Inhalt: Die "Deutschen Sagen" sind nach den berühmten "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" das zweite große Sammelwerk der Brüder Grimm und gelten als die bedeutendste Zusammenstellung ihrer Art. Ob Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Heinrich der Löwe oder der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg, ob die Geschichten vom tausendjährigen Rosenstock, vom Binger Mäuseturm, dem Rattenfänger von Hameln oder wie Luther das Tintentfuß dem Teufel an den Kopf warf: Zehn Jahre lang haben die Brüder gesammelt und schließlich 585 Sagen unterschiedlichster Herkunft ausgewählt, die zum Teil auf eine über 1500jährige Erzähltradition zurückgehen. Schlagworte:Deutschland, Sage Systematik: e, , Roman Umfang: 640 S. Beteiligte:Grimm, Jacob, Grimm, Wilhelm Standort: e Gri ISBN: 978-3-938484-82-1
Inhalt: Hans Christian Andersens "Weihnachts- und Wintermärchen" erzählen von der Sehnsucht wie von der Erlösung, von Geburt und Tod, vom Glauben und visionären Verklärungen und nicht zuletzt vom Wechsel der Jahreszeiten und der neu erwachenden Natur im Frühling. Schlagworte:Märchen, Weihnachten Systematik: e, , Roman Umfang: 124 S. Beteiligte:Andersen, Hans Christian Standort: e And ISBN: 978-3-458-34394-3
Inhalt: Der Andersen-Märchenband mit 43 der bekanntesten Andersen-Märchen und 120 Bildern, ist zu einem Hausbuch geworden, das in jeder Hinsicht Maßstäbe setzt - selten wurde Andersen so hintergründig genau illustriert wie von Nikolaus Heidelbach.
Neue Orientalische Bibliothek Tausendundeine Nacht nach der ältesten arabischen Handschrift in der Ausgabe von Muhsin Mahdi Beck, München (2004)
Standort: e Tau
Inhalt: Diese Neuübersetzung von Tausendundeine Nacht macht erstmals die älteste arabische Fassung der berühmten orientalischen Erzählsammlung auch deutschen Lesern zugänglich. Nicht mehr ein europäischer Orientalismus spricht durch Tausendundeine Nacht zu uns, sondern endlich der Orient selbst. Die nächtlichen Erzählungen von Schahrasad, mit denen sie ihren königlichen Gatten verzaubert und so ihre Tötung immer wieder aufschiebt, entführen den Leser in die Welt der Basare und Karawansereien, der weisen Kalifen und verschlagenen Händler, der vornehmen Damen und klugen Ehefrauen, der mächtigen Zauberinnen, Dschinnen und bösen Dämonen. Sie berichten von erotischen Vergnügen und harten Schicksalsschlägen.
Inhalt: Die SAGEN DES KLASSISCHEN ALTERTUMS von Gustav Schwab (1792-1850) waren über viele Jahrzehnte ein Klassiker. Auch heute noch begegnen uns im Theater und im Opernhaus, in Museen auf antiken Vasen und neuzeitlichen Gemälden, in Comics und im Film immer wieder Figuren und Motive der trojanischen Mythen. Deshalb lohnt es sich nach wie vor, den wichtigsten und wirkungsreichsten Sagenkreis der Antike, die Geschichten von und um Troia und ihre Helden, zu kennen. Der vorliegende Text ist im engen Anschluss an die Schwab'sche Vorlage entstanden, aber durch behutsame sprachliche Anpassungen von Dorothea von der Höh modernisiert und durch gelegentliche Erläuterungen bereichert worden.
Schwab, Gustav: Biografische Angabe Gustav Schwab (1792-1850) war ein Pfarrer, Gymnasialprofessor und Schriftsteller. Er hat mit DIE SCHÖNSTEN SAGEN DES KLASSISCHEN ALTERTUMS einen Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur geschaffen und ab 1838 einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. Schlagworte:Altertum, Homer, Ilias, Klassiker, Mythologie, Odyssee, Odysseus, Sage, Troja, Trojanischer Krieg Systematik: e, , Roman Umfang: 685 Seiten Beteiligte:Schwab, Gustav, Höh, Dorothea von der, Brandt, Hartwin Standort: e Schwa ISBN: 978-3-7348-5500-9
[Einhundertundeine] 101 Nacht Aus dem Arabischen erstmals ins Deutsche übertragen von Claudia Ott nach der Handschrift des Aga Khan Museum Manesse, Zürich (2012)
Standort: e Hun
Inhalt: Nominiert für die Übersetzung - Leipziger Buchmesse 2013!
Ein Juwel der arabischen Literatur! Ein literarischer Sensationsfund: Die Arabistin Claudia Ott hat eine 800 Jahre alte Handschrift entdeckt und damit ein gutes Dutzend funkelnagelneuer, bislang gänzlich unbekannter Schahrasad-Geschichten! Die betörende kleine Schwester von "1001 Nacht" feiert nun zweieinhalb Jahre nach dem Fund Weltpremiere. Eines der imposantesten Klassikerereignisse der letzten Jahrzehnte! Edle Ritter und listige Bösewichte, Beduinen und Großwesire, Lindwürmer und Jungfrauen die Figuren von "101 Nacht" haben eine dichterische Unmittelbarkeit und Frische, die auf Anhieb bezaubert. 2010 von Claudia Ott aus den Beständen des Aga Kahn Museums geborgen, wird die andalusische Handschrift von 1234 nun erstmals der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht sachkundig übersetzt, sorgfältig ediert und bibliophil veredelt: mit handschmeichlerischem Samtüberzug, Goldfolienprägung und Schmuckfarbdruck.
Inhalt: Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.
Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.
Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.
Inhalt: This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, it touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic questions: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden-haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's leads him into the loving arms of eight-year-old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog. But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders - will he ever find his purpose? Schlagworte:Freundschaft, Hund, Hunde, Wiedergeburt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 323 Seiten Beteiligte:Cameron, W. Bruce Standort: Engl. Cam ISBN: 978-0-7653-8810-0
Inhalt: When Mattie Gokey is given a bundle of letters to burn she fully intends to execute the wishes of the giver, Grace Brown. When Grace Brown is found drowned the next day in Big Moose Lake, Mattie finds that it is not as easy to burn those letters as she had thought. And, as she reads, a riveting story emerges - not only Grace Brown's story but also Mattie's hopes and ambitions for the future and her relationships with her friends and family.
Inhalt: International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world.. Alan Clay ist ein Mann der Old Economy, der nicht ganz ohne eigenes Zutun so gut wie ausrangiert ist und nun darum kämpft, die Studiengebühren seiner Tochter bezahlen und einen Rest seiner Würde bewahren zu können. Er hat noch eine Chance, um seiner Finanzlage und damit seinem Leben die entscheidende Wendung zu geben: Für eine amerikanische IT-Firma fliegt er mit einem Team von jungen Leuten nach Saudi-Arabien. Dort, wo mitten in der Wüste eine funkelnde Wirtschaftsmetropole entstehen soll, wollen sie dem saudischen König ihre hochentwickelte IT-Technik vorführen, mit der sie die Stadt versorgen möchten. In einem Zelt am Rande der riesigen Baustelle, aus der eines Tages die Stadt erwachsen soll, kämpfen sie nicht nur mit drückender Hitze und wackligem WiFi, sondern warten auf einen König, der einfach nicht kommt."Ein Hologramm für den König" ist ein Roman über das, was die globalisierte Wirtschaft mit dem Menschen macht. Mit großer Empathie und herrlich absurder Komik erzählt, zielt er mitten ins Herz der heutigen Zeit. Vielschichtig, traurig, rührend. Ein literarischer Meilenstein. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Existenzkampf, Familie, Globalisierung, Saudi-Arabien, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Wirtschaft, Wirtschaftsethik, Ökonomie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 312 S. Beteiligte:Eggers, Dave Standort: Engl. Egg ISBN: 978-0-241-96515-3
Inhalt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Brace yourself for the most astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a season. An epic about love and friendship in the twenty-first century that goes into some of the darkest places fiction has ever traveled and yet somehow improbably breaks through into the light. Truly an amazement-and a great gift for its readers.
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome-but that will define his life forever. In rich and resplendent prose, Yanagihara has fashioned a tragic and transcendent hymn to brotherly love, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark examination of the tyranny of memory and the limits of human endurance. Schlagworte:Amerikanische Literatur, Amerikanisches Englisch, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Englisch, Freundschaft und Liebe, Homosexualität, Kindesmissbrauch, Man Booker Prize, Massachusetts, Männer, New York, Preisgekrönt, Protagonist, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 816 Seiten Beteiligte:Yanagihara, Hanya Standort: Engl. Yan ISBN: 978-1-101-97242-7
Inhalt: New Year's Eve at Topper's House, North London's most popular suicide spot. And four strangers are about to discover that doing away with yourself isn't quite the private act they'd each expected. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Suicide Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 256 S. Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor
Inhalt: Meet Ove. He¿s a curmudgeon¿the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him ¿the bitter neighbor from hell.¿ But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn¿t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove¿s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents¿ association to their very foundations.
A feel-good story in the spirit of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Major Pettigrew¿s Last Stand, Fredrik Backman¿s novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. ¿If there was an award for 'Most Charming Book of the Year,¿ this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down¿ (Booklist, starred review). Schlagworte:Freundschaft, Nachbar, Nachbarschaft, Rentner, Schweden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 295 Seiten Beteiligte:Backman, Fredrik, Koch, Henning Standort: Engl. Bac ISBN: 978-1-4736-1634-9
Inhalt: One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore a medieval wall painting in the local church. At the same time, Charles Moon - a fellow damaged survivor of the war - has been asked to locate the grave of a village ancestor. As these two outsiders go about their work of recovery, they form a bond, but they also stir up long dormant passions within the village. What Berkin discovers here will stay with him for the rest of his life. Schlagworte:Erster Weltkrieg <1914-1918>, Kriegsheimkehrer, Landleben, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 92 Seiten Beteiligte:Carr, J.L. Standort: Engl. Car ISBN: 978-0-241-97203-8
Der 12. Juli 1906 ist ein schöner, sonniger Tag. Bis man die ertrunkene Grace Brown auf die Veranda des vornehmen Glenmore Hotels legt. Für die junge Mattie, die die Briefe der Toten an ihren Geliebten aufbewahrt, ändert sich mit diesem tragischen Ereignis das ganze Leben Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Preisgekrönt, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 396 S. Beteiligte:Donnelly, Jennifer Standort: Engl. Don ISBN: 978-0-15-205310-9
Inhalt: For decades, Christina Olson's whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave. As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love. Years pass and Christina's solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Krankheit, Künstler, Maine Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 309 Seiten : Illustrationen Beteiligte:Kline, Christina Baker Standort: Engl. Kli ISBN: 978-0-06-235626-0
Inhalt: Kommissar Brunetti flieht mit seiner Familie vor der erdrückenden Hitze Venedigs in die Sommerfrische. Währenddessen sorgt sich Inspektor Vianello um das Verhalten seiner Tante: Sie scheint von Horoskopen besessen zu sein und entwendet dem Familienunternehmen immer wieder große Geldsummen. Ratlos holt er sich bei Brunetti die Erlaubnis ein, seine Tante beschatten zu dürfen und entdeckt als Geldempfänger Stefan Gorini. Aber wer ist dieser Mann? Brunetti erfährt zudem von einem Bekannten über Unregelmäßigkeiten im Gericht: die Richterin Coltellini und der Gerichtsdiener Fontana scheinen darin verwickelt zu sei. Doch als Fontana ermordert aufgefunden wird, wird der Fall verzwickter ...
In "A Question of Belief", Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of a Venetian summer. With his hometown beset by hordes of tourists and baking under a glaring sun, Brunetti's greatest wish is to go to the mountains with his family, where he can sleep under a down comforter and catch up on his reading. But before he can go on vacation, a folder with court records has landed on his desk, brought by an old friend. It appears that cases at the local court - hardly known as a model of efficiency - are being delayed to the benefit of one of the parties. A creative new trick for corrupting the system, perhaps, but what can Brunetti do about it? And just when it looks like Brunetti will be able to get away, a shocking, violent crime forces him to stay in Venice. This is a stellar addition to Leon's celebrated series: atmospheric, packed with excellent characters, and building to an explosive, indelible ending. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Krimi, Leon, Donna, Mord, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 S. Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-0-09-954763-1
Inhalt: Im Dorf Glengowan am Ufer von Loch Ness wird ein Dudelsackspieler ermordet. Misstrauisch beäugt von den Einheimischen kommt Inspektor Hudson einer Intrige auf die Spur.
Inhalt: Following the funeral of a local farmer, Bruno gets a phone call from his son. He tells Bruno that just before his father's sudden death, he had signed over his property to an insurance company in return for a subscription to a luxury retirement home. Bruno discovers that both the retirement home and the insurance company are scams with links to a Russian oligarch whose dealings are already being tracked by the French police.
Meanwhile, an aging British rock star is selling his home, Chateau Rock. The star's son returns for the summer with his Russian girlfriend. As Bruno pursues his inquiries into the farmer's death and the stolen inheritance, he learns that the oligarch is none other than the girlfriend's father. Bruno's talents are tested to the limit as he untangles a Gordian Knot of criminality that reaches as far as the Kremlin.
But luckily Bruno still has time to cook delicious meals for his friends and enjoy the life of his beloved Dordogne. What's more, love is in the air. His pedigree basset, Balzac, is old enough to breed. Bruno heads for the kennels where a suitable beauty, Diane de Poitiers, is ready and waiting for Balzac's attentions Schlagworte:Briefkastenfirma, Frankreich, Krimi, Oligarchie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 340 Seiten Beteiligte:Walker, Martin Standort: Engl. Wal ISBN: 978-1-78747-771-1
Inhalt: The new heart-breaking love story from award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins. He'd have done everything differently if he'd known she'd be gone so soon...
When Lisa married Alex, she gave his life meaning. She was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man she could love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But when Lisa dies suddenly, their universe is destroyed. Alex is shattered by loss, and overwhelmed by the difficulties of being a single father to a six-year-old boy.
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because she died. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to realise the world may not be as cruel and senseless as it seems. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars... Schlagworte:Astronomie, Ehe, Familie, Freundschaft, Liebe, Schicksal, Sterne, Tod, Trauer, Trauerbewältigung, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 Seiten Beteiligte:Atkins, Dani Standort: Engl. Atk ISBN: 978-1-78954-622-4
Inhalt: Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She's seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. Some even call her dangerous.
Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes, that doesn't mean she's a killer. Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. She trusts no one: good people are capable of terrible deeds. But how far will she go to find peace?
Innocent or guilty, everyone is damaged. Some are damaged enough to kill.
Look what you started. Schlagworte:Frauen, London, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 297 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Hawkins, Paula Standort: Engl. Haw ISBN: 978-0-85752-445-4
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.
Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?
As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find... Schlagworte:Ehemann, England, Suche, Thriller, Tochter, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 325 Seiten Beteiligte:Rankin, Ian Standort: Engl. Ran ISBN: 978-1-4091-7697-8
Inhalt: Fifteen-year-old Mariam is sent to Kabul to marry the troubnled and bitter Rasheed. Decades later, fifteen-year-old Laila must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam become very close. Like mother and daughter. Then comes the Taliban rule over Afghanistan. Everywhere gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, burtality and fear. A portrait of a wounded country and a deeply moving story of family and friendship, Schlagworte:Afghanistan, British English, Englischer Roman, Taliban Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 S. Beteiligte:Hosseini, Khaled Standort: Engl. Hos ISBN: 978-0-7475-8279-3
Inhalt: Liebe und Tod, Leidenschaft und Vergänglichkeit, Wirklichkeit und Fiktion sind die Pole, zwischen denen der Puls des Romans von John Irving schlägt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Schriftstellerin Ruth Cole, eine starke und verletzliche Frau, die mit ihren Büchern Erfolg und mit ihren Freunden Pech hat ... Umwerfend komisch und aufwühlend.
Inhalt: Praise for The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy: Another superior Jane Austen homage...will entertain those who already know their Austen and Georgette Heyer by heart, as well as fans of old-fashioned romance. When Mr. Darcy realizes he insulted Miss Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly, he feels duty bound to seek her out and apologize...When he has INSULTED a LADY But instead of meekly accepting his apology, Elizabeth stands up to him, and Darcy realizes with a shock that she is a very different type of lady than he is used to...Darcy is more intrigued than he's ever been by any young lady, but he's already entangled in a courtship. It's a brutal predicament for a man of honor who only longs to follow his heart... Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Ehefrau, Englischer Roman, Liebe, Protagonist, Suche, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 S. Beteiligte:Simonsen, Mary Lydon Standort: Engl. Sim ISBN: 978-1-4022-4616-6
Inhalt: 'How cool was Will Freeman?' Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up? Schlagworte:Außenseiter, Depression, Erwachsenwerden, Familie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 278 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-0-241-95021-0
Inhalt: As heard on BBC radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the Irish book awards novel of the year 2014 shortlisted for the costa first novel award 2014.Tess Lohan appears to be a quiet child. But within lies a heart of fire. A fire that will propel her from her native Ireland into the hurly-burly of 1960s New York. In this city she will face the twists of a life graced with great beauty, but forever floating close to hazard. Joyous and heart-breaking, Academy Street journeys through six decades and one incredible Story. Schlagworte:60er Jahre, Auswandern, Auswanderung, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Ireland, Irland, New York, Preisgekrönt, Protagonistin, Sechziger Jahre, USA, Umzug, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 179 S. Beteiligte:Costello, Mary Standort: Engl. Cos ISBN: 978-1-78211-420-8
Inhalt: What happens when your past catches up with you? An evocative read for fans of Lisa Jewell and Liane Moriarty. Every broken heart has a history.
Anna hasn't been back to Oxford since her last summer at university. She tries not to think about her time there, or the tightly knit group of friends she once thought would be hers forever. She has almost forgotten the sting of betrayal, the secret she carries around, the last night she spent with them all.
Then a chance meeting on a rainy day in London brings her past tumbling back into her present. . . Can Anna finally face up to the memories of that summer and the people she left behind?
An absorbing, powerful novel of love, friendship and secrets that sweeps you away from the very first page. The perfect read for fans of Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty and Jane Fallon.Zur iPad-Leseprobe Vom Verlieren und Wiederfinden einer großen Liebe
Eines Tages flieht Anna Jones vor dem Regen in eine Londoner Buchhandlung - und steht plötzlich vor Victor, ihrer ersten großen Liebe. Siebzehn Jahre sind seit der Trennung vergangen, und doch konnte sie Victor nie vergessen. Diese zufällige Begegnung ist dazu bestimmt, Annas Leben zu verändern. Doch erst muss sie bereit sein, sich der Geschichte ihres gebrochenen Herzens zu stellen. Schlagworte:England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Erste Liebe, Geheimnis, Liebe, Oxford, Protagonistin, Universität, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Wiederbegegnung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 418 S. Beteiligte:Mercer, Alison Standort: Engl. Mer ISBN: 978-0-552-77819-0
Inhalt: Losing the love of your life once is tragic. TWICE looks like carelessness . . .
Rachel Walsh is a survivor: she survived rehab and the loss of her greatest love.
These days everything in her life is good - good job, good dog, very good boyfriend. Then Luke - her ex of six years - shows up.
Suddenly she's fragile and falling.
They ended badly and neither can speak of the secret hurt which drove them apart.
But is it fear of what happened? Or what might happen next? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Entzug, Liebe, Trauer, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 576 Seiten Beteiligte:Keyes, Marian Standort: Engl. Key ISBN: 978-1-4059-4539-4
Inhalt: A major new novel, his first work of fiction in seven years, from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner: a sweeping, seductive love story set in the years after World War II. From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. In a world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself. Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a life unfolding in an unforgettable world on the brink of change - a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.
James Salter ist einer der großen amerikanischen Erzähler unserer Zeit, ein moderner Klassiker, und "Alles, was ist" ist eine Huldigung an das New York der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre, an ein freies, ungezügeltes Leben und die einst so glamouröse Welt der Bücher und der Literatur. Als Lieutenant Philip Bowman aus dem Pazifischen Krieg zurückkehrt, der Schlacht von Okinawa knapp entronnen, liegt das Leben endlich vor ihm. Er studiert, heuert bei einer Theaterzeitschrift an, beginnt für einen Verlag Manuskripte zu lesen. Alles scheint möglich in dem noch ungebändigten New York. Er wird Lektor in einem angesehenen Verlag, diniert mit Schriftstellern, und er lernt Vivian kennen, Vivian Amussen, das schöne unnahbare Mädchen aus dem Süden. Bowman heiratet und wird geschieden, er betrügt und wird betrogen. Seine Arbeit, seine Liebschaften, seine Träume, wie alles ihn berührt und über ihn hinweggeht. Nur ein kurzes Flackern zwischen Erinnerung und Vergessen und doch: alles, was ist. Schlagworte:2. Weltkrieg, 50er Jahre, 60er Jahre, Amerikanisches Englisch, Beziehung, Ehe, Englischer Roman, Fünfziger Jahre, Geliebte, Lebensbewältigung, Lebenskrise, Lektor, Liebe, Literatur, Mann, New York, Protagonist, Rache, Sechziger Jahre, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verlag, Zweiter Weltkrieg <1939-1945> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 289 S. Beteiligte:Salter, James Standort: Engl. Sal ISBN: 978-1-4472-6161-2
Inhalt: Cherry has a hidden talent. She can see things other people can't, and she decided a long time ago to use this skill to help others. As far es the rest of the town is concerned she's simply the kind-hearted young woman who runs the local bakery, but in private she uses her gift to add something special to her cakes so that after just one mouthful the townspeople start to feel better about their lives. They don't know why they're drawn to Cherry's bakery - they just know that they're safe there, and that's how Cherry likes it. She can help them in secret and no one will ever need to know the truth behind her gift.
And then Chase turns up and threatens to undo all the good Cherry has done. Because it turns out she's not the only one who can see what she does... Schlagworte:Bäckerei, Englische Literatur, Geheimnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten : Illustrationen Beteiligte:Fletcher, Carrie Hope Standort: Engl. Fle ISBN: 978-0-7515-6317-7
Inhalt: On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.
But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings? In a dark and brilliant guessing game of a novel - evoking Patricia Highsmith and Agatha Christie - Peter Swanson once again displays his unique gift for lovingly reprising and refreshing mystery writing's greatest tropes. Schlagworte:Familienkonflikt, Intrige, Lüge, Stiefmutter, Thriller, Tod Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 364 Seiten Beteiligte:Swanson, Peter Standort: Engl. Swa ISBN: 978-0-571-32719-5
Saint-Malo 1944: Die erblindete Marie-Laure flieht mit ihrem Vater, einem Angestellten des "Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle", aus dem besetzten Paris zu ihrem kauzigen Onkel in die Stadt am Meer. Verborgen in ihrem Gepäck führen sie den wahrscheinlich kostbarsten Schatz des Museums mit sich. Werner Hausner, ein schmächtiger Waisenjunge aus dem Ruhrgebiet, wird wegen seiner technischen Begabung gefördert und landet auf Umwegen in einer Spezialeinheit der Wehrmacht, die die Feindsender der Widerstandskämpfer aufzuspüren versucht. Während Marie-Laures Vater von den Deutschen verschleppt und verhört wird, dringt Werners Einheit nach Saint-Malo vor, auf der Suche nach dem Sender, der die Résistance mit Daten versorgt...
Inhalt: Four women-friends, family, rivals-turn to online dating for companionship, only to find themselves in the crosshairs of a tech-savvy killer using an app to target his victims in this harrowing thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of See Jane Run and The Bad Daughter.
Online dating is risky-will that message be a sweet greeting or an unsolicited lewd photo? Will he be as handsome in real life as he is in his photos, or were they taken ten years and twenty pounds ago? And when he asks you to go home with him, how do you know it's safe? The man calling himself "Mr. Right Now" in his profile knows that his perfect hair, winning smile, and charming banter put women at ease, silencing any doubts they might have about going back to his apartment. There, he has a special evening all planned out: steaks, wine, candlelight . . . and, by the end of the night, pain and a slow, agonizing death.
Driven to desperation-by divorce, boredom, infidelity, a beloved husband's death-a young woman named Paige, her cousin and rival Heather, her best friend, Chloe, and her mother, Joan, all decide to try their hand at online dating. They each download an app, hoping to right-swipe their way to love and happiness.
But one of them unwittingly makes a date with the killer, starting the clock on a race to save her life.
Inhalt: Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton.
Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she's strayed from the person she once was.
Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville's most prestigious private school.
Amid so much wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn't always fit in-and her overprotective father doesn't help-but in most ways, she's a typical teenaged girl, happy and thriving.
Then, one photograph, snapped in a drunken moment at a party, changes everything. As the image spreads like wildfire, the Windsor community is instantly polarized, buzzing with controversy and assigning blame.
At the heart of the lies and scandal, Tom, Nina, and Lyla are forced together-all questioning their closest relationships, asking themselves who they really are, and searching for the courage to live a life of true meaning. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familienkonflikt, Skandal, Teenager Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 334 Seiten Beteiligte:Giffin, Emily Standort: Engl. Gif ISBN: 978-0-399-17892-4
Inhalt: Oscar Wildes Dorian Gray ist eine der berühmtesten Figuren der Weltliteratur: So stauneswert schön er ist, so unverdorben und naiv ist sein Blick auf die Welt. Verführt durch den geistreichen Zyniker Lord Wotton, stürzt Dorian sich haltlos ins lüsterne Londoner Nachtleben. Ausschweifung und Genuss wecken in ihm den innigen Wunsch nach unvergänglicher Jugend - und auf wundersame Weise altert fortan nicht mehr er selbst, sondern ein Porträt von ihm. Doch Dorians unbedachter Pakt mit dunklen Mächten hat grausame Folgen... Assembles the elements of Oscar Wilde's talents in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth. Schlagworte:Altern, Angst, England, Englischer Roman, Jugend, Junger Mann, Klassiker, London, Nachtleben, Porträt, Protagonist, Weltliteratur Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 232 S. Beteiligte:Wilde, Oscar Standort: Engl. Wil ISBN: 978-1-84749-372-9
Inhalt: También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams.
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.
Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy?two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia?trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?
American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.
Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic," Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Schlagworte:America, Amerika, Buchhändlerin, Drogenkartell, Drogenmafia, Flucht, Grenze, Mexico, Mexiko, Migration, Sohn Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 386 Seiten Beteiligte:Cummins, Jeanine Standort: Engl. Cum ISBN: 978-1-250-75408-0
Inhalt: A book full of insight, full of sharp ironice twists, full of wisdom about American idealism, and full of terrific fun.. A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last 50 years.
Inhalt: Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. As the conflict sweeps up natives and colonials, so those left at home and those fighting abroad find themselves unable to escape the tide of history bearing down on them. Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, Afrika , Erster Weltkrieg <1914-1918>, Kolonialzeit, Krieg, Ostafrika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 395 Seiten Beteiligte:Boyd, William Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-0-241-97075-1
Inhalt: When a girl's body is found in a sinkhole in an abandoned coal town, Chief Dove Carnahan - a true trailblazer who would do anything to protect the rural Pennsylvanian countryside where she has lived all fifty of her years - is faced with solving the worst crime of her career. She identifies the girl as a daughter of the Truly family, a notorious dynasty of redneck irascibility and petty criminals. But when the man convicted of killing Dove's mother years earlier is released from prison - still proclaiming his innocence - his startling accusation will force Dove to face the parallels between her own family's trauma and that of the Trulys. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Thriller, Verbrechen Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 279 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Dell, Tawni Standort: Engl. O'De ISBN: 978-1-4767-5595-3
Inhalt: Die Tiere auf der Manor Farm haben die Schnauze voll davon, dass ihre menschlichen Herren sie ausbeuten. Unter dem alten Keiler Old Major, der den Tieren die Produkte ihrer Arbeit zukommen lassen möchte, planen sie die Revolution. Als Old Major stirbt, übernehmen die beiden Schweine Schneeball und Napoleon die Führung. Gemeinsam gehen die Tiere auf die Barrikaden und vertreiben die Menschen schließlich von der Farm. Doch Napoleon ist seine neue Macht zu Kopf gestiegen. Unter dem Deckmantel der neuen Gleichberechtigung aller Tiere baut Napoleon eine brutale und korrupte Gesellschaft auf. Seine Vorstellung von einem vermeintlich neuen System lautet: Alle Tiere sind gleich, aber einige Tiere sind gleicher als andere ...
"Animal Farm" is a dystopian novella in the form of an allegory by George Orwell. Published in England on 17 August 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II. Orwell, a democratic socialist and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences with the NKVD during the Spanish Civil War. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel "contre Stalin". The original title was "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", but A Fairy Story was dropped by the US publishers for its 1946 publication. Of all the translations during Orwell's lifetime, only Telugu kept the original title. Other variations in the title include: A Satire and A Contemporary Satire. Orwell suggested for the French translation the title Union des républiques socialistes animales, recalling the French name of the Soviet Union, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques, and which abbreviates URSA, which means "bear" in Latin
Inhalt: It's the end of the night. You're walking home on your own.
Then you hear the sound every woman dreads. Footsteps. Behind you. Getting faster.
You're sure it's him - the man from the bar who wouldn't leave you alone.
You make a snap decision. You turn. You push. Your pursuer tumbles down the steps. He lies motionless, face-down on the floor.
Now what?
Call 999 Wait for the police to arrive. For judgement, for justice, whatever that may be. You just hope your husband, family and friends, everyone you love, will stand by you.
OR:
Run Stay silent. You didn't mean to do it. You were scared, you panicked. And no one saw. No one will ever know. If you leave now. If you keep quiet. For ever.
Which will it be? Schlagworte:Psychothriller, Stalking Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:McAllister, Gillian Standort: Engl. MacA ISBN: 978-1-4059-2827-4
Inhalt: The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all their friends. They're killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. After fifty years of marriage, they've finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready for their golden years. So why are they so misearble? The four Delaney children were tennis stars in their own right as kids, yet none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that's okay, now that they're all successful grown-ups. Mostly. When a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy's door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend, they're more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted. Later, when Joy goes missing and Savannah has disappeared, the police turn to the person who remains: Stan. For someone who claims to be innocent, he seems to have a lot to hide. Two kids think their father is guiltless, two aren't so sure - as the two sides square off in perhaps their biggest match, all of the Delaneys will start to see their family hisstory in a very new light. Schlagworte:Ehe, Ehekonflikt, Ehekrise, Familie, Familiendrama, Familienkonflikt, Gewalt, Tennis, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 467 Seiten Beteiligte:Moriarty, Liane Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-250-83118-7
Inhalt: One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they find they have much more in common than they realized¿
Sixty-year-old Olivia¿s first marriage was long and unhappy, but now she is a newlywed, thrilled to finally be starting her life with the man she¿s always truly loved¿even if they are getting a late start. Kathy is in her forties and married to a handsome, successful businessman. Theirs would be a fairy-tale romance if it weren¿t for one problem: he¿s passionately in love with someone else! Twentysomething Elise is also in a troubled marriage, stuck with the man her wealthy parents chose for her. Now that he has a pregnant mistress, he seems willing to go to drastic lengths to take Elise out of the picture.
Though each of them wound up at the summerhouse for separate reasons, it¿s not long before they begin to open up about their regrets, their wishes and their dreams. And when they¿re presented with the opportunity of a lifetime¿a chance to right the wrongs of their past¿all three discover what can happen when dreams really do come true.
A heartfelt, magical tale, As You Wish is a shining example of Jude Deveraux¿s enchanting storytelling that will charm longtime fans and delight a new generation of readers. Schlagworte:Ehe, Ehekrise, Ehepaar, Frauen, Freundschaft, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 411 Seiten Beteiligte:Deveraux, Jude Standort: Engl. Dev ISBN: 978-0-7783-0761-7
Inhalt: ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, level-headed assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things in General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.
With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer-naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don't find evil so attractive, Evie.
But just when she's getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat...and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain-and his entire nefarious empire-out.
Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work... and ensure he makes them pay.
Inhalt: Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, all must pick a side
The world's best magicians were offered a choice. Could they kill one of their number for limitless power? For most, the decision semmed easy. Then everything went wrong.
Tristan and Nico are convinced Libby never died, despite seeing her body. Nico seeks fdorbidden help to find her, while Tristan takes dangerous risks to unlock his powers. And the other initiates are unravelling. Parisa has unlocked something dangerous within Dalton's mind; Reina is barred from the knowledge she craves; and Callum, marked for death, remains ominously alive.
As events gather momentum, alliances fracture. The Alexandrian Society possesses world-changing power. But the morals of Atlas Blakely, their elusive Caretaker, seem increasingly questionable. They'll have to choose a side, but what else must they sacrifice for knowledge? And where - or when - is Libby Rhodes?
Inhalt: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake is the runaway TikTok must-read fantasy novel of the year. If you loved Ninth House and A Deadly Education, you'll love this. The book includes gorgeous new illustrations.
Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction. Welcome to the Alexandrian Society.
When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited - to fill five places.
Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist who can perceive and understand the flow of life itself. And Callum Nova is an empath, who can manipulate the desires of others. Finally there's Tristan Caine, whose powers mystify even himself.
Following recruitment by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they travel to the Society's London headquarters. Here, each must study and innovate within esoteric subject areas. And if they can prove themselves, over the course of a year, they'll survive. Most of them.
Inhalt: On the hottest day of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip and jump into the fountain in the garden, watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambrige.By the end of the day, their lives will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have bcome victims of Briony's imagination. Briony have committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. Schlagworte:2. Weltkrieg, British English, Englischer Roman, Geschwister, Klassiker, Liebe, Zweiter Weltkrieg <1939-1945> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 371 Seiten Beteiligte:MacEwan, Ian Standort: Engl. MacE
Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, a vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone. These days, his job is his life. A murderous attack against a Glitter Band habitat is nasty, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case - until Dreyfus uncovers a covert takeover bid by a shadowy figure, Aurora, who believes that the people of the Glitter Band should no longer be in charge of their own destiny. Before long Dreyfus and his team are fighting against something worse than tyranny ... and Dreyfus discovers that to save something precious, you may have to destroy part of it. Schlagworte:Mordfall, Science fiction, Thriller, Weltraum Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 516 Seiten Beteiligte:Reynolds, Alastair Standort: Engl. Rey ISBN: 978-1-4732-2336-3
Inhalt: Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know - or to think you know - your future, or worse, the future of someone you love. What might a young girl be driven to do if she thought she had the power to change what lies ahead?
Later in life, Juan Diego embarks on a journey to fulfil a promise he made in his youth. It is a long story and it has long awaited an ending, but Juan Diego is unable to write the final chapters.
Inhalt: Is love born or bred? What is the nature of good and evil? When is a family fit to survive?
Suzette is a devoted stay-at-home mother doing everything she can to connect with her seven-year-old daughter, who cannot - or will not - speak. But ever since Hanna was a baby, Suzette could'nt help but feel despised by her. Manipulated. And scared to death. Alex, Hanna's father, wants to believe his wife's accounts of Hanna's cruel and unusual behavior. The only problem is that Alex hs never really seen it himself: Hanna shows him nothing but love, and it's driving Suzette literally crazy. Could it be that Hanna is just a typical naughty girl, one whose everyday antics towards her mother point to intelligence, creativity, maybe even charm? Or is Hanna, as Suzette fears, actually trying to kill her? A powerhouse, razor-sharp novel of psychological suspense, baby Teeth raises more questions than it answers - and will leave you guessing until its shocking conclusion. Schlagworte:Hass, Mutter, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Mutterliebe, Thriller, Tochter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 304 Seiten Beteiligte:Stage, Zoje Standort: Engl. Stag ISBN: 978-1-250-17075-0
Inhalt: New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns with a poignant new story about finding love and freeing oneself from the past.... Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside she's still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet, Michelle returns to the quaint Blackberry Island Inn to claim her inheritance, and recover from the perils of war. Instead, she finds the owner's suite occupied by the last person she wants to see. Carly Williams and Michelle were once inseparable, until a shocking betrayal destroyed their friendship. And now Carly is implicated in the financial disaster lurking behind the inn's cheerful veneer. Single mother Carly has weathered rumors, lies and secrets for a lifetime, and is finally starting to move forward with love and life. But if the Blackberry Island Inn goes under, Carly and her daughter will go with it. To save their livelihoods, Carly and Michelle will undertake a turbulent truce. It'll take more than a successful season to move beyond their devastating past, but with a little luck and a beautiful summer, they may just rediscover the friendship of a lifetime. "e,This poignant tale of family dynamics, the jarring impact of change, and eventual acceptance and healing is sure to please Mallery's many, devoted fans."e, -Booklist on Already Home Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Insel, Liebe, Sommer, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 360 S. Beteiligte:Mallery, Susan Standort: Engl. Mal ISBN: 978-0-7783-1338-0
Inhalt: Die Leiche eines erstochenen Mannes wird in einem der zahllosen Kanäle Venedigs geborgen. Commissario Brunetti ist irritiert, irgendwie kommt ihm dieser Mann bekannt vor. Es gibt jedoch weder eine Vermißtenmeldung, noch irgendeinen Hinweis, der eine Identifizierung möglich machen würde und so läuft der Fall vorerst ins Leere. Bis sich Brunetti erinnert, den Mann auf einer Demonstration gegen europäische Milchquoten gesehen zu haben. Dies führt ihn und Inspektor Vianello in die Kreise der Lebensmittelindustrie und in eine Welt voller Erpressung und Korruption. When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. Where was the crime scene? And how can Brunetti identify the man when he can't show pictures of his face? The autopsy shows a way forward: it turns out the man was suffering from a rare, disfiguring disease. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvasses shoe stores, and winds up on the mainland in Mestre, outside of his usual sphere. From a shopkeeper, they learn that the man had a kindly way with animals. At the same time, animal rights and meat consumption are quickly becoming preoccupying issues at the Venice Questura, and in Brunetti's home, where conversation at family meals offer a window into the joys and conflicts of Italian life. Perhaps with the help of Signorina Elettra, Brunetti and Vianello can identify the man and understand why someone wanted him dead. As subtle and engrossing as ever, Leon's "Beastly Things" is immensely enjoyable, intriguing, and ultimately moving. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Krimi, Lebensmittelindustrie, Leon, Donna, Mord, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 295 S. Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-0-434-02161-1
Inhalt: Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Dublin, Erwachsenwerden, Freundschaft, Intrige, Ireland, Irland, Liebe, Reise, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 337 Seiten Beteiligte:Rooney, Sally Standort: Engl. Roo ISBN: 978-0-571-36543-2
Inhalt: Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosowaka. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening - until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion... and cannot be stopped. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 318 S. Beteiligte:Patchett, Ann Standort: Engl. Pat
Inhalt: Ben Masters, lebenslustiger Single und passionierter Kletterer, erhält einen mysterlösen Auftrag: Er soll eine gewisse Dorothy in Schottland aufsuchen und mit ihr verhindern, dass der Hexenzirkel "Dark Moon Coven" die Macht an sich reißt. Da taucht eine geheimnisvolle Schöne namens Naomi auf, und Ben wird von ihr verzaubert. Was er nicht weiß: Naomi ist das Black-Moon-Oberhaupt...
Text dt. und engl. Europäischer Referenzrahmen ab A2 Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Sprachtraining, Wortschatz Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 153 S. Beteiligte:Thieme, Anja Standort: Engl. Thi ISBN: 978-3-468-44126-4
Inhalt: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women's Correctional Center. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold-until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration, but desperate to leave prison, she accepts. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madness, violence, and a conspiracy of small town secrets.
North Carolina, 1940: Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey, wins a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in Edenton, North Carolina. Alone in the world and desperate for work, she accepts. But what she doesn't expect is to find herself immersed in a town where prejudices run deep, where people are hiding secrets behind closed doors, and where the price of being different might just end in murder.
Inhalt: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline's teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline's ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).
Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn't be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.
New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.
Inhalt: Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for a suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him across a sinister network - and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. Schlagworte:Detektiv, Ehekrise, England, Krimi, Untreue, Yorkshire Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 476 Seiten Beteiligte:Atkinson, Kate Standort: Engl. Atk ISBN: 978-1-78416-524-6
Inhalt: From the attic of a dilapidated English country house, she sees them - Cara first: dark and beautiful, clinging to a marble fountain of Cupid, and Peter, an Apollo. It is 1969 and they are spending the summer in the rooms below hers while Frances writes a report on the follies in the garden for the absent American owner. But she is distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she discovers a peephole which gives her access to her neighbours' private lives.
To Frances' surprise, Cara and Peter are keen to spend time with her. It is the first occasion she has had anybody to call a friend, and before long they are spending every day together: eating lavish dinners, drinking bottle after bottle of wine, and smoking cigarettes till the ash piles up on the crumbling furniture. Frances is dazzled.
But as the hot sommer rolls lazily on, it becomes clear that not everything is right between Cara and Peter. The stories that Cara tells don't quite add up - and as Frances becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the glamorous, hedonistic couple, the boundaries between truth and lies, right and wrong, begin to blur. Amid the decadence of that summer a small crime brings on a bigger one: a crime so terrible that it will brand all their lives forever. Schlagworte:60er Jahre, Ehepaar, England, Freundschaft, Geheimnis, Schicksal, Sechziger Jahre Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 279 Seiten Beteiligte:Fuller, Claire Standort: Engl. Ful ISBN: 978-0-241-34183-4
Inhalt: WHEN ESTHER THOREL, the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God's will. Sara is not convinced being a maid is better than being a whore, but the chance to escape her grasping 'madam' is too good to refuse.
INSIDE THE THORELS' tall house in Spitalfields, where the strange cadence of the looms fills the attic, the two women forge an uneasy relationship. The physical intimacies of washing and dressing belie the reality: Sara despises her mistress's blindness to the hypocrisy of her household, while Esther is too wrapped up in her own secrets to see Sara as anything more than another charitable cause.
IT IS SILK that has Esther so distracted. For years she has painted her own designs, dreaming that one day her husband will weave them into reality. When he laughs at her ambition, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will change the fate of the whole Thorel household and set the scene for a devastating day of reckoning between her and Sara. Schlagworte:18. Jahrhundert, Achtzehntes Jahrhundert, Frauen, Frauenroman, Frauenschicksal, Historisches, Hugenotten, Seide, Seidenhandel, Seidenmalerei, Seidenweberei Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 408 Seiten Beteiligte:Velton, Sonia Standort: Engl. Vel ISBN: 978-1-78747-079-8
Inhalt: Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books.
Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis.
Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. To prevent another dating dud, Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her city desk for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls.
It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into...Charlie.
She's no heroine. He's no hero. So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?
Brimming with witty banter, characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, BOOK LOVERS is Emily Henry's best novel yet. Schlagworte:Bücher, Date, Dating, Englische Literatur, Junge Frau, Lektor, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 377 Seiten Beteiligte:Henry, Emily Standort: Engl. Hen ISBN: 978-0-241-99534-1
Inhalt: When Darcy McCall loses her beloved Aunt Molly, she doesn't expect any sort of inheritance - let alone a small island. Located off the west coast of Ireland, Tara hasn't been lived on for years, but according to Molly's will Darcy must stay there for twelve months in order to fully inherit, and she needs to persuade a village full of people to settle there, too. Darcy has to leave behind her independent city life and swap stylish heels for muddy wellies. Between sorting everything from the plumbing to the pub, Darcy meets confident Conor and ever-grumpy Dermot - but who will make her feel really at home? Schlagworte:Erben, Insel, Ireland, Irland, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte, Männer, Umzug Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 436 S. Beteiligte:MacNamara, Ali Standort: Engl. Mac ISBN: 978-0-7515-4740-5
Inhalt: A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast - again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange - again . . .
Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was . . .
Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory . . . alone with the wolf. Schlagworte:Ehe, Fantasy, Liebe, Romantasy, Vampir, Werwolf Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 399 Seiten Beteiligte:Hazelwood, Ali Standort: Engl. Haz ISBN: 978-1-4087-2886-4
Inhalt: January 1978. Tallahassee. When sorority president Pamela Schumacher is startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she's shocked to encounter a scene of implausible violence - two of her friends dead and two others, maimed. Thrust into a terrifying mystery, Pamela becomes entangled in a crime that captivates public interest for more than four decades . . .
On the other side of the country, Tina Cannon has found peace in Seattle after years of hardship. When Ruth, her best friend, goes missing from Lake Sammamish State Park in broad daylight, surrounded by thousands of beachgoers on a beautiful summer day, Tina devotes herself to finding out what happened to her.
When Tina hears about the tragedy in Tallahassee, she suspects the same man the papers refer to is responsible. Determined to make him answer for what he did to Ruth, she travels to Florida on a collision course with Pamela - and one last impending tragedy. Schlagworte:70er Jahre, Junge Frau, Mord, Serienmörder, Siebziger Jahre, Thriller, USA, Universität, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 376 Seiten Beteiligte:Knoll, Jessica Standort: Engl. Kno ISBN: 978-1-66802-277-1
Inhalt: History is always a popular subject and British history has created some of the most lively and fascinating stories there are! Britain as we know it today has been shaped by centuries of political turmoil between state and church, as well as international conflicts, making its history a fascinating insight into how modern Britain has emerged. For this special, hardback edition of British History For Dummies , we've added over 100 black and white and colour photos for an even more explosive experience of British history. British History For Dummies Illustrated Edition : British history is still a major topic of interest, emphasised by the continual TV coverage and documentaries Inside you'll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire-building and forbidden love- not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips! Includes fascinating information in the fun For Dummies style- from the Stone Age right through to modern day Britain and everything in between! Provides the ultimate British history experience and the hardback format with over 100 illustrations make it the perfect gift for amateur historians Schlagworte:British English, England, Englischer Roman, Geschichte, Großbritannien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 414 S. Beteiligte:Lang, Sean Standort: Engl. Bri ISBN: 978-0-470-97819-1
Inhalt: 'All trails became dead-ends. Tips that had at first seemed urgent now faded away. The waiting game began. Whoever had the manuscripts would want money, and a lot of it. They would surface eventually, but where and when, and how much would they want?'
The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University. Valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless), the five manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald's only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace.
Dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts - which puts Bruce Kable right on the FBI's Rare Asset Recovery Unit's watch list.
A struggling writer burdened by debts, Mercer Mann spent summers on Florida's idyllic Camino Island as a kid, in her grandmother's beach cottage. Now she is being made an offer she can't refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel - and get close to a certain infamous bookseller, and his interesting collection of manuscripts. Schlagworte:Diebstahl, Englische Literatur, Fitzgerald, F. Scott, Manuskript, Schwarzmarkt, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 290 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-1-4736-6372-5
Inhalt: Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.
By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach.
But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan.
At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.
Inhalt: HEADLINE'S LATEST AMAZING THRILLER ACQUISITION: New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner moves to Headline with her brand new D. D. Warren novel CATCH ME
The latest brilliant novel in the D.D. Warren series from Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. IN FOUR DAYS, SOMEONE IS GOING TO KILL ME... At 8pm on 21st January, twenty-eight-year-old Charlie Grant believes she is going to be murdered and she wants Boston's top homicide detective, D.D. Warren, to handle her death investigation. Confronting D.D. at her latest crime scene, Charlie lays her cards on the table. For each of the last two years, one of her childhood friends has been murdered leaving Charlie as the only one of the three friends to remain alive. But as D.D. delves deeper in to the details of Charlie's case, she begins to question the young woman's story. Because Charlie can now outfight and outrun anyone she meets and D.D.'s instinct is that she's hiding a secret. A secret so explosive that Charlie herself may turn out to be the biggest danger of all... ...BUT THE SON OF A BITCH HAS GOT TO CATCH ME FIRST. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Detektiv, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 455 S. Beteiligte:Gardner, Lisa Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-451-41343-7
Inhalt: Rosie Hopkins is waiting excitedly for Christmas in the Derbyshire village of Lipton. Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, piles of Turkish Delight and happy, sticky children. She's going to be spending it with her whole family, and boyfriend Stephen. But when tragedy strikes at the heart of their community, Rosie's plans for the future collapse. Can she build a life in Lipton? And is what's best for the sweetshop also what's best for Rosie? Schlagworte:Drama, Englischer Roman, Familie, Liebe, Protagonistin, Unfall, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Colgan, Jenny Standort: Engl. Col ISBN: 978-0-7515-5181-5
Inhalt: The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story: set in 1920s colonial Kenya, Circling the Sun is about an unforgettable woman who lives by nobody's rules but her own.
As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny. Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer's licence. After falling in with the notoriously hedonistic and gin-soaked Happy Valley set, Beryl soon became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen and big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen's memoir Out of Africa). It was this unhappy affair which set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her truest self, and to her fate: to fly. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, 20. Jahrhundert, Africa, Afrika, Außenseiterin, Biografischer Roman, Biographischer Roman, Emanzipation, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Frau, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Freundschaft, Jahrhundertwende, Kenia, Kolonialzeit, Kolonie, Liebe, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Pferde, Pferdetrainerin, Protagonistin, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 359 S. Beteiligte:MacLain, Paula Standort: Engl. MacL ISBN: 978-0-8129-9932-7
Inhalt: Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion, but it is no ordinary gathering. She announces that she has decided to change her will, cutting off her children and leaving her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live ... Among Lady Playford's guests are Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard, who have no idea why they've been invited.... until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. When the crime is committed, and the vicitm is not who Poirot thought it would be, will he be able to solve the mystery? Schlagworte:Christie, Agatha <1890-1976>, Englische Literatur, Erben, Krimi, Mordfall, Poirot, Hercule, Testament Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Christie, Agatha Standort: Engl. Chri ISBN: 978-0-00-813413-6
Inhalt: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time, comes the highly anticipated Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Set in Constantinople in the fifteenth century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades from now, Anthony Doerr's gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope-and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness-with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we're gone.
Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. This she reads to her ailing sister as the walls of the only place she has known are bombarded in the great siege of Constantinople. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, miles from home, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the invading army. His path and Anna's will cross.
Five hundred years later, in a library in Idaho, octogenarian Zeno, who learned Greek as a prisoner of war, rehearses five children in a play adaptation of Aethon's story, preserved against all odds through centuries. Tucked among the library shelves is a bomb, planted by a troubled, idealistic teenager, Seymour. This is another siege. And in a not-so-distant future, on the interstellar ship Argos, Konstance is alone in a vault, copying on scraps of sacking the story of Aethon, told to her by her father. She has never set foot on our planet.
Like Marie-Laure and Werner in All the Light We Cannot See, Anna, Omeir, Seymour, Zeno, and Konstance are dreamers and outsiders who find resourcefulness and hope in the midst of gravest danger. Their lives are gloriously intertwined. Doerr's dazzling imagination transports us to worlds so dramatic and immersive that we forget, for a time, our own. Dedicated to "the librarians then, now, and in the years to come," Cloud Cuckoo Land is a beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship-of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bücherei, Generationen, Hoffnung, Idaho, Kinder, Konstantinopel, Krieg, Lesen, Traum, Utopie, Waise, Weltall, Widerstand, Zukunft Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 626 Seiten Beteiligte:Doerr, Anthony Standort: Engl. Doe ISBN: 978-1-982186-88-3
Inhalt: You can plan your life, but sometimes life has a mind of its own ...
Following Lisa's near-death experience as a teenager, she is haunted by the emerald-green eyes of the stranger who saved her life. Her only connection to him is the leather jacket he left behind. Years later, she's still reeling from the afterefffects of her injuries, convinced that no man will love her once he uncovers her secret. She lives a life of solitude and hides behind her days of monotony. And then James storms into her life.
After James helps a young girl in a car accident, he sets his life course - determined that nothing will stand in his way. Once he accomplishes his dreams, one unforeseen event changes his orderly existence into one of chaos. He spirals downward and can't summon the strength to pull himself from the edge of despair. Until Lisa becomes a beautiful distraction.
Familiarity and a sense of peace draw them to one another. They soon discover they lived parallel lives that intertwined at the most crucial points. Can their revelations help them face their fears and move forward, or will history repeat itself? Schlagworte:Liebe, Schicksal, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-1-5404-3156-1
Inhalt: Beauty, brains, and money. Alexa has it all, and luck is her middle name. She's the first to defend her family and friends and never needs help in return. Men fall at her feet - except the abrasive police officer Kent, who seems to despise her. But a series of strange events punctures her protective bubble, exposing her to fear and self-doubt. She doesn't know who she should be more afraid of, her unknown pursuer or the sudden protective, softer side of the officer.
Kent has always watched the women he loves the most in his life suffer unbearably, unable to safe them himself, and now he refuses to get close to anybody. To most people, he's a heartless, angry cop without a soft interior. Until one stormy day, fate teases him with a warm ray of Alexa's sunshine, melting a piece of his icy heart. Kent believes he hates her, but when her brightness dims, his hate turns into something else. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Liebe, Polizist, Schicksal, Stalking, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 305 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-1-977769-80-0
Inhalt: Tina craves adventure, food, and her new client, restaurant owner Gerry.
At sixteen, Tina was full of energy, fearless, and desperate to get out of New Jersey. But her dreams shattered when her mother died tragically. She was thrust into the role of mothering her family while hiding the horrible truth of that day.
Now that Tina feels she's paid her penance, she wants to rediscover the ambitious girl she used to be. With her new dream job and a move to Hoboken, it's her time to spread her wings. Tina's first client is a restaurant owner who tempts her-not only with food but with himself. She'd felt this kind of attraction only once before in college and is flooded with memories of an unforgettable kiss. One of her biggest regrets.
Gerry desires anonymity, a new life, and the beautiful website designer Tina.
Gerry fled Germany to escape the destruction of his reputation. After months of staying under the radar, he opens a restaurant in New York City. When he hires a website design firm, Gerry finds himself working closely with Tina-whom he had a taste of years ago and now finds a sweet indulgence.
Even as they admit their attraction to each other, an unexpected circumstance threatens to separate them again. Will their love be strong enough to give up their dreams? Or will someone be left behind? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Gaststätte, Liebe, Restaurant, Schicksal, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 296 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-1-977769-80-0
Inhalt: On paper, Merina Wilde has it all: a successful career writing the kind of romantic novels that make even the hardest hearts swoon, a perfect carousel of book launches and parties to keep her social life buzzing, and a childhood sweetheart who thinks she's a goddess. But Merry has a secret: the magic has stopped flowing from her fingers. Try as she might, she can't summon up the sparkle that makes her stories shine. And as her deadline whooshes by, her personal life falls apart too. Alex tells her he wants something other than the future she'd always imagined for them and Merry finds herself single for the first time since - well, ever.
Desperate to get her life back on track, Merry leaves London and escapes to the windswept Orkney Islands, locking herself away in a secluded clifftop cottage to try to heal her heart and rediscover her passion for writing. But can the beauty of the islands and the kindness of strangers help Merry to fool herself into believing in love again, if only long enough to finish her book? Or is it time for her to give up the career she's always adored and find something new to set her soul alight? Schlagworte:England, Insel, Liebe, Orkney-Inseln, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 434 Seiten Beteiligte:Hepburn, Holly Standort: Engl. Hep ISBN: 978-1-4711-7033-1
Inhalt: A sequel to the international bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love", this title is an intelligent contemplation of marriage that debunks myths, unthreads fears and suggests that sometimes even the most romantic of souls must trade in her amorous fantasies for the humbling responsibility of adulthood. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte Systematik: Engl., , Roman Beteiligte:Gilbert, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Gil ISBN: 978-1-4088-1047-7
Inhalt: The acclaimed, bestselling author¿winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize¿tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families¿ lives.
One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating¿s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny¿s mother, Beverly¿thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them.
When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another.
Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together. Schlagworte:Affäre, Familie, Familiendrama, Familienroman, Geschwister, Scheidung, Taufe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 322 Seiten Beteiligte:Patchett, Ann Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-1-4088-8530-7
Inhalt: Als das berühmte Model Lula Landry von ihrem schneebedeckten Balkon im Londoner Stadtteil Mayfair in den Tod stürzt, steht für die ermittelnden Beamten schnell fest, dass es Selbstmord war. Der Fall scheint abgeschlossen. Doch Lulas Bruder hat Zweifel, ein Privatdetektiv soll für ihn die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen. Cormoran Strike hat in Afghanistan körperliche und seelische Wunden davongetragen, mangels Aufträgen ist er außerdem finanziell am Ende. Der spektakuläre neue Fall ist seine Rettung, doch Strike ahnt nicht, was die Ermittlungen ihm abverlangen werden. Während er immer weiter eindringt in die Welt der Reichen und Schönen, fördert Strike Erschreckendes zutage und gerät selbst in große Gefahr. Schlagworte:Detektiv, England, Englischer Roman, Krimi, London, Mannequin, Model, Mord, Rowling, Joanne K. <1965- Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 549 S. Beteiligte:Rowling, J.K., Galbraith, Robert Standort: Engl. Gal
Ein unheimlicher nächtlicher Schrei, eine Mädchenleiche im Lake District und zwei singende Ex-Fußballer, die vor laufender Kamera Morddrohungen erhalten ... Hochspannung mit drei englischen Kurzkrimis. Die Lektüre wird didaktisch aufbereitet durch textbezogene Übungen, die schwerpunktmäßig den Wortschatz für das Niveau A1 (Anfänger) trainieren. So werden die Englischkenntnisse vertieft und das Textverständnis effektiv geschult.
_ drei spannende Kurzkrimis _ gezieltes Training des englischen Grundwortschatzes _ textbezogene Übungen mit Lösungen _ Vokabelangaben auf jeder Seite _ Infokästen zu Sprache, Grammatik und Landeskunde _ Europäischer Referenzrahmen: Für Anfänger - Niveau A1 Schlagworte:Anfänger, Einsteiger, Englisch, Krimi, Lernkrimi, Sprachtraining Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 123 S. Beteiligte:Astley, Oliver, Simpson, Caroline, ie Standort: Engl. Cry ISBN: 978-3-8174-9436-1
Inhalt: When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.
Inhalt: When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down. Schlagworte:England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Krimi, London, Rowling, Joanne K. <1965- Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 487 Seiten Beteiligte:Galbraith, Robert Standort: Engl. Gal ISBN: 978-0-7515-6358-0
Inhalt: 'I seen a kid killed ... he strangled it, up by the horse.'
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cromoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts in a panic. Trying to get tho the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within the Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once fid. Plus, his relationship with his former assistand is more fraught than it ever has been - Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much more tricky than that ... Schlagworte:Beziehung, London, Mordfall, Rowling, Joanne K. <1965-, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 649 Seiten Beteiligte:Galbraith, Robert Standort: Engl. Gal ISBN: 978-0-7515-7286-5
Inhalt: Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .
Inhalt: Meteorologist Sky Matthews does not like surprises.
Sky monitors her life like she does the weather, carefully and with a scientific eye. So, when she misses out on her dream job abroad and finds herself with no choice but to take a position on a tidal island off the Cornish harbour town of St Felix instead, she feels completely at sea. Worse still, she has to work alongside TV weatherman Sonny Samuels, who barely knows his storms from his tsunamis.
It doesn't take long for Sky to become enchanted by the strange weather patterns over St Felix. Sonny is convinced they link to local folklore, but Sky knows her science too well to fall for that. Until she meets Walter, a local weather watcher with no qualifications beyond a lifetime of experience and Sky is forced to question everything she thought she knew about the weather, herself... and Sonny. Schlagworte:Cornwall, Folklore, Kleinstadt, Küste, Leichte Lektüre, Liebe, Meteorologie, Wetter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 355 Seiten Beteiligte:McNamara, Ali Standort: Engl. MacN ISBN: 978-0-7515-8101-0
Inhalt: It's the eve of Rachel Chu's wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be there to walk her down the aisle.
Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren't just crazy rich ... they're China rich. Schlagworte:Asien, China, Familie, Familienfehden, Freche Frauen, Heirat, Hochzeit, Liebe, Reichtum, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 479 Seiten Beteiligte:Kwan, Kevin Standort: Engl. Kwa ISBN: 978-0-8041-7206-6
Inhalt: When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside-but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park-a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore-Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband-a man hell bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China's second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems. Schlagworte:Asien, Beziehung, Erben, Erbengemeinschaft, Erbfolgekrieg, Familie, Freche Frauen, Humor, Reichtum, Tod Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 544 Seiten Beteiligte:Kwan, Kevin Standort: Engl. Kwa ISBN: 978-0-525-43237-1
Inhalt: When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country's most eligible bachelor.
On Nick's arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers. Schlagworte:Asien, Familie, Familienfehden, Freche Frauen, Intrige, Liebe, Lustiges, Reichtum, Verlobung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 527 Seiten Beteiligte:Kwan, Kevin Standort: Engl. Kwa ISBN: 978-0-525-56665-6
Inhalt: Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. As they process the events of the Spring they will keep things . platonic . until the Solstice. But can they resist when the crackling tension between them is enough to set the whole of Crescent City aflame?
And they are not out of danger yet. Dragged into a rebel movement they want no part of, Bryce, Hunt and their friends find themselves pitted against the terrifying Asteri - whose notice they must avoid at all costs. But as they learn more about the rebel cause, they face a choice: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight. And they've never been very good at staying silent.
In this sexy, action-packed sequel to the #1 bestseller House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode - and the people who will do anything to save it. Schlagworte:Dämonen, Englischer Roman, Fantasy, Liebe, Revolution Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 800 Seiten Beteiligte:Maas, Sarah J. Standort: Engl. Maa ISBN: 978-1-5266-2547-2
Inhalt: Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But then a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, and brings Bryce's world crashing down. Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer. As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery, and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents, and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir. Schlagworte:Dämonen, Engel, Englischer Roman, Fantasy, Krimi, Liebe, Mord, Nachtclub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 803 Seiten, Karten Beteiligte:Maas, Sarah J. Standort: Engl. Maa ISBN: 978-1-5266-1012-6
Inhalt: In her latest novel Mary Higgins Clark exposes a dark secret from a familys past that threatens the lives of sisters Kate and Hannah Connelly. Clark once again demonstrates the mastery of her craft. She presents the reader with a perplexing mystery, a puzzling question of identity, and a fascinating cast of characters - one of whom may just be a ruthless killer. Schlagworte:Antiquitäten, Explosion, Fabrik, Möbel, Psychothriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 445 S. Beteiligte:Clark, Mary Higgins Standort: Engl. Cla ISBN: 978-1-84983-708-8
Inhalt: For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold.
Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.
After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes.
Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. She says she's forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty Watts always settles a score.
Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling...
Inhalt: A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash
One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning from Afghanistan; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons, bickering over who gets the window seat. When the plane suddenly crashes in a field in Colorado, the younger of these boys, 12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor.
Dear Edward depicts Edward's life in the crash's aftermath as he struggles to make sense of the meaning of his survival, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and find his place in the world without his family. In his new home with his aunt and uncle, the only solace comes from his friendship with the girl next door, Shay. Together Edward and Shay make a startling discovery: hidden in his uncle's garage are sacks of letters from the relatives of the other passengers, addressed to Edward.
As Edward comes of age against the backdrop of sudden tragedy, he must confront some of life's most profound questions: how do we make the most of the time we are given? And what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? Schlagworte:Brief, Flug, Flugzeug, Flugzeugabsturz, Kind, Trauma, Verlust, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 340 Seiten Beteiligte:Napolitano, Ann Standort: Engl. Nap ISBN: 978-1-984854-78-0
Inhalt: Born between the wars on a working-class street in London, Harry Miles wins a scholarship to an exclusive school and with it a chance to escape his station. Instead he falls in love with poetry, and though his teachers encourage him to attend university, he's tired of scholarship's dull routines. He takes an entry-level job and spends his free time among the poetry volumes at Battersea Public Library
One afternoon on his way up the stairs, Harry encounters the enigmatic Evelyn Hill. The daughter of an alcoholic layabout, the young woman chafes against the idea of marriage-but during a summer spent wandering the commons and taking in plays with Harry, their relationship begins to bloom in the shadow of the Second World War. Before they know it, Harry is headed into battle and the couple faces the first of many challenges in what will become a lifetime spent together.
Drawing on original wartime letters written by the author's father, Dear Evelyn reckons with the shifting tides of marriage, exploring how two people shape one another over the course of a lifetime. This compelling account that will leave its mark on any reader who has ever loved. Schlagworte:2. Weltkrieg, Brief, Ehe, Historisches, Liebe, Zweiter Weltkrieg <1939-1945>, coming of age Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Page, Kathy Standort: Engl. Pag ISBN: 978-1-77196-209-4
Inhalt: SOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE.
Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime...
Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The ex-detective is a living legend - but for how long?
Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years - the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert - which he vowed to close.
With the killer still out there and evidence elusive, Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make... Schlagworte:Cold Case, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 433 Seiten Beteiligte:Connelly, Michael Standort: Engl. Con ISBN: 978-1-4091-8624-3
Inhalt: Thobela Mpayipheli, former freedom fighter, is trying to settle back into the new South Africa. But then his son is taken from him, one of a staggering number of children murdered or abused in South Africa, and Thobela knows only despair...and a cold desire for revenge. Thus is born the vigilante killer known as 'Artemis'. The police respond by putting on the case a man who can't afford to fail. Benny Griessel is on the brink of losing everything - his job, his family, his self-respect - and this could be his last chance to drag his life back out of the gutter. And then Benny meets Christine, a young mother working as a prostitute in Cape Town. And something happens that is so frightening, the world can never be the same again, for Benny, for Christine, or for Thobela.
Aus dem Afrikaans übers. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Südafrika, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 408 S. Beteiligte:Meyer, Deon Standort: Engl. Mey ISBN: 978-0-340-82266-1
Inhalt: An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution--a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir . It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside, and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger . 1990 hat das Bochumer Krimi-Archiv in einer großen Rundfrage bei Krimi-Kritikern, Krimi-Buchhändlern und Krimi-Autoren nach den ihrer Meinung nach besten Kriminalromanen gefragt. Das Ergebnis: Platz 1 für das brutale Meisterwerk "Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt".Das US-Depressionsdrama von James M. Cain (1892-1977) um das tödliche Verhältnis eines Wanderarbeiters mit der Frau eines Kneipenwirtes ist der beste Krimi aller Zeiten (im deutschsprachigen Raum). Er wurde bereits fünfmal verfilmt. Schlagworte:Deutsch, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Krimi, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 169 S. Beteiligte:Cain, James M. Standort: Engl. Cai
Inhalt: York restaurant. But the interview is cut short by a horrific murder that takes place just yards from their table. The assassin escapes as quickly as he entered, leaving behind him a chaotic scene and a bloody corpse.
While Nick is reviewing the tapes from his interview, he stumbles upon a piece of evidence that could be crucial to the murder investigation. But something about the whole scenario doesn't fit together. As Nick investigates the clues for himself, he realises that someone is watching his every move - and they will stop at nothing to prevent Nick from discovering the truth. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 471 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-952534-9
Inhalt: Suburban New Jersey detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since his senior year of high school, when his twin brother, Leo, and Leo's girlfriend, Diana, were found dead on the ralroad tracks - and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it seems as though he may finally find what he's been looking for. When Maura's fingertips turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that leads only to more questions - about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana - whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine. Schlagworte:Familiendrama, Geheimnis, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 351 Seiten Beteiligte:Coben, Harlan Standort: Engl. Cob ISBN: 978-1-5247-4228-7
Inhalt: Facettenreiches Irland - eine literarische Entdeckungsreise
Leuchtend grüne, aber auch sturmgepeitschte graue Landschaften, malerisch bunte oder melancholische Städte, jahrhundertelange Armut und Wirtschaftsboom - vielfältig sind die Bilder, die vor das innere Auge treten, wenn der Name Irland fällt. Wer die Insel literarisch erkunden möchte, der wird in diesem Lesebuch mit Texten aus dem 20. Jahrhundert fündig. Es ist eine kleine Sammlung mit Geschichten aus dem Alltagsleben, Porträts berühmter Persönlichkeiten, Berichten aus vergangenen Zeiten, Reflexionen über Unterdrückung und Widerstand, über Glaube und Aberglaube. Und immer wieder scheint aus den Texten aus der Feder oft namhafter Autoren vor allem des 20. Jahrhunderts die Liebe zu diesem Land durch.
Inhalt: Simply Love - a lovely way to learn! Texte für Könner A lovely way to learn!
Mag es ein Schuss Ironie, Fatalismus oder Skepsis sein, eine besondere Würze besitzt jede dieser Erzählungen bekannter englischer und amerikanischer Autorinnen und Autoren. Weit entfernt von Kitsch und Sentimentalität ist diese Anthologie auch für ein jüngeres Publikum interessant.
Inhalt: Elizabeth Bowen: Der Verliebte Kate Chopin: Zwei Sommer und zwei Seelen Graham Greene: Zwei zurückhaltende Menschen D. H. Lawrence: Fanny und Annie Katherine Mansfield: Hochzeitsreise W. Somerset Maugham: Mabel Julia O'Faolain: Türkischer Honig O. Henry: Das Weihnachtsgeschenk Dorothy Parker: Die Geschlechter Schlagworte:Anthologie, Deutsch, Englisch, Fortgeschrittene, Greene, Graham, Lawrence, David H., Liebe, Liebesgeschichte, Mansfield, Katherine, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 161 Seiten Beteiligte:Raykowski, Ralf (Hrsg.) Standort: Engl. Sim ISBN: 978-3-423-09478-8
Inhalt: Eine Komposition aus literarischen und biographischen Texten der klugen, warmherzigen, spöttischen Meisterin des bürgerlichen Romans um 1800.
Texte für Könner Literarische und biographische Texte
Mit Parodien auf die damaligen Mode- und Erfolgsartikel der Literatur begann Jane Austen, ihre schriftstellerische Laufbahn, fand jedoch schon bald ihr eigenes Genre. Anonym - unter dem Buchtitel stand nur "by a Lady" - veröffentlichte sie Romane aus der ihr vertrauten Welt des gehobenen ländlichen Mittelstandes. In ihrer Klugheit, Wärme und Frische sind sie heute so anziehend wie vor bald zweihundert Jahren, und doch sind sie dank der scharfen Beobachtungsgabe und der meisterhaften Anwendung von Ironie und der Doppelbödigkeit der Inszenierungen auch kritische Milieustudien. Charakteristische Szenen aus den Romanen und eingestreute Briefe vermitteln einen Einblick in Leben und Werk der berühmten literarischen "Lady". Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, Austen, Jane <1775-1817>, Biografie, Biographie, Biography, Deutsch, England, Englisch, Erzählungen, Fortgeschrittene, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Weltliteratur, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 211 Seiten Beteiligte:Austen, Jane Standort: Engl. Aus ISBN: 978-3-423-09509-9
dtv zweisprachig The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories (Ba Englisch - Deutsch. Texte für Könner dtv, München (2015)
Standort: Engl. Fit
Inhalt: Fitzgeralds meisterhafte Erzählungen - kurios, knapp und brillant. Texte für Könner.
Zum 75. Todestag F. Scott Fitzgeralds
Der Held der Titelgeschichte altert 'rückwärts', die forsche Bernice plant eine nahezu revolutionäre Aktion und ein Besuch bei einer alten Jugendliebe nimmt eine überraschende Wendung - drei kleine Meisterwerke aus der Feder eines Hauptvertreters der amerikanischen Moderne fangen die Stimmung der 'Roaring Twenties' ein und bestechen durch ihre sprachliche wie poetische Kraft.
Inhalt: Englische und amerikanische Kurzgeschichten, vergnügt bis (augenzwinkernd) schrecklich - in englisch-deutschem Paralleldruck.
"Und wer sind Sie? " fragte er scharf. "Er ist Anhalter", sagte ich. "Ich lasse ihn mitfahren." "Ich habe nicht Sie gefragt", sagte er, "sondern ihn." "Habe ich was Unrechtes getan?" erkundigte sich mein Fahrgast. Seine Stimme war weich und ölig wie Pomade. "Höchstwahrscheinlich", antwortete der Polizist. "Jedenfalls sind Sie Zeuge. Mit Ihnen verhandle ich nachher. Führerschein", schnauzte er und streckte die Hand aus. Ich gab ihm meinen Führerschein.
Kurzgeschichten zum Kopfschütteln, Stirnrunzeln, Luftanhalten, Grinsen und Aufatmen vonRoald Dahl, O. Henry, Mrs Henry de la Pasture, St John Lucas, Robert Graves, E. V. Knox, Fred Urquhart und Saki.
Kein Autor kann es mit dem Bekanntheitsgrad William Shakespeares aufnehmen. Seine über 400 Jahre alten Stücke werden weltweit gelesen und gespielt, seine Sonette gelten als unvergleichlich. Dieses Phänomen hat seinen Ursprung nicht zuletzt in der Wortgewalt des Dichters und in der Zeitlosigkeit seiner Themen: Liebe, Leidenschaft, Krieg, Verrat und Ehre, Individuum und Gesellschaft, Erdenleben und Transzendenz. Nicht nur Hamlets Frage nach "Sein oder Nichtsein" ist längst zu einem geflügelten Wort geworden. Aber 'Shakespeares Wort-Schätze' bieten viel mehr als berühmte Zitate: Erst in längeren Abschnitten erschließen sich Gemeintes und die sprachliche Virtuosität des Dichters aus Stratford am eindrucksvollsten. Dazu gehört natürlich auch der Originaltext, der parallel zur Übersetzung dargeboten wird. Schlagworte:17. Jahrhundert, Deutsch, Dramatiker, England, Englisch, Englische Literatur, Englischer Roman, Handbuch, Klassiker, Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>, Siebzehntes Jahrhundert, Sonett, Weltliteratur, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 223 Seiten Beteiligte:Günther, Frank (Hrsg.) Standort: Engl. Sha ISBN: 978-3-423-28023-5
dtv zweisprachig Take it easy (Band 9405) Englische und amerikanische Kurzgeschichten . Englisch - Deutsch. Texte für Könner dtv, München (2013)
Standort: Engl. Tak
Inhalt: Gut gelaunte Kurzgeschichten - beste Unterhaltung, fast unbeschwert
Texte für Könner
Beste Unterhaltung, fast unbeschwert, zum Teil erstmals auf deutsch
Ausgewählt von Richard Fenzl, übersetzt von Hella Leicht, Ulrich Friedrich Müller, Angela Uthe-Spencker und Richard Fenzl
Dieses Buch enthält in englisch-deutschem Paralleldruck neun Erzählungen aus dem 19.und 20.Jahrhundert, mit alten und jungen, männlichen und weiblichen, dümmlichen und gewitzten Darstellern:
- Whiskey-Schwarzbrenner proben den zivilen Aufstand (Gemütlich handgesponnenes Garn) - Kleinbürger begeben sich aufs Parkett der feinen Leute (klassische Gesellschaftskomödie) - mutiges Mädchen begleitet schreckliche alte Lady ins ferne Deutschland (frischer Wirbelwind) - gutmütiger Pechvogel begegnet menschenfreundlichem reichen Spinner (Märchen mit happy end) - romantischer Millionär verliebt sich in unromatisches Ladenmädchen (Romanze mit Pleite) - melancholischer Menschenfreund trifft gesprächigen Pechvogel (Abendphantasie mit Gag) - Bigamist wird analytisch begutachtet und analogisch verurteilt (Gerichtsprotokoll, witzig) - Netter Taugenichts sucht einen Arbeitsplatz (rauh vergnügte Satire auf das Geschäftsleben) - Biederer Staatsbürger gerät in die Betriebsamkeit der Behörden (Lustiges absurdes Theater)
Inhalt: Dieser Band vermittelt, beispielhaft dargestellt an hervorragenden Kurzgeschichten, eine Vorstellung über die amerikanische Literatur der ersten Jahrhundert-Hälfte des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Vertreten sind u.a.: Sherwood Andersen, James Thurber, Thornton Wilder, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway. Inhalt: Sherwood Anderson: Die unterlassene Lüge; Erskine Caldwell: Tochter; William Faulkner: Eine Rose für Emily; F. Scott Fitzgerald: Ein patriotischer Kurzfilm; Ernest Hemingway: Indianerlager; Katherine Anne Porter: Er; William Saroyan: Am dritten Tag nach Weihnachten; John Steinbeck: Der Mord; James Thurber: Die Abreise der Emma Inch; Thornton Wilder: Das Kriegsschiff
Dieser Band vermittelt, beispielhaft dargestellt an hervorragenden Kurzgeschichten, eine Vorstellung über die amerikanische Literatur der ersten Jahrhundert-Hälfte. Vertreten sind u.a.: Sherwood Andersen, James Thurber, Thornton Wilder, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway.
Inhalt: Übersetzt von Jutta Bachmann ; mit Illustrationen von Katharina Netolitzky
It's not rocket science
Redewendungen sind das Herzstück jeder Sprache und können selten wortwörtlich übersetzt werden. Um zu zeigen, wie englische Redewendungen im Alltag Anwendung finden - Diskussionen beleben und Gefühlen Ausdruck verleihen - und was sie über eine Kultur erzählen, hat Jon Wright eine Reihe von abwechslungsreichen und kurzweiligen Geschichten geschrieben. Schlagworte:Kurzgeschichte, Redewendung, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 153 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Wright, Jon, Bachmann, Jutta, Netolitzky, Katharina Standort: Engl. Wri ISBN: 978-3-423-09553-2
Inhalt: Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for....
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
Inhalt: Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known-and feared-as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne-and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.
Inhalt: The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities-making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides.
Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins' prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty.
Inhalt: During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath, he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work. Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There, he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Pliny's Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan and Brunetti is finally able to relax, until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he'd been secretly visiting. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend. Schlagworte:Italien, Krimi, Venedig, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 308 Seiten Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Eng. Leo ISBN: 978-1-78515-137-8
Inhalt: "Dracula" ... the very name instantly brings to mind vampires, blood and bats. When the young Englishman, Jonathan Harker, visits Count Dracula's castle in the mountains of Transylvania, he has no idea of the consequences. When he returns to England, wolves, bats and vampires suddenly haunt the streets of London. It is then up to the vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsong, to find Count Dracula before it is too late.
Inhalt: Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, settled in a large house with a husband who wants to start a family. But she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a rebound fling later, Elizabeth emerges battered yet determined to find what she's been missing. So begins her quest. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Bali, a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to love again. Schlagworte:Bali, Biografie, Biographie, Biography, Englischer Roman, Indien, Italien, Liebe, Reise, Selbstfindung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 349 Seiten Beteiligte:Gilbert, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Gil ISBN: 978-1-4088-1010-1
Inhalt: Emily Maxwell is a widow whose grown children have long moved away. When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's life changes in unexpected ways. Schlagworte:Alter, American English, Englischer Roman, Witwe, Älterwerden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 255 S. Beteiligte:O'Nan, Stewart Standort: Engl. O'Na ISBN: 978-0-670-02235-9
Inhalt: Die kluge Emma Woodhouse lebt für das Ehestiften und lenkt gerne die Geschicke anderer. Allerlei ungewollte Komplikationen und Missverständnisse zwingen sie jedoch zu Selbstkritik und -reflexion in dieser Komödie der Irrungen und Wirrungen. Schlagworte:Austen, Jane <1775-1817>, Ehe, England, Klassiker, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 S. Beteiligte:Austen, Jane Standort: Engl. Aus ISBN: 978-1-85326-028-5
Inhalt: "I'll be dead in three months. Come tell my story."
This is the chilling invitation from Sebastian Trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Welcomed into his lavish San Francisco mansion, Nicky begins to unravel Trapp's life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter.
But Sebastian Trapp is a mystery himself. And maybe - probably - a murderer.
Two decades ago, his first wife and son vanished, the case never solved. Is the master of mystery playing a deadly game? If so, who will be the loser?
And when a body surfaces in the family's garden, they all realize the past isn't buried - it's waiting. Schlagworte:Psychothriller, San Francisco, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 407 Seiten Beteiligte:Finn, A.J. Standort: Engl. Fin ISBN: 978-0-00-823421-8
Inhalt: The final stunning book in the Inheritance cycle featuring Eragon and his dragon Saphira. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 1142 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao ISBN: 978-0-307-97664-2
Inhalt: Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training. It is the journey of a lifetime. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can trust. Meanwhile, his cousin Roran, must fight a new battle home in Cornwall - one that puts Eragon in grat danger. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 681 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao
Inhalt: When Eragon, a poor farm boy, finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it will buy his family food for the winter. But when the stone brings a baby dragon, Eragon soon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. He is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands..... Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 517 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao
Inhalt: Forces collide in Book III of the phenomenally successful Inheritance Cycle. Eragon represents the greatest hope for a better Alagaesia. Can this once simple farm boy rise to become a leader who can unite the rebel forces and defeat the King? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep, including Eragon's oath to his cousin Roran to help rescue Roran's beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix's clutches.But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength, as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices - choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.
Inhalt: Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker. More of a mom than their mother ever was, she sacrificed medical school so her sister could break free. Which is why she isn't exactly thrilled to see Averil back on Blackberry Island, especially when Nina's life has suddenly become¿complicated.
Nina has real life to deal with: she's unexpectedly juggling two men, Averil's marriage is on the rocks, their mother is living life just as recklessly as she always has, and Nina's starting to realize that the control she once had is slipping through her fingers. Her hopes of getting off the island seem to be stretching further away¿until her mother makes a discovery that could change everything forever. Schlagworte:Ehekrise, Englischer, Erste Liebe, Geschwister, Insel, Krankenschwester, Liebe, Liebesroman, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Schwestern, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 356 Seiten Beteiligte:Mallery, Susan Standort: Engl. Mal ISBN: 978-1-84845-462-0
Inhalt: Hop Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his mothers life, but the letter will lead him in an unexpected direction. When these two stranger's paths cross, their chance encounter sets in motion a heartbreaking stoy - one that will transcend ddecades, continents and the workings of fate. Schlagworte:Brief, Krankheit, Liebe, Selbstfindung, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 312 Seiten Beteiligte:Sparks, Nicholas Standort: Engl. Spa ISBN: 978-0-7515-6776-2
Inhalt: The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shocking confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches of his childhood summers, through the family trials and professional achievements of his vigorous adulthood, and into his old age, when he is rended by observing the deterioration of his contemporaries and stalked by his own physcial woes. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 182 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Phillip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: Welcome to Stanhope. A safe beighborhood. A place for families. On the surface, William Wooler is a family man. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afertnoon at a motel up the road. When he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-ear-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Suddenly, Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hidig a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, his neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Schlagworte:Affäre, Entführung, Lüge, Lügen, Nachbarschaft, Streit, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 319 Seiten Beteiligte:Lapena, Shari Standort: Engl. Lap ISBN: 978-0-593-65574-0
Inhalt: Do you ever check your partner's phone? Should you? Are you prepared for the consequences?
It all started with the email. Rachel didn't even mean to look. She loves Jack and she's pregnant with their child. She trusts him. But now she's seen it, she can't undo that moment. Or the chain of events it has set in motion. Why has Jack been lying about his past? Just what exactly is he hiding? And doesn't Rachel have a right to know the truth at any cost? Schlagworte:Lüge, Partner, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 423 Seiten Beteiligte:McAllister, Gillian Standort: Engl. MacA ISBN: 978-1-4059-2826-7
Inhalt: Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend's baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation.
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie's disappearance. One year ago, at a busy town festival on a warm spring night, Kim safely tucked her sleeping baby into her stroller, then vanished into the crowd. No one has seen her since. When Kim's older daughter makes a plea for anyone with information about her missing mom to come forward, Falk and his old buddy Raco can't leave the case alone.
As Falk soaks up life in the lush valley, he is welcomed into the tight-knit circle of Kim's friends and loved ones. But the group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk's closest friend, the missing mother, and a woman he's drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. What would make a mother abandon her child? What happened to Kim Gillespie? Schlagworte:Baby, Geheimnis, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten Beteiligte:Harper, Jane Standort: Engl. Har ISBN: 978-1-250-88988-1
Auf dringendes Ersuchen des Premierministers begeben sich Sherlock Holmes und Watson auf die Spuren eines Verbrechers, der einen Anschlag mit verheerenden Folgen für Wirtschaft und Regierung androht. Ihre Suche führt sie durch das historische London, vorbei an Buckingham Palace und Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square und St Paul's Cathedral bis hin zur kürzlich eröffneten Tower Bridge. Dabei treffen sie auf die Geister berühmter Persönlichkeiten wie etwa Prince Albert, Maria Stuart oder William Shakespeare, die aus ihrem Leben erzählen und nützliche Hinweise geben. Das Buch lädt zu einer Stadterkundung der besonderen Art ein.
Ein zweisprachiger Londonreiseführer der besonderen Art - mit Illustrationen und einem Stadtplan
Inhalt: Best friend, soulmate, confidante . . . backstabber.
Amy thought she knew everything there was to know about her best friend Melissa. Then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé. Until she pays a surprise trip home to London. Jack is out, but it's clear another woman has been making herself at home in their flat. There's something about her stuff that feels oddly familiar . . . and then it hits Amy. The Other Woman is Melissa. Amy has lost her home, her fiancé and her best friend in one disastrous weekend - but instead of falling apart, she's determined to get her own back. Piecing her life back together won't be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all. Schlagworte:Intrige, Lügen, Rache, Verlobung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 439 Seiten Beteiligte:Fallon, Jane Standort: Engl. Fal ISBN: 978-1-4059-3309-4
Inhalt: With the dramatic force of Tosca , Donna Leon's twenty-fourth novel in the bestselling Brunetti crime series quivers with the passion of opera and with the power of obsession.
In Death at La Fenice , Donna Leon's first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italy's finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli - then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor. Now, many years after Brunetti cleared her name, Flavia has returned to the illustrious La Fenice to sing the lead in Tosca .
As an opera superstar, Flavia is well acquainted with attention from adoring fans and aspiring singers. But when one anonymous admirer inundates her with bouquets of yellow roses - on stage, in her dressing room and even inside her locked apartment - it becomes clear that this fan has become a potentially dangerous stalker. Distraught, Flavia turns to an old friend for help. Familiar with Flavia's melodramatic temperament, Commissario Brunetti is at first unperturbed by her story, but when another young opera singer is attacked he begins to think Flavia's fears may be justified. In order to keep his friend out of danger, Brunetti must enter the psyche of an obsessive fan and find the culprit before anyone comes to harm. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Italien, Krimi, Leon, Donna, Oper, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 263 S. Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-1-78515-000-5
Inhalt: Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Meet Stanley's family: son Fred, frustrated that his years of academic striving (Harvard MBA!) haven't protected him from career stagnation; daughter Kate, balancing a capricious boss, a distracted husband, and two small children; ex-wife Linda, familiar with and suspicious of Stanley's grandiose ways; and second wife Mary, giver of foot rubs and ego massages.
