Ergebnis für "Laura Story" in Literatur & Belletristik

From L.A. to rural Ireland, from war-torn Beirut to a windswept Scottish coastline, from the bright lights of the theatre to the dimness of the therapist’s office - these six outstanding and impactful stories seek to explore grief and trauma, new beginnings and hope. The shortlisted stories have all been chosen for 2021's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award - the world's richest and most prestigious prize for a single short story. Dubbed the 'equivalent of the Man Booker for the short story' by the Sydney Morning Herald, the winner receives £30,000.

Defiant is the ninth in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose young heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation. This mutation has made her a genius as well as an athletic phenomenon. In Defiant, she, her husband Shan Kinrais, and their friend Gary Pace begin working on commercialization of the carbon allotrope technology they learned about in “Allotropes”. Also, new uses, both beneficial and dangerous are being found for her ports.

Ell develops a new theory of quantum mechanics. She has now dropped out of grad school after using her quantum theories to invent a means for enormously improving communications using entangled molecules. Back in the military to complete her commitment, she continues her physics research in her spare time. Then the People's Republic of China shoots down the US satellites over Asia in preparation for an invasion of Taiwan. Ell's quantum entangled communication chips can substitute for lost satellite communications and observation. Can she convince the brass to use them?

Allotropes is the eighth in a series of near future SciFi/thrillers whose young heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation which has made her a genius as well as an athletic phenomenon. In Allotropes, she finds even more uses for the quantum entangled wormholes that she discovered. These wormholes aren’t big enough to send people through, yet they make possible technologies that create huge changes in our world. She installs some ports in her own body that she is able to use as weapons, delivering darts and drugs to stop her adversaries.

“Without stories, we cannot live well,” shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short Stories 2023 features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope. A lifelong friendship may become a casualty of the Russia-Ukraine war. Rejected by his lover, a man seeks to reconcile with his family. Twitter users miraculously muster enough empathy to help a lost cat find a forever home.

A stuffed elephant shares many adventures with his new owners in this sweet and humorous children's story full of charm, mischief, and imagination.

Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who were lost in the conflict. But as his guests begin to arrive, it gradually becomes clear that each has something they would rather keep hidden. Then, when a storm descends on the island, the guests will find themselves trapped. Soon one of their number will die.

The Bold Tin Soldier, crafted at the North Pole, reflects on past adventures and reunites with his fellow toys in a heartwarming tale of loyalty and friendship.

As her mother likes to remind her, Rachel Ryan is 30 with no partner, hardly any savings and no mortgage. But when she makes her resolutions she's sure this is her year. By February things are not going to plan. Her career is in chaos as the new guy at work is none other than Jack Harper, who broke her heart at university—and despite herself the chemistry is still there. Plus her best friend has news that will change everything.

Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York’s gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before.

"LadiesGangBang" ist eine von sieben erotischen Geschichten aus dem Taschenbuch "Laura Young - Berühr mich!". Gelesen von Irina von Bentheim der deutschen Synchronstimme von Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) aus der TV-Serie "Sex and the City". Leidenschaftliche Geschichten voller Lust und Begierde.

Have you ever felt the odd person out when it comes to love? Are you the single among couples? Or maybe you’re sick and tired of people wanting you to change to fit their ideal partner? If so, this audiobook is for you. El Casey and her best friends Leticia and Teresa are back in this sequel to A Salary Cinderella Story (Or How to Make More Money Without a Fairy Godmother). Told in the same parable format as the first audiobook, A Singles Cinderella Story begins six months later when Teresa announces her engagement.

"Du willst ein braves Mädchen sein, oder nicht?" Ich nehme die vertraute Abkürzung über den Friedhof, um nach der schrecklichen Halloween-Party nach Hause zu gehen, als sich mir ein paar Männer in den Weg stellen. Sie sind als Vampire verkleidet und wirken, als wären sie auf Ärger aus. Glücklicherweise tauchen meine Mitbewohner gerade rechtzeitig auf, um mich zu retten. Doch bald finde ich mich in einer noch prekäreren Situation - mit dem Gesicht nach unten liege ich auf starken Oberschenkeln und bekomme eine Lektion erteilt, von der ich nicht wusste, dass ich sie brauche.

Thirteen bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors are contained in this first of volume of a must-listen collection.

Red-haired El Casey is a project manager a few years into her career who never seems to have enough money and desperately desires a promotion. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, seems to skyrocket in his career endeavors, as does El's entrepreneurial food truck king brother, Jack. After years of commiserating with her female friends, El meets PJ, Empowerer of Women, when they are seat mates on a flight to Florida, and El's life is forever changed.

The complete award-winning Sam & Laura Saga. Follow their story as they struggle on the American plains of the mid-1800s.

Born into an elite family, Jun has spent her life cultivating the professional qualities needed to claim her inheritance, the Nippon Royal Hotel empire. Just when she thinks her dream is about to come true, however, Jun's uncle ships her from her homeland of Hokkaido to the city of Nagoya to become the new local general manager.

Hailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. This powerful anthology marks the journal’s 15th anniversary, showcasing 15 unforgettable stories curated by founder Laura Pegram. With a foreword from award-winning author Edwidge Danticat, the narratives included in this vivid anthology explore the devastation of leaving home and the struggle to adapt to reimagined lives, lost loves, distant families, and buried pasts.

Sam must balance what he feels he owes to his dead friend Wiggins against what he owes to Laura and their children.

Samuel Moses Cardiff had a plan. He would graduate from the Teachers College in Albany, secure himself a position as a school master and ask his long-time girlfriend to marry him. He had a plan and just one thing stood in his way, the Civil War. Samuel graduated college the summer Fort Sumter was fired upon and he returned home in time to be enlisted into the 42nd New York Infantry Regiment. His life was put on hold.