Résultats pour "Storm" dans Littérature et fiction

With soothing music playing in the background, Professor Norman Rumble clasps his hand over his mouth and looks wide-eyed down at his creation glaring back at him. Mystified, there is only one question on his lips.... Why? There are only two people in the world who know the answer to that... and they’re fishing. Hold on tight as these three hilarious British comedy adventures transport you to Cambodia, and find out what mayhem English lads can cause when fumbling through Southeast Asia.

I never should have let Steph drag me to that psychic fair. Metaphysical nonsense doesn’t suit me, Seattle doesn't suit me, and I think I might be allergic to patchouli. I’m definitely allergic to car accidents, to giant elk falling from the sky, and most importantly, to the huge blue dragon that’s attached its obnoxious tail to my navel.

Aleya’s world starts to unravel after a café customer leaves behind a collection of short stories. Surprised and disturbed to discover that it has been dedicated to her, Aleya delves into the strange book. A mad scientist seeks to steal his son’s dreams. A struggling writer, skilled only at destruction, finds himself courted by Hollywood. A woman seeks to escape her body and live inside her dreams. Citizens panic when a new city block manifests out of nowhere. The more Aleya reads, the deeper she sinks into the mysterious writer’s work.

“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only...

All Kat wants to do is run her own life. But it seems as though everyone else has competing plans for her. Her commander of the Bosch Pirate Force wants her to lead. Her husband wants her to abandon her pirating ways. Her mother-in-law wouldn’t mind seeing her dead. And her past enslaver, Rob Abernathy, wants her back. As listeners of A Merry Life know, Kat is fearless, principled, and determined to settle old scores. When a face from her past spurs a dangerous mission, she jumps at the opportunity, unaware that it will have explosive results.

Thailand. Spock and Stu are excited, each having their own thoughts and expectations about the place. The pair are in agreement, however, on what their dream holiday is going to entail: plenty of parties, lots of raunchy sex, copious amounts of beer, and balmy days chillaxing and drinking cocktails on warm sandy beaches.' When a golden box containing the dental remains of the Buddha is stolen and its guardian monks murdered, Pon, the surviving monk, is sent on a quest to retrieve the holy item.

Hvor langt er du klar til at gå, når du ikke længere har noget at miste? Alex Storm har mistet næsten alt. Nu risikerer han også at miste sin kone, Jessica, hvis han ikke kapper båndet til sin halvbror, Peter Bao, der er leder af en magtfuld Hongkong-triade. Da Alex rejser til Hongkong for at finde ud af mere om sit kinesiske ophav, bliver Jessica tvunget til at involvere sig med et colombiansk narkokartel. Samtidig bliver Peter udsat for et drabsforsøg. Han lugter blod og vil rydde ud blandt sine fjender – også blandt dem, der er tættest på Alex.

Spock and Stu are having an intellectual debate about saggy boobs when Pon phones with his disturbing news. They know that they must go to be by his side until things can be resolved. Spock and Stu now live in Pattaya with their wives, Dao and Moo. The past few years have been idyllic, with them both settling into to married life and any thoughts of adventure far behind them. Though Pon sounded anxious on the phone, the lads are sure that he is fretting over nothing.

That's right: Serge and Coleman do spring break! It's been a long time coming, but they're at the party now—and you'll never look at a Frisbee the same way again. One spring break location obviously isn't enough for Serge, so he must hit them all, traveling through various historic locales...

In which our intrepid correspondent speaks of the hot air bedeviling the southern end of the Mississippi and how it affects the hot air bedeviling the northern end of the Mississippi.