Résultats pour "Refugee" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Neuf jours avant Noël, Madeleine de Montclard réunit ses proches au Refuge Royal, son prestigieux hôtel à Megève, et leur annonce avoir rédigé un nouveau testament. Qui héritera de la fortune des Montclard ? Claire, l'aînée discrète et bien rangée ? Antoine, le fils flambeur ? Ou Édouard, le cadet qui dirige l'établissement ? Pour les départager, l'impitoyable matriarche a tout prévu. Avec la complicité de son médecin et de son notaire, elle a imaginé un jeu de piste destiné à déterminer lequel de ses enfants mérite vraiment l'héritage.

Dans ce récit littéraire d'une infinie beauté, Arundhati Roy revient sur son passé : une enfance chaotique dans le sud de l'Inde, son émancipation précoce, le goût de l'écriture, la fulgurance du succès international avec le Booker Prize en 1997, puis la découverte que sa plume peut devenir une arme pour déjouer les injustices et la violence du gouvernement indien. Au fil des chapitres, c'est aussi le portrait de sa mère, Mary Roy, qui prend forme.

Installée en Normandie depuis peu, Sandrine est priée d'aller vider la maison de sa grand-mère, une originale qui vivait seule sur une île minuscule, pas très loin de la côte. Lorsqu'elle débarque sur cette île grise et froide, Sandrine découvre une poignée d'habitants âgés organisés en quasi autarcie. Tous décrivent sa grand-mère comme une personne charmante, loin de l’image que Sandrine en a. Pourtant, l'atmosphère est étrange ici.

Après un long voyage épique à travers l'Europe, Ayla et Jondalar arrivent à l'emplacement de la Neuvième Caverne, un camp de l'âge de pierre situé dans ce qu'on appellera bien plus tard le Périgord. C'est là que Jondalar retrouve la tribu qui l'a vu naître, et qui se réjouit de son retour. L'accueil fait à Ayla est plus mitigé. Cette femme parle avec un accent curieux et, surtout, elle est suivie par un loup et deux chevaux sur lesquels elle exerce un pouvoir troublant.

Tout est allé très vite : d'abord des gestes d'intimidation, puis des menaces directes. Un soir, Sacha et Mina décident de fuir la France avec leur petite fille Irène. Ils laissent derrière eux un pays qui a plongé dans le nationalisme, l'ignorance et l'intolérance, dirigé par un nouveau président qui a lancé des hommes après eux. Quel secret explosif veut-il protéger ?

When the Hatana's fleet attacked her home, Eleena lost everything—her family, her planet, and the boy who saved her. Amiran ensured she boarded an evacuation ship, putting his life on the line so she could escape. She hasn’t seen him since. Now, six years later, Eleena lives on the move, part of a refugee convoy hopping from planet to planet, always one step ahead of the enemy. But survival isn’t enough anymore. As unrest grows within the camp, Eleena is thrust into a role she never wanted. She's not a soldier. She’s not a leader.

In 1942, American historian Lydia Burgess has remained in France to study its past, but when a Jewish family in her apartment building is arrested, she can no longer remain a quiet observer of history. Joining a relief agency escorting children to safety, she accompanies them to Le...

What would you do if you were...Hunted? Despised? A vampire? You'd try to escape. Where do you go when the whole human race is against you? The future. But beware - you might not like what you find. And you can't go back. Dive into an alternate Earth where vampires are real and are the hunted, not the hunters!

The Refuge: Nine Meals from Anarchy offers a compelling look at what occurs when civilization’s facade crumbles, revealing both nobility and darkness within ordinary people. When nine missed meals separate order from chaos, Jake Grayson learns that security relies not only on supplies and solar panels, but also on the resilience of the human spirit and the bravery of those around him.

Nur and Abid relearn to love after they escape from war. Marie, who keeps the women of the village from giving birth to children borne of war, finds herself in a situation she hasn't faced before. In a London park, an ageing MI-6 official discovers that the woman he meets every day may not be...

Months after stealing two time machines, the Lanes, a modern family of seven, make a stand against the unhinged software mogul who wants them back. They travel to 1941 Oahu to eliminate the billionaire's mercenary, an assassin who has chased them through time. While son Jordan, a former intelligence officer, stalks his unknowing foe in the streets of Honolulu, his parents, younger siblings, and pregnant wife settle in the village of Laie, where love, friendship, and opportunity await. All seek refuge from the perils of time travel.

These former military heroes will grab you by the heart and never let go. In the conclusion to the series you’ll get overprotective boyfriends, a girl tribe, PTSD, friends with benefits, a serial killer, a computer hacker, amnesia, secrets, stalkers, action and adventure, strong heroines, heroines in peril, kidnappings, protective heroes, forced marriage, happily ever afters galore, and just enough spice to make you sigh with satisfaction in the epic conclusion to The Refuge series.

"Je vous présente une nouvelle élève, annonça le prof, elle s'appelle Haya. Elle vient de Syrie..." C'est drôle, songea Gabriel, il y a des gens qui attirent l'attention sans qu'on sache pourquoi... Cette fille, il ne la connaissait pas, mais elle l'intriguait à cause de ses yeux graves et la manière dont elle relevait fièrement le menton comme un défi.

Now married, Paul McAllister and Anna Jaramillo McAllister, continue building their fledgling Estancia into the refuge they’ve dreamed of. Where family, friends, and employees can live a life safe from the violence of daily life in the wilderness of the New Mexico Territory. Surrounded by high desert mountains, roving hostile Indians, and bushwhackers, Paul and Anna struggle to overcome devious plots, far and near, as well as the mysterious villains behind those plots.

They laughed her off the G20 stage. Hours later, the flare she predicted killed every light on Earth. Now the scientist nobody believed must cross 2,000 miles of collapsing country to reach her brother, because being right was the easy part. Surviving it won’t be.

Deserving Alaska, Deserving Henley, Deserving Reese, and Deserving Cora will give you hours of excitement and action and you’ll find yourself listening late into the night to find out what happens next. These former military heroes and the strong women they fall for will have you wanting to book a stay at The Refuge, in Northern New Mexico, to experience all the characters for yourself.

Three English girls migrate to London's Refuge, a haven for troubled teenagers, to escape problems at home, only to find that they are trapped in a nightmare from which there is no escape.

Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty scions across the airless desert, they barely escaped with their lives. The illegal space bubble was overcrowded with refugees, all hoping to reach Jupiter for asylum.

Abandoned by each of her children’s fathers, Shelley Tremayne’s having a tough time raising six kids alone. When she sees a TV newscast about five boys committing a horrible crime and recognizes her eleven-year-old son Joey in the surveillance camera footage, her life becomes infinitely worse. Although Joey swears he only witnessed the incident, the other boys point to him as the instigator, a charge supported by the evidence. But Shelley simply can’t accept that her Joey could be responsible for such a heinous act.

When an EMP wipes out the power grid, Caroline Thompson is alone on the family ranch while her husband, Luke, and their son are stranded in Fort Worth as chaos erupts. With no power, no law, and danger at every turn, Caroline must fight her way into the collapsing city to find them. But bringing her family back together is only the beginning. Looters are closing in, determined to take everything Caroline has fought to protect as their ranch turns into a battleground for survival.