Ergebnis für "Lucien" in Belletristik

A gifted yet financially disadvantaged artist falls victim to the manipulative control of his wealthy, enigmatic Harvard roommate in this incendiary novel from the author of Beautiful Country—a piercing exploration of class, ambition, identity, and the perilous cost of reinvention in the...

An ambitious career woman signs up for a co-parenting website only to find a match she never expected, in this unflinchingly funny and honest novel from the author of Last Tang Standing. Management consultant Lucie Yi is done waiting for Mr. Right. After a harrowing breakup foiled her plans for...

Delve into the mind of Critical Role’s most charming villain in this original novel that chronicles Lucien’s early life and his fateful meeting with the Mighty Nein. Lucien has always been able to spin a bad situation to his advantage. From his childhood on the dangerous streets of...

Set in a fractured world where justice has long decayed, Lucien Adrien Belland is summoned from obscurity and pulled into a path carved by something far older than war. He carries no banner, but the world recoils at his presence. His silence is not empty—but forged, watched, and waiting.

Directed by the skillful hand of Megan Follows (Directors Guild Award winner) and featuring the voices of Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh, Emmy Award® Winner Catherine O’Hara, and Emmy Award® Winner Victor Garber, Anne Shirley’s (Emmy Award® winner Michela Luci) adventures come to life in a fresh adaptation of a timeless tale. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Canada’s Prince Edward Island with the magic of an original score and immersive sound design.

Kein Risiko ist ihm zu groß, kein Geschäft zu gefährlich. Logan Knight braucht den Nervenkitzel und liebt es, hoch zu pokern.Bis er auf schmerzhafte Art und Weise erkennen muss, dass er sich mit den falschen Leuten angelegt hat. Eine Tatsache, die dem smarten Geschäftsmann erst bewusst wird, als es schon fast zu spät ist. Mit dem Rücken zur Wand muss er alles daran setzen, den Namen Knight und sein eigenes Leben zu retten.

Magie, Romantik und packende Spannung erwarten die Leser auch im 4. Band der epischen Fantasy-Reihe aus der Feder von Ina Linger. Die Burg Ezieran, einstiger Sitz sagenumwobener Könige und Zauberer, gibt Leon und seinen Freunden zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit das Gefühl, sicher und geschützt zu sein. Doch bald schon muss Leon feststellen, dass dieses Gefühl trügerisch ist und auch die dicken Mauern einer Festung keinen Schutz vor Intrigen, Angst und Verrat bieten können.

Ein gefährlicher Kriegerfürst, ein magischer Stein und eine junge Frau, die mit den verschwimmenden Grenzen zwischen Gut und Böse zu kämpfen hat - Im dritten Band der erfolgreichen Falaysia-Reihe warten ein paar Überraschungen auf die Leser*innen. Leon und Jenna machen sich gemeinsam auf den Weg nach Piladoma, um die alte Hexe Kychona zu finden, die ihnen, so hoffen sie, bei ihrer Suche nach den anderen Teilstücken Cardasols helfen und vielleicht einige ihrer wichtigsten Fragen beantworten kann.

Following the accidental drowning of her sister, 16-year-old Nif and her family move to a small village on the Welsh borders to escape their grief. But rural seclusion doesn't bring any relief. As her family unravels, Nif begins to put together her own form of witchcraft, collecting talismans from the sun-starved land. That is, until she meets Mally, a teen boy who takes a keen interest in her and has his own secret rites to divulge.

An Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book A USA TODAY bestseller One of NPR's 2024 ""Books We Love"" A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024 From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by...

The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, aged 13¼, provides a fascinating glimpse into how Boris, a lazy, bumptious and overweening child, comes to believe he should be Prime Minister. Along the way, we see him hone the techniques and persona that will one day hoodwink a nation.

