Ergebnis für "Landleben" in Märchen

In Irland ist manches anders, auch das Weihnachtsfest. Der Weihnachtsmann wird auf seiner Runde traditionell mit jeder Menge Whiskey versorgt, und nicht nur er: Ein arbeitsloser Schauspieler im Weihnachtskostüm langt so kräftig zu, dass ihm, dem Whiskey sei Dank, die Vorstellung seines Lebens gelingt. Nach dem Genuss von zu viel Apfelwein begegnet ein Junge in der Weihnachtsnacht der leibhaftigen Totenfee.

It's 1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who took that fateful trip and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby.

Weihnachten in Irland ist anders als im Rest der Welt, denn ohne den irischen Whiskey ist das Fest auf der Grünen Insel nicht vorstellbar. Da kann es schon mal passieren, dass die Weihnachtssänger so berauscht sind, dass sie den Weihnachtstag verschlafen. Oder dass ein knurriger Einzelgänger nach dem ausgiebigen Genuss des Nationalgetränks einem kleinen Weihnachtsengel die Tür öffnet, der ihm den richtigen Weg in die Zukunft weist. Wirklichkeit oder irischer Zauber?

On Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the Wentshire Forest Pass when a burst tyre forced his father, Sorrel, to stop the car. Leaving the car to summon the emergency services, Sorrel returned to find his son gone. No trace of the child, nor his remains, have ever been found. Alfie Marsden was declared officially dead in 1995. Elusive online journalist Scott King, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the disappearance, interviewing six witnesses, to try to find out what really happened that fateful night.

In November 2014 Arla Macleod bludgeoned her mother, father and sister to death with a hammer. Now incarcerated at a medium-security mental-health institution, Arla will speak to no one but Scott King, an investigative journalist, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation. King finds himself immersed in an increasingly complex case, interviewing five witnesses and Arla herself as he questions whether Arla's responsibility for the massacre was a diminished as her legal team made out.

Romanen foregår i 1800-tallets Sverige ved Småland, hvor den fattige dreng Gustav vokser op. Som ung kommer Gustav i militæret og får soldaternavnet Rask. Ida og Gustav gifter sig, og sammen kæmper de for at få det bedste ud af dagliglivet og det lille stykke jord, de råder over. Det er både en gribende fortælling om mennesker, der kæmper for at få en bedre tilværelse, og et portræt af, hvordan livet faktisk var for mange i Sverige i 1800-tallet.

What happens when magic collides with reality? Donald is a young fisherman, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous...and makes a terrible mistake. His action changes lives - not only his own but those of his family and the entire tightly knit community in which they live. Can he ever atone for the wrong he has done, and can love grow when its foundation is violence?

Steiner, blacksmith, hero, has taken a hammer to the Empire, freeing the dead and children with withchsign alike from their fiery prison. Now he plans to finish what he started. Kimi, dragon-speaker, princess, must seek her father’s court and win the support of his armies before news of her escape dooms her people. Silverdust, ancient, dead, journeys to the heart of the empire as a prisoner - to meet the Emperor for what he hopes will be the final time. Kjellrun, witch, killer, still reeling from the loss of her uncle when she is ripped from her family, fears this power within her.

"This is real." Three small words on a film canister found by graduate students Justin and Veronica, who discover a long-lost silent movie from more than a century ago. The startlingly realistic footage shows a young girl transforming into a winged being. Looking for proof behind this claim, they travel to the rural foothills of Tennessee to find Sadieville, where it had been filmed.

Love and tragedy are not strange bedfellows among the Tufa. Young Kera Rogers disappears while hiking in the woods by Needsville. When her half-eaten remains are discovered, the blame falls upon a herd of wild hogs, a serious threat in this rural community. In response, the county's best trackers, including game warden Jack Cates and ex-military Tufa Bronwyn Chess, are assembled to hunt them down.

In all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have ever been exiled: Bo-Kate Wisby and her lover, Jefferson Powell. They were cast out, stripped of their ability to make music, and cursed to never be able to find their way back to Needsville. Their crime? A love that crossed the boundary of the two Tufa tribes, resulting in the deaths of several people. Somehow, Bo-Kate has found her way back and she intends to take over both tribes. The only one who can stop Bo-Kate is Jefferson.

Touched by a very public tragedy, musician Rob Quillen comes to Cloud County, Tennessee, in search of a song that might ease his aching heart. All he knows of the mysterious and reclusive Tufa is what he has read on the Internet: They are an enigmatic clan of swarthy, black-haired mountain people whose historical roots are lost in myth and controversy. Some say that when the first white settlers came to the Appalachians centuries ago, they found the Tufa already there. Others hint that Tufa blood brings special gifts....

When Matt Johansson, a young New York actor, auditions for Chapel of Ease, an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show's writer and composer. As their friendship deepens, Matt learns that Ray's people call themselves the Tufa and that the musical is based on the history of his isolated hometown. But there is one question in the show's script that Ray refuses to answer: What is buried in the ruins of the Chapel of Ease?