Ergebnis für "Requiem" in Belletristik

Westfalen, Mitte der 1930er-Jahre: Die Entrechtung der Juden ist weit fortgeschritten, aber einige können weiterhin unbehelligt leben und ihren Berufen nachgehen. Zu ihnen gehört der Cellist Erich Krakau. Das Blatt wendet sich, als der junge Fritz Eberle, Mitglied der SA, Krakaus Stelle im Stadtorchester einnehmen will. Getrieben von Hass entsteht eine Hetzjagd, an der sich bald eine ganze Stadt beteiligt: Kleinbürger, Emporkömmlinge und Spießer. Hineingezogen werden auch Freunde Krakaus, die alles für ihn riskieren.

Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara’s, doomed by the destructive power of drugs.

When black-ops asset Nathan Stone took out the heads of the Commission, a secret deep-state organization, he thought he’d destroyed them for good. Now he’s gone off the grid, trying to get as far away from his past as possible. But the Commission isn’t done with him yet. Lying low in a Miami bar, Stone knows something’s up when an alluring actress strikes up a conversation with him. His suspicions are correct. The Commission is hot on his trail, and Stone is soon forced to run deep into the heart of the Everglades with the terrified woman as his hostage.

In this final step, young intuitive Jarek Videni embarks on a journey to uncover the hidden truths of his family’s past. After discovering the dark secrets that threaten his very existence in Deadwood, he travels to Savannah with his companions in search of the mysterious ancient brass vessel that is capable of containing the malevolent forces that relentlessly pursue him. As Jarek navigates the perilous Southern landscape, he faces monstrous creatures… both inhuman and those with a hatred that has long rooted Itself in the region.

Lucifer: The Fallen Angel is a cosmic horror epic that reimagines the greatest fall in history. This is not a story of good versus evil. This is tragedy dressed in fire. This is love twisted into war. This is the origin of everything that haunts the Revelations Universe, told with mythic weight and intimate heartbreak.

"La guerra civil había dejado tantos regueros de sangre en la vida de Ramón J. Sender que era inevitable que reapareciera en su obra con la fuerza de una obsesión." Ignacio Martínez de Pisón. "Réquiem por un campesino español", considerada una de las mejores novelas en castellano del siglo XX, se publicó por primera vez en México en 1953 con el título original de "Mosén Millán".

Charlie is good at her work. As a hard-charging drug rep with the brains and talent to make it to the top, she has the world at her feet. Then, the lights go out, and everything changes. An EMP decimates the United States, leaving the country in the dark. With modern technology suddenly and permanently turned off, society's dark side quickly takes over. Caught on the road, she teams up with two new companions and they fight their way towards safety and freedom. Criminals, gangs, and worse stand between them and the safety of a friend's farm.

The year is 1914, and the world is holding its breath. In a hidden Manhattan convent, Alice Bladewell has finally found peace, shepherding a flock of vampires toward redemption through faith and discipline. But the shadows of her past have long memories. When the Order of the Morning Dawn surfaces within the U.S. War Department, they present Alice with a brutal ultimatum: provide twelve vampire "assets" for the European front, or watch her mentor, Bishop Harkins, be destroyed by scandal.

No matter how fast you are, you can’t outrun your past. When Ramirez receives a call from Shadow Company, he uncovers secrets from Simon’s covert operative days and an instruction: contact Simon. An agent Simon thought dead, has resurfaced, looking for vengeance and his help. Now, together with Monty, Simon must stop this agent from exacting revenge before it’s too late and countless lives are lost.

Verdell, an excelling student-athlete and highschool senior, is headed for greatness when one bad decision alters his college plans. Dhorian, after highschool, received the internship of a lifetime, but quickly finds out that the opportunity isn’t anything like he expected. Paul is a business mogul turned politician and community advocate. Trying to find their way through triggered memories, Verdell, Dhorian, and Paul become victims of coincidence and circumstances. When a twisted plot of fate weaves their paths, will long-buried secrets bury them?

ISIS unleashed a weaponized version of the deadly Ebola virus, killing 97% of the world's population. Only the immune and those who hunkered down in remote locations remain. Through the chaos that remains strides a giant of a man known only as Stryker. He is a former Force Recon Marine who has lost as much as anyone, but fights to preserve his honor and creed in the face of slave traders and rogue military elements who prey on the innocent.

Réquiem por un atleta es una historia sombría de las expectativas incumplidas de un gran atleta, que ve a través de los ojos nublados en lágrimas los trofeos y medallas de una vida que se fue hace mucho tiempo.

The Requiem is an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov. Andrey Andreyitch, a shopkeeper, comes to the local village church to ask for prayers for his recently deceased daughter Maria, and is chided by the priest for the wrong kind of language that he'd used in his written request. The shopkeeper's daughter was an actress, and quite a well known one, and he simply fails to understand why the clergymen are so offended by the word 'harlot' with which he described her occupation.

Salo’s queen has finally accepted his desire to be a mystic despite taboos concerning men’s use of magic. But her acceptance is not support; it is strategy. Under a disguise of the queen’s making, Salo enters Jungle City as a pilgrim to the Red Temple, only to find a magical barrier barring his entrance. Left at the mercy of the warring political factions that run the city, Salo faces a series of obstacles wrought by an unseen hand, knowing he cannot return home without completing his pilgrimage. But Isa, King of the Saire clan, has her own plans for Salo.

Soon after realizing her ex-lover was killed by her alter ego, Alice Parsons awakens to a new reality forever changed by the growing desolation that is the Appalachian Wasteland. If you like complex character studies, gritty worlds, and shocking twists, then you’ll love this dystopia.

Liam has reached the kingdom of Aurinar, unrecognized, unaffiliated, and ready to rise. But in a land where power is measured by dungeon ranks and strength is public record, he has no choice but to start from the bottom. E-Rank. No allies. No fanfare. Until fate pairs him with two others: Kael, a sharp-tongued elemental duelist, and Ayla, a calm and steady barrier mage. Together, they form the Golden Dragons, a party no one expects, yet everyone begins to fear. As Liam blazes through dungeon after dungeon, the world watches.

Allahabad, early twentieth century. The British rule across India, but Avadhi culture is thriving. In this city where singers, musicians and poets assemble, a star emerges. Janki Bai Ilahabadi enthrals listeners wherever she performs, and counts as her fans maharajas and maharanis, poets and...

On a cold February morning, ME Olivia Remington-Thorpe's severely beaten and bleeding husband stumbles onto Sheriff Elizabeth Benoit's retreat. Before slipping into unconsciousness, he begs her to find Olivia. Hours later, Deputy Detective Lila Dayne discovers a mysterious boneyard with dark secrets. The timing is catastrophic. Still reeling from the horrific events of the past autumn, the deputies of Eckardt County are spread thin, and tempers are short. Elizabeth's relationship with her lead investigator is sour. Still worse, her ex-husband moved back to Iowa with a devilish deal.

"¿Es el suicidio el crimen perfecto? Descubre, a través del personaje de este espléndido thriller, el verdadero significado del suicidio. Hay muchas formas de acabar con la vida propia. Suicidarse no es simplemente tomar una pistola y jalar el gatillo, tampoco es aventarse desde lo más alto...

Through a series of recollections and bittersweet memories, Audrey Jordan recalls vivid details of her son’s life — fragments of his war experience from old letters, his childhood, his dream of sailing down the Mexican coast, and more — while sitting through his funeral service with family.