Results for "Kassandra" in Literature & Fiction

Christa Wolfs Meisterwerk erzählt von Kassandra, der schillerndsten Frauenfigur der griechischen Mythologie...

Seltsame Ereignisse beunruhigen die Biologin Nicole Westermann und den Musiker Erik Seidel. Ein Pilz überwuchert eine Straße und ein Haus. Giftige Blaualgen vermehren sich unkontrolliert in einem Badesee, und ein Mutterkornpilz wird zur Gefahr für Tiere und Menschen. Die Vorgänge verlaufen zunächst ohne großes Aufsehen und lassen sich mit dem Klimawandel erklären. Doch bald entsteht der Verdacht, dass sie gezielt herbeigeführt werden. Als sich die Ereignisse zuspitzen, beschließen Nicole und Erik, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen.

Für seine Ballade „Kassandra“ greift Schiller den Kassandra-Mythos aus dem antiken Epos Troja auf. Die Ballade enthält dem entsprechend viele Namen und Anspielungen aus der Troja und der antiken Götterwelt.

Archivio Kassandra Il futuro che non ha avuto mai fineUno spazio radiofonico che non si limita a raccontarvi il futuro, ma vi accompagna dentro le pagine che lo hanno immaginato. Se siete stanchi della solita realtà, o se semplicemente volete capire come Philip K. Dick, Stanisław Lem o Ursula K. Le Guin abbiano previsto il nostro presente, questo è il vostro punto di atterraggio.A cura di Gianni Gozzoli e Alessio SfientiRegia di Alessandro RenziGrafica di Andrea Conti ed Erica TentoniQuesto è il canale podcast della trasmissione radiofonica in diretta. Per ascoltare le puntate in forma ...

Yule is a time to celebrate the rebirth of the light, but for Preternatural Private Investigator and Paranormal Huntress Kassandra Lyall, it's about solving yet another series of crimes. When a couple disappears from their quiet neighborhood home, Detective Arthur Kingfisher brings Kassandra in on the case.  In the midst of aiding the police, Kassandra finally finds herself at serious odds with Sheila Morris, the local werewolf pack's Alpha female, when Sheila decides to abuse someone very dear to Kassandra.

Following the execution of Lukas Morris, Preternatural Private Investigator Kassandra Lyall told herself that she'd learn more about the local werewolf pack's Alpha female. Just as she begins her investigation, she's interrupted by a phone call from friend and ex-colleague, Detective Arthur Kingfisher. The body of a 16-year-old boy has been found. It's not just any 16-year-old boy, it's Timothy Nelson, a boy Kassandra knew was curious about the preternatural.

When paramedic, Michael Perry, loses his father, he finds himself in a downward spiral. His depression threatens to end him and so does his addiction. In an attempt to quit smoking with hypnotherapy, he is left with disturbing side effects. How far must he go to kill this disease?

Vor sechs Jahren musste die damals hochschwangere Myra hilflos zusehen, wie ihr Mann ihre älteste Tochter Row kidnappte und mit einem Boot über die dunklen Fluten davonfuhr. Sie hatte keine Chance, sie einzuholen. Denn die Erde ist nicht mehr, wie sie einst war: Seit der großen Klimakatastrophe gibt es kein Festland mehr, lediglich Archipele, die ehemaligen Bergregionen, auf die sich die verbliebenen Menschen gerettet haben. Doch nun bekommt Myra eine einmalige Chance: Mit ihrer jüngsten Tochter darf sie auf einem Boot mitreisen. Eine Chance auf eine Zukunft, auf ein neues Leben.

An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal...

When Mayfair’s newly minted Chamber of Commerce goes off the rails, and decides to build an ice skating rink, a decades-old skeleton is uncovered. The secrets it reveals threaten more than the town’s Christmas plans. Feeling responsible since the let’s-attract-more-tourists idea was hers initially, service dog trainer Marcia Banks is determined to help her police detective boyfriend solve the mystery - whether he wants her help or not. Maybe she can wheedle more out of the townspeople than he can.

Children think we make them, but we don’t … They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first. ‘Utterly gripping’ Karin Slaughter ‘Impossible to put down’ Booklist ‘Undeniable, brilliantly written’ Theodore Wheeler ‘Thrilling’ Lydia Kang The world is...

Amid the desolate wilderness of the Great Plains of Nebraska, a region so isolated you could drive for hours without seeing another human being, sits Hatchery House. Having served as a church, an asylum and an orphanage, Hatchery is now a treatment facility for orphaned or abandoned children with psychiatric disorders. Haunted by patients past and present, only the most vulnerable find a home within its walls. Dr Lorelei 'Lore' Webber, a former FBI psychiatrist, has almost grown used to the unorthodox methods used at Hatchery House.

Hier werden die Ballade "Kassandra" und das gesellige Lied "Das Siegesfest" vorgetragen. Beide besingen den Kampf um Troja nach dem Mythos der Griechen: Kassandras Weissagung deutet den Kampf der belagerten Stadt voraus; im "Siegesfest" mischen sich Triumph und Trauer derer, die den 10-jährigen Krieg gewonnen und derer, die ihn verloren haben.

Welcome to “read between the times”, the podcast where we’ll not only read between the lines but delve deeper into the meaning beyond the text and its history. Every episode we’ll discuss a book and give you an overview on the themes, motifs and topics that lie hidden beneath the cover - our main focus is the historical context of the book.

William James is a man with a lot on his plate. Three years after a messy divorce, he’s renovating the dilapidated old house his wife let him have, working for a construction technology firm, and playing music in bars. But when he moves into a new apartment, he discovers a supernatural ability—he can see ghosts and raise the dead. With his ghostly roommate and two girlfriends, William embarks on a journey to explore the unseen world, build a new family, and learn to control his powers.

Hola a todos, en este podcast voy a estar discutiendo y dando mi opinion de libros entre otras cosas. Espero que disfruten de mi podcast. Hasta la proxima.

Sinead - who is both resilient and vulnerable, insightful and insecure - spends her days supporting her ailing mother and appeasing Emerson, the man who owns her house and the diner where she works. She wants nothing more than to leave the town her own dark history is bound up in, but Emerson asserts his power over her, thwarting her progress at every turn. One day, Tobias, a mysterious rambler from the east coast, walks into the diner, and Sinead makes the impulsive decision to invite him into her life and home.

Sixteen-year-old boy crazy Kacey Jones thinks geometry and biology are boring compared to more interesting things, like boys. When she is put in educational support for her suffering grades, she is paired with the most annoying know-it-all boy in the entire school. The smartest boy in the senior class, Jack Landry. When she really wants to be in study hall flirting with her current boyfriend, she’s stuck studying with Jack. He forces her to work when she wants to be on her phone. He also has the nerve to call her out on her dating habits, not being able to keep a boyfriend.

All Darcie wants is a fresh start, but on her first day of work at her new job, she stumbles across a gruesome discovery - the body of a murdered man. If that weren't enough, the detective in charge of the investigation names Darcie as his prime suspect. She's surrounded by distrust and suspicion - and the eerie sense that someone's been in her apartment going through her things. 

To others, Erica Stuckey, 14, appears to be the honest PK (preacher's kid). Inside, she's an impending car wreck of lies and angst—yearning to shed her tomboy persona, to win the heart of her forever crush, Joe Anderson, and to get that first kiss. Driven to always seek the approval of others and unable to say "no," she nurtures a sinful habit: stealing.