Showing results for "(2015)" in Literature & Fiction

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted...

The unforgettable story of an Afghan family’s escape from the Taliban and perilous trek across Europe to seek asylum, led by one extraordinarily courageous woman. This is the second novel by Nadia Hashimi, the author of last year’s breakout, THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL. Mahmoud’s...

USA TODAY bestseller! In the first book in Colleen Coble's Hope Beach series, inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks was a dream come true for Libby . . . until her newfound siblings accuse her of stealing their birthright, her friend is kidnapped, and she's blamed for the crime...

From New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock comes the second installment in the thrilling Restoration series where a global outage pushes a fractured world further into crisis and forces one family to confront the darkness around them and within themselves. Survival has become a...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in...

Schon wieder ist es Zeit, auf das vergangene Jahr zurückzublicken. Mit wem könnte das mehr Spaß machen als mit dem Urvogel des satirischen Jahresrückblicks, Urban Priol? Lustvoll seziert er die gesellschaftspolitischen Ereignisse des vergangenen Jahres, stellt wahnwitzige Verknüpfungen her und deckt verblüffende Hintergründe auf. Da werden die Winkelzüge der Mächtigen und Reichen entlarvt und so manch doppelzüngige Scheinheiligkeit aufgedeckt.

This podcast delves into the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincolns assassination, observed on April 14-15th, 2015. It includes a poignant collection of pieces marking this historic event. Listen to Whitmans moving poems, written in the immediate aftermath of Lincolns death, along with his later prose pieces. This compilation also contains three of the most highly-regarded eulogies, a firsthand account from a doctor who attended to the dying president, two speeches from the British Parliament, and a selection of Lincolns own eloquent writings. (summary by david wales)

Literature, love, and second chances collide in this beautifully crafted collection from award-winning author Katherine Reay. With heartfelt characters, classic literary nods, and evocative settings--from cozy Seattle kitchens to windswept English moors and sun-drenched Italian vineyards--these...

Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at a year of weddings . . . A January Bride Madeleine Houser’s pen-pal friendship with a lonely widower has taken an unexpected turn. A February Bride Allie left the love of her life at the altar—to save him from her...

Cuando Chris muere en un accidente de coche sospechosamente lejos de donde debía estar, la vida de su mujer, Alice, con una niña de seis años y otra en camino, se desmorona. Incapaz de asumir la pérdida y con el temor de que tal vez su relación perfecta haya sido una mentira, se obsesiona...

JAMES BOND INVESTIGATES A VILLAIN WITH THE POWER TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD Narrated by Alex Kingston, who brings intensity to this classic spy novel Sir Hugo Drax is a multimillionaire tycoon and war hero, revered by the British public for his new Moonraker missile defense system. But...

This year's Christmas collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction features readings in English, French, German and Romanian - Summary by Ruth Golding.

Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki. Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne's secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room.

New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet’s economy of style and trencherman’s appetites and ribald humor. In The Search for the Genuine, a collection of new and previously published essays, the giant of letters muses on everything from grouse hunting and fishing to Zen Buddhism and matters of the spirit, including reported pieces on Yellowstone and shark-tagging in the open ocean, commentary on writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and a heartbreaking essay on life on the US/Mexico border.

"No matter where you are or how long until we can be together, I'll keep searching for you." —Tucker Sabrina never intended to fall in love with Tucker McCabe, the man she serves coffee to every morning at a Nantucket cafe—especially since he's unwittingly tied to a past she deeply regrets...

"Chef" Joy Ballard longs for a simpler life. But when a good-looking outsider arrives and spices things up, life becomes deliciously complicated. Host of a regionally syndicated cooking show, Joy Ballard has a little secret: she can't cook. But when her show is picked up by a major network and...

Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie! The second book in the Nantucket Love Story series from bestselling author Denise Hunter! “No one can write a story that grips the heart like Denise Hunter . . . If you like Karen Kingsbury or Nicholas Sparks, this is an author you’ll love.”...

Rediscover the Big Sky Romance series from Denise Hunter, a beloved author "with a lot of heart" (Colleen Coble). For fans of cowboys, fake marriage, and all the romance without any of the spice! When a wedding reenactment turns real, Shay finds she's an accidental bride. Shay Brandenberger is...

Il futuro è sempre più presente nelle nostre vite, non solo nelle anticipazioni cinematografiche e letterarie ma anche nel quotidiano: dalla medicina ai trasporti, dall'informazione all'intrattenimento, i cambiamenti si susseguono a ritmo incessante dando l'impressione di vivere già in un'anteprima del domani. La seconda raccolta di "Storie dal domani" - con i migliori racconti della collana Future Fiction del 2015 - rappresenta un’ottima selezione di tali cambiamenti e novità, dando luogo a scenari imprevisti oppure considerati fantascienza solo qualche anno fa.

Caroline serves others with little time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life. Until her old boyfriend returns to town--and she's given a second chance at first love. Life hasn't always been so sweet for Caroline Sweeny. She's sacrifice her desires for others--unlike her mother who abandoned their...