Ergebnis für "No es no" in Literatur & Belletristik

In James Bond jagt Dr. No, dem 6. Bond-Roman von Ian Fleming, findet sich Bond in den Fängen eines grotesken Wahnsinnigen in dessen Geheimversteck in den Tropen wider... Dr. No, ein bösartiger Einsiedler mit mechanischen Scheren anstelle von Händen und einer sadistischen Faszination für Schmerz, hält Bond fest in seinem stahlharten Griff gefangen. Bond und Honey Rider, seine wunderschöne und verletzliche Begleiterin, wurden beim unerlaubten Betreten von Dr. Nos abgeschiedener karibischer Insel erwischt.

The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it.

In the crisp mountain air of central Oregon, a teenage girl’s search for discarded cans leads to a horrifying discovery: a body, brutally murdered and abandoned in the woods. The case falls to Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall, who finds herself navigating a community steeped in secrets, suspicion, and distrust of outsiders—especially law enforcement.

In den Bergen von Colorado gerät die junge Darby Thorne in einen Schneesturm und sucht Zuflucht in einem Motel. Dort trifft sie auf eine Gruppe von Schutzsuchenden. Darby scheint in Sicherheit zu sein. Doch auf dem Parkplatz macht sie eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Im Fond eines Vans sieht sie ein gefesseltes Mädchen. Wie Eiswasser schießt die Erkenntnis durch Darby: Der brutale Täter muss unter den Anwesenden sein. Aber es gibt keine Verbindung nach außen, keine Fluchtmöglichkeit. Darby muss das Mädchen retten -und die Nacht überleben.

Darby Thorne is a college student stranded by a blizzard at a highway rest stop in the middle of nowhere. She’s on the way home to see her sick mother. She’ll have to spend the night in the rest stop with four complete strangers. Then she stumbles across a little girl locked inside one of their parked cars. There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, no way out because of the snow, and she doesn’t know which one of the other travelers is the kidnapper.

Calle y Poché son las estrellas multiplataforma más poderosas de Latinoamérica. Cantan, bailan, escriben e innovan, construyendo así una nueva cultura con su contenido y con el apoyo de una sólida comunidad de más de 40 millones de seguidores.

Tess Sharpe also narrates her new action-packed thriller about two women whose lives—and hearts—are destined for each other. Murder either bonds you or breaks you. Rural PI Mel Tillman knows this well. She’s seen her fair share of bloody cases and botched cover-ups. But killing with...

Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered. Bond must find the others and conduct them to safety before they meet a similar fate. In a race against time, Bond travels to Ireland and the KGB is soon on the scene. But all is not as it seems and soon Bond finds he needs all his wits to negotiate a labyrinth of double-crossing that is to lead him to a bewildering showdown in a remote corner of the Kowloon province of Hong Kong.

Privatdetektiv Philip Maloney ermittelt mit Charme, Schalk und unverkennbarer Raubeinigkeit. Seine Fälle werden ihm von seinen Klienten zugetragen und beginnen harmlos, doch stößt Maloney im Laufe der Ermittlungen meistens auf eine Leiche. Widerwillig muss er mit der Polizei zusammenarbeiten. Der zuständige Beamte ist nicht der Hellste und löst lieber Kreuzworträtsel als Kriminalfälle. Am Ende klärt immer Maloney den Fall.

When those inside the corridors of power need help outside the law, they know who to call. Jonathan Grave, covert rescue specialist, always gets results. No names. No feds. No trace evidence.

El cazador y veterano de Vietnam Llewelyn Moss descubre por casualidad la sangrienta escena de una carnicería entre narcos en algún lugar de la frontera entre Texas y México. Entre los cuerpos y los paquetes de heroína, descubre también algo más de dos millones de dólares. A partir de este momento comienza la violenta carrera de Moss por escapar de los que quieren darle caza.

"Papá acaba de matar a mamá". Tras la conmoción por la inaudita noticia que le dio su hermana, el primogénito alerta a la policía y toma el primer tren. Atenazado por el remordimiento por haberse ido a la capital a estudiar danza y haber dejado a la pequeña Léa con sus inestables padres, una vez en casa se topa con la dura realidad: policías, el cuerpo de su madre, su padre fugitivo y su hermana traumatizada. Tras el shock, el hijo retrocede en el tiempo para intentar indagar cómo terminaron en esta pesadilla. Las señales estaban ahí, pero nadie quiso verlas.

Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant—right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents' house, which she owns jointly with her estranged sisters. They can't sell it, but they can live in it. But returning home means that Emma is forced to reveal her secrets to her husband.

From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts - always adroit, often acerbic - on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken listeners to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice - sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical - shines. No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula's blog, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters.

"Me llamo Sofía Miranda y no me peino, tengo una letra horrorosa, digo muchas palabrotas, odio cocinar, veo pelis malísimas que me encantan, tengo celulitis y una flaccidez en los brazos que es muy bestia. Soy madre soltera, adoptiva y doble. Solo sé que quiero vivir descalza el máximo...

What do you do when there is No One Near...

High in the Welsh hills, a honeymoon getaway takes a dark turn when a rotting corpse is discovered in the rental property’s bedroom. In a dark, cold and damp December, DCI Evan Warlow and his team head out to investigate. They find a victim who may not be as innocent as he first seems, and a rural community harbouring the worst kind of secrets.

No cabe duda de que la sociedad se rige por normas con frecuencia caprichosas que poco tienen que ver con las leyes naturales. Sólo así se explicaba el matemático David Hilbert la condescendencia con la que sus compañeros de la prestigiosa Universidad de Gotinga trataban a la brillante Emmy Noether, madre del álgebra abstracta, por el hecho de ser mujer.

En el marco de una crisis económica con recortes en los servicios básicos y con continuas protestas en la calle del personal sanitario por la privatización de los hospitales, de los funcionarios de justicia, educación y cientos de colectivos en general; el inspector Julián Ortega, de la brigada de investigación criminal de Barcelona, se enfrentará al asesinato de un prestigioso psiquiatra mientras pasaba consulta a uno de los principales banqueros del país. No será el único homicidio que deba investigar.

First published in 1956, No-No Boy was virtually ignored by a public eager to put World War II and the Japanese internment behind them. No-No Boy tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys". Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. Unwilling to pledge himself to the country that interned him and his family, Ichiro earns two years in prison and the hostility of his family and community when he returns home to Seattle.

Bossy. Heart of stone. Snarly mess next door. Send help before I'm prick-matized.... My next big mistake has a name. Warren Ford. Best kept secret in this weird little town. An alpha's alpha. Spartan abs. Too blunt for everybody's good. Moody, broody, mysterious, and totally up in my business.