Showing results for "Coup" in Literature & Fiction

When the fourth princess of Istalam is due to dedicate herself to a path serving the crown, she makes a choice that shocks everyone, herself most of all: She leaves. In hiding and exiled from power, Miyara finds her place running a tea shop in a struggling community that sits on the edge of a magical disaster zone. But there's more brewing under the surface of this city—hidden magic and hidden machinations—that threaten all the people who've helped her make her own way.

New South Wales struggled as a new British penal colony, facing drought, famine, social incoherence, and the development of an intransigent military cartel which did not lose any opportunity to exploit the circumstances. Together with an entrepreneurial landowner society led by John Macarthur, they made the task of the Governor, William Bligh (of The Bounty) very difficult.

Vicken has a plan: throw himself into the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and end it all for good, believing it to be the only way out for him after a lifetime of depression and pain. But, stepping off the subway, he finds himself in an endless, looping station. Determined to find a way out again, he starts to explore the rooms and corridors ahead of him. But no matter how many claustrophobic hallways or vast cathedral-esque rooms he passes through, the exit is nowhere in sight. The more he explores his strange new prison, the more he becomes convinced that he hasn't been trapped there

Qui n'a jamais galéré en amour ? Qui n'a jamais culpabilisé parce qu'elle n'était pas une mère parfaite ? Qui n'a jamais trouvé ses parents insupportables ?... Levez le doigt ! Tess a eu une vie en pagaille, mais au fond n'est-ce pas cela qui est normal ? Une existence faite de ruptures, de bifurcations et pourtant débordante d'amour, de rires et de larmes. Stephanie Blake raconte une héroïne éprise de passion et de liberté. Un concentré d'humour mordant et d'impertinence, sous une plume virtuose.

The audiobook is anchored by the full text of the provocatively topical title novella that appeared in Harper's, a sometimes farcical, ultimately tragic story about the president of an international lending institution accused of sexually assaulting a housekeeper in a New York hotel. Recalling recent news events with irony and compassion, Kalfus skewers international political gridlock and the hypocrisies of acceptable sexual conduct.

In Harry Turtledove's mesmerizing alternate history of World War II, the choices of men and fate have changed history. Now it is the winter of 1941. As the Germans, with England and France on their side, slam deep into Russia, Stalin's terrible machine fights for its life. But the agreements of world leaders do not touch the hearts of soldiers. The war between Germany and Russia is rocked by men with the courage to aim their guns in a new direction. England is the first to be shaken.

Executive Solutions is one of the world’s most capable mercenary units: a force designed to do everything from providing local security and training to hostage rescue, terrorist suppression, and many other operations in places regular military forces can’t–or won’t–go.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24th June 1842 at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio. His parents were poor but they introduced him to literature at an early age, instilling in him a deep appreciation of books, the written word and the elegance of language. He began his first foray as a fabulist, publishing ‘Fantastic Fables’ in 1899. But tragedy struck two years later when his second son Leigh died of pneumonia relating to his alcoholism. He continued to write short stories and poetry and also published ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’.

Once, there was a shining civilization grounded on magic, with sorcerers, flying cities, iron ships, castles in the clouds, and wonders beyond the dreams of mortal men. Then, in a single cataclysmic moment fifty years ago, magic flared and the wondrous world came to an end. The few who survived are struggling to reclaim what they lost. Meanwhile, darker forces plot to shape the future to something more to their liking.

COUP DE CŒUR PODCASTIQUE est un podcast présenté par Louise (12 ans) et Agnès (10 ans). Dans chaque épisode, vous découvrirez un livre ou un film. Entre Harry Potter et Alerte rouge, vous ne risquez pas de vous ennuyer alors bienvenu.es sur COUP DE CŒUR PODCASTIQUE, un podcast pour les enfants, les ados, les adultes et même les grands-parents !

De nouveau un interlude mystérieux avec Delphine Comte Cusey

A federal officer's best friend is mortally wounded but still alive and suffering terribly. He just euthanized an injured horse, but the rules are quite different and specific regarding humans. They are alone with no sign of help for the dying man. What to do?

"The Coup de Grâce" a short story by Ambrose Bierce, himself a troubled veteran of the American Civil War, details a fictional situation, which may be based on some truth. An act so humane and yet so repugnant it would not be spoken of. War is unglamorous and ugly.

Wayne McLair spielt seinen letzten Trumpf aus und stellt sich seinen Widersachern in einem epischen Finale! Quinns Rache steht auf Messers Schneide, als er sich mit einem Assassinen gegen den Mörder seiner Mutter zusammentut. Die Konfrontation im Rubin Snake Theatre ist jedoch nicht die letzte: Auf dem Weg zur Bank of Ireland muss sich Wayne McLair noch einmal seinem großen Rivalen stellen ... Wird er den Sieg davontragen?

Un vieil homme, tout voûté, traînant la jambe, parcourt les rues de Paris, un panier de cacahuètes au bras. Sa silhouette est familière aux habitués des terrasses des Champs-Élysées comme à la jeunesse du quartier Latin. "Papa cacahuètes" se moque pas mal des quolibets, sur son passage. Il poursuit son bonhomme de chemin avec une idée fixe en tête. Une idée formidable ! Faire de son fils le maître de la France ! Car il a un fils, ce loqueteux !

An insidious cabal has decided to change the direction of the United Alliance of Stars (UAS) with a coup d’etat - but not through a military takeover. They have devised a subtler coup: the manipulation of the Committee, the 15-star system that sets policy for the UAS. The UAS Committee enlists their de facto troubleshooter, Anna Paulus, to shut down the cabal, but they insists she leave the NIA and manage UAS Committee Security. For Anna it’s a nightmare scenario, leaving her safe world for a completely new environment dominated by macho men with years of combat experience.

Eine Kunstausstellung im All. Ein begehrtes Objekt. Nur eine Frau kann es schützen. Kunst dient den Reichen. Und die Erde ist dafür nicht mehr rentabel genug. Das haben die hiesigen Kunstgalerien verstanden und ihre Versteigerungen in die Weite zwischen den Sternen verlagert: Auf Luxusraumschiffen der Extraklasse können illustre Kunstliebhaber nun ihrem Vergnügen frönen und ungestört Milliarden für die kostbaren Schätze ausgeben. Doch auch im All bedarf es eines besonderen Schutzes, sei es nun vor Kunstschändern, Möchtegern-Dieben oder religiösen Fanatikern.

"Il était 17 h 20 lorsque mon cœur s’est arrêté. Je ne me suis aperçue de rien. Ça s’est passé comme si je m’endormais. C’était doux, presque un soulagement." Emma est morte le 7 février 2022. Son cœur a cessé de battre pendant trente minutes. Un coup au cœur raconte la bataille qu’elle a dû mener pour revenir à la vie, de la réanimation à la rééducation. Pour se remémorer aussi où elle est partie quand tout le monde la pensait disparue.

Dix récits et dix atmosphères radicalement différentes pour un pied de nez cocasse à la mort. Des nouvelles courtes, amusantes et suffocantes où l'auditeur navigue à vue au fil d'une succession douce-amère de vies qui exultent ou expirent.

Mallarmé explore les différentes possibilités du langage, syntaxiques, phonétiques, jusqu'à élaborer cette grande partition poétique d'une typographie libérée qu'est "Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le Hasard".