Résultats pour "Stella" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Takis Würger erzählt mit Tempo und Wucht die Geschichte einer Liebe im Jahr 1942. Berlin im Jahr 1942. Eine Geschichte über Angst und Hoffnung - und über die Entscheidung, sich selbst zu verraten oder seine Liebe. Eine Geschichte, die auf wahren Begebenheiten beruht. Friedrich kommt aus gut behütetem Haus vom Genfer See nach Berlin, ein stiller Mann auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. In einer Kunstschule trifft er Kristin. Sie nimmt Friedrich mit in ihre Nächte in geheimen Jazzclubs. Sie trinkt Kognak mit ihm und gibt ihm seinen ersten Kuss. Bei ihr kann er sich einbilden, der Krieg sei weit weg.

Following a whirlwind engagement to Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst, Stella Kendrick is finding her footing within an elite social circle in picturesque rural England. Except tea time with refined friends can be more dangerous than etiquette faux pas - especially in the company of Lady Philippa, the woman Lyndy was once set to marry, and her husband, the ostentatious Lord Fairbrother....                  

Torino, 1993. Ludovica e suo fratello Edoardo frequentano il liceo, vivono in una casa piena di begli oggetti, libri e opere d'arte, indossano vestiti di marca e hanno fiducia nel futuro. Poi, un giorno, Arturo Montella viene arrestato. I ragazzi scoprono dalla televisione che il padre è coinvolto nell'inchiesta Mani pulite: è accusato di corruzione e finanziamento illecito al partito.

Die Postmeisterin empfängt ihre Gäste, eine Madame Sommer, die ihre offenherzige Tochter der Baronesse Stella als Gesellschafterin anvertrauen möchte...

Colorado, 1864. Jude Star, un giovane Cheyenne sopravvissuto al massacro di Sand Creek, viene mandato nella prigione di Fort Marion, dove è costretto a imparare l'inglese e a praticare il cristianesimo da Richard Henry Pratt, una guardia carceraria evangelica che fonderà la Carlisle Indian Industrial School, un'istituzione dedicata allo sradicamento della storia, della cultura e dell'identità dei nativi. Una generazione dopo, il figlio di Star, Charles, che frequenta quella scuola, viene brutalizzato dall'uomo che era stato il carceriere di suo padre.

The marriage of a well-bred Royalist lady and an illegitimate Roundhead Colonel is less a match made in heaven than a union doomed to hell. Unfortunately, Sir Robert Brandon's last will and testament leaves Venetia Clifford and Gabriel Brandon with little choice in the matter - deeply though they both resent it. Their tempestuous relationship is reflected in the stormy events buffeting the nation as England slides inexorably into a second Civil War.

Stelle leaves her old life behind in Montreal, Canada and heads for Florida, U.S.A. with a suitcase and an adventurous spirit to live out the "last third of the pie." Stelle lands jobs as a servant, working for wealthy people on the Island, an exclusive area where old money hasn't given way to new. Happy, energetic and loving the beach, life is so good, Stelle must pinch herself at how lucky she is.

La comunità degli astrofisici è riunita in Lapponia per un convegno internazionale nel quale confrontarsi e presentare gli ultimi risultati sulla nostra comprensione dell'universo. Gabriele Stelle, giovane ricercatore che lavora in uno dei più grandi e prestigiosi osservatori astronomici del mondo, si trova lì insieme ad Alessia, la studentessa di Fisica che gli è stata affibbiata dalla sua capa.

1972, Black River Falls, Wisconsin: Alicia Western, zwanzig Jahre alt, lässt sich mit vierzigtausend Dollar in einer Plastiktüte und einem manifesten Todeswunsch in die Psychiatrie einweisen. Die Diagnose der genialen jungen Mathematikerin und virtuosen Violinistin: paranoide Schizophrenie. Über ihren Bruder Bobby spricht sie nicht.

Roger Folger, age 61, recently lost his wife, Stella, but her spirit hasn't wandered far. In an all-too-earthly way, Roger converses with her disembodied voice in the privacy of the home they shared for many years, and you can bet Stella talks back. Roger fills her in on the latest about their kids and neighbors, while she tells Roger what heaven's like—picture the Ritz-Carlton in Florida, managed by Saint Peter. Worried that Roger is lonely, Stella decides that he needs a new woman in his life. But once he begins to date, Stella grows jealous.

