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
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