Love! Baseball und Frauen: Das sind die Dinge, die Jake Braker liebt und versteht. Kinder gehören definitiv nicht zu seinem Feld der Expertise. Als er gerichtlich zu Sozialstunden im Kindergarten verurteilt wird, rechnet er mit einer Katastrophe. Wie sich herausstellt, sind die Bazillenschleudern aber gar nicht das Problem, sondern die nervige Erzieherin, die sich weder von seinem Aussehen noch von seinem Geld beeindrucken lässt.

The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers.

This #1 New York Times bestseller brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey, as she discovers her own power, forges her identity, and challenges the gods who seek to control her. "[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story." —The New York Times...

Wenn du diese Tür nie geöffnet hättest, wäre deine Familie noch in Sicherheit ... Ein Traumhaus, das zum Albtraum wird: Die Entdeckung eines verborgenen Zimmers führt zu einem dunklen Geheimnis – und zu einer Gefahr, die niemand kommen sah. Lange haben Adam und Jess auf die Erfüllung...

Um romance breve e incisivo sobre o encontro inevitável do homem com a morte. Numa narrativa direta, íntima e ao mesmo tempo universal, Philip Roth explora o tema da perda, do arrependimento e do estoicismo. O autor de Complô contra a América, que relatava o encontro angustiante de uma...

“One of [Le Guin's] most radical novels. . . . A study in what a complete and utter rejection of capitalism and patriarchy might look like—for society and for the art of storytelling.""—The Millions Ursula K. Le Guin’s magnificent work of imagination, a visionary, genre-crossing story...

"Ich oder der Alligator!" Keinen Tag länger will Homer Hickam der Ältere sein Badezimmer mit einem bissigen Reptil namens Albert teilen. Als der Bergwerksarbeiter seiner Frau ein Ultimatum stellt, muss Elsie lange überlegen. Schließlich ist ein Leben ohne Alligator doch sinnlos. Wie alles hier in Coalwood, West Virginia. Die ganze trostlose Stadt liegt unter einer schwarzen Staubschicht begraben. Und selbst vor ihrer Ehe hat die Große Depression keinen Halt gemacht.

Soon to be a major motion picture! This instant #1 New York Times bestseller about a crime that never takes place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined is a “wry, wise, and often...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES starring Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, and Cara Horgan. Season 3 coming in 2026! ‘I want to be Judith Potts when I grow up’ Reader review ★★★★★ ‘Comedy, thrilling, suspenseful. It was a brilliant read’ Reader review ★★★★★ ‘A deftly plotted, funny...

News on the docks is Adelaide Bradley is back in Seaside, and rumor has it she’s here to stay! (No ring was spotted on her finger, I might add!) After eight long years of living in the big city and working for Massachusetts General, she has decided to return to the shores. One can only imagine how thrilled Barbara and Keegan are to have their oldest daughter back. But it makes you wonder if Adelaide will continue to peruse her nursing career or is she here to help at her family’s restaurant, The Seaside Grill.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: an emotional powerhouse of a novel about a modern Odysseus returning to a 1950s America mined with lethal pitfalls for an unwary Black man "Powerful. . . . Jaw-dropping in its beauty and audacity...