For years, Stanley has insistently claimed that he's worth a small fortune. Now, as the Huangs come to terms with Stanley's approaching death, they are also starting to fear that Stanley's "small fortune" may be more "small" than "fortune." A "study in the difference between expectation and reality" (npr.org), a bittersweet rumination on what we owe our families, and a sharp-eyed look at Silicon Valley's culture of excess, Family Trust is a "dryly cynical" (Globe and Mail) satire of the American dream. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiendrama, Familienfehden, Familienkonflikt, Geschwister, Krebs, Vermögen Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 385 Seiten Beteiligte:Wang, Kathy Standort: Engl. Wan ISBN: 978-0-06-285525-1
Inhalt: They were daughters of a monster¿a father who slaughtered eight prostitutes before dying himself. Dr. Adeline Glen left the nightmare behind, and now she specializes in pain management. Her sister, Shana Day, followed in her father¿s violent footsteps, first killing at age fourteen and being incarcerated for more than twenty-five years. After a brutal attack, Boston Detective D. D. Warren needs Adeline¿s professional help to recover physically. But when a new psychopath known as the Rose Killer begins a reign of terror, D.D. must also consult the insane Shana¿who claims she can help catch the madman. D.D. may not yet be back on the job, but she is back on the hunt. Because the Rose Killer isn¿t just targeting lone women; he is targeting D.D. And D.D. knows there is only one way to take him down. Schlagworte:Detektiv, Englischer Roman, Mord, Mordfall, Mordserie, Mörder, Schwestern, Soziopathie, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 455 Seiten Beteiligte:Gardner, Lisa Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-7553-8835-6
Inhalt: When unworldly student Ana Steele first encountered the driven, damaged young entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that changed both their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and ultimately repelled by Christian's singular sexual tastes, Ana demanded a deeper commitment; determined to keep her, Christian agreed. Now, together, they have more - love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of infinite possibilities. But Ana always knew that loving her Fifty Shades would not be easy and being together poses challenges neither of them ever anticipated. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian's opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own integrity, identity, or independence; Christian must somehow overcome his compulsion to control and lay to rest the horrors that blighted his past and haunt his present. Just when it seems that together their love can conquer any obstacle, tragedy, malice and fate combine to make Ana's worst nightmares come true. Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Erotik, Liebe, Sex, Sexualität Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 569 S. Altersfreigabe: ab 18 Jahren Beteiligte:James, E.L. Standort: Engl. Jam ISBN: 978-0-345-80350-4
Inhalt: Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four of them come out the other side.
The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take them out of their air-conditioned comfort zone of the office and teach resilience and team-building. At least that's what the corporate retreat website advertises. Police officer Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing walker. Alice Ruassell is the whistleblower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with ... Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Frauen, Thriller, Verschwinden, Whistleblower Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 421 Seiten Beteiligte:Harper, Jane Standort: Engl. Har ISBN: 978-0-349-14212-8
Inhalt: Five people. Five chances. One woman's search for happiness. Allegra Bird's arms are scattered with freckles, a gift from her beloved father. But despite her nickname, Freckles has never been able to join all the dots. So when a stranger tells her that everyone is the average of the five people they spend the most time with, it opens up something deep inside. The trouble is, Freckles doesn't know if she has five people. She's left her unconventional father and her friends behind for a bold new life in Dublin, but she's still an outsider. Now, in a quest to understand, she must find not one but five people who shape her - and who will determine her future. Moving from modern Dublin to the fierce Atlantic coast, this is an unforgfettable story of human connection, of friendship, and of growing into your own skin. Schlagworte:Dublin, Freundschaft, Ireland, Irland, Protagonistin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 345 Seiten Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-819493-2
Inhalt: A decade ago, psychologist Frieda Klein was sucked into the orbit of Dean Reeve -- a killer able to impersonate almost anyone, a man who can disappear without a trace, a psychopath obsessed with Frieda herself.
In the years since, Frieda has worked with -- and sometimes against -- the London police in solving their most baffling cases. But now she's in hiding, driven to isolation by Reeve. When a series of murders announces his return, Frieda must emerge from the shadows to confront her nemesis. And it's a showdown she might not survive.
Criminology student Lola Hayes has tracked Frieda down with a single-minded pursuit: she wants to delve inside the mind of a woman besieged by darkness. But in following every move Frieda makes, Lola is exposing herself to the same terrors-and the same twisted fixation of a diabolical psychopath.
This gripping cat-and-mouse thriller pits one of the most fascinating characters in contemporary fiction against an enemy like none other. Smart, sophisticated, and spellbinding, it's a novel to leave you breathless. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Mörder, Serienmörder, Studentin, Thriller, Versteck Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-0-7181-7968-7
Inhalt: A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body and realizes with horror that it is Sandy, her ex-boyfriend. She¿s certain that the killer is Dean Reeve¿the man who has never stopped haunting her. But the police think he has been dead for years, and Frieda is their number one suspect. With few options, Frieda goes on the run to save herself and try to uncover the truth. Schlagworte:England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Geheimnis, London, Partner, Psychothriller, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 Seiten ; Karte Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-0-7181-7963-2
Inhalt: Endlich - der zweite Fall für Frieda Klein! Eisiger Dienstag.... In der Wohnung einer psychisch Kranken wird ein Toter gefunden: Edward Green, alias Robert Poole, der zu seinen Lebzeiten den Mitmenschen mit Charme und Charisma Alltag und Bankkonto erleichterte. Wieder einmal unterstützt die Psychotherapeutin Frieda Klein die Polizei bei den Ermittlungen. Das wird nicht überall gern gesehen. Zumal die Leiche einer jungen Studentin aufgefunden wird, die durch Kleins Fehleinschätzung ums Leben kam. Die Presse veranstaltet eine Hetzjagd auf sie. Aber sie trotzt allen Anfeindungen und hat bald eine schreckliche Vermutung. Und die Suche nach Pooles Mörder bringt auch sie in Lebensgefahr Ein intelligenter Thriller aus einem London, wie es nur wenige von uns kennen. Schlagworte:British English, England, Englischer Roman, Psychotherapie, Psychothriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 447 S. Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-1-4059-0916-7
Inhalt: The first in a new series with psychotherapist Frieda Klein. Five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted and one of Frieda's patients describes dreams of seizing a boy who is the spitting image of Matthew. So Frieda finds herself drawn into the heart of the case ... Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Entführung, Kinder, Psychotherapie, Psychothriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 412 S. Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-0-14-104075-2
Inhalt: Frieda Klein reluctantly faces a case that penetrates to her very core. Saturday Requiem is classic Nicci French - a dark, gripping and sophisticated masterclass in psychological suspense in which nothing is quite what it seems . . .'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah ***Thirteen years ago eighteen year old Hannah Docherty was arrested for the brutal murder of her family. It was an open and shut case and Hannah's been incarcerated in a secure hospital ever since.When psychotherapist Frieda Klein is asked to meet Hannah and give her assessment of her she reluctantly agrees. What she finds horrifies her. Hannah has become a tragic figure, old before her time. And Frieda is haunted by the thought that Hannah might be as much of a victim as her family; that something wasn't right all those years ago.And as Hannah's case takes hold of her, Frieda soon begins to realise that she's up against someone who'll go to any lengths to protect themselves . . .Saturday Requiem is the sixth addictive and intriguing novel in the Frieda Klein series by the bestselling author Nicci French.'French leads the field' Sunday Express'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Dark, nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Psychothriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 389 S. Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-0-7181-7965-6
Inhalt: Funny Girl is the story of a popular 1960s tv comedy series. The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, who each harbour a secret. And most of all Sophie Straw, once Barbara Parker, Miss Blackpool 1964, who's changed her name and abandoned her old life because she just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy fame. Schlagworte:60er Jahre, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Gesellschaftsroman, Karriere, London, Protagonistin, Provinz, Schauspielerin, Sechziger Jahre, Sitcom, Sozialstudie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-0-241-96523-8
Inhalt: Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles Nowak.
Scruffy and chaotic-with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads-Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she's either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?
Inhalt: The Kern Secretarial Agency provides reliable professional services to its wealthy clientele, and Anne Clifton was one of the finest young women in Ursula Kern's employ. But Miss Clifton has met an untimely end - and Ursula is convinced it was not due to natural causes. Bent on justice, Ursula hatches a plan: take Anne's place as stenographer to the reclusive poet Valerie, Lady Fulbrook. There are dark rumours about Lord Fulbrook, and his gloomy mansion in Mapstone Square seems the logical starting point for an undercover investigation. Archaeologist and adventurer Slater Roxton thinks Mrs. Kern is off her head to meddle in such dangerous business. But if this mysterious widowed beauty insists on stirring the pot, Slater intends to remain close by as they venture into the darker side of polite society and a den of iniquity called the Olympus Club. Together they must reveal the identity of a killer - and to achieve their goal, they may need to reveal their deepest secrets to each other as well. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Intrige, London, Mord, Viktorianische Zeit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 Seiten Beteiligte:Quick, Amanda Standort: Engl. Qui ISBN: 978-0-515-15606-5
Inhalt: Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.
A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.
Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now. Schlagworte:Beziehung, England, Geburtstag, Liebe, Selbstverwirklichung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 337 Seiten Beteiligte:Alderton, Dolly Standort: Engl. Ald ISBN: 978-0-241-98868-8
Inhalt: The only thing certain is change-even in a place as steady as Perry, Alabama, on a street as old as Glory Road.
Nearly a decade after her husband's affair drove her back home to South Alabama, Jessie McBride has the stable life she wants-operating her garden shop, Twig, next door to her house on Glory Road, and keeping up with her teenage daughter and spunky mother. But the unexpected arrival of two men makes Jessie question whether she's really happy with the status quo.
When handsome, wealthy businessman Sumner Tate asks her to arrange flowers for his daughter's lavish wedding, Jessie finds herself drawn to his continued attention. Then Ben Bradley, her lingering what-could-have-been from high school, moves back to the red dirt road, and she feels her heart pulled in directions she never expected.
Meanwhile, Jessie's fourteen-year-old daughter, Evan, is approaching the start of high school and navigating a new world of emotions-particularly as they relate to the cute new guy who's moved in just down the road. At the same time, Jessie's mother, Gus, is suffering increasingly frequent memory lapses and faces a frightening, uncertain future.
Inhalt: From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird .
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch - 'Scout' - returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird , Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past - a journey that can be guided only by one's own conscience.
Inhalt: TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work?
ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' - to go off-grid and disappear - and then thirty days to elude the highly sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Any Zero that beats FUSION will receive $3million in cash. If Cy's system prevails, he wins a $90 billion-dollar contract with the CIA to develop FUSION and revolutionize surveillance forever.
ZERO ALTERNATIVES For contestant Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than Cy could have ever imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. They have no choice but to finish the game and when the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner... Schlagworte:Dystopie, Technologie, Thriller, Wettbewerb, Zukunft, Überwachung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 295 Seiten Beteiligte:McCarten, Anthony Standort: Engl. MacC ISBN: 978-1-5290-9022-2
Inhalt: It's the morning of Nick Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary and his wife Amy has disappeared. Under pressure from the police and a growing social media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble: Amy's friends say she was afraid of him, his computer reveals disturbing searches and he keeps getting mysterious calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? Schlagworte:Ehe, Ehekonflikt, Ehekrise, Hochzeitstag, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 475 Seiten Beteiligte:Flynn, Gillian Standort: Engl. Fly ISBN: 978-0-7538-2766-6
Inhalt: The fourth in the Detective Kate Burkholder series set in Ohio's Amish country. Three teenagers have vanished from Ohios Amish country. The only thing they have in common, other than their religion, is they are keen to leave the Plain Life. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to consult by Agent John Tomasetti as her Amish roots will be invaluable in an investigation involving this sectarian society. They travel to the small town of Monongahela Falls to investigate the latest disappearance - that of seventeen-year-old Annie King. The only evidence left behind is a satchel - and a pool of blood. The case moves closer to home for Kate when a young relative, Sadie Miller, vanishes. With her own past resonating, Kate delves into the lives of the missing teens. Soon, a sinister pattern emerges along with a vital clue that changes everything. While following up on a lead, Kate makes an appalling discovery and unearths a secret no one could have imagined - thrusting her into a fight to the death with a merciless killer. Schlagworte:American English, Amische, Amish, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 277 S. Beteiligte:Castillo, Linda Standort: Engl. Cas ISBN: 978-0-230-76023-3
Inhalt: Flora Mancini has been happily married for more than twenty years. But everything she thought she knew about herself, her marriage, and her relationship with her best friend, Margot, is upended when she stumbles upon an envelope containing her husband's wedding ring-the one he claimed he lost one summer when their daughter, Ruby, was five.
Flora and Julian struggled for years, scraping together just enough acting work to raise Ruby in Manhattan and keep Julian's small theater company-Good Company-afloat. A move to Los Angeles brought their first real career successes, a chance to breathe easier, and a reunion with Margot, now a bona fide television star. But has their new life been built on lies? What happened that summer all those years ago? And what happens now?
With Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's signature tenderness, humor, and insight, Good Company tells a bighearted story of the lifelong relationships that both wound and heal us. Schlagworte:Ehe, Familie, Freundschaft, Theater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix Standort: Engl. Swe ISBN: 978-0-06-309441-3
Inhalt: Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings.
Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped.
Now he is. . . 1. Without a home 2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off 3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking
Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.
Inhalt: For seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe - his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons - seem unshakeable. But it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption in the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history. Schlagworte:70er Jahre, Erwachsenwerden, Islam, Junge, Literaturnobelpreis, London, Nobelpreis, Nobelpreis für Literatur, Preisgekrönt, Revolution, Sansibar, Siebziger Jahre, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 261 Seiten Beteiligte:Gurnah, Abdulrazak Standort: Engl. Gur ISBN: 978-1-4088-8130-9
Inhalt: Worldwide bestseller John Grisham will keep you on the edge of your seat with his most suspenseful thriller yet. America's greatest storyteller brings us a new masterpiece of legal courage and gripping suspense - and his finest heroine since The Pelican Brief. One week ago, Samantha Kofer was a third-year associate at New York City's largest law firm. Now she is an unpaid intern in a legal aid clinic deep in small-town Appalachia. When Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, her future. As she confronts real clients with real problems, she finds herself a world away from her past life of corporate fat cats and fatter bonuses. This is coal country. Meth country. The law is different here. And standing up for the truth means putting your life on the line. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Finanzkrise, Finanzmarktkrise, Justizthriller, Kohle, Krankheit, Kreditmarktkrise, Nonprofit-Organisation, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 461 S. Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-8129-9926-6
Inhalt: Abbie and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter into a luxurious hotel, and enjoy four days of pampering and partying. Then they wake up on a yacht, surrounded by police, accused of the foulest crime imaginable, and the vacation of a lifetime becomes a fight for survival. GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence - a non-stop joy-ride of friendship, danger and betrayal. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 424 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-1-84605-790-8
Inhalt: Persephone and Hades are engaged. In retaliation, Demeter summons a snowstorm that cripples New Greece and refuses to lift the blizzard unless her daughter calls off her engagement. When the Olympians intervene, Persephone finds her future in the hands of ancient gods, and they are divided. Do they allow Persephone to marry Hades and go to war with Demeter, or prohibit their union and take up arms against the God of the Dead? Nothing is certain but the promise of war. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Griechische Mythologie, Griechische Sagen, Liebe, Mystery, Urban Fantasy, Verlobung, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 455 Seiten Beteiligte:St. Clair, Scarlett Standort: Engl. St.C ISBN: 978-1-72826-167-6
Inhalt: "Let me worship you," he said. His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She answered, "Yes."
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world, and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.
After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of ther Dead grows - a love that is both captivating and forbidden. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Gott, Griechische Mythologie, Göttin, Liebe, Unterwelt, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 392 Seiten Beteiligte:St. Clair, Scarlett Standort: Engl. St.C ISBN: 978-1-72826-170-6
Inhalt: "Are you saying you wouldn't fight for me?"
Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek. "Darling, I would burn this world for you."
Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. To add to her troubles, everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past.
Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help. Desperate, she takes matters into her own hands, striking bargains that lead to severe consequences. Faced with a side of Hades she never knew, and crushing loss, Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades's queen. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Erotik, Fantasy, Gott, Griechische Mythologie, Göttin, Liebe, Mystery, Mythologie, Unterwelt, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 Seiten Beteiligte:St. Clair, Scarlett Standort: Engl. St.C ISBN: 978-1-72826-169-0
Inhalt: Charlotte O'Keefe's much-longed-for, adored daughter Willow is born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a very severe form of brittle bone disease. One stumble could force her to spend months in a body cast. Willow's condition is an expensive one, and her family faces financial ruin. Then Charlotte is offered a lifeline. She could file a "wrongful birth" suit against her obstrician, in the hope of receiving a monetary payout which would secure Willow's future. But the doctor she would be suing is Charlotte's best friend... Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Krankheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 551 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-0-340-97904-4
Inhalt: Two exes. One pact. Could this holiday change everything?
Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world.
Except this year, they are lying through their teeth, because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.
But the cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be here together. They can't bear to break their best friends' hearts so they'll fake it for one more week.
But how can you pretend to be in love - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?
Inhalt: Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds.
After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she's finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.
Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea. Schlagworte:Armut, Beziehung, Junge Erwachsene, Klassengesellschaft, Liebe, Obdachlosigkeit, Reichtum, Sommer, Studentin, Texas, Universität, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 353 Seiten Beteiligte:Hoover, Colleen Standort: Engl. Hoo ISBN: 978-1-398-52504-7
Inhalt: Buffy, Charmeur und Gentleman der alten Schule, muss sich eingestehen, dass seine wilden Zeiten vorbei sind. Seine Ehen haben nicht gehalten, die Kinder sind längst aus dem Haus und eine neue Liebe ist auch nicht in Sicht. Als er überraschend ein Bed & Breakfast in Wales erbt, beschließt er, noch einmal von vorne anzufangen. Das allerdings ist leichter gesagt als getan: Um das heruntergekommene "Myrtle House" am Laufen zu halten, bedarf es einer kreativen Idee. Kurzerhand verwandelt Buffy es in einen "Club der gebrochenen Herzen", einen Ort, der frisch Getrennten, Geschiedenen und Singles eine Auszeit unter Leidensgenossen und gleichzeitig praktische Lebenshilfe verspricht um mit neuem Mut und Elan das "Leben allein" anzugehen. In kürzester Zeit lockt Buffys Angebot die verschiedensten Gäste an. Dabei sind Missverständnisse, Verwechslungen und unvorhergesehene Überraschungen vorprogrammiert Ein charmanter, frischer und überaus amüsanter Roman über Menschen, die egal, ob jung oder alt mit den Irrungen und Wirrungen des Herzens zu kämpfen haben und sich doch nur nach einem sehnen: "einfach" nur glücklich zu sein. Schlagworte:Alter, Club, England, Englischer Roman, Glück, Pension, Protagonist, Rente, Schauspieler, Single, Suche, Wales, Älterer Mann, Älterwerden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 386 S. Beteiligte:Moggach, Deborah Standort: Engl. Mog ISBN: 978-0-09-957862-8
Inhalt: Auf der Hochzeit seines Freundes Watson findet Sherlock heraus, dass sich einer der Gäste in höchster Gefahr befindet.
Nebenbei bittet Grenadier Guards, der nur mit Glück einen Mordversuch überlebt hat, Sherlock um Hilfe.
Weitere mysteriöse Vorfälle lassen diesen Fall noch unlösbarer erscheinen und Sherlock bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit ...
adapted from the script "The sign of three" by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Steve Thompson. - Based on the story "The sign of the four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Holmes, Sherlock, Sprachtraining Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 56 Seiten : Illustrationen + CD Standort: Engl. She ISBN: 978-3-99045-309-4
Helbling Readers Movies The imitation game [A2 / B1] (Band Level 4) based on the true story of Alan Turing and the Enigma code Helbling Languages (2015)
Standort: Engl. Imi
Inhalt: 1939: Großbritannien befindet sich im Krieg gegen Nazi-Deutschland. Das Mathematik-Genie Alan Turing arbeitet wie besessen mit seinem Team daran, den Enigma-Code des Feindes zu entschlüsseln.
Turing ist von der Idee überzeugt, eine Maschine zu entwickeln, die den Code "knacken" kann. Wird der Plan aufgehen? Können Turing und sein Team dazu beitragen, den Krieg zu gewinnen? Schlagworte:Sprachtraining, Turing, Alan <1912-1954> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 64 Seiten : Illustrationen + CD Standort: Engl. Imi ISBN: 978-3-99045-311-7
Inhalt: In the wake of a referendum which has divided the nation, the last thing the Queen needs is any additional problems to worry about. But when an oil painting of the Royal Yacht Britannia - first given to the Queen in the 1960s - shows up unexpectedly in a Royal Navy exhibition, she begins to realise that something is up. When a body is found in the Palace swimming pool, she finds herself once again in the middle of an investigation which has more twists and turns than she could ever have suspected. With her trusted secretary Rozie by her side, the Queen is determined to solve the case. But will she be able to do it before the murderer strikes again? Schlagworte:Buckingham Palast, Cosy Crime, Cosy-Crime, Cozy Crime, Cozy-Crime, Elisabeth, England, Großbritannien, Krimi, Mordfall, Whodunit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Bennett, S.J. Standort: Engl. Ben ISBN: 978-1-83877-484-4
Inhalt: December 2016 - A severed hand is found washed up on a beach next to the Queen's estate at Sandringham. Elizabeth has become quite accustomed to solving even the most complex of murders. And though she quickly identifies the 70-year-old victim, Edward St Cyr, from his signet ring, the search for his killer is not so straightforward. St Cyr led an unconventional, often controversial life, making many enemies along the way in the quiet, rural world of North Norfolk, where everyone knows each other's business. But when a second man is found dead, and a prominent local woman is nearly killed in a hit-and-run, the mystery takes an even darker turn. With the Christmas break coming to an end, the Queen and her trusted assistant Rozie must race to discover how the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Or the next victim may be found even closer to home. Schlagworte:Cosy Crime, Cosy-Crime, Cozy Crime, Cozy-Crime, Elisabeth, England, Großbritannien, Krimi, London, Mordfall, Whodunit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 326 Seiten Beteiligte:Bennett, S.J. Standort: Engl. Ben ISBN: 978-1-83877-620-6
Inhalt: A surprise inheritance reveals the hidden lives of two sisters torn apart by tragedy ...
Following her grandmother's death, Rose Martineau inherits The Egg, an extraordinary house nestling in the Sussex countryside. She discovers that the mysterious house originally belonged to her grandmother's younger sister, Sadie, who Rose never knew existed. In her search to uncover why the sisters grew apart, Rose is drawn back into the glamorous and decadent world of the 1930s.
Meanwhile, Rose's own life as a dutiful wife and mother is turned upside down by a sordid scandal that threatens to destroy her marriage. It is only once she has unravelled the secrets of Sadie's past that she is able to look to her own future...
Inhalt: Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top-five most memorable split-ups? Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep grove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 245 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-0-241-95025-8
Inhalt: When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessentially British village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation.
Someone isn?t telling the truth, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.
His & Hers is a twisty, smart, psychological thriller. A gripping tale of suspense, told by expertly-drawn narrators that will keep readers guessing until the very end. Schlagworte:Dorf, England, Journalistin, Lüge, Psychothriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 308 Seiten Beteiligte:Feeney, Alice Standort: Engl. Fee ISBN: 978-1-250-26607-1
Inhalt: A self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. Suffering from crippling apathy, he is spurred into action by the need to rescue his sister, and discovers a profound courage he thought was lost forever. This is a deeply moving novel about an apparently defeated man finding his manhood and, finally, his home. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, 50er Jahre, Englischer Roman, Fünfziger Jahre, Kriegsheimkehrer, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 256 S. Beteiligte:Morrison, Toni Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-307-74091-5
Inhalt: A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for ten years, and what does he know about the day, more than half a life ago, when he was taken? And most critically: What can he tell Myron and Win about the fate of his missing friend? Drawing on his singular talent, Harlan Coben delivers an explosive and deeply moving thriller about friendship, family, and the meaning of home. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Entführung, Freundschaft, Junge, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 387 Seiten Beteiligte:Coben, Harlan Standort: Engl. Cob ISBN: 978-1-101-98569-4
Inhalt: Steel's novel invites readers into the ultra-glamorous world of a five-star New York hotel, and brings to vivid life the man who builds it as his dream, the girl who grows up in its loving embrace, and the colorful guests and staff who make its magic complete. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Hotel, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 323 S. Beteiligte:Steel, Danielle Standort: Engl. Stee ISBN: 978-0-593-06308-8
Inhalt: According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. When David suddenly becomes good, however - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions... Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 243 S. Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor
Inhalt: When three generations of women are brought together by crisis, they learn over the course of one hot summer the power of family to support, nourish and surprise Lauren has the perfect life...if she ignores the fact it's a fragile house of cards, and that her daughter Mack has just had a teenage personality transplant. Jenna is desperate to start a family with her husband, but it's... Just. Not. Happening. Her heart is breaking, but she's determined to keep her trademark smile on her face. Nancy knows she hasn't been the best mother, but how can she ever tell Lauren and Jenna the reason why? Then life changes in an instant, and Lauren, Mack, Jenna and Nancy are thrown together for a summer on Martha's Vineyard. Somehow, these very different women must relearn how to be a family. And while unraveling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, the rewards could be infinite... Heartwarming and fresh, Sarah Morgan's brilliant new novel is a witty and deeply uplifting look at the power of a family of women. Schlagworte:England, Familie, Familienroman, Heimat, Insel, Liebe, Mehrgenerationenroman, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Tragödie, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 428 Seiten Beteiligte:Morgan, Sarah Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-335-61300-4
Inhalt: As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural preference, unlike her colleague Mma Makutsi, who is alert to every passing observation and inclined to making snap decisions. With fewer cases to handle, Precious has time to contemplate her new neighbours, a couple who, by the sounds of it, have a rather volatile relationship ...
But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help, and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all, could be more straightforward than a family matter?
Meanwhile, their colleague Charlie is behaving oddly, borrowing Mma Ramotse's van and returning it in an unusual condition. Digging a little deeper, the explanation is both strange and extraordinary, and takes Charlie, along with Mma RamotsweÄs husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, on a hair-raising night-time expedition.
In the end, Precious is reminded of the need to view a picture from every angle, to accept the imperfections in people and situations and then find a solution - preferably over a delicious slice of her friend Mma Potokwani's fruit cake. Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, Detektiv, Detektivroman, Englische Literatur, Frauen, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 248 Seiten Beteiligte:Smith, Alexander McCall Standort: Engl. Smi ISBN: 978-1-4087-1281-8
Inhalt: Build shelter. Find water. Make fire. Seek revenge.
There are two beginnings to this story. One of them is on a tarmac in Alaska. The other's standing on a lakeshore with the rain falling on me like mist, the cabin's timbers smoldering, sullen and red. I'll tell you both stories, what happened before my father died and what happened after. And when I'm done or when I'm too weak to write anymore, I'll leave this notebook where the cabin was. If someone comes looking for us, for me, maybe they'll find it. So if you're reading this, I'm probably dead. But for a while, I survived. My name is Jess Cooper and I am still alive.
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After: Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned down to the ground. She knows if she doesn't act fast, the cold will kill her before she has time to worry about food. But she is still alive - for now.
Before: Jess hadn't seen her survivalist, off-the-grid dad in over a decade. But she was still healing from the car crash that killed her mother when she had to move to his cabin in the remote Canadian wilderness. Just as Jess was beginning to get to know him, a secret from his past paid them a visit, leaving her father dead and Jess stranded.
After: With only her father's dog as company, Jess must forage and hunt for food, build shelter, and keep herself warm. Some days it feels like the wild is out to destroy her, but she's stronger than she ever imagined. Jess will survive. She has to. She knows who killed her father. And she wants revenge. Schlagworte:Canada, Einsamkeit, Kanada, Mord, Rache, Tochter, Wildnis, Überleben, Überlebende, Überlebensstrategie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 314 Seiten Beteiligte:Marshall, Kate Alice Standort: Engl. Mar ISBN: 978-0-425-29098-9
Inhalt: Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her...
It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her; a grainy photo along with a phone number and a listing for a website called FindTheOne.com.
Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they've become the victims of increasingly violent crimes-including murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad's twisted purpose...A discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.
And now that man on the train-the one smiling at Zoe from across the car-could be more than just a friendly stranger. He could be someone who has deliberately chosen her and is ready to make his next move... Schlagworte:England, London, Psychothriller, Stalking, U-Bahn, Überwachung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 Seiten Beteiligte:Mackintosh, Clare Standort: Engl. Mac ISBN: 978-0-7515-5414-4
Inhalt: David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way.
David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely.
Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl's sister arrives - and drops a bombshell.
She's come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar - and even though David realizes it can't be, he knows it is.
It's Matthew, and he's still alive.
David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible - save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night. Schlagworte:Gefängnis, Gefängnisausbruch, Häftling, Mordfall, Thriller, Verschwinden, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 407 Seiten Beteiligte:Coben, Harlan Standort: Engl. Cob ISBN: 978-1-5291-3551-0
Inhalt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¿ The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case¿which was solved in April 2018. Introduction by Gillian Flynn ¿ Afterword by Patton Oswalt ¿A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can¿t-stop-now reading.¿ ¿Stephen King
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. I¿ll Be Gone in the Dark¿the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death¿offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman¿s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic¿one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer. Schlagworte:70er Jahre, 80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, America, Amerika, California, Großdruck, Kalifornien, Mordfall, Serienmörder, Siebziger Jahre, Thriller, True Crime, Vergewaltigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 475 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:McNamara, Michelle Standort: Engl. MacN ISBN: 978-0-06-287130-5
Inhalt: A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink.
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills and lands a place on their competitive figure skating team.
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.
Nate's focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team-including Anastasia, who clearly can't stand him.
But when Anastasia's skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.
Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn't worried... because she could never like a hockey player, right?
Inhalt: Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul "room salon," an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood.
Kyuri's roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country's biggest conglomerates.
Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life.
And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea's brutal economy.
Inhalt: A funny, frank and bittersweet look at sisters, marriage and moving on, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Heron series
Letting go of her ex-husband is harder than wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate expected...especially since his new wife wants to be Jenny's new best friend. Needing closure, Jenny trades the Manhattan skyline for her hometown up the Hudson, where she'll start her own business and bask in her sister Rachel's picture-perfect family life...and maybe even find a little romance of her own with Leo, her downstairs neighbour, who's utterly irresistible and annoyingly distant at the same time.
Rachel's idyllic marriage, however, is imploding after she discovers what looks like her husband's infidelity. She always thought she'd walk away in this situation but now she's wavering, much to Jenny's surprise. Rachel points to their parents' perfect marriage as a shining example of patience and forgiveness; but to protect her sister, Jenny may have to tarnish that memory-and their relationship-and reveal a family secret she's been keeping since childhood.
Both Rachel and Jenny will have to come to terms with the past and the present, and find a way to help each other get what they want most of all. Schlagworte:Affäre, Ehekrise, Familie, Liebe, Schwestern, Seitensprung, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 439 Seiten Beteiligte:Higgins, Kristan Standort: Engl. Hig ISBN: 978-0-373-78929-0
Inhalt: When reclusive writer Leonora is invited to the English countryside for a weekend away, she reluctantly agrees to make the trip. But as the first night falls, revelations unfold among friends old and new, an unnerving memory shatters Leonora¿s reserve, and a haunting realization creeps in: the party is not alone in the woods. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Polterabend, Thriller, Wald Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 338 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-0-09-959824-4
Inhalt: In a house of lies everyone has something to hide. A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled and now - after a decade withouth answers - it's time for the truth. Every officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone on the case has something to hde, and everything to lose. But there is one man who knows where the trail may lead - and that it could be the end of him: John Rebus. Schlagworte:Lügen, Mordfall, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 Seiten Beteiligte:Rankin, Ian Standort: Engl. Ran ISBN: 978-1-4091-7689-3
Inhalt: When Ros comes home after three years away, she's ready to pick up with life exactly where she left it. But her friends have moced on, her parents have rekindled their romance, and her bedroom is now a garden shed. All of a sudden, she's swet up in nostalgia for the way things were. Then her phone begins to ping, with messages from her old life. Including one number she thought she'd erased for good - the man who broke her heart. Is this her second chance at one big love? Sometimes we all want to see what we've been missing. Schlagworte:Liebe, Neuanfang, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-824020-2
Inhalt: Where do you see yourself in five years? Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan has been in possession of her meticulously crafted answer since she understood the question. On the day that she nails the most important job interview of her career and gets engaged to the perfect man, she's well on her way to fulfilling her life goals. That night Dannie falls asleep only to wake up in a different apartment with a different ring on her finger, and in the company of a very different man. The TV is on in the background, and she can just make out the date. It's the same night - December 15th - but 2025, five years in the future. It was just a dream, she tells herself when she wakes, but it felt so real... Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind. That is, until four and a half years later, when Dannie turns down a street and there, standing on the corner, is the man from her dream... In Five Years is a love story, brimming with joy and heartbreak. But it is definitely not the love story you're expecting. Schlagworte:Beruf, Beziehung, Career, Liebe, Traum, Trennung, Verlobung, Zukunft Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 255 Seiten Beteiligte:Serle, Rebecca Standort: Engl. Ser ISBN: 978-1-5294-0581-1
Inhalt: Precious Ramotswe, the cheerful Botswana private investigator of "traditional build", is finally married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, her detective agency is busy and life could not be better...... Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, Botswana, British English, Englischer Roman, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 263 S. Beteiligte:MacCall Smith, Alexander Standort: Engl. MacC
Inhalt: I hope you don't find him. And if you do, I hope he's dead and that he suffered...
Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter's devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he's helped her move as far as possible from the grief, the rage, and the monsters of her past. Ellie imagines her new home with Martin in an Australian coastal town will be like living a fairy tale. But behind closed doors is another story-one that ends in Martin's brutal murder. And Ellie seems almost relieved...
Naturally, everyone thinks Mrs. Cresswell-Smith is guilty.
Senior Constable Lozza Bianchi has reasonable doubt. She sees evidence of a twisted psychological battle and a couple who seemed to bring out the worst in each other-adultery, abuse, betrayal, and revenge. If anything Ellie says can be believed, that is. As the case takes twist after spiraling twist, Lozza can't shake the gut instinct that she's being manipulated. That Ellie is hiding something. That there are secrets yet to surface. Lozza has no idea. Schlagworte:Australien, Ehefrau, Ehemann, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 355 Seiten Beteiligte:White, Loreth Anne Standort: Engl. Whi ISBN: 978-1-5420-1969-9
Inhalt: Indignation is the story of a young's man education in life's terrifying chances an bizarre obstructions. It is a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage and error, told with all the inventive energy and wit Roth has at his command. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 233 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-09-953946-9
Inhalt: Chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Filmbuch, Science fiction Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 278 S. Beteiligte:Keyes, Greg Standort: Engl. Key ISBN: 978-1-78329-369-8
Inhalt: In the last days before her death, Nel Abbott called her sister. Jules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help. Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind. But Jules is afraid. So afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old Mill House, of knowing that Nel would never have jumped. And most of all she's afraig of the water, and the place they call the Drowning Pool... Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Mord, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 356 Seiten Beteiligte:Hawkins, Paula Standort: Engl. Haw ISBN: 978-0-85752-443-0
Inhalt: Fed up with the endless demands of her job, Ellie seeks solitude from the chaos. As if by magic, she finds herself all alone in an exotic hotel. That is, until she meets the gorgeous guest next door. As time melts away, Ellie falls hard for Sam. Then he vanishes into thin air, taking his love with him. When he suddenly reappears, he isn't the Sam she once knew, but her aching heart tells her otherwise.
Sam finds himself at a crossroads in his soccer career when a permanent injury forces him to make a difficult decision. He thinks seclusion in a luxury hotel is what he needs, until he sees the fiery redhead, Ellie. She has no idea who he is and becomes the woman of his dreams.
Like any vacation, it must come to an end ... just not in such a tragic way. Sam thinks he's responsible for Ellie's death, and when he discovers she's alive, she doesn't greet him with open arms. The relentless fight for her dignity and career threatens to end their passionate reuinion. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Englische Literatur, Fußballspieler, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 287 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-3-947985-04-3
Inhalt: Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.
Not even Emmy's ex-boyfriend, field agent Harrison "Books" Bookman, will believe her that hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and murders are all connected. That is, until Emmy finds a piece of evidence he can't afford to ignore. More murders are reported by the day--and they're all inexplicable. No motives, no murder weapons, no suspects. Could one person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes? Schlagworte:Albtraum, Englischer Roman, Feuer, Mord, Mordfall, Mordserie, Protagonist, Protagonistin, Serienmörder, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 485 Seiten Beteiligte:Patterson, James, Ellis, David Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-959453-6
Inhalt: Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town where she grew up-she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life seems too good to be true.
Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn't hurt. Lily can't get him out of her head. But Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his "no dating" rule, she can't help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.
As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan-her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened. Schlagworte:10, Antolin Klasse 9, Beziehung, Häusliche Gewalt, Liebe, Selbstständigkeit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 Seiten Beteiligte:Hoover, Colleen Standort: Engl. Hoo ISBN: 978-1-4711-5626-7
Daisy Hobson lives her whole life online. But when her social media obsession causes her to make a catastrophic mistake at work, she finds her life going into free-fall... Her sister Rosie thinks she has the answer - a digital detox in a remote cottage in Cumbria. And soon Daisy finds a welcome distraction there in Jack, the rugged man-next-door. Can Daisy ever really settle into life in an isolated village? And, more importantly, can she survive without her phone? Schlagworte:Detox, Freche Frauen, Isolation, Liebe, Social Media, soziales Netzwerk Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 408 Seiten Beteiligte:Bell, Anna Standort: Engl. Bel ISBN: 978-1-78576-369-4
Inhalt: Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas's side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestseller It Ends with Us
Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.
But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life-and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life.
Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas's past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that "no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover" Schlagworte:Beziehung, Dreiecksbeziehung, Ehe, Liebe, Tochter, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 323 Seiten Beteiligte:Hoover, Colleen Standort: Engl. Hoo ISBN: 978-1-398-51816-2
Inhalt: Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Entführung, FBI, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 557 Seiten Beteiligte:Child, Lee Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-0-553-50541-2
Inhalt: Former military cop Jack Reacher has arrived at the headquarters of the 110th MP, his old unit near Washington, D.C., the closest thing to a home he's never had. He's here to meet - in person - the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone. But Turner isn't there and Reacher is shocked to be charged with a crime with serious consequences. When threatened, you can run or fight. Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs. It is a race for the truth that will make Reacher question who he is, what he's done, and the very future of his untethered life on the open road. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 608 Seiten Beteiligte:Child, Lee Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-0-399-59497-7
Inhalt: It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars'. For what? Who from? It's 1996, and the Soviets are long gone. But now there's a new enemy. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big.
Jack Reacher is fresh off a secret mission and a big win. The Army pats him on the back and gives him a medal. And then they send him back to school. It's a school with only three students: Reacher, an FBI agent, and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? To find that American. And what he's selling. And to whom. There is serious shit going on, signs of a world gone mad.
Night School takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he's not in uniform. With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley at his side, he must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders, in a wired, fiendishly clever new adventure that will make the cold sweat trickle down your spine. The twenty-first Jack Reacher thriller by the international number-one bestseller sees Reacher back in the army, and takes him from Virginia to Hamburg, on a critical and perilous undercover mission. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 394 Seiten Beteiligte:Child, Lee Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-0-593-07391-9
Inhalt: ¿Why is this town called Mother¿s Rest?¿ That¿s all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It¿s a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investigation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal.
Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, and there¿s something about Chang . . . so he teams up with her and starts to ask around. He thinks: How bad can this thing be? But before long he¿s plunged into a desperate race through LA, Chicago, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and through the hidden parts of the internet, up against thugs and assassins every step of the way¿right back to where he started, in Mother¿s Rest, where he must confront the worst nightmare he could imagine. Walking away would have been easier. But as always, Reacher¿s rule is: If you want me to stop, you¿re going to have to make me. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Geheimnis, Kleinstadt, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verfolgung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 562 Seiten Beteiligte:Child, Lee Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-0-8041-7879-2
Inhalt: Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside. Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring. Why not?
So begins a harrowing journey that takes Reacher through the upper Midwest, from a lowlife bar on the sad side of small town to a dirt-blown crossroads in the middle of nowhere, encountering bikers, cops, crooks, muscle, and a missing persons PI who wears a suit and a tie in the Wyoming wilderness.
The deeper Reacher digs, and the more he learns, the more dangerous the terrain becomes. Turns out the ring was just a small link in a far darker chain. Powerful forces are guarding a vast criminal enterprise. Some lines should never be crossed. But then, neither should Reacher. Schlagworte:Krieg, Militär, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Thriller, Wyoming Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 368 Seiten Beteiligte:Child, Lee Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-0-399-59348-2
Inhalt: Annie has put fifteen years into safe, slightly obessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find a real, proper, feel-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy seafront? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice. Schlagworte:Beziehung, British English, Englischer Roman, Fan, Popmusik, Popsänger Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 248 S. Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Hor ISBN: 978-0-14-104774-4
Inhalt: Lucy married just the sort of man you might expect: a university graduate who runs his own business. Unfortunately he turned out to have serious dependency issues.
Joseph is shaking off the memory of his last date, a girl who ticked all the right boxes and also drove him up the wall.
On an average Saturday morning in a butcher's shop in North London, Lucy and Joseph meet on opposite sides of the counter. She is a teacher and mother of two, with a past she is trying to forget; he is an aspiring DJ with a wide-open future that maybe needs to start becoming more focused. Lucy and Joseph are opposites in almost all ways. Can something life-changing grow from uncommon ground?
Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed, tender and brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who may not be just like you at all. Schlagworte:Beziehung, England, Liebe, Rassismus, Satire Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 309 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Nick Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-0-241-98325-6
Inhalt: When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Italien, Krimi, London Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 866 S. Beteiligte:George, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Geo ISBN: 978-1-4447-7598-3
Inhalt: Kate thinks all her wishes have come true when she opens her own little craft shop in the idyllic harbour town of St Felix.
But she soon finds a mystery lingers in her new shop - a sixty-year-old love story told through beautiful paintings and intricate embroideries.
Jack, the owner of the nearby art shop, volunteers to help Kate unravel the mystery, but in doing so they realise their own lives share some uncanny similarities with Clara and Arty, their 1950s counterparts . . .
Can Kate and Jack put right a decades-old wrong, and maybe find their own happy ending on the way? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Geheimnis, Handarbeiten, Kleinstadt, Liebe, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 344 Seiten Beteiligte:McNamara, Ali Standort: Engl. MacN ISBN: 978-0-7515-7433-3
Inhalt: One dark evening in New York City, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realise they have so much in common.
They both feel alone. They both drink alone. And they both desperately want revenge against the two men who destroyed their families.
Together, they have the perfect plan. If you kill for me, I'll kill for you... Schlagworte:New York, Psychothriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 366 Seiten Beteiligte:Cavanagh, Steve Standort: Engl. Cav ISBN: 978-1-03-540819-1
Inhalt: Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a king's demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events. Schlagworte:Drama, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Klassiker, Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 153 S. Beteiligte:Shakespeare, William Standort: Engl. Sha
Inhalt: Have you met Eva Thorvald? To her father, a chef, she's a pint-sized recipe tester and the love of his life. To the cilli chowdown contestants of Cook County, Illionois, she's a fire-eating demon. To the fashinable foodie goddess of supper clubs, she's a wanton threat. She's an enigma, a secret ingredient that no one can figure out. Someday, Eva will surprise everyone. One by one, they tell their story; together, they tell Eva's. Joyful, quirky and heartwarming, this is a novel about the family you lose, the friends you make and the chance connections that define a life. Schlagworte:Familie, Freundschaft, Koch, Kochen, Kochkunst, Köchin, Vater-Tochter-Beziehung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 385 Seiten Beteiligte:Stradal, J. Ryan Standort: Engl. Stra ISBN: 978-0-14-310941-9
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.
Inhalt: Natasha Mayston wasn't expecting anyone to knock on her door so late at night. And she has no idea that the face staring back at her is the last one she'll ever see...
As Detective Dan Lockhart is called to a wealthy London street to investigate Natasha's death, he's startled by the similarity to a previous case. Noticing the cable-tie restraints and the tiny scratches on Natasha's wedding finger, Dan already knows what he will find if he looks in her mouth - the metal ball which choked her to death. He knows Natasha isn't the killer's first victim and is certain that he will strike again.
Months earlier, Kim Hardy was found in the same position in a run-down hotel across the city - an identical silver ball in her throat. But Kim's murderer was caught and sent to prison - did they arrest the wrong man? And what connects the two victims? Fearing that he's dealing with a psychopathic serial killer, Dan calls in psychologist Dr Lexi Green to help him to get into the perpetrator's mind. Tough and smart, Lexi will stop at nothing to hunt down the man responsible for the deaths.
