Showing results for "Gangs" in Literature & Fiction

The fourth volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

London 1885. A gang of lady thieves is targeting Piccadilly's wealthy shoppers and no one seems able to stop them. As frustrations build, the body of a young woman is pulled from the River Thames. Reporter Penny Green has a lot to write about, and she faces a new challenge when a stranger approaches her with a riddle. Could it lead to a killer?

Ellis Island, 1909: da uno dei tanti transatlantici in arrivo sbarcano una giovane donna e il suo bambino. Provengono dall'Italia, dall'Aspromonte più arcaico e violento. I loro nomi sono Cetta e Natale: ma il bimbo viene subito chiamato, dagli addetti dell'Immigrazione americana, "Christmas". Natale-Christmas: nella trasformazione di questo nome è racchiuso tutto il sogno della giovane, indomita Cetta, che affronta con coraggio le difficoltà della vita nel ghetto italiano del Lower East Side di New York con un solo desiderio.

New York ! En ces tumultueuses années 1920, pour des milliers d'Européens, la ville est synonyme de "rêve américain". C'est le cas pour Cetta Luminata, une Italienne qui, du haut de son jeune âge, compte bien se tailler une place au soleil avec Christmas, son fils. Dans une cité en plein essor où la radio débute à peine et le cinéma se met à parler, Christmas grandit entre gangs adverses, violence et pauvreté, avec ses rêves et sa gouaille comme planche de salut.

Fox, JJ, Chase, and Maverick. The four names tattooed onto my heart more permanently than any of the ink on my skin. They don’t just live in this town anymore, they rule it. And the view here may be beautiful, but the sun, sea and sand hide dark secrets. The gangs. The lies. The violence. It all lurks beneath a veil so thin that once you’ve seen through it, you can never close your eyes to the truth again. But I don’t plan on closing my eyes. I have four devils set in my sights. And this dead girl no longer has anything to lose.

A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous. Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a...

Le phénomène du thriller taiwanais : les amours interdites d'un futur chef de guerre chinois. En 1936, Luk Pa-Choi, jeune paysan chinois, fuit la guerre civile comme des milliers de ses compatriotes et se réfugie à Hong Kong, alors colonie britannique. Il y retrouve son frère, immigré depuis plusieurs années, qui occupe un poste important au sein de la plus grande triade chinoise, Hong Men. Gagnant aussitôt la confiance de son chef, Luk bâtit peu à peu son royaume.

This is the 1927 book that years later inspired the movie of the same name. It is a book about criminal violence, corrupt politics and police, and illicit sex. The City of New York, from the late colonial period up to the early twentieth century, was a bustling hub of commerce, industry, and immigration. For many the city was the gateway to a new life in America, and for many others it was a place to steal a buck from their fellow New Yorkers and visitors to the city with thievery, fraud, and vice—in neighborhoods such as the Five Points, the Bowery, Hells Kitchen, and the Water Front.

Bulldog's back! This time, there is a plot to foment a revolution in England, a plot that has left the Police baffled and the nation at the mercy of a master criminal. A disguised clergyman, a beautiful sidekick, an arcane poison, car chases and abductions all fail to see off Hugh Drummond and his gang of ex-Army friends. But when the plotters capture Drummond's wife, the game is up. Isn't it?

When I was three years old, I was found homeless in the woods, alone and feral. When asked how I survived all of those years by myself, I had one answer: the Shadow Man. I have no memory of that time. No memory of anything, really, before the accident. I rely on stories from my fathers about this supposed imaginary friend. Got into a fight at school? The Shadow Man made me. Stole from a store? He forced me to. Snuck out of the house? He came with me.

A market savvy schoolteacher makes a million bucks for his stock investment club but loses it all when tech stocks go belly up. With their money gone, the middle-class businessmen turn to robbing banks to keep up their opulent lifestyle. For their penchant for hitting a bank before going to work, the Atlanta press dubs them, "The Morning Glory Gang".

There is an unseen world that surrounds all of us. It's been here almost since the beginning of time. In this world, angels fight for you, and demons fight against you. The battle raging is for your very soul. The orphanage children unknowingly entered this battle the day they moved into the old manor. William, Henrietta, Katherine, Markus, Abigail, and Mary Beth were in awe when the angels assigned to them just appeared. Kenneth and Raymond encountered demons in the forbidden basement. All is not what it seems in the manor house.

Solen går sin gang, som var Hemingways første roman, beskriver en gruppe unge rodløse og desillusionerede amerikanske kunstneres hektiske, udsvævende liv i efterkrigstidens Paris og Spanien i 1920-erne. Krigen har berøvet dem troen på en højere mening. Kun en intens leven i nuet kan for en stund fortrænge meningsløsheden og den manglende tro på fremtiden.

Dies ist das "Gangs of Minton"-Original mit der Originalstimme von Bagadin Geiger. Eine Vorabversion, denn es soll ebenfalls eine überarbeitete Version mit Soundeffekten - ein Hörspiel erscheinen. Wer nicht warten kann, kann sich diese Version zu einem günstigen Preis laden. Eine großartige Geschichte aus dem Mischgenre "Scimortion" - Science Fiction, Humor und Action.

Til alle der elsker Jenny Han - en kærlighedshistorie om et fake forhold, der udvikler sig... 17-årige Eliza Lin har svært ved at finde sig til rette på sin nye skole i Beijing efter familien igen, igen, igen er flyttet. Men da et essay om hendes fiktive store kærlighed går viralt, får hun pludselig anerkendelse af sine nye skolekammerater og muligheden for at komme i praktik på sit yndlingsmagasin.

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"Es geht um gekaufte und verkaufte Liebe, um Sehnsucht und Selbstmord, um eine Zeit, die sich verliert, in Berlin, dem zärtlichen Moloch der Moderne." Georg Diez, Der Spiegel Fabian ist Erich Kästners Meisterwerk. Doch der Roman wurde vor seinem Erscheinen verändert und gekürzt. Jetzt liegt er zum ersten Mal so vor, wie ihn Kästner geschrieben und gemeint hat - unter dem Titel, den Kästner ursprünglich vorgesehen hatte: Der Gang vor die Hunde. Nun gibt es das Buch auch als Hörbuch mit einer ungekürzten Lesung von Nico Holonics.

A crime drama series that reenacts real-life criminal cases, aiming to inform and engage listeners. The show combines storytelling with public service announcements.

A crime drama series that reenacts real-life criminal cases, aiming to inform and engage listeners. The show combines storytelling with public service announcements.

A "wild west" tale of two brothers who battle both the state and a mafia empire in 1920s Italy, from famed Italian author Andrea Camilleri. Raffadali, province of Agrigento, 1920s. The Sacco brothers are free men with strong ideas about socialism and the state. Their lives change radically one morning when their father, Luigi Sacco, receives an anonymous letter from the local Mafia demanding protection money and is the victim of a robbery attempt. Luigi tells the police of the extortion letters he received, but the police don't know what to do.