Showing results for "Élisabeth" in Literature & Fiction

Je traîne ma grosse couverte jusque dans le salon et je m’écrase en bobettes sur mon vieux sofa moelleux. Je scrolle Instagram: des gens qui brunchent, des gens qui cuisinent santé, des gens qui gravissent des montagnes, des gens qui lisent, des gens qui se promènent en amoureux dans le Vieux-Port. Moi, mes cheveux gras, mon haleine de cheval et mon trait d’eye-liner d’y a deux jours, on se sent soudainement pas pire pathétiques.

Ogni scelta porta con sé delle conseguenze. Nel mio caso, mi ha costretta a stare lontana da casa. La separazione è stata brusca, ma ora sto finalmente tornando. L'accademia mi aspetta, sono stata ammessa. So di essere pronta, ma so anche che ci sarà anche lui. Posso ignorarlo, non sarà un problema. Se non fosse che lui non è della mia stessa idea. Dimitri è disposto a tutto per fare di nuovo parte della mia vita, ma stavolta il mio cuore mi dà indicazioni contrastanti, soprattutto quando sono sola con il mio istruttore, Vladimir.

Mosel, 1913. Zwischen Weinbergen, harter Arbeit und großen Träumen wächst die junge Magdalena Scholtes auf – Tochter einer Winzerfamilie, die das Gasthaus Zur Blauen Forelle führt. Als Matthias mit einer eleganten Verlobten an seiner Seite ins Dorf zurückkehrt, zerbricht Magdalenas Hoffnung und doch verbindet sie bald ein unerwarteter Briefwechsel über die Grenzen des Krieges hinweg. Während Europa in den Strudel des Ersten Weltkriegs gerät, muss Magdalena nicht nur um ihre Familie und das Weingut kämpfen, sondern auch um sich selbst.

Camille, Montréalaise récemment expatriée à Rome, navigue dans les eaux houleuses de ses relations fragiles et de ses réflexions qui filent à cent milles à l’heure. Le cœur presque léger, elle explore l’ailleurs pour voir si elle y est et tente de se défaire du bagage compliqué qu’elle a traîné avec elle jusque dans la chaleur italienne.

From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of "the sisterhood of women". She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes, and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, veteran of the Civil War, with rigid views concerning society and women's place therein. Is the lovely, lighthearted Verena made for public movements or private passions?

Jane Addams's memoir of her experience running a settlement house on Chicago's West Side includes portraits of people in need and is a model for community service. Addams firmly believed that education and social activity were essential aspects of any program to turn lives around.

These outspoken writings by the founder of modern nursing record fundamentals in the needs of the sick that must be provided in all nursing. Nightingale covers such timeless topics as ventilation, noise, food, bed and bedding, light, cleanliness, and observation of the sick.

Immerse yourself in a captivating collection of four short stories by the talented Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, beautifully narrated by Krista Zaleski. Each tale offers a unique glimpse into the intricacies of human emotions and relationships, making this an enchanting listening experience.

Un bond dans le passé… et une plongée dans le futur. Gutenberg 2.0, le nouveau podcast des Éditions Locomotive, vous entraîne au cœur de l’histoire fascinante du livre. De l’imprimerie révolutionnaire de Gutenberg aux algorithmes tentaculaires de Google, découvrez comment l’écrit a façonné notre monde et continue de le réinventer. Quelles révolutions ont marqué notre rapport au savoir ? Comment le livre, porteur d’idées et de rêves, s’est transformé au fil des siècles ? Et surtout, où nous emmène cette évolution à l’ère du numérique ? De l’ombre des ...

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

Angelica dreams of a life beyond the factory, yearning to transform from a struggling worker into a refined lady of grace and wealth. When an opportunity arises to serve as a companion to a woman of high society, she eagerly embraces it, hoping to uncover the secrets of the privileged class. With youthful innocence and ambition, her aspirations seem tantalizingly close—but will she be able to grasp her dreams without losing herself in the process?

When grief pushes Lilly to leave her small Michigan town, all she has is a cryptic note, an old locket, and a one-way ticket to Wakefield, Maryland, the town her mother once called home. But Wakefield is no ordinary place. Here, the air hums with ancient energy, shadows whisper secrets, and time itself feels… different.

Margaret, an intrepid twenty-five-year-old missionary, travels to the Andes Mountains of Ecuador to start her ministry. She sees little progress at first, but eventually gains a following and an enhanced reputation for her part in the safe and seemingly miraculous delivery of a breech baby. Things seem to be going well. She works on her translation of the Bible into the Indian language and befriends a native and his family. Then tragedy strikes, shaking Margaret's entire way of thinking.

Wenn das eigene Herz die größte Gefahr birgt. Gefahr, Kunst und Krieg … diese Romansammlung von Barbara Cartland lässt jedes Leserherz höherschlagen. Dieser Sammelband ist perfekt für Histo-Fans von Emmi West oder Julia Quinn und enthält die Geschichten Weiße Lilie, Die Brigantenbraut, Liebe unterm Tropenmond, Das Mädchen und der Maler und Geheimnis um Virginia.

Lady Elisabeth Lawson lleva haciendo encajes desde que tenía cinco años. Su tranquilo mundo se pone patas arriba cuando en el Williamsburg colonial la paz salta por los aires en vísperas de la Revolución Americana. Su prometido la abandona y por si fuera poco, la acusan de ser una espía...

The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it’s kept running by Bodine Longbow with the help of a large staff, including new hire Callen Skinner. There was another member of the family once: Bodine’s aunt, Alice, who ran off before Bodine was born.

Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things – her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note, the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves.

In 1853, Scotland's oldest village stands on the brink of transformation. When shy but determined Emma Jane Wylie loses her father, she inherits not only his vision – a grand railway bridge stretching south – but also the battles that come with it. As construction begins, Emma must face a wave of adversity: cholera, strikes, murder, and a devastating landslide. With Victorian society against her and danger closing in, Emma must summon all her courage to see the dream through.

Thirteen years after the railway thundered into the Scottish Borders, life has changed forever. But for the children left behind by the men who built it, some legacies run deeper than iron and steam. Their bond carries them from childhood mischief in the windswept hills to the bustling cosmopolitan cities of Edinburgh, London, and Paris, where love, loss, and the pull of the past shape their paths. As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Kitty and Marie must decide what endures when everything else changes.

When 11-year-old Lizzie Mudie loses her mother in Dundee's darkest disaster, her world is shattered. Forced to grow up too soon, Lizzie uncovers a resilience beyond her years. An unexpected inheritance – Green Tree Mill, crumbling and forgotten – offers a new path. Determined to succeed, Lizzie rises to become its formidable mistress.