Showing results for "Mayas" in Literary Fiction

ଦେବବ୍ରତଙ୍କ ଗଦ୍ୟଲେଖାର କୌଶଳ ସମକାଳ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଗଦ୍ୟର ଏକ ନୂଆଦିଗ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଉ। ଭୋଗିବା ଓ ଭୋଗିବାକୁ ନେଇ ଲେଖିବା ଦୁଇଟା ଅଲଗା...

It was only supposed to be a vacation romance. Passionate, exciting - and short-lived. But when Jewel Henley arrived for her first day of work at a new job, she realized her exotic lover was in fact Piers Anetakis, her boss. A boss who had a strict rule about not getting involved with his employees. And so, just like that, Jewel was fired. With no money and no job, Jewel doubted it could get any worse. Then she discovered she was pregnant and that she'd have to confront Piers.

Maya’s Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende. This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini...

""Engrossing historical fiction…A touching, thrilling heartbreak for any reader.” --USA Today This stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney. Ovid's sensuous and witty...

Il romanzo di Isabel Allende racconta la storia di Maya Vidal, un'adolescente che cade nel circuito dell'alcol e della droga a Las Vegas. In fuga da spacciatori e agenti dell'FBI, Maya approda nell'arcipelago di Chiloé, nel Sud del Cile. In queste isole remote, Maya impara a conoscersi e a scoprire verità nascoste sulla sua terra d'origine, trovando infine l'amore. Il romanzo alterna il racconto della difficile storia precedente di Maya, fatta di marginalità e degrado, con la sua rinascita in un'atmosfera di vita semplice e valori solidi.

From the critically acclaimed, Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter and All the Lives We Never Lived, an incisive and moving novel about the struggle for creative achievement in a world consumed by growing fanaticism and political upheaval. One night, Elango has a dream that...

#1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and sizzling Slow Burn series with this fourth book—a mesmerizingly sexy tale of a strong, brilliant woman who encounters the one man who makes her lose all control. Eliza Cummings fought free of a monster...

They are sworn enemies… Theodore Prescott the Third, one of Manhattan’s Rogues of Millionaire Row, has really done it this time. The only way to survive his most recent, unspeakably outrageous scandal is marry someone respectable. Someone sensible. Someone like Daisy Swann. Of all the girls...

The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t… P.J. and Cole were...

Jeune cadre dynamique dans un cabinet de conseil parisien, à la vie conjugale et professionnelle accomplie, Maya coule des jours heureux. Mais bientôt régentée par une supérieure hiérarchique trop pressée d'arriver, la jeune femme s'éveille un matin entravée, le corps bloqué, au point de ne pouvoir se lever. La sentence tombe comme un couperet. Maya souffre de burn-out. S'ébauche dès lors un long cheminement intime semé d'épreuves. Comment la victime va-t-elle braver l'adversité ?

El Caso COLMENARES forma parte del imaginario colectivo. En él se puede trazar la radiografía de un país: la impunidad de la justicia, el poder del dinero, la intolerancia, el esvío de la ley, la trampa, la mentira, y sobre todo las más grandes pasiones. En la Novela El Enigma COLMENARES...

Leopold Portman, a young IT manager a few years out of college, dreams of settling down in Philly's bucolic suburbs with his fiancé, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, Leopold's brother, dithers in his seventh year of graduate school and privately questions Leo and Nora's relationship. On June 16, 2004, the three are brought together - first for a funeral, then for an annual Bloomsday party. As the long-simmering tensions between them come to a head, they are forced to confront the choices of their pasts and their hopes for the future.

Maya Angelous gribende erindringsbog om at vokse op som sort pige i 1930'ernes amerikanske sydstater i et stærkt raceopdelt miljø, hvor de sorte udsættes for had og ydmygelser. Om en barndom med skiftende hjem og med forældre uden kræfter til at være forældre. Om at gå gennem uretfærdigheder og overgreb, men alligevel rejse sig og finde styrke til at gøre sig fri af sin sociale arv. Bogen lå på bestsellerlisterne i to år efter udgivelsen i 1969 og er stadig en elsket klassiker over hele verden.

Antioquia es el escenario de nueve historias ficticias pero con situaciones y perfiles muy reales: una estudiante paisa recién llegada a otro país habitado por depredadores sexuales; la niña víctima de un profesor de Religión drogadicto; esa «amiga» de la familia, chismosa y libertina...