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
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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!
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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.
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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
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