Then, another body is discovered, just as Lexi finds a clue online leading to the killer. Dan's team aren't convinced, but in pushing Lexi away from the investigation, they force her to dig further into the case on her own. Convinced that she's on to something, she puts herself in unthinkable danger... but can Dan piece together the clues and identify the killer before it's too late? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, London, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten Beteiligte:Merritt, Chris Standort: Engl. Mer ISBN: 978-1-83888-020-0
Inhalt: Gesellschaftskritischer Kurzroman über eine Liebe im Amerika der 50er Jahre. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 157 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: Kriminelle Machenschaften in Silicon Valley, mehrere ermordete Journalisten in New Orleans und eine Tote im FInancial District von New York - Hochspannung auf Englisch!
- über 50 textbezogene Übungen - Vokabelangaben auf jeder Seite - umfangreiches Glossar - Infokästen zu Sprache und Grammatik Schlagworte:Krimi, Lernkrimi, Sprachtraining Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 154 Seiten Beteiligte:Billy, Gina, Palma, Timothy Woods Standort: Engl. Bil ISBN: 978-3-8174-9312-8
Lernkrimi Business English ; Lernziel Business English The 25 Million Coup ; Der 25-Millionen-Coup Das spannende Sprachtraining Compact-Verl., München (2006)
Standort: Engl. Mar
Inhalt: Karneval in Oxford! Thomas Schmitt feiert mit seinen englischen Kollegen eine ausgelassene Party. Doch die Feier endet jäh, als Thomas' Chef erstochen wird. Wurde er das Opfer einer tödlichen Verwechslung? Der fesselnde Lernkrimi bietet
Inhalt: Eine Familie, die seit Jahren im Zeugenschutzprogramm lebt, wird bedroht. Will sich möglicherweise der Gangsterboss an ihnen rächen, den sie einst hinter Gitter brachten? Für Inspector Hudson beginnen heikle Ermittlungen in der zwielichtigen Unterwelt von Manchester... Diese spannende Lektüre wird didaktisch aufbereitet durch textbezogene Übungen, die schwerpunktmäßig den Wortschatz für das Niveau C1 (Könner) trainieren. So werden die Englischkenntnisse vertieft und das Textverständnis effektiv geschult. spannende Kriminalgeschichte gezieltes Training des englisches Aufbauwortschatzes textbezogene Übungen mit Lösungen Vokabelangaben auf jeder Seite Infokästen zu Sprache, Grammatik und Landeskunde Europäischer Referenzrahmen: Für Könner - Niveau C1
Inhalt: Eine Tote im Cottage, eine Leiche im See und ein toter Gangsterboss - it's Crime Time! Die drei fesselnden Kurzkrimis bieten abwechslungsreiches Lesevergnügen und machen das Sprachtraining unterhaltsam und effektiv.
Inhalt: Niveau B1 Spannende Kriminalfälle um Ms Winslow, britische Hobbydetektivin aus Cambridge: Der beliebte Spotlight-Autor James Schofield skizziert die smarte Ms Winslow als analytisch, praktisch und wahrlich gut organisiert. Wenn die Situation Handeln erfordert, übernimmt Ms Winslow intuitiv die Führung. Bei ihren Reisen zu ihrer Nichte in Deutschland stößt sie auf Verbrechen, die sie herausfordern und gelöst werden wollen ...
- packender Krimi zum Englisch lernen (für Niveau B1, erweiterte Grundkenntnisse) - textbezogene Übungen zu jedem Kapitel - Erklärung der schwierigen Worte auf jeder Seite - abwechslungsreiche und kreative Aufgaben zu Grammatik, Wortgebrauch und Zeiten - Englisch (mit deutschem Glossar) Schlagworte:Englisch, Krimi, Lernkrimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 123 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Schofield, James Standort: Engl. Schof ISBN: 978-3-19-479586-0
Inhalt: Ist Lauras Mutter damals wirklich mit einem anderen mann durchgebrannt, ist sie einem Verbrechen zum Opfer gefallen oder lebt sie am Ende noch? Die Suche nach der Vergangenheit führt Laura auf eine Beauty-Farm, auf der der Tod umgeht. Die Opfer sterben im Kreis ihrer Sternzeichen: Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs und Löwe. Laura ist im Tierkreiszeichen Jungfrau geboren... Text deutsch und englisch mit Übungen. Niveau B2. Schlagworte:Easy English, Englischer Roman, Krimi, Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 175 S. Beteiligte:Eilertson, Carole, Puchalla, Dagmar Standort: Engl. Eil ISBN: 978-3-468-44102-8
Inhalt: Weil sie das Schulgeld für ihre kleine Tochter Saffron nicht bezahlen kann, arbeitet die alleinerziehende Werbetexterin Rose in Beas Restaurant in Notting Hill als Kellnerin. Als Rose über Bea den Künstler Neil kennenlernt, werden die drei schnell ein unschlagbares Team ... Text in Englisch mit Übungen. Niveau C1 Schlagworte:Easy English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 159 S. Beteiligte:Eilertson, Carole Standort: Engl. Eil ISBN: 978-3-468-44105-9
Inhalt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2018
Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't say yes - it would be too awkward; he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So he begins to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world. From France to India, Germany to Japan, Arthur almost falls in love, almost falls to his death and puts miles between him and the plight he refuses to face. Less is a novel about mishaps, misunderstandings and the depths of the human heart. Schlagworte:Autor, Liebe, Preisgekrönt, Pulitzerpreis, Schriftsteller, Verfasser, Weltreise Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 261 Seiten Beteiligte:Greer, Andrew Sean Standort: Engl. Gre ISBN: 978-0-349-14359-0
Inhalt: While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.
Inhalt: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind. True chemistry results.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later, Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ('combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride') proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook. She's daring them to change the status quo. Schlagworte:60er Jahre, Chemie, Chemikerin, Emanzipation, Feminismus, Fernsehmoderatorin, Fernsehserie, Frau, Kochen, Kochschule, Liebe, Mobbing, Nobelpreisträger, Sechziger Jahre, Wissenschaftler, Wissenschaftlerin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Garmus, Bonnie Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-85752-813-1
Inhalt: Dr Deepak Chopra, the world-famous pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, addresses one of the fundamental questions of existence: what happens when we die?. Drawing upon personal experience, the wisdom of ancient Vedic philosophy and state-of-the-art particle physics, Chopra helps us to overcome our fears about dying and to consider the fantastic possibilities that may await us in the afterlife.
This is the book that Dr Chopra has been preparing to write his entire life. In it, he considers the theory that death is an illusion of the senses and that the soul survives in an ongoing spiral of refinement, ending in enlightenment. Thought-provoking exercises offer a first-hand experience of these and other ideas, helping you to make sense of your own spirituality whatever path you choose to follow, and offering you your very own map of eternity. Schlagworte:Existenzphilosophie, Spiritualität, Tod, Todeserfahrung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 282 Seiten Beteiligte:Chopra, Deepak Standort: Engl. Cho ISBN: 978-1-84604-100-6
Inhalt: Costa Novel Award 2013 Was wäre, wenn man sein Leben wieder und wieder leben könnte, bis man schließlich alles perfekt gemacht hätte? Wäre man dann ein glücklicher Mensch? Ursula Todd ist eine für ihre Zeit ganz besondere Frau: unabhängig, modern, realistisch. Mit Humor begegnet sie nicht nur ihrer skurrilen Familie, sondern auch den seltsamen Ereignissen in ihrem Leben. Wie jeder erlebt sie Situationen, in denen sie sich fragt: Was wäre, wenn? Was wäre geschehen, wenn sich ihre Teenagerliebe erfüllt hätte? Was wäre geschehen, wenn sie studiert hätte? Oder was wäre aus ihr geworden, wenn sie nicht in England, sondern in einem anderen Land aufgewachsen wäre? Wäre ihr Leben schrecklicher oder besser verlaufen? Doch anders als anderen Menschen bleibt es für Ursula nicht bei diesen Fragen. Ihr ist es gegeben, ihr Leben immer wieder zu korrigieren und damit jeden Fehler zu beseitigen. Dennoch erlebt sie Verlust, Verrat, Krieg und Tod. Was also soll diese Gabe? Ist es überhaupt möglich, sein Leben fehlerlos zu leben? Winner of the Costa Novel Award and the South Bank Sky Arts Literature prize, and shortlisted for the Women's (Orange) Prize for Fiction, Kate Atkinson's acclaimed new novel, about a woman who lives her life over and over again through the most turbulent events of the 20th century, including the London Blitz.
WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right?
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath.
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.
What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to?
Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves. Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Familie, Freundschaft und Liebe, Krieg, Preisgekrönt, Tod, Verlust, Verrat, Wiedergeburt, Wiederholung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 619 S. Beteiligte:Atkinson, Kate Standort: Engl. Atk ISBN: 978-0-552-77663-9
Inhalt: The chilling new psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant crime authors of today.
Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released?Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released.Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life . . . and not just his own. Schlagworte:Australien, Beute, Bruder, Diebstahl, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Flucht, Gefängnis, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 518 S. Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-5291-1
Inhalt: In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.
Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.
Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood - and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Schlagworte:Adoption, Englische Literatur, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 338 Seiten Beteiligte:Ng, Celeste Standort: Engl. Ng ISBN: 978-0-7352-2429-2
Inhalt: THE FIRST PLACE YOU GO FOR DRUGS OR SEX. THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR YOUR SISTER.
Mickey Fitzpatrick has been patrolling the 24th District for years. She knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She's become used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year. But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the touch, she has to pray it's not her sister, Kacey.
Inhalt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love-witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe.
HUGO AWARD FINALIST -- ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR -- "What Scott Pilgrim did for Canadian slackers, Lore Olympus does for the Greek pantheon, while being so beautiful that you know Aphrodite is just staring daggers in its direction."-Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine
Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party, her entire life changes: she ends up meeting Hades and feels an immediate spark with the charming yet misunderstood ruler of the Underworld. Now Persephone must navigate the confusing politics and relationships that rule Olympus, while also figuring out her own place-and her own power.
This edition of Smythe's original Eisner-winning webcomic Lore Olympus brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.
This volume collects episodes 1-25 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus. Schlagworte:Comic, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Griechische Mythologie, Götter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 384 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Smythe, Rachel Standort: Engl. Smy ISBN: 978-0-593-35607-4
Inhalt: Lou Clark weiß eine ganze Menge. So kennt sie zum Beispiel ganz genau die Summe der Schritte von der Bushaltestelle bis nach Hause. Sie weiß, dass sie gerne im Teeladen arbeitet und dass sie ihren Freund Patrick möglicherweise gar nicht liebt. Will Traynor weiß, dass der Motorradunfall, ihm die Freude am Leben genommen hat- alles fühlt sich nun klein und ohne Sinn an. Doch er weiß, wie er dem ein Ende bereiten wird. Sie beide haben nicht die geringste Ahnung, dass sich ihrer beider Leben für immer verändern wird. Schlagworte:Behinderung, England, Englischer Roman, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 498 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-5783-8
She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London.
She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.
What Lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down.
Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurt.
Lou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything. The third Lou Clark novel, following the number one international bestsellers ME BEFORE YOU and AFTER YOU. Schlagworte:Aufbruch, Beziehung, Englische Literatur, Familie, Geheimnis, Liebe, Neuanfang, New York Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 471 Seiten Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-8319-6
Inhalt: THE SEQUEL TO THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON ME BEFORE YOU Lou Clark has lots of questions.Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places.Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home.Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago.And will she ever get over the love of her life.What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change.Then, one night, it does.But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions?Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe.Open it and she risks everything.But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in . . .'A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required' Stylist Schlagworte:Aufbruch, England, Englischer Roman, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte, Neuanfang, Protagonistin, Tod, Trauer, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-7701-0
Inhalt: Eine Frage, eine Entscheidung im Bruchteil einer Sekunde und Brian Darby liegt tot auf dem Küchenboden. Seine Frau, die Polizistin Tessa, behauptet, ihn in Notwehr erschossen zu haben und zeigt ihre blauen Flecken zur Untermauerung der Geschichte vor. Für Detective DD Warren sollte es ein leichter Fall sein, doch wo ist Tessas sechsjährige Tochter?
HEADLINE'S LATEST AMAZING THRILLER ACQUISITION: New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner moves to Headline with her brand new paperback LOVE YOU MORE and her new hardback CATCH ME
Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with her brand new D.D. Warren paperback, LOVE YOU MORE. WHO DO YOU LOVE? A split-second decision and Brian Darby lies dead. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defence and for Boston detective D.D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter? As D.D.'s homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic state-wide search for a missing child, she must move quickly in order to learn all of Tessa's secrets and understand what has happened to the little girl. But for Tessa, the worst has not yet happened. She is walking a tightrope, with no-one to trust and nowhere to turn, as the clock ticks down to a terrifying deadline. She has one goal in sight, and she will use every ounce of her training to do what has to be done. All that matters is her child and no one could love her more... Two women. With one question... HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE YOUR CHILD? Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Polizistin, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S: Beteiligte:Gardner, Lisa Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-553-59192-7
In einer stürmischen Mainacht wird ein 16-jähriges Mädchen in Austin brutal ermordet. Ein Mann wird verurteilt, doch seine Schuld konnte nie zweifelsfrei erwiesen werden. 18 Jahre später sorgt ein Roman über den Mordfall für Furore. Hinter dem Pseudonym der Autorin steckt Bellamy Lyston, die Schwester der damals Ermordeten. Als ein windiger Journalist die Identität der Autorin lüftet, erhält Bellamy anonyme Drohungen, und sie weiß: Der wahre Mörder ihrer Schwester ist noch auf freiem Fuß und hat nun sie im Visier ....
Bellamy Lyston Price was only twelve years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy's fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene as well as her memory of one vital fact that still eludes her . . . Now, 18 years later, Bellamy has written a novel based on Susan's murder. It's her first book, and it's an instant sensation. But because the novel is based on the most traumatic event of her life, she's published it under a pseudonym to protect herself and her family. But when a sleazy reporter for a tabloid newspaper discovers that the book is based on a real crime, Bellamy's identity - and dark family secrets - are exposed. Suddenly, she finds herself embroiled in a personal conflict and at the mercy of her sister's killer, who for almost two decades has gotten away with murder . . . and will stop at nothing to keep it that way. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Autorin, Englischer Roman, Mordfall, Protagonistin, Schriftstellerin, Schwester, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verfasserin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 467 S. Beteiligte:Brown, Sandra Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-1-4447-3223-8
Inhalt: In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird.
When Solomon stumbles into Laura¿s solitary existence, her life is turned on its head. Pulled from her peaceful landscape to the cacophony of Dublin, she is confronted by a world desperate to understand her. But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, will it free her to spread her wings ¿ or will it trap her in a gilded cage? Like all wild birds, she needs to fly free Schlagworte:Einsamkeit, Ireland, Irland, Landleben, Liebe, Stadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 416 Seiten Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-750187-8
Inhalt: Unterhaltend aufbereitete landeskundliche Sachtexte mit Kapiteln über Geschichte, Traditionen, Alltag, Städte, Natur und Sport in Australien: - mit extra Grammatik- und Wortschatzübungen - Fragen zum Textverständnis - Glossar mit schwierigen Wörtern und nützlichen Redewendungen - zusätzliche Arbeitsblätter, Tests und Lösungsschlüssel
Macmillan Cultural readers: 4, Pre-Intermediate The United States of America with extra exercises and audio CDs Macmillan Education, London (2013)
Standort: Engl. Deg
Inhalt: Unterhaltend aufbereitete landeskundliche Sachtexte mit Kapiteln über Geschichte, Traditionen, Alltag, Städte, Natur und Sport in den USA: - mit extra Grammatik- und Wortschatzübungen - Fragen zum Textverständnis - Glossar mit schwierigen Wörtern und nützlichen Redewendungen - zusätzliche Arbeitsblätter, Tests und Lösungsschlüssel
A new strand of the popular Macmillan Readers series, the Macmillan Cultural Readers are factual readers focusing on countries and culture, and include chapters on history, traditions, daily life, cities, nature and sport. These lively and engaging readers are illustrated in full-colour photography throughout, and contain fact and interview boxes, encouraging readers to interact with and explore the text. The Macmillan Readers series provides a wide variety of enjoyable reading material for all learners of English. Macmillan Readers are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories, published at six levels - Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper. Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises Points for Understanding comprehension questions Glossary of difficult vocabulary and Useful Phrases Audio CD for selected titles and eight pages of additional exercises Many well-loved favourites including Daphne du Maurier, Charles Dickens, Stephen King and Wilbur Smith More Author Data Sheets - these two-page sheets are aimed at teachers and students who want to find out more about the writers represented in our list A fantastic new website for teachers and students featuring free essential supplementary materials: Worksheets, Worksheet Answer Keys and Answers to the Points for Understanding comprehension questions and much more A revised edition of the free teacher's booklet Using Graded Readers in the Classroom
Inhalt: Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, the family drama that ensues will change their lives will change forever
Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over-especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.
The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud-because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth.
Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there.
And Kit has a couple secrets of her own-including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.
By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family's generations will all come rising to the surface.
Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them . . . and what they will leave behind. Schlagworte:80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, Familie, Familiendrama, Feier, Geschwister, Party, Surfen, Wellenreiten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 369 Seiten Beteiligte:Reid, Taylor Jenkins Standort: Engl. Rei ISBN: 978-0-593-35526-8
Inhalt: Amos Decker, a police detective, is still haunted by a side effect from an accident he can never forget. One night Decker comes home from a stakeout to find his wife, young daughter and brother-in-law horrifically murdered. Decker has to use his skills as a detective and his unusual brain capacity to try and catch the monster who killed his family. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Detektiv, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Polizei, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 402 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4472-7780-4
Inhalt: Detective Alex Cross is ripped away from his family on Christmas Eve and that s nothing compared to what awaits him on Christmas Day On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Alex s phone rings, he knows that this won t be a merry Christmas. A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, Henry Fowler is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread.
As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack like Washington DC has never seen, and when nobody expects it. Schlagworte:Detektiv, England, Englischer Roman, Thriller, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 417 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957645-7
Inhalt: In small towns, no one lets the facts get in the way of juicy gossip...
Terri Rayburn is a girl with a reputation. She doesn't deserve it, but having grown up on the outskirts of Summer Hill, Virginia, she knows how small towns work. The only way to deal with vicious gossip is to ignore it. So she keeps to herself as she runs the summer resort on Lake Kissel.
When she returns home from a short trip to find a handsome stranger living in her house, she smells a rat. Someone is trying to fix her up, and she has to admit that Nate Taggert is just her type. However, Nate is engaged to the daughter of the mayor and strictly off-limits.
Nate and Terri form an unlikely friendship while he throws himself into life at the lake. As Nate starts to hear rumors about Terri he's confused. Knowing how smart, beautiful and strong she is, he's determined to discover the source of the gossip. Terri doesn't want to revisit the past, but Nate won't stop until he discovers the truth-even if the truth might be more than either of them can handle.
Set in the beloved fictional town of Summer Hill, Virginia, Met Her Match examines the tensions between the wealthy townspeople, the summer vacationers and the working-class people who keep the town and resort running. Told with humor and heart, Met Her Match is the perfect summer escape. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Intrige, Kleinstadt, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 Seiten Beteiligte:Deveraux, Jude Standort: Engl. Dev ISBN: 978-0-7783-5124-5
Inhalt: The seventh novel in James Patterson's bestselling series featuring Detective Michael Bennett Detective Michael Bennett is coming home to New York. And a world of unimaginable evil awaits. Having brought an end to the vengeful mission of the ruthless crime lord who forced the Bennett family into hiding, Michael is finally back in New York City. However, Bennett is thrust straight back into a horrifying case: a witness claims to have seen a group of well-dressed men holding a sickeningly depraved and murderous gathering in a condemned building. The report reads like the product of an overactive imagination. But when a charred body is found in that very same building, the unbelievable claim becomes all too real... Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Detektiv, Englischer Roman, New York, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 474 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James, Ledwidge, Michael Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957405-7
Die weltberühmten Deckenfresken der Sixtinischen Kapelle im Vatikan verdanken ihre Entstehung einer erbittert geführten Auseinandersetzung zwischen dem Auftraggeber Papst Julius II. und dem genialen Künstler Michelangelo. Fünf Jahre lang recherchierte Ross King die Geschichte dieses Kunstwerks, das den Betrachter bis heute fesselt und seinen Schöpfer unsterblich machte. Schlagworte:Fresko, Gemälde, Julius II. , Michelangelo , Sixtinische Kapelle Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:King, Ross Standort: Engl. Kin ISBN: 978-0-14-200369-5
Inhalt: In the locked office of a Honolulu building, three men are found dead, with no sign of struggle except for ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Hawaii, Mikrobiologie, Thriller, Wissenschaft Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 429 S. Beteiligte:Crichton, Michael Standort: Engl. Cri ISBN: 978-0-06-177645-8
Inhalt: Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. Schlagworte:Familie, Korruption, Schweden, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 644 Seiten Beteiligte:Larsson, Stieg, Keeland, Reg Standort: Engl. Lar ISBN: 978-0-307-47347-9
Inhalt: Minding Frankie is a story about unconventional families, relationships whitch aren't quite what they seem, and the child at the heart of everyone's lives ... Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 425 S. Beteiligte:Binchy, Maeve Standort: Engl. Bin ISBN: 978-1-4091-1790-2
Inhalt: A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen - an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries.
1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.
She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she is desperate should not be revealed.
As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation? Or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity ...
Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen. Schlagworte:Austen, Jane <1775-1817>, Brief, Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Schwester, Schwestern Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 392 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Gill Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-1-5291-2377-7
Inhalt: It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation. They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a red mountain, discover their best selves.
This is a story that is less about what can be found than the belief it might be found; it is an intoxicating adventure story but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries. Schlagworte:Expedition, Forscherin, Forschung, Forschungsreise, Frauen, Freundschaft, Käfer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten Beteiligte:Joyce, Rachel Standort: Engl. Joy ISBN: 978-0-85752-199-6
Inhalt: Sofie und ihre Tochter Laura machen Urlaub in Schottland. Plötzlich verschwindet das Mädchen spurlos. Tagelang fehlt jedes Lebenszeichen von ihr. Die Polizei steht vor einem Rätsel. Verzweifelt macht sich Sofie selbst auf die Suche, denn sie hat einen schrecklichen Verdacht: Hat ihr cholerischer Ex-Mann Laura entführt?
Inhalt: This is an action-packed political thriller full of secrets, lies and a deadly conspiracy How well can you ever really know someone?
As Ben Casper watches his best friend plummet from her sixth-floor apartment balcony, he realises his life is about to change. Diana had no reason to kill herself, she had to have been pushed.
Diana worked for the CIA, so the investigation into her death is kept tightly under wraps. But Ben is a political journalist, and can feel that something isn't right.
Ben starts investigating for himself and soon discovers Diana was leading a double life he knew nothing about. But when more people involved die in questionable circumstances, it's clear that someone doesn't want the truth to be uncovered. And unless Ben drops his investigation, he could be next... Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, CIA, Englischer Roman, Politthriller, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 502 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957422-4
Ist Steve mitschuldig am Tod eines Mannes? Ein packender Gerichtsroman Der 16-jährige Steve ist einer von vier Angeklagten, die des Totschlags an einem Drugstore-Besitzer beschuldigt werden. Im Gegensatz zu seinen Mitangeklagten ist er zuvor polizeilich nie aufgefallen. Er kommt aus einer rechtschaffenen Familie und ist viel versprechendes Mitglied des Filmklubs seiner Schule. Und doch gibt es Hinweise, dass er an einem Raubüberfall beteiligt war, in dessen Folge der Drugstore-Besitzer erschossen wurde. Steve erzählt die Geschehnisse rund um die elftägige Gerichtsverhandlung aus seiner Zelle und dem Verhandlungssaal auf zwei Arten: sein Tagebuch und ein Drehbuch, das er über die Verhandlung schreibt. Während seine Tagebucheintragungen einen Jugendlichen zeigen, den die Verhältnisse im Gefängnis zutiefst ängstigen und der sich immer wieder die Frage stellt, ob er tatsächlich das Monster ist, als das ihn der Staatsanwalt hinstellt, ermöglicht das Drehbuch einen objektiven Blick auf die Verhandlung. Schnell ist der Leser in der Rolle des Geschworenen, der mit darüber zu entscheiden hat, ob Steve lebenslang hinter Gitter soll. Doch was hat er getan? Diese Frage durchzieht den Prozess und somit das Buch. Er hat sich mit den falschen Leuten eingelassen, so viel steht bald fest. Doch kann man schuldig werden, indem man nichts tut? Denn das war das vereinbarte Zeichen: Steve sollte den Drugstore auskundschaften und dann, ohne ein Zeichen zu geben, herauskommen, wenn die Luft rein war. Kann man schuldig werden, indem man nichts tut? Diese zutiefst moralische Frage bleibt bestehen, nachdem Steve freigesprochen worden ist, und wird den Leser auch nach dem Abspann des imaginären Films nicht loslassen. Walter Dean Myers erhielt für "Monster! Monster?" zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, darunter den "Corretta Scott King Award" und den von der American Library Association vergebenen "Michael L. Printz Award". Außerdem kam er auf die Auswahlliste zum "National Book Award". Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Club, Drehbuch, Drehbuchautor, Englischer Roman, Film, Gefängnis, Gericht, Gerichtsverhandlung, Junge, Mordanklage, Preisgekrönt, Psychothriller, Tagebuch, Teenager, USA, Verdacht, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 S. Beteiligte:Myers, Walter Dean Standort: Engl. Mye ISBN: 978-0-06-440731-1
Inhalt: Nina has always known who she's supposed to be. But is that who she truly is?
Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And Tim--her devoted boyfriend and best friend since childhood--feels the same. But when Nina's father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core.
As her world falls apart, Nina begins to see the men in her life--her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her boss, Rafael--in a new light. Soon Nina finds herself caught between the world she loves, and a passion that could upend everything.
Inhalt: It only took one night to tear a family apart.
Artist and illustrator Edwina Spinner used to have a busy family life. Now she lives alone, in a house that has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. As Edwina takes the estate agent from room to room, she finds herself transported back to her life as a young mother. Back to her twins, Rowena and Charlie, and a stepson she cannot bring herself to mention by name. As the house reveals its secrets, Edwina is forced to confront her family's past, and a devastating betrayal that changed everything. But Edwina doesn't know the whole story. And to discover the truth, she will have to face the one person she vowed never to see again. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familienfehden, Familienkonflikt, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten Beteiligte:Eclair, Jenny Standort: Engl. Ecl ISBN: 978-0-7515-5095-5
Inhalt: An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that. Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life - her great sexual awakening - as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues our age. Schlagworte:Gerichtsverhandlung, Lehrer, Liebe, Macht, Machtmissbrauch, Schülerin, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Vergewaltigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 Seiten Beteiligte:Russell, Kate Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Rus ISBN: 978-0-00-834224-1
Inhalt: It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Inhalt: Vivian Miller. High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes.
She thought she knew her husband inside and out. But now she wonders if it was all a lie. How far will she go to learn the truth? And does she really . . .
Inhalt: It starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn't.
But Amy Whey has done something she shouldn't. And Roux, the glamorous newcomer to Amy's suburban neighbourhood, knows exactly what that is.
Roux promises she will go away - if Amy plays by her rules.
But Amy isn't prepared to lose everything. She's going to fight back, and in this escalating game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Erpressung, Spiel, Thriller, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 340 Seiten Beteiligte:Jackson, Joshilyn Standort: Engl. Jac ISBN: 978-0-06-285531-2
Inhalt: Nine people gather at a remote health resort - some to lose weight, some to reboot their lives, some for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Despite the luxury and pampering, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none could imagine just how challenging the next ten days will be. Frances Welty, the formerly bestselling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back and a broken heart. She's intrigued by her fellow guests, who don't seem to need a health resort at all. But the most intriguing person is Tranquillum House's strange, charismatic owner/director. Should Frances and the guests put aside their doubts and immerse themselves in everything Tranquillum House has to offer - or should they run while they still can? With the hallmark writing that's made Liane Moriarty a go-to for readers eeking wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that makes you laugh and gasp, Nine perfect strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft. Schlagworte:Einsamkeit, Geheimnis, Liebe, Protagonistin, Wellness Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 453 Seiten Beteiligte:Moriarty, Liane Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-250-31537-3
Inhalt: George Orwell's picture of a world in which personal freedom is denied, where lies replace truth and where resistance is punished by torture, is one of the most powerful satires ever written. When Winston Smith rebels against the authority of Big Brother and his treachery is uncovered, he must be made to suffer the consequences. Das Wort "Big brother ist watching you!" ist allgemein bekannt. Es ist Synonym für den perfekten Überwachungsstaat, für das Ende jeder Individualität und Menschlichkeit, für das Eindringen eines Herrschaftsbereichs in die Intimsphäre und sogar in die Gedanken geworden. Mit "1984", seinem letzten Roman, den George Orwell 1948 kurz vor seinem Tod veröffentlichte, wurde der Verfasser der wohl bekanntesten Schreckens-Utopie des 20. Jahrhunderts populär. Die Anti-Utopie, eingebettet in die totalitären Erfahrungen des Stalinismus wie auch des Faschismus in Spanien und des Nationalismus in Deutschland, aber auch des britischen Imperialismus, muss als Absage an jedwede Form von Totalitarismus gesehen werden. Orwell verstand das Buch ebenso wie seine Satire "Farm der Tiere" als Negativfolie für einen demokratischen Sozialismus. Das Jahr 1984 ist zwar vergangen, ohne dass sich die Schreckensvisionen erfüllt hätten, an Aktualität hat dieses Werk trotzdem kein bisschen verloren. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Orwell, George, Totalitarismus, Utopie, Utopischer Roman, Überwachung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 S. Beteiligte:Orwell, George Standort: Engl. Orw
Inhalt: The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite
Galaxy ?Alex? Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale?s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she?s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world?s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What?s the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale?s secret societies. Their eight windowless ?tombs? are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street?s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Geheimbund, Liebe, Magie, Okkultismus, Thriller, Universität, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 458 Seiten Beteiligte:Bardugo, Leigh Standort: Engl. Bar ISBN: 978-1-250-31307-2
Inhalt: She's your sister. You loved her. You trusted her. But they say she killed the person you care about most.
Martha last saw her sister when she left her babysitting. Now, she''s watching Becky stand trial for murder. They are on opposite ends of the courtroom, hearing evidence that's meant to finally bring the truth to light. What happened that night? And does Martha really want to know? Schlagworte:Gerichtsverhandlung, Schwester, Schwestern, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 Seiten Beteiligte:McAllister, Gillian Standort: Engl. MacA ISBN: 978-1-4059-3460-2
Inhalt: One man demands justice... John Puller is the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but there has always been one mystery which has eluded him - the disappearance of his mother, who vanished without a trace thirty years ago. When disturbing new evidence comes to light suggesting his father - a distinguished army veteran - may have murdered her, Puller sets out with his friend, intelligence operator Veronica Knox, to discover what really happened on that faithful night.
... the other seeks revenge. Paul Rogers has spent ten years in a high-security prison for murder when he is released on parole. Harbouring a dark past and old debts that have changed him in unimaginable ways, Rogers embarks on a journey across the country, set on a path of revenge against the people who took away his humanity.
Inhalt: Eine Frau ist tot und ihr Verlobter verbüßt eine lebenslange Haftstrafe für eine Tat, die er nicht begangen hat. Die Privatdetektivin Paige Holden ist im Besitz des einzigen Beweises seiner Unschuld. Doch sie kann ihn der Polizei nicht vorlegen. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Täter kommt sie einem skrupellosen Serienmörder auf die Spur. Das Problem ist, ihre Suche bleibt vom Täter nicht unbemerkt.
The addictive Karen Rose serves up her most relentless thriller yet. A woman is dead and her fiance is serving a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit. Now PI Paige Holden holds the only piece of evidence that could see him freed, and she cannot take it to the police. With the help of disarming state attorney, Grayson Smith, Paige is determined to avenge the murdered woman and set an innocent man free. But Paige has only scratched the surface of a cover-up far deadlier than she could ever imagine. A string of mysterious deaths of women with a shared past sets Paige on the trail of a ruthless killer. The problem is, the killer's on her trail too ...
Set on the gritty streets of Baltimore, You Belong to Me kept readers "on the edges of their seats." Now, Karen Rose returns to the world of Baltimore's cops and prosecutors with a new tale of danger and desire...
A car crashes in front of rookie PI Paige Holden's home. And suddenly, she finds one of her pro bono clients dying in her arms-from a gunshot wound. With her last breath, the woman whispers cryptic words into her ear and hands her a blood-smeared flash drive.
Five years ago, State's Attorney Grayson Smith put a murderer behind bars. But when Paige Holden shares the flash drive with him, its contents cast doubts on the conviction-and lead him and Paige into a world of blackmail, dark secrets, and a decades-long string of murders. An investigation they'll survive only by trusting each other-and the truth. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Detektivgeschichte, Englischer Roman, Serienmörder, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 518 S. Beteiligte:Rose, Karen Standort: Engl. Ros ISBN: 978-0-451-23616-6
Inhalt: Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th.
A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Aix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.
Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done? Schlagworte:Frauen, Geheimnis, Lüge, Lügen, Podcast, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-5291-9598-9
Inhalt: Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins.
Inhalt: Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home ¿ a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse ¿ but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb.
Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world¿s master storytellers. Schlagworte:Affäre, Baby, Ehepaar, Familie, Intrige Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 198 Seiten Beteiligte:MacEwan, Ian Standort: Engl. MacE ISBN: 978-1-911214-33-5
Inhalt: Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called 'Lost Camp' of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it - to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case... only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last. Schlagworte:America, Amerika, Archäologie, Ausgrabung, Donner Party, Kannibalismus, Mord, Oregon, Oregon Trail, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 369 Seiten Beteiligte:Preston, Douglas, Child, Lincoln Standort: Engl. Pre ISBN: 978-1-83893-107-0
Inhalt: A box of delights - another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and a companion novel to OLD FILTH
Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar - the brash, forceful Veneering. Veneering has a Chinese wife and an adored son - and no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions . . .
How Elisabeth turns into Betty and whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is swept up by caddish Veneering, makes for a page-turning plot in a perfect novel which is full of surprises and revelations, as well as the humour and eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is famous. Schlagworte:Asien, Buchpreis, China, Ehe, Ehemann, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Ferner Osten, Hongkong, Interkulturell, Liebe, Nominierung, Protagonistin, Richter, Treue Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 271 S. Beteiligte:Gardam, Jane Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-349-13948-7
Inhalt: A genuine masterpiece - funny, brilliant and wise - Old Filth is now reissued with a new cover.
Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent Home from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period from the glory days of British Empire, through the Second World War, to the present and beyond, but also illuminates the complexities of the character known variously as Eddie, the Judge, Fevvers, Filth, Master of the Inner Temple, Teddy and Sir Edward Feathers. Schlagworte:Anwalt, Benehmen, Buchpreis, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Identitätskrise, Kindheit, Lebenskrise, Malaysia, Männer, Nominierung, Verdrängung, Wales, Witwer, Älterer Mann Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 255 S. Beteiligte:Gardam, Jane Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-349-13949-4
Inhalt: Last Friends brings to a close Jane Gardam¿s lauded series that includes Old Filth (2006) and The Man in the Wooden Hat (2011). Like its predecessors, this final installment examines the complex world of British class, empire, and the social circles that bring them together. Gardam tells of the rise and fall of Terry Veneering, the son of a mysterious Russian acrobat and a rough-and-tumble local girl living in the English midlands. As a child, Veneering is exposed to the ugly side of the British upper class and narrowly escapes death during the Blitz in WWII. Disgusted by the attitudes of the English gentry, and with his hometown destroyed in the war, Veneering sets off to remake himself in the Far East, only to return to England under suspicion. Gardam¿s previous novels have brought her acclaim in England, and with the right mix of publicity and word-of-mouth support, American readers, too, will respond to her witty style, insatiable readability, and cast of strange and amazing characters.
Inhalt: From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier.
Wyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn't think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse.
Losing her husband to Cora's indiscretion is another hardship for stoic Nettie Mae. But as a brutal Wyoming winter bears down, Cora and Nettie Mae have no choice but to come together as one family-to share the duties of working the land and raising their children. There's Nettie Mae's son, Clyde-no longer a boy, but not yet a man-who must navigate the road to adulthood without a father to guide him, and Cora's daughter, Beulah, who is as wild and untamable as her prairie home.
Bound by the uncommon threads in their lives and the challenges that lie ahead, Cora and Nettie Mae begin to forge an unexpected sisterhood. But when a love blossoms between Clyde and Beulah, bonds are once again tested, and these two resilient women must finally decide whether they can learn to trust each other-or else risk losing everything they hold dear. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, Affäre, America, Amerika, Familie, Frauen, Liebe, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Siedler, Tragödie, Wilder Westen, Wyoming Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 479 Seiten Beteiligte:Hawker, Olivia Standort: Engl. Haw ISBN: 978-1-5420-9114-5
Inhalt: Kitty Logan is a journalist whose career and personal life is in turmoil. When she turns to her terminally ill friend, mentor and editor, Constance, for advice she receives a mysterious list of 100 names. Following Constances death, Kitty must seek out as many people on the list as she can to uncover Constances own story and rediscover herself. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 325 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-735047-6
Annie Higgins has one goal this year: to get her tiny business off the ground. But - infuriated by the advertising agency across the hall making fun of her job - Annie is goaded into accepting their crazy challenge: to make a random stranger Instagram-famous in just thirty days.
And even when they choose Dr Samuel Page PhD, historian and hater of social media, as her target, Annie's determined to win the bet - whether Sam likes it or not.
But getting to know Sam means getting to know more about herself. And before the thirty days are out, Annie has to make a decision about what's really important...
Funny, real and heart-meltingly romantic, Annie and Sam's story is My Fair Lady for the social media age - and the perfect feel-good read. Schlagworte:Instagram, Liebe, Social Media, Wette, soziales Netzwerk Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 409 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-758247-1
Inhalt: Judith Lennox s new story of sibling rivalry, heartbreak, betrayal and forgiveness is sure to appeal to fans of Downton Abbey. During World War One Devlin Reddaway fell in love with Esme s older sister, Camilla, and promised to rebuild his ancestral home, Rosindell, for her. Now as the twentieth century draws to a close, Esme must uncover a truth which began all those years ago Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, England, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geheimnis, Liebe, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 505 S. Beteiligte:Lennox, Judith Standort: Engl. Len ISBN: 978-0-7553-8413-6
Inhalt: Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer dies, leaving Mickey his entire practice - including a very high-profile and potentially lucrative murder case. Mickey is back in business. Except that according to Detective Harry Bosch, the other lawyer was murdered. Odds-on by one of hid own clients. And now it's Mickeys job to defend him. Suddenly it's not just about winning. It's about staying alive. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Justizthriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 567 S. Beteiligte:Connelly, Michael Standort: Engl. Con ISBN: 978-1-4091-0228-1
Inhalt: Ein bewegender Roman über ein vergessenes Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte New York, 1929: Mit neun Jahren verliert Vivian Daly, Tochter irischer Einwanderer, bei einem Wohnungsbrand ihre gesamte Familie. Gemeinsam mit anderen Waisen wird sie kurzerhand in einen Zug verfrachtet und in den Mittleren Westen geschickt, wo die Kinder auf dem Land ein neues Zuhause finden sollen. Doch es ist eine Reise ins Ungewisse, denn nur die wenigsten von ihnen erwartet ein liebevolles Heim. Und auch Vivian stehen schwere Bewährungsproben bevor ... Erst viele Jahrzehnte später eröffnet sich für die inzwischen Einundneunzigjährige in der Begegnung mit der rebellischen Molly die Möglichkeit, das Schweigen über ihr Schicksal zu brechen.
Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adolescence of hard labor and servitude?As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child, sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine, the memories of her upbringing rendered a hazy blur. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past.Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Alter, Amerikanisches Englisch, Einwanderer, Englischer Roman, Immigrant, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Waise, Zug, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 278 S. Beteiligte:Kline, Christina Baker Standort: Engl. Kli ISBN: 978-0-06-195072-8
Inhalt: Mike and Verity have a special game. The Crave. They play it to prove what they already know: that Verity loves Mike. That she needs Mike. Even though she¿s marrying another man. Now Mike knows that the stakes of their private game are rising. This time, someone has to die¿ Schlagworte:Abhängigkeit, Stalking, Thriller, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten Beteiligte:Hall, Araminta Standort: Engl. Hal ISBN: 978-1-78089-824-7
Inhalt: Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left the family when he was nine years old without a trace. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, his family's life has been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic.
Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
Inhalt: Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.
Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henrsy Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his "creation" has a mind of her own. Schlagworte:Dialekt, Komödie, My Fair Lady, Sprache Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 119 Seiten Beteiligte:Shaw, George Bernard Standort: Engl. Sha ISBN: 978-0-14-143950-1
Inhalt: Caught in a snowstorm, Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter at Wuterhing Heights. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, her betrayal of him and the bitter vengeance he now wreaks on the innocent heirs of the past. Schlagworte:Bronte, Emily, Englischer Roman, Klassiker Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 359 Seiten Beteiligte:Bronte, Emily Standort: Engl. Bro
Inhalt: Animal Farm tells the story of a rebellion and how it goes wrong. The animals' lives on the farm are terrible - there is not enough food, the work is hard and animals are dying. One day, the animals kick out the farmer and start to run the farm. But things are not better for most of the animals. Life for them is the same as before.
Inhalt: Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth. Big Brother and the Thought Police watch everyone for signs of thoughtcrime. But Winston can remember life before the Party, and he questions the world he lives in. He starts to take risks, and then he falls in love with Julia, in a world where love is against the rules.
Inhalt: Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart-she's in New York City, and he's in their small hometown-but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she's stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together-lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.
Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
#tiktok made me read it #BookTok Schlagworte:Booktok, Freundschaft, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 364 Seiten Beteiligte:Henry, Emily Standort: Engl. Hen ISBN: 978-1-984806-75-8
Pons Lektüre in Bildern The Golden Teapot 20 landestypische Kurzgeschichten zum Englischlernen [A2-B1] Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart (2016)
Standort: Engl. Gol
Inhalt: Englisch lernen mit spannenden Kurzgeschichten - Sie lieben England und alles, was dazugehört? Dann tauchen Sie ins Land ein und frischen Sie ganz nebenbei Ihre Englischkenntnisse auf! - Mit 20 abwechslungsreichen Kurzgeschichten rund um die Insel erweitern Sie spielend ihre Lesekompetenz. Wortangaben auf jeder Seite helfen Ihnen dabei. - Zahlreiche bebilderte Spezial-Seiten zu Schauplätzen, Personen oder Handlungen machen Wortschatzlernen zum reinsten Vergnügen. - Texte und Bilder werden verknüpft und erleichtern so schnelles Lesen und Memorieren.
Für Wiedereinsteiger (A2) und Fortgeschrittene (B1).
Inhalt: Bestseller-Autoren in der zweisprachigen Ausgabe von PONS. Plus Audio-CD mit dem Text in der Originalsprache. Für Lerner mit guten Vorkenntnissen. Detecitve Inspector Rebus lässt in zwei spannenden Storys die Verbrecherwelt von Edinburgh wieder zittern. Ausschnitt aus "A Good Hanging" (= Eindeutig Mord).
Inhalt: Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, bidding farewell to the demons of his tragic, violent past.
But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.
Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it-and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world-Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known. Schlagworte:Agent, Gemälde, Italien, Kunst, Kunstfälschung, Spion, Thriller, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 428 Seiten Beteiligte:Silva, Daniel Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-06-283533-8
Inhalt: Miranda Wood thinks she has seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex-lover - until she discovers him stabbed to death in her bed. With her knife.
Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even gultier when her bail is posted by an anonymous donor. Was this an act of kindness designed to buy her time to clear her name? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody's presumed guilty? With her world falling around her, Miranda is determined to discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive! Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 Seiten Beteiligte:Gerritsen, Tess Standort: Engl. Ger ISBN: 978-0-7783-1531-5
Inhalt: Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet.
Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer-traveling the globe, receiving free clothes and products, and posing for pictures in exotic locales. But behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy. After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, Stonehaven: a mansion of dark secrets not just from Vanessa's past, but from that of a lost and troubled girl named Nina.
Nina's, Vanessa's, and Lachlan's paths collide here, on the cold shores of Lake Tahoe, where their intertwined lives give way to a winter of aspiration and desire, duplicity and revenge.
This dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing novel showcases acclaimed author Janelle Brown at her best, as two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play. Schlagworte:Betrug, Betrüger, Dieb, Diebstahl, Familiengeheimnis, Frauen, Influencer, Krankheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 478 Seiten Beteiligte:Brown, Janelle Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-0-525-47912-3
Inhalt: Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, and two of the worlds biggest movie stars. When they disappear, facts are hard to find, and even world-renowned Private Investigator Jack Morgan cant get to the truth. But as he keeps probing, he discovers that the couple have been living in a world of deception. Fast-paced and gripping, this is a brilliant addition to the Private series. Schlagworte:Adoptivkind, Amerikanisches Englisch, Australien, Englischer Roman, Entführung, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Schauspieler, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 501 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957415-6
Inhalt: At a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private throws open the doors to its Sydney office. But there's little time for celebrating. Within days the agency's caseload is full, and a series of horrific murders in the wealthy Eastern Suburbs stretches the team to the limit. PRIVATE DOWN UNDER is another thrilling addition to the bestselling PRIVATE series. Schlagworte:Australien, Englischer Roman, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James; White, Michael Standort: Engl. Pat
Inhalt: Linnet Doyle has everything: beauty, money... and her best friend's fiancé. But Linnet's honeymoon cruise down the Nile River turns into a nightmare when one of the passengers is found murdered. Hercule Poirot must find the murderer before more passengers die, in Agatha Christie's popular classic novel.
This reader also contains: - a wide range if skills practice - Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 6) style activities - Dossiers: Agatha Christie - Egypt; The Wall Street Crash of 1929 Schlagworte:Christie, Agatha <1890-1976>, Krimi, Nil, Ägypten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 127 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Christie, Agatha, Cameron, Janet Standort: Engl. Chri ISBN: 978-88-530-2051-2
Inhalt: A timeless love story with bite.It was a night like any other for funeral home director Ginny Lynn, until the exceptionally handsome-and unfortunately deceased-young man on her embalming table sat up, opened his emerald eyes and changed the course of her lifeforever, making her feel quite fluttery while he was at it.Humans aren't supposed to know Jonas Cantrell, or any vampire, exists. It's kind of a major rule. Despite his instantaneous bond with perfectly peculiar Ginny, he has no choice but to erase her memories of their one and only meeting.That was the plan. Before a reluctant Jonas can wipe Ginny's mind clean, she reveals a secret that brings their worlds crashing together. Human and vampire. Past and present. Darkness and light. And while their love is strictly forbidden, it might be theonly thing that can save them Schlagworte:Fantasy, Liebe, Vampir, Vampirgeschichte Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 376 Seiten Beteiligte:Bailey, Tessa Standort: Engl. Bai ISBN: 978-1-08-785752-7
Inhalt: In this dark, gripping mystery, a brutal murder unearths old secrets that should have stayed buried.
A body just turned up in the small town of Portland, Pennsylvania. The crime is eerily similar to a twenty-year-old cold case: another victim, brutally murdered, found in the Delaware River. Lead detective Parker Reed is intent on connecting the two murders, but the locals are on lockdown, revealing nothing.
The past meets the present when Becca Kingsley, who returns to Portland to be with her estranged but dying father, runs into Parker, her childhood love. As the daughter of the former police chief, Becca's quickly drawn into the case. Coming home has brought something ominous to the surface-memories long buried, secrets best kept hidden. Becca starts questioning all her past relationships, including one with a man who's watched over her for years. For the first time, she wonders if he's more predator than protector.
Inhalt: The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. Schlagworte:Abenteuer, British English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 251 S. Beteiligte:Defoe, Daniel Standort: Engl. Def
With a series of heartbreaks under her belt, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love.
But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women.
Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this 'social rule'. The reverse never happens for a woman.
Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life.
Would someone like him ever date someone like her?
Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, ROMANTIC COMEDY is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best. Schlagworte:Autorin, Beziehung, Comedy, Dating, Drehbuchautor, Komödie, Musiker, Popstar, Schriftstellerin, Sketch, TV-Serie, Verfasserin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 305 Seiten Beteiligte:Sittenfeld, Curtis Standort: Engl. Sit ISBN: 978-0-593-59725-5
Inhalt: The biggest novel yet from the master of American fiction, the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, T.C. Boyle
Eine einsame Insel vor der Küste von Kalifornien, die für die einen die Hölle ist, für die anderen das Paradies: Die schwindsüchtige Marantha verschlägt es 1888 nach San Miguel. Während sie sich, geplagt vom rauen Klima, von Monotonie und Einsamkeit, dem Leben entzieht, schafft es Adoptivtochter Edith, dem tyrannischen Vater und der verhassten Insel zu entfliehen. Jahrzehnte später zieht Elise Lester dorthin und findet mit ihrer Familie ihr Glück. Die Presse in den USA feiert die Lesters mitten in der Weltwirtschaftskrise als Inbild vom Mythos der Pioniere, doch die Idylle trügt. Boyle gelingt es meisterhaft, in dieser großen Saga das Schicksal dreier starker Frauen lebendig werden zu lassen. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, Abenteuer, California, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Frauenschicksal, Kalifornien, Liebe, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Weltwirtschaftskrise, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 445 S. Beteiligte:Boyle, T.C. Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-1-4088-4259-1
Inhalt: In 1970, Captain Book arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to a US advisory team in Ba Xuyen Province in the Mekong Delta. Supremely confident, Book is determined to end the war quickly. Shortly after his arrival, Book meets his vietnamese counterpart, Dai Uy (Captain) Nguyen Van Tran, a special projects officer also assigned to Ba Xuyen Province. An immediate friendship develops between them as they work side by side introducing several new programs designed to restore public confidence in the South Vietnamese government. Their friendship blossoms, bolstered by a unique cast of supporting characters and an emotionally rich set of events that examine the very fabric of human relations and the futility of war.
Inhalt: Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself single-mindedly toward his teaching degree and avoiding everything that proved destructive in his earlier life. Reminding himself daily of his hard-earned lessons, the last thing he is looking for is a serious relationship.
Maria Sanchez, the hardworking daughter of Mexican immigrants, is the picture of conventional success. With a degree from Duke Law School and a job at a prestigious firm in Wilmington, she is a dark-haired beauty with a seemingly flawless professional track record. And yet Maria has a traumatic history of her own, one that compelled her to return to her hometown and left her questioning so much of what she once believed.
A chance encounter on a rain-swept road will alter the course of both Colin and Maria's lives, challenging deeply held assumptions about each other and ultimately, themselves. As love unexpectedly takes hold between them, they dare to envision what a future together could possibly look like . . . until menacing reminders of events in Maria's past begin to surface. Schlagworte:Anwältin, Englischer Roman, Gefängnis, Gewalt, Liebe, Stalking, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 486 Seiten Beteiligte:Sparks, Nicholas Standort: Engl. Spa ISBN: 978-0-7515-5001-6
Inhalt: Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he lead a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly droppped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now, ambitious TV journalist Kerra Bailey is determined to get an exclusive with the Major - even if she has to wrangle an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper.
Trapper wants no association with the Major, but despite himself, he agrees to the meet. But when the interview goes catastrophically awry - with unknown assailants targeting his father and Kerra - Trapper starts a hunt to track down the gunmen ... and finally discover who was responsible for the Dallas bombings.
Kerra is wary of a man so charming one moment and dangerous the next, and she knows Trapper is withholding evidence from his ATF investigation into the bombing. But having no one else to trust and enemies lurking closer than they know, Kerra uand Trapper join forces to expose a sinuous nework of lies and conspiracy - and uncover who would want a national hero dead. Schlagworte:Attentat, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 421 Seiten Beteiligte:Brown, Sandra Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-1-4736-6943-7
Inhalt: even days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...
Eva Mercy is a single mother and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up unexpectedly in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but also the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can't deny their chemistry - or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years.
Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect - but Eva's wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered . . .
Inhalt: Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven, and demanding Fifty Shades. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront her anger and envy of the women who came before her and make the most important decision of her life. Erotic, sparkling and suspenseful, Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy. Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Erotik, Liebe, Sex, Sexualität Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 531 s. Beteiligte:James, E.L. Standort: Engl. Jam ISBN: 978-0-09-957992-2
Inhalt: Sie ist 21, Literaturstudentin und in der Liebe nicht allzu erfahren. Doch dann lernt Ana Steele den reichen und ebenso unverschämt selbstbewussten wie attraktiven Unternehmer Christian Grey bei einem Interview für ihre Uni-Zeitung kennen. Und möchte ihn eigentlich schnellstmöglich wieder vergessen, denn die Begegnung mit ihm hat sie zutiefst verwirrt. So sehr sie sich aber darum bemüht: Sie kommt von ihm nicht los. Christian führt Ana ein in eine dunkle, gefährliche Welt der Liebe in eine Welt, vor der sie zurückschreckt und die sie doch mit unwiderstehlicher Kraft anzieht.
When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the "Fifty Shades Trilogy" is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever. Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Erotik, Liebe, Sex, Sexualität Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 514 S. Beteiligte:James, E.L. Standort: Engl. Jam ISBN: 978-0-09-957993-9
Inhalt: How long must we pay for the crimes of our youth? That is just one question Christopher Swann explores in this compulsively readable debut, a literary thriller set in the elite - and sometimes dark - environs of Blackburne, a prep school in Virginia. When Matthias Glass's best friend, Fritz, vanishes without a trace in the middle of an argument during their senior year, Matthias tries to move on with his life, only to realize that until he discovers what happened to his missing friend, he will be stuck in the past guilty, responsible, alone. Almost ten years after Fritz's disappearance, Matthias gets his chance. Offered a job teaching English at Blackburne, he gets swiftly drawn into the mystery. In the shadowy woods of his alma mater, he stumbles into a web of surveillance, dangerous lies, and buried secrets - and discovers the troubled underbelly of a school where the future had once always seemed bright. Schlagworte:Intrige, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden, coming of age Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 356 Seiten Beteiligte:Swann, Christopher Standort: Engl. Swa ISBN: 978-1-61620-500-3
Inhalt: In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family's eighth-born son, there's greatness. For the second daughter, nothing.
In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what's written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother's greatness - and rise as high as she can dream?
This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.
'As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph' - Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a historical fantasy re-imagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Schlagworte:China, Dynastie, Fantasy, Geschlechterrolle, Historisches, Identität, Kaiserin, Kaiserreich, Krieg, LGBTQ, Mongolei, Transgender Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 414 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Parker-Chan, Shelley Standort: Engl. Par ISBN: 978-1-5290-4339-6
Inhalt: When Jonah and Raff wake up on Monday, their mother Lucy isn't there. Although Jonah is only nine, he is the big brother, and knows enough about the world to keep her absence a secret. If anyone found out she'd left them alone, it could be disastrous for him and Raff; and she'll be back, he's nearly sure. With growing unease, he puzzles over the clues she's left behind. Who sent her the flowers? Why are all her shoes still in the house? Why is her phone buried in a plant pot? And who, in their diverse south London community, might know more about her than he does? For fans of My Name is Leon and The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Tamsin Grey's outstanding debut is tender, funny and unsettling. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Geschwister, Gesellschaft, London, Mutter, Nachbarschaft, Stadtviertel, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 455 Seiten Beteiligte:Grey, Tamsin Standort: Engl. Gre ISBN: 978-0-00-824563-4
Inhalt: Following a disastrous divorce, former New Jersey detective Mickey Gibson is now employed by a global investigation company, ProEye, to track down some of the extremely wealthy who seem bent on not paying their debts. Mickey misses police work but it has no place for her new role as the sole carer of two small children.
When Mickey is asked by Arlene Robinson, a colleague from ProEye, to inventory an old mansion owned by a notorious former arms dealer, Rutger Novak, she discovers a long-decomposed body in a secret room. Apparently Novak has cheated ProEye clients out of millions in the past, and now they want to nail him.
As the police investigation begins, they discover that there is no Arlene Robinson working for ProEye. Nor is there a mansion allegedly belonging to Novak. And the dead man is named as local wealthy recluse Daniel Pottinger.
Gibson is stunned, and ProEye is angry she took the case without checking. But Arlene Robinson is clever and convincing.
Now begins an unusual and compelling cat-and-mouse contest between the two women - revealing more about Gibson, but much more about the woman with no name, no morals and no empathy, who seems to be able to convince anyone of anything. Schlagworte:Thriller, Waffenhandel Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 537 Seiten Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-5290-6203-8
Inhalt: Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. So when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for ....
Inhalt: Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse, begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case, but Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible - especially for her teenage son. And as the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy come to see that what they've been taught their whole life about others - and themselves - might be wrong. Schlagworte:America, Amerika, Gerichtsverhandlung, Kindstod, Krankenschwester, Rassismus Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 531 Seiten Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-0-425-28602-9
Inhalt: On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s.
As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation. Schlagworte:Krimi, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 262 Seiten Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-1-80494-311-3
Inhalt: Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being catcalled by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything - looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment... Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to underground skeakeasies, the opera, shares her clothes, her drugs, her Uber account. Louise knows that his can't last foreer, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia's life? Schlagworte:Abhängigkeit, Freundschaft, High Society, Intrige, New York Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 273 Seiten Beteiligte:Burton, Tara Isabella Standort: Engl. Bur ISBN: 978-1-4088-9610-5
Inhalt: Michael Beard ist a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional und personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster. Ranging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, this is a story of the one man's greed and self-deception: a darkly satirical novel showing human frailty struggling with the most pressing an complex problem of our time. Schlagworte:Affäre, British English, Englischer Roman, Erneuerbare Energien, Nobelpreisträger, Physiker Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 S. Beteiligte:MacEwan, Ian Standort: MacE ISBN: 978-0-09-955534-6
Inhalt: Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else's shoes?
Meet Sam . . . She's not got much, but she's grateful for what she has: a job she's just about clinging on to and a family who depend on her for everything. She knows she's one bad day away from losing it all - and just hopes today isn't it . . .
Meet Nisha . . . She's got everything she always dreamed of - and more: a phenomenally rich husband; an international lifestyle; and . . . she's just been locked out of all of it after her husband initiates divorce proceedings . . .
Sam and Nisha should never have crossed paths. But after a bag mix-up at the gym, their lives become intertwined - even as they spiral out of control.
Each blames the other as they feel increasingly invisible, forgotten, lost - and desperately alone.
Inhalt: Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . .
"This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out."
In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too.
Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets?
In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . .
Inhalt: It was the summer when, without warning, college bound Kim Larsen disappears from the quiet Lake Erie town. As time passes and local search parties give way to wider televisions appearences, private investigations unearth dirty secrets, those closest to Kim struggle to maintain hope, and, finally, as the news cameras turn away, to hang on both her and themselves. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 287 S. Beteiligte:O'Nan, Stewart Standort: Engl. O'Na ISBN: 978-0-14-311602-8
Inhalt: Wie in seinem Bestseller "Keiko" erzählt Jamie Ford von zwei Menschen, die das Schicksal auseinandergerissen hat. Er erzählt von der dramatischen Suche eines verwaisten Jungen nach seiner Mutter, von Liebe und Vergebung. Seit dem Tag, an dem der leblose Körper seiner Mutter aus dem Haus getragen wurde, lebt William Eng im Waisenhaus. Als er im Kino die schöne Sängerin Willow Frost sieht, ist er überwältigt. Täuschend ähnlich sieht sie seiner Mutter. Entschlossen, den fernen Filmstar aufzuspüren, läuft er fort, schlägt sich auf den Straßen Seattles durch, sucht sie in Theatern und Lichtspielhäusern. Er muss Willow Frost finden. Er muss beweisen, dass sie seine Mutter ist, und endlich erfahren, was damals passierte. Vor dem Hintergrund der Großen Depression im Seattle der dreißiger Jahre hat Jamie Ford einen berührenden Roman über einen Jungen geschrieben, der nicht aufhört, an die Liebe seiner Mutter zu glauben, der alles wagt, um sie wiederzufinden.
William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage for five long years. When during a trip to the movies, William glimpses an actress on the silver screen who he believes could be his mother, he becomes determined to find her and attempts to confront the mysteries of his past. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Junge, Mutter, Protagonist, Seattle, Star, Suche, Sängerin, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Waise Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 409 S. Beteiligte:Ford, Jamie Standort: Engl. For ISBN: 978-0-7490-1468-1
Inhalt: "Homecoming" takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again-until now. Now Mack is back, and he's leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
In "Strawberry Moon," we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can't save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request.
The "Sparring Partners" are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself?
By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told. Schlagworte:Justizthriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 401 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-593-68522-8
Inhalt: Short Stories with pronunciation and vocabulary (German) help. Schlagworte:Anthologie, Englischer Roman, Kurzgeschichte Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 104 S. Standort: Engl. Spo
Inhalt: Compact Sprachwelten - Unterhaltung und Sprachunterricht
BRANDNEU! Das bewährte didaktische Konzept der Compact Lernkrimis jetzt im Kurzgeschichtenformat. Spannende Lektüre geht auch ohne Mord und Totschlag!
Sie lernen gerade Englisch und möchten Ihre Sprachkenntnisse verbessern oder vorhandenes Wissen auffrischen? Sie wollen dabei unterhalten werden und Wissenswertes zu Land und Sprache erfahren? Sie lieben fesselnde Geschichten und wollen authentische Texte von muttersprachlichen Autoren lesen? Dann sind unsere Compact Sprachwelten genau das Richtige für Sie. In "Travellers" erwarten Sie vier kurzweilige Geschichten auf Englisch, die speziell für Leser ab mittlerem Sprachniveau (B1) geschrieben wurden. Mit dem einzigartigen Circon Lernkonzept erweitern Sie spielerisch Ihre Sprachkompetenzen. Tauchen Sie in die englische Sprachwelt ein und verbessern Sie ganz nebenbei Ihren Wortschatz und vertiefen Sie Ihre Grammatikkenntnisse. Es gibt auch viel Wissenswertes rund um Land und Leute zu entdecken. Die speziell konzipierten, thematischen Übungen verbinden sich mit unterhaltsamer Lektüre und sorgen schnell für Erfolgserlebnisse. So geht Sprachenlernen!
Travellers - die englische Sprachwelt für mittleres Sprachniveau B1
Kann ein verspäteter Flug ein Neuanfang sein? Warum wird ein U-Bahn-Pendler immer wieder vom selben Mann angesprochen? Und was passiert, wenn fahrendes Volk im schönsten Dorf Englands Station macht?
Die Sprachwelten auf einen Blick
4 unterhaltsame Kurzgeschichten auf Englisch: Die Sprachwelten entführen Sie in englischsprachige Länder und vermitteln ein authentisches Gefühl für Land und Sprache. Muttersprachliche Autoren: Unsere Texte wurden von Muttersprachlern speziell für das Niveau B1 verfasst und didaktisch aufbereitet. Über 40 textbezogene Übungen: Die eingebundenen Übungen steigern die Motivation und gliedern sich spielerisch in den Lesefluss ein. Vokabelangaben auf jeder Seite: Schwierige Wörter werden auf jeder Seite angegeben und sind ohne umständliches Blättern sofort griffbereit. Umfangreiches Glossar: Das alphabetische Glossar am Ende des Buches ermöglicht es, die Wörter aus allen Texten auch nachträglich nachzuschlagen. Infokästen zu Sprache und Grammatik: Zusätzliche Informationen, Tipps und Wissenswertes zu Sprache, Grammatik und Landeskunde runden die Compact Sprachwelten ab. Was fürs Auge: Das moderne, lockere Design überzeugt sowohl auf dem Cover als auch im Innenteil.
Einfach Lesen & Lernen mit den Sprachwelten
Die Reihe Sprachwelten sorgt für positive Leseerfahrungen und erleichtert spielerisch den Spracherwerb. Mit steigendem Sprachvermögen steigt auch der Schwierigkeitsgrad der Texte und Übungen. Die Sprachwelten sind in den Sprachen Englisch, Spanisch, Italienisch, Französisch, Russisch und Deutsch als Fremdsprache erhältlich.
Bewährtes Circon Lernkonzept
Das erprobte Konzept der Reihe Lernkrimi kommt auch in der neuen Reihe Sprachwelten zum Einsatz. Authentische Texte und gezielte Übungen helfen beim Erlernen der englischen Sprache und führen Land und Leser zusammen. Ob in der Schule, im Sprachunterricht an der Universität oder im Volkshochschul-Sprachkurs - die Compact Sprachwelten können überall für den Englisch-Unterricht eingesetzt werden. Sie lernen lieber zu Hause? Kein Problem! Insbesondere für Selbstlerner bieten die Sprachwelten die Grundlage für einen schnellen Einstieg in die englische Sprache und können begleitend zu jedem Lehrbuch verwendet werden. Schlagworte:Kurzgeschichte, Lerntraining, Sprachtraining Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 125 Seiten Beteiligte:Astley, Oliver Standort: Engl. Ast ISBN: 978-3-8174-1940-1
Inhalt: Compact Sprachwelten - Unterhaltung und Sprachunterricht
BRANDNEU! Das bewährte didaktische Konzept der Compact Lernkrimis jetzt im Kurzgeschichtenformat. Spannende Lektüre geht auch ohne Mord und Totschlag!
Sie lernen gerade Englisch und möchten Ihre Sprachkenntnisse verbessern oder vorhandenes Wissen auffrischen? Sie wollen dabei unterhalten werden und Wissenswertes zu Land und Sprache erfahren? Sie lieben fesselnde Geschichten und wollen authentische Texte von muttersprachlichen Autoren lesen? Dann sind unsere Compact Sprachwelten genau das Richtige für Sie. In "Highland Heroes" erwarten Sie vier kurzweilige Geschichten, die speziell für Englisch-Anfänger ab dem Niveau A1 geschrieben wurden. Mit dem einzigartigen Compact Lernkonzept erwerben Sie spielerisch Sprachkompetenzen. Tauchen Sie in die englische Sprachwelt ein und verbessern Sie ganz nebenbei Ihren Englisch-Wortschatz und vertiefen Sie Ihre Grammatikkenntnisse. Es gibt auch viel Wissenswertes rund um Land und Leute zu entdecken. Die speziell konzipierten, thematischen Übungen verbinden sich mit unterhaltsamer Lektüre und sorgen schnell für Erfolgserlebnisse. So geht Sprachenlernen!
Highland Heroes - die englische Sprachwelt für Anfänger
Welcher unerwartete Gast in den schottischen Highlands hilft dabei, einen Wanderer vor dem sicheren Tod zu bewahren? Kann ein Jobwechsel mehr als nur ein Leben verändern? Welche Überraschungen hält ein Skiurlaub in Kanada für Rory und seinen besten Freund bereit? Und was passiert, wenn sich eine Ehefrau plötzlich entschließt, nicht länger nach der Pfeife ihres Mannes zu tanzen? Die Sprachwelten auf einen Blick
4 unterhaltsame Kurzgeschichten auf Englisch: Die Sprachwelten entführen Sie in englischsprachige Länder und vermitteln ein authentisches Gefühl für Land und Sprache. Muttersprachliche Autoren: Unsere Texte wurden von Muttersprachlern speziell für das Niveau A1 verfasst und didaktisch aufbereitet. Über 40 textbezogene Übungen: Die eingebundenen Übungen steigern die Motivation und gliedern sich spielerisch in den Lesefluss ein. Vokabelangaben auf jeder Seite: Schwierige Wörter werden auf jeder Seite angegeben und sind ohne umständliches Blättern sofort griffbereit. Umfangreiches Glossar: Das alphabetische Glossar am Ende des Buches ermöglicht es, die Wörter aus allen Texten auch nachträglich nachzuschlagen. Infokästen zu Sprache und Grammatik: Zusätzliche Informationen, Tipps und Wissenswertes zu Sprache, Grammatik und Landeskunde runden die Compact Sprachwelten ab. Was fürs Auge: Das moderne, lockere Design überzeugt sowohl auf dem Cover als auch im Innenteil.
Einfach Lesen & Lernen mit den Sprachwelten
Die Reihe Sprachwelten sorgt für erste positive Leseerfahrungen und erleichtert spielerisch den Spracherwerb. Mit steigendem Sprachvermögen steigt auch der Schwierigkeitsgrad der Texte und Übungen. Die Sprachwelten sind in den Sprachen Englisch, Spanisch, Italienisch, Französisch, Russisch und Deutsch als Fremdsprache erhältlich.
Bewährtes Compact Lernkonzept
Das erprobte Konzept der Reihe Lernkrimi kommt auch in der neuen Reihe Sprachwelten zum Einsatz. Authentische Texte und gezielte Übungen helfen beim Erlernen der englischen Sprache und führen Land und Leser zusammen. Ob in der Schule, im Sprachunterricht an der Universität oder im Volkshochschul-Sprachkurs - die Compact Sprachwelten können überall für den Englisch-Unterricht eingesetzt werden. Sie lernen lieber zu Haus Welcher unerwartete Gast in den schottischen Highlands hilft dabei, einen Wanderer vor dem sicheren Tod zu bewahren? Welche Überraschungen hält ein Skiurlaub in Kanada für den ängstlichen Rory und seinen besten Freund bereit? Und was passiert, wenn sich eine Ehefrau plötzlich entschließt, nicht länger nach der Pfeife ihres Mannes zu tanzen? Schlagworte:Kurzgeschichte, Lerntraining, Sprachtraining Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 127 Seiten Beteiligte:Marsh, Kirsten Standort: Engl. Mar ISBN: 978-3-8174-1936-4
Inhalt: Sean is on the run in an isolated part of rural France. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the hedgerows, only to be caught in the jaws of a trap. Nearly unconscious from loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women. And that's when Sean's problems really start... STONE BRUISES is a classic nail-shredder of a thriller that holds you from the beginning and slowly tightens its grip. Schlagworte:Außenseiter, Englischer Roman, Flucht, Frankreich , Geheimnis, Südfrankreich, Thriller, Versteck Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 315 S. Beteiligte:Beckett, Simon Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-0-593-07329-2
In the dead of night, a farmer hears a suspicious noise. It's everyone's worst nightmare: a break-in. When he confronts the intruders, he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left lying in a pool of blood. But the chilling truth lies not in the act itself, but what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace senses something amiss. This is no mere botched robbery; it's the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime epidemic. Ruthless gangs, operating with military precision, have discovered a new black market flourishing in the shadows - an unthinkable source of wealth even more profitable than drugs.
Grace's investigation into this deadly trade pits him against some of the most ruthless people he has ever encountered; people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.
The clock is ticking, and the stakes have never been higher. Out of his element, and out of time, can Roy Grace put a stop to these criminal masterminds before more innocent lives are lost? Schlagworte:Bande, Einbruch, Farm, Gang, Mord, Mordfall, Schwarzmarkt, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 455 Seiten Beteiligte:James, Peter Standort: Engl. Jam ISBN: 978-1-5290-8997-4
Inhalt: Welcome to Hollow's Edge, where you can find secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer-all on one street.
Hollow's Edge use to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow's Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated by their trial testimonies that implicated one of their own. Ruby Fletcher. And now, Ruby's back.
With her conviction overturned, Ruby waltzes right back to Hollow's Edge, and into the home she shared with Harper Nash. Harper, five years older, has always treated Ruby like a wayward younger sister. But now she's terrified. What possible good could come of Ruby returning to the scene of the crime? And how can she possibly turn her away, when she knows Ruby has nowhere to go?
Within days, suspicion spreads like a virus across Hollow's Edge. It's increasingly clear that not everyone told the truth about the night of the Truetts' murders. And when Harper begins receiving threatening notes, she realizes she has to uncover the truth before someone else becomes the killer's next victim. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Intrige, Kleinstadt, Mordfall, Nachbarschaft, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 335 Seiten Beteiligte:Miranda, Megan Standort: Engl. Mir ISBN: 978-1-83895-570-0
Inhalt: Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed, in New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel
Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country.
Inhalt: Sian Bishop has left the city and thrown herself into a new life in the country. And she is not - repeat not - looking for love. But then, one glorious summer evening, Gus berresford arrives. One-time explorer, full-time heartbreaker, Gus is ridiculously exciting, wonderfully glamorous - and, Sian tells herself, completely wrong for a romantically cautious single woman like her. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 376 S. Beteiligte:Fforde, Katie Standort: Engl. Ffo ISBN: 978-0-09-953915-5
Inhalt: Early on the morning of her eleventh birthday, on the beach beside her North Carolina home, Daria Cato receives an unbelievable gift from the sea¿an abandoned newborn baby. When the infant's identity cannot be uncovered, she is adopted by Daria's loving family. But her silent secrets continue to haunt Daria.
Now, twenty years later, Shelly has grown into an unusual, ethereal young woman whom Daria continues to protect. But when Rory Taylor, a friend from Daria's childhood and now a television producer, returns at Shelly's request to do a story about the circumstances surrounding her birth, something precarious shifts in the small town of Kill Devil Hills.
The more questions Rory asks, the more unsettled the tiny community becomes, as closely guarded secrets and the sins of that long-ago summer begin to surface. Piece by piece, the mystery of summer's child is being exposed, a mystery that no one involved¿not Shelly, Daria, not even Rory¿is prepared to face. Schlagworte:Adoption, Adoptivkind, Englischer Roman, Findelkind, Geheimnis, Kleinstadt, Schwester, Schwestern, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 412 Seiten Beteiligte:Chamberlain, Diane Standort: Engl. Cha ISBN: 978-1-84845-307-4
Inhalt: After being together for ten years, Sylvia and Dan have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly they even finish each other's sentences. They have a happy marriage and believe they know everything there is to know about each other. Until it's casually mentioned to them that they could be together for another sixty-eight years ... and panic sets in. They quickly decide to create little surprises for each other, to keep their relationship fresh and fun. But in their pursuit of Project Surprise Me - anything from unexpected gifts to restaurant dates to photo shoots - mishaps arise with disastrous and comical results. Gradually, the surprises turn into shocking discoveries. And when a scandal from the past is uncovered, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all... Schlagworte:Beziehung, Ehepaar, Englische Literatur, Geschenke, Liebe, Überraschungen Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 385 Seiten Beteiligte:Kinsella, Sophie Standort: Engl. Kin ISBN: 978-1-78416-395-2
Inhalt: How do we become who we are? Can we ever truly escape our origins? Must we dance to the music of our time?
Set in London, New York and West Africa, Swing Time is about two brown girls from Willesden who dream of being dancers. Only one - Tracey - has the talent. But the other has ideas which take her further than she could ever have imagined. It is a story of finding happiness in the meanest of places and feeling sad when all around you are happy. It's about choices we make and the choices made for us. Above all, it's a tale of the friendships that anchor us, define us, and change us forever.
Inhalt: "Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be"
There's a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident - but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal mistake. Schlagworte:Christie, Agatha <1890-1976>, Krimi, Poirot, Hercule Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 331 Seiten Beteiligte:Christie, Agatha Standort: Engl. Chr ISBN: 978-0-00-711929-5
Inhalt: From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.
Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking-for lack of a better word-on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armour. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.
Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control-but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
Inhalt: She's in your house. She controls your life. Now she's going to destroy it.
From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller
She watches you constantly. Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend's spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous Home Assistant, called Electra, that takes care of the heating, the lights - and sometimes Jo even turns to her for company.
She knows all your secrets. Until, late one night, Electra says one sentence that rips Jo's fragile world in two: 'I know what you did.' And Jo is horrified. Because in her past she did do something terrible. Something unforgivable.
Now she wants to destroy you. Only two other people in the whole world know Jo's secret. And they would never tell anyone. Would they? As a fierce winter brings London to a standstill, Jo begins to understand that the Assistant on the shelf doesn't just want to control Jo; it wants to destroy her. Schlagworte:Alexa, Geheimnis, Home Assistant, KI, Künstliche Intelligenz, Smart Home, Technologie, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Tremayne, S. K. Standort: Engl. Tre ISBN: 978-0-00-830951-0
Inhalt: Behind every successful man is a busy assistant and Tina's boss is -very- successful. But Tina is tired of being overworked and underpaid. She's bored of her damp flat and her mounting debts. Then a blip in the expenses system sends Tina a cheque. She's a good person. But she's desperate. This isn't stealing. It's an administrative error. Right? What would you do if you thought you'd get away with it? Schlagworte:Freche Frauen, Karriere, Sekretärin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 Seiten Beteiligte:Perri, Camille Standort: Engl. Per ISBN: 978-0-552-17308-7
Inhalt: This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.
"Courageous and provocative, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a beautifully crafted novel of international significance that has the capacity to have us open our eyes and see."-Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an artist. Mornings, Nuri rises early to hear the call to prayer before driving to his hives in the countryside. On weekends, Afra sells her colorful landscape paintings at the open-air market. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo-until the unthinkable happens. When all they love is destroyed by war, Nuri knows they have no choice except to leave their home. But escaping Syria will be no easy task: Afra has lost her sight, leaving Nuri to navigate her grief as well as a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece toward an uncertain future in Britain.
Nuri is sustained only by the knowledge that waiting for them is his cousin Mustafa, who has started an apiary in Yorkshire and is teaching fellow refugees beekeeping. As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss but dangers that would overwhelm even the bravest souls. Above all, they must make the difficult journey back to each other, a path once so familiar yet rendered foreign by the heartache of displacement.
Moving, intimate, and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a book for our times: a novel that at once reminds us that the most peaceful and ordinary lives can be utterly upended in unimaginable ways and brings a journey in faraway lands close to home, never to be forgotten. Schlagworte:Bienen, Bienenzucht, Flucht, Migration, Syrien, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 378 Seiten, Karten Beteiligte:Lefteri, Christy Standort: Engl. Lef ISBN: 978-1-78576-893-4
Inhalt: Dorothys death leaves Aaron bereft. As those around him bring casserole after casserole, he ploughs on. But then Dorothy starts to materialise in the oddest places. And as she and Aaron talk, the cracks that were present in their perfectly ordinary marriage start to reappear. The new bestseller from Anne Tyler is a story about two people so intertwined they cannot be separated - even by death. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Liebe, Liebesroman, Tod, Trauer, Trauerbewältigung, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 262 S. Beteiligte:Tyler, Anne Standort: Engl. Tyl ISBN: 978-0-09-958204-5
Inhalt: From the internationally bestselling author, praised for her beguiling, lyrical prose (The Sunday Times Review, UK), comes a brilliant, provocative novel about an artist, Harriet Burden, who after years of being ignored by the art world conducts an experiment: she conceals her female identity behind three male fronts.
With "The Blazing World", internationally bestselling author Siri Hustvedt returns to the New York art world in her most masterful and urgent novel since What I Loved. Hustvedt, who has long been celebrated for her "beguiling, lyrical prose" (The Sunday Times Books, London), tells the provocative story of the artist Harriet Burden. After years of watching her work ignored or dismissed by critics, Burden conducts an experiment she calls Maskings: she presents her own art behind three male masks, concealing her female identity. The three solo shows are successful, but when Burden finally steps forward triumphantly to reveal herself as the artist behind the exhibitions, there are critics who doubt her. The public scandal turns on the final exhibition, initially shown as the work of acclaimed artist Rune, who denies Burden's role in its creation. What no one doubts, however, is that the two artists were intensely involved with each other. As Burden's journals reveal, she and Rune found themselves locked in a charged and dangerous game that ended with the man's bizarre death. Ingeniously presented as a collection of texts compiled after Burden's death, "The Blazing World" unfolds from multiple perspectives. The exuberant Burden speaks - in all her joy and fury - through extracts from her own notebooks, while critics, fans, family members, and others offer their own conflicting opinions of who she was, and where the truth lies. From one of the most ambitious and internationally renowned writers of her generation, "The Blazing World" is a polyphonic tour de force. An intricately conceived, diabolical puzzle, it explores the deceptive powers of prejudice, money, fame, and desire. Emotionally intense, intellectually rigorous, ironic, and playful, Hustvedt's novel is a bold, rich masterpiece, one that will be remembered for years to come. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Experiment, Frau, Künstler, Künstlerin, Mann, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 356 S. Beteiligte:Hustvedt, Siri Standort: Engl. Hus ISBN: 978-1-4447-7963-9
Inhalt: Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren't playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. But conflict still seems unthinkable, even as the boys' father naively sends his sons to a Hitler Youth camp in an effort to secure German business for the factory. When war breaks out, Jacob's world is thrown into chaos. The Boat Runner follows Jacob over the course of four years, through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German navy, where he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life - and his life's mission - forever. Epic in scope and featuring a thrilling narrative with percise, elegant language, The Boat Runner tells the little-known story of the young Dutch boys who were thrust into the Nazi campaign, as well as the brave boatmen who risked everything to give Jewish refugees safe passage to land abroad. Schlagworte:2. Weltkrieg, Englische Literatur, Holland, Kind, Niederlande, Nordsee, Zweiter Weltkrieg <1939-1945> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 370 Seiten Beteiligte:Murphy, Devin Standort: Engl. Mur ISBN: 978-0-06-265801-2
Inhalt: A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient hilltop castle. The young woman, Claudia, had been working in the archives of an eminent French art historian, a crippled Resistance war hero, at his art-filled chateau.
As Claudia's White House connections get the US Embassy and the FBI involved, Bruno traces the people and events that led to her fatal accident - or was it murder?
Bruno learns that Claudia had been trying to buy the chateau and art collection of her tutor, even while her researches led her to suspect that some of his attributions may have been forged. This takes Bruno down a trail that leads him from the ruins of Berlin in 1945, to France's colonial war in Algeria.
The long arm of French history has reached out to find a new victim, but can Bruno identify the killer - and prove his case? Schlagworte:Dordogne, Frankreich, Krimi, Studentin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Walker, Martin Standort: Engl. Wal ISBN: 978-1-78648-576-2
Inhalt: EVEN ON AN ISLAND PARADISE, DANGER STILL LURKS
Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men - tourists - have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them.
Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common - other than the unusual locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands' seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn't so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what's at stake may actually have global significance.
It isn't long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud, and then Tempe herself becomes a target . . . Schlagworte:Caicosinseln, Insel, Mordfall, Thriller, Turksinseln, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 Seiten Beteiligte:Reichs, Kathy Standort: Engl. Rei ISBN: 978-1-398-51084-5
Inhalt: Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.
When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all-or mostly all-excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?
Nina considers her options. 1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.) 2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee). 3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)
It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page. Schlagworte:Buchhandlung, Familie, Komödie, Liebe, Nervosität, Schüchternheit, Todesfall, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Waxman, Abbi Standort: Engl. Wax ISBN: 978-0-451-49187-9
Inhalt: Desperate to escape London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life for herself and her four-year-old son, Hari. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartement on a busy street where shouting football fans keep them awake all night, and Hari's dad, Jaz, a charismatic but perpetually broke DJ, is no help at all. But his sister, Surinder, comes to Zoe's aid, hooking her up with a job as far away from the urban crush as possible: working at a bookshop on the banks of Loch Ness. And there's a second job to cover housing: Zoe will be an au pair for three children at a genuine castle in the Scottish Highlands. But while Scotland is everything Zoe dreamed of - clear skies, brisk fresh air, blessed quiet - everything else is a bit of a mess. The Urquart family castle is grand but crumbling, the children's mother has abandoned the family, their father is a wreck, and the kids have been kicked out of school and left to their own devices. Zoe has her work cut out for her and is determined to rise to the challenge, especially when she sees how happily Hari has taken to their new home. With the help of NIna, the friendly bookseller, Zoe begins to put wodn roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal the Urquart family - and her own? Schlagworte:Au-pair, Buchhandlung, Englische Literatur, Familie, Liebe, Loch Ness, Schottland, Scotland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 409 Seiten Beteiligte:Colgan, Jenny Standort: Engl. Col ISBN: 978-0-06-285018-8
Inhalt: The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club.
Gavin Scott's marriage is trouble. The Nashville Legends baseball star has recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. His reaction to the revelation is the final straw for their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he's let his pride and fear get the better of him.
Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.
Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency called Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his beloved wife. Schlagworte:Club, Ehe, Geheimnis, Liebe, Liebesbeziehung, Romantik, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 339 Seiten Beteiligte:Adams, Lyssa Kay Standort: Engl. Ada ISBN: 978-1-4722-7163-1
Inhalt: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award 2012 and the Albatros Literaturpreis 2014
Die bewegende Geschichte einer Gruppe von Frauen auf einer Reise ins Ungewisse ... Mit leiser Wehmut, vielen Fragen und großen Hoffnungen im Gepäck überqueren sie den Ozean: junge Japanerinnen, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ihre Heimat verlassen, um in Kalifornien japanische Einwanderer zu heiraten. Bis zu ihrer Ankunft kennen die Frauen ihre zukünftigen Männer nur von den strahlenden Fotos der Heiratsvermittler, und auch sonst haben sie äußerst vage Vorstellungen von Amerika. Die Überfahrt wird zu einer seltsamen, oft traumartigen Passage zwischen zwei Welten - und die Ankunft in Amerika zu einem abrupten Erwachen in der Fremde, in der kaum etwas so ist wie erwartet ...
Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Notable Book
A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Once again, Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Auswanderer, Auswanderung, Außenseiter, California, Englischer Roman, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Heirat, Hochzeit, Japan, Kalifornien, Pearl Harbor, Preisgekrönt, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 129 S. Beteiligte:Otsuka, Julie Standort: Engl. Ots ISBN: 978-0-307-74442-5
Inhalt: A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE?
THINK AGAIN...
You wake on a beautiful, remote island.
Sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets, barely a footprint in the sand.
Yet this is no ordinary escape.
Next to the wreck of a plane, a stranger paces. Another sharpens a knife, scoring a list of the dead onto a palm tree. Others watch from the shadows of a campfire - all with untold stories, and closely-guarded secrets...
This is no ordinary holiday. This is no ordinary island. This is no ordinary beach read. Schlagworte:Flugzeugabsturz, Insel, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 389 Seiten Beteiligte:Clarke, Lucy Standort: Engl. Cla ISBN: 978-0-00-834091-9
Inhalt: Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Jugendlicher Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 192 S. Beteiligte:Salinger, Jerome D. Standort: Sal ISBN: 978-0-241-95042-5
Inhalt: Viktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia's richest man, he now resides in splendid exile in London, where he has waged a tireless crusade against the authoritarian kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin. His mansion in Chelsea's exclusive Cheyne Walk is one of the most heavily protected private dwellings in London. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia's vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov's name off his kill list.
Before him was the receiver from his landline telephone, a half-drunk glass of red wine, and a stack of documents....
The documents are contaminated with a deadly nerve agent. The Metropolitan Police determine that they were delivered to Orlov's home by one of his employees, a prominent investigative reporter from the anti-KremlinMoskovskaya Gazeta. And when the reporter slips from London hours after the killing, MI6 concludes she is a Moscow Center assassin who has cunningly penetrated Orlov's formidable defenses.
But Gabriel Allon, who owes his very life to Viktor Orlov, believes his friends in British intelligence are dangerously mistaken. His desperate search for the truth will take him from London to Amsterdam and eventually to Geneva, where a private intelligence service controlled by a childhood friend of the Russian president is using KGB-style "active measures" to undermine the West from within. Known as the Haydn Group, the unit is plotting an unspeakable act of violence that will plunge an already divided America into chaos and leave Russia unchallenged. Only Gabriel Allon, with the help of a brilliant young woman employed by the world's dirtiest bank, can stop it.
