Résultats pour "Through a Window" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Explore the distant realms of your imagination. Dive deep into alien worlds, learn how a kingdom that knew only light brought darkness to the world, and gasp with horror at the annihilation of an entire species. Covering a myriad of thought-provoking topics—from alien cultures to human relationships and genocide—each of these five stories encapsulates the wonder of human, and humanoid, curiosity and strength.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. THROUGH A WINDOW: After his legs were set, they carried Bailey into the study and put him on a couch before the open window. There he lay, alive - even a feverish man down to the loins, and below that a double-barrelled mummy swathed in white wrappings.

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels, and is credited as the father of science fiction. 'Through a Window' is the story of an invalid whose entire entertainment consists of watching the events outside his window, which looks out onto a river. He watches all the boats as they pass and longs for anything unusual to happen. Then one day just about the most jaw-dropping set of events imaginable happens right outside his window....

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A charming, heartfelt novel about the bonds of family, whether found or foretold, from the author of The Sweet Taste of Muscadines. In the small Southern town of Wesleyan, Georgia, where the air smells of red clay and sea salt, Margaret Elliot has lived a seemingly charmed life—until the...

Enthralled with a lavish wedding, the town gossips flourish until the specter of a long-deceased spirit intervenes. Based loosely on a true crime story from the turn of the nineteenth century in New England, this novel uncovers a simple truth of humanity—from the well-off to the working class, everyone falls victim to the transience of joy and the struggles of human nature.

Emily Warner moves to Vermont hoping for a fresh start. Anything to forget the past four years. She didn’t plan on the past finding her. And she didn’t plan on Ann Hight. Ann helps Emily through a crisis, and re-awakens emotions Emily thought she would never experience again. For Ann, what she begins to feel for Emily promises everything she never knew she needed. Just when it seems they’ve found the love they’ve yearned for, fate conspires to tear them apart.

Gina Perini manages a bookstore in one of San Francisco's most lively neighborhoods. Although she thrives in her world of books, her harrowing escape from the war in the Balkans years earlier remains fresh in her mind. There are still those who are searching for her and who are intent on vengeance. Gina suddenly gets news that someone from her past is still alive - someone she had given up hope of finding. This sets in motion a chain of events that will stretch across the country and push her love and resourcefulness to the limit.

Sienna and Declan are young high-profile NYC executives with an opaque marriage. Neither closed nor open, their mutual arrangement has been left to a laissez-faire interpretation. The rules are simple: Never bring a lover to their home, and never fall in love with their affairs. Sienna feels trapped by the own rules she agreed to with Declan when she realizes she's fallen in love with her best friend from college.

Molly Mae has embarked on a new journey in the opposite direction of where she'd once been heading, and was unknowingly predestined to go due to the sins of her forefathers. Leaving behind the small town in rural Victoria where she was born, she relocates to Melbourne to start a new life. Having battled substance abuse for a decade and haunted by her own secrets and demons, she is determined to make a fresh start away from the scandal of her father's arrest, gaining him the notorious title of the country's most prolific serial killer.

Vanella Morris is extremely happy with her long-time boyfriend, Alton. But Vanella is also uneasy and apprehensive about making the big commitment. The time has come to make the decision of her life: walk away now from this good thing, or convince Alton that, by living together, the marital bliss he longs for can still be theirs.

Raquel ist bis über beide Ohren verliebt in Ares, ihren attraktiven und mysteriösen Nachbarn. Dummerweise hat sie noch nie ein Wort mit ihm gewechselt und beobachