Résultats pour "Metropol" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Berlin, 1928. Les corps de quatre prostituées sont retrouvés massacrés dans le même quartier. Bernie Gunther, jeune flic idéaliste à la brigade des mœurs est invité à rejoindre le chef de la Kripo pour enquêter sur cette sinistre affaire. Alors que ces meurtres laissent la population indifférente, le père de l'une des victimes, un chef de la pègre très influent, est prêt à tout pour se venger de l'assassin de sa fille.

Berlin detective Bernie Gunther bows out at last in the 14th and final book of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series. With an introduction by Ian Rankin. 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD 'One of the greatest master story-tellers in English' ALAN FURST...

Sommer i Berlin 1928. Stemningen i byen er kaotisk, dekadent og desperat. Livet leves i sexklubber, til kabaretter, med slagsmål i gaden, og Weimarrepublikken synger på sidste vers, for jødehadet vokser, og nazismen breder sig. Bernie Gunther har kun været få år ved politiet, men med fire...

Our protagonist comes to New York as a lawyer seeking to make his name and build a career. His younger brother has come before him and has already been successful in working his way into the inner circles of the High Society. The younger brother introduces him to the moguls with their extraordinary fortunes, amassed by owners of the Trusts, the Monopolies, the Banks, and the Financiers. With all the money in the world has come all the power. And, with all the money and the power has come the grotesque excess and the decadence and the moral rot.

Ciencia y fantasía, horror y belleza, misterio, amenaza, locura, magnificencia, significado... por una vez en la vida todos esos elementos se combinaron mágicamente para crear el clásico imaginativo, la obra suprema: Metrópolis. Éste es el libro que ha sido definido como una obra genial. "Este libro no es de hoy ni del futuro. No habla de un lugar. No sirve a ninguna causa, partido o clase. Tiene una moraleja que se desprende de una verdad fundamental: "Entre el cerebro y el músculo debe mediar el corazón"" Thea von Harbou

A relationship broken. A ship in distress. Horrors that shatter minds. A song that changes reality Jett Valla and Eddie Stone stand between life and death for a million souls. But can they save each other? The QSR Neo-Tokyo was the first ship in the Quasar Metropolis-class fleet: an immense spaceship housing a glittering, neon-lit city and half a million people. For forty-five years, it has traveled from Jupiter to Pluto and back without incident. For the last six years First Officer Eddie Stone and Head of Security Jett Valla have built a life together aboard the ship. But no longer.

A murder mystery in neon utopia. An audio drama, by Lux Radium. While ace reporter Nan Kanally and the rest of the world struggle through post-war poverty, Metropolis has assembled a neon utopia on an icy, distant island. It’s an electronic heaven made possible by a fleet of astonishing autonomous robots. But Metropolis holds its secrets tightly. The only word that gets out is from the few reporters they invite. One of them is Nan’s best friend, the sportswriter Stanley Bronfels. But when Stanley disappears, it falls to Nan to discover the secrets of Metropolis… or find ...

The story of how an “unlovable” city became the powerhouse that reshaped Brazil. São Paulo is the ugliest city you’ll ever fall in love with. How in the world did this humble Jesuit trading post manage to overtake its glamorous sibling, Rio de Janeiro, and become the engine of modern-day...

In Upton Sinclair's 'Metropolis', the vibrant yet tumultuous world of New York City's wealthy elite comes to life. Allan Montague, a thirty-year-old lawyer from Mississippi, arrives in the city with his mother and cousin, Alice, eager to reunite with his brother, Oliver. What Allan finds is a dazzling social scene filled with power, ambition, and a whirlwind of high society events. As he navigates this new environment, he uncovers the stark contrasts between wealth and struggle, ambition and morality. This gripping tale explores the lives of the elite and the hidden truths behind their ...

In 1927, German filmmaker Fritz Lang brought to the screen one of the most ground-breaking sci-fi melodramas of all time, based on the screenplay he co-wrote with his wife, novelist Thea von Harbou. It is regarded as a classic and one of the first full-length movies in the genre. Five visionary new pulp writers have envisioned four dramatic tales to guide readers back to those vaulted, shining towers of Metropolis in this new collection inspired by Lang’s masterpiece.

Featuring duet narration from Kristen DiMercurio and Kira Fixx! From the author of The Stars Too Fondly comes a queer cyberpunk space opera following a butch anarchist rebel pilot and a sword-wielding femme fatale raised in a transhumanist death cult, whose clashing ideologies and blazing...

What does it take to sustain a literary life? The brand new Bold&Creative podcasts from Blue Metropolis offers up six refreshing perspectives from the English-language literary world in Quebec in 2024. We wanted to explore writing practices and career paths, changing experiences and new contexts. What does our literary world look like right now? How does one get started? How does one keep going? To answer these questions, we invited Liz Howard (the Poet), Daniel Allen Cox (the Prose-Writer), Tawhida Tanya Evanson (the Performer), Dimitri Nasrallah (the Publisher*), Linda Morra (the Podcaster) ...

Echoes of New Metropolis" is a captivating podcast that transports listeners to a city where superpowers are part of daily life. Narrated by the insightful Robert Callum, the series introduces its listeners to a diverse cast of characters, each with unique abilities and compelling backstories. Each episode intertwines compelling narratives with original music, creating a rich auditory experience. Explore diverse stories from every corner of the city, where each character's journey reveals deeper truths. Subscribe for an adventure into a world where extraordinary is the norm.

La metrópolis. El lugar en el que los sueños de cualquiera se cumplen, o al menos eso es lo que todo el mundo cree. En esta ciudad azotada por la corrupción y el crimen, las oportunidades de surgir, tener un gran trabajo y una vida sin preocupaciones, es posible para un puñado; para el resto hay docenas de caminos ilícitos y rápidos para lograr su cometido.

Talks on various books. Your podcast library where we discuss wellness books, popular fiction novels, timeless classic literature, and many more. Hosted by Sophie Metropolis. https://www.facebook.com/Book-Academy-Podcast-103853004669207/ Love and Support, https://ko-fi.com/sophiemetropolis