Elegant and sophisticated, provocative and daring, The Cellist explores one of the preeminent threats facing the West today-the corrupting influence of dirty money wielded by a revanchist and reckless Russia. It is at once a novel of hope and a stark warning about the fragile state of democracy. And it proves once again why Daniel Silva is regarded as his generation's finest writer of suspense and international intrigue. Schlagworte:England, Mord, Pandemie, Russland, Spionage, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 471 Seiten Beteiligte:Silva, Daniel Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-06-283532-1
Inhalt: A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from the acclaimed author of The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl.
"Where are you, Madison Culver? Flying with the angels, a silver speck on a wing? Are you dreaming, buried under snow? Oris it possible you are still alive?"
Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon's Skookum National Forest. She would be eight-years-old now if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as "the Child Finder," Naomi is their last hope.
Naomi¿s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl, too.
As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison¿s disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels but cannot remember. If she finds Madison, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life?
Told in the alternating voices of Naomi and a deeply imaginative child, The Child Finder is a breathtaking, exquisitely rendered literary page-turner about redemption, the line between reality and memories and dreams, and the human capacity to survive. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Kind, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 273 Seiten Beteiligte:Denfeld, Rene Standort: Engl. Den ISBN: 978-0-06-265905-7
Inhalt: Familienrecht ist das Spezialgebiet der Richterin Fiona Maye am High Court in London: Scheidungen, Sorgerecht, Fragen des Kindeswohls. In ihrer eigenen Ehe ist sie seit über dreißig Jahren glücklich. Da unterbreitet ihr Mann ihr einen schockierenden Vorschlag. Und zugleich wird ihr ein dringlicher Gerichtsfall vorgelegt, in dem es um den Widerstreit zwischen Religion und Medizin und um Leben und Tod eines 17-jährigen Jungen geht. A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis.
At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith? In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both. Schlagworte:Ehekonflikt, England, Englischer Roman, Familienrecht, Geliebte, Gericht, Jugendliche, Kinder, Leukämie, London, Protagonistin, Religion, Richterin, Sorgerecht, Verantwortung, Zeugen Jehovas Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 211 S. Beteiligte:MacEwan, Ian Standort: Engl. MacE ISBN: 978-0-224-10199-8
Inhalt: Movie tie-in edition of the Sparks classic Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite Travis's attempts to be friendly, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him. But something compels Travis to get to know his new neighbour. His persistent efforts lead them both to make tough decisions, the consequences of which neither could have foreseen. The Choice confronts us with that most heart-wrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive? Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Filmbuch, Leichte Lektüre, Liebe, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 342 Seiten Beteiligte:Sparks, Nicholas Standort: Engl. Spa ISBN: 978-0-7515-6226-2
Inhalt: In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I'm no Hercule Poirot. I'm her husband's mistress.
Agatha Christie's world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame.
Nan O'Dea's world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy.
After fighting her way back to England, she's set her sights on Agatha. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. And it's not just her husband.
Inhalt: My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows.
In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe's life is in ruins.
Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothing, and an artist's sketchbook containing the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river.
Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Will she ever give up her secrets?
Told by multiple voices across time, The Clockmaker's Daughter is a story of murder, mystery and thievery, of art, love and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river, is the voice of a woman who stands outside time, whose name has been forgotten by history, but who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the clockmaker's daughter. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, England, Englischer Roman, Frauenroman, Geheimnis, Künstler, Mord, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Tochter, Uhrmacherkunst, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 585 Seiten Beteiligte:Morton, Kate Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-230-75928-2
Inhalt: Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwan
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.
Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain - and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.
With trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafka's most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head. Schlagworte:Großbritannien, Metapher, Politiker, Satire, Verwandlung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 99 Seiten Beteiligte:McEwan, Ian Standort: Engl. MacE ISBN: 978-0-593-08242-3
Inhalt: Je größer die Gefahr, desto heißer die Leidenschaft ... Lila Emerson liebt ihren Job als Homesitterin über alles. Doch als sie eines Tages vom Fenster ihres aktuellen Apartments einen Mord mit anschließendem Suizid beobachtet, verändert sich ihr Leben auf einen Schlag, denn Ashton Archer, der Bruder des potenziellen Mörders, bittet sie um Hilfe. Lila fühlt sich von dem attraktiven Künstler mehr als angezogen, und auch Ash weiß sofort: Die Frau mit den dunklen, tiefen Augen muss er zeichnen! Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, und bald wird klar: Unschätzbar teure Kunstgegenstände scheinen im Zentrum dieses Verbrechens zu stehen und ein Sammler, der für seine Obsession über Leichen geht.
A thrilling novel of crime and passion from Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storyteller Lila Emerson is fascinated by other people's lives. As a house-sitter, she loves looking after the glamorous homes she could never afford herself. And as a writer, she enjoys dreaming up stories for the people she sees from her window. But then one day she witnesses something only too real - the shocking murder of a young woman living across the street in New York. Now Lila is in mortal danger from an audacious, single-minded assassin who kills for profit and for pleasure. With the police following a false lead, Lila's only hope is to team up with Ashton Archer, an artist with his own complicated reasons for getting involved. Lila wants to trust the passionate, quick-witted Ash - but is she letting her feelings blind her to his motives? Either way, she will never watch from the sidelines again... Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Bruder, Englischer Roman, Kunst, Künstler, Mord, Protagonistin, Psychothriller, Sammlung, Selbstmord, Suizid, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 483 S. Beteiligte:Roberts, Nora Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7499-5930-2
Inhalt: The sequel to The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of ?the man of two minds? as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism
The long-awaited follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer, which has sold more than one million copies worldwide, The Committed follows the man of two minds as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing.
Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, Man, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese ?aunt,? he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils he has not foreseen, whether the self-torture of addiction, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset, or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition. The Sympathizer will need all his wits, resourcefulness, and moral flexibility if he is to prevail.
Both highly suspenseful and existential, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen?s position in the firmament of American letters. Schlagworte:80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, Drogenhandel, Paris, Spionage, Thriller, Trauma Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 345 Seiten, Abbildung Beteiligte:Nguyen, Viet Thanh Standort: Engl. Ngu ISBN: 978-0-8021-5706-5
Inhalt: "The Complaints" - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Malcolm Fox works in the Complaints and Conduct departement, so he's not a popular man. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's got problems of his own. Now Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. Fox takes on the job, and learns that there's more to the Breck case than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, ecpecially when a vicious murder intervenes far too close to home for Fox's liking... Schlagworte:British English, Edinburgh, Englischer Roman, Krimi, Schottland, Scotland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 S. Beteiligte:Rankin, Ian Standort: Engl. Ran ISBN: 978-1-4091-0359-2
Inhalt: You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour. Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone. You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there. What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit? Schlagworte:Ehepaar, Entführung, Intrige, Thriller, Tochter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 361 Seiten Beteiligte:Lapena, Shari Standort: Engl. Lap ISBN: 978-0-552-17406-0
Inhalt: He hid the bodies where nobody could find them. But some secrets aren't buried deep enough...
Florence Lovelady's career was made when she concvicted coffin-maker Larry Glassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago. Like something from our worst nightmares the victims were buried ... alive. Larry confessed to the crimes; it was an open and shut case. But now he's dead and events from the past start to repeat themselves. Did she get it wrong all those years ago? Or is there something much darker at play? Schlagworte:Kinder, Mord, Serienmörder, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 Seiten Beteiligte:Bolton, Sharon Standort: Engl. Bol ISBN: 978-1-4091-7413-4
Inhalt: Christopher Boone is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrom. He knows lots about maths and nothing about people. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his world upside down. Whitbread Award. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 271 S. Beteiligte:Haddon, Mark Standort: Engl. Had
Inhalt: On New Year's Eve at the end of one of the hardest years in history, hundreds of revellers shoot their guns into the air in time-honoured LA tradition. But as the rain of lead comes down, a man is shot dead in the middle of a crowded street party.
Detective Renée Ballard soon connects the bullet to an unsolved cold case last worked by legendary ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch. As they investigate where the old and new cases connect, a new crime shatters the night shift.
The Midnight Men are a pair of violent predators who stalk the city during the dark hours, and will kill to keep their identities secret.
In a police department shaken to the core by pandemic and protests, both cases have the power to save Ballard's belief in the job - or take everything from her... Schlagworte:Mordfall, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 465 Seiten Beteiligte:Connelly, Michael Standort: Engl. Con ISBN: 978-1-4091-8618-2
Inhalt: A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was billeted 50 years before as a 13 year old child during WW II. The elder Blythe sisters are twins and have spent most of their lives looking after the third and youngest sister, Juniper, who hasn¿t been the same since her fiance jilted her in 1941. Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother¿s past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in ¿the distant hours¿ of the past has been waiting a long time for someone to find it. Schlagworte:Australian English, England, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geheimnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 677 S. Beteiligte:Morton, Kate Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-330-53378-2
Inhalt: When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced she doesn't belong¿a notion the models do nothing to disabuse. Yet when Darby befriends Esme, a Barbizon maid, she's introduced to an entirely new side of New York City: seedy downtown jazz clubs where the music is as addictive as the heroin that's used there, the startling sounds of bebop, and even the possibility of romance.
Over half a century later, the Barbizon's gone condo and most of its long-ago guests are forgotten. But rumors of Darby's involvement in a deadly skirmish with a hotel maid back in 1952 haunt the halls of the building as surely as the melancholy music that floats from the elderly woman's rent-controlled apartment. It's a combination too intoxicating for journalist Rose Lewin, Darby's upstairs neighbor, to resist¿not to mention the perfect distraction from her own imploding personal life. Yet as Rose's obsession deepens, the ethics of her investigation become increasingly murky, and neither woman will remain unchanged when the shocking truth is finally revealed. Schlagworte:50er Jahre, Englische Literatur, Freundschaft, Fünfziger Jahre, Hotel, Journalistin, New York Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 289 Seiten Beteiligte:Davis, Fiona Standort: Engl. Dav ISBN: 978-1-101-98626-4
Inhalt: Atlanta, 1890: By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Soutzern lady, "Dear Miss Sweetie". When her column becomes wildly popular, Jo uses the power of the pen to address some of society's ills, but she's not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender. While her opponents clamor to uncover the secret identity of Miss Sweetie, a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta's most notorious criminal, Jo must decide whether she, a girl used to living in the shadows, is ready to step into the light. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, Atlanta, Feminismus, Gangster, Historisches, Kolumnen, Kolumnist, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 Seiten Beteiligte:Lee, Stacey Standort: Engl. Lee ISBN: 978-1-5247-4097-9
Inhalt: Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man
Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. During a hasty escape from a secluded boarding school, her coach careened over a hillside road during one of the year's heaviest snowstorms, trapping her inside with a handful of survivors, a brewing virus, and no way to call for help. If she and the remaining few want to make it out alive, with their sanity--and secrets--intact, they'll need to work together or they'll be buried alive with the rest of the dead.
A former detective, Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She is in a cable car suspended far above a snowstorm and surrounded by strangers in the same uniform as her, with no memory of how they got there. They are heading to a mysterious place known to them only as "The Retreat," but when they discover a dead man among their ranks and Meg spies a familiar face, she realizes that there is something far more insidious going on.
Carter is gazing out the window of the abandoned ski chalet that he and his ragtag compatriots call home. Together, they manage a precarious survival, manufacturing vaccines against a deadly virus in exchange for life's essentials. But as their generator begins to waver, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger, and their fragile bonds will be tested when the power finally fails--for good.
A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under . . .
Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg, another through the hand, he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, nearly unconscious and losing blood fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma, and when he does, his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened, and nobody believes him.
A mile away from his body, a boat was found covered in blood - Vincent's and that of three others. Forensics say at least one of them must be dead. Vincent, a police detective, had signed his service pistol out of the station armoury, despite being on leave. Murder suspects can often fake amnesia, and the investigating team are not sure this case is any different . . .
The only clue is a picture in Vincent's pocket: a photograph of a young girl, Mickey Carlyle, who disappeared three years ago. And though Mickey is presumed dead, Vincent has the nagging doubt that she is alive and in terrible danger . . Schlagworte:Amnesie, Englische Literatur, Gedächtnisverlust, London, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 401 Seiten Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-4422-0
Inhalt: Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety. But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen years old Derric Mathieson, a Ugandan orphan who was adopted as a ten-year-old by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows. Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Flucht, Gedankenlesen, Krimi, Stiefvater, Teenager, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 S. Beteiligte:George, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Geo ISBN: 978-1-4447-1996-3
Inhalt: Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flat-mate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner selt that wants something more, an inner self that calmly sabotages her careful plans, stable routine - and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach... Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 S. Beteiligte:Atwood, Margaret Standort: Engl. Atw ISBN: 978-0-86068-129-8
Inhalt: ambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party-or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other people.
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, muddle Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.
Inhalt: She survived her first year at Basgiath War College . . . but the danger is only beginning.
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won't be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
Inhalt: Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College.
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds if candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat way ... because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter - like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, every day the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Everyone at Basgiath has an agenda, so sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Inhalt: It starts with a shocking accusation . . .
Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she knows for certain - she has everything she ever wanted.
Then a woman from his past arrives and makes a horrifying allegation about his first wife. He always claimed her death was an accident - but she says it was murder.
He insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt. But is Patrick telling the truth? Or has Stephanie made a terrible mistake?
Inhalt: No.1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.
When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime ministers career is threatened with destruction. Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems...and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth Silvas work has captured the imagination of millions worldwide; his No.1 New York Times bestselling series, which chronicles the adventures of art-restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon, has earned the praise of readers and reviewers everywhere. This captivating new page-turner from the undisputed master of spy fiction is sure to thrill new and old fans alike. Schlagworte:England, Korsika, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 519 S. Beteiligte:Silva, Daniel Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-06-232606-5
They would never have been friends if they hadn't needed one another. They would never have found one another except for the art that drew them together. They would never have become family wihtout their love for the music, for one another. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest, an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group's youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied together - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing one another over and over again. Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel's debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-skates, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Freundschaft, Musik, Musiker, Musikerin, Musikgruppe, Musikindustrie, Quartett Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 339 Seiten Beteiligte:Gabel, Aja Standort: Engl. Gab ISBN: 978-0-525-53507-2
Inhalt: When Puller's older brother inexplicably escapes from the military's most secure prison, where he's being held for national security crimes, Puller finds himself part of an investigation to hunt down his own brother. As he digs more deeply into the case, Puller discovers troubling details about his brother's conviction and that someone is out there who doesn't want the truth to ever come out. David Baldacci is one of the world's most popular, widely read storytellers. In his blockbuster thrillers Zero Day and The Forgotten , he enthralled readers with John Puller. A combat veteran and special agent with the U.S. Army, Puller is the man they call to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. But all his training, all his experience, all his skills will not prepare him for his newest case, one that will force him to hunt down the most formidable and brilliant prey he has ever tracked: his own brother. THE ESCAPE It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it's impossible . . . until now. John Puller's older brother, Robert, was convicted of treason and national security crimes. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted criminal in the country. Some in the government believe that John Puller represents their best chance at capturing Robert alive, and so Puller must bring in his brother to face justice. But Puller quickly discovers that his brother is pursued by others who don't want him to survive. Puller is in turn pushed into an uneasy, fraught partnership with another agent, who may have an agenda of her own. They dig more deeply into the case together, and Puller finds that not only are her allegiances unclear, but there are troubling details about his brother's conviction . . . and someone out there doesn't want the truth to ever come to light. As the nationwide manhunt for Robert grows more urgent, Puller's masterful skills as an investigator and strengths as a fighter may not be enough to save his brother-or himself. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Brüder, Englischer Roman, Flucht, Gefängnis, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 470 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4555-5848-3
Inhalt: A TIME OF CONFLICT It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will - often in conflict with the king. With his grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign.
THREE LIVES INTERTWINED Into this uncertain world three people come to the fore: a young boatbuilder, who dreams of a better future when a devastating Viking raid shatters the life that he and the woman he loves hoped for; a Norman noblewoman, who follows her beloved husband across the sea to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey, who dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe.
THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three people will each come into dangerous conflict with a ruthless bishop, who will do anything to increase his wealth and power, in an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, death and birth, and love and hate.
Thirty years ago we were introduced to Kingsbridge in The Pillars of the Earth, and now in this masterful prequel international bestseller Ken Follett will take us on a journey into a rich past, which will end where his masterpiece begins. Schlagworte:10. Jahrhundert, England, Großbritannien, Historisches, Liebe, Machtkampf, Mittelalter, Wikinger, Zehntes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 816 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Follett, Ken Standort: Engl. Fol ISBN: 978-1-4472-7878-8
Inhalt: On a cold day in Reykjavik, a baby goes missing from her pram. When the child's blanket washes up on the beach, and the mother is found dead, everyone's worst fears seem to have been realised.
Eleven years later, and detective Huldar and child psychologist Freyja are now working in the same police building, on the same team. Freyja believes that personal and professional relationships must remain separate, however hard that may be. But when a woman's dismembered body is found in a deserted car, her head missing, and Freyja and Huldar find themselves working on the same case, the secrecy around their affair threatens to crack. And when Freyja is accused of a serious breach of police protocol, will Huldar be able to help her? Meanwhile, their search to identify the body takes the case back into secrets of the past, and the unspoken crimes that bind three separate families. Schlagworte:Ermittler, Ermittlerin, Island, Mordfall, Reykjavik, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 Seiten Beteiligte:Sigurdardóttir, Yrsa, Cribb, Victoria Standort: Engl. Sig ISBN: 978-1-4736-9354-8
Inhalt: Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy. Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong. As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye? Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake. Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other. Schlagworte:17. Jahrhundert, England, Frauen, Freundschaft, Hexenjagd, Hexenverfolgung, Historisches, Magie, Schwangerschaft, Siebzehntes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 418 Seiten Beteiligte:Halls, Stacey Standort: Engl. Hal ISBN: 978-1-78576-614-5
Inhalt: LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones.
DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.
Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.
The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.
Inhalt: In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They've been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go?
Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets. A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell. Schlagworte:Baby, Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiendrama, Geheimnis, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 449 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-78089-921-3
Inhalt: Nestled in New York's Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages-and all of it for free. In fact, you're paid big money to stay here-more than you've ever dreamed of. The catch? For nine months, you cannot leave the grounds, your movements are monitored, and you are cut off from your former life while you dedicate yourself to the task of producing the perfect baby. For someone else.
Jane, an immigrant from the Philippines, is in desperate search of a better future when she commits to being a "Host" at Golden Oaks-or the Farm, as residents call it. But now pregnant, fragile, consumed with worry for her family, Jane is determined to reconnect with her life outside. Yet she cannot leave the Farm or she will lose the life-changing fee she'll receive on the delivery of her child.
Gripping, provocative, heartbreaking, The Farm pushes to the extremes our thinking on motherhood, money, and merit and raises crucial questions about the trade-offs women will make to fortify their futures and the futures of those they love. Schlagworte:Ausbeutung, Frauen, Leihmutter, Schwangerschaft, Zukunftsvision Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 326 Seiten Beteiligte:Ramos, Joanne Standort: Engl. Ram ISBN: 978-1-984853-75-2
Inhalt: When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn't what he seemed and he left her life in pieces. Now 32, Lou discovers that Mike is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn't repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he's caused. But Mike is a predator of the worst kind, and as Lou tries to bring him to justice, it's clear that she could once again become his prey. Schlagworte:Missbrauch, Protagonistin, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 400 Seiten Beteiligte:Taylor, C. L. Standort: Engl. Tay ISBN: 978-0-00-811809-9
Inhalt: Hollis Shaw, creator of the popular food blog Hungry with Hollis, finds her life turned upside down when her heart-surgeon husband is killed in a car accident on a snowy February morning. As Hollis searches for comfort, she discovers the idea of the 'Five Star Weekend': a gathering of the best friends from each stage of your life. But when Hollis decides to host her own version on Nantucket, the weekend isn't exactly a Hallmark movie...
First, there's Tatum, Hollis's best friend growing up on Nantucket - and her husband's best friend, Jack, who just happens to be Hollis's first love.
Then there's Dru-ann, her best friend from college, now a prominent Black female sports agent in Chicago, whose Twitter comments have just landed her - and her marriage - in hot water.
Brooke is the best friend who helped raise her kids with Hollis during their thirties, until she was ousted from the local mum's group by Electra, self-appointed queen bee. But Brooke and Electra are finally meeting up to make amends this weekend . . .
And lastly, Gigi, who reached out to Hollis on her food blog to become 'internet besties', but has never met her in real life.
All the weekend needs is Hollis's daughter Caroline, a documentary student, who wants to film the entire party... What could possibly go wrong?
Inhalt: Two different worlds ... opposite paths ...
Professionally, Daisy is sharp as a knife when it comes to visual arts. Personally, she has gone through lengthy changes to forget her past and rebuild herself. Suddenly her social circle includes a group of warm, loving firends, and a family she never had, but always dreamed of. However, Daisy's hard-won sobriety is at odds with her new friends' social style, and there's a risk that her demons will be exposed. The most unlikely person to catch her when she falls is flirty Josh, the guy everyone warns will stomp on her heart. To her surprise, he fills her life with hope, pride, and desire.
A stupid bet. No women for two weeks. For the ladie's man, Josh, that is physically impossible, but he's always up for a good challenge. Until the colorful Daisy appears again, throwing him into the unknown. Tempting him in more ways than one. After having her crumple in his arms, his feelings grow in a way that he never experienced before. Is it because you always want what you can't have or is there something pushing them together that's out of his control?
Inhalt: Christmas wishes come true in New York City ... or maybe not
After a demanding career of living out of her suitcase, Sophia lands a dream job in New York City that will keep her in one place for six months. Being alone in a big city is nothing new for her but not during the holidays. When an irrestistible jeweler appears in her life more than once, Christmas surprises po up on every corner. Drew loses his creativity and holiday spirit just when he needs it the most. Then a snowstorm blows Sophia into his jewelry store, and a surge of inspiration follows. He is used to handling precious gems but nothing as priceless as she is. Even though they just met, their instant attraction turns into something more. But one event leads to betrayal, leaving Sophia once again alone and brokenhearted. Can the magic of Christmas bring them back toghether, or will one of them be left in the cold? Schlagworte:Juwelier, Liebe, New York, Streit, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 141 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-3-947985-07-4
Is one week of breathtaking passion a reason to turn your life upside down?
Winter is Lacey's arch-enemy and it won't let up even though it's the middle of April. She can't get out of New York City fast enough to kick off her spring vacation in the tropics. One travel glitch and a stumbled step finds Lacey on the lap of a handsome, mysterious stranger, connecting her heart to his in a way she can't comprehend.
Will gets a last-minute seat on a flight back home, sitting him next to a beautiful, quirky woman who blows into his life like a warm spring breeze. Her magnetism lights him up after weeks of darkness. He refuses to say goodbye until he steals one heated kiss from her.
A surprise twist of fate drops them into deep water, but the fire between them never burns out. What they thought would be a week of carefree distractions blossoms into something their hearts didn't bargain for. Schlagworte:Flugreise, Frühling, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 179 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-3-947985-10-4
Skylar's beauty and curves are a curse. She's been lied to, cheated on, and avoids dating like the plague. That is until an adorable three-legged dog runs her over in Central Park, leading to a heated exchange with his arrogant, sexy-as-sin owner. Irritated by his apathy, Skylar walks away, but steamy dreams of his chiseled physique consume her hot summer nights.
During a pivotol event in her career, Skylar's restraint snaps like a rubber band when she finds him standing in front of her as the famous photographer, Julius Ariti. Harsh rumors circulating about him and his current actions toward her don't add up, leading Skylar to wonder who the real Julius Ariti is.
Everyone deserves a chance, no matter how broken they are.
Julius leads a secluded, orderly life to keep his traumatic memories at bay. After meeting Skylar Vitale, something ignites inside him, and his world is no longer black and white. Her positivity and charm blaze brightly, breaking down Julius's barriers, unveiling his secrets.
His burning desire is to see Skylar's true colors.
Inhalt: Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I swear I can still taste the dust. Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli has finally found the life she'd yearned for: a family, a home and a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all that she and her community hold dear, Elsa's world is shattered to the winds. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up and dust threatens to bury them all. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search for a better life. From the overriding love of a mother for her child, the value of female friendship and the ability to love again - against all odds - Elsa's incredibly journey is a story of courage and sacrifice and what w e do for the ones we love. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, America, Amerika, Dreißiger Jahre, Dürre, Existenzangst, Farm, Historisches, Mutter, Texas Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 454 Seiten Beteiligte:Hannah, Kristin Standort: Engl. Han ISBN: 978-1-5290-5457-6
Inhalt: Who would choose to destroy what they love the most?
Nightingale House, 1919.
Liddy Horner discovers her husband, the world-famous artist Sir Edward Horner, burning his best-known painting The Garden of Lost and Found days before his sudden death.
Nightingale House was the Horner family's beloved home - a gem of design created to inspire happiness - and it was here Ned painted The Garden of Lost and Found, capturing his children on a perfect day, playing in the rambling Eden he and Liddy made for them.
One magical moment. Before it all came tumbling down...
When Ned and Liddy's great-granddaughter Juliet is sent the key to Nightingale House, she opens the door onto a forgotten world. The house holds its mysteries close but she is in search of answers.
Something shattered this corner of paradise. But what? Lose yourself in this unputdownable tale of the enduring power of family love, told by three generations of extraordinary women. . . Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familiensaga, Garten, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 546 Seiten Beteiligte:Evans, Harriet Standort: Engl. Eva ISBN: 978-1-4722-5103-9
Inhalt: Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community
This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege.
Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Familie, Freundschaft, Gesellschaft, Hochbegabung, Kinder, Nachbarschaft, Schule, Streit, Vorstadt, Wettbewerb Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 450 Seiten Beteiligte:Holsinger, Bruce Standort: Engl. Hol ISBN: 978-0-525-53496-9
Gripping. Mesmerising. Haunting. Heart-breaking. Once you've heard her story, you will never forget The Girl in the Letter.
Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Rachel Hore and Kathryn Hughes, this page-turning, moving novel of separation and long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever.
In the winter of 1956 pregnant young Ivy is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a home for unmarried mothers in the south of England, run by nuns, to have her child. Her baby daughter is adopted. Ivy will never leave.
Sixty years later, journalist Samantha stumbles upon a series of letters from Ivy to her lover, pleading with him to rescue her from St Margaret's before it is too late. As Sam pieces together Ivy's tragic story, terrible secrets about St Margaret's dark past begin to emerge. What happened to Ivy, to her baby, and to the hundreds of children born in the home? What links a number of mysterious, sudden deaths in the area? And why are those who once worked at St Margaret's so keen that the truth should never be told? As Sam unpicks the sinister web of lies surrounding St Margaret's, she also looks deep within - to confront some unwelcome truths of her own... Schlagworte:Brief, Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiengeheimnis, Familiengeschichte, Journalistin, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Gunnis, Emily Standort: Engl. Gun ISBN: 978-1-4722-5509-9
Inhalt: When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, broken-hearted and with her life in a suitcase, the first person she meets is elderly Frank on the 88 bus.
For the past 60 years, Frank has ridden the same bus, trying to find a girl he met in 1962. A girl who unknowingly changed his life, and whose number Frank lost. Libby is inspired by his story and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she makes it her mission to continue Frank's search. But with Frank's dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on tjhe 88 bus is slipping away... More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chance for happiness -before it's too late. Schlagworte:Bus, Demenz, Junge Frau, Liebe, London, Protagonistin, Studentin, Suche, Vergangenheit, Öffentlicher Nahverkehr Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 385 Seiten Beteiligte:Sampson, Freya Standort: Engl. Sam ISBN: 978-1-83877-839-2
Inhalt: Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.
And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough.
Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar.
Inhalt: All her life, she's been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family's Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie-who hasn't been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don't make a sound.
As people close to her start to die horrible deaths, Kara, who is slowly and surely unraveling, believes she is the killer's ultimate target.
Inhalt: Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Englische Literatur, Fantasy, Science fiction, Thriller, Zombie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 461 Seiten Beteiligte:Carey, M.R. Standort: Engl. Car ISBN: 978-0-316-33475-4
Inhalt: Zwei Paare getrennt durch ein Jahrhundert, verbunden durch ein Gemälde. Während um sie herum der Erste Weltkrieg tobt, versucht Sophie stark zu sein für ihre Familie, für ihren Mann Édouard, der auf Seiten Frankreichs kämpft. Nur ein Gemälde ist ihr geblieben, das sie an ihr gemeinsames Glück erinnert. Ein Porträt, das Édouard einst von ihr malte. Und das ihn jetzt retten soll Hundert Jahre später. Liv trauert um ihren Mann David. Vor vier Jahren ist er gestorben, viel zu früh. Livs kostbarster Besitz: ein Gemälde, das er ihr einst schenkte. Der Maler: Édouard. Das Modell: Sophie. Als ihr dieses Gemälde genommen werden soll, ist sie bereit, alles zu opfern. Auch das eigene Glück The hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible new weepy from Jojo Moyes. What happened to the girl you left behind? In 1916 French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time. Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. Its beauty speaks of their short life together, but when the painting's dark and passion-torn history is revealed, Liv discovers that the first spark of love she has felt since she lost him is threatened ... In "The Girl You Left Behind" two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for the thing they love most - whatever the cost. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Englischer Roman, Erster Weltkrieg <1914-1918>, Familie, Frankreich, Frauenroman, Gegenwartsroman, Gemälde, Leichte Lektüre, Liebe, Vergangenheit, Verlust, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 539 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-5784-5
Inhalt: England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.
But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.
That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.
Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.
Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.
Inhalt: 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there'
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Affäre, Brief, England, Erwachsenwerden, Gewissenskonflikt, Historisches, Klassengesellschaft, Landadel, Liebe, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 292 Seiten Beteiligte:Hartley, L. P. Standort: Engl. Har ISBN: 978-0-14-118778-5
Inhalt: The Golden Notebook, first published in 1962, is the story of Anna Wulf, a divorced single mother and novelist, labouring against writer's block in 1950s London. Fearful of going mad, she records her experiences in four coloured notebooks. The black records her writing life, the red her political views, the yellow her emotional life and the blue everyday events. But it is the fifth notebook - the golden one - that brings the strands of her life together and holds the key to her recovery. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Literaturnobelpreis, Nobel Prize, Nobelpreis, Nobelpreis für Literatur Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 577 S. Beteiligte:Lessing, Doris Standort: Engl. Les
Inhalt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature 2014!
Es passiert, als Theo Decker dreizehn Jahre alt ist. An dem Tag, an dem er mit seiner Mutter ein New Yorker Museum besucht, verändert ein schreckliches Unglück sein Leben für immer. Er verliert sie unter tragischen Umständen und bleibt allein und auf sich gestellt zurück, sein Vater hat ihn schon lange im Stich gelassen. Theo versinkt in tiefer Trauer, die ihn lange nicht mehr loslässt. Auch das Gemälde, das seit dem fatalen Ereignis verbotenerweise in seinem Besitz ist und ihn an seine Mutter erinnert, kann ihm keinen Trost spenden. Ganz im Gegenteil: Mit jedem Jahr, das vergeht, kommt er immer weiter von seinem Weg ab und droht, in kriminelle Kreise abzurutschen. Und das Gemälde, das ihn auf merkwürdige Weise fasziniert, scheint ihn geradezu in eine Welt der Lügen und falschen Entscheidungen zu ziehen, in einen Sog, der ihn unaufhaltsam mit sich reißt ...
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate. Schlagworte:Alleinerziehend, Antiquitäten, Attentat, Drogen, Entwicklungsroman, Erwachsenwerden, Freundschaft, Gemälde, Gesellschaftsroman, Junge, Kriminalität, Kunst, Las Vegas, Mutter, New York, Protagonist, Pulitzerpreis, Schuldgefühl, Suchtmittel, Teenager, Thriller, Tod, Trauma, USA, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 864 S. Beteiligte:Tartt, Donna Standort: Engl. Tar ISBN: 978-0-349-13963-0
Inhalt: Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One ist left behind...
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy smalltown family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father - Pikeville's notorious defence attorney - devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.
Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself - the archetypal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again - and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatised - Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, bu it's a case which can't hel triggering the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime which destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Mord, Thriller, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 503 Seiten Beteiligte:Slaughter, Karin Standort: Engl. Sla ISBN: 978-0-00-815077-8
Inhalt: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America¿s last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents¿ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights¿ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt¿s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska¿a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature. Schlagworte:Alaska, Einsamkeit, Familie, Familiendrama, Gewalt, Psychische Krankheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Wildnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 Seiten Beteiligte:Hannah, Kristin Standort: Engl. Han ISBN: 978-1-250-19377-3
Inhalt: Fitzgerald war der literarische Wortführer des "Jazz Age". Er hat das glitzernde New York der Zwischenkriegsjahre, das sich für die Rhythmen von Duke Ellington und Louis Armstrong begeisterte, eingefangen, ohne die Frage auszublenden, ob dieser Glanz trügerisch sei. Seine Helden, kaum verhüllte Selbstporträts, strotzen nur so vor Selbstbewusstsein und leiden zugleich an ihrem Ausbeuten der eigenen Seele. Schlagworte:20er Jahre, Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Fitzgerald, F. Scott, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zwanziger Jahre Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 172 S. Beteiligte:Fitzgerald, F. Scott Standort: Engl. Fit
Inhalt: Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families. Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive. One guest won't leave this wedding alive. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Heirat, Hochzeit, Insel, Intrige, Mordfall, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Foley, Lucy Standort: Engl. Fol ISBN: 978-0-00-829719-0
Inhalt: Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores.But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is a man without a mission, and without a purpose.To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: his own past.THE GUILTYWill Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi, after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder.Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie--a local attorney and pillar of the community--has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed.To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself. When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and defiance. Could Dan really be guilty?With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his father's wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his father are met with distrust and skepticism . . . and violence.Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where his target was clearly defined, digging into his father's case only reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this time, there may be no escape for either of them. Schlagworte:Auftragsmord, Englische Literatur, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 555 Seiten Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal
Inhalt: In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Frauen, Geburtenrückgang, Leibeigenschaft, Magd, Unterdrückung, Zukunftsvision Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 Seiten Beteiligte:Atwood, Margaret Standort: Engl. Atw ISBN: 978-1-78487-487-2
Inhalt: Mississippi, 1962: Nach dem Studium verbringt Skeeter die Tage auf der elterlichen Baumwollfarm, als einzige ihrer Freundinnen ohne einen Ring am Finger. Und dann ist auch noch ihr geliebtes Kindermädchen spurlos verschwunden. Skeeter wünscht sich nur eins: Sie will weg aus dem engen Jackson und als Journalistin in New York leben. Um etwas zu verändern, verbündet sie sich mit zwei schwarzen Dienstmädchen: Aibileen zieht die Kinder ihrer Arbeitgeber auf. Das Tafelsilber darf sie aber nicht berühren. Und Minny ist auf der Suche nach einer neuen Stelle. Sie ist bekannt für ihre Kochkünste, aber sie ist auch gefürchtet: Denn Minny trägt das Herz auf der Zunge. Gemeinsam beschließen die drei Frauen, gegen die Konventionen ihrer Zeit zu verstoßen und etwas zu wagen. Denn sie alle haben das Gefühl zu ersticken und wollen etwas verändern in ihrer Stadt und in ihrem eigenen Leben. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileens best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobodys business, but she cant mind her tongue, so shes lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
Inhalt: Can the same killer strike again¿a hundred and fifty years later?
Estes Park, Colorado, is a place of serenity. But it wasn't always so serene. Shortly after the Civil War, Nathan Kendall and his wife were murdered there, leaving behind a young son. The crime was never solved.
Now¿historian Scarlet Barlow is working at a small museum attached to a B and B, the same building where that murder occurred. She recently came to Colorado, reeling after her divorce from FBI agent Diego McCullough. Diego¿who's just been asked to join the Krewe of Hunters, a unit dealing with "unusual" situations¿
When Scarlet unwittingly takes pictures of people who've been murdered¿just like the Kendalls a hundred and fifty years before¿the police look at her with suspicion. Then the museum's statues of historic people, including Nathan Kendall, begin to talk to her, and she knows it's time to call her ex-husband. Diego heads to Estes Park, determined to solve the bizarre case that threatens Scarlet's life¿and to reunite with the woman he never stopped loving. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 360 S. Beteiligte:Graham, Heather Standort: Engl. Gra ISBN: 978-0-7783-1758-6
Inhalt: In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that, if he can find it, would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.
Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomás's quest.
Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.
The High Mountains of Portugal, part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable, offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century and through the human soul. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Englischer Roman, Geheimnis, Mordfall, Portugal, Reise, Zeitgeschichte, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten Beteiligte:Martel, Yann Standort: Engl. Mar ISBN: 978-1-78211-471-0
Inhalt: Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together, this dynamic pair begin a journbey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod's gilfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disapeearance of all the ballpoint pens he's bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars! Schlagworte:Alien, All, Anhalter, Außerirdische, Galaxie, Science fiction, Universum, Weltraum Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 216 Seiten Beteiligte:Adams, Douglas Standort: Engl. Ada ISBN: 978-0-345-39180-3
The definitive edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's most beloved book, sporting a facsimile of his original cover design and complete with colour plates of his own paintings, brand new reproductions of all his drawings, and colour versions of both maps.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again.
Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRR Tolkien's classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad... Schlagworte:Fantasy, Klassiker, Reise, Tolkien, John R.R. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 300 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten Beteiligte:Tolkien, J.R.R. Standort: Engl. Tol ISBN: 978-0-261-10328-3
Inhalt: In a hidden corner of London, Henri Lachapelle is teaching his granddaughter and her horse to defy gravity, just as he had done in France, fifty years previously. But when disaster strikes, fourteen-year-old Sarah is left to fend for herself.
Forced to share a house with her charismatic ex-husband, her professional judgement called into question, lawyer Natasha Macauley's life seems to have gone awry. When her path crosses that of Sarah, she sees a chance to put things right.
Inhalt: Coleman Silk has a secret. But it's not the secret of his affair, at seventy-one, with a woman half his age. And it's not the secret of his alleged racism, which provoked the college witchhunt that cost him his job. Coleman's secret is deeper, and lies at the very core of who he is, and he has kept it hidden from everyone for fifty years. Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, The Human Stain shows us an America where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Gesellschaft, Professor, Rassismus Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 361 Seiten Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for new year. The beautiful one - the golden couple - the volatile one - the new parents - the quiet one - the city boy - the outsider - the victim.
Inhalt: As a child in 1913, Malka Treynovsky flees Russia for New York with her family--only to be crippled and abandoned in the streets. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, Malka survives. When she falls in love with Albert, they set off together across America in an ice cream truck to seek their fortune; slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen of America"--doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality.
Inhalt: Lady Windermere's Fan / Salomé / A woman of no importance / An ideal husband / A florentine tragedy / The importance of being Earnest
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"
The importance of being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Manners and morality are also victims of Wilde's sharp wit in Lady Windermere's fan, A woman of no importance and An ideal husband, in which snobbery and hypocrisy are laid bare. In Salomé and A florentine tragey, Wilde makes powerful use of historical settings to explore the complex relationship between sex and power. The range of these plays displays Wilde's delight in artifice, masks and disguises, and reveals the pretensions of the social world in which he himself played such a dazzling and precarious part. Schlagworte:Drama, Dramen, Klassiker, Wilde, Oscar <1854-1900> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 431 Seiten Beteiligte:Wilde, Oscar Standort: Engl. Wil ISBN: 978-0-14-043606-8
Inhalt: America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career . . . Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4555-1615-5
Inhalt: I was Hannah who found April's body ten years ago. It was Hannah who didn't question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison? She needs to know the truth. Even if it means questioning her own friends. Even if it means putting her own life at risk. Because if the killer wasn't a stranger, could it be someone she knows? Schlagworte:Cold Case, Mordfall, Oxford, Thriller, Universität, Unschuld Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 420 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-398-50838-5
Inhalt: In California's Sacramento Valley, six people meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but all wounded in different ways, all mixed up about their lives and their relationships. Over the six month they meet marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements becone suitable, and under the guiding eye of Jane Austen, some of them even fall in love ...
Inhalt: When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them.
When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage-both literal and figurative-and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives.
Can four lost adults find the peace they've been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiengeschichte, Geschwister, Humor, Kreuzfahrt, Mutter, Schiff, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 338 Seiten Beteiligte:Ward, Amanda Eyre Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-984820-18-1
Inhalt: The man was lost. The myth remained. Kvothe - the dragon-slayer, the renowned swordsman, the most feared, famed and notorious wizard the world has ever seen - vanished without warning and without trace. And even now, when he has been found, when darkness is rising in the corners of the world, he will not return. But his story lives on and, for the first time, Kvothe is going to tell it... Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 993 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-575-08142-0
Inhalt: Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean, then his education at "the University," Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives¿his desire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much as possible about the Chandrian, the demons of legend who murdered his family. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 722 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-7564-0474-1
Inhalt: A missing child June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.
An abandoned house Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end. Until one day, Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace.
An unsolved mystery Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape. Schlagworte:Cornwall, Englischer Roman, Familie, Familiendrama, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 599 Seiten Beteiligte:Morton, Kate Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-5098-1646-0
Inhalt: A sparkling, life-affirming story that will make you cry like Jojo Moyes and laugh like Dawn French. Here is a truth that can't be escaped: for Mia 'Rabbit' Hayes, life is coming to an end . . Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she's OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen. Here is a truth that won't be forgotten: this is a story about laughing through life's surprises and finding the joy in every moment. Anna McPartlin auf der Höhe ihres Könnens: ein zutiefst ergreifender Roman über das Leben und das Sterben. Erst wenn das Schlimmste eintritt, weißt du, wer dich liebt. Stell dir vor, du hast nur noch neun Tage. Neun Tage, um über die Flüche deiner Mutter zu lachen. Um die Hand deines Vaters zu halten (wenn er dich lässt). Und deiner Schwester durch ihr Familienchaos zu helfen. Um deinem Bruder den Weg zurück in die Familie zu bahnen. Nur neun Tage, um Abschied zu nehmen von deiner Tochter, die noch nicht weiß, dass du nun gehen wirst ... Die Geschichte von Rabbit Hayes: ungeheuer traurig. Ungeheuer tröstlich. Schlagworte:Abschied, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Freunde, Humor, Junge Frau, Sterben, Trost Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 436 S. Beteiligte:MacPartlin, Anna Standort: Engl. MacP ISBN: 978-0-552-77374-4
Inhalt: When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper's archives for a story, she doesn't think she'll find anything of interest. Instead she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband - and Ellie is caught up in the intrigue of a past love affair. Despite, or perhaps because of her own romantic entanglements with a married man. In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident. She can't remember anything - her husband, her friends, who she used to be. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for. Ellie and Jennifer's stories of passion, adultery and loss are wound together in this richly emotive novel - interspersed with real 'last letters'. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, England, Englischer Roman, Frauenschicksal, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 489 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-340-96164-3
Inhalt: After spending the last 20 years in prison for killing his parents, convicted murderer Melvin Mars suddenly learns that he will be released. Another man has unexpectedly confessed to the crime. But it's unclear who the real murderer is--was the man's confession false? Is Melvin still the true killer?
In his No. 1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man , David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILE Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth. The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now? But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Eltern, Englischer Roman, FBI, Familie, Familiendrama, Fußball, Fußballspieler, Gefängnis, Hinrichtung, Mörder, Thriller, Täter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 416 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal
Inhalt: Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island - and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer - and they don't even know it. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Insel, Mordfall, Mystery, Mysterythriller, Science fiction, Thriller, Weltuntergang Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten Beteiligte:Turton, Stuart Standort: Engl. Tur ISBN: 978-1-5266-3491-7
Inhalt: When life feels like a puzzle, sometomes it's the small pieces that make up the bigger picture.
