Résultats pour "Conni" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

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.

Una mujer acaba de perder a su marido y vela el cadáver durante la noche. Sobre la mesilla hay un libro - la Biblia - que la esposa hojea. Va leyendo los párrafos subrayados por el hombre que se ha ido para siempre. Una oleada de recuerdos le viene a la mente y empieza un lento, desordenado monólogo en el que la vida pugna por hacerse real otra vez. La pobre vida llena de errores y torpezas, de pequeños goces e incomprensiones. ¿Ha conocido Carmen alguna vez a Mario?

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Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennett O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions - with the unintended help of the errant, forgetful, and careless office assistant Flip.

Three time-traveling historians are visiting World War II England: Michael Davies, intent on observing heroism during the Miracle of Dunkirk; Merope Ward, studying children evacuated from London; and Polly Churchill, posing as a shopgirl in the middle of the Blitz. But when the three become unexpectedly trapped in 1940, they struggle not only to find their way home but to survive as Hitler's bombers attempt to pummel London into submission.

Connie’s older sisters have managed to find husbands, but now it’s her turn, and she is not sure she wants to marry at all. Having only just escaped her late father’s restrictive regime, she’s reluctant to surrender her freedom to another man just yet. If only she could find one who would fall so adoringly in love that he would do anything for her.

Sir Phillip si aspettava che Eloise Bridgerton, come tutte le zitelle, fosse bruttina e pronta a tutto pur di accasarsi. Ma si sbagliava. La giovane donna che gli si presenta è determinata e soprattutto bellissima. È lei però ad avere qualche dubbio, soprattutto quando scopre che Sir Phillip non è affatto un gentiluomo, e per di più ha due figli pestiferi che avrebbero proprio bisogno di una madre.

A psychologist specializing in near-death experiences, Dr. Joanna Lander has spent two years recording the experiences of those who have been declared clinically dead and lived to tell about it. A new doctor has arrived at Mercy General, one with the power to give Joanna the chance to get as close to death as anyone can. Dr. Richard Wright has come up with a way to manufacture the near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Dr. Wright is convinced that the NDE is a survival mechanism and that if only doctors understood how it worked, they could someday delay the dying process.

Here are the greatest stories of one of the greatest writers working in any genre today. All ten of the stories gathered here are Hugo or Nebula award winners - some even have the distinction of winning both. With a new Introduction by the author and personal afterwords to each story, plus a special look at three of Willis' unique public speeches - this is unquestionably the collection of the season, an audiobook that every Connie Willis fan will treasure.

In this Hugo-winner from Connie Willis, when too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful—to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.

It’s the late 1980s, and Connie Martin, a doctor working for the Epidemiology Intelligence Service of the CDC, is called to Colorado to investigate an alarming outbreak of birth defects. Born illegitimate in the San Luis Valley as Consuela Martín, a name known only to close friends and to her beloved gamer and programmer husband, she arrives as an unknown. Joined by environmental activists who suspect the state’s Superfund sites and by doctors and parents who fear for its children, Connie attempts to discover the link between habitat destruction and damage to innocents.

Den tyska lilla flickan Conni kan knappt bärga sig inför julen och allt som hör till. Hon börjar planera redan innan höstlovet ens hunnit gå av stapeln! Hon pysslar och fixar och förbereder så att allt ska vara klart när den stora dagen kommer. Och förberedelserna är ju också väldigt mysiga! Tillsammans med sin familj och sin skolklass firar Conni julen i glittrande snö, med rostade kastanjer och gåvor från Sankt Nikolaus.

The enthralling new drama in the epic story of Caratacus: the barbarian king who led the tribes of Britannia against mighty Rome . . . WHILE THE MILITARY LEADERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES, BRITANNIA'S WARLORD CARATACUS FIGHTS TO UNITE THE WARRING TRIBES. AD 43, Britannia. A...

Il viaggio di una giovane donna attraverso l'Europa e nel profondo della sua anima ... fino a quando non permette all'amore di cambiare la sua vita.La 22enne Erica viaggia - o, meglio, fugge - in tutta Europa, mentre fa del suo meglio per non affrontare i suoi problemi. Le innumerevoli persone che incontra sono fondamentalmente mezzi per un fine, perché Erica continua a chiudersi in una relazione senza senso dopo l'altra, tutto per evitare di confrontarsi.

"Non è facile ma se vuoi puoi essere una meraviglia anche con tutti quei pesi addosso". Non si sceglie di nascere con la paura: succede e basta. Il futuro spaventa, ma, se ci sono pericoli che si possono evitare, altri si devono affrontare. Riuscire a farlo dipende unicamente da noi. Kamilla ha solo sette anni quando una folla di bambini ancora sconosciuti, ma pronti a giudicarla, diventa l'insormontabile ostacolo da superare. Per la prima volta, da sola. Crescere non aiuta chi, come lei, custodisce dentro una versione speculare di sé, tremendamente più fragile.

Diciembre de 2002. Trinidad Alcázar vive con su familia en San Clemente, en el Valle de Paravachasca, situado en la Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Allí explotan, desde hace muchos años, una mina de cuarzo y mica. Esteban Alcázar, su padre, muere dejando a su esposa, la española Valle de...

Durante la primavera de 1921, Helen McKerrigan-Montero viaja a Nueva York para acompañar a su hermana Laura, a punto de dar a luz. Debido a una absurda confusión, se convierte en el objetivo de una banda de gángsters de los bajos fondos. Para su sorpresa, el responsable de su protección es...

Charlotte, a.k.a. Ruby the town psychic, has a good thing going in Castle Cove. Her baby sister Paige is blossoming under their newfound stability. Charlotte is becoming a pillar in the quirky beachside community. And Deputy “Cute Butt” Jared has finally wedged himself into her life with a heart big enough to make them a real family. But Charlotte should have known better than to let a con run too long. Her parents have found them, and the inveterate con artists won’t let Paige out of their clutches unless Charlotte helps them rob the innocent people of Castle Cove blind—including Jared.

Suzu sta bene da sola. Single venticinquenne, non teme di ammettere una scomoda ma semplice verità: l’intimità non fa per lei. Abita in un minuscolo appartamento in un quartiere anonimo di una metropoli giapponese e fa l’aiuto cameriera in un famiresu. “Vivi e lascia vivere” è la sua filosofia: poche domande e confortevoli silenzi. La frequentazione più assidua è quella con il suo criceto, che ha adottato più per paura di diventare un’eremita che per autentico bisogno di condivisione.

Hugo apareció sin avisar, bueno, sin avisar no, que era una fiesta de exalumnos de mi antiguo colegio. Lo que quiero decir es que no esperaba volver a verlo. Nunca. Y allí estaba él, acercándose hacia mí acompañado de mi mejor amiga, mirándome con esos ojos que me atravesaban y la mejor sonrisa que nunca he visto