Ergebnis für "Saga" in Stadtleben

Der neue bewegende Roman über das Schicksal der Berliner Familie Adler von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Lyne. Berlin Ende der Zwanzigerjahre: Lilly Adler ist mit dem Schreiner Walther Fassbinder verheiratet und versucht, ihre große Liebe, den Regisseur Theo Stiller, zu vergessen. Noch immer träumt sie vom Film, auch wenn ihr Ehemann das nicht gutheißt. Während Walther als Kommunist gegen die erstarkenden "Braunhemden" kämpft, entwickelt Lilly ein Drehbuch für das Filmunternehmen UFA. Doch als sie zur Vertragsunterzeichnung fährt, hat in Babelsberg die Führung gewechselt.

Joost (29) is bandagist. Hij ontfermt zich over de zieke benen van ouderen in Amsterdam, de stad die hem en zijn vrienden geen woning kan bieden. Het contrast tussen zijn zwervende bestaan en dat van zijn patiënten, die zijn gebonden aan hun grote en volgestouwde huizen, wordt steeds groter. De bandagist is een roman over eenzaamheid en geborgenheid, over herinneren en vergeten.

Maître Pierre-François Chaumont, ein brillanter Pariser Anwalt, ist leidenschaftlicher Kunstsammler und lässt sich keine Auktion entgehen. Von einem alten Ölgemälde kann er eines Tages den Blick nicht mehr abwenden: Der dargestellte Mann mit gepuderter Perücke ähnelt ihm wie sein Spiegelbild! Das Porträt soll seine Sammlung krönen und er ersteigert es, aber schon bald wandelt sich das Glücksgefühl in Paranoia, denn Pierre-François fürchtet, verrückt geworden zu sein: Niemand seiner Familie oder Freunde sieht die frappierende Ähnlichkeit.

1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him. Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to her old way of life.

Set in the heart of global finance, Shadow Banking follows the lives of City hopefuls, as they try to wheel, deal and backstab their way to billions. Remember: lifes a trade. It is 1994. Al Denham turns up to his first day at City banking giant Trenchart Colville, he thinks hes there to start a job. But in fact, he's at the beginning of a journey that will change his life forever. Al is joined by a ragtag combination of the brash and the charming, the box-tickers and the risk-takers.

La vie d'Olivia Waldorf se passe exactement comme elle l’avait toujours rêvé. Elle est la fille la plus populaire du lycée, contrôle son gang d'une main de fer et le beau Nate Archibald est son petit copain.

Una famiglia del Nord Italia, tra l'inizio di un secolo e l'avvento di un altro. I Sartori, quattro generazioni, dal 1917 al 2012, dal Friuli rurale alla Milano contemporanea, dalle guerre mondiali alla ricostruzione alla globalizzazione, dal lavoro nei campi alle scrivanie delle multinazionali. Romanzo storico e corale, vasto ritratto narrativo del Novecento italiano, forse il primo di uno scrittore sotto i quarant'anni, il racconto dei Sartori affronta il fardello di un'eredità che sembra andata in malora. Se gli errori e le sfortune dei padri ricadono sui figli, come liberarsene?

The girls of Dressmaker’s Alley are busier than ever and Lady Diane’s business continues to thrive. New recruit Janice Williams is one of the new seamstresses Miss Susie hires to cope with the work but on the day of her interview, Janice is injured in a roadside accident that will change her life forever. Poor Winnie Collins’ pregnancy is beset with problems and under Doctor’s strict orders she is confined to bed rest. How will she cope when there is so much to do?

When the body of a young mother is discovered in an East London park during a blistering summer, D.I. Matthew Denning is thrust into a high-pressure investigation. As another woman dies in similar circumstances, it becomes clear a killer is stalking the city's streets. But when young, ambitious, D.S. Molly Fisher discovers a horrifying link to these deaths and a killing spree in South London a decade ago – by a psychopath dubbed 'The Bermondsey Ripper' – the case is blown wide open.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, four lives are about to change forever... On a freezing December morning, Caro sets out to uncover the truth: has her entire relationship with her father been built on lies? Cammy is planning the perfect proposal, until a missing ring threatens to unravel everything. Lila can't keep her secret any longer. Today, she'll confess the truth to her lover's wife. And after thirty years of silence, Bernadette is finally ready to walk away from her controlling husband, for good. In just one day, these lives will collide in unexpected ways.

Journalistin Hazel soll den maskierten Mann ausfindig machen und interviewen, der auf einem Foto aus dem exklusiven Phoenix-Club zu sehen ist. Nichts leichter als das - es handelt sich schließlich um ihren neuen Mitbewohner Kieran Black. Doch auch wenn Hazel schon seit Langem geheime Fantasien hegt, scheitert sie immer wieder an ihrer Schüchternheit und würde lieber im Erdboden versinken, als Kieran zu dem Club und seiner Mitgliedschaft dort zu befragen. Kieran Black sieht keinen Sinn in festen Beziehungen.

Peggy could lose her beloved pub. Maggie her acclaimed restaurant. Maureen her business and her home. Everyone had something to lose. Whilst old friends try to come to terms with the shocking news, the younger generation continue to forge ahead in the swinging sixties. Relationships flourish and new opportunities blossom; the ever changing world becoming their oyster. But family bonds remain strong, after all, it's people that matter not the buildings.

Ambitious event planner Daisy Haywood is torn between a safe and steady engagement to Harvey Harris and her lingering love for Max Galant, the adventurous journalist who left her to pursue this career overseas. Daisy must decide if love is a luxury she can afford or the only thing worth fighting for. Reckless Bridie Haywood returns from London under a cloud of mystery; her plight worsens when her movie star good looks attract the attention of notorious Beamer’s factory boss Henry Beamer who is only after one thing.

"- Det här som jag säger nu är mycket känsligt. Ni måste lova att inte sprida uppgifterna vidare." David, Johannes och Carina sitter på ett möte inför Västsaharakonferensen när de hör nyheten. Agenten Ali från den marockanska säkerhetstjänsten har hoppat av och tagit kontakt med Polisiaro. Han har ett viktigt avslöjande att förmedla på konferensen: han kan bevisa att högt uppsatta officerare i den marockanska säkerhetstjänsten organiserar och tjänar stora pengar på narkotikasmuggling. Men alla är inte lika entusiastiska över situationen.

Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting fellow neighbours on the slightest infraction whilst his poor brow-beaten wife, Margaret can only watch on in shameful silence. It’s whispered that one day he’ll get his comeuppance…

Dora Fairweather wasn’t cut out to be a wife and mother, and as soon as she’s able, she turns her back on her young daughter Lissie. With no parents to protect her, Lissie has no option but the dangerous streets of soot-sodden Bradford or the workhouse orphanage. Life in the orphanage is bleak and Lissie longs for the warm embrace of her beloved father. As the years pass, Lissie learns to enjoy the camaraderie of the other girls in the workhouse, and when she’s taken under the wing of matron Connie Briggs, things begin to look up..

As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I, life on Weaver Street in 1924 is blessedly peaceful. But as the Depression begins to bite, and the arrival of the Muller family on Weaver Street signals the worrying drumbeats of conflict coming from Germany, the fragile happiness and peace Liverpool has been enjoying looks destined to end. And as the neighbours pull together in the toughest of times, the women on Weaver Street face the prospect of waving their menfolk off to war.

Abandoned, penniless and orphaned as young children, Bertram and Alice saved each other from a terrible fate. For seven long years they have been kept apart, Bertram, BJ to his friends, learning how to survive and then thrive in the penal colonies of Australia, and Alice growing her prosperous chain of bakeries in the Black Country town of Wednesbury. Now BJ’s sentence is nearly up and he has a choice to make. Queen Victoria’s England has changed since he’s been away and so has Alice. Should he leave behind the life he’s built and face the terrifying, months-long voyage back home?

In the bustling heart of London’s East End, Maisie, Amanda and Bethan work long hours at the uniform factory. The pay is poor, the shifts relentless and the bombs fall far too close for comfort ­– but these three women refuse to give in to despair. For when not at the factory, the girls spend their days on the markets of Petticoat Lane, trying to source material in order to make dresses ­– doing their best to bring any small amount of joy in these troubled times. When a chance encounter leads them to a bundle of parachute silk, they decide to think bigger.

Por la autora best seller mundial de "La edad dorada", llega la nueva epopeya histórica de Sara Donati sobre dos doctoras pioneras en el Nueva York del siglo XIX. La obstetra Dra. Sophie Savard regresa a casa con los ritmos dolorosamente familiares de Manhattan a principios de la primavera de 1884 para reconstruir su vida después de la muerte de su esposo. Con la ayuda de la Dra. Anna Savard, su amiga más querida, prima y compañera médica, planea continuar su trabajo ayudando a las mujeres desfavorecidas que la sociedad preferiría olvidar.