Ergebnis für "Mark" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Halb erfroren und dem Tode nahe strandet eine junge Frau auf einer geheimnisvollen Insel. Zu ihrem Glück wird sie von Gelehrten und Heilern gefunden, die bald erkennen, dass Lily zu etwas Besonderem berufen ist. Niemand Geringeres als Eva, die Mutter allen Lebens, lädt sie ein, Zeugin der Schöpfungsgeschichte zu werden und zu erfahren, was wirklich im Garten Eden geschah.

Twenty-four-year-old Beecher Stowe is set to enjoy his hard-earned accession into the rarified atmosphere of the cut-throat music business: TV appearances, chart-topping record sales, fame, fortune, all wrapped up in a long, happy life.

An action-filled reimagining of the famous Greek myth, Jason and the Golden Fleece, brilliantly told by classicist Mark Knowles. He has come to take what is yours... Iolkos, Thessaly. 1230 BC. King Pelias has grown paranoid, tormented by his murderous past and a prophecy of the man who will one day destroy him. When a stranger arrives to compete in the Games of Poseidon, Pelias is horrified, for this young man should never have grown to manhood. He is Jason, Pelias' nephew, who survived his uncle's assassins as a child. Now Jason wants his revenge – and the kingdom.

Den Begriff Watschenbaum kennen viele, aber was er genau bedeutet nicht. Das aufwändig produzierte Hörbuch liefert die Erklärung.

A New York Times 2016 Notable Book An immediate national best seller and instant classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls. Richard Russo returns to North Bath—“a town where dishonesty abounds, everyone misapprehends everyone else and half the citizens are half-crazy”...

Jonas Karlsson erzählt in der Tradition Franz Kafkas von der wundersamen Verwandlung des kleinen Angestellten Björn, der eines Tages im Büro ein geheimes Zimmer entdeckt. Sobald Björn diesen Raum betritt, ist er ein anderer Mensch: Produktiv, kreativ - und glücklich.

Vi er i halvtredserne. En stor, gammel familie, der gennem mere end fire generationer har tilhørt samme frikirke, rammes pludselig af en katastrofe: Moren dør fra mand og syv børn. Der går otte år, så forelsker faderen sig i en ung kvinde fra et helt andet miljø. Det kommer til at betyde store omvæltninger for familien og for deres indbyrdes forhold. Vi følger familiens yngste, der kommer ud på en psykologisk rutsjetur, indtil hun endelig får mulighed for at forlade barndomshjemmet som sekstenårig.

The year is 1977. Three teenagers drive along an Indiana back road, heading home away from the highway, away from prying eyes and traffic cops. One behind the driver's wheel, two in the back seat sampling the merchandise that could get them all jailed. And then, as the car careens beneath a black sky lit only by a million stars, they see it. Something in the sky, something large and close and beckoning with its strangeness.

In 2004, when middle-aged Walker Maguire is called to the deathbed of his estranged father, his thoughts return to 1974. He'd worked that summer at the auto factory where his dad, an unhappily retired Air Force colonel, was employed as plant physician. Witness to a bloody fight falsely blamed on a Mexican immigrant, Walker kept quiet, fearing his white co-workers and tyrannical father. Lies snowball into betrayals, leading to a life-long rift between father and son that can only be mended by the past coming back to life and revealing its long-held secrets.

Det finns mer att upptäcka av Mark Twains författarskap förutom de berömda romanerna om Tom Sawyer och Huckleberry Finn. "På Mississippifloden : minnen, händelser och äventyr" är på en gång reseskildring och självbiografi sjudande av nostalgi, satir och melankoli. Författaren återvänder till Mississippifloden där han lekte som barn, drömde sig bort som yngling och som han nu möter igen som en mogen och framgångsrik man.

The wilderness--forest, desert, glacier, jungle--has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers, including Jack London, Norman Maclean, Evelyn Waugh, Redmond O'Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson and Algernon Blackwood. Selections from these authors' most gripping works are delivered by equally compelling narration producing an audiobook experience ideal for people who are fascinated by the beauty, insight and danger that awaits us all in the wild!

"Den mystiske sag om hunden i natten" er en usædvanlig mordgåde. Detektiv og fortæller er den 15-årige Christopher Boone, der bor alene med sin far og lider af Aspergers syndrom, en form for autisme. Han forstår ikke metaforer, ironi og ansigtsudtryk og hader berøringer og farverne brun og gul. Men han elsker matematik, logik, lister og sandheden. En dag finder han genboens hund myrdet og sætter sig for at finde gerningsmanden. Efterforskningen af mysteriet om den myrdede hund sender ham hovedkulds ud på en rejse gennem en verden, han ikke forstår.

An inspirational coming-of-age story dealing with family, faith, sacrifice, and honor, Heaven Above, Earth Below weaves the lives of three men in a modern-day metamorphosis that will warm the patriotic heart. Eldest son in the Mann family, Navy lieutenant Jason Mann has flown over 50 successful missions in Iraq. Finally returning to the States, he reunites with his family, continues to work as a Naval flight instructor, and looks forward to life after the military.

Ein blinder Herr geht jeden Tag zur gleichen Zeit in ein Café. Eines Tages tritt er einem Mann auf den Fuß, der auf dem Gehweg steht. Der Mann ist ein Industrieller. Er sucht nach seiner Tochter, die verschwunden ist. Ob der blinde Herr bei der Suche helfen kann? Regie: Walter Knaus.

Mike Johnson was a self-made man. He had worked his way up from the bottom to build a company he could be proud of. Winning was the name of the game, and Mike was good at it. A fierce competitor and hard-working businessman, he had high hopes and big dreams, and then...tragedy struck. He lost everything that was important to him: his family, his health, his business. What s next? His own life?

The Mysterious Stranger is a novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each involves a supernatural character called "Satan" or "No. 44". All the versions remained unfinished (with the debatable exception of the last one, No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger). In 1590, three boys, Theodor, Seppi, and Nikolaus, live relatively happy simple lives in a remote Austrian village called Eseldorf (German for "Assville" or "Donkeytown").

The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories. It was later published in New York in 1921 as part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday. The Mark on the Wall is written in the first person, as a "tream of consciousness" monologue. The narrator notices a mark on the wall, and muses on the workings of the mind.

Wenn ein Mark Twain auf Reisen geht, dann ist nicht jedem vergönnt, dabei sein zu dürfen – uns schon! Ernest Hemingways berühmtes Zitat „Es gibt eine amerikanische Literatur vor Mark Twain und eine danach, denn nichts was davor da war noch etwas was danach kommt ist damit vergleichbar“ wird durch die Unterwegs und Daheim-Reihe wunderbar bestätigt.

Geld ist der Treibstoff, der die Welt in Gang hält. Es begleitet uns täglich, von der Wiege bis zur Bahre und oft darüber hinaus...

Hindistan'da çok değer verilip kutsal kabul edilen Beyaz Fil, iki ülke arasındaki anlaşmazlıkların sona ermesi şerefine İngiltere kralına hediye olarak gönderilir. Fili götürecek heyetin, gemi yolculuğu sırasında New York limanına uğramaları ve bir süre orada kalması gerekir. Ancak fil birden ortadan kaybolur ya da çalınır. Kitapta krala hediye olarak gönderilen bu değerli hediyenin kayboluşu ve onun arkasında yatan nedenler, parasal arayışlar, toplumsal yozlaşma gibi konular ironik bir dille anlatılır.