A successful travel journalist, Bridget has ambitions to turn her quirky relationship blog into a book. But then a different proposition catches her eye. Nicole Dupré died leaving behind a bestselling novel and an incomplete sequel. Tasked with finishing the book, Bridget is thankful to have a chance to show what she can do, even if it means relocating to Cornwall and answering to Nicole's grieving husband, Charlie. But as she gets to know the family Nicole left behind, and the woman behind the words, Bridget's priorities begin to change. Schlagworte:Autorin, Englische Literatur, Liebe, Schriftstellerin, Verfasserin, Witwer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 402 Seiten Beteiligte:Toon, Paige Standort: Engl. Too ISBN: 978-1-4711-6302-9
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his sixteen-year-old daughter. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen's true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again. Schlagworte:Ehemann, Englische Literatur, Identitätsdiebstahl, Identitätsfälschung, Mystery, Thriller, Tochter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 306 Seiten Beteiligte:Dave, Laura Standort: Engl. Dav ISBN: 978-1-78816-858-8
Inhalt: Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people-though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible.
All of that changes when a book of fairy tales arrives on her doorstep. Inside, Martha finds a dedication written to her by her best friend-her grandmother Zelda-who died under mysterious circumstances years earlier. When Martha discovers a clue within the book that her grandmother may still be alive, she becomes determined to discover the truth. As she delves deeper into Zelda's past, she unwittingly reveals a family secret that will change her life forever.
Filled with Phaedra Patrick's signature charm and vivid characters, The Library of Lost and Found is a heartwarming and poignant tale of how one woman must take control of her destiny to write her own happy ending. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bibliothekarin, Bücherei, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 348 Seiten Beteiligte:Patrick, Phaedra Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-7783-6935-6
Inhalt: Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Jojo Moyes, a beautifuland moving story about the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Jojo Moyes, a beautifuland moving story about the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter
Brett's Life List
1. Go to Paris
2. Perform live, on a super big stage
3. Have a baby, maybe two
4. Fall in love
Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an irresistibly handsome boyfriend. All in all, a charmed life. That is, until her beloved mother passes away, leaving behind a will with one big stipulation: In order to receive her inheritance, Brett must first complete the life list of goals she d written when she was a naïve girl of fourteen.
Grief-stricken, Brett can barely make sense of her mother s decision her childhood dreams don t resemble her ambitions at age thirty-four in the slightest. Some seem impossible. How can she possibly have a relationship with a father who died seven years ago? Other goals (Be an awesome teacher!) would require her to reinvent her entire future.
Inhalt: Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story-their story-at the very beginning.
Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated-perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other's hearts.
This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Fotojournalismus, Liebe, Neuanfang, Tod, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 328 Seiten Beteiligte:Santopolo, Jill Standort: Engl. San ISBN: 978-0-7352-1275-6
Inhalt: In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.
It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life-her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the city, she is drawn to Greenwich Village's new bohemia, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club-a radical, all-female group in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffrage, birth control, and women's rights. Soon, Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. But when valuable books are stolen back at the library, threatening the home and institution she loves, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and may just lose everything in the process.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, the famous essayist Laura Lyons, especially after she's wrangled her dream job as a curator at the New York Public Library. But the job quickly becomes a nightmare when rare manuscripts, notes, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Determined to save both the exhibit and her career, the typically risk-adverse Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. However, things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage-truths that shed new light on the biggest tragedy in the library's history. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bibliothekarin, Bücherei, Diebstahl, Familie, Historisches, Journalismus, Journalistin, New York, New York Public Library, Öffentliche Bibliothek Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten Beteiligte:Davis, Fiona Standort: Enlg. Dav ISBN: 978-1-5247-4461-8
Inhalt: A unlikely trio of a street lawyer, an expert hustler and a Harvard Law School graduate make up Finlex & Figg - specialists in injury claims, quickie divorces and DUIS. None of them has ever faced a jury in federal court. But they are about to take on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the States. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 436 S. Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-1-4447-3061-6
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy. The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence.
Inhalt: Nina is a librarian who spends her days happily matchmaking books and people - she always knows what someone should read next. But when her beloved library closes and she's suddenly out of a job, Nina has no idea what to do next. Then an advert catches her eye: she could be the owner of a tiny little bookshop bus, driving around the Scottish highlands.
Using up all her courage, and her savings, Nina makes a new start in the beautiful Scottish highlands. But real life is a bit trickier than the stories she loves - especially when she keeps having to be rescued by the grumpy-but-gorgeous farmer next door. Schlagworte:Bibliothekarin, Bücherbus, Liebe, Mobile Bibliothek, Schottland, Scotland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 358 Seiten Beteiligte:Colgan, Jenny Standort: Engl. Col ISBN: 978-0-7515-5393-2
Inhalt: Hauled in a cart to a field hospital in northern France in March 1916, an American woman wakes from unconsciousness to the smell of gas gangrene, the sounds of men in pain, and an almost complete loss of memory: she knows only that she can drive an ambulance, she can draw, and her name is Stella Bain. A stateless woman in a lawless country, Stella embarks on a journey to reconstruct her life. Suffering an agonising and inexplicable array of symptoms, she finds her way to London. There, Dr August Bridge, a cranial surgeon turned psychologist, is drawn to tracking her amnesia to its source. What brutality was she fleeing when she left the tranquil seclusion of a New England college campus to serve on the Front; for what crime did she need to atone - and whom did she leave behind? Vivid, intense and gripping, packed with secrets and revelations, The Lives of Stella Bain is at once a ravishing love story and an intense psychological mystery. Schlagworte:Ambulanz, Amerikanerin, Amerikanisches Englisch, Amnesie, Englischer Roman, Erster Weltkrieg <1914-1918>, Frankreich, Frauenschicksal, Identität, Krieg, Künstlerin, Notaufnahme, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 302 S. Beteiligte:Shreve, Anita Standort: Engl. Shr ISBN: 978-0-349-13965-4
Inhalt: A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this smalltown love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer ?from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception.
Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat.
But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner?who happens to be her father?sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she's tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids.
To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam's leg, and Adalyn's bumper, he's also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children's team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam's help Schlagworte:Fußball, Fußballspiel, Fußballspieler, Fußballspielerin, Fußballtrainer, Fußballverein, Kleinstadt, Liebe, Rivalin, Rivalität, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 376 Seiten Beteiligte:Armas, Elena Standort: Engl. Arm ISBN: 978-1-398-52221-3
Inhalt: Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Fantasy, Filmbuch, Tolkien, John R.R. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 398 S. Beteiligte:Tolkien, J.R.R. Standort: Engl. Tol ISBN: 978-0-345-33971-3
Inhalt: Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power -- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring -- the ring that rules them all -- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Fantasy, Filmbuch, Tolkien, John R.R. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 458 S. Beteiligte:Tolkien, J.R.R. Standort: Engl. Tol ISBN: 978-0-345-33970-6
Inhalt: The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by Smeagol - Gollum, still obsessed by his 'preciouss'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive - in the hands of the orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Fantasy, Filmbuch, Tolkien, John R.R. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 466 S. Beteiligte:Tolkien, J. R.R. Standort: Engl. Tol ISBN: 978-0-345-33973-7
Inhalt: A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary...
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries.
Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary's in a stunning twist of fate--and not everyone will survive.
Inhalt: Rebecca Waterhouse is just thirteen when she witnesses her mother's death at the hand of her father in Seaview Cottage.
But what else did Rebecca see?
Years later, Rebecca's daughters Iris and Jessie know their mother will never speak of that terrible night. But when Jessie goes missing, with her gravely ill newborn, Iris realises the past may hold the key to her sister's disappearance.
With Jessie in trouble, Iris must unravel a twisting story of love and betrayal in her mother's family history.
Inhalt: Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.
Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet.
In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another's nearest neighbors. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun.
Nathan, Bub and Nathan's son return to Cameron's ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers.
While they grieve Cameron's loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.
A powerful and brutal story of suspense set against a formidable landscape, The Lost Man confirms Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, is one of the best new voices in writing today. Schlagworte:Australien, Brüder, Familiendrama, Farm, Mord, Outback, Streit, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 340 Seiten Beteiligte:Harper, Jane Standort: Engl. Har ISBN: 978-1-250-10568-4
Inhalt: Dr. Jonathan Lyons, a seventy-year-old biblical scholar, believes he has found the rarest of parchments - a letter that may have been written by Jesus Christ. Stolen from the Vatican library in the fifteenth century, it was assumed to be lost forever.Under the promise of secrecy, Jonathan attempts to confirm his findings with several other biblical experts. But on the eve before his own murder, he confides to Father Aiden O'Brien, a family friend, that one of those whom he trusted most is determined to keep it from being returned to the Vatican.The next evening Jonathan Lyons is found shot to death in his New Jersey home. His daughter, twenty-seven year old Mariah, finds her fathers body sprawled over his desk in his study, a fatal bullet wound in the back of his neck, and her mother, Kathleen, an Alzheimers victim, hiding in the study closet, incoherent and clutching the murder weapon. The police suspect that Kathleen, who in her lucid moments knows that Jonathan was involved with a much younger woman Lily Stewart, has committed the murder.But Mariah believes that the key to her fathers death is tied to another question: Where is the missing parchment? Whom, among his close circle of friends, might he have consulted? And did one of them kill to keep possession of the letter? What Mariah doesnt know is that there was an eyewitness to the murder, someone whose unwise attempt to blackmail the killer begins a new circle of death, with Mariah as the ultimate target of one persons obsession with a priceless historical treasure. Schlagworte:Bibel, Brief, Englischer Roman, Jesus Christus, Mord, Psychothriller, Religion, Spekulation, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 S. Beteiligte:Clark, Mary Higgins Standort: Engl. Clar ISBN: 978-1-4516-7791-1
Inhalt: When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
Inhalt: 1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one of the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating, that it could rock the English Establishment to its core ... Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor's funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are in attendance. But Joanna stumbles onto something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over seventy years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realises that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they'll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does. Schlagworte:Brief, England, Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Journalistin, Liebe, Schauspieler, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 612 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-2504-2
Inhalt: The world has changed around seventy-nine-year-old librarian Millicent Carmichael, aka Missy. Though quick to admit that she often found her roles as a housewife and mother less than satisfying, Missy once led a bustling life driven by two children, an accomplished and celebrated husband, and a Classics degree from Cambridge. Now her husband is gone, her daughter is estranged after a shattering argument, and her son has moved to his wife's native Australia, taking Missy's beloved only grandchild half-a-world away. She spends her days sipping sherry, avoiding people, and rattling around in her oversized, under-decorated house waiting for...what exactly?
The last thing Missy expects is for two perfect strangers and one spirited dog named Bob to break through her prickly exterior and show Missy just how much love she still has to give. In short order, Missy finds herself in the jarring embrace of an eclectic community that simply won't take no for an answer--including a rambunctious mutt-on-loan whose unconditional love gives Missy a reason to re-enter the world one muddy paw print at a time.
Filled with wry laughter and deep insights, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael is a coming-of-old story that shows us it's never too late to forgive yourself and, just as important, it's never too late to love. Schlagworte:Alter, Englische Literatur, Freundschaft, Gemeinschaft, Großdruck, Hund Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 434 Seiten Beteiligte:Morrey, Beth Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-525-54244-5
Inhalt: Mouth-watering recipes inside! As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris. It's a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier. With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate - and herself - than she ever dreamed. Schlagworte:England, Englischer Roman, Frankreich, Junge Frau, Laden, Leichte Lektüre, Liebe, Paris, Rezept, Schokolade, Unfall Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 S. Beteiligte:Colgan, Jenny Standort: Engl. Col ISBN: 978-0-7515-4920-1
Inhalt: The text message arrives in the small hours of the night. It's just three words: I need you.
Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her. At school Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game. They competed to convince people of the most outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of secrets, something terrible has been found on the beach. Something which will force Isa to confront her past, together with the three women she hasn't seen for years, but has never forgotten. Theirs is no cosy reunion: Salten isn't a safe place for them, not after what they did. It's time for the women to get their story straight. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Thriller, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-911215-02-8
Inhalt: Neve Connolly looks down at a murdered man. She doesn't call the police.
'You know, it's funny,' Detective Inspector Hitching said. 'Whoever I see, they keep saying, talk to Neve Connolly, she'll know. She's the one people talk to, she's the one people confide in.' A trusted colleague and friend. A mother. A wife. Neve Connolly is all these things. She has also made mistakes; some small, some unconsciously done, some large, some deliberate. She is only human, after all. But now one mistake is spiralling out of control and Neve is bringing those around her into immense danger. She can't tell the truth. So how far is she prepared to go to protect those she loves? And who does she really know? And who can she trust? A liar. A cheat. A threat. Neve Connolly is all these things. Could she be a murderer? Schlagworte:Affäre, Betrug, Großdruck, Lügen, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 417 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-0-06-267672-6
Inhalt: I am your maid. I know about your secrets. Your dirty laundry. But what do you know about me?
Molly the maid is all alone in the world. A nobody. She's used to being invisible in her job at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows and wiping away the grime, dust and secrets of the guests passing through. She's just a maid - why should anyone take notice? But Molly is thrown into the spotlight when she discovers an infamous guest, Mr Black, very dead in his bed. This isn't a mess that can be easily cleaned up. And as Molly becomes embroiled in the hunt for the truth, following the clues whispering in the hallways, she discovers a power shee never thought was there. She's just a maid - but what can she see that others overlook? Schlagworte:Cosy Crime, Cosy-Crime, Cozy Crime, Cozy-Crime, Hotel, Hotelfachfrau, Krimi, Putzfrau, Todesfall Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Prose, Nita Standort: Engl. Pro ISBN: 978-0-00-843573-8
Inhalt: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike. Particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.
Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated when one of The Maidens, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered.
Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld?
When another body is found, Mariana's obsession with proving Fosca's guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything - including her own life. Schlagworte:Cambridge, England, Kult, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 360 Seiten Beteiligte:Michaelides, Alex Standort: Engl. Mic ISBN: 978-1-4091-8167-5
Inhalt: This rich, moving, and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart¿a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and a medieval adventurer apprenticed to a legendary mapmaker¿places today¿s headlines in the sweep of history, where the pain of exile and the triumph of courage echo again and again.
In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father¿s spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story¿the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker.
But the Syria Nour¿s parents knew is changing, and it isn¿t long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a stray shell destroys Nour¿s house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety¿along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world. As Nour¿s family decides to take the risk, their journey becomes more and more dangerous, until they face a choice that could mean the family will be separated forever.
Following alternating timelines and a pair of unforgettable heroines coming of age in perilous times, The Map of Salt and Stars is the epic story of one girl telling herself the legend of another and learning that, if you listen to your own voice, some things can never be lost. Schlagworte:Einwanderung, Familiengeschichte, Flucht, Heimat, Immigration, Karte, Kartografie, Kartographie, Protagonistin, Syrien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 360 Seiten Beteiligte:Joukhadar, Jennifer Zeynab Standort: Engl. Jou ISBN: 978-1-982100-76-6
Inhalt: 'I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus.'
Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, heir to the Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: Alfonso is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.
Having barely left girlhood, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appears before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?
Inhalt: When a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, astronaut Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars's surface, completely alone. Armed with nothing but his ingenuity, his engineering skills - and a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength - Mark embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? Schlagworte:Astronaut, Englische Literatur, Expedition, Mars, Science fiction, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 435 Seiten Beteiligte:Weir, Andy Standort: Engl. Wei ISBN: 978-1-101-90555-5
Inhalt: A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want-money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman¿s past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn¿t know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist-an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison.
Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it¿s as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together . . . until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship-and both their lives-forever Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Glaube, Künstler, Liebe, Religion, Trennung, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 496 Seiten, Illustrationen Beteiligte:Rivers, Francine Standort: Engl. Riv ISBN: 978-1-4964-0790-0
Inhalt: In this captivating novel, national bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them.
For most New Yorkers, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different.
For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future. It is 1928, and Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. Though not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist," fiery Clara is single-minded in her quest to achieve every creative success-even while juggling the affections of two very different men. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression...and that even poverty and hunger will do little to prepare Clara for the greater tragedy yet to come.
By 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Dilapidated and dangerous, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort. Recently divorced, she has just accepted a job in the information booth in order to support herself and her college-age daughter, Ruby. But when Virginia stumbles upon an abandoned art school within the terminal and discovers a striking watercolor, her eyes are opened to the elegance beneath the decay. She embarks on a quest to find the artist of the unsigned masterpiece-an impassioned chase that draws Virginia not only into the battle to save Grand Central but deep into the mystery of Clara Darden, the famed 1920s illustrator who disappeared from history in 1931.In this captivating novel, national bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. Schlagworte:20er Jahre, 80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, Bahnhof, Kunstwerk, Künstlerin, Liebe, New York, Scheidung, Weltwirtschaftskrise <1929-1932>, Zwanziger Jahre Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 Seiten Beteiligte:Davis, Fiona Standort: Engl. Dav ISBN: 978-1-5247-4297-3
Inhalt: Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live? Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bücherei, Frauenschicksal, Jenseits, Leben, Lebenserfahrung, Lebenssinn, Tod, Todeserfahrung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 288 Seiten Beteiligte:Haig, Matt Standort: Engl. Hai ISBN: 978-1-78689-272-0
Inhalt: It all began with a midwife's secret, long buried but if uncovered could save two families from the bitter tragedy that binds them. And prove the key that will free them all...
1969 On New Year's Eve, while the Hiltons of Yew Tree Manor prepare to host the party of the season, their little girl disappears. Suspicion falls on Bobby James, a young farmhand and the last person to see Alice before she vanished. Bobby protests his innocence, but he is sent away. Alice is never found.
Present day Architect Willow James is working on a development at Yew Tree when she discovers the land holds a secret. As she begins to dig deep into the past, she uncovers a web of injustice. And when another child goes missing, Willow knows the only way to stop history repeating itself is to right a terrible wrong... Schlagworte:Architektin, Familie, Geheimnis, Hebamme, Kind, Klassengesellschaft, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 386 Seiten Beteiligte:Gunnis, Emily Standort: Engl. Gun ISBN: 978-1-4722-7205-8
Inhalt: The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.
On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony's erudite university-and Mossa's former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth's pre-collapse ecosystems.
Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti's assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake-and, perhaps, their futures, together. Schlagworte:Science fiction Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 169 Seiten Beteiligte:Older, Malka Standort: Engl. Old ISBN: 978-1-250-86050-7
Inhalt: On a stormy winter night, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport. ashley Knox is an attractive, successful writer, who is flying East for her much anticipated wedding. Dr Ben Payne has just wrapped up a medical conference and is also eager to return home. When the last outgoing flight is cancelled due to a forthcoming storm, Ben finds a charter plane that can take him around the weather front. And when the pilot says the single engine prop plane can fit one more, Ben offers the seat to Ashley.
Then the unthinkable happens and the plane crashes into the High Uintas Wilderness - one of the largest stretches of harsh and remote land in the United States. Ben, who has broken ribs, and Ashley, who suffers a terrible leg fracture, along with the pilot's dog, are faced with a battle to survive. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, will they be the same again? Schlagworte:Flugzeugabsturz, Gebirge, Wildnis, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 328 Seiten Beteiligte:Martin, Charles Standort: Engl. Mar ISBN: 978-1-5247-6322-0
Inhalt: The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley.
The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's - a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk - is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.
But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.
Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn.
Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.
As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of young pupil Rory Millar and the death of an elderly classics master provide Jazz with important leads, but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her personal demons . . .
Then, a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined . . . Schlagworte:Cosy Crime, Cosy-Crime, Cozy Crime, Cozy-Crime, Englische Literatur, Großbritannien, Internat, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 470 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5290-9496-1
Inhalt: A new mess. A new mystery. Molly the maid returns . . .
Molly Gray wears her Head Maid badge proudly for every shift at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows, sweeping up the guests' secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of perfection.
But when a renowned guest - a famous mystery writer - drops very dead in the grand tea room, Molly has an unusual clean-up on her hands.
As rumours and suspicion swirl in the hotel corridors, it's clear there's grime lurking beneath the gilt. And Molly knows that she alone holds the key to the mystery. But unlocking it means thinking about the past, about a dusty old house, and everything else she's tidied away in her memory.
Inhalt: In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car ? strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.
The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries.
What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?
Agatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all. Schlagworte:Christie, Agatha <1890-1976>, Ehekrise, England, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 272 Seiten Beteiligte:Benedict, Marie Standort: Engl. Ben ISBN: 978-1-4926-8272-1
Inhalt: Every family has its problems. But the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point when Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather in New York City to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs' joint trust fund, "The Nest," which they are months away from finally receiving. The Plumb siblings have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems.Melody, a wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. And Bea, a once-promising short-story writer, just can't seem to finish her overdue novel. Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the futures they've envisioned...? Schlagworte:Erben, Erbschaft, Familie, Familienroman, Geschwister Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 353 Seiten Beteiligte:Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix Standort: Engl. Swe ISBN: 978-0-06-245939-8
Inhalt: 'Mum, there's some people here from college, they asked me back to theirs. Just for an hour or so. Is that OK?' Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home. Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place. Tallulah never returns. 2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence. A sign that says: DIG HERE . . .
A cold case. An abandoned mansion. A family hiding a terrible secret. Prepare to be hooked. Lisa Jewell's latest thriller is her best yet. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Mordfall, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 482 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-5291-5628-7
Inhalt: Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name-and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she's used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help.
The new season of Rachel's podcast has brought her to a small town being torn apart by a devastating rape trial. A local golden boy, a swimmer destined for Olympic greatness, has been accused of raping the beloved granddaughter of the police chief. Under pressure to make Season 3 a success, Rachel throws herself into her investigation-but the mysterious letters keep coming. Someone is following her, and she won't stop until Rachel finds out what happened to her sister twenty-five years ago. Officially, Jenny Stills tragically drowned, but the letters insist she was murdered-and when Rachel starts asking questions, nobody in town wants to answer. The past and present start to collide as Rachel uncovers startling connections between the two cases-and a revelation that will change the course of the trial and the lives of everyone involved.
Electrifying and propulsive, The Night Swim asks: What is the price of a reputation? Can a small town ever right the wrongs of its past? And what really happened to Jenny? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Kleinstadt, Podcast, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 344 Seiten Beteiligte:Goldin, Megan Standort: Engl. Gol ISBN: 978-1-250-21968-8
Inhalt: It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?
Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera.
In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.
Inhalt: A magnificent new novel from one of America¿s finest writers¿ - a powerfully affecting story spanning the twentieth century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn.
On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens the gas taps in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove¿ - to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his badgering, pregnant wife¿¿ - that the hours of his life belong to himself alone.¿ In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Savior, an aging nun appears, unbidden, to direct the way forward for his widow and his unborn child.
We begin deep inside Catholic Brooklyn, in the early part of the twentieth century. Decorum, superstition, and shame collude to erase the man¿s brief existence. Yet his suicide, although never spoken of, reverberates through many lives and over the decades testing the limits and the demands of love and sacrifice, of forgiveness and forgetfulness, even through multiple generations.
The characters we meet, from Sally, the unborn baby at the beginning of the novel, who becomes the center of the story to the nuns whose personalities we come to know and love to the neighborhood families with whose lives they are entwined, are all rendered with extraordinary sympathy and McDermott¿s trademark lucidity and intelligence. Alice McDermott¿s The Ninth Hour is a crowning achievement by one of the premiere writers at work in America today. Schlagworte:Brooklyn, Englische Literatur, Katholische Theologie, Nonne, Suizid, Witwe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 247 Seiten Beteiligte:McDermott, Alice Standort: Engl. MacD ISBN: 978-0-374-28014-7
Inhalt: 8.52 am. Siobhan's looking forward to her date with Joseph. Brekafast on Valentine's Day surely means something ... so where is he? 2.45 pm. Miranda's hoping that a Valentine's Day lunch with Carter will be the perfext way to celebrate her new job. But why hasn't he shown up? 6.30 pm. Joseph Carter promised to be Jane's fake boyfriend at a dreaded engagement party tonight. But he's not here ...
Meet Joseph Carter. That is, if you can find him. Schlagworte:Date, Dating, Liebe, Lüge, Valentinstag, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 392 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Leary, Beth Standort: Engl. O'Le ISBN: 978-1-5294-0914-7
Inhalt: Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, the pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all and she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger... Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, Botswana, British English, Englischer Roman, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 249 S. Beteiligte:MacCall Smith, Alexander Standort: Engl. MacC
No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with.
Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years.
To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything.
As their friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet.
Inhalt: Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ... that you can't afford to pay for. A novel by the brilliant Jojo Moyes, author of "Me before you". Schlagworte:England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 512 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-7905-2
Inhalt: Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.
First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he's proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.
As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.
Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of fiction's greatest mappers of the human heart. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Erste Liebe, Gesellschaft, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 212 Seiten Beteiligte:Barnes, Julian Standort: Engl. Bar ISBN: 978-1-78733-069-6
Inhalt: London, 2004. Growing up, Frankie didn't always have it easy. But her life is firmly back on track these days and the memory of the painful rift with her beloved grandmother slowly fading. It's not until their paths cross again, however, that Frankie realises the past is far from over. And more: that her grandmother harbours a devastating secret that could tear both of their lives apart.
Somerset, 1940. When seventeen-year-old Violet's life is devastated by the London Blitz, she runs away to join the Women's Land Army, wanting nothing more than to leave her grief behind. But as well as the terror of enemy air raids, the land girls at Winterbourne Orchards face a powerful enemy closer to home. Before long, their friendship and courage will be put to the test, on a night that must be kept secret for ever Schlagworte:2. Weltkrieg, Demenz, Familie, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Geheimnis, Großmutter, London, Militär, Oma, Zweiter Weltkrieg <1939-1945> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 470 Seiten Beteiligte:Scott, Nikola Standort: Engl. Sco ISBN: 978-1-4722-6079-6
Inhalt: The Golds and the Hearts have been neighbours and freinds for years and it came as no surprise when their teenage children, Chris and Emily formed a relationship. But now seventeen-year-old Emily id dead, shot with a gun Chris took from his father. It was an apparent suicide pact which only Chris survived - leaving two devastated families desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 517 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic
Inhalt: It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families. Schlagworte:Affäre, Ehekrise, Familie, Sommer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 389 Seiten Beteiligte:Heller, Miranda Cowley Standort: Engl. Hel ISBN: 978-0-593-41907-6
Inhalt: Jess needs a fresh start. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up - to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? - he's not there.
The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother's situation, and the more questions she has. Ben's neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it's starting to look like it's Ben's future that's in question.
The socialite - The nice guy - The alcoholic - The girl on the verge - The concierge
Inhalt: PARIS, 1939 Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris - with its thriving community of students, writers and book lovers - is a dream come true. When war is declared, the Library is determined to remain open. But then the Nazis invade Paris, and everything changes. In Occupied Paris, choices as black and white as the words on a page become a murky shade of grey - choices that will put many on the wrong side of history, and the consequences of which will echo for decades to come.
MONTANA, 1983 Lily is a lonely teenager desperate to escape small-town Montana. She grows close to her neighbour Odile, discovering they share the same love of language, the same longings. But as Lily uncovers more about Odile's mysterious past, she discovers a dark secret, closely guarded and long hidden.
Inhalt: Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old girl when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition. The pair set sail for France but the birth of a beloved son drives them further apart ... Schlagworte:20er Jahre, Englischer Roman, Hemingway, Ernest, Paris, Richardson, Hadley, Zwanziger Jahre Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 S. Beteiligte:McLain, Paula Standort: Engl. MacL ISBN: 978-1-84408-668-9
Inhalt: Terence Cave, owner of Cave Antiques, has already experienced the tragedies of his mother's suicide and his wife's murder when his teenage son, Reuben, is killed in a grotesque accident. His remaining child, Bryony, has always been the family's golden girl and Terence comes to realise that his one duty in life is to protect her from the world's malign forces, whatever that may take.
Inhalt: Blythe Connor doesn't want history to repeat itself. Violet is her first child and she will give her daughter all the love she deserves. All the love that her own mother withheld. But firstborns are never easy. And Violet is demanding and fretful. She never smiles. Soon Blythe believes she can do no right - that something's very wrong. Either with her daughter, or herself. Her husband, Fox, says she's imagining it. But Biolet's different with him. And he can't understand what Blythe suffered as a child. No one can. Blythe wants to be a good mother. But what if that's not enough for Violet? Or her marriage? What if she can't see the darkness coming?
Inhalt: 'The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje
'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep' Scotsman
When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct .
Inhalt: iIn 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and Englnad, a past that takes in fascism, two world-wars and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 258 S. Beteiligte:Ishiguro, Kazuo Standort: Engl. Ish
Inhalt: Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.
Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding.
Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's death, but she offers few clues -- until a crisis triggers a race to uncover the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could ever have imagined.
Inhalt: Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in rural Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.
But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.
Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with four-hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...
Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly, is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Heirat, Hochzeit, Humor, Liebe, Roadtrip, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 401 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Leary, Beth Standort: Engl. O'L ISBN: 978-1-5294-0906-2
The Roanoke girls seem to have it all. But there's a dark truth about them which is never spoken. Every girl either runs away, or dies.
Lane is one of the lucky ones. When she was fifteen, over one long, hot summer at her grandparents' estate in rural Kansas, she found out what it really means to be a Roanoke girl. Lane ran, far and fast. Until eleven years later, when her cousin Allegra goes missing - and Lane has no choice but to go back.
She is a Roanoke girl.
Is she strong enough to escape a second time? Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 277 Seiten Beteiligte:Engel, Amy Standort: Engl. Eng ISBN: 978-1-4736-4839-5
Inhalt: Mark, Todd and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no ... Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar. Schlagworte:Anwalt, Betrug, Jurist, New York, Studenten, Studiengebühren, Studium, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-385-54117-6
Inhalt: Don Tillman will heiraten. Allerdings findet er menschliche Beziehungen oft höchst verwirrend und irrational. Was tun? Don entwickelt das Ehefrau-Projekt: Mit einem 16-seitigen Fragebogen will er auf wissenschaftlich exakte Weise die ideale Frau finden. Also keine, die raucht, trinkt, unpünktlich oder Veganerin ist. Und dann kommt Rosie. Unpünktlich, Barkeeperin, Raucherin. Offensichtlich ungeeignet. Aber Rosie verfolgt ihr eigenes Projekt: Sie sucht ihren biologischen Vater. Dafür braucht sie Dons Kenntnisse als Genetiker. Ohne recht zu verstehen, wie ihm geschieht, lernt Don staunend die Welt jenseits beweisbarer Fakten kennen und stellt fest: Gefühle haben ihre eigene Logik.
Inhalt: The secrets of the past will expose the crimes of the present. On his first week on the job, Garda Cormac Reilly responds to a call at a decrepit country house to find two silent, neglected children waiting for him - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack. Their mother lies dead upstairs. Twenty years later, Cormac has left his high-flying career as a detective in Dublin and returned to Galway. As he struggles to navigate the politics of a new police station, Maude and Jack return to haunt him. What ties a recent suicide to the woman's death so long ago? And who among his new colleagues can Cormac really trust? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Ireland, Irland, Mordfall, Suizid, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 Seiten Beteiligte:McTiernan, Dervla Standort: Engl. MacT ISBN: 978-0-7515-6931-5
Inhalt: Isabelle's estranged archaeolist father dies leaving her a puzzle. In a box she finds some papers and a mysterious African amulet. But their connection to her remains unclear until she embarks on a trip to Morocco to discover how the amulet came into her father's possession. Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, British English, Englischer Roman, Frau, Geheimnis, Liebe, Sahara Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 S. Beteiligte:Johnson, Jane Standort: Engl. Joh ISBN: 978-0-670-91799-0
Inhalt: Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won?t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.
Captivating and emotional, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home. Schlagworte:Geruchssinn, Gerüche, Identität, Insel, Liebe, Tochter, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Bauermeister, Erica Standort: Engl. Bau ISBN: 978-1-250-62262-4
'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together---my future, my past, the whole of my life---and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!'
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. Schlagworte:Erwachsenwerden, Freundschaft, Griechisch, Moral, Philologie, Professor, Studenten, USA, Universität, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 628 Seiten Beteiligte:Tartt, Donna Standort: Engl. Tar ISBN: 978-0-14-016777-1
Inhalt: Tony Webster is retired. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011 Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Erinnerung, Freundschaft, Jugend, Jugenderinnerung, Literaturpreis, Man Booker Prize, Männer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 150 S. Beteiligte:Barnes, Julian Standort: Engl. Bar ISBN: 978-0-09-957033-2
Inhalt: As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee.
But there's nothing pleasant about the place.
In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. "It was four against one" . . . so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution.
The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information . . . and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name.
Reacher is intrigued. There's more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murder-all centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against.
Rule one: if you don't know the trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side. Schlagworte:Cyberkriminalität, Intrige, Tennessee, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 351 Seiten, Illustration Beteiligte:Child, Lee, Lee, Andrew Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-1-984818-46-1
Inhalt: It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden -one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party -can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Krimi, Mystery, Mörder, Todesfall, Zeitverschiebung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 507 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Turton, Stuart Standort: Engl. Tur ISBN: 978-1-4088-8951-0
Inhalt: Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about hger glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter, Monique Grant, to write her story, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to leaving show business in the '80's, and of course, the seven husbands along the way... Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship and a great forbidden love. But as Evelyn's story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.
Inhalt: CeCe D'Aplièse has always felt like an outcast. But following the death of her father-the reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe-she finds herself more alone than ever. With nothing left to lose, CeCe delves into the mystery of her familial origins. The only clues she holds are a black and white photograph and the name of a female pioneer who once traversed the globe from Scotland to Australia.
One hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, a clergyman's daughter, abandoned her conservative upbringing to serve as the companion to a wealthy woman traveling from Edinburgh to Adelaide. Her ticket to a new land brings the adventure she dreamed of...and a love that she had never imagined.
When CeCe reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people, and her soul reawakens. As she comes closer to finding the truth of her ancestry, CeCe begins to believe that this untamed, vast continent could offer her what she's always yearned for: a sense of belonging. Schlagworte:Aborigines, Adoption, Australien, Familie, Familienroman, Familiensaga, Herkunft, Schwestern, Tod, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 690 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4007-6
Inhalt: Tiggy D'Aplièse spends her days reveling in the raw beauty of the Scottish Highlands, where she works at a deer sanctuary. But when the sanctuary is forced to close, she must take a job as a wildlife consultant on the vast and isolated estate of the elusive and troubled Charlie Kinnaird. She has no idea that the move will not only irrevocably alter her future, but also bring her face-to-face with her past.
At the estate, she meets Chilly, an elderly Romani man who fled from Spain seventy years before. He tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home.
Back in 1912, in the poor Romani community outside the city walls of Granada, Lucía Amaya-Albaycin is born. Her mother is devastated when Lucía is whisked away by her ambitious father at the tender age of ten to dance in the flamenco bars of Barcelona. And while Lucía perfects her passionate performances-eventually becoming the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation-tensions in Spain boil over into civil war, forcing Lucía and her troupe of dancers to flee for their lives. As they travel in search of a safe haven, Lucía's long-held dream of going to New York may be in grasp. But to pursue it, she must choose between her love for her career and the man she adores. Schlagworte:Adoption, Adoptivkind, Familie, Familiengeschichte, Familienroman, Flamenco, Herkunft, Roma, Schottland, Schwestern, Scotland, Spanien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 755 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4011-3
Inhalt: Der erste Roman einer faszinierenden Reihe um die "Sieben Schwestern".
Maia ist die älteste von sechs Schwestern, die alle von ihrem Vater adoptiert wurden, als sie sehr klein waren. Sie lebt als Einzige noch auf dem herrschaftlichen Anwesen ihres Vaters am Genfer See, denn anders als ihre Schwestern, die es drängte, draußen in der Welt ein ganz neues Leben als Erwachsene zu beginnen, fand die eher schüchterne Maia nicht den Mut, ihre vertraute Umgebung zu verlassen. Doch das ändert sich, als ihr Vater überraschend stirbt und ihr einen Umschlag hinterlässt - und sie plötzlich den Schlüssel zu ihrer bisher unbekannten Vorgeschichte in Händen hält: Sie wurde in Rio de Janeiro in einer alten Villa geboren, deren Adresse noch heute existiert. Maia fasst den Entschluss, nach Rio zu fliegen, und an der Seite von Floriano Quintelas, eines befreundeten Schriftstellers, beginnt sie, das Rätsel ihrer Herkunft zu ergründen. Dabei stößt sie auf eine tragische Liebesgeschichte in der Vergangenheit ihrer Familie, und sie taucht ein in das mondäne Paris der Jahrhundertwende, wo einst eine schöne junge Frau aus Rio einem französischen Bildhauer begegnete. Und erst jetzt fängt Maia an zu begreifen, wer sie wirklich ist und was dies für ihr weiteres Leben bedeutet ...
The first book in a new series from the number one international bestseller
Their future is written in the stars . . .
Maia D'Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, 'Atlantis' - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Maia and her sisters were all adopted by him as babies and, discovering he has already been buried at sea, each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of where her story began . . .
Eighty years earlier, in the Belle Epoque of Rio, 1927, Izabela Bonifacio's father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is working on a statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela - passionate and longing to see the world - convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski's studio and in the heady, vibrant cafés of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
The Seven Sisters / Lucinda Riley The sun sister (Band 6) she must find out who she is before stepping into the sun MacMillan, London (2019)
Standort: Engl. Ril
Inhalt: To the outside world, Electra D'Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous.
Yet beneath the veneer, Electra's already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother . . .
In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart. Staying with her godmother, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivasha, she meets Bill Forsythe, a notorious bachelor and cattle farmer with close connections to the proud Maasai tribe. But after a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily has few options. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, she is isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life for ever.
Inhalt: Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father - the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world.
A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter, when machinations outside her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players, Alice Keppel. Flora is pulled between passionate love and duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a game - the rules of which are only known to others - until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life.
As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiensaga, Herkunft, Identitätsfindung, Schwestern Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 682 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-4472-8862-6
Inhalt: Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.
1928, Paris
A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn't dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is.
As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one's safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more.
2008, the Aegean
The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.
Inhalt: The six D'Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?
They only have one clue - an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe - from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland - uniting them all in their mission to complete their family at last.
In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familiensaga, Frauenroman, Schwestern, Suche, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 805 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4018-2
Inhalt: Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter for the Associated Press in Minneapolis, he stumbles across a story describing the murder of a man named Joseph Talbert in a small town in southern Minnesota.
Full of curiosity about whether this man might be his father, Joe is shocked to find that none of the town's residents have much to say about the dead man-other than that his death was long overdue. Joe discovers that the dead man was a loathsome lowlife who cheated his neighbors, threatened his daughter, and squandered his wife's inheritance after she, too, passed away--an inheritance that may now be Joe's.
Mired in uncertainty and plagued by his own devastated relationship with his mother, who is seeking to get back into her son's life, Joe must put together the missing pieces of his family history -- before his quest for discovery threatens to put him in a grave of his own. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Familiendrama, Kleinstadt, Tod, Vater, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung, Vaterlosigkeit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:Eskens, Allen Standort: Engl. Esk ISBN: 978-0-316-50978-7
Inhalt: Nominated for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2005.
The captivating novel from RNA prize winner Jojo Moyes - based on a true story, beautifully repackaged to be published alongside Jojo's new stunning and emotionally fulfilling paperback, Silver Bay .
The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future.
In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England - aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men.
Rules of honour, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's Captain down to the lowliest young stoker. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined in ways the Navy could never have imagined.
Inhalt: From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical. The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century, from London and Peru, to Philadelphia, Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way, most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker. Schlagworte:Armut, Diebstahl, Familie, Heirat, Hochzeit, Liebe, Pflanzenkunde Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 580 Seiten Beteiligte:Gilbert, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Gil ISBN: 978-1-4088-5004-6
Inhalt: The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word.
Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations - a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.... Schlagworte:Ehepaar, Künstlerin, Mord, Patient, Psychologe, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:Michaelides, Alex Standort: Engl. Mic ISBN: 978-1-4091-8162-0
Inhalt: Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear. Schlagworte:Antike, Erwachsenwerden, Griechenland, Griechenland , Griechische Mythologie, Griechische Sagen, Historisch, Historisches, Homosexualität, LGBTQ, Liebe, Mythologie, Prinz, Tod, Tragödie, Troja, Trojanischer Krieg Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Miller, Madeline Standort: Engl. Mil ISBN: 978-1-5266-4817-4
Inhalt: A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister's wedding has "everything you could want in a romance" (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows-including her ex and his fiancée-will be there and eager to meet him.
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won't be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford-her tall, handsome, condescending colleague-who surprisingly offers to step in. She'd rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
Inhalt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world-a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues-a bee, a key, and a sword-that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians-it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose-in both the mysterious book and in his own life. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bücherei, Fantasy, Magie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 498 Seiten Beteiligte:Morgenstern, Erin Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-385-54121-3
Inhalt: In October 1947, after a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. The women spend the night frantically protecting their children, and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands' fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms--joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain--and her spirit soars. And then the unthinkable happens--and Grace's bravery is tested as never before. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Brand, Ehekrise, Maine, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 241 Seiten Beteiligte:Shreve, Anita Standort: Engl. Shr ISBN: 978-1-5247-1120-7
Inhalt: Sage Singer, who befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone favorite retired teacher and Little League coach and they strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works. One day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses and then he confesses his darkest secret - he deserves to die, because he was a Nazi SS guard. Complicating the matter? Sage's grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. What do you do when evil lives next door? Can someone who's committed a truly heinous act ever atone for it with subsequent good behavior? Should you offer forgiveness to someone if you aren't the party who was wronged? And most of all - if Sage even considers his request - is it murder, or justice? Schlagworte:Bitte, Englischer Roman, Mord, Nationalsozialismus, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergeltung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 480 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-1-4767-2783-7
Inhalt: Celeste Jones has plans for a perfect summer with her boyfriend (and hopefully soon-to-be fiancé)-until he dumps her to be with the woman he's had on the side for months. Heartbroken and furious, Celeste resolves to move on. When the going gets tough, the tough...okay, the not-so-tough go to the beach.
As soon as school lets out for the summer, she waves goodbye to her first-graders, packs up her bikini and heads for Moonlight Harbor, where she knows her big sister, Jenna, will receive her with open arms. Jenna could probably use some help at the Driftwood Inn, and Celeste is happy to do chores around the place in exchange for a relaxing summer escape. She just needs something-or someone-to distract her from her troubles.
Finding The One can be tricky, and Jenna is determined to make sure Celeste gets it right this time around. Not that Jenna's an expert. She's still trying to sort out her own love life. But if both sisters listen to their hearts, eventually they're bound to discover that life-and love-is good at the beach. Schlagworte:Affäre, Liebe, Schwestern, Strand, Trennung, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 Seiten Beteiligte:Roberts, Sheila Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7783-6940-0
Inhalt: Out of the blue, your husband of thirty years asks you for a pause in your marriage to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman. Do you: a) assume it's a passing affair and play along b) angrily declare the marriage over c) crack up d) retreat to a safe haven and regroup? Mia Fredricksen cracks up first, then decamps for the summer to the prairie town of her childhood, where she rages, fumes, and bemoans her sorry fate as abandoned spouse. But little by little, she is drawn into the lives of those around her: her mother and her circle of feisty widows; her young neighbour, with two small children and a loud, angry husband; and the diabolical pubescent girls in her poetry class. By the end of the summer without men, wiser though definitely not sadder, Mia knows what she wants to fight for and on whose terms. Schlagworte:American English, Beziehung, Englischer Roman, Frau, Identität, Lebensgestaltung, Mann Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 216 S. Beteiligte:Hustvedt, Siri Standort: Engl. Hus ISBN: 978-1-4447-1054-0
Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life - a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life.
Caught in a complex web of deceit and haunted by images of the slain girl, he embarks upon a search that will take him from London to Liverpool and into the darkest recesses of the human mind. Ultimately, he will risk everything to unmask the killer and save his family. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Liverpool, London, Mord, Patient, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 405 Seiten Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-4417-6
Inhalt: Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. Maybe it's time for The Switch...
Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn eighty, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen... So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love, and L Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire.