Lucie refuse de patauger dans une vie sans refrain, sans envol, sans idéal. Elle observe le monde avec enchantement. Nos souffrances l'émeuvent, elle en parle, toujours pour les sublimer en refusant l'égoïsme ambiant. Comme une ado qui hurle sa joie de vivre, elle ouvre grand ses bras au monde. Cécile le Ray a toujours aimé le chant, les mots, le monde de l'enfance et sa poésie. Elle publie ses premiers contes pour enfants, puis se lance dans l'opéra. Elle éprouve alors le bonheur infini de communiquer à fleur de peau avec le public.

Welcome to Funcliffe park. It’s a crusty old caravan park that's falling into the sea, the neighbours are all weird, but forget about that! Have a cuppa and a crumpet instead. It’s 1999 and Nanna wants to keep her football-mad grandson Nobby out of trouble, but everything’s going wrong. Nobby’s having a terrible birthday, Nanna's whacked the local MP with a marigold glove and worst of all, she’s just stewed the tea. Will Nanna and Nobby triumph? Or is it full time for Funcliffe?

Lucien is a marine engineer on a Canadian tanker. While on one-month leave in Halifax, he meets Olivia, a brilliant philosophy student at Dalhousie University, who takes an immediate dislike to him. What begins as mutual antipathy changes when they discover how compatible their oddities are. Charged by Olivia not to say he loves her, Lucien returns to sea and to a job characterized by its plodding predictability. Here he discovers that not everything in his life is foreseeable, including his feelings for Olivia. This is a fascinating and different work of fiction.

Estate 1937. In un faro sulla costa normanna i giovani Irene e Ismael scoprono l'oscuro segreto che avvolge la fabbrica di giocattoli Lazarus: un enigma che li unirà per sempre trascinandoli in un mondo labirintico di luci e ombre.

Lucie est verte de rage : spoliée et abandonnée par ses enfants à la mort de son mari, elle se retrouve dans un appartement minuscule ! Finie la grande vie... Jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre le bel Henri. Quand son cher époux est mort, Lucie ne s'attendait certainement pas à hériter de... ses dettes. Ses enfants ne lui parlent plus (il faut dire qu'elle n'a jamais pu retenir le prénom de ses petits-enfants) et, ruinée, elle est obligée de déménager ! En plus, ses nouveaux voisins sont insupportables - surtout le petit Hyppolite, un vrai pot de colle.

Rybářská vesnice někde na špinavém konci světa je místem, kde skomírají staré mýty a rodí se nové. Skrz hrubý nátěr socialistických pořádků stále ještě prosvítá bledá postava Ducha jezera, který vyhlíží další oběti. Kam zmizela Namiho matka? A co se stalo s otcem? Zůstala jen bába s dědkem a neznámý, nepřátelský svět za vyprahlým obzorem. A právě jemu se musí Nami vydat všanc, aby dospěl, aby pochopil, aby našel svůj vlastní hlas.

Fuori è l'estate luminosa e insopportabile di luglio quando Amande Luzin, trent'anni, entra per la prima volta nella casa che ha affittato nelle campagne francesi dell'Auvergne. Ad accoglierla, come una benedizione, trova finestre sbarrate, buio, silenzio; un rifugio. È qui, lontano da tutti, che ha deciso di nascondersi dopo la morte improvvisa di suo marito e della bambina che portava in grembo. Fuori è l'estate ma Amande non la guarda, non apre mai le imposte. Non vuole più, nella sua vita, l'interferenza della luce.

« Une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place. » Telle est la devise de Sarah, qui s'est efforcée de construire sa vie en accord avec ce principe simple, à force de Post-it et de to-do lists. Mais dans ce mécanisme en apparence bien huilé se cache un grain de sable qui pourrait tout faire basculer…

Every seven years, Ciara takes part in a study of happiness, together with a group of people born on the same day, including fun-loving Amelia and gorgeous, serious Max. Meeting at the ages of seven, 14, and 21, Ciara forms increasingly intense relationships. Until it all falls apart. Then, before the next meeting at 28, Max comes back into Ciara’s life unexpectedly. Can Ciara ever be truly happy?