Showing results for "Collier" in Literature & Fiction

Ce roman présente un portrait idéalisé de la reine Marie-Antoinette mais il montre aussi la "folie" de la haute noblesse à cette époque...

"Alors elle tira de l'écrin un collier de diamants si gros, si purs, si lumineux et si habilement assortis, qu'il lui sembla voir courir sur ses belles mains un fleuve de phosphore et de flammes. Le collier ondulait comme les anneaux d'un serpent dont chaque écaille aurait été un éclair." "Le Collier de la reine" (1849) s'inspire de faits réels concernant l'affaire du collier de la reine Marie-Antoinette qui défraya la chronique dans les années 1780.

Leeds, 1918. When Amy visits her husband, Jude, at Beckett's Park Hospital, he doesn't recognise her. Broken after serving four devastating years in the First World War, Jude is a shadow of the man he once was. Can he ever again be the man Amy knew and loved? Barnsborough, 1912. The first time Jude and Amy meet, the connection between them is instant and electric. While a librarian's assistant and a collier might not be the most conventional pair, the two come together over a love of books that quickly turns into more.

In the Middle East tension is escalating between the British and the Arabs. Misfit Lieutenant Harry Downe is sent to negotiate a treaty with a renegade Bedouin Sheikh, Ibn Shalan, whose tribe is attacking enemy patrols in Iraq and cutting oil pipelines. Greedy for arms, Shalan accepts British weapons, but, in return, Harry must take his daughter Furja to be his bride. The secret marriage leads to a deep love, to the anger of Shalan and the disgust of Harry's fellow officers. But war is looming.

The Tsar's Dragons series follows the epic tale of 19th-century industrialist John Hughes, who founded a city on the Russian steppe. For people like Hughes' right-hand man, Glyn Edwards, who has found love in a new country, and Anna Parry, a Welsh orphan who has found fulfilment working in Hughesovka's hospital, the city is a chance to build a new life, but fresh arrivals from their hometown threaten the peace and stability of that new existence. Meanwhile, for ambitious Russians like Alexei Beletsky, the city offers a chance to change their homeland for the better.

Quelques mois après la tragédie, le père d’une des victimes engage Philip Taiwo, criminologue fraîchement rentré des États-Unis, dans l’espoir de découvrir qui sont les vrais responsables de la mort de son fils.

Montreal, 1947. To support her once-prosperous family, June Grant joins a steno pool in a prestigious advertising firm. For June, it’s hard to imagine having the kind of life her parents want—the kind of life her sister Daisy has, with a well-off husband and two precocious kids. But Daisy might not be a picture-perfect housewife after all. As June makes her own waves in the advertising world, she probes a hidden side of her sister’s life.

A dying Hex Hunter has the last laugh by transporting Ariel away from her friends using his Void Whip. Jade, in white hot anger, shoves his Phantom Blade into the man’s heart, killing him as well as losing any hopes of finding where the horrid Hex Hunter sent their Champion ally. Soon, Finn finds himself once again in the presence of the Romantic Rogues who have called upon him and Jade to fulfill the debt that is owed to them.

Finn Featherstone longs to trade in his paintbrush for a legendary Bizarre Blade. One day, after heroically rescuing a young girl, he is shocked to learn he is being drafted as a foot soldier. A few days later the army caravan he marches with is attacked by a pack of saber-toothed tigers. While trying to survive, Finn finds himself crashing through the ice where he mistakenly discovers a magical Blade of his very own. Introduced to a world of Champions jealous of his random find, Finn struggles to master his sword’s sludge-spitting bad attitude.

Following heavy casualties, General Townsend withdraws his exhausted troops to the town of Kut Al Amara, Iraq. His orders - to engage as many Turkish troops as possible in a siege situation. A relief force is hastily assembled, among them Charles Reid, Tom Mason and Michael Downe, for each of whom the advance is personal. Charles returns to the country where he lost the love of his life.

Mesopotamia, 1916. The Turks order prisoners from the siege of Kut to march the hundreds of miles to Baghdad. The men are weak from starvation after the five-month siege, with many suffering from dysentery, scabies, and malaria. They have no medical supplies. And then the hot weather begins.... Hundreds of men die on the march, the stragglers killed by Arab tribesmen; those too ill to move are left behind to die.

UN RÉCIT FANTASTIQUE, ENTRE HALLUCINATIONS ET RÉALITÉ. Le jeune Hoffmann, violoniste talentueux, quitte sa fiancée Antonia pour gagner Paris et y conquérir le succès. Avant son départ, il jure d'être fidèle et de ne pas s'adonner au jeu. Las ! Hoffman arrive à Paris en pleine terreur révolutionnaire, alors que la ville est en proie à des dérèglements exacerbés par l'omniprésence de la mort. Pris dans un tourbillon d'amours vénales, de tables de jeu débridées et de rencontres magiques, Hoffmann oublie vite son serment.

A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century to the modern civil rights movement. Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this landmark collection features writings from well-known black writers, activists...

"Il pénétra dans le cabinet. Mais, au bout de quelques secondes, il demanda, sans le moindre étonnement d'ailleurs : - Vous l'avez pris, chère amie ? Elle répliqua : - Comment ? mais non, je n'ai rien pris. - Vous l'avez dérangé."

"A Sick Collier". Lawrence returns in this story to the scenes of his childhood and the colliers he was brought up with. The wife in the story is probably based on his mother, although the husband is unlike the drinking, brutal father portrayed in Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's autobiographical novel. The story is a vivid portrayal of the life of a young couple when an accident strikes the husband down, but does not succeed as a short story, lacking any clear focus or message.

To Tim Anderson, playing the guitar is as natural - and just about as important - as breathing. He’s already decided he’s going to be a musician. But his father has other career plans for him - all involving college. And now, because Tim is on the verge of flunking math, he’s been forbidden even to touch his guitar. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time. A top record company has just announced a nationwide contest for teenage rock groups - with a recording contract as first prize. Tim is sure his group, The Silver Sunshine, has a good chance of winning.

An entertaining drama based on Nye Bevan’s race to create the new NHS by 5 July 1948. Getting Better is a roller coaster period drama based on real political events alongside the fictional story of front-line tears, trauma and triumph at The Park Hospital in Manchester. As Bevan faces up to the establishment in Parliament, Dr Eva Callaway faces the same challenges – facing poverty, sexism and homophobia in a system stuck in the past.

Di Arsène Lupin, personaggio immaginario ideato da Maurice Leblanc nel 1905, sono state realizzate trasposizioni cinematografiche, televisive, cartoons e fumetti. Arsène ruba per sé ma anche per i più bisognosi e sempre e solo ai più facoltosi.

Career Guidance and Development for the Book Industry

Instant New York Times bestseller! A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World. In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing...