Ergebnis für "The Cone" in Literatur & Belletristik

Jude's drowning when he can't save his family business single-handed. The last person he expects to throw a lifeline is Rob, a rival chef who once beat him to first place in a cooking contest. Two chefs working together won't be easy. Not when Rob is everything Jude isn't - popular, extroverted, and a one-time hookup. What's worse is that Rob wears his heart on his sleeve while Jude's still in the closet.

Cuatro mujeres y una librería donde volver a empezar. Elsa, Lili, Sylvana y Gabriela coinciden a menudo en La Colombaia, una preciosa librería-café propiedad de la primera. Todas rondan la cincuentena y arrastran pérdidas, heridas y secretos. Cada una ha tocado fondo a su manera, pero entre libros, tartas y plumcakes descubrirán que nunca es tarde para reconstruirse.

At first, it was hailed as a miracle of science. In reality, it was a catastrophic mistake. Dr. Elliot Alere never imagined his greatest achievement would become his greatest regret. Driven by ambition and the promise of medical breakthroughs, he accomplished the impossible: resurrecting an extinct marine predator—the cameroceras. He believed the ancient cephalopod could unlock new frontiers in science. Instead, he unleashed a monster. When the creature escapes mid-transport, it vanishes into the waters surrounding Green Pastures, a quiet island off the West Coast.

Manca solo un mese alla nascita del suo primo figlio, quando Valeria sente pronunciare dai medici le parole che nessuna madre vorrebbe mai sentirsi dire: "Non c’è battito." Anche se non ha mai visto la luce, al bambino che per otto mesi è cresciuto nella sua pancia Valeria ha quotidianamente rivolto parole, pensieri, racconti, sogni... Come può accettarne la morte? Per un genitore la perdita di un figlio è una tragica sovversione del ciclo naturale della vita, un'ingiustizia inaccettabile, una sofferenza atroce che congela ogni cosa e da cui sembra impossibile poter riemergere.

Segunda entrega de la prestigiosa saga de novelas policíacas de Rosa Ribas dedicas a la inolvidable inspectora hispano-germana Cornelia Weber-Tejedor. Un escalofriante suceso ha tenido lugar en las oficinas de la agencia de publicidad Baumgard & Holder, de Frankfurt. Cornelia Weber-Tejedor será la encargada de desentramar una complicada red de secretos, mentiras e intereses financieros que se entrecruzan en los rincones de la capital financiera de Europa. Sin embargo, lo que descubrirá podría sacudir los cimientos de su propia vida.

Una rebelión contra el mundo, contra su familia y contra la sociedad. Salí corriendo de repente. Sólo me dio tiempo a oír a mi madre, que decía Pero ¿qué hace ese idiota? No quería estar con ellos, me negaba a compartir con ellos ese momento. Yo estaba ya lejos, había dejado de pertenecer a su mundo, la carta lo decía. Salí al campo y estuve andando gran parte de la noche: el ambiente fresco del norte, los caminos de tierra, el olor de la colza, muy intenso en esa época del año. Dediqué toda la noche a elaborar mi nueva vida, lejos de allí.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the third book of the “gorgeously realized” (George R. R. Martin) epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Locke Lamora must make the hardest decision of his life . . . or death. “Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company...

Últimas tardes con Teresa constituye uno de los hitos de la narrativa española de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Dentro de la obra de Juan Marsé, esta inolvidable novela ocupa además un lugar muy especial, pues mereció el Premio Biblioteca Breve en 1965 y supuso la consolidación del autor como uno de los escritores más representativos de la literatura europea contemporánea.

Pre-order Ray Nayler's brand-new speculative historical thriller Palaces of the Crow, coming soon! 'I loved this novel's brain and heart' DAVID MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS 'A first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive' JEFF VANDERMEER, AUTHOR OF...

La familia que formará Cósima en Veracruz, casada con Felipe, cuya madre era francesa, estará formada también por otras tres mujeres: Hilda, Virginia y Leticia, la madre de Laura. La historia de la protagonista es narrada al tiempo que la historia del país. La intención del autor es recuperar la parte femenina que ha quedado diluida en la historia de un país fundamentalmente masculino, donde la herencia azteca, árabe y española la ha marginado del acontecer histórico.

As a teen, Olive Sterling's entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She's learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm. Her latest assignment seems straightforward: Identify a corporate mole who plans to sell dangerous classified technology to foreign operatives. When Olive runs into Jason Stewart—the only man she's ever loved—at her target company, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble.

For almost a decade, I've been the secret pen pal of a convict—my best friend's father. All I wanted was to help bridge the gap between father and son. But the innocent act soon turns into more. Through our letters, I am able to be the brave, confident guy I am in fact, not. So what if I fibbed a little when I sent him a false photograph of me? And reinvented myself in those letters? After all, what's the harm when Griff will never be released from prison?

21 ottobre 2020. Doveva essere la vacanza dei sogni, dopo il lungo periodo di lockdown, ma per un gruppo di sfortunati la crociera è finita prima di salpare. Risultati positivi al Covid-19 prima dell’imbarco, i passeggeri sono costretti a una quarantena forzata e imprevista in una villa antica e isolata nel cuore dei Nebrodi, in Sicilia. La villa, anni prima, è stata teatro di tragici eventi e, per questo, fra gli abitanti del luogo è segnata da una fama sinistra.

Echando la vista atrás, todo comenzó el día del atropello. Fue en el verano de 1999 cuando las vidas de Diego y su pandilla comenzaron a desmoronarse. Veintidós años después, Diego lleva una vida tranquila en la villa costera de Getxo, su ciudad natal. Una mañana, recibe dos paquetes anónimos: contienen un reproductor de CD y un compact disc. Entonces se da cuenta de que el pasado está de vuelta. Y quiere cobrar sus deudas.

"Mission Impossible, but with magic, dragons, and a series of heists that go from stealing a crown to saving the world" (David Dalglish). Master con artist Ardor Benn and his crew of intrepid thieves are hired to pull off a series of wildly complex heists, from stealing a crown to saving the...

""Like the best of its predecessors, Making Money balances satire, knockabout farce and close observation of human — and non-human — foibles with impressive dexterity and deceptive ease. The result is another ingenious entertainment from the preeminent comic fantasist of our time.” —...

""No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most."" —Paste Magazine
 The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a...

"Interesting characters, a chilling plot, lots of suspense and well read by January LaVoy make Identity a good listen!"—Toronto.com on Identity "Narrator January LaVoy brings a richly layered performance to a story.... She expertly handles the large cast of multigenerational characters"...

Raif Efendi llega a Berlín en los años veinte, enviado por su padre para aprender los secretos del negocio familiar, la fabricación de jabones de tocador. Sin embargo, su espíritu soñador lo empuja hacia el arte y la literatura. Además de estudiar alemán y leer novelas rusas, se dedica a recorrer la ciudad, visitando museos y exposiciones, en pos de algo que lo apasione verdaderamente.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this “spellbinding” (Vogue), “smoldering” (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls. “Under Cline’s command, every sentence as sharp as a scalpel, a woman toeing the...