Résultats pour "Billie" dans Fiction

"Billie, ma Billie, cette princesse à l'enfance fracassée qui se fraye un chemin dans la vie avec un fusil de chasse dans une main et "On ne badine pas avec l'amour" dans l'autre est la plus jolie chose qui me soit arrivée depuis que j'écris." A. G.

This gripping coming-of-age story follows Jason Baymont, a young fisherman from Destin, Florida, as he charts his own path through the unpredictable waters of life. Though he is drawn to the adrenaline-fueled excitement and glamour of catching the world’s most powerful game fish—the mighty blue marlin—he must first confront his fear of disappointing his father, who expects him to take over the family’s commercial fishing business.

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

Or, lorsque Maud, une adolescente de douze ans rejetée par tous à l'école, s'impose dans sa vie, Billie devient pour la jeune fille un modèle qui l'aidera à reprendre confiance. C'est ainsi qu'au fil du temps, Billie et Maud s'apprivoiseront, s'apporteront mutuellement la guérison de leurs blessures respectives. Constamment perturbée et pleine de rancœur, Maud s'épanouira tandis que Billie apprendra à aimer au contact de Jérémy, le séduisant père de Maud.

Billie şi Franck zac pe fundul unei prăpăstii, într-o văgăună din Munţii Cévennes, iar Franck şi-a pierdut cunoştinţa. Ca să-şi salveze cel mai bun prieten, alături de care a trecut prin lungul şir de peripeţii ce a fost viaţa lor de pînă atunci, Billie face singurul lucru care-i trece prin cap: îi ţine steluţei lui norocoase o pledoarie însufleţită, dezarmant de sinceră şi adesea ireverenţioasă în favoarea prieteniei lor.

Two tales of adventure with Buffalo Bill in one book! Originally written in 1901 by Prentiss Ingraham, Buffalo Bill Stories defined the era of the early American dime novel.

Though her B&B/Antiques business has fallen off, Billie D'Allesandro doesn't let it dampen her spirits. At forty, she no longer entertains any notions about falling in love and living happily ever after. Instead, she focuses on helping her friends and neighbors, giving generously of both her time and her money. When her niece arrives with her four-year-old twin daughters, Billie finds it a welcome distraction.

A 14-year-old black girl, trapped and alone in a dangerous city with two little brothers to feed, gets the chance of a lifetime - if her past doesn't ruin it for her.

Jenny Newberg, Queen of Bad Decisions, is about to make another one. In a small town where everyone knows everyone’s business, down-on-her-luck single mother Jenny is on a first-name basis with the debt collector at the bank, who is moving toward foreclosure. She is constantly apologizing to her precocious young daughter, Billie Starr, who is filling a book with her mother’s sorries, and it seems to Jenny that no apology will ever be enough. Then a pair of strangers in black suits offers her a hefty check to seduce someone known as the Candidate. Finally, something will go her way.

It is the summer of 1990 and Billie Carver, Bobbie Lamont’s best friend, has just accomplished her dream of graduating from Tulane University with honors. She is ready to start the next phase of her life. She believes that she knows who she is and what she wants to do with her life. But then a series of events will change everything for her and she will spend the next few months rediscovering the past she thought she knew and the future she thought she wanted.

Join Buffalo Bill and his young friend Bill Estes as they attempt to rescue a Sioux Princess, Dove Eye from the hands of the Black Foot Chief Yellow Bear. What follows is a fast paced tale of adventure, battle, and love. Jump into this tale from the days of the old western dime novel today!

Dodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—including East's hothead younger brother—to...

Buffalo Bill and his trusty scout companion, Texas Jack Omohundro, are on the hunt for a group of white renegades who pose as Sioux. It is a race against time to rescue two captured ladies from the hands of foul men. Can the duo and their band of scouts outfight the gang of scoundrels, save the captured women, and keep peace with the Sioux?

In the debut novel of Buffalo Bill Stories we are introduced to the intrepid scout Buffalo Bill Cody, as he moves to liberate Fort Advance from siege by the Sioux, led by their Chief Oak Heart. We also meet Texas Jack Omohundro, young scout and friend of Buffalo Bill as they ride on to adventure!

William “Bill” Stewart left Missouri to seek his fortune. Along the way, he worked as a cow puncher, range detective, town marshal, sheriff, and US marshal. In each job, he is forced into conflicts with the Indians. Finally his skills as an Indian fighter caught the attention of the US Army, and he was given a commission. He soon discovered that his greatest challenge was in following orders while retaining his humanity.

Nancy Kranich (played by Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black) is a night nurse on an orbiting space station. But Nancy hates her job, is sick of space, and longs to find adventure and a safe place to smoke cigarettes that won’t blow everyone up. But when Nancy gets caught up in an outer-space conspiracy involving President Kennedy, former vice-president Richard Nixon, and an intergalactic object that could change the course of history, she gets way more adventure than she bargained for.

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Meet William Butcher a.k.a. The Butcher, former Navy SEAL, now a disgraced ex-NCIS agent. Those who stole $9 billion in cash from Iraq want him dead. The cops want him for murder. Butcher's only hope is his former NCIS colleague and closest friend Linus Schag. Together, Schag and Butcher tear away the veil of conspiracy, uncovering a criminal enterprise reaching into the highest levels of government.

Dareese "Dollar Bill" Blake is one of those bad guys that women love to hate. In an effort to escape the hood life and dabble in the good life, Dollar quickly grows from a small pup to a big dawg. After carefully critiquing the game, he chooses a concrete type of hustle that he's sure will offer him an early retirement from the workforce. If you ask his home girl, Thomasena, she'd say it's been nothing but love for Dollar since day one. In Dollar's eyes, however, Thomasena is just one of the boys.

Faced with the choice of playing out the string or becoming a bigtime player...“Payback” offers a chance to even the score for lefty Alan Coltard, but at what price? In “Big Finish” slugging outfielder J.C. Taylor finds his baseball world turned upside down when he’s traded midseason from a contender to hopeless also ran. He’s faced with the choice of playing out the sting or becoming a player in a whole new role.