Résultats pour "The Mister" dans Littérature du monde

„La hanul lui Mânjoală”, de Ion Luca Caragiale, este o nuvelă fantastică în care realitatea se împletește cu misterul și supranaturalul. Un tânăr călător se oprește la hanul hangiței Marghioala, unde întâmplările stranii și farmecul enigmatic al gazdei îl atrag într-o...

Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a young schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and the young teacher's life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green's office insisting that Fraser has vanished. Green's curiosity is piqued when he discovers that Fraser left behind his beloved dog, a half-eaten dinner and an apartment crammed with research related to his case. Has Fraser fled to escape the wrath of victims, new or old?

The past meets the present when American journalist Kayla O'Brien makes her new home in Killaloe, Ireland, called back to her Irish roots. Researching her ancestry as she settles into her new life, it is when she begins that summer attending events with a group that visits historical and spiritual places that Kayla begins to have dreams that mysteriously seem like they are taking place in another time, long ago.

For curiosity seekers of aerospace and structural science, how did it all start? Here is the story of a forgotten stress engineer whose philosophy, calculations, and outspoken opinions saved many lives. Greatest Generation story lovers, World War II hounds, and family members caring for aging parents think of Mister B as a national treasure. When a relative inserts herself into the physicist's personal space, the old man decides to teach his new helper some life lessons of his own, specifically that his newest design is to live forever.

In een rustiek dorpje in Drenthe, waar de herinnering aan oeroude tijden voortleeft in massieve stenen, dansen de witte wieven nog altijd door de nacht om ware liefde te zegenen. Oorlogen en epidemieën hebben het dagelijkse bestaan niet kunnen verstoren, en al sijpelt de moderne tijd langzaam naar binnen, de mensen leven nog steeds zoals ze dat altijd hebben gedaan. Hun handel en wandel ligt vast, veilig en voorspelbaar.

A humorous and heartwarming novel that explores life, love, and loss through the eyes of Little Mister, a mischievous and curious cat who mingles with a wide range of human and animal friends in his Amsterdam neighborhood over the course of one year. Little Mister, a charming and curious cat...

Jasper Gwyn è uno scrittore. Vive a Londra e verosimilmente è un uomo che ama la vita. Tutt'a un tratto ha voglia di smettere. Forse di smettere di scrivere, ma la sua non è la crisi che affligge gli scrittori senza ispirazione. Jasper Gwyn sembra voler cambiare prospettiva, arrivare al nocciolo di una magia. Gli fa da spalla, da complice, da assistente una ragazza che raccoglie, con rabbiosa devozione, quello che progressivamente diventa il mistero di Mr Gwyn.

Rachel Martin macht ihren Doktor in Musiktherapie und arbeitet nebenher mit ihrer besten Freundin Ava in einer angesagten Bar in Brooklyn. Als Avas verlogener Exfreund das Lokal betritt, sieht Rachel rot und sagt dem Fremden gründlich die Meinung. Leider stellt sich heraus, dass sie den falschen attraktiven Mann vor allen Gästen anfährt. Wie peinlich! Doch es kommt noch schlimmer. Am nächsten Tag betritt ihr neuer Professor und Doktorvater, der berüchtigte und brillante Caine West, den Hörsaal - und es ist niemand anderes als der gutaussehende Mann aus der Bar.

The sixth Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author James Lee Burke. Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to be sidetracked into persuading ex-schoolmate mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni to leave town. And it turns out...

This "lost race" novel begins as an exciting African adventure. Leonard Outram is a British adventurer who is in Africa seeking his fortune. He becomes part of the rescue of a Portuguese woman from a large slave camp. Leonard, his companion Otter, and the girl set off and find the people of the mist. They then impersonate gods and priests with the hope of getting the people's hoard of jewels.

Clairvoyant Trackers are valuable resources for law-enforcement agencies and the US government because of their unique ability to hunt down criminals and missing persons using the specially developed powers of their minds. In the beliefs of the American Indians, experts at tracking game and enemies, the seventh child of a seventh child is gifted with second sight and can be trained to become a Tracker.  

Tawa, leader of the Itiwana, is lost and dying. Far away, his son Pahana is settling into his leadership role but has trust issues due to Hayoka's scheming. Pahana faces a dangerous new threat when the Itiwana tribe encounter enigmatic shaman from the Valley of the Blue Mists. Kia, Tawa's daughter, is a young shaman whose power is growing at a fantastic rate.

Having inherited a farmhouse from her late grandmother in Oklahoma, Anastasia decides to start a new life in the countryside. But she had no idea she was about to discover a dark family secret that has been buried for generations.

In these marvelous pages, the award-winning poet turns a searching gaze toward the shared habitat and intertwined fates of man and animal. He looks back and forward in time, down at the soil, up at the stars, and deeply into his personal relationships. Brooks Haxton has been writing for years...

Alicja, po uwolnieniu się od męża tyrana i po kilku kolejnych zawodach miłosnych, postanawia wyjechać samotnie do urokliwego domu w górach, którego właścicielami miało być starsze małżeństwo. Kobieta pragnie odpocząć od całego męskiego gatunku. Na miejscu okazuje się jednak, że posiadłością zarządza przystojny Jędrzej. Chcąc uciec od dramatów, których przysporzyli jej dotychczas napotkani mężczyźni, Ala wpada wprost w ramiona nieznajomego, który za wszelką cenę dąży do tego, by jej wakacje się przedłużyły.