Résultats pour "FREEDOM" dans Fiction

Jonathan Franzen est né en 1959 dans l’Illinois. Il a obtenu le National Book Award pour Les Corrections (Éditions de l’Olivier, 2002). Il est également l’auteur de Pourquoi s’en faire ? (2003) et de La Vingt-septième Ville (2004). Paru aux États-Unis à l’automne 2010, Freedom y...

"Masterful describes not only Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel but also David Ledoux’s reading of the book . . . Ledoux gives a vibrant performance." —AudioFile Magazine From the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections, a darkly comedic novel about family. Patty and Walter...

A journey to the past. A map for the future. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho relives the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and challenged the established social order. In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a skinny Brazilian with a...

No one would answer a call for help from the person they hated the most. Realistically, who would? Why would anyone do such a thing? Well, one person did, not for the reason of this person's safety, but to make sure they could rid them from their own life once and for all. The finale of the Lady of Freedom trilogy sees Freya team up with the most unlikely team imaginable, including her prisoner Strejik Haldanna-Hallowsong, to head overseas and clear the land of Tuskaga from an evil which no one could expect to be a problem... until it was too late.

The new novel from the author of The Corrections. Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul – the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbour who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and...

A multigenerational, Latin American saga of love and revolution in which a rebel who commits a youthful betrayal receives a late-life chance at redemption and a new life: “a tour de force” from “the new master” (Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene)...

In 1944, a secret Nazi experiment split the universe in two. In our universe, we won. Hitler died. Freedom prevailed. But in a parallel universe, the Nazis discovered the atom bomb first... and conquered the world. The light of freedom perished, and the Nazi shadow spread across Earth, the solar system, and the stars. In 2207, a portal opens between our two universes. One universe of freedom. One of tyranny. And through this portal flies the Weltraumwaffe, the space fleet of the Third Reich.

WWII flares again. This time in space. It's 2207, and the Allies and Axis clash. On Earth, the Wehrmacht marches across America, heading toward Washington. Across the solar system, Nazi starships bombard our fleet. And among the stars, the SS hunts us like ghosts. But we fight back! Two universes. One of freedom, one of tyranny. One universe in which we won WWII. Another where the Nazis conquered the world. Now they're here. In our reality. They conquered their universe, and now they want ours. They cannot have it. James King, admiral of the Freedom Fleet, is an old space dog.

In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side. Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and immigrate to New Zealand.

In Oceania, the Party seeks to eliminate independent thought. Every citizen is monitored by telescreens, and the Thought Police scrutinize every word. In this suffocating world of perpetual war and state-sponsored hatred, Winston Smith dares to dream of a life where truth is objective and the past is stable.

From the war-shattered jungles of Vietnam to America’s burning cities, near-death in Tibet, peace marches, the battle of Hué and the battle of the Pentagon, wild drugs, rock concerts, free love, CIA coups in Indonesia and Greece, the Six Days’ War, and Bobby Kennedy’s last campaign, Freedom puts you in the Sixties as if it were now. Mick leaves for the Himalayas while Troy heads to Vietnam with the Marines. Daisy starts her PhD in brain research, and Tara battles heroin as her rock band reaches stardom.

A shot-down airplane in the Bermuda Triangle...A drug lord seeking revenge...A woman and her black lab sailing alone caught in the middle... Chad Dawson, an undercover DEA agent and former Navy SEAL, is tasked with taking down drug lord Jack Connors, the man responsible for his wife's death. Losing her, he no longer cares if he lives or dies and takes every opportunity to hunt the drug lord. Chad unintentionally puts Kris Hill in danger when she rescues him from his shot-down airplane in the moonlit Atlantic Ocean, just yards away from her sailboat, the Freedom.

Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend - Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother’s warning, Cara trusts Rourke, revealing her purpose in coming to New York. She’s then thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats, and attempted murder, including political revolutionaries from the homeland out for revenge.

Nolan Clark is the last man standing. While he is happy his teammates have found love, he's even happier to be single. But fate is a funny thing. When a one-night stand turns into a friends with benefits agreement, he starts to question why he's holding the beautiful Reagan at arm's length. Nolan Clark should've been off-limits. He's my closest friend's teammate and a man that I'm not prepared for. I lied and told him I understood he'd never offer me a white picket fence and jumped straight into bed when he offered me the only thing he could...sex.

Lily Fairfax is drowning in grief and mourning the man she once loved when she finds herself tangled in a web of danger. She has no choice but to lean on a hired hand she barely knows for protection, though she vows she won't open her heart to love again.

Discover an addict's story of substance abuse through the voice of the character Sally, who could be anyone's daughter, sister, or friend. Sally tells her story of the challenging journey to get and stay abstinent from all intoxicants. The message is that the journey is tough, and there are landmines along the way.

The Vietnam War was a tragedy for America—and for Vietnam. But for the Vietnamese, it was also a victory: they defeated the world’s wealthiest country and most powerful military. James Bradley, the author of Flags of Our Fathers, began to wonder, How did they win? Precious Freedom explores this question in a powerful novel that is drawn from the pages of history. Informed by ten years of research and hundreds of interviews with US Marines, Viet Cong snipers, and Vietnamese fighters, politicians, and leaders, Precious Freedom is storytelling at its finest.

In May 1862, Robert Smalls, a slave and ship’s pilot in Charleston, South Carolina, crafts a daring plan to steal the steamship Planter and deliver it, along with, the crew and their families to the Union blockade. After risking his life to escape slavery, Robert faces an even more difficult challenge: convincing Abraham Lincoln to enlist black troops.

Daphne und Dominic sind seit drei Jahren verheiratet. Der Alltag hat sie bequem gemacht, und ihr Sexleben ist alles andere als aufregend. Im Rausch einer Silvesterparty macht Dominic Daphne den Vorschlag, die Ehe zu öffnen. Daphne stimmt zu, unter drei Bedingungen: nur eine Nacht im Jahr, nicht zweimal mit derselben Person und Stillschweigen gegenüber dem anderen. Es dauert nicht lange, da merken sie: Dies ist keine kleine Veränderung, sondern eine gewaltige ... Daphne lernt endlich, zu sagen, was sie will, und teilt ihre Erlebnisse auf einem anonymen Blog.

Sydney, Christmas, 1901. Federation has been achieved but Australian women are yet to gain the right to vote in their new nation's elections and have a say in the laws that govern them. Bolshy, boisterous Frankie Merriweather is a fervent advocate for women's rights, determined to dedicate herself to the cause, never marrying or becoming a mother. She can't understand her artistic sister Ivy, who wants a life of ease and beauty with her soon-to-be fiancé, law student Patrick Earle.