Résultats pour "Ray" dans Fiction

The blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes—a "witty, wise, and heartfelt novel" (Washington Post) about art and love, fame and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/writer/director. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the...

Eleanor once loved a man who lied his way into her heart, shattered her trust, and left her clinging to life in a sterile hospital room, soul scarred and faith in love destroyed. Years later, those wounds haven’t healed; they’ve hardened. So when she sees Hannah glowing with the same unguarded joy she once had, and Elias standing where her own betrayer once stood, Eleanor makes a single, devastating vow: Hannah will not be blindsided the way I was. But protection, in Eleanor’s hands, becomes something far darker.

Deutschland in naher Zukunft: Die regierende Partei "Heimatfront Deutschland" deportiert alle Migranten und politische Gegner in eine Hand voll hermetisch abgeriegelter sogenannter Flüchtlingsstädte. Elsa Jacobi, die charismatische Führerin der "HfD", herrscht mit eiserner Hand über die Republik und kontrolliert Medien und Staatsorgane mit Gewalt und Terror. Wie Marionetten manipuliert sie die Menschen um sich herum für ihre Zwecke. So auch den jungen Politstar Hassan, der getrieben vom Hass auf seine türkischen Wurzeln nach Anerkennung und Macht strebt.

Grandma's last will and testament names Ray to inherit the trailer park. It's a million-dollar estate with one hitch: To prove he's not as aimless as he seems, Ray must discover the meaning of life by the end of the month. (She left the answer in an envelope.) If he fails, the camp goes to his estranged family.

After family secrets come to light, causing an uproar, Roman Keim is taking a much-needed vacation to Pinecraft, the Amish snowbird community in Florida. The warm weather is a welcome break from the bleak Ohio winter, as is a week off from all his family's drama. But Roman's own drama begins when he meets his next-door neighbors: Amanda Yoder, a beautiful young widow, and her adorable daughter, Regina.

An unassuming man coerces his way onto the island with AJ's involuntary assistance. Could he be as harmless as he seems, or capable of something far more sinister? When AJ encounters a stranger on a suspicious boat after her morning dives, she finds herself caught in a bizarre game of cat and mouse while she leads an unlikely villain all over the island.

Mark Bronson, a young high-tech engineer blacklisted by Silicon Valley venture capitalists and desperate for a job, takes a position as a temporary lab technician for a month. In the lab, he accidentally discovers a death ray. Mark then gets sucked in to a world of government perfidy and power politics, of espionage and intrigue, and of stress that reveals true character.

The Gathering: A Tale of the Second Coming follows Atlas, a skeptical journalist navigating a world teetering on the brink of collapse. Amid global unrest, natural disasters, and an emerging global leader promising peace, Atlas begins investigating a series of mysterious disappearances tied to a growing religious movement.

Paul Vanderbilt, code sign, Money, has discovered a secret that will get him killed. Armed with the knowledge the government is covering up the pandemic that has killed millions, Money takes to the road to both escape the kill teams dispatched to hunt him and to connect with his old special forces team. Worried that Money will spread the word and ruin the plans of the cabal responsible for the government takeover, the new militia is called out to join in the hunt.

I've been in love with my best friend since the day I met her freshman year of high school. She was a halo of sunshine on a rainy day, pulling me out of the shadows and making me feel like life was one big roller-coaster ride of excitement. Until the day we graduated and she left on the back of a Harley with some guy who didn't deserve her, middle fingers in the air. Twelve years later, she's back in Blueball, as if she hadn't broken my heart and never looked back.

Whether the result of being cursed at birth by a Santeria Priestess, or the result of a radical genetic mutation, Jamie possesses the preternatural ability to dive to incredible depths, and stay at those depths for hours. When, through no fault of his own, Jamie finds himself at odds with the law, he realizes that his only chance to remain free is to take refuge on and under the sea.

Billy Ray works hard all week to play even harder on payday - Saturday night. Whiskey, women, gambling, and a good fistfight are all Billy Ray thinks a man needs. That is until a keen-eyed little man faces him down with something greater than his fists or his guns. In that moment Billy's life changes forever, and he wants to share his discovery. Only how can he explain what he himself doesn't entirely understand? Saddle up for the hard-knock ride Billy takes that changes his life - and the entire town.

Big Ray's temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father's memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more 500 brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father's death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding.

El narrador de esta historia despierta en una cama que no reconoce en una habitación que no siente propia. Está amaneciendo y no sabe dónde está, ni que le impide levantarse, le cuesta abrir los ojos e identificar los ruidos y las voces que llegan desde el exterior. En su duermevela, trata de engarzar un recuerdo con otro hasta componer un mosaico en el que solo una constante parece anclarlo a la realidad: la relación que le une a Elisa y Tim.

Ray Carner, hijo de un miembro de la mafia local y padre de familia modélico, regenta la tienda de muebles de la calle Ciento veinticinco, en Harlem. Ray intenta alejarse de la vida de delincuencia que su padre le mostró de niño, pero con un segundo hijo en camino necesita sacarse un dinero extra revendiendo artículos robados. Ahora, su primo Freddie le ofrece participar en algo más peligroso: el robo del famoso hotel Theresa, el Waldorf de Harlem.

You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently.

Days after preventing a sarin gas attack on the nation's capital, CIA operative Titus Ray arrives in Santiago de Cuba on a mission to rescue fellow operative Ben Mitchell from the hands of the Los Zetas drug cartel.

Based on folklore, legends and myths, and backed by meticulous research, Citadel of Love is set in Odisha of the 13th century - considered the state’s golden age, when the Konark temple was being built under King Narasimha Deva’s patronage. A modern-day foreigner, Charles, arrives with his fiancée to study the Konark region. As he discovers palm leaf manuscripts and records tales that were handed down generations, he begins to have strange experiences.

Ukraine, 1923. On a small farm, two boys are born within days of each other, both Ukrainian, one Jewish. Mykhail and Asher grow up inseparable, together finding friendship, adventure and escape from the harshness of Russian rule. But after Asher’s family flees to Warsaw, their worlds are torn to shreds by the Second World War. The war brings cruelty to both boys. Although Asher finds love in Warsaw, the city is far from the haven his family sought; meanwhile Mykhail becomes a victim of the bitter struggle for Ukraine. But worse follows, in the shape of the Treblinka death camp.

On the run and separated from their team, Lucas and Corporal Jennings must find a way to return safely home. Hiding in a primitive village until they can heal and form a plan, they become aware that they may be more captive than guests. When the tribe of cannibals that were pursuing them discovers their location, the two survivors must go on the run again. With the pursuers closing in and hidden dangers lurking around them, the chance of survival is slim and reaching home near impossible.