Résultats pour "Spinner" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Rhya Fleetwood en a assez d'être un pion dans les guerres des autres. La jeune tisseuse de vent a besoin d’apprendre à maîtriser sa magie. Elle a déjà perdu ses amis, son nouveau foyer… Va-t-elle perdre Penn aussi ? Il est indéniable qu'une passion brûlante les unit, mais au lendemain...

The instant Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller. A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time… The land of the Silures, 382 AD Elen is a princess promised to a general of Rome. Macsen came to Wales seeking an alliance that would advance his quest for power. Despite warnings her...

Magic, kindness, and transformation weave together in this timeless fairy tale from Andrew Lang. In The Nettle Spinner, listeners are drawn into an enchanting world of devotion, perseverance, and quiet courage as a young woman undertakes a mysterious and difficult task that may change fate...

Brandon Merryweather is a young man with two passions in life: numbers and the written word. Brandon makes his living crunching numbers and unwinds by reading a good book. One morning, when Brandon steps out of the front door of his Manhattan apartment building, he hears a clap of thunder and sees a flash of blue light. Brandon closes his eyes in fear and when he opens them, he finds himself in Greedy Gulch, the 1880s boomtown from the novel he is reading. The people of that world call him the new Tale Spinner and expect him to finish the tale.

When his younger brother finds himself deep in a betting hole, one man thinks he can easily save the day by borrowing money from his employers while theyre away from the factory. But just as he starts to repay the debt, those employers are on their way back! In a desperate bid for cash, perhaps his wife can charm a friendly Lord—once her suitor—into lending a helping hand. A casual card game could be the answer, but what could possibly go wrong? - Summary by ToddHW

Evelina Grey returns to her home town after being away for twenty five years. She is frail and her face is veiled at all times. He neighbors help her clean up her house and garden. Araminta Lee, a young girl who is helping Evenlina injures her ankle while cleaning.

Brought to you by Penguin. The rise of the mills is about to change everything. Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have...

Dive into the charming world of Myrtle Reed, where she masterfully intertwines poetry, charm, tenderness, and humor to create an engaging and entertaining book. Experience her delightful characters and unique humor, all underlined by a quiet pathos that brings a sense of realism to her works. A Spinner in the Sun unfolds an old-fashioned love story about a veiled lady who lives a life of solitude, her face unseen by her neighbors. This book is shrouded in mystery that lends it an enchanting romantic allure. (Summary by Grosset & Dunlap publishers, 1913). Featuring the voices of Kristingj as ...

Eine Erzählung über Gut und Böse, die nicht nur von Thomas Mann bewundert wurde: Beginnend mit einer Rahmenerzählung, in der es um die Taufe eines neugeborenen Kindes geht, wird diese bald mit der Binnenerzählung verwoben. Vor langer Zeit gingen die Dorfbewohner einen Pakt mit dem Teufel ein, der als Gegenleistung ein neugeborenes Kind haben wollte. Doch als der Teufel in Gestalt einer mordenden schwarzen Spinne sein Unwesen im Dorf trieb, musste die Spinne sicher verwahrt werden.

Es ist klein. Es ist schnell. Und es ist giftig... Megans Leben ist eigentlich ziemlich normal: Sie studiert, macht Sport und führt eine glückliche Beziehung. Doch seit sie im Park von einer roten Spinne gebissen wurde, hat sich etwas verändert. Megan sieht das seltsame Tier auf einmal überall! Es krabbelt blitzschnell durch ihre Wohnung und scheint an vielen Orten gleichzeitig zu sein: am Badspiegel, im Küchenschrank - sogar auf ihrem Kopfkissen. Und warum heilt der Biss am Bein nicht ab? Megan hat das Gefühl, in einem grausamen Albtraum gefangen zu sein.