Résultats pour "Eden" dans Fiction

Frühjahr: In der Karibik attackiert ein Riesenkalmar vor den Augen entsetzter Touristen einen Walhai. In der Bucht von Triest treiben Schwärme toter Fische. Im Amazonas verdorrt der Boden. Lokale Einzelphänomene der Natur – so scheint es. Doch weltweit beginnt etwas zu kippen … Als das neue KI-Programm des IT-Experten Piero Manzano Alarm schlägt, ist die Prognose eindeutig: Binnen Monaten droht eine globale Megakrise. Gemeinsam mit dem reichweitenstarken Influencer Linus Strand und der jungen Meeresbiologin Sarah Keller macht Piero die Warnung öffentlich – und sie alle damit zur Zielscheibe.

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

Set in small town Montana, this romance series follows the six siblings of the Eden family as they each find love.

"Un esprit de la forêt. Voilà ce qu'elle avait vu. Elle le répéterait, encore et encore, à tous ceux qui l'interrogeaient, au père de Lucy, à la police, aux habitants de la réserve. Quand on lui demandait, avec douceur, puis d'une voix de plus en plus tendue, pressante, s'il ne s'agissait pas plutôt de Lucy."

Brought to you by Penguin. 'There is only one book to a man,' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden, his most ambitious novel. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons...

Memphis Ward arrive à Quincy lors du cinquième pire jour de sa vie. Elle a besoin d'une douche, d'une collation et d'un peu de calme. Car déménager à travers le pays avec son nouveau-né est de loin la chose la plus folle qu'elle ait jamais faite. Mais peut-être faut-il un peu de folie pour se construire une bonne vie. Si laisser derrière elle le passé nécessite des milliers de kilomètres et une nouvelle ville, elle le fera pour son fils. Même si ça implique de renoncer au glamour de sa vie antérieure.

Their world is drowning. Catastrophic rain has flooded Cat and Simon’s once-beautiful valley, forcing them to abandon everything they love. But Cat has another purpose in leaving: to uncover what happened to her parents, Ben and Lila, who vanished in the Canadian mountains. On the road, they encounter a man with a chilling claim: the endless epic storms aren’t an act of nature. They are the result of something far more dangerous, and only with someone’s help can he stop it. In a race against time, their mission becomes one of family and survival against all odds.

Alba all'ultimo convegno a cui partecipa. Linguista, docente universitaria, correttrice di bozze, Alba è un'esperta - e un'amante - delle parole, e il tema delle lingue in pericolo di estinzione le sta a cuore, dal momento che l'islandese ne fa parte. Per questo interviene in conferenze in tutto il mondo, il che per lei, abitante di un'isola a nord del Circolo polare artico, significa per forza salire su un aereo. Di ritorno dal convegno, Alba fa una riflessione: per compensare la sua impronta di carbonio di quell'anno, dovrebbe piantare cinquemilaseicento alberi.

Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling on the past only hurts. Life is fragile, a lesson her mother taught her well. She’s determined not to waste a moment of her newfound freedom. Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time. Maybe some would call her a fool for loving a man who hasn’t once dropped a crumb of interest her way. Still, to Vera, it’s Mateo or nothing.

*A story of greed, revenge, and love from the author of Nobber - 'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants' Observer* 'Visceral, propulsive, kinetic . . . An unforgettable odyssey from one of the most daring writers at work today' Colin Walsh, author of the bestselling debut Kala 'Wild...

When Talon left to play pro ball six years ago, the hole in my chest confused me. I focused my heartache into making my own NFL dreams come true, and by the time I was drafted, the longing I had for my best friend was buried deep. Now, he wants everything to be like it was in college, but we can't have threesomes and be reckless like we once were. The media storm would be enough to break both our careers. That's not my biggest concern, though. The torch I had for him burns brighter after so long apart, and there's nothing I can do about it. Marcus Talon is straight.

A mysterious beachcomber appears one day on the coastal bluffs near the small town of Carverville, a place whose best days are long behind it. Who is he, and why has he returned after nearly 40 years? Carverville's prodigal son, James, serendipitously finds work at a gentrified motel, but his homecoming soon takes a sinister turn when he and a local teenager make a gruesome discovery on the beach. It forces him to reckon with the ghosts of his past‚ and the dangers of the present.

Jack Kelly and Paul Mann have survived one world war – will they survive another? When the Japanese threaten to invade the Pacific, the two men know that they must do everything in their power to protect their adopted country of Papua as well as their loved ones from an ambitious and merciless enemy. Lukas Kelly and Karl Mann are like brothers – just like their fathers – and both are determined to do their part for the Australian cause. While Karl works undercover in espionage, Lukas trains to be a pilot.

En esta obra, publicada en 1909, el autor mostro el retrato de un rudo marinero que quiere progresar, pero al tratar de dedicarse a escritor se encuentra con el fracaso continuo y el rechazo permanente, incluso de la mujer que ama. Pero al cambiar su suerte, y ser aceptadas sus obras, todos quieren congraciarse con el pero Martin Eden se ha cansado del mundo.

Frühjahr: In der Karibik attackiert ein Riesenkalmar vor den Augen entsetzter Touristen einen Walhai. In der Bucht von Triest treiben Schwärme toter Fische. Im Amazonas verdorrt der Boden. Lokale Einzelphänomene der Natur – so scheint es. Doch weltweit beginnt etwas zu kippen …Als das neue KI-Programm des IT-Experten Piero Manzano Alarm schlägt, ist die Prognose eindeutig: Binnen Monaten droht eine globale Megakrise. Gemeinsam mit dem reichweitenstarken Influencer Linus Strand und der jungen Meeresbiologin Sarah Keller macht Piero die Warnung öffentlich – und sie alle damit zur Zielscheibe.

They thought we were safe. They were wrong. 'A terrific timeslip / lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle' – Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence Read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who) Lee and Mal went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor four years...

Want to know the fastest way to get screwed out of a football career? Get photographed in a compromising position in a gay bar. Yep, welcome to my life. My agent says he can fix my image. He wants me to become the poster boy for gay football players. Me? I just want back on the field. I'll do anything to play for the NFL again, even pretend to have a steady boyfriend. If only my fake boyfriend wasn't Noah Huntington III - the most arrogant, entitled rich guy in the world. 

The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman. A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway...

On a hot, muggy afternoon in Eden, a tiny, rural town deep in southeast Louisiana, two boys make a grim discovery: They unearth the decades-old remains of a child, strands of hair and clothing still attached to the bones. Meanwhile on the other side of the country, in California, forty-one-year-old Evelyn Yates, a single mother is struggling to maintain psychological equilibrium despite problems with alcohol, a difficult teenage daughter, and her own traumatic past.

Word of advice: Don't come out to random guys in public restrooms. Even if they're charming and adorably nerdy and offer to help. My family believes I can't be happy if I'm not out to the world. I have a bitter ex-boyfriend and an unstable NHL career to show for it. A fake boyfriend seems like an easy and quick solution to get my family off my back, and this guy is volunteering. I take him up on it without asking his name. I really should've asked for his name.