Showing results for "Care Of" in Genre Fiction

Una doctora. Una paciente. Una terrible mentira. Años después descubrí que no podía tener hijos y ahora trabajo en una clínica de fertilidad, ayudando a otras parejas a conseguir lo que yo nunca podré tener. Es así como él vuelve a mi vida: acude con su mujer como pacientes a la clínica en la que trabajo, desesperados por ser padres. ¿Los ayudo a concebir, a pesar del riesgo que supondría? Tengo que tomar una decisión que podría destruirnos… o ayudarnos a todos. Mi ex cree que conoce mis secretos. Pero no sabe hasta dónde estoy dispuesta a llegar para conseguir lo que siempre he querido.

Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he regards his privileged students with envy and disdain, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then, like all good criminals, graduating to grander larceny. When one of those students, a beautiful but vapid heiress named Massimina, falls in love with him, Morris can almost smell upward mobility.

"Caro ist ein gelber Hund mit Ringelschwanz, kein kleiner Kläffer und auch kein Riesenbass. Er hat vielmehr einen sympathischen Bariton." So charakterisiert Fred von Hoerschelmann den Titelhelden seines Lustspiels. Im Übrigen aber gehört Caro nicht zu der Gattung von Tieren, die plötzlich zu sprechen beginnen. Nein, er ist ein ganz normaler Hund, der treu seine Aufgabe erfüllt, im richtigen Moment durch ein Bellen oder Knurren in die Ereignisse einzugreifen.

"Mario & Mario" è un audioserie di fantascienza che vede come protagonisti due improbabili riparatori di robot. "Episodio 6: Elementare, caro Mario": Mario e Jonathan devono recarsi nuovamente nella tenuta di Lord Bobby, ma questa volta per risolvere un omicidio. Lord Bobby infatti è stato assassinato, e il principale indiziato è... il robo-maggiordomo!

A BBC Radio 4 drama in which a Children's Hearing has to decide if Nicole (13) and Scott (4) should be taken into care or be allowed to return to live with their mother. But is she fit to look after them now? 'Care' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 8 March 2011. Michelle has...

Anna’s aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever. Until she meets Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop that sells memories. A secret library where the librarian feeds off words. A club where revellers lose themselves in a haze of spells. But as she is swept deeper into this world, Anna begins to wonder if her aunt was right all along.

Soy Daphne Wood, la librera de Castle Combe. Mi vida era apacible hasta que el autor superventas Jill Holland se mudó al pueblo. Compró la casa que está al lado de la mía, la de la difunta Bettie, y se convirtió en mi nuevo vecino. Las chicas del club de lectura envidiaron mi suerte. Yo también pensé que era afortunada, hasta que empecé a ver cosas de lo más inquietantes.

Zwei turbulente Nordsee-Romane voller Gefühl und Humor GLEICHUNG MIT ZWEI UNBEKANNTEN : Als die ordnungsliebende Cate O'Reilly Überraschungsbesuch von ihrer chaotischen irischen Cousine Joanne bekommt, gerät ihr wohlsortiertes Leben komplett ins Durcheinander. Und als wäre das nicht bereits genug, ist da auch noch der charmante, aber eigenwillige Matthis, der Cates Herz zu ganz unvernünftigen Dingen verführt … WER NICHT LIEBEN WILL, MUSS FÜHLEN : Nach der Trennung von ihrem untreuen Freund beschließt Joanne, zu ihrer Cousine Cate nach Hamburg zu ziehen.

When Afrah arrives at Ravenswood Lodge Care Home for the first time, she feels far from home. Her daughter, Amira, didn't want to send her away from the comfort and familiarity of her surroundings but she's struggling to cope. Ravenswood Lodge was meant to be a safe space for Afrah. But when her belongings start vanishing, her family photographs, her jewellery, her pill boxes, Amira and the staff say it's just Afrah's imagination, it's just her failing memory. But Afrah is adamant someone is playing games with her. She knows Ravenswood Lodge isn't safe for her. Someone wants her gone.

De la autorul bestsellerului Bărbatul de 100 de ani care a sărit pe fereastră şi a dispărut. Un roman savuros despre noroc, dragoste, bombe nucleare şi relaţii internaţionale. Analfabeta care ştia să socotească e povestea unei fete care a încercat să-şi schimbe viitorul...

After completing a pivotal job for the President of the United States, Card Jordan is eager to leave his gunfighting days in the dust. With dreams of revolutionizing the cattle shipping industry, he plans to use his family's Texas ranch as a launching pad for his ambitious venture. But when someone takes a shot at Card on his own property and young cattle turn up missing, he realizes his troubles are far from over. With the focus and drive of a hunter, he works tirelessly to track down the men responsible for wreaking havoc on his life and the lives of his neighbors.

O poveste reală despre încercarea de a supraviețui prin ficțiune, o narațiune alertă și acaparantă despre lumi care se construiesc acolo unde limitele organismului nu te lasă să ajungi. Romanul autobiografic al lui Teodorovici este locul în care, rînd pe rînd, superstițiile se...

Al treilea roman al scriitoarei italiene Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Cea care se întoarce a avut un succes dincolo de orice aşteptări, fiind vîndut în scurt timp de la apariţie în peste 20 de ţări de pe toate continentele. Este povestea unei adolescente traumatizate de un dublu abandon...

The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel, a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world. By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since...

Stefano Benni sfida il racconto di genere e apre la porta dell'orrore. Lo fa con ironia, lo fa attingendo al grottesco, lo fa tuffandosi nel comico, lo fa tastando l'angoscia, lo fa, in omaggio ai suoi maestri, rammentandoci di cosa è fatta la paura. E finisce con il consegnarci una galleria di memorabili mostri. E allora ecco gli adolescenti senza prospettiva o speranza, ecco il Wenge - una creatura misteriosa che semina panico e morte -, ecco il plutocrate russo che vuole sbarazzarsi di un albero secolare, ecco una Madonna che invece di piangere ride, dolcemente sfrontata.

Frank is eighty-one. He lives on his own, his daughter and her young family are living in America. He watches DVDs, keeps an eye on the neighbours, eats tinned spaghetti, and has a cat called Bill (which made more sense before Ben died). It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he...

All'inizio degli anni Settanta, in un clima di spaesamento generale, una madre ancora giovane scrive al figlio, sbandato e distante, scappato all'estero per motivi politici. Romanzo epistolare da cui emerge un interno famigliare lacerato e sordo, un intreccio di vite solitarie, come scrive Cesare Garboli, "fatte di passi sbagliati", di gelose intimità e di corrosive lontananze.

Dacă viaţa ta a intrat în prelungiri, de ce să nu-ţi permiţi nişte capricii? Toată lumea din azilul de bătrâni se pregăteşte de zor să-l sărbătorească pe Allan Karlsson, care împlineşte 100 de ani. Numai că Allan detestă sindrofiile de acest gen, aşa că decide să... fugă...

The classic inspirational parable from the top motivation and marketing trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Millionaire Messenger—a triumphant tale of personal growth and change that will inspire anyone who has ever wished for a second chance. What if you were handed a...

Maddalena, la maggiore, è timida, sobria, riservata. Nina, di poco minore, è bella e capricciosa, magnetica, difficile, prigioniera del proprio egocentrismo. Le due sorelle, legate dal filo di un'intima indistinzione, hanno costruito la loro infanzia e adolescenza intorno a un grande vuoto, un'assenza difficile da accettare.