Ergebnis für "Nevada" in Literatur & Belletristik

This program is read by the author. "Nevada is a book that changed my life: it shaped both my worldview and personhood, making me the writer I am. And it did so by the oldest of methods, by telling a wise, hilarious, and gripping story." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby A beloved...

Nach einem Squash-Match mit einem seiner Angestellten steigt Hugo Candless, ein reicher und mächtiger Anwalt aus Los Angeles, vor dem Delmar Club in seine Limousine. Als die Luft stickig wird und er das Fenster aufmachen will, lässt es sich nicht herunterkurbeln. Der Fahrer reagiert nicht. Und an den Wagentüren fehlen innen die Türgriffe. Gleichzeitig erfüllt ein Geruch nach Bittermandeln den Wagen - es ist das Gas, mit dem in Nevada die Verbrecher hingerichtet werden. Eine rasante Story um Zocker, Gangster und eine Femme fatale.

Alone again! Just like his orphaned boyhood. Those are Nevada's thoughts as he turns from the only home and happiness he has ever known. But it had all been a lie, at least on his part. He had been hiding his true identity from his best friend, Ben, and the woman he loved, Hettie. They knew him as Nevada, a man they care for and respected, when in truth he was a wandering fugitive gunman, notorious from Nevada clear to Tombstone, Arizona.

Finally, home from combat operations, all Wesley Ericksons wants now is to live in peace with his pregnant wife Maggie. However, life in his small town proves to be more dangerous than the battlefield he returned from. Being unknowingly sucked into a robbery turned murder against an organized crime family, Wes and Maggie are now being hunted by a sadistic and very eccentric hit team.

The Trail is a moving story of how nature helps us find what’s missing in our lives. The tale begins with Gil, who in the wake of his father’s death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father’s old hiking partner Syd on a month-long trek on the John Muir Trail. There’s just one problem: Gil hates camping and is woefully unprepared for the rigors of the journey. Moreover, he soon learns Syd may not survive the hike.

Virginia City, 1861. As thousands of fortune-seekers descend on the silver-rich boomtown hoping to cash in on the Comstock Lode, a very different cause unites the ranks of courageous soldiers in the coming Civil War - the supreme battle for America’s future. Major General Lee Blake is assigned the treacherous task of transporting silver to the Union troops in Missouri - while enemies plot to sabotage his mission. By his side are some of the bravest men and women Blake has ever known. With states seceding one by one, and tensions rising every day, the fate of a nation is riding on their journey.

Nevada Barr's award-winning mystery series captivates fans with vividly drawn wilderness settings and the resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon. Deep South portrays Anna boldly confronting hostile teenagers, suspicious locals, and a resentful "old-boy" network as she struggles to solve a gruesome murder. Anna leaves behind her beloved Mesa Verde to take on a position as district park ranger of the Mississippi Natchez Trace Parkway.

A global battle for the world’s most precious material. Deadly events swirl under the watchful eyes of spies and a ruthless billionaire. With thousands of lives at stake, a reluctant Case Lee enters the scene. Never bet against the little guy. It was a low-key investigation. Until signals flared that danger lay ahead with people’s lives a throw-away commodity.

Després del divorci dels seus pares, la Lali es trasllada a la Carena, el poble de la seva família paterna, buscant un canvi a la seva vida. Allà coneixerà la vida de la seva besàvia, la Tònia, una dona que, com ella, no pot viure sense escriure, tot i que ho ha de fer d’amagat. A través del manuscrit, la Lali se sentirà atrapada per la personalitat de la seva besàvia, una dona avançada a la seva època, que estimava secretament el seu cosí i que va viure en aquell poblet de muntanya sola i incompresa.

In 2537, a game of Assassination has been issued by the Union government. The Terrorites, a radical organization, has accepted to play on the condition that they get to choose the targets. Yes, a lot of people are going to die. But Assassination is the Union’s last shot at winning the war against the Terrorites, who seek to "cleanse" time.

