Results for "Cars" in Genre Fiction

Henriette n'a pas que son prénom de décalé. Elle a aussi un look original bien à elle et un vrai talent créatif d'architecte d'intérieur, qu'elle ne mesure pas vraiment, trop souvent occupée à douter d'elle-même. Car derrière la façade de jeune professionnelle douée, elle cache une peur inavouable...

Wer mit der Hand schreibt, schreibt mit dem Herzen … Hatokos magischer Wunschzettel ist ein inspirierendes Hörbuch aus Japan über die Kunst der Kalligrafie und die Magie handgeschriebener Worte. In Kamakura steht das Sternenfest vor der Tür: Japans bezaubernde alte Hauptstadt, berühmt für ihre Tempel und ihr literarisches Erbe, ist festlich geschmückt.

Nurse practitioner Cesca Ampah has a strict no men, no relationships, no marriage policy. That is why she moved 500 miles away from home to a new city. She is focused on building her career and putting her life back on track. She needs life to get back to the way it was before her high school sweetheart ended their long engagement and broke her heart. The last thing she wants is romance! Dr. Zadok Cho is a handsome surgeon and a hopeless romantic. He's also Cesca's new co-worker and he’s convinced Cesca is the woman he's been looking for.

ही कादंबरी म्हणजे मनुष्यजातीच्या अस्तित्वाची न संपणारी गोष्ट आहे. एका अर्थी लेखिकेचा व्यक्ती आणि समष्टीच्या...

Top Gear's James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on . . . just about everything. As well as writing about his first love, cars, James has a go at political correctness, the endless rules and regulations of daily life, the internal combustion engine and traffic wardens...

Devil May Care will be published in May 2008 to celebrate the Centenary of Ian Fleming's birth. This new instalment in the adventures of the world's most iconic spy has been written by one of Britain's most admired novelists, Sebastian Faulks.

“Taut, emotionally intense, and wholly believable, this beautiful and uplifting debut” (Kirkus Reviews) about a young black boy’s quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they are separated in foster care is a sparkling novel perfect for fans of The Language of Flowers...

In this “compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner” (Sunday Times), the New York Times bestselling writer and acclaimed television host explores the aftermath of a tragedy on a small-town to illuminate the shame and longing that can flow through generations—and how the...

The year is 1977. Three teenagers drive along an Indiana back road, heading home away from the highway, away from prying eyes and traffic cops. One behind the driver's wheel, two in the back seat sampling the merchandise that could get them all jailed. And then, as the car careens beneath a black sky lit only by a million stars, they see it. Something in the sky, something large and close and beckoning with its strangeness.

Paige Pregnant and married at eighteen, Paige had to grow up quickly. But with her young husband at her side, they got through the years unscathed. At least, that's what she thought. All she ever wanted was a happy, healthy family. When she finds out their family is growing again, she can't wait...

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick “This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review) traces two married couples whose...

From a bright new talent, a witty, moving, and inspirational coming-of-age debut novel set in 1970s Brooklyn about a teenager and his abusive father whose obsession with broken down vintage cars careens wildly out of control. “Such a pleasure to read.... This is a coming of age story, but it...

When Alex pulls up to meet 'Max', he expects everything but a 90-year-old lady who has her heart set on getting to Brussels by carpool. As for 'Max', who is actually called Maxine, she could not be more ill at ease when settling into the seat next to this young man with bloodshot eyes. When it becomes clear that Maxine is suffering from Alzheimer's and wants to take matters into her own hands while she still can, and that Alex battles severe depression, a wonderful friendship starts to form between the unlikely pair. Before long, their travel plans take an unexpected turn.

Walter Schuler was undeniably dead, and there was no getting around that fact. But what led to his demise? Was there a goose involved in some way? Can a man truly be considered dead if no one in a position of authority is there to confirm it? Walter Schuler was gone, but did anyone actually care? As he rests in the deep freezer of his mansion, alongside a dead deer head that seems to have its own grievances with him, these are the kinds of questions he finds himself pondering.

Stefano Benni sfida il racconto di genere e apre la porta dell'orrore. Lo fa con ironia, lo fa attingendo al grottesco, lo fa tuffandosi nel comico, lo fa tastando l'angoscia, lo fa, in omaggio ai suoi maestri, rammentandoci di cosa è fatta la paura. E finisce con il consegnarci una galleria di memorabili mostri. E allora ecco gli adolescenti senza prospettiva o speranza, ecco il Wenge - una creatura misteriosa che semina panico e morte -, ecco il plutocrate russo che vuole sbarazzarsi di un albero secolare, ecco una Madonna che invece di piangere ride, dolcemente sfrontata.

Embark on a heart-warming romantic journey in this delightful comedy that proves it doesnt matter where youre goingits who you have beside you on the way After Lias old car breathes its last, the single mum must reluctantly take the bus to work and face unwarranted attention from a troublesome...

Sette racconti che si ascoltano come un romanzo corale e parlano del nostro presente, delle sue criticità e delle nostre aspettative, di amori e distanze. Con uno stile limpido e diretto, una prosa intensa ed elegante, Daria Colombo raccoglie in questei capitoli momenti di vite normali, comuni, colti e raccontati nella medesima giornata: vite affacciate sullo stesso Paese, nello stesso momento come un'istantanea del nostro tempo. Che si tratti di un venditore ambulante o di un ragazzo del Sud in cerca di lavoro, che sia un musicista innamorato o una donna delusa.

At any age, in any age, we could all fall by the highway of life. Charlie and Angel are two such teenagers who break the monotony of their foster home life by breaking into houses. When a burglary goes wrong, they escape in a stolen van along the Great Central Road. What follows, just as they are beginning find somewhere to belong, is murder and a ruthless international crime syndicate.

Giulia (pronounced Julia) was the daughter of Caesar Augustus. Arrested for adultery and treason, Giulia is banished to the island of Pandateria for 5 years where she spends her days in the company of 3 servants, musing about former lovers, lost friends and the children she was forced to abandon. The story of exile is woven together with historical fact and imagination. It takes place during a time of transition from acquiring land to build the Roman Empire to the implementation of the Pax Romana.

In the sun-bleached idyll of his Greek island home, seventeen-year-old Petros Castellanos’s future seems mapped out: he’ll inherit his father’s modest taxi fleet and continue his family tradition. However, his English mother sees a different path for her son, one that leads far from the watchful eyes of their small community. So Petros goes to London to stay with his mother’s cousin. The capital is an overwhelming city whose dazzling possibilities both terrify and enthral him.