Friedrich es un joven suizo que se muda a Berlín para seguir con su carrera artística. Allí conoce a Kristin, una chica muy hermosa y segura de sí misma que se hace cargo de él y le enseña a moverse entre los cenáculos de la efervescente vida nocturna de la ciudad, con sus cabarets y clubs de jazz. Pronto, la intensidad de su relación se convierte en una apasionada historia amorosa, hasta que un día Kristin se presenta en casa del muchacho con la cara y el cuerpo cubiertos de moretones.

Primo romanzo della diciannovenne Grazia Deledda, uscito a puntate sotto lo pseudonimo di Ilia de Saint Ismail, costruito col classico intreccio dei romanzi d'appendice, nonostante l'ingenuità della scrittura ancora agli inizi, presenta già il respiro di colei che già da giovane aveva deciso di dedicare tutta la sua vita alla carriera letteraria.

A Wilmersdorf, un tranquillo e benestante quartiere di una città tedesca, il periodo natalizio è annunciato dalle grida gioiose dei bambini che giocano a palle di neve. Fra le famiglie che abitano tre case, i rapporti superano quelli del buon vicinato: David, figlio del giornalista ebreo Jakob Korsakov, e Fritz, figlio del poliziotto Rauch, sono amici per la pelle e compagni di banco alla scuola elementare; la sorellastra di David è fidanzata con il figlio del noto architetto Winterloh; persino la gatta di Fritz e il gatto di David sono amici.

Das Königreich Arandor steht erneut im Mittelpunkt der Machtspiele und politischen Allianzen. Um seine Herrschaft zu festigen, beschließt König Luke, eine Gemahlin unter fünf edlen Prinzessinnen auszuwählen. Doch die ehrgeizige Nora aus Laawia, die gezwungen wird, an diesem Wettbewerb teilzunehmen, hat ihre eigenen Pläne. Ihr Vater verspricht ihr größere Freiheiten für ihr Studium im Ausland, doch Nora ahnt nicht, dass hinter dieser Vereinbarung ein viel dunkleres Geheimnis lauert.

In Stella Maris, we meet a young girl named Stellamaris, who finds herself confined to her bed in the Channel House, overlooking the majestic English Channel. Cared for by her devoted elderly uncle and aunt, Sir Oliver and Lady Blount, her world brightens with the visits of two young men, journalist John Risca and actor Walter Herold. They enchant her with tales of an imaginary castle and fantastical lands, weaving dreams that momentarily transport her beyond her limitations. As time passes, Stellamaris begins to regain the use of her limbs, and the narrative unfolds the evolving relationships...

After a harrowing shipwreck, Stella finds herself on the brink of death, only to be unexpectedly rescued. A captivating love triangle unfolds as an inventor—who dreams of creating the mobile phone in the year 1900—becomes entangled with a woman who possesses a profound and mystical influence over him, despite being engaged. This story delves into the complexities of love, the nature of death, and the idea that embracing mortality could lead us to a greater existence beyond this world.

Stella Hart has less than a month to finish her latest picture and sail home to England to marry her darling George. If she postpones the wedding again, her mother will disown her, and even the groom is getting restless. When her swashbuckling co-star smashes into a wall and breaks his nose, putting production on indefinite hold, she and George make plans to slip away and leave the movie unfinished. But studio head Nathan Stanley has other ideas. As a free agent and the future wife of a baronet, she can afford to let him do his worst. But when Stanley turns up stabbed to death...

Devastated after learning about the secret affair between her fiancé and best friend, Stella leaves her old life behind for a fresh start as an au pair for a family in Ireland. The old manor pairs perfectly with the beautiful Irish countryside where Stella hopes to forget her past and embrace a new future. But the estate’s troubled history and forgotten secrets force Stella to confront hard truths as she faces off against spirits who are less than pleased with her arrival.

Charles ll leads an army south to reclaim his throne, but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester. With little more than the clothes on their backs, Ashley Peverell and Francis Langley manage to reach Paris, where Ashley resumes his under-cover, unpaid work for the King. Beautiful, stubborn, and street-wise Athenais de Galzain has risen from the slums of Paris to become the Marais Theatre's leading actress. From first chance, Ashley and Athenais are drawn together with the unstoppable force of two stars colliding; a force which Ashley must conceal.

Still tied to his desk in the Intelligence Office, Colonel Eden Maxwell has become increasingly disenchanted with both Oliver Cromwell and his own daily existence; and with the advent of new Royalist conspiracies, he despairs of ever getting away. Then a brick hurled through the window of a small workshop sets in motion a new and unexpected chain of events. After all, who would want to hurt Lydia Neville—a young widow, giving work and self-respect to maimed war veterans considered unemployable elsewhere?