On Friday, May 1st, 2015 a bomb detonates in the infamous Positano Luxury Resort and Casino, a mammoth hotel (and exact replica of the Amalfi coast) on the Las Vegas Strip. Six months prior, a crop of strivers converge on the desert city, attempting to make a home amidst the dizzying lights. By chance and by design, they find themselves caught up in backroom schemes for personal and political power, and are thrown into the deep end of an even bigger fight for the soul of the paradoxical town.

In Deadly Housewives, critically acclaimed mystery writer Christine Matthews has gathered 13 of the biggest names in women's mystery and suspense for an intriguing short story collection. These previously unpublished stories illuminate a different dark corner of the housewife-psyche, including sex, marriage, abandoned careers, jealousy, kids, and female friendship.

Esta es la historia de un escritor que viaja a Nevada, Estados Unidos, entre agosto de 2007 y junio de 2008, pero es también mucho más. Es un relato en el que lo vivido, el instante real, se mezcla con recuerdos, imágenes, sueños y evocaciones. En el que el paisaje árido y hostil del desierto y el horizonte verde, rojo y fucsia de los casinos de la ciudad de Reno, con su trama de luces brillantes y acristaladas, conducen una y otra vez al narrador—y al lector—a ese otro paisaje más íntimo, más personal del País Vasco.

With each breathtaking, New York Times best-selling entry in her acclaimed Anna Pigeon mystery series, author Nevada Barr earns more and more fans. Loaded with intrigue and adventure, High Country showcases Barr at the top of her game. Anna is lodged in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel when four employees disappear. Sensing evil, Anna hikes a snowy trail to the high country, only to discover a disturbing reality that may end her adventures once and for all.

Nevada-Tan is a genre-bending new play that introduces us to Nick, a young man who struggles to escape loneliness and isolation in the years following the tragic Columbine shooting of 1999. Nick’s quest leads to a decade-long fixation with Nevada-Tan, a Japanese schoolgirl who committed a horrific crime in Sasebo in 2004. Mixing horror and dark humor, Nevada-Tan is a shocking exploration of secrets, tragedy and obsession, thrilling listeners with its surprising twists and turns.

Tenderfoot Harrison Wilke leaves Colorado and heads for Nevada. Harrison's oldest and best friend, John J. Trohoe, has died in a mysterious accident, and John J.'s will names Harrison sole inheritor of the estate. The estate is a disputed mine called the Amelia One, which hasn't yet proved profitable. But a group of California investors who claim they hold the title think it might be very profitable indeed.

Virginia City, 1861. As thousands of fortune-seekers descend on the silver-rich boomtown hoping to cash in on the Comstock Lode, a very different cause unites the ranks of courageous soldiers in the coming Civil War - the supreme battle for America’s future. Major General Lee Blake is assigned the treacherous task of transporting silver to the Union troops in Missouri - while enemies plot to sabotage his mission. By his side are some of the bravest men and women Blake has ever known. With states seceding one by one, and tensions rising every day, the fate of a nation is riding on their journey.

Nevada Duncan is the heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, but before he can take the mantle of power, he has to be educated about the family business. So, with the encouragement of his father and grandfather, he enrolls in his father's alma mater, Chi's Finishing School. Chi's is the world's most elite school for the children of underworld figures.

"En begravelse i Nevada - og andre fortællinger" indeholder 15 af Mark Twains bedste, mest muntre og humoristiske noveller. Fælles for novellerne er, at de alle rummer en snert af den samfundskritiske og -satiriske tone, som den store, amerikanske forfatter er så kendt for. Mark Twain er pseudonym for den amerikanske forfatter Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), som blandt andet står bag klassikerne "Tom Sawyer" og "Huckleberry Finn". Mark Twain debuterede med "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" og skrev sidenhen et væld af romaner, essays og faglitterære bøger.

Best-selling author Nevada Barr delights contemporary mystery fans with novels like Deep South and Blood Lure. In Bittersweet, she departs the mystery genre for a touching story of hardship, perseverance, and love in the old West.