Showing results for "Elias" in Literature & Fiction

Elia est une Passeuse d’Âmes, un être sans émotions. Elle doit exécuter ceux qui sont devenus des poids pour la société : vieux, malades, opposants... Mais un jour elle ne parvient plus à obéir aux ordres et s’enfuit dans la région la plus déshéritée du pays, là où les Passeurs d’Âmes sont considérés comme les pires ennemis. Au plus profond d’immenses mines à ciel ouvert, Elia découvrira, telle une pépite, une destinée qui la dépasse.

After the loss of a child along with a slew of agonizing misfortunes, Nick and Jess decide to end their lives. Unable to cope with the misery that fills their days, they commit one last act together and die in loving relief. But when Nick wakes up, he soon realizes that death isn't the gentle darkness he expected. Panicked and horrified, he struggles to understand the twisted abominations and hellish world he's now trapped in.

The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. The Kalevala was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity and the sense of nationality that led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. Beginning with the traditional Finnish creation myth, the Kalevala branches out into stories of the creation of the earth, plants, creatures, and the sky. There are many stories of, romance, kidnapping, seduction, and magical spell casting and singing.

Wir. Elias und Anja, leidenschaftliche Geschichtenschreiber, präsentieren euch alle 2 Wochen eigene Kurzgeschichten zu unterschiedlichen Themen. Am Ende jeder Folge ziehen wir ein Neues Thema- Schickt uns hierzu gerne kreative Ideen. Wir freuen uns sehr darauf unsere Begeisterung für Geschichten zu teilen. Anja und Elias

When the airplane piloted by Elias Santos crashes one week before their wedding day, Coen Caraway loses the man he loves and the illusion of happiness he has worked so hard to create. The only thing Elias leaves behind is a recording of his final words, and even Coen is baffled by the cryptic message. Numb with grief, he takes refuge on the Mexican island that was meant to host their wedding. But as fragments of the past come to the surface in the aftermath of the tragedy, Coen is forced to question everything he thought he knew about Elias and their life together.

The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history. A murder and a case of mistaken identity brings the police to Hannah Elias’...

Loretta Pacheco has a cool job at an electric car company. Her life finally seems headed in the right direction. But in a flash, it all starts to fall apart. What were the strange voices she heard as she lay injured by the side of the road? Why, exactly, did two young boys disappear all those years ago? And what is this strange sound in her head?

Dive into the enchanting world of Elia and The Last Essays of Elia, two captivating collections of essays by the talented Charles Lamb. First published in The London Magazine from 1820 to 1825, these essays quickly became beloved classics, delighting readers with their personal and conversational style. Lamb, who embodies the persona of Elia, shares his reflections alongside his sister Mary, affectionately dubbed Cousin Bridget. The name Elia is inspired by an old Italian clerk from Lambs workplace at the South-Sea House in the early 1790s. While some essays reference Lambs contemporaries and ...

Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: Beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen’s play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.

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Cuando a Sandra Valdés, joven historiadora en paro, le encargan que escriba la biografía de Ofelia Arráez -la gran empresaria y constructora, referente obligado en el mundo de la moda del calzado femenino-, ella acepta el reto sin imaginar los secretos que se ocultan en los noventa años de esa mujer contradictoria y poderosa, sin saber que lo que va a descubrir cambiará también su vida.

Peter Kien, »der größte Sinologe seiner Zeit«, führt in seiner fensterlosen Wohnung und umgeben von 25.000 Büchern ein absurdes, von der Welt entfremdetes Höhlenleben. Als seine Haushälterin Therese ihn dazu bringt, sie zu heiraten, ist das der Anfang des Abstiegs in den Wahnsinn. Als "Die Blendung" 1935 erstmals erschien, waren es Thomas Mann und Robert Musil, die einen Lobgesang auf Canettis Roman anstimmten. Trotzdem sollten noch viele Jahre vergehen, ehe Canettis Werk auch international gewürdigt wurde.

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit.

Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935) was a prolific American author, journalist and critic. Although she left school at 14, she was enormously talented, and by her 20s she was well established as a writer of short stories. This collection showcases six of her best tales: 'The Piano Next Door', 'On the Northern Ice', 'A Child of the Rain', 'From the Loom of the Dead', 'Story of an Obstinate Corpse' and 'Story of the Vanishing Patient'.

A Popsugar Best Romance Novel of 2020 RITA Award—winning author Elia Winters delivers a sexy, playful frenemies-to-lovers road trip romance. Megan Harris had hopes of seeing the world, but at twenty-five she’s never even left Florida. Now a wedding invitation lures her to Quebec…in...

""This smart, suspenseful tale with an I-didn't-see-that-coming ending is an irresistible page turner, as if White Lotus collided with Nine Perfect Strangers. A summer must-read."" — Rochelle B. Weinstein, bestelling author of This is Not How it Ends From the author of Pink Glass Houses...

Una novela entre realista y criminal, en la que un biógrafo indaga en los disfraces (tan terribles como lo que ocultan) de una existencia misteriosa que, poco a poco, se va implicando en la suya propia. Una turbadora visita a los cuartos traseros de la fama literaria. En los años setenta, el prestigioso cuentista argentino Raúl de la Torre, residente en París, saltó a la fama al publicar su primera novela. Su popularidad como novelista del boom creció con sus siguientes obras, su segundo e inesperado matrimonio y su implicación política.

Rita, regresa a su pueblo en Alicante después de muchos años de ausencia. Se dirige a casa de Lena, una de las amigas de entonces, pero la posibilidad de un feliz encuentro se ve truncada por una imagen horrible e inesperada: Rita encuentra a Lena muerta en el baño de su casa. Lo que empieza pareciendo un suicidio, se convierte después de algunas investigaciones, en un posible asesinato. Rita decide entonces reunir a las amigas de entonces para hablar de lo ocurrido.

Written with cinematic flair, this historical novel brings in key figures such as Shakespeare and Descartes as it recreates the drama and intrigue of 17th-century England and the Continent. Elizabeth’s children included Rupert of the Rhine and Sophia of Hanover, from whom the Hanoverian line descended to the present Queen Elizabeth II.

Una mujer busca respuestas a lo que sucedió. Helena Guerrero es una artista de renombre internacional, conocida por las sombras que invaden sus cuadros y que, aparentemente, reflejan un misterio de su pasado que nadie ha sabido nunca explicar. Ahora, después de muchos años de alejamiento, una terapia psicológica llamada "constelación", una boda en la familia y un e-mail de su cuñado ofreciéndole información la traen de vuelta a Madrid desde Australia, donde vive.