Showing results for "Amsterdam" in Genre Fiction

Quattro uomini si ritrovano al funerale della donna che hanno amato. Sono avidi e pieni di rancore, e a partire da quell'evento saranno messi di fronte a scelte etiche fondamentali, che riveleranno la loro spietata natura. È lecito distruggere un uomo politico, sia pure spregevole e privo di scrupoli, attaccandolo sui segreti piú intimi della vita privata? E un grande artista, per assecondare la propria ispirazione, è autorizzato a ignorare una persona che sta rischiando la vita?

Molly Lane ha muerto a los cuarenta y seis años de edad. Era una mujer muy libre, muy seductora, y en su entierro se encuentran presentes los cuatro hombres más importantes de su vida: Clive Linley, músico famoso; Vernon Halliday, periodista y director de uno de los grandes periódicos del país; George Lane, su poderoso y multimillonario marido, y Julian Garmony, un notorio político de derechas, actual ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y candidato a primer ministro.

When Rosie Harper leaves behind her ordinary life in England to open a flower shop on Amsterdam’s water, she expects nothing less than a fairytale. But the city’s canals have their own currents, bringing far more than she bargained for. Max, her handsome but brooding artist neighbour, prefers to keep the world at arm’s length – and living on a nearby houseboat, he’s not too thrilled about the new company. As Rosie’s business blossoms, so do her feelings for Max, who’s stuck in his past.

It is December; Christmas is approaching and the magic of one of Europe’s most beautiful cities beckons. A father looks for himself in the past, struggling to deal with a recent divorce, his teenage son in tow. A single, selfless mother accompanies her only daughter and friends for a weekend-long bachelorette party. And a husband treats his wife to a birthday weekend away, somehow heightening her anxieties and insecurities about age, desire, and motherhood.

Helen Smit believed she was called by God to become a teacher. Little does she know that her care for kids will take a drastic turn for survival when the Germans occupy Amsterdam and Jewish children and parents begin to be deported. Now all she can think of is helping all the kids escape before it's too late. Erik Misman's newfound love for Helen is tested when he joins a plot to help move Jewish children to a safe place in the countryside. If danger can foster a closer bond with Helen and save the lives of the little ones, he will do it all.

"Llamadas de Ámsterdam" es una extraordinaria historia de amor. Con una impecable tensión narrativa, Juan Villoro despliega una trama hecha de coincidencias, separaciones, misteriosas oportunidades de reencuentro. La acción ocurre en una calle circular, tratada sobre la pista donde una vez...

Año 2088. Tess y su madre pasan sus vacaciones en Ámsterdam. O lo que es lo mismo: se hartan de ver molinos, androides con vestimentas tradicionales y tulipanes, muchos tulipanes. Pero ¿qué es lo que se arrastra entre esos campos de tulipanes perfectos?...

Rich with unforgettable characters and history, intricately plotted and utterly absorbing, City of Dreams is a stirring saga of early Manhattan and the beginnings of medical science told by a master storyteller.

Eigentlich hat sie es geschafft. Wo sie herkommt, studieren die Menschen nicht, und sie arbeiten auch nicht in einem Amsterdamer Start-up. Doch während der Xerox die Kundenbriefe druckt, wächst ihre Wut: auf die Vergangenheit, die sich nicht abschütteln lässt, ihren Bullshit-Job und die jovialen Phrasen der Kollegen. Doch wie einen Platz finden, wenn alle die Regeln kennen, außer man selbst? Und nur der Drucker einem zuhört? Fien Veldmans gefeiertes Debüt entlarvt die Leere der modernen Arbeitswelt und erzählt die Geschichte einer eigenwilligen jungen Frau, deren verletzlich-bissige Stimme niemand vergisst.