But with a rabble of unruly OAPs to contend with, as well as the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - local schoolteacher, Leena learns that switching lives isn't straightforward. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, and with the online dating scene. But is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought? Schlagworte:Dorf, Enkelin, Großmutter, Liebe, London, Oma, Sabbatical, Tausch, Wohnung, Yorkshire Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 330 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Leary, Beth Standort: Engl. O'Le ISBN: 978-1-78747-500-7
Inhalt: Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in fiction Winner of the Edgar award for best novel 2016 Winner of the 2015 Centre of fiction first novel prize Finalist for the 2016 Pen/Faulkner Award Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity, politics and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain, is a man of divided loyalties, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent in America after the end of the Vietnam War. A powerful story of love and friendship, and a gripping espionage novel, The sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film and the wars we fight today. Schlagworte:80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, America, Amerika, Einwanderer, Immigrant, Kommunismus, Krimi, Politik, Pulitzerpreis, Spionage, Vietnam, Vietnamkrieg Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 499 Seiten Beteiligte:Nguyen, Viet Thanh Standort: Engl. Ngu ISBN: 978-1-4721-5136-0
One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her.
Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie.
I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.
Now. . .
The email arrived in my inbox two months ago. I almost deleted it straight away, but then I clicked OPEN:
I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . . Schlagworte:Entführung, Schwester, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 358 Seiten Beteiligte:Tudor, C. J. Standort: Engl. Tud ISBN: 978-1-4059-3097-0
Inhalt: A time to kill - or a time to die? The mission is to enter one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The target is one of the toughest to reach. The result could be momentous - or it could be Armageddon. There is no margin for error. US government operatives Will Robie and Jessica Reel have to prove they are still the best team there is. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 417 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4472-5929-9
Inhalt: When important information is leaked from inside the Venetian Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is entrusted with the task of uncovering which of his colleagues is responsible. But before Brunetti can begin his investigation, he is surprised by the appearance in his office of a friend of his wife's, who is fearful that her son is using drugs. A few weeks later, Tullio Gasparini, the woman's husband, is found unconscious with a serious head injury at the foot of a bridge, and Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy's behaviour. But the truth is not straightforward.
Following various contradictory leads, Brunetti navigates his way through a world of mysterious informants, underground deals and secret longstanding scam networks, all the while growing ever more impressed by the intuition of his fellow Commissario, Claudia Griffoni, and by the endless resourcefulness of Signorina Elettra, Vice-Questore Patta's secretary and gate-keeper.
With Gasparini's condition showing no signs of improvement, and his investigations leading nowhere, Brunetti is steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics. He turns to Sophocles's Antigone in an attempt to understand the true purpose of justice, and, in its light, he is forced to consider the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead. In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling crime series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences. Schlagworte:Betrug, Drogenmissbrauch, Krimi, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 300 Seiten Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-1-78515-196-5
Inhalt: It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Their sealed, three-acre compound comprises five biomes¿rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean, and marsh¿and enough wildlife, water, and vegetation to sustain them.
Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is the brainchild of ecovisionary Jeremiah Reed, aka G.C.¿"God the Creator"¿for whom the project is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous publicity stunt. In addition to their roles as medics, farmers, biologists, and survivalists, his young, strapping Terranauts must impress watchful visitors and a skeptical media curious to see if E2¿s environment will somehow be compromised, forcing the Ecosphere¿s seal to be broken¿and ending the mission in failure. As the Terranauts face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, both natural and of their own making, their mantra: "Nothing in, nothing out," becomes a dangerously ferocious rallying cry.
Told through three distinct narrators¿Dawn Chapman, the mission¿s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2¿s sexually irrepressible Wildman¿The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various players in this survivalist game, probing their motivations and illuminating their integrity and fragility to illustrate the inherent fallibility of human nature itself. Schlagworte:Experiment, Wissenschaftler, Zukunft, Ökosystem Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 508 Seiten Beteiligte:Boyle, T.C. Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-0-06-234940-8
Inhalt: Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood Schlagworte:Dystopie, Frau, Frauen, Leibeigenschaft, Magd, Unterdrückung, Zukunftsroman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 415 Seiten Beteiligte:Atwood, Margaret Standort: Engl. Atw ISBN: 978-0-385-54378-1
Inhalt: A cold case. A recent discovery. A very real threat...
Amongst the ruins of the old Beaumont mansion lies a terrible secret. In the cellar are three graves - but only two skeletons. They belong to Holly and Poppy Duval who disappeared 20 years ago. But where is their missing youngest sister?
Detective Pierce Reed is assigned to the case, which becomes complicated by his reporter wife, Nikki, trying to get the scoop on the ground-breaking new find. As Reed and Nikki start to piece together what really happened all those years ago, it becomes clear that the killer is anything but finished.
And the question remains - where is Rose Duval? Schlagworte:Cold Case, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 345 Seiten Beteiligte:Jackson, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jac ISBN: 978-1-5293-0442-8
Inhalt: Lying on Lucy Silchester's carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation - to a meeting with Life. Her life. It sounds peculiar, but Lucy's read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can't make the date: she's much too busy despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Identität, Leben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-735044-5
Inhalt: When Rowan stumbles across an ad for a live-in nanny, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss-with a staggeringly generous salary. And when she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten-by the luxurious "smart" house fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.
What Rowan doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare-one that will end with a child dead and Rebecca in prison awaiting trial for murder.
Writing to her lawyer from prison, Rowan struggles to explain the unravelling events that have led to her incarceration. It wasn't just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasn't just the children, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn't even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman, Jack Grant.
It was everything.
Rowan knows she's made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. She's not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she's not guilty-at least not of murder. Which means someone else is. Schlagworte:Nanny, Schottland, Scotland, Thriller, Unschuld Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-78730-044-6
Inhalt: Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and are just about to get married. But then, on Lydia's 27th birthday, Freddie dies in a tragic accident.
Then something unbelievable happens. Lydia gets another chance at her old life with Freddie.
But what if there's someone in her new life who wants her to stay?
A gorgeously romantic love story for fans of PS I Love You and Me Before You, this novel will make you laugh, cry and remind you of what a wonderful gift it is to love and to be loved. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Freundschaft, Liebe, London, Tod, Trauer, Träume Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 433 Seiten Beteiligte:Silver, Josie Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-241-98616-5
Inhalt: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia, an existence made even more hellish by her status as an outcast among her fellow Africans. And she is approaching womanhood, where greater pain and danger awaits. So when Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, Cora takes the momenous decision to accompany him on his escape to the North.
Inhalt: For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted - money, fame, a beautiful wife, and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a disastrous career playing passers-by and dead people. Stephen is stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent, a daughter he barely knows, and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. And when Stephen falls in love with Josh's clever, funny wife Nora, things get even more difficult. But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his Big Break? THE UNDERSTUDY is a scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love.
Wie man Filmstar wird? Über den kleinen Umweg des Ersatzschauspielers - so jedenfalls denkt sich das Stephen C. McQueen. Dem Schauspieler mit erstaunlichem Talent zum Pech - eine eben geschiedene Ehe, eine stagnierende, äußerst fragwürdige Karriere, keine Freunde, eine distanzierte Tochter, eine absolut verwahrloste Wohnung - begegnet auf eben diesem Umweg in Gestalt von Josh Harper sein bislang größtes Übel. Den zwölftsexiesten Mann der Welt und Star des Theaterstücks Verrückt, verworfen und gefährlich gilt es im Notfall, in seiner Rolle als Lord Byron zu ersetzen. Doch: Josh sieht nicht nur fantastisch aus, ist immer witzig, wortgewandt und einnehmend, er ist auch immer pünktlich und bei frustrierend guter Gesundheit. Dass Joshs Frau Nora Stephen ein bisschen zu gut gefällt und er sich mit ihr anfreundet, macht die Sache auch nicht eben einfacher. Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Film, Heiteres, Humor, Männer, Schauspieler Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-93521-7
Tess's number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy's father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe.
When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter's brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words.
But no one will listen. It's only a child's drawing, isn't it?
Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn't know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ? Schlagworte:Thriller, Tochter, Trennung, Zeichnung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-1-4711-7932-7
Inhalt: 'The Vanishing Half is an utterly mesmerising novel. It seduces with its literary flair, surprises with its breath-taking plot twists, delights with its psychological insights, and challenges us to consider the corrupting consequences of racism on different communities and individual lives. I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. Schlagworte:Afroamerikaner, Geschlechterrolle, Herkunft, Rassismus, Schwestern, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zwillinge Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Bennett, Brit Standort: Engl. Ben ISBN: 978-0-349-70146-2
Inhalt: Evie Nicholson is in love . . . with the past. An antiques appraiser in a London shop, Evie spins fanciful attachments to Victorian picture frames, French champagne glasses, satin evening gloves, and tattered teddy bears¿regardless of their monetary value. Alice Nicholson is in love . . . with Fraser Graham, a dashing Scotsman whom Evie secretly desires. As crisply neat and stylish as Evie is cheerfully cluttered, Alice is a professional organizer determined to pull her sister out of her comfort zone¿and who presents her with an irresistible offer.
As a favor to friends of Fraser¿s family, Evie jumps at the chance to appraise a Scottish castle full of artifacts and heirlooms. What could be more thrilling than roaming the halls of Kettlesheer and uncovering the McAndrews¿ family treasures¿and dusty secrets? But crossing paths with moody heir Robert McAndrew has Evie assessing what she wants the most . . . and at an upcoming candlelight gala, a traditional dance will set her heart reeling. Schlagworte:Antiquitäten, Englischer Roman, Erbstück, Familienkonflikt, Geheimnis, Liebe, Protagonistin, Schottland, Schwestern, Scotland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Browne, Hester Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-1-78206-565-4
Inhalt: On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend...
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is not something Alexa Monroe would normally do. But Drew's proposal proves hard to resist.
After their wedding date turns into a whole weekend of fun in San Francisco, Drew and Alexa return to their all-consuming careers - his in LA and hers in Berkeley. Too bad they can't stop thinking about each other...
It could be the long-distance dating disaster of the century - or Drew and Alexa could be just a flight away from what each of them truly wants. Schlagworte:Fernbeziehung, Freundschaft, Heirat, Hochzeit, Liebe, Lügen, San Francisco Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Guillory, Jasmine Standort: Engl. Gui ISBN: 978-1-4722-5587-7
Inhalt: On Harlow Street, the well-to-do families gather for a barbecue. Everything is fabulous until Whitney, the picture-perfect hostess, explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Before long, that same boy falls from his window in the middle of the night. Then, his mother can only sit by her son's hospital bed, where his life hangs in the balance. Over three tense days, the women of the neighborhood grapple with what led to that terrible night. People-pleasing Blair suspects something isn't as it seems. Rebecca, the ER doctor, has struggled to have a child of her own. And the all-knowing, elderly Mara watches everyone from her front porch. Exploring envy, women's friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Ashley Audrain as a major talent. Schlagworte:Familie, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Geheimnis, Intrige, Kinderlosigkeit, Kinderwunsch, Klinik, Krankenhaus, Mutter, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Mutter-Sohn-Beziehung, Mutterkomplex, Mutterliebe, Mutterrolle, Mystery, Mütter, Nachbarschaft, Sohn, Unfall, Vorstadt, Ärztin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 326 Seiten Beteiligte:Audrain, Ashley Standort: Engl. Aud ISBN: 978-0-593-65573-3
Inhalt: We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It¿s rare, but it happens. Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history. What¿s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month¿s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It¿s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money. But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. Schlagworte:Bestechung, Korruption, Richter, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-385-54119-0
Inhalt: Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor to let him complete his education and he has to work in a teashop wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur and brings him to New Delhi. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. The more Balram thinks about it, the more he realises that there is only one way he can break into the glamorous new India - by murdering his master. A first-person narrative recited by a murderer, THE WHITE TIGER is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, irreverent, and yet deeply endearing.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008 Schlagworte:Gesellschaft, Indien, Man Booker Prize Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 321 Seiten Beteiligte:Adiga, Aravind Standort: Engl. Adi ISBN: 978-1-84887-042-0
Inhalt: When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing.
Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.
Inhalt: Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker at Thornfield Estates - a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients.
Meet Eddie. Recently widowed, he has become Thornfield Estates' most mysterious resident - ever since his wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can't help but see an opportunity in Eddie - not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, but he could also offer her the kind of protection she craves.
Yet as the two fall for each other, Jane is haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty and successful entrepreneur with a rags-to-riches origin story. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can Jane win Eddie's heart before her past - or his - catches up with her?
Inhalt: Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are. Schlagworte:Dublin, Erinnerung, Gedächtnislücke, Ireland, Irland, Psychothriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 509 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Tana Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-1-984877-60-4
Inhalt: Vertraue niemandem. Es könnte tödlich sein. Abigail Lowery lebt in einer abgeschiedenen Kleinstadt im Süden der USA. Mithilfe modernster Sicherheitssysteme hat sie ihr Haus in ein wahres Fort Knox verwandelt. Sie vermeidet den Kontakt zu anderen Menschen doch Brooks Gleason, der attraktive Polizeichef des Ortes, ist von der geheimnisvollen jungen Frau fasziniert und kommt ihr gefährlich nahe. Denn Abigail ha t Angst, sich ihren Gefühlen hinzugeben wie in jener schrecklichen Nacht vor zwölf Jahren, die ihr Leben auf dramatische Weise veränderte ... Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Psychothriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zeugenschutz Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 488 S. Beteiligte:Roberts, Nora Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7499-5521-2
Inhalt: Imagine that your husband has two other wives.
You've never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don't care. Or at least that's what you've told yourself.
But one day, while you're doing laundry, you find a scrap of paper in his pocket-an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and you just know it's another of the wives.
You thought you were fine with your arrangement, but you can't help yourself: you track her down, and, under false pretenses, you strike up a friendship. Hannah has no idea who you really are. Then, Hannah starts showing up to your coffee dates with telltale bruises, and you realize she's being abused by her husband. Who, of course, is also your husband. But you've never known him to be violent, ever.
Who exactly is your husband, and how far would you go to find the truth? Would you risk your own life?
Inhalt: It would be the journey of a lifetime . . .
'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.
Inhalt: Lib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission. Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell is said to have eaten nothing for months but appears to be thriving miraculously. Lib's job is simple: to watch the girl and uncover the truth.
An educated sceptic, Lib expects to expose the fast as a hoax right away. But as she gets to know the girl she becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a "living wonder"? Or is something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Krankenschwester, Wunder, Wunderkind Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 347 Seiten Beteiligte:Donoghue, Emma Standort: Engl. Don ISBN: 978-1-5098-2078-8
Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son-the perfect life. Only now that she's living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.
Still, she isn't one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel...
She shouldn't get involved.
She really shouldn't.
But this could be her chance to make a few things right.
Because if you thought Juno didn't have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her, too.
From the wickedly dark mind of bestselling author Tarryn Fisher, The Wrong Family is a taut new thriller that's riddled with twists in all the right places. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiendrama, Familiengeheimnis, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 Seiten Beteiligte:Fisher, Tarryn Standort: Engl. Fis ISBN: 978-1-5258-0637-7
Inhalt: Vier Jahreszeiten voller Aufbruch, Freundschaft, Liebe und Hoffnung: der neue Roman der jungen irischen Bestsellerautorin, die weltweit Millionen von Lesern begeistert. Jasmine liebt ihre Schwester und ihre Arbeit. Als sie für ein ganzes Jahr freigestellt wird, weiß sie überhaupt nicht mehr, was sie tun soll und wer sie eigentlich ist. Matt braucht seine Familie und den Alkohol. Ohne sie steht er vor dem Abgrund. An Silvester kreuzen sich die Wege von Jasmine und Matt, und zwar absolut unfreiwillig. Doch dann beginnt ein Jahr voll heller Mondnächte, langer Gartentage und berührender Überraschungen ein Jahr, das alles verändert. Eine Geschichte so humorvoll, originell und einfühlsam, wie nur Cecelia Ahern sie schreibt. A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author. When Jasmine is sacked from her dream job she realises that she has nothing else to fill her life. Bored and twitchy, she soon finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, controversial DJ Matt, with more than a casual eye. Schlagworte:Alkoholabhängigkeit, Alkoholismus, Alkoholsucht, Arbeitslosigkeit, Englischer Roman, Humor, Ireland, Irland, Liebe, Moderator, Neuanfang, Radiosender, Silvester Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 323 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-750177-9
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve -the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of 40 years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LA airport, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Centre to relieve a massive hematoma.
This powerful book is Didion's 'attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself'. The result is an exploration of an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage, and a life, in good times and bad. Schlagworte:Biografie, Biographie, Biography, Ehe, Ehemann, Ehepaar, Familie, Krankheit, Schicksalsschlag, Tochter, Tod, Trauer, Trauerbewältigung, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 227 Seiten Beteiligte:Didion, Joan Standort: Engl. Did ISBN: 978-0-00-721685-7
Inhalt: Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.
And then she was gone.
Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie's case was unearthed. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. Before she knows it, she's meeting Floyd's daughters-and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel's breath away.
Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she's tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter remind Laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl? Schlagworte:Thriller, Tochter, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 359 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-5011-5464-5
Inhalt: Wade is a loser. A broke waste of space. A father who gave up on his daughters three years ago. Wade is also a thief. Like the day he climbs through the window, steals his girls back and takes them away in his car. He doesn't want to hurt them. All he wants is to make up for lost time: another shot at being a dad. But Wade can't escape his mistakes. And now a man is on their trail - a man who wants Wade dead. Down the wide, open roads of North Carolina, with summer falling behind them, Wade must protect his children and outrun a terrifying past that is always one step ahead.
2014 winner of the Crime Novel of the Year award Schlagworte:Entführung, North Carolina, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 301 Seiten Beteiligte:Cash, Wiley Standort: Engl. Cas ISBN: 978-0-552-77821-3
Inhalt: Roksana, heiress to the vampire slayer throne, has performance anxiety. She's supposed to kill Elias, but so far she's only succeeded in maxing out his credit card. Now her failure to stake the brooding vampire has sent her back to Moscow in disgrace to face her mother's wrath. Expecting punishment by death, she's given a rare reprieve. She now has three tasks to complete, the last of which is to finally kill Elias. She will not fail this time. If only the memories of one magical evening-back when Elias was human-would stop holding her back. He claims to have forgotten that night. Why can't she?Three years ago, Elias was a SWAT team member on a guys' weekend in Vegas. Playing poker and minding his own business, his life changed forever when a captivating blonde strolled past his table in a light-up bra. He followed Roksana as if compelled, his very bones demanding he do so, his soul resonating with the belief she would be important to him. Always. That turned out to be a vast understatement-and nothing has changed. Roksana embarks on her mission, determined to win back her mother's approval, but when an astonishing truth emerges in the eleventh hour, will her stake pierce the very heart that beats in her honor? Or will love triumph over duty? Schlagworte:Fantasy, Liebe, Vampir Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Bailey, Tessa Standort: Engl. Bai EAN: 9798653723520
Inhalt: A lawyer's advice to his childran as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitude to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hyprisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, Alabama, American English, Dreißiger Jahre, Englischer Roman, Kind, Rassismus, Toleranz, USA Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 309 S. Beteiligte:Lee, Harper Standort: Engl. Lee ISBN: 978-0-09-954948-2
Inhalt: It is summer in St Denis and Bruno is busy with arrangements for the annual village concert.
He has hired a local Périgord folk group, Les Troubadours, to perform their latest hit, 'A song for Catalonia'. But when the song unexpectedly goes viral, the Spanish government clamps down on the Catalonian bid for independence and bans Les Troubadours from performing it. The timing couldn't be worse, and Bruno finds himself under yet more pressure when a specialist sniper's bullet is discovered in a wrecked car near Bergerac. The car was reportedly stolen on the Spanish frontier and the Spanish government sends warning that a group of nationalist extremists may be planning an assassination in France. Bruno immediately suspects that Les Troubadours and their audience might be in danger. Bruno must organise security and ensure that his beloved town and its people are safe - the stakes are high fro France's favourite ploiceman. Schlagworte:Anschlag, Band, Dorf, Extremismus, Frankreich, Katalonien, Konzert, Krimi, Spanien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 325 Seiten Beteiligte:Walker, Martin Standort: Engl. Wal ISBN: 978-1-5294-1362-5
Inhalt: In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him-and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearances.
These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can't exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
Inhalt: In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali's delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent her childhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but she's learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home.
After a last ill-fated attempt at matchmaking, mother and daughter embark on a return journey to Iran. Immersed once again in Persian culture, the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But when Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her mother's matchmaking radar, will Mina and Darya's new-found appreciation for each other survive?
Inhalt: This is not a romance, but it is about love
Two kids meet in a hospital in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there, but playing together brings joy, escape, fierce competition -- and a special friendship. Then all too soon that time is over, and they must return to their normal lives.
When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - creating virtual worlds to delight, challenge and immerse, finding an intimacy in the digital realm that eludes them in their real lives. Their collaborations make them superstars.
This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy.
Inhalt: A breath-taking psychological suspense about obsession and dangerous love. If you loved Verity, this is the No.1 bestselling book you need to read next . . .
Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it's meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother's care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her - one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.
When undercover DEA agent Carter enters the picture, Sloan's surprised to feel an immediate attraction between them, despite knowing that if Asa finds out, he will kill him. And Asa has always been a step ahead of everyone in his life, including Sloan. No one has ever gotten in his way.
No one except Carter.
Together, Sloan and Carter must find a way out before it's too late . . . Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 384 Seiten Beteiligte:Hoover, Colleen Standort: Engl. Hoo ISBN: 978-1-4087-2946-5
Inhalt: Ten minutes after walking into the elite Back Bay town house, investigator Tessa Leoni already doesn't believe what she sees. Signs of an abduction. Clearly the work of professionals. At best, the entire family has been kidnapped. At worst... The more Tessa learns about the Denbe family, the less she likes their chances. What might have looked like the perfect existense - a powerful CEO, his adoring wife, their angelic child - is not what it appears. Husband, wife, daughter - magazine perfect, but each hiding dark secrets ... Tessa knows more than she'd like to about families riddled with lies. What she doesn't know is where the Denbes are and whether any of them is still breathing. She'll have to climb over unbending feds and territorial local cops top find out, and if she's not fast, the Denbes' chances of survival will quickly become little more than ... Schlagworte:Entführung, Geheimnis, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 474 Seiten Beteiligte:Gardner, Lisa Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-451-46584-9
Inhalt: Sam Brandis was Tate Jones's first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heartbreak.
During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate-the long-lost daughter of one of the world's biggest film stars-ever revealed her identity to. So when it became clear her trust was misplaced, her world shattered for good.
Fourteen years later, Tate, now an up-and-coming actress, only thinks about her first love every once in a blue moon. When she steps onto the set of her first big break, he's the last person she expects to see. Yet here Sam is, the same charming, confident man she knew, but even more alluring than she remembered. Forced to confront the man who betrayed her, Tate must ask herself if it's possible to do the wrong thing for the right reason... and whether "once in a lifetime" can come around twice. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Liebe, Schauspielerin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 355 Seiten Beteiligte:Lauren, Christina Standort: Engl. Lau ISBN: 978-1-5011-9742-0
Inhalt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and learning to love again as two people, one mourning her husband and the other recovering from divorce, cross paths on the centuries-old Camino pilgrimage from France to Spain.
"The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone..."
The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Every year, thousands of walkers-some devout, many not-follow the route that wends through quaint small villages and along busy highways alike, a journey unlike any other.
Zoe, an artist from California who's still reeling from her husband's sudden death, has impulsively decided to walk the Camino, hoping to find solace and direction. Martin, an engineer from England, is road-testing a cart of his own design...and recovering from a messy divorce. They begin in the same French town, each uncertain of what the future holds. Zoe has anticipated the physical difficulties of her trek, but she is less prepared for other challenges, as strangers and circumstances force her to confront not just recent loss, but long-held beliefs. For Martin, the pilgrimage is a test of his skills and endurance but also, as he and Zoe grow closer, of his willingness to trust others-and himself-again.
Smart and funny, insightful and romantic, Two Steps Forward reveals that the most important journeys we make aren't measured in miles, but in the strength, wisdom, and love found along the way. Fans of The Rosie Project will recognize Graeme Simsion's uniquely quirky and charming writing style. Schlagworte:Freundschaft, Jakobsweg, Liebe, Neuanfang, Pilger, Pilgerreise, Pilgerweg, Reise, Selbstbild, Selbstfindung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 353 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Simsion, Graeme, Buist, Anne Standort: Engl. Sim ISBN: 978-0-06-284311-1
Inhalt: "Ich habe das Gefühl, unsere Ehe ist am Ende, Douglas. Ich glaube, ich will dich verlassen", verkündet Connie eines Nachts ihrem darauf absolut unvorbereiteten Ehemann Douglas. Nach über zwanzig Jahren glücklicher Ehe sei der ideale Zeitpunkt für eine Trennung und einen Neuanfang gekommen - jetzt, wo auch ihr Sohn Albie bald ausziehe. Doch der letzten gemeinsamen, bereits geplanten Reise, der Grand Tour durch bedeutende Städte Europas - Paris, Amsterdam, München, Venedig, Florenz, Madrid, Barcelona -, soll laut Connie dennoch nichts im Wege stehen. Unterwegs erinnert sich Douglas an ihre zahlreichen Erlebnisse und an die verschiedenen Phasen ihrer Beziehung und hofft, seine Frau auf dieser Reise zurückzugewinnen und zugleich die Beziehung zu seinem Sohn vertiefen zu können - ein ambitioniertes Unterfangen, das trotz akribischer Planung unerwartete Wendungen nimmt. David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced One Day in this brilliant, bittersweet new book, which will delight his fans and bring him many new readers. A novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children, its publication will undoubtedly be one of the major events in the world of books in 2014. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Ehe, Ehekonflikt, England, Englischer Roman, Europa, Europe, Familie, Familienreisen, Neuanfang, Reise, Rettung, Trennung, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 395 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-89700-3
Inhalt: With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small Texas oil town. Mercy is hard in a place like this. I wished him dead before I ever saw his face... Mary Rose Whitehead isn't looking for trouble - but when it shows up at her front door, she finds she can't turn away. Corinne Shepherd, newly widowed, wants nothing more than to mind her own business, and for everyone else to mind theirs. But when the town she has spent years rebelling against closes ranks she realises she is going to have to take a side. Debra Ann is motherless and lonely and in need of a friend. But in a place like Odessa, Texas, choosing who to trust can be a dangerous game. Gloria Ramirez, fourteen years old and out of her depth, survives the brutality of one man only to face the indifference and prejudices of many. When justice is as slippery as oil, and kindness becomes a hazardous act, sometimes courage is all we have to keep us alive. Schlagworte:70er Jahre, Diskriminierung, Erdöl, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Oil, Rassendiskriminierung, Siebziger Jahre, Texas, Verbrechen, Öl Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 308 Seiten Beteiligte:Wetmore, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Wet ISBN: 978-0-06-291326-5
Inhalt: Als die Vampirin Arianne in einer Höhle Zuflucht vor dem Morgengrauen sucht, stolpert sie über den verletzten Amerikaner Gareth. Er weckt heftiges Verlangen in ihr und ihre Gefühle geraten völlig durcheinander. Als ihr Erzfeind sie aufstöbert, riskiert Arianne alles, um Gareth zu schützen. Doch hat ihre Liebe eine Chance?
Inhalt: The inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: "Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. Vertigo 42 is one smart mystery!" (Susan Isaacs, bestselling author of Goldberg Variations )
Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London's financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess's death was accidental-a direct result of vertigo-but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.
Jury learns that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death five years before Tess at the same place in Devon where Tess died, at a small house party. Jury seeks out the five surviving party guests, who are now adults, hoping they can shed light on this bizarre coincidence. Ultimately, four deaths-two in the past, two that occur on the pages of this intricate, compelling novel-keep Richard Jury and his sidekick Sergeant Wiggins running from their homes in Islington to the countryside in Devon and to London as they try to figure out if the deaths were accidental or not. And, if they are connected.
Witty, well-written, with literary references from Thomas Hardy to Yeats, Vertigo 42 is a pitch perfect, page-turning novel from a mystery writer at the top of her game. Schlagworte:American English, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Krimi, London Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 435 Seiten Beteiligte:Grimes, Martha Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-1-4767-2405-8
Viewfinder : Literatur ; English language teaching Science Fiction Stories Ten Short Stories Langenscheidt-Longmann, München (2006)
Standort: Engl. Sci
Inhalt: Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. Schlagworte:Außenseiter, British English, Englischer Roman, Totalitarismus, Zukunftsvision Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 229 S. Beteiligte:Huxley, Aldous Standort: Engl. Hux ISBN: 978-0-09-947746-4
Inhalt: It's been a year since Billy Flanagan - a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life - went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. Her body was never found, just a shattered cellphone and a solitary hiking boot. Her husband and teenage daughter have been coping with Billie's death the best they can: Jonathan drinks as he works on a loving memoir about his marriage; Olive grows remote, from both her father and her friends at the all-girls school she attends. But then Olive starts having strange visions of her mother, still alive. Jonathan worries about Olive's emotional stability, until he starts unearthing secrets from Billie's past that bring into question everything he thought he understood about his wife. Who was the woman he knew as Billie Flanagan? Together, Olive and Jonathan embark on a quest for the truth - about Billie, but also about themselves, learning, in the process, about all the ways that love can distort what we choose to see. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Lügen, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 358 Seiten Beteiligte:Brown, Janelle Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-0-8129-8946-5
Inhalt: Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self?
Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, the Madonna phase, REM concerts, unexpected wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's care, from making watermelon ice cubes to music therapy; from snack smuggling to impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night. Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment, about building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go. Schlagworte:Alter, Frauen, Freunde, Freundin, Freundschaft, Krankheit, Krebs, Trauer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 209 Seiten Beteiligte:Newman, Catherine Standort: Engl. New ISBN: 978-1-5291-7722-0
Inhalt: "Hattest du als Kind auch diesen Moment, in dem dir plötzlich klar wurde, dass deine Familie verrückt ist?"
Es war einmal ein Haus mit einem Garten, in dem wohnten ein Apfelbaum, ein Bach und ein kleine Katze mit mondgelben Augen. Hier wachsen drei Kinder auf: Rosemary, ihre ungestüme Schwester Fern und ihr großer Bruder Lowell. Sie könnten eine ganz normale Familie sein. Wäre ihr Vater nicht Wissenschaftler, und wäre Fern nicht ein ganz besonderes kleines Mädchen, das Wachsmalstifte verspeist, den perfekten Rückwärtssalto beherrscht und lacht wie eine Säge. Jahre nach Ferns Verschwinden erzählt Rosemary nun deren Geschichte. Denn erzählen war das Einzige, was Fern nie konnte. "Die wundersame Reise ins Herz einer Familie. Am Ende bricht das Buch dem Leser nicht einfach das Herz - es nimmt sein Herz und gibt es nicht mehr zurück." Dan Chaon "Mein Lieblingsbuch des Jahres." Elizabeth George From the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel. It's funny, clever, intimate, honest, analytical and swirling with ideas that will come back to bite you. You can't choose your family, but they can make choices for you. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geschwister, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verschwinden, Wissenschaftler Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 S. Beteiligte:Fowler, Karen Joy Standort: Engl. Fow ISBN: 978-1-78125-295-6
Inhalt: A scandalous revelation is about to devastate a picturesque town where the houses are immaculate and the neighborhoods are tightly knit. Devoted mother Cora O'Connell has found the journal of her friend Laurel's daughter-a beautiful college student who lives next door-revealing an illicit encounter. Hours later, Laurel makes a shattering discovery of her own: her daughter has vanished without a trace. Over the course of one weekend, the crises of two close families are about to trigger a chain reaction that will expose a far more disturbing web of secrets. Now everything is at stake as they're forced to confront the lies they have told in order to survive. Schlagworte:Betrug, Ehe, Ehebruch, Familie, Familiendrama, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis, Gesellschaft, Intrige, Mütter, Skandal, Verschwinden, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 337 Seiten Beteiligte:Sise, Katie Standort: Engl. Sis ISBN: 978-1-5039-0361-6
Inhalt: "You've just had a holiday.", I pointed out, trying not to yawn. "Wasn't that enough of a break?" "I don't mean that kind of break."
There's nothing worse than the last day of holiday. Oh wait, there is. When what should have been a proposal turns into a break, Liv and Adam find themselves on opposite sides of the life they had mapped out. Friends and family all think they're crazy: Liv throws herself into work - animals are so much simpler than humans - and Adam tries to get himself out of the hole he's dug. But as the short break becomes a chasm, can they find a way back to each other? Most importantly, do they want do? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Beziehungsproblem, Krise, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 404 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-758243-3
Inhalt: In misty, coastal Washington State, Isaac lives alone with his dog, grieving the recent death of his teenage son, Daniel. Next door, Lorrie, a working single mother, struggles with a heinous act committed by her own teenage son. Separated by only a silvery stretch of trees, the two parents are emotionally stranded, isolated by their great losses-until an unfamiliar sixteen-year-old girl shows up, bridges the gap, and changes everything.
Evangeline's arrival at first feels like a blessing, but she is also clearly hiding something. When Isaac, who has retreated into his Quaker faith, isn't equipped to handle her alone, Lorrie forges her own relationship with the girl. Soon all three characters are forced to examine what really happened in their overlapping pasts, and what it all possibly means for a shared future.
With a propulsive mystery at its core, What Comes After offers an unforgettable story of loss and anger, but also of kindness and hope, courage and forgiveness. It is a deeply moving account of strangers and friends not only helping each other forward after tragedy, but inspiring a new kind of family. Schlagworte:Amoklauf, Jugendliche, Schuld, Schwangerschaft, Tragödie, Trauer, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 419 Seiten Beteiligte:Tompkins, Joanne Standort: Engl. Tom ISBN: 978-0-593-33255-9
Inhalt: translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts
What are you looking for?
So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi.
But she is no ordinary librarian.
Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it.
In this uplifting book, we meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads:
- The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills - The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave - The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store - The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation - The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose
Can she help them find what they are looking for?
Already loved by thousands of readers all over the world, What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an inspirational tale of love, life, and the comfort that can be found in good book.
Inhalt: When the killing's done deftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world. Combining action-packed adventure with delicious irony and believable characters without one trace of sanctimony, this is one of T.C. Boyle's richest and most engaging novels. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, California, Englischer Roman, Gesellschaft, Insel, Kalifornien, Umweltschutz, Umweltschützer, Ökosystem Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 443 S. Beteiligte:Boyle, T. C. Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-0-670-02232-8
Inhalt: Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news...
Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It's what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit's world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions-grief, loss, and anger-that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who's been living a lie.
After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who'd become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives.
Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Kindheit, Schwester, Schwestern, Tod, Trauer, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Neal, Barbara Standort: Engl. O'Ne ISBN: 978-1-5420-0452-7
Inhalt: 'Why won't he let you go?' I ask. 'He thinks he owns me.'
To Philomena McCarthy, being a police officer means never turning your back on someone in trouble. So when a decorated detective beats his girlfriend and the case is covered up, Phil secretly helps her.
But as Phil lets her new friend deeper into her life, sinister things start happening.
And by the time she's truly afraid, it's already too late . . . Schlagworte:Polizistin, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 404 Seiten Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-8154-6
Inhalt: Paris 1944 A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope.
Inhalt: Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as "first friend" is an open secret, as are FDR's own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she comes to know Franklin not only as a great president but as a complicated rival and an irresistible friend, capable of changing lives even after his death. Through it all, even as Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.
From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity. Schlagworte:Affäre, America, Amerika, Hickok, Lorena, Journalistin, Lesbische Liebe, Roosevelt, Eleanor <1884-1962>, Roosevelt, Franklin D., Weißes Haus Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 2016 Seiten Beteiligte:Bloom, Amy Standort: Engl. Blo ISBN: 978-1-78378-172-0
Inhalt: "Wicked River is partly a who-is-my-husband-really story, partly a horror-in-the-wilderness story, and partly a Manhattan-family drama, all rolled up in elegantly propulsive prose, and shot through with sinister suspense."¿LEE CHILD, New York Times bestselling author
Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated backcountry honeymoon seems ideal-a chance to start their lives together with an adventure. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own hearts, as well as the depths of their love for each other, it becomes clear that they are not alone in the woods.
Because six million acres makes it easy for the wicked to hide. And even easier for someone to go missing for good.
As they struggle with the worst the wilderness has to offer, a man watches them, wielding the forest like a weapon. He wants something from them more terrifying than death. And once they are near his domain, he will do everything in his power to make sure they never walk out again. Schlagworte:Abenteuer, Ehepaar, Isolation, Stalking, Thriller, Wildnis, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Beteiligte:Milchman, Jenny Standort: Engl. Mil ISBN: 978-1-4926-5899-3
Inhalt: Helen und Meg, zwei höhere Töchter aus London, verleben die Sommerfrische auf dem Landsitz Howards End. Es entspinnt sich eine Liebesgeschichte voller Sehnsucht, Zärtlichkeit und Melancholie zu den beiden attraktiven Söhnen des Hauses.
As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret. Schlagworte:Deutsch, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Forster, Edward M., Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 676 S. Beteiligte:Forster, E.M. Standort: Engl. For
Inhalt: When Russ and Aurora cross paths at a university party, a drinking game ends with them spending the night together. The next day, Aurora slips away before Russ learns her full name.
This anonymity ends when they both turn up to their first day of work as camp counsellors. A job they had both chosen to escape Maple Hills for the summer.
Given their history, there's still an obvious tension between the two but the camp has a strict "no staff fraternizing" rule. Russ doesn't want to risk heading home early but Aurora has never been one for rules.
As things heat up, they'll have to resist or risk starting something they just can't stop.
Inhalt: Detective Ellie Reeves heads into the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains when she wants to get lost - to forget the whispers chasing her and the past that keeps her up at night. She's sick of having to prove herself to her small town. But hiking in the endless miles of woods isn't the escape she was hoping for. One night, as dusk falls, a gust of wind blows some petals onto Ellie's path. Following the trail, she finds a golden-haired young woman dead on a bed of daffodils, with a note: Monday's child is fair of face. When Ellie emerges from the forest, there is a medssage on her phone. Someone has sent her a picture of her colleague, Officer Shondra Eastwood, with the words: Can you find her, Detective Reeves? Ellie is racked with guilt - while she was busy hiding from life a killer was on the loose, and he has taken her beloved friend. The wilderness, and its shadows, is the perfect hunting ground for a criminal - but what does the sinister nursery rhyme meain? It soon becomes clear when another dead woman, Tuesday's Child, is found. Ellie is up against a serial killer who will claim a victim for every day of the week, and in the next twenty-four hours there will be another body. As this ruthless murderer closes in on her, can she save more innocent women - and Shondra - from his clutches? Or will he get to Ellie first? Schlagworte:Serienmörder, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 399 Seiten Beteiligte:Herron, Rita Standort: Engl. Her ISBN: 978-1-83888-987-6
In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Erwachsenwerden, Fantasy, Magie, Märchen, Russland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 456 Seiten Beteiligte:Arden, Katherine Standort: Engl. Ard ISBN: 978-1-78503-105-2
Inhalt: Juliet loves her family very much. She would do anything for them and she knows her husband, Rick, feels the same - which is a good thing because they ask a lot! Son, Tom, may be looking for work but he doesn't seem to be looking very hard. Their pregnant daughter Chloe has returned to the family home, bringing her two-year-old son with her.
Juliet's father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, Juliet's mother, is becoming more and more erratic each day. And then there's Buster, the much-loved family dog - even though he does smell a bit ...With Christmas fast-approaching, Juliet knows that she and Rick need to pull out all the stops to turn the chaos into calm otherwise it could be a disaster. But things seem to spiralling out of control, which means just one thing - it must be Christmas! Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Protagonistin, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 488 S. Beteiligte:Matthews, Carole Standort: Engl. Mat ISBN: 978-0-7515-4548-7
Inhalt: When an adolescent boy s body is found mutilated and artfully arranged on the top of a tomb, it takes no large leap for the police to recognize the work of a serial killer. This is his fourth victim but the first to be white. Hoping to avoid charges of institutionalized prejudice in the failure to pursue the earlier crimes to their conclusion, New Scotland Yard takes the case and hands it over to Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley and his colleagues. The killer is a psychopath who does not intend to be stopped. Only a devastating tragedy within their ranks causes the police to fumble in their pursuit of him. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 900 S. Beteiligte:George, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Geo ISBN: 978-0-06-208759-1
Inhalt: Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way
Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.
Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.
When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.
Inhalt: Family life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan is a world of violin lessons, skiing holidays and haute couture outfits at the school gates. Grace Sachs, a renowned marriage counsellor, has settled into this life with her beloved hsuband and young son. But her comfortable world is shattered when the mother of her son's classmate is found murdered - and news of the death coincides with Grace's realization that she doesn't know where her husband is. As she begins to unravel the truth, everything Grace thought she knew is turned upside down. Schlagworte:Ehepaar, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 439 Seiten Beteiligte:Korelitz, Jean Hanff Standort: Engl. Kor ISBN: 978-0-571-30753-1
Young-Adult-ELI-Readers : Stage 3 : Intermediate The Age of Innocence Englische Lektüre für das 4. und 5. Lehrjahr Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart (2015)
Standort: Engl. Wha
Inhalt: The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics - a politics that builds upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans. Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, refreshingly candid about his family life and his time in the Senate, Obama here sets out his political convictions and inspires us to trust in the dogged optimism that has long defined us and that is our best hope going forward. Schlagworte:American way of life, Obama, Barack <1961-, Politik, Präsident, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman, , EYB 24 Umfang: 427 S. Beteiligte:Obama, Barack Standort: Engl. Oba ISBN: 978-0-307-45587-1
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Zweites Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Drittes Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Erstes Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Inhalt: Aus d. Franz. übers. Schlagworte:Fabel, Roman Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 430 S. : Ill. Beteiligte:La Fontaine, Jean de Standort: e La F 055475
Die Märchen der Weltliteratur Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 4) nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri
Inhalt: Kutscher Salim, der beste Geschichtenerzähler in Damaskus verstummt plötzlich. Es gibt nur sieben Gaben, die ihn erlösen können: Sieben Geschichten von seinen besten Freunden erzählt. Diese versammeln sich nun allabendlich um reihum ihre Märchen und Geschichten zum Besten zu geben. Schlagworte:Damaskus, Geschichten, Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 274 S. Beteiligte:Schami, Rafik Standort: e Sch
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 1) Erster Band ; Märchen Nr. 1-60 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051695
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 2) Zweiter Band ; Märchen Nr. 61-144 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051696
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 3) Dritter Band ; Märchen Nr. 145-200, Kinderlegenden 1-100 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051697
Inhalt: Aus d. Hebr. übers. Schlagworte:Erwachsene, Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 309 S. Beteiligte:Jason, Heda ÄHrsg.Ãœ Standort: e Mae 051175
Inhalt: Aus dem Tibet. übers. Schlagworte:Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 251 S. : Ill. Beteiligte:Hoffmann, Helmut (Hrsg.) Standort: e Mae 034808
Inhalt: Diese Sammlung von Volksmärchen gibt Zeugnis von der uralten Landestradition und der Bauernkultur Süditaliens und Siziliens. Hier offenbart sich die sizilianische Mentalität in ihrer ganzen Lebendigkeit, in ihrer bäuerlichen Derbheit, ihrer Komik und Schläue, aber auch in ihrer Reinheit und Liebenswürdigkeit und nicht zuletzt in ihrer Erotik. Viele Märchen sind direkt dem Volksmund abgelauscht. Es handelt sich dabei um bisher unveröffentlichte Aufzeichnungen nach Tonbandaufnahmen. Schlagworte:Märchen, Sizilien Systematik: Roman, , e Umfang: 293 S. Beteiligte:Aprile, Renato Standort: e Schoe
Werke in vierzehn Bänden Schriften zur Kunst und Literatur; Maximen und Reflexionen (Band Band 12) Deutscher-Taschenbuch-Verl., München (1998)
Standort: a Goe
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