Résultats pour "Adam" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Each of us O’Sheas had a place in our family dynamic. I was the one who made sure our family stayed safe. The quiet O’Shea. The protective one. The one who did the dirty jobs. A woman and family were the farthest things from my mind. It wasn’t a dream I’d ever thought to have or even felt like I deserved. Until they landed on my doorstep. One look at them and I knew that I’d go back to the darkness I’d lived in to ensure they were safe.

Charlotte Kingston, étudiante en dernière année d'université, mène deux vies et les réussit toutes les deux. Le jour, elle est la parfaite fille de sororité, une étudiante en génie biomédical et la fille adoptive d'une famille de surdoués. La nuit, elle est Charlie : une casse-cou qui prend des risques et cherche à s'amuser, et qui se retrouve à discuter sur une application de rencontres avec deux correspondants canon anonymes.

À 17 ans, Aleisha travaille dans la petite bibliothèque de son quartier : un job d’été tranquille qui lui permet de reprendre son souffle loin de sa mère bipolaire. Elle, qui ne lit que très peu, s’y ennuie terriblement jusqu’au jour où elle découvre une mystérieuse liste de lecture en rangeant un exemplaire de Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur. Intriguée, elle décide de se plonger dans tous les ouvrages de la liste pour pouvoir conseiller les usagers de la bibliothèque, dont un vieil homme isolé à la recherche des livres grâce auxquels il réussira à se rapprocher de sa petite-fille.

1946 beginnt die junge Ruth, sich in Palästina ein neues Leben aufzubauen, getrieben von jugendlichen Idealen in einem Land, das ihr feindlich gesinnt ist. Wir folgen Ruth und den Ihren durch die Jahre 1945 bis 2009. Und damit durch die Turbulenzen des Staates Israel – die Auseinandersetzung mit den Briten, die Vertreibung der Araber, der Sechs-Tage-Krieg und der Jom-Kippur-Krieg machen Ruth womöglich noch zäher und härter.

Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. Years after his brother Bobby had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.

Adam Binder’s life has never been better. Sure, he has no money, no car, no home to call his own, and he’s worried about creating a future with his boyfriend Vic, but he’s closer to his family than ever before. He’s also Page to the Elven Court of Swords, and that appointment is not without its perks—like the invisible sword strapped to his back.

The interstellar Kingdom of Adamant's civil war is over. Nikola Adamant is free to live his life once more. But duty never ends, returning him to duty in the Kingdom's army—and a new task, as his sister the King's voice beyond their home system!

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An epic journey into the heart of North Korea and the world’s most mysterious dictatorship. “Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting here.”—The...

After years of imprisonment, a Deaf teen escapes his father's basement. Bloody, alone, and without language, he stumbles through the Saskatchewan prairie until he lands in an isolated psychiatric facility, where he meets Felix, another Deaf teen, who eagerly teaches him Sign Language.

Takiej powieści o Mickiewiczu jeszcze nie było! To nie jest nudna biografia wieszcza, nic z tych rzeczy. To zeznanie pewnej tajemniczej postaci. W tej niesamowitej historii narratorem jest... No właśnie – kto? Bies, licho, a może sam... diabeł, opiekujący się Adamem od kołyski w Zaosiu po istambulskie łoże śmierci? Czy bez interwencji tego czarciego ducha nie mielibyśmy wieszcza oraz Polski – Chrystusa narodów? Mickiewicz nie jawi się tu wyłącznie jako geniusz, cudowne dziecko romantyzmu. Jest mężczyzną z krwi i kości – delikatnym i uduchowionym, ale też kochliwym, burkliwym, zadufanym w sobie, równie skłonnym do uniesień, jak i konfliktów.

Grab a flashlight and go monster-hunting in the safe company of Adam Jortner, award-winning professor of religion at Auburn University. You’ll encounter chilling tales of living houses, sentient plants, psychotic toys, brain-eating zombies, and otherworldly beings whose mere name is enough to drive people insane. Along the way, you’ll learn how monster stories change how Americans think and what Americans do, how they shape the history of our country, and what secrets about human nature these inhuman monsters can share.

On the Sunday of his 18th birthday, in 1975, Colin takes a walk on Box Hill, a biker hang-out. There he accidentally trips over Ray, a biker napping under a tree - and that’s where it all starts. This transgressive, darkly affecting love story between men, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, is a stunning novel of desire and domination by one of Britain’s most accomplished writers.

A brutal, infamous cult – and a filmmaker on its tail . . . Last Days is a deeply unnerving found-footage horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill. ‘Fast becoming Britain’s answer to Stephen King’ – The Guardian The Temple of the Last Days. A cult with a...

A quiet Sunday afternoon takes a deadly turn for real estate agent Ari Adams, who discovers the corpse of a business tycoon in one of her listings. When her best friend, Bob, becomes the prime suspect, Ari's desire to prove his innocence puts her on a collision course with Detective Molly Nelson, the gorgeous homicide detective facing the enormous pressure of finding the power broker's killer—fast. When Bob disappears, Ari enters a world of betrayal and deception, causing her to question Bob's innocence.

Am 12. Juni 2009 treffen sich David Sawyer und Erin Morrison, zwei nerdige und verliebte Teenager, in Erins Keller, um live mitzuerleben, wie das analoge Fernsehsignal abgestellt wird. Im Flimmern des Fernsehbildes nach der Abschaltung meint Erin, etwas zu erkennen: eine Sendung namens Public Access Afterworld. Erin ist wie besessen davon, bis sie spurlos verschwindet. David macht sich auf die Suche nach ihr – und nach Public Access Afterworld.

George Dalton, a brilliant software engineer at the J&A Company, finds that youthful arrogance, and a habit of making inappropriate remarks, hinders his advancement within the company. After making a nill-considered comment, George is tasked with a simple assignment as punishment. However, George desires a more exciting use of his time. Exploring an abandoned area, he unexpectedly encounters Adam.

The Adams family were poor, cheerful and, above all, respectable. There was Mrs Adams, a widow having lost her husband in the Boer War; Boots, the bright one; Tommy, the quiet one; Sammy, a wheeler dealer in the making; and Lizzy. Lizzy was a real pearl - one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. Then Lizzy falls in love it is 1914. War is coming, and everyone is going to be affected. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through? Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples' Adams Family series. Their story continues in Our Emily.

In sports, everybody loves redemption stories, the underdog who no one believes in but through sheer hard work wins it all. But no one tells the stories of the players who work hard and don’t make it. In pro football, 53 guys get on the roster. Ten make it to the practice squad. And then there’s the 64th Man - that’s Billy Logan (Cena), who seems to always be one spot from glory.

Jeff Winston's life is not how he imagined it would be. An unhappy marriage and unrewarding job - and then he died. Aged 43. And woke up again, back in his college room, in 1963, age 18. With all his memories intact. If he applies those memories, he can be rich - he can have anything he wants - in this new chance at life. Until he dies at 43 and wakes up in his 18-year-old body again...and again in a continuous 25-year cycle, each time starting from scratch at the age of 18 to reclaim lost loves, make a fortune or remedy past mistakes.

After a year of hardship and conflict, Lorraine Adamant has finally come home to face her uncle, the Black Regent of Adamant!