Ergebnis für "Red" in Saga

Lang ersehnt – die neue Geschichte der irischen Bestsellerautorin Louise Kennedy Es sind die 1980er-Jahre. Die 15-jährige Außenseiterin Róisín und ihre Ma leben in einem bescheidenen, nasskalten Haus am Rande eines kleinen irischen Städtchens. Seit ihr Vater sie verlassen hat, ist es dort...

Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. A legend in China, where it won major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film directed by Zhang Yimou, Red Sorghum is a book in which fable and history collide to produce fiction that is entirely new—and unforgettable.

In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave—on the morning following his funeral—his family hardly knows what to expect after she utters the words “… a lifetime ago, my family owned yours.” Adelaide Parker has a story to tell—one of ambition, betrayal, violence, and redemption—that shaped both the fate of her family and that of the late Felix H. Parker. But there are gaps in her knowledge, and she’s come to Red Clay seeking answers from a family with whom she shares a name and a history that neither knows in full.

For generations, the Newcastles, Mackenzies, Atkinses, Hyltons, and Hollinses have endured the hard red soil of Mars—surviving by individual grit, intense family loyalty, and free market trade. Scarred by World War III and Earth’s long, violent aftermath, they built farms, raised domes, forged alliances, and carried old grudges to a new world. Together, the Martians have forged a frontier society that is complex, ornery, and rooted in the freedom of the Texas soil from which many of the clans sprang.

Fast hat man sich in der Hofmühle damit abgefunden, dass Carl im Krieg gefallen ist, als er im Winter 1918 plötzlich vor der Tür steht. Selbst sein Zwillingsbruder Eugen hätte ihn fast nicht erkannt. Eugen ist nur zu Besuch, er hat in Amerika sein Glück gesucht und vielleicht sogar gefunden. Wird er es mit Carl teilen? Lässt sich Glück überhaupt teilen? Judith W. Taschler hat einen großen Familienroman geschrieben. Über drei Generationen verfolgen wir gebannt das Schicksal der Familie Brugger, deren Leben in der Mühle vor allem die Frauen prägen.

Tyrell Sloan is the heir to his Grandfather’s estate, which consists of an old ramshackle cabin and over 320 acres of red shale, pasture, and forest.

Lancaster, 1943. As the war rages on, the Red Cross girls will do whatever it takes to bring their boys home. But can they find happiness in such troubling times? When Livvy receives her orders for war work, she’s desperate for a new beginning. Most of her friends have been sent to munitions factories, so she is delighted to be working for the Red Cross, who are making secret packages that can help prisoners of war escape.

Maggie is 36, recently divorced and embarrassingly unemployed. With a bank account nearing zero, she does the only thing she can think of: make a business proposition to her gorgeous and successful estranged mother. To Maggie’s utter surprise, her mother agrees. Any funds she can create off the sale of the dilapidated family inn on the island of Magnolia would be hers to invest.

From the bestselling author of The Secret Orphan comes her brand new unputdownable historical fiction novel! A journey into war, but not one she’ll take alone… Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges...

The stunning new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanovs and Jerusalem, set during an epic cavalry ride across the hot grasslands outside Stalingrad during the darkest times of World War II “The black earth was already baking and the sun was just rising when they...

Red Sky in the Morning is an unputdownable historical story from Margaret Dickinson, richly evocative of the Lincolnshire landscape. A young girl stands alone in the cobbled market place of a small Lincolnshire town, bedraggled, soaked through and very afraid. Who is she? Where has she come from...

A story about second chances, damaging secrets, and discovering the strength you have inside. Welcome to Magnolia. Clementine is attempting to adjust to her new normal. With Archer moved out and her father gone, she’s never been this alone or lost. On the spur of the moment, she decides to put in a bid on the vacant space next to the hardware store with the idea of opening a dance studio. If everyone is living their dream, why can’t she? Things turn complicated when the one person she’s bidding against is no other than Jake Palmer.

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2019 by LitHub and The Millions. Called one of the Top 10 Literary Fiction titles of Fall by Publishers Weekly. An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book...

Shari has discovered that being a single mom is one of the hardest things she has ever done. With her job, strained relationship with Tag, and trying to keep her household from falling apart, she barely has time for herself, much less dating. One night, and out of an act of sheer stupidity, she allows Fiona, the new, young move-in, to convince her to go to a club across the bridge.

Julia and Van found one another in a shaken snow globe. Stranded in a blizzard, they embraced being two individuals with no last names. The plan was to walk away from each other with no regrets - until that plan changed. Julia’s life was delivered a staggering blow the day she discovered her fiancé’s infidelity. The night she met a handsome stranger, one who showed her the possibility of a life filled with more than the fulfillment of expectations, she took a chance.

Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz.

From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As...

The allure of the taboo. A secret club where passion is the focus, and pleasure is guaranteed.

Six years after leaving behind his inheritance, and living under the alias of Travis Sweet, a reputed gunslinger and bounty hunter, Tyrell Sloan returns to familiar ground with hopes of living the rest of his life in obscurity. It isn't long before he and his one-time true love Marissa McDowell are once more reacquainted, and their adventure begins as Tyrell tries to right his wrongs from days gone past.

The Civil War: Caught up in the drama and intrigue of a nation torn apart - The Indian Nation - Chief Ross's spy, Jessie Longbow, and Ross's beautiful and intelligent niece, Raven Ross, a reporter for the Tahlequah Voice, try to maintain a romance that they believe is bigger and stronger than the turmoil of war. This means love amid wartime in the Trans-Mississsippi theater of war which history has long ignored. This novel does for the Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes what Glory did for Black Union soldiers.