Ergebnis für "The Voyager" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Une aventure rocambolesque et hilarante aux quatre coins de l'Europe et dans la Libye post-Kadhafiste, une histoire d'amour plus pétillante que le Coca-Cola, mais aussi le reflet d'une terrible réalité : le combat que mènent chaque jour les clandestins, ultimes aventuriers de notre siècle.

The Voyage is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 24 December 1921, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. At the harbour Fenella and her grandmother say goodbye to Fenella's father and board the Picton boat; a number of everyday situations are described during the journey, which highlight a degree of tension between the rather religious grandmother and staff on the boat. At Picton they are met by Mr Penreddy with a carriage.

Abby a besoin de souffler. Depuis qu'elle essaye désespérément de tomber enceinte, ses relations avec son mari sont de plus en plus tendues. Alors, sur un coup de tête, elle fait ses valises pour la région de Cork, en Irlande, à la recherche de sa mère Caitlin, qui l'a abandonnée quand elle était bébé. Mais en retrouvant Caitlin, elle découvre aussi une valise remplie de cassettes audio enregistrées par sa grand-mère, Lucy. Celle-ci y raconte sa vie d'Irlandaise émigrée à New York au début du XXe siècle.

Four student filmmakers get an education when they ask a mysterious Tibetan for help. They do not realize that he is repairing a badly damaged time ship or how little they know about the real war on drugs, or themselves.

A bombastic Welsh publican bets a rival that a converted wooden pub barrel can successfully cross the Irish Sea. The pride of the local village is soon put on the line. The landlord's son is tasked with skippering the Green Beagle barrel boat on a risky journey to the Emerald Isle. Behind closed doors, he tells his son not to worry because he will arrange to fake the crossing. But when the big day finally arrives, it becomes clear there will be no escaping making this voyage for real.

Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a stranger jumps into its car. The unexpected passenger's only intent is to take the balloon as high as it will go, even at the cost of his and pilot's life. The intruder takes advantage of the long journey to recount the history of incidents related to the epic of lighter-than-air travel.

Elle est entêtée et prétentieuse. Il est colérique et mystérieux. Leur mariage forcé s'annonce... enflammé ! 1560. Adrastée de Nemours, noble héritière Française, se voit contrainte de quitter la cour pour épouser un Highlander, sur ordre de la reine Mary Stuart d'Écosse, alors souveraine de France. Darren MacLennan, Laird de l'île de North Uist, est obligé d'accepter cette union pour remplir les coffres d'or et ainsi faire face aux clans adverses.

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