Showing results for "Time Out" in Literature & Fiction

Mother of one and professional writer Saoirse is still adjusting to the demands of motherhood, four years after the birth of her daughter, Anna. Living in the claustrophobic London suburb of Woodvale, and being surrounded by passive-aggressive mum-wars, isn’t helping. Neither is her increasingly pent-up anger at her once-perfect husband. Her only comrade in arms, best friend Bea, is the one thing keeping her sane. When Saoirse’s agent asks her to pitch for a book, she is horrified to discover the topic is motherhood.

For historical anthropologist Cara Tucker, the chance to spend a sabbatical semester on a remote country estate—with full access to its vast library and centuries-old journals—is a dream come true . . . until a series of strange incidents begin to turn her dream into a nightmare. Someone, it seems, does not want anyone diving into the past and unearthing old ghosts. Sheriff Brad Adams has seen his share of suspicious activities during his law enforcement career, but what's happening at the isolated estate is out-of-pattern in his quiet, rural Missouri county.

A time traveler gains a vista of the world’s unknown history—at the peril of his life!

После гибели от взрыва в собственном Порше "новый русский" Вован Каширский очнулся в небесном чистилище. Вынесенный ему приговор был быстрым и коротким: "Колдурас". Так Вован оказался в маленькой комнатке с огромной сковородой по середине и табличкой с надписью: "ЗАО Рай" на двери.

'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL The nail-bitingly tense, rib-crackingly funny new TIME POLICE mission from the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. The Time Police don't think twice about jumping to the past. But, this time, the past has...

It’s hard to be a drunken idiot when the world keeps burning down around you. Cairn, the charming-yet-utterly-irresponsible heir to the Uskarrion throne, is all too happy to toss the crown aside. But an invasion, conspiracy, and rise of a terrifying villain result in his untimely death. Then, Cairn reawakens. It's a decade earlier, and he's in his childhood body. But he remembers everything...there's much to accomplish. First, however, he'd really love to stop himself from dying.

After more than two hundred years as a corpsicle, Jaybee Corbell awoke in someone else’s body and under threat of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars. But Corbell bided his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core.

The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The story describes time and space travel by mind transfer. The premise is that a person in a given place and time can switch bodies with someone who is elsewhere or elsewhen. Other writers have re-used this concept in later works, such as drinking tea from Red Forest leaves in the television series 12 Monkeys and long-range communication stones in the Stargate SG-1 television series.

A simple recon mission in New York City brings a terrible truth to light: their enemy knows every secret Kenna has been hiding. She doesn’t want to accompany Preston to the UK, but doing so might give her the answers she’s been looking for. About everything. All her friends seem to think it’s inevitable she’s going, and when she’s given information about her mother … it just might be.

Years ago, a drunken night of debauchery got Daniella pregnant and sent her down a very different path. Today, her young son has leukaemia, and only a marrow transplant from the true father can save him. Can Daniella find the man from all those years ago? Can she save her son and face the demons of her past?

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Introduced by Lucy Mangan * * * Tales to soothe tired souls. A night time companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's...

I've finally gotten everything I ever wanted: Love, freedom, happiness, and, most importantly, Finn. Our love is everything I expected it to be and more. We've finally found each other, but the world seems determined to tear us apart. We thought my father was the only obstacle between us, but now it's the military. With Finn's departure looming, we're squeezing in every moment together before we run out of time.

Between juggling lunchboxes, piano lessons, and baby-sitters, public defender turned stay-at-home mom Juliet Applebaum promises to help her famous friend clear her brother's name of murder. But what will she do when she begins to suspect her friend may not be as innocent as she seems?

In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.

Kate Brewer is a successful High Profile Prosecutor for Atlanta biggest law firm. When she lucks up and gets a day off due to her client surprisingly confession, she takes it upon herself to relax and chill. After falling asleep, Kate awoken by a blow to the head. After being ducked tape and rapped, then she is kidnapped. With time running out will she survive this ordeal? Will the police arrive in time to save her? Interviews and discussion with related stories.

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Everyone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's. Astonishingly, Dr. Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601 performance of Hamlet, with Shakespeare himself in the role of the Ghost. It doesn't go well, of course.

Da Vercelli a Piacenza sulla via Francigena. La seconda parte di un viaggio a piedi di un uomo, in compagnia di vecchi e nuovi personaggi che vivono fuori e dentro la sua mente, interamente compiuto nella pianura Padana. Le domande esistenziali che si pone continueranno ad essere sempre molte, oppure troverà anche qualche risposta? Scopritelo...

Strange things are happening behind the bright pink facade of Bayside’s premier laundromat, Joyful Suds, home to Joy Moody and her twin daughters. For much of their lives, Joy has been lying to Cassie and Andie. What started as a colorful tale to explain how the twins came to live with her grew over the years and was always something she meant to set straight. Joy really did think she had more time. Worse still, Joy is struggling to define the truth from the lies.

Giugno 2024, un terzo viaggio complesso, questa volta, composto da sette tappe sulla Via Francigena, per Otto, protagonista della serie. Lui comincia già a chiedersi se riuscirà ad approdare un giorno alla sua meta finale: Roma. Chissà? Intanto siamo arrivati alla terza edizione di questo podcast, e chi ben comincia... Sette diversi viaggi, sette diverse avventure, sette mondi da esplorare dentro e fuori il suo protagonista, raccontato un terza persona.