Ergebnis für "Miles" in Belletristik

Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block...

Was, wenn der Mann, den du am meisten hasst, genau der ist, der dein Herz höherschlagen lässt? Stella McGrady hatte sich geschworen, nie wieder einen Fuß nach Velvet Creek zu setzen. Doch nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als in ihre Heimat zurückzukehren und über das Schicksal der Familienranch zu entscheiden. Und natürlich ist da Luke Sawyer - der letzte Mensch, den sie in ihrer Nähe haben will. Groß, charmant und mit einem Lächeln, das jede Frau zum Schmelzen bringt, ist Luke alles, was Stella nicht brauchen kann.

Miles Morales has a lot going on, what with moving to a new neighborhood, dealing with the loss of his father, and the whole gaining superpowers thing. After a misunderstanding with the law, Miles questions what it means to be a hero when people are ready to believe the worst of you. Tempted by the power and freedom of his new abilities, Miles must decide what kind of Spider-Man he wants to be. When Vulture starts wreaking havoc across the city with his new accomplice Starling, Miles can't just sit back and watch. 

Als die bekannte Booktokerin Mia die Chance bekommt, Weihnachten abgeschieden und alleine in einer Buchhandlung feiern zu können, braucht sie nicht zweimal überlegen, bevor sie zusagt. Was gibt es Schöneres, als Weihnachten mit einem Bookboyfriend zu verbringen, Punsch zu trinken und inmitten von Büchern zu schlafen? So viel zum unschlagbaren Plan, der allerdings dank eines Schneesturms schnell zunichtegemacht wird. Statt alleine sitzt sie mit dem schlecht gelaunten Arzt Nick in der Buchhandlung fest.

Some secrets are better left buried... Rebecca finally lives the peaceful life in Nevada that she's always dreamed of with her perfect husband Tom and two adorable boys. Most importantly, Rebecca's past is safely behind her - where she left it. Until one morning an old friend shows up out of the...

After the body of a brutally murdered young woman is recovered from the Gulf of Mexico far from shore, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett is called in to assist with the profiling of the murderer. Although only one body has been found, every detail about the gruesome crime points to the work of a serial killer. Have there been others left to die far at sea, where no one will ever find them? Is there a connection to be found, or is Tess searching for evidence that doesn’t exist?

The story centers on Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong girl growing up in rural Australia whose family is plunged into debt by their alcoholic father. Young Sybylla's story follows her romance with suitor Harold Beecham, her forced servitude to one of her father's creditors and her attempts to become a famous writer.

Superando con creces el rotundo éxito de Cometas en el cielo, la segunda novela de Khaled Hosseini saltó de inmediato al primer puesto en todos los países donde se ha publicado. Nueva demostración del asombroso instinto narrativo del autor, el libro cuenta la historia de amistad entre dos mujeres cuyos destinos se entrelazan por obra del azar y de las convulsiones que ha sufrido Afganistán en los últimos treinta años.

A veces las casualidades se hacen cómplices de los deseos. Costanza y Mauro llevaban media vida esperándose hasta que un encuentro imprevisto en la Gran Vía de Madrid volvió a unir sus destinos. Costanza, recién separada de su marido, abogada en un prestigioso despacho, tenía entre manos...

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. Guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good...

The women of Sensible Shoes are navigating both deep joy and devastating loss. Can they find equilibrium in the midst of all that has changed? Mara: While faced with the turmoil of divorce and chaos at home, she is also listening for a call to serve others with courage and creativity. Hannah: As...

Three years after her best friend Peggy went missing, Harper Starling is lost. Lost in her dead-end job, lost in her grief. All she has are regrets and reruns of her favorite science fiction show, Infinite Odyssey. Then Peggy returns and demands to be taken to the Argonaut, the fictional main character of Infinite Odyssey. But the Argonaut is just that … fictional. Until the TV hero himself appears and spirits Harper away from her former best friend. Traveling through time, he explains that Peggy used to travel with him but is now under the thrall of an alien enemy known as the Incarnate.

The claustrophobia of Room meets the camaraderie of Yellowjackets with a touch of Picnic at Hanging Rock in this dark, immersive, psychological thriller debut with a speculative/lite-horror edge. Christmas Eve, 1974. As Cyclone Tracy tears through Darwin, four girls disappear into the heart of...

Booktokerin Ella Sinclair träumt groß und denkt bunt. Mit nur drei Followern auf ihrem Kanal "Books and Chai Latte by Ella" wagt sie das Unmögliche: ein eigenes Buchcafé in Brunswick zu eröffnen. Doch kaum hängt ihr selbstgemaltes Schild an der Tür, steht Cederick Wright im Laden - der auf Booktok gefeierte Chef der Buchhandlung Grough. Ein Kampf David gegen Goliath entbrennt und zieht nicht nur Brunswick, sondern vor allem ganz Booktok in seinen Bann.

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.

A female-centred collection of four dramatisations celebrating Jane Austen’s classic novels - plus bonus series When I Met Jane Austen On 16 December 1775, a literary icon was born. Jane Austen’s groundbreaking novels pioneered the romantic comedy genre and put women front and centre...

From visionary creator Kenya Barris (beloved TV sitcom Black-ish and the podcast Unusual Suspects). Starring comedy legends Jenifer Lewis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Niecy Nash-Betts, Big Age follows recently retired couple Dot and Butch Watts' reluctant relocation to their new Floridian home, Sunset Gardens, a senior community that is anything but relaxing.

With this warning, Sybylla confesses to her rich and handsome suitor that she is given to writing stories and bound, therefore, on a brilliant career. In this ironically titled and exuberant work by Miles Franklin, originally published in 1901, Sybylla tells the story of growing up passionate and rebellious in rural New South Wales, where the most that girls could hope for was to marry or to teach.

Fünf Brüder, ein Junggesellenabschied in Las Vegas - was soll schon schiefgehen? Liam Knight ist es gewohnt, alles unter Kontrolle zu haben. Seine Entscheidungen werden nicht angezweifelt. Seine Worte sind Gesetz. Bis Emma Dawson, die neue Leiterin der Rechtsabteilung, eines Morgens ohne Termin in sein Büro platzt. Sie ist die erste Frau, die es wagt, Liam die Stirn zu bieten und damit ihren Job zu riskieren. Doch Emma kennt das unglaubliche Geheimnis des Familienoberhaupts, wodurch Liams perfekte Welt ins Wanken gerät.

They live 500 miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide. Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs.