Ergebnis für "Vox" in Belletristik

Ihr könnt uns die Wörter nehmen, aber zum Schweigen bringt ihr uns nicht! Als die neue Regierung anordnet, dass Frauen ab sofort nicht mehr als einhundert Wörter am Tag sprechen dürfen, will Jean McClellan diese wahnwitzige Nachricht nicht wahrhaben - das kann nicht passieren. Nicht im 21. Jahrhundert. Nicht in Amerika. Nicht ihr. Schon bald jedoch kann Jean ihren Beruf als Wissenschaftlerin nicht länger ausüben. Schon bald wird ihrer Tochter Sonia in der Schule nicht länger Lesen und Schreiben beigebracht. Sie und alle Mädchen und Frauen werden ihres Stimmrechts, ihres Lebensmutes, ihrer Träume beraubt.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S AND SHEREADS' BOOKS TO READ AFTER THE HANDMAID'S TALE “[An] electrifying debut.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “The real-life parallels will make you shiver.”—Cosmopolitan Set in a United States in which half the population has...

Written by number one New York Times best-selling author Marieke Nijkamp, Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin follows a brand-new story, featuring the cunning ranger Vex'ahlia and the conning rogue Vax'ildan (and, of course, Trinket) years before they meet Vox Machina. After leaving the unwelcoming refuge of Syngorn, the twins become entangled in a web spun by the Clasp, and for the first time Vex and Vax find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that threatens the home they have carried with each other for years. 

Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just 100 words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you’re a woman. Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and 70 million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write.

Celebrate a decade of Critical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside—and against—Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien. In these ten stories, see the legendary adventuring party anew through the eyes of some of the...

Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate that’s swept the country is all about perfection. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who don’t measure up are placed into new government schools. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Explore the past of Critical Role’s daring half-elf twins, Vex’ahlia and Vax’ildan, in this original prequel novel to their adventures with Vox Machina. Vex and Vax have always been outsiders. A harsh childhood in the elite elven city of Syngorn quickly taught...

Jean McClellan è diventata una donna di poche parole. Ma non per sua scelta. Può pronunciarne solo cento al giorno, non una di più. Anche sua figlia di sei anni porta il braccialetto conta parole, e le è proibito imparare a leggere e a scrivere. Perché, con il nuovo governo al potere, in America è cambiato tutto. Jean è solo una dei milioni di donne che, oltre alla voce, hanno dovuto rinunciare al passaporto, al conto in banca, al lavoro. Ma è l'unica che ora ha la possibilità di ribellarsi.

Baker has written a novel that remaps the territory of sex--solitary and telephonic, lyrical and profane, comfortable and dangerous. Written in the form of a phone conversation between two strangers, Vox is an erotic classic that places the author in the first rank of America's major writers.

The Quickening is a bold and shocking novel set in a near-future Britain, about gender, power and betrayal. 'Does the world seem right, to you?' Years ago, Dana Mayer had a vision of a better world: one where women are in charge. Now her manifesto, The Quickening, has established the rules for a...

The Sanctuary meets Shutter Island in this high-concept psychological thriller from the critically acclaimed author of The Sisterhood. BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER BUT NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE INSTINCT TO SURVIVE A group of students jump off a train platform into the path of an arriving...

‘Riveting, profoundly moving’ Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven ‘Beautiful and devastating’ Red ‘Thought-provoking and profound’ Cosmopolitan Imagine a world where sleep could trap you, for days, for weeks, for months… She sleeps through sunrise. She sleeps through...

AliƧin is living the dream–too bad she doesn’t feel like it. With the rock-star costume her manager forces her to wear feeling more like a straightjacket, she wishes she could ditch it all and just sing. After her broken-down tour bus ends up stranding her in Nowhere, a chance encounter with a hysterical rabbit leaves her tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland...only this isn’t the Wonderland everybody knows.

A good man's quest had gone horribly wrong, causing a war weary young nation to struggle to survive. In 1834 a doctor was searching for a way to cure his family and patients. He accidentally created a condition more terrible than the world has ever known. Two warring cultures must now band together to combat this new foe.

Mary has lived with a secret, hiding the scars of an abusive past and struggling to navigate a world that doesn’t know the real her. At sixteen, she’s on the brink of unraveling, with everything she’s kept hidden threatening to surface. Mitch, her best friend, has always stood by her, but when he uncovers the truth of what Mary has been hiding, everything changes. With the weight of her secret now out in the open, Mitch’s love and loyalty are put to the test as their bond is pushed to its limits. Together, they’ll have to face the truths they’ve kept buried and find the strength to survive.

“You think you know what you are seeing when you look at something, like a picture, or a landscape, or a person. Then you learn one new truth, and nothing you thought you saw or knew, means the same." For Anna Heath, it is the facts of her own life that come into question, and she finds herself searching through the heat of her sixteenth summer for answers about her past. A month before her sixteenth birthday, a disbelieving Anna watches her older sister Laura die, the victim of an auto accident.

Experience the charm of North Dakota's small-town life in "Being Young in Leeds," a collection of stories about children growing up in a close-knit community. Keith Ankenbauer captures the spirit of a bygone era where neighbors were friends, and kids roamed freely and safely.

The story is about Ezekiel, a writer who lives in Aba, Nigeria, who dreams of becoming a renowned writer. Despite his passion for soccer, singing, and break dancing, Ezekiel's true aspiration is to see his movie scripts brought to life on the big screen. One day, Ezekiel encounters a mysterious man named Legion, who promises to make him the greatest writer in the world in exchange for a covenant. Ezekiel agrees and is initiated into a dark order, binding his soul to a path that promises power and wealth but at an unimaginable cost.

During football season, when NFL coaches gear up for war on the gridiron, their wives are left to fend for themselves. NFL wife B.J. Almond has had enough. When she walks in to find her head-coach husband in bed with one of his assistant coaches' wives, she is livid. But what really sets her off is when she discovers the other wives knew about the affair all along. Now she's furious and hungry for revenge. And what better way to exact that revenge than to air everyone's dirty laundry in a juicy tell-all book! 

God has another daughter named Summer. However, her life isn't what one would imagine for someone who has a rich plug for a father. The little Chicago girl is living in poverty, helping her adoptive mother clean homes in order to make ends meet. Still, at 17, she's never been in any real trouble, makes good grades in school, and has a best friend who rides for her. She's even headed off to college soon. Then a blast from the past walks back into the picture. Loso, an effervescent hustler with a charming smile, lavish cars, and endless money, quickly wins the young girl's heart.