Résultats pour "Los Watson" dans Fiction

Entre la France et la Sicile, XIXe siècle. Madeline et Mélanie Meilox, deux soeurs originaires de Laval, vont voir leur destin bouleversé par une toile. Un nu. Sublime, sensuel et vrai. Le Rolla d'Henri Gervex. La première pour avoir été reconnue comme la muse qui a inspiré l'artiste, l'autre pour l'avoir réellement été. Dans un 19ème encore puritain, le scandale éclate. De la butte Montmartre aux collines de la Sicile de Garibaldi, des chuchotements les suivent et la révolution des cœurs gronde.

Chaque matin, c'est le même effroi. La même surprise. En se découvrant dans la glace, Christine a vieilli de vingt ans. Elle ne connaît ni cette maison, ni l'homme qui partage son lit. Et chaque matin, Ben lui raconte. L'accident. L'amnésie... Ensuite, Christine lit son journal, son seul secret. Et découvre les incohérences, les questions, tout ce qu'on lui cache chaque matin, posément.

Après avoir subi une violente agression qui a affecté sa mémoire, Christine Lucas a été victime d'une terrible injustice : l'homme qui a essayé de la détruire a été acquitté en la faisant passer pour une affabulatrice. Sept ans plus tard, elle vit sous une nouvelle identité, isolée dans une maison perdue au cœur de la campagne anglaise. Son traumatisme s'est atténué mais elle connaît ces derniers temps de nouveaux épisodes d'amnésie partielle, de confusion.

1879, Ornella, la cousine par alliance des soeurs Meilox, fuit la Sicile. Elle veut vivre son rêve américain. Accompagnée de sa dame de compagnie, elle n'hésite pas à franchir l'Atlantique et à retrouver une partie de sa famille ayant immigré des années auparavant à New York. Cette ville l'intrigue et la fascine, des beaux quartiers aux quais de l'Hudson. Sans compter sur un sombre personnage aux allures de voyou des docks, malgré l'élégant costume qu'il porte, et dont le regard lui brûle la peau: Gabriele Orsini.

Hannah has done everything to make sure her life is safe and secure. A long way from her unstable childhood growing up in foster care, she’s content with her sweet, little, messy apartment and her satisfying job as a social worker. She quietly worries that, aged 36, she might never fall in love. But otherwise her life is where she wants it to be. Until, encouraged by her best friend to join a dating app, she meets Alex. He’s irresistibly handsome. He loves the same music as her. The same food as well. 

Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Tom Watson, read by Christine Hewitt. Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award ‘Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity’ Sunday Times 'I loved it … You could feel the chill of...

Previously unpublished in unabridged audio, these three works (one novel unpublished in her lifetime and two unfinished fragments) reveal Jane Austen's development as a great artist.

Jane Austen probably commenced writing The Watsons in 1803 and discontinued it after her father’s death in 1805. The original text contains no chapter divisions. It was first published in 1871 as an appendix to A Memoir of Jane Austen, by the novelist’s nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh. The...

I've never been enough for the people around me, not for my parents before they died and not for the tough grandfather who raised me. When he unexpectedly passes, leaving me the famous (and failing) Sugar Maple Farms, all I want is to sell so I can leave the weight of being a Carville behind. Until Jane shows up. The woman is smart, salty, and sexy as can be. I can't admit it, but her vision for Sugar Maple Farms is captivating. Everything about her is captivating. While we spend every day arguing, I spend every night thinking about her.

Creía que el asesino estaba entre rejas. ¿Logrará recordar lo que ocurrió antes de que vuelva a matar? Durante quince años, Laura Watson ha vivido convencida de que el hombre que asesinó a su familia había sido capturado y esperaba su ejecución en el corredor de la muerte. Aunque ha...

As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...'Memories define us.So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.Welcome to Christine's life.

Emma Watson asiste a su primer baile. Su belleza e ingenuidad harán que todas las miradas se centren en ella. ¿Es eso la felicidad para una joven en la Inglaterra victoriana...? Con este pretexto, Jane Austen nos habla de nuevo de la condición de la mujer de su época, de su limitado papel en la sociedad y de su falta de recursos propios.

"The Watsons" is a story about a family of four sisters and their relationships and interactions with each other and with the people in their community. The main character is Emma Watson, who has been raised by a wealthy aunt and is now returning home to live with her father and stepmother. The novel explores themes of social class, family dynamics, and courtship. Although the novel is unfinished, it still offers valuable insights into Austen's writing style and the themes that are present in her completed works.

Mack Peters is a self-made millionaire who was once a Los Angeles cop. When his friend suggested a trip to picturesque Leavenworth, Washington, she had an ulterior motive. He had no idea it would lead him to the little-known town of Watson Falls with a secret more deadly than he could ever imagine, and a search for a missing investigative reporter.

Mr. Watson is a widowed and ailing clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, the heroine of the story, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But after her aunt contracted a foolish second marriage, Emma has been obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her sisters, Penelope and Margaret.

In back rooms around the world…powerful people gather. Will they decide the next U.S. election? From the first page, the intrigue unfurls into a web of strategy, ideology, and tactics which will be played out on a global stage. Cloaked in secrecy, an ancient organization has plans designed to remake the world. What is the Thule Society? Is the next Civil War their plan?

New York Times Bestseller “An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page.” –Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island “Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning...

Tre persone. Un matrimonio. Un omicidio. Qualcuno è un bugiardo. Qualcuno è in pericolo. Qualcuno è un assassino. Potresti pensare di sapere cosa sta succedendo nel mio matrimonio, ma ti sbaglieresti.

Faccio un respiro profondo mentre mi avvicino al lodge con le pareti di vetro che la mia ex suocera, Angela, ha prenotato per il suo compleanno. Non avevo alcuna voglia di andare in vacanza con il mio ex marito e la sua nuova moglie, ma lei ha insistito perché io e i miei figli facessimo finta di essere una famiglia felice. Poi arriva una telefonata dalla polizia. Qualcuno è stato ucciso. E pensano che noi sappiamo qualcosa. Il cuore mi batte all'impazzata mentre osservo la neve alta accumulata alla finestra. Siamo intrappolati in questa casa. C'è un assassino tra noi.

Heldanarr Fall has nothing to live for. He has conquered the Burning Valley and bent its people to his will. Yet even as a Chaos Lord, he must kneel to a god of bloodshed who demands endless war. Then, in the ruins of a siege, he finds two children. Helpless. Innocent. Worth protecting. For the first time since his rise to power, Heldanarr sees a future worth fighting for – the chance to make a better world.