Ergebnis für "Winston" in Literatur & Belletristik

Willkommen in Shaftesbury! Penelope St. James zieht aus London in den kleinen Ort Shaftesbury, um dort eine Partnervermittlungsagentur zu eröffnen. Der Anfang ist schwierig, denn Handyempfang gibt es nur auf dem Friedhof, und ihr neuer Nachbar Sam ist ausgerechnet Tierarzt - mit Tieren kann Penelope nun wirklich nichts anfangen. Als sie mitansehen muss, wie eine Frau überfahren wird, ist sie misstrauisch, denn sie glaubt nicht an einen Unfall.

Die Mordsaison ist eröffnet. Olive Ogilvie war die Königin des Stickens. Mit 103 Jahren ist sie gestorben, und nun endlich darf auch der Garten besichtigt werden, den sie mit ihrem Mann, einem genialen Architekten, entworfen hat. Shaftesbury wird von Touristen geflutet, höchst skurrile Menschen tauchen auf. Bald wird auch klar warum. In Olives Garten sei ein Schatz versteckt, heißt es. Dann wird die erste Leiche gefunden - und Penelope, Shaftesburys Hobbydetektivin, bekommt mehr Arbeit, als ihr lieb sein kann. Cosy Crime vom Feinsten - humorvoll, spannend und höchst unterhaltsam.

Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, hurculean, and surprisingly savy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of Univerity of Alabama's football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a worl-class Ping-Pong player, a villainous wrestler, and a business...

Set in 18th century Cornwall, Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series. Now a television phenomenon, it has been adapted for twice by the BBC as Poldark, most recently starring Aidan Turner. Cornwall in the 1780s – when powerful forces of revolution and...

Eddie Winston ist 90 Jahre alt. Er hat viel gesehen, viel erlebt und auch geliebt, doch er wartet immer noch auf seinen ersten Kuss ... Als echter Gentleman und unverbesserlicher Romantiker verbringt Eddie seine Tage als Freiwilliger in einem Wohltätigkeitsladen, wo er die Spenden sortiert. Doch manches bewahrt Eddie auf wie einen kostbaren Schatz: alte, zerfledderte Briefe. Den weichen Schal, in dem noch ein letzter Hauch vom Parfüm der Trägerin hängt. Die bekritzelten Chucks mit den zwei Initialen. Dinge, bei denen Eddie spürt, dass sie für irgendjemanden da draußen noch eine Bedeutung haben.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. An economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the US. These recordings capture 51 of Churchill’s speeches over 1934-45.

Showdown in Shaftesbury. Turbulente Zeiten im idyllischen Shaftesbury: Ein Rabe terrorisiert das Dorf, ein Kleptomane scheint von Haus zu Haus zu gehen, und obendrein wird das Anwesen Highgrove Hall von einem abgerissenen Mann gekauft, der aussieht, als hätte man ihn eben aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Alles Fälle für Penelope St. James meint man im Dorf, weil alle sie für eine verdeckt arbeitende Detektivin halten. Doch der schwierigste Fall erwartet Penelope noch - als sie den neuen und schon unbeliebten Pfarrer tot in der Kirche findet.

Ross Poldark is a heartwarming, gripping, and utterly entertaining saga that brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters and one of the greatest love stories of our age. Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall from war, looking forward to a joyful homecoming with his family and his beloved...

The author of the beloved international hit The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot returns with a funny, uplifting story about the power of friendship and finding love in unexpected places. Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed. A true...

I shouldn't have felt this way about her. She's my brother-in-law's first love. She was forbidden fruit. Ain't shit ever been forbidden for me. I take what I want, and I want her. I shouldn't have these strong of feelings for a woman I just met. I wanted to lay every man who even thought about...

Ten years after Simone Payton broke his heart, all Roscoe Winston wants is a doughnut. He'd also like to forget her entirely, but that's never going to happen. Roscoe Winston remembers everything - every look, every word, every single unrequited second - and the last thing he needs is another memory of Simone. Unfortunately, after one chance encounter, Simone keeps popping up everywhere he happens to be....

"Bein' a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't led no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic tale. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks...

Adai thought that leaving New York and starting over in a new city would rid her heart of Pryce Sullivan. Only she hadn't considered just how intertwined they were. While Pryce lets her go, she's never out of his mind and has a permanent place in his heart. When a forty-eight-hour warning text...

Read by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Missing You) The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war. A Secret Negotiation 1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds...

Marnie lügt, wenn sie den Mund aufmacht, sie erleichtert ihre Arbeitgeber um hohe Geldbeträge und wechselt ihre Namen wie andere Leute ihre Wäsche. Bis sie eines Tages den Falschen bestiehlt – Mark Rutand entlarvt sie. Gleichzeitig ist er in sie verliebt und ersetzt die gestohlene Summe, aber Marnie soll ihn dafür heiraten. Mark beginnt zu ahnen, dass ihre Aversion gegen jede Form von Nähe nicht nur mit ihm zu tun hat.

'The most persuasive and patriotic exhortations to arms since the Agincourt address from Henry V.' - The Guardian. Sir Winston Churchill steered Britain through its darkest hours during World War II. He was one of the 20th century's greatest orators and the speeches that he painstakingly...

Jeremy Poldark is the third novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. Cornwall 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he is to stand trial at the Bodmin Assizes. Despite...

Demelza is the second book in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years...

Two years ago Nori Stedworth fled the conservative mentality of both her parents and Ten Commandments, Iowa for Manhattan. She loves her new life—until one devastating afternoon that culminates with the arrival of her mother—complete with luggage, craft supplies, and a crisis of her own. Mom is suffering from middle-age meltdown. Her only identity is as a wife and mother, but her husband is a workaholic, and her daughter is halfway across the country. Grandchildren would give her life new purpose.

Beloved writer Sean Dietrich--also known as Sean of the South--will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her. Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local...