Showing results for "Marines" in Literary Fiction

Barcelone, 1979. Óscar, quinze ans, a l'habitude de s'échapper du pensionnat et d'errer dans la ville. Un jour, alors qu'il s'est introduit dans une demeure à l'allure abandonnée, il rencontre Marina qui va briser la solitude de ses escapades quotidiennes. Lorsque la jeune fille l'emmène à la découverte d’une tombe anonyme flanquée d'un papillon noir sur laquelle vient se recueillir chaque jour une femme couverte d'un voile sombre, les deux adolescents décident de mener l'enquête.

In seinen freien Stunden streift der Internatsschüler Óscar Drai durch die verwunschenen Villenviertel Barcelonas...

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman. St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints...

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Los niños de Chile están desapareciendo y nadie sabe por qué. Algunos creen que se escapan; otros, que son secuestrados. Solo dos personas —una ilustradora y una niña llamada Catalina— saben la verdad, pero es demasiado extraña para que nadie jamás pueda creerles. El tren marino es una...

A JULY 2022 BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK What would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again? After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy...

North London in the 21st century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flat. A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you.

Maine, 1997. As the people of Fort Meadow Beach celebrate the Fourth of July, four-year-old Daisy Wright disappears and is never seen again. Maine, Present Day. Fired from her job and heartbroken, Peyton Winchester moves back home for the summer. Bored and aimless, she finds a renewed sense of purpose when an ad for a journalism course reminds her of a path not taken. Returning to life in her hometown brings back all kinds of memories—including Daisy's vanishing when she was a young girl herself.

Una vampira llega a las costas de la Buenos Aires decimonónica para ver por segunda vez en su vida cómo las aldeas se vuelven una ciudad cosmopolita. Es el ocaso de las bacanales de sangre, de la Europa en que se puede matar y comer a destajo. Hay que adaptarse, mezclarse con los humanos, ser...

Filomena Quarta - ex giornalista quarantenne, da poco orfana di padre - si ritrova all'improvviso in bolletta e con un'ingombrante eredità: la Dimora...

La magnifica festa del 30 gennaio 1933 sarebbe stata ricordata negli anni a venire come l'ultima occasione in cui si erano ritrovati tutti insieme. Fu un momento scintillante e al tempo stesso un commiato: la Berlino della comunità ebraica, con la sua vivacissima, brulicante polifonia, era perduta per sempre. Dopo il grande successo de Gli Effinger, Gabriele Tergit narra le vicende di cinque famiglie berlinesi sradicate dalla ferocia della storia del Novecento.

Este es un libro de filosofía de guerrilla, una puesta en práctica de los presupuestos filosóficos que Marina Garcés planteaba en su libro anterior, Filosofía inacabada. Pensar radicalmente provoca que nos relacionemos con lo que somos y lo que hacemos a través de preguntas inesperadas con...

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Kann man sich totstellen, um der Erschießung zu entkommen? Einen Fluch unschädlich machen, indem man die Tür verriegelt? Den Abschied vergessen und Gefühle auf Leinwand bannen? Kira erzählt ihre Familiengeschichte. Eine Geschichte von Aufbrüchen und Verwandlungen, von Krokodilen und Papierdrachen. Die junge Künstlerin Kira lebt mit Marc und dem gemeinsamen Sohn Karl in Berlin. Sie gibt Malkurse für Kinder, hat lange nicht ausgestellt, lange nichts gemalt - und zweifelt.

It is AD 2565. When 17-year-old Marine cadet Arun McEwan forges an unlikely friendship with an alien scribe, he crashes into a world of treachery and conspiracy. How can he possibly survive three more years until graduation when every day brings a new deadly threat? But survive he must because his new alien allies show him glimpses of his destiny - a vision of a better future that only he can forge. A dream called the Human Legion.

Uno. Una joven mbyá guaraní cuenta la maldición dé haber parido gemelos -según la tradición local, una inequívoca prueba de adulterio, su paso por el hospital para una cesárea y la convalecencia posterior en la casa de su cuñada se mezclan en la ilación con la añoranza de la vida...

Ariel è una ragazza nata e cresciuta a Gerusalemme, in una famiglia ultra-ortodossa che considera naturali le innumerevoli limitazioni - sociali ed economiche - a cui è sottoposta, finché un giorno, sbirciando per caso in una rivista, legge il nome di "Shakespeare". Sarà come una traccia che la ragazza non potrà fare a meno di seguire: compiendo pochi, proibitissimi metri, Ariel infrange il divieto di uscire dal proprio quartiere e raggiunge la libreria all'angolo.

Emprisonnée par son mari Henri II Plantagenêt et séparée de ses enfants, Aliénor ne s'avoue pas vaincue et refuse de se soumettre à la tyrannie. Après la mort du roi elle devient reine douairière d'Angleterre et s'efforce de tempérer ses fils désormais rivaux dans la conquête du pouvoir. Infatigable, elle traverse les Alpes, réunit la rançon pour faire libérer son fils Richard Coeur de Lion et déjoue les manoeuvres de son autre fils, Jean sans Terre.

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award "Narrator Edoardo Ballerini's clear and evocative delivery of Evison's novel works splendidly." "Ballerini's performance is masterful." -AudioFile Magazine Dave Cartwright used to be good at a lot of things: good with his hands, good at solving problems, good...