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Der amerikanische Marinesoldat Pinkerton vertreibt sich die Zeit seines Aufenthaltes in Nagasaki mit der jungen Japanerin Butterfly...

Die schöne Cho-cho-san arbeitet als Kellnerin im Teehaus. Dort trifft sie den sympathischen Amerikaner Pinkerton. Begeistert erzählt er seinem Freund Sharpless von dem Mädchen und ihrer bevorstehenden Geburtstagsparty. Doch schon in Kürze muss Pinkerton aus Nagasaki abreisen und seine geliebte Cho-cho-san allein zurücklassen.

Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur über eine junge Frau auf der vergeblichen Suche nach Glück und Liebe.Die schöne junge Emma heiratet den Landarzt Charles Bovary, doch das Landleben und ihr Mann langweilen sie schon bald und erste Anzeichen einer Depression zeichnen sich ab. Sie flüchtet in die Literatur und teure Käufe, die ihr immer mehr zum Verhängnis werden. Dann beginnt sie eine Affäre mit dem Grundbesitzer Rodolphe, doch der Abwärtsstrudel ist auf lange Sicht nicht aufzuhalten.

Cho-Cho San (Butterfly), a young Japanese girl, marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a young US Navy lieutenant and is denounced by her family for forsaking their ancestral religion. When he leaves her to return to his world, Butterfly confidently and patiently awaits his homecoming. Three years later, Pinkerton’s ship finally anchors in the harbor again, but Butterfly does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.

Sie schaut durch ein Mikroskop auf Schmetterlinge, er durch ein Teleskop auf Sterne. Doch sehen beide dasselbe: die Unvereinbarkeit ihrer Liebe. Millie liebt ihren Job als Insektenforscherin und zaubert den Besuchern des Wilhelmina Naturkundemuseums mit ihrer mitreißenden Art stets ein Lächeln ins Gesicht. Der Einzige, bei dem ihr das nicht gelingt, ist ihr Kollege Finn Ashford, der das Astronomie-Department leitet.

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is surrounded by memories of her idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and of raising her own children. But Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.

Ein universeller Roman über Genuss, Lebenskunst und die Geschichte einer weiblichen Befreiung. Für alle LeserInnen von Han Kangs "Vegetarierin", Sayaka Muratas "Ladenhüterin" und Mieko Kawakamis "Brüste und Eier". Rika, eine junge Journalistin in Tokio, recherchiert über die Serienmörderin Manako Kajii, die Männer mit ihren Kochkünsten verführt und anschließend umgebracht haben soll. Manako behauptet, sie verabscheut nichts mehr als "Margarine und Feministinnen" und hat eine ausgeprägte Leidenschaft für hemmungslosen Genuss und insbesondere Butter.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!Step into the poignant world of "Madame Butterfly," a tale that unfolds like a delicate blossom of emotions and cultural clashes. Follow the journey of Cho-Cho San, a young Japanese girl whose heart is entwined with that of a fickle American naval officer, leading her down a path of love and heartache. As she embraces an unexpected marriage that isolates her from her own kin, her heart brims with anticipation for her beloved husband's return. Yet, when he finally graces the harbor with his presence, the echoes of destiny resound in ...

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.

Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard.

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees...and a collection of precious “butterflies” - young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

At age 14, Zelda Rossi witnessed the unthinkable, and has spent the last 10 years hardening her heart against the guilt and grief. She channels her pain into her art: a dystopian graphic novel where vigilantes travel back in time to stop heinous crimes before they happen. Zelda pitches her graphic novel to several comic book publishers in New York City, only to have her hopes crash and burn. Circumstances leave her stranded in an unfamiliar city, and in an embarrassing moment of weakness, she meets a guarded young man with a past he'd do anything to change....

Madame le Commissaire: Diesen Fall löst Maigret zusammen mit seiner Frau. Madame Maigret will zum Zahnarzt und ist zu früh dran. Vor der Praxis wird sie von einer jungen Frau gebeten, auf deren kleinen Sohn achtzugeben. Kaum ist sie wieder aufgetaucht, verschwindet sie auch schon wieder ohne Erklärung und braust mitsamt dem Kind in einem Taxi davon. Madame Maigret ist klar: Irgendwas ist hier faul. Ihr Mann macht sich auf die Suche nach der "Freundin" seiner Frau. Und Madame Maigret betätigt sich als Amateurdetektivin.

When young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini realized her boat's engine shut down as she was traveling from Syria to Greece with other refugees, there was no hesitation: She dove into the water. This bold act of bravery saved the lives of a boatload of refugees heading to Turkey from Syria.

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back.

Federica is moved from Chile to Cornwall when her parents separate, and all she has left of the relationship she cherished with her father is a wooden box, which has a secret beauty hidden within. Swiftly embraced into the eccentric Appleby family, it isn’t long before Federica falls for her friend’s older brother, Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. Years later, from the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, Federica embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. Will she finally learn the true lesson of the butterfly box?

The last thing Emerson Rose expects is to fall for his best friend, Rhys, especially since he’s never been attracted to a man before. Everything in his life is already complicated enough. He’s put his own future on hold to raise his two younger siblings, and confusing feelings for the guy who always has his back muddy the waters even more. But then something astonishing happens. For one perfect moment, he thinks Rhys might feel the same - only to have his world come crashing down around him a second time.

The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It's beautiful and erratic, hard to catch, and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that helps you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client. To succeed, you need both modes to work together - your inner butterfly to be active and free, but your inner net to be ready to spring at the right time and create that "aha!" moment. But is there any way to trigger these insights, beyond dumb luck?

There are a lot of monsters in Anita Blake's life. And some of them are human. One such individual is the man she calls Edward, a bounty hunter who specializes in the preternatural. He calls her to help him hunt down the greatest evil she has ever encountered - something that kills and maims and vanishes into the night. Something Anita will have to face alone.

Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions to a degree equaled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses.