Ergebnis für "Layers" in Literatur & Belletristik

Auf der Bristlecone Pine Ranch im beschaulichen Örtchen Crosston Creek hat Holly ein Zuhause gefunden. Brian, der Eigentümer der Ranch, ist ein väterlicher Freund für sie geworden und die Arbeit mit den Pferden könnte für Holly nicht erfüllender sein. Als sie erfährt, dass die Ranch in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten steckt und Brian sie verkaufen muss, bricht für Holly eine Welt zusammen. Die einzige Rettung wäre Brians Sohn Callen - ein erfolgreicher Anwalt. Der hat allerdings seit einem tragischen Unfall vor Jahren nicht mehr mit seinem Vater gesprochen und die Ranch interessiert ihn nicht.

Schon lange fühlt sich Everly fremdbestimmt: Als Tochter einer Unternehmerfamilie ist ihr beruflicher Weg vorgeschrieben. Und ihre Eltern halten Benedict, den Sohn einer einflussreichen und wohlhabenden Familie, für die beste Wahl eines Ehemannes. Am Tag ihrer Verlobungsparty wird ihr alles zu viel. Überstürzt flieht sie aus Denver und landet im beschaulichen Örtchen Crosston Creek. Inmitten der wilden Natur kann Everly endlich über ihr Leben nachdenken. Als sie jedoch einen verwahrlosten Welpen findet, ist es schlagartig vorbei mit der Ruhe.

As spring wildflowers bloom in the American midwest in 1917, Lorraine McQuarrie envisions those same flowers rising from the trenches in war-torn France. Ever a fearless young woman, Lorraine knows the Great War is coming for her nation and her loved ones. She would brandish a helmet and uniform if she could; anything to save her youngest brother from the fate of a German rifle. It’s not until General John Pershing calls upon women to join the war effort that Lorraine finds her opportunity. For the first time, American women will join their husbands, sons, and brothers at the front lines.

A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American...

Seit Paige denken kann, ist sie in Arden verliebt. Der rechtschaffende und attraktive Sheriff von Crosston Creek ist die Personifizierung von Recht und Ordnung. Sobald irgendwo Hilfe benötigt wird, ist er der Erste, der alles stehen und liegen lässt. Hält sich jemand allerdings nicht an das Gesetz, lernt er Ardens unerbittliche Seite kennen. Und genau da liegt das Problem: Sollte er jemals erfahren, welche kriminelle Energie in Paiges Familie steckt, wird er einen großen Bogen um sie machen. Paige weiß, dass es besser wäre, Arden zu vergessen.

And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James Robertson. And the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle and hope - epic in every sense.

In the blistering heat of rural Mississippi, the Bundren family loads their dead matriarch, Addie, into a handmade coffin and sets out on a bleak, often darkly comic journey to bury her in her hometown of Jefferson. Each mile of flooded rivers, broken bones, starving mules, and simmering resentments peels back another layer of this family's grief, faith, and desperation, as husband Anse and children Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman tell the story in their own, often clashing voices.

Read by the author and poet, Brian Bilston. Why do we write poetry? Who should write it? And where do you even start? Well, Brian Bilston, one of the UK’s most hilarious and best-loved poets, is here to take us through the hows, whys and whats of reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day...

When Hayley makes a resolution to put an end to her loose lifestyle, it's all good in theory - that is, until she meets Daniel Stark, a well-respected businessman in his mid-thirties who is known for his short temper, lack of steady relationships, and strict preserve of his private life. Opinionated, sharp-tongued Hayley accidentally steps into his office, leaving Daniel resolved to put Hayley in her place and have her in his bed. Neither Hayley nor Daniel can ignore the immediate attraction between them.

One of the finest German medieval epic poems, The Lay of the Nibelungs is perhaps best known now as one of the principal sources for Wagner’s four-part music drama The Ring of the Nibelung. It is easy to see how Wagner was enthralled by the story and the poetry for the power of the tale drives the narrative: intense love, loyalty, jealousy, murder, duty, honour and massacre are all interwoven into a classic.

Even though Professor Casmir Dabrowski has been fighting for months to help the kingdom and humanity as a whole, few people in positions of power have appreciated his unorthodox methods. Now, he's a captive of the king and being taken back to his home world without his friends or the crushers he relies upon to protect him. The king believes Casmir is responsible for the prince’s death and plans to have him publicly executed.

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author. With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that]...

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is consistently ranked among the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Set in Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, the book tells of the hapless and tormented Bundren family. Addie, the long-suffering matriarch, is lying on her deathbed, tended by her daughter, Dewey Dell. Outside, her son Cash is crafting the coffin she will soon need.

The Layers is the debut novel from Stephen Reynolds, exploring how our identity is shaped by our relationships. The anonymous protagonist recounts his life story, showing us how the people he has loved - his parents, sister, grandfather, best friend, and partner - have all helped to form who he is. He is a different version of himself with each loved one, versions which combine to make up a whole person. However, as the book goes on and the protagonist starts to lose grip of people around him, he begins to wonder who he really is without them.

How far would you go to find out who killed your mother? Adopted Miranda will do what it takes. As this story about murder, betrayal, and dark desires unfolds, things take an unsuspected turn. Things from the past find their way back to the surface, and dead might not mean dead, after all.

Most people would say being stranded in the villa of Spanish shipping magnate Miguel García Arquero on the beautiful isle of Ibiza wasn't such a bad deal. But Hudson Barber isn't one of them. To him, being stuck without a passport in a foreign country far from home is a nightmare, made worse by the fact that the person who did the stranding was his flighty twin brother.

Kamari Grade was a well-known troubleshooter for the most discerning clients. But when called to investigate one of the most powerful men in financing, she's thrown into the world of Huron Base. Financiers were usually polished, but there was a sexy arrogance to Huron that blared former thug, and it wasn't an image he wanted to forget. When the lovely troubleshooter crossed his path, she was everything he loved about his life - challenge, drive, determination, strength, success, beauty.... For a man who could acquire anything, the allure of such a conquest was irresistible.

Frank Wedekind is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern drama, whose works influenced later writers such as Brecht and Dürrenmatt. His best-known plays were Spring Awakening and Lulu, both of which transgressed the social norms of his time and still have the power to shock and provoke us today. They are included here, alongside his lesser-known tragicomedy The Marquis of Keith.

A completely revised edition of the first Henry Rios mystery, The Little Death, Lay Your Sleeping Head introduces Michael Nava’s singular protagonist, gay Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Rios, beset by personal and professional problems, begins a passionate affair with the black sheep heir to a great California fortune who tells Rios an improbable tale of murder and sexual predation in his wealthy family. When the young man is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Rios begins an investigation that ultimately reveals much more than murder.

The world is moving ever closer to a global nuclear conflict. Technological disruption by Black Grass and Spark's AI , Morrigan, have created tremendous economic and political risk for major powers. When one of Morrigan's favorite humans, Feral Daughter, is kidnapped by a group hoping to pressure Spark into releasing the technology, Morrigan must act. Feral's closest friend, Will, launches an attempt to rescue her as humanity creeps closer to annihilation. Can Will and Morrigan save Feral and the world?