Ergebnis für "Limit" in Historische Romane

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost and Wanted, a stunning new novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single year “A big-hearted...

The wild just got wilder! Experience the exciting life of Bigfoot through his own eyes. See his challenging life and trials with his family and clans, dealing with humans and the ever-shrinking world they are trying to live in. From the big salty to the west to the hot south, the adventures of the clans are never-ending. Life lessons for surviving, how to kill and protect the family and clan, are embedded in them from birth. There is only family-blood. All else is prey!

The question is not “What Happened to Amelia Earhart?” but “WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE MADE IT?” in this riveting alternative historical fiction by Rick Laban. The Sky's the Limit blends fact with fiction, re-imagining how a single, simple and very plausible twist of fate could have transformed the world and the course of history forever. Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance in 1937 left the world with more questions than answers, with theories ranging from a fatal crash, dying as a castaway or being captured by enemy forces.

Pretty Oklahoma teenager Helen Nichols accepts an invitation from her cousin, rising movie actress Ginger Rogers, and her Aunt Lela, to try her luck in motion pictures. Her relatives, convinced that her looks and personality will ensure success, provide her with a new name and help her land a contract with RKO. As Phyllis Fraser, she swiftly discovers that Depression-era Hollywood’s surface glamor and glitter obscure the ceaseless struggle of the hopeful starlet.

San Francisco in 1978 is a place of urban chaos. But for Diego Contreras, it represents a dream of artistic success. As a recent college graduate from an immigrant family, he moves from Los Angeles to find something worth believing in and meets Saloma Sevilla, a wealthy Filipino-Chinese graduate student.

Em uma época em que as mulheres não dispunham das mesmas oportunidades que os homens e estavam fadadas à vida doméstica, uma garota de 14 anos sonha tornar-se César e governar Roma. Inteligente, aventureira e ousada, Livia fará de tudo para realizar seu grande desejo e provar sua competência para administrar Roma e liderar o exército em batalhas para conquistar novos territórios.

Novela de ficción ambientada en un periodo histórico de infausto recuerdo: la Segunda Guerra Mundial con sus diversos campos de concentración. Su protagonista, Pilar, es española por parte de madre y alemana por parte de padre, un militar destinado a la escolta del cónsul germano en Sevilla. Por razones de seguridad, cuando estalla la guerra civil española, la familia decide trasladarse a Alemania. Si Pilar ya apuntaba maneras despóticas y dictatoriales en su niñez, su llegada a Berlín y su ingreso en las juventudes hitlerianas acaban convirtiéndola en un monstruo sin sentimientos.