Ergebnis für "Moral" in Belletristik

Unter den vielen Tausend Besuchern, die sich von dem Motto "Leuchtturm, Lobster, gute Laune" anlocken lassen, befindet sich auch ein sprachmächtiger Diskursterrorist...

This "brilliant" novel, an Elle Magazine Best Book of the Year about "lying and the lure of fame" (Joan Siber, National Book Critics Circle and PEN/Faulkner award-winning author), reveals how one mistake can have a thousand consequences. Nofar is an average teenage girl -- so average, in fact...

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.

Petit Hector hatte schon als Junge Glück in seinem Leben. Sein Vater, der auch Hector hieß, war Psychiater und riskierte also nicht, arbeitslos zu werden. Auch Maman arbeitete viel, und sie kochte köstliche Gerichte wie Brathähnchen oder Schinken mit Kartoffelpüree. Von Zeit zu Zeit spielten Petit Hector und Hector sonntags Fußball. Und dennoch war Petit Hector nicht immer glücklich. Das Leben stellte so viele komplizierte Fragen an ihn: Die einen sagten, man dürfe niemals lügen, die Welt würde schrecklich, wenn alle es täten.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is capitalizing on the neglect of war-weary world leaders. No one in Iraq is safe. Christians are herded like cattle. Whole communities are torn apart. Marine Cal Stokes has had enough. With the quiet support of US President Brandon Zimmer, Stokes and his closest friends return to the Middle East to take the battle to the enemy, even if it means being cut off from ever coming home. This is a about what's right, not what's popular, a moral imperative....

A twisty, gripping novel that wraps around a deeply moving love story, from an electric new voice in upmarket women’s fiction. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT WASN'T.... Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband...

In this compelling novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the dark side of one drunken night, with its tragic consequences, from every possible point of view. As the drama unfolds, the characters will reach a crossroads where they must choose between truth and lies, between what is easy and what is right, and find the moral compass they will need for the rest of their lives.

The confession was never meant to be heard. The truth was never meant to be known. And he was never meant to choose between justice and the law. When whispers of corruption in the church intersect with a brutal murder in Atlantic City's criminal underworld, Detective Vince Brown finds himself holding an illegally recorded confession. As he investigates, he uncovers a sprawling conspiracy that stretches from the boardwalk to the Baltic Sea.

Atwood triumphs with these dazzling, personal stories in her first collection since Wilderness Tips. In these ten interrelated stories Atwood traces the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it, while evoking the drama and the humour that colour common experiences — the birth of...

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran "discapacidad intelectual" y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a las condiciones de dominación que les ha tocado sufrir.

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking...

Una versión inusitada de la tragedia clásica pasada por el tamiz de una sensibilidad moderna y salpicada de referencias culturales contemporáneas, sensualidad y un fino sentido del humor. Murakami en estado puro. Kafka Tamura se va de casa el día en que cumple quince años. Los motivos, si es que los hay, son las malas relaciones con su padre –un famoso escultor convencido de que su hijo repetirá el aciago sino del Edipo de la tragedia clásica– y la sensación de vacío producida por la ausencia de su madre y su hermana, que se marcharon también cuando él era muy pequeño.

From the author of the sensational bestselling Sophie Kinsella novels and the New York Times bestsellers The Wedding Girl and Sleeping Arrangements, comes a wicked comedy of adultery, angst, and modern marriage The asking price for this house includes a stunning renovation of hearts and dreams...

Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an increasingly post-truth world. It’s just a puff...

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.

An immediate bestseller when first published, Pay It Forward captured hearts all over the world, became a wildly popular film, and spawned a generation of increased altruism. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author. It takes an inspiring and moving tale of a young boy...

In this quick-hitting thriller set in Baltimore, during the waning years of the Cold War, Lussi Sim, a Norwegian physician, is the medical director of a newborn intensive care unit. Lussi had practiced pediatrics near her parents in Oslo until her father suffered a stroke. Growing up, Lussi experienced chronic mental trauma in the self-assigned role of her mother’s bodyguard. Ironically, her father’s stroke removed the physical threat to her mother and enabled Lussi to pursue her long-suppressed goal to train as a newborn intensive care subspecialist in the United States.

Dass offenbar ein beachtlicher Teil der Manager mit traditionellen Vorstellungen von Moral und Sittlichkeit nicht mehr viel anzufangen weiß, kann vor allem der katholischen Kirche nicht gefallen. Gregor Ulrich Henckel Donnersmarck, 65, Abt des Stifts Heiligenkreuz, kennt das Managerleben aus eigener Erfahrung: Er studierte zunächst Welthandel in Wien und startete dann eine Karriere beim Logistikunternehmen Schenker in Frankfurt.

Pre-order this gripping domestic psychological thriller, full of shocking family secrets, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and C.L. Taylor in 2026! ***** It might look idyllic, but the secrets buried there are deadly… When human bones are found in the garden attached to the glamorous London...

Marty's voices reveal her soul's salacious past lives. She is observed talking to herself! Her naked poses for a prince; seduction of a momma's boy, peccadillos, and insights into religious and European morality are her interview topics. But Marty isn't herself. Her past recollections resurface. She remembers her seduction of Moses; his condemnation of his wife and children to the Nile crocodiles; her orgy at the Golden Calf; and her seduction of Aaron's sons. And her most recent murder has her mind deeply troubled.