Résultats pour "Frankie" dans Littérature et fiction

Brought to you by Penguin. PERFECT FOR FANS OF MATT HAIG, FREDRIK BACKMAN & TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI Meet Frankie the cat. He’s a stray who belongs to no one, and that’s just how he likes it. Until one day, everything changes. He crosses paths with Richard. Richard isn’t doing so well. Grieving...

The brilliant, heart-warming debut novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Dummy and Man vs Toddler Frank is a miserable old curmudgeon. An agoraphobic recluse and widower whose only company is the 'ghost' of his wife, Marcie. He is estranged from friends and family and is entirely...

Discover Frankie, the international fur-nomenon—a gem of a book about two misfits who form the unlikeliest friendship. Meet Frankie the cat. He’s a scrappy stray who belongs to no one, and that’s just how he likes it. Until one day, everything changes. He crosses paths with Richard...

Two best friends. One bucket list. And absolutely no intention of growing old gracefully.Frank has just received the sort of news from the doctor that no one wants to hear. Then he discovers that his wife’s fitness instructor has been providing her with more than just an exercise plan.With...

Zwei Brüder, Frankie und Freddie Lehmann. Eine verlorene Tasche. Schnee. Und das Hin und Her der Himmelsmacht. Frankie und Freddie Lehmann, zwei Brüder aus Bremen, in Westberlin, im Jahr 1980. Während der eine seit Wochen damit beschäftigt ist, in Kreuzberg Fuß zu fassen, will der andere weiterziehen nach New York, musste aber erst einmal am Kudamm im Probandenhotel wohnen und als Versuchskaninchen für Antidepressiva herhalten. Jetzt, einen Tag vor Heiligabend, hat er Angst vor Menschen, kann nicht mehr U-Bahn fahren und verliert eine wichtige Tasche.

Being a professional clown was a great way to keep reality at arm's length, but now Frank Dean is heading rapidly and controversially towards the end of his life. On a turbulent filght to Switzerland, sitting between a glamorous stranger and a priest, Frank finds himself getting thrown in at the...

This is the legend of Saint Frank, and the great deeds he what did to earn that Sainthood, not born a Saint, in the beginning he was just, Frank, but not long after some stuff that took long, he became Sir. Frank. Sir. Frank may or may not have slayed a Dragon, if he did then this is the Tale of how Sir. Frank became Saint Frank, and if he did not then this is the story of nearly a Saint Frank and a triumphant Dragon.

Neuharlingersiel im Spätsommer – herrlichstes Wetter, alles könnte perfekt sein. Doch dann werden kurz hintereinander erst die beliebte Fußpflegerin Marlies und dann die lebenslustige Eva Mühlenhoff tot aufgefunden. Plötzlicher Herzstillstand, heißt es. Während die Kripo in Wittmund...

*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon* Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum; David Suchet's News Sachet) as they debrief time traveller and bon vivant from the late 21st...

Life rarely stands still when you find yourself surrounded by a bunch of loveable crackpots. Certainly, that was the case for Frank and Stan. With their hugely successful "Le Mans" TT now behind them, thoughts turned to their next adventure and, inevitably, also to the topic of their own mortality.

Bloomsbury presents Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, read by Kit Griffiths. The smash-hit national bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award finalist from the New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters. An addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused...

It was all going so well!Once again Frank snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. His quest was quested, all was well, and then he inadvertently gets sucked off into another dimension.Franks new quest, his journey home begins on the Island of Valhalla. Frank was not the only one to get sucked...

Titters galore as Frankie and his star guests entertain Frankie Howerd’s unique brand of witty drollery made him a master of comedy for over 40 years, from his radio debut on the BBC Variety Bandbox in 1946 to his appearances in Up Pompeii! and the Carry On films and his sell-out one-man...

All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flâneurs and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins to a Sephora on the Champs-Élysees, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum find their way as undocumented workers amidst political infighting and the ever-changing landscape of immigration policy. Fast-paced and funny, poignant and sharply satirical, Standing Heavy is a searing deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption and an unforgettable account of everything that passes under the security guards' all-seeing eyes.

Saint Frank has had a time of it, things have not gone smoothly for him so far, but now he has an ally in his fight against the rogue saint Dark Charlie, One-Eyed Cy, lord of the sea. A war is coming, and it's Saint Frank and One-Eyed Cy who are bringing that war to Dark Charlie; however, Dark Charlie has a new ally of his own, Poseidon, One-Eyed Cy's nemesis, whom Frank accidentally resurrected from the dead. With a cast of thousands! Maybe it's twenty, but it's a lot! This epic ball of epicness couldn't be more epic if it killed the dinosaurs, that is just how epically big it is, huge!

Eventplanerin Maren glaubt fest an die perfekte Beziehung und die große Liebe – schließlich leben ihre Eltern ihr seit 50 Jahren vor, wie eine glückliche Ehe funktioniert. Deshalb bereitet sie deren Goldene Hochzeit ganz besonders akribisch vor. Alles muss perfekt sein. Doch als sich mitten in den Vorbereitungen überraschend die Mutter vom Vater trennt und vorübergehend bei ihr einzieht, klingeln bei Maren alle Alarmglocken. Während die Mutter auf ihrem Selbstfindungstrip für jede Menge Chaos sorgt, versucht Maren mit allen Mitteln, die Ehe ihrer Eltern zu retten.

Ein Stalker zwingt Nora zur Flucht aus ihrer Wohnung – und treibt sie geradewegs in die Arme des Mannes, den sie lieber vergessen hätte: West. Unfassbar attraktiv, unerträglich arrogant und der beste Freund ihres Bruders. Um sie auf seinem Luxusanwesen rund um die Uhr zu schützen, schlägt...

Francis Foster—last of the liver-eaters, a 16th century warlock and all-around nasty piece of work—has developed an addiction to killing people. He's been doing it for 500 years or more, body-swapping left, right, and center when needs must, and starting a new serial killer's reign. But he bites off much more than he can chew when his soul-transference ritual goes wrong and he ends up in the body of a dachshund. Now that he's a dog, he can't say or do the things he needs to do to perform the magic to hijack someone else's body, and that's where Tommy comes into play.

Drei Schicksale, ein Tresen, hundert Geschichten: Die legendäre Kneipe Haus Himmelreich, eine der letzten ihrer Art im ganzen Ruhrgebiet, soll schließen! Der Erzähler nimmt das zum Anlass, sich die Gaststätte genauer anzusehen. Bei seiner Recherche für einen Artikel begegnet er skurrilen Stammgästen wie dem Käpt'n, dem Langen, Faris, dem Comedian oder der Wacholder-Anni, die so einiges zu erzählen haben. Der wahre Geist der Kneipe ist allerdings Wirtin Rita Urbaniak. Sie übernahm die Kneipe schon in den 1970ern, obwohl sie eigentlich was ganz anderes machen wollte.

A sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Reclusive literary legend M. M...