Showing results for "Barns" in Literature & Fiction

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.

This is one of the defining novels of English writer Julian Barnes. An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities, and tendencies.

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna - a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction.

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—a space-based condition most famous for a case that resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. When she's assigned to a small exploration crew, she's eager to make a difference. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that crew is hiding something. While Ophelia focuses on her new role, her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure.

Två små pojkar förlorar plötsligt sina pappor. Den ena pojkens far har mördats vid stenbrottet, den andra har försvunnit spårlöst och beskylls för att ha stulit gruvbolagets lönekassa. Livet i gruvbygderna i Northumberland präglas av hård kamp för tillvaron, missväxt, slagsmål, rivalitet men även stormande kärlek och vardagslycka. Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949.

Award-winning novelist Vikram Seth is renowned worldwide for his magnum opus A Suitable Boy. But his dazzling debut, though less well-known, is equally innovative, masterly and ambitious. First published in 1986 and inspired by Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, it is written entirely in verse, comprising almost 600 stanzas of rhyming sonnets. This epic poem focusses on the interconnected stories of five young professionals, as they make their way in the 'unfettered city' of San Francisco in the '80s.

Året är 1888 och i London sätter Jack the Ripper skräck i stadsborna. Den unge journalisten William Sinclair skickas ut för att rapportera om de fruktansvärda brotten. Men det blir inget vanligt uppdrag för honom. Efter en uppväxt i de välbärgade västra delarna av staden får han en chock när han upptäcker slummen i East End. Dessutom blir han störtförälskad i kollegan James. Plötsligt har hela Williams världsbild satts i gungning.

I en mandsdomineret verden har Kate Mancini fået en chance som reporter i efterkrigstidens Tyskland. Cheferne og befolkningen hjemme i USA vil høre sejrshistorier, men den virkelighed, Kate oplever, er en helt anden. Berlin plages af sult og elendighed, mens uskyldige familier prøver at genopbygge et liv i ruinerne af deres hjem. En stum, forældreløs pige kommer til at symbolisere al krigens ulyksalighed for Kate, og hun ved, at hun må redde dette barn. Med hjælp fra hendes flotte kollega, Rick Shearer, finder de et sikkert hjem til barnet, før de selv kan vende tilbage til New York.

Nach dem Tod ihres Großvaters, dessen Haus noch vom betörenden Duft gerösteter Haselnüsse erfüllt ist, fühlt sie sich verloren. Als sie im Nachlass des Großvaters ein geheimnisvolles Schriftstück und ein altes Foto von Amrum findet, reist sie kurz entschlossen auf die Insel ihrer Kindheitssommer. Die See ist aufgewühlt und stürmisch, doch Julia spürt instinktiv, dass sie inmitten von Wind und Meer die innere Ruhe finden wird, um sich über ihre eigenen Wünsche klar zu werden – und wieder Nougat zuzubereiten, so wie früher.

Two auditors for the US egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the night - an entire egg farm's worth of animals. Janey and Cleveland - a spirited former runaway and the officious head of audits - assemble a precarious, quarrelsome team and descend on the farm on a dark spring evening. A series of catastrophes ensues.

Kate Karlson's only focus in life is her Midwestern horse farm. Ignoring her husband, she spends long days giving riding lessons and training horses. To showcase her teaching ability, she enters her three sons and daughter in all the equestrian shows. But when her family dares to thwart her interests, the results bring tragedy and devastation.

Isak er 84 år. I sit arbejdsliv har han som specialist i kvindesygdomme, været en beundret foregangsmand og pioner inden for forskningen i ultralyd. Erika, Laura og Molly er Isaks døtre, som han har fået med tre forskellige kvinder. I barndommen havde de deres daglige liv hver for sig med deres mødre, men i sommerferierne blev de samlet i Isaks sommerhus på øen Hammerö.

Shirley Hollister is desperate. She, her ailing mother, and her four siblings are being forced out of their cramped city apartment. Where to go on her meager stenographer's salary? On a whim, she takes a trolley ride into the countryside and spies a barn: spacious, full of light, and surrounded by God's wondrous nature. Her new landlord, Sidney Graham, is intrigued by this lovely young woman and her plans to turn his abandoned barn into a home.

De syv børn havde én ting til fælles: De kom til verden på Rigshospitalets fødegang B, og de skulle alle syv bortadopteres. I månederne efter fandt frøkenerne på det berømte spædbørnehjem Kongslund nye familier til dem rundt om i Danmark, og de voksede op uden at ane det mindste om deres fortid. Et af børnene bar på en hemmelighed, som for enhver pris skulle skjules. Da en ældre kvinde mange år senere blev fundet død på en strandbred tæt ved børnehjemmet, opstod den sag, der kom til at plage hele nationen: Havde det hæderkronede børnehjem gennem et halvt århundrede skjult skandaler på højeste plan?

En dramatisk og opslugende fortælling fra forfatteren til "Arven" og "En sang fra fortiden" om to stærke kvinder, som er villige til at risikere alt for at afsløre fortidens knusende og svigefulde løgne. Bath 1821: Dybt inde i Lansdown Cresent på et højdedrag med udsigt over byen rager et herskabshus op. Huset tilhører den velhavende og indflydelsesrige Alleyn-familie. Her har sønnen Jonathan isoleret sig bag, siden han kom tilbage fra Napoleonskrigene. Men tjenestepigen Starling tror ikke på, at det er krigens rædsler, der tærer på Jonathan.

From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance. Building a Dream by Amy Clipston Though they’ve known each other a long time, Kathryn and Anthony have finally decided to try becoming more than friends—but...

Welcome to Thorncliff Manor, where London's elite mix, mingle, and may even find their heart's desire . . . There are thousands of things Christopher, Viscount Spencer, would rather do than hunt for a bride, especially since experience has taught him that women are not to be trusted. Then he...

An unexpected passion ignites as secrets are exposed in Sophie Barnes's captivating Regency-set romance Despite the diversions offered at Thorncliff Manor, former spy James, the Earl of Woodford, has one purpose in staying there. He must find an encoded book that exposes a conspiracy within the...

United in a common cause… Lady Juliette Matthews longs to be much more than just another pretty ornament in society. But using her recently acquired fortune to do some good is more complicated than she anticipated. Young ladies are not expected to risk their safety in helping the less...

Thorncliff Manor is the perfect setting for a masquerade ball . . . where the heart’s secret desires are about to be uncovered in this scintillating Regency romance from Sophie Barnes Richard Heartly has exiled himself from society since the war, plotting his revenge for a terrible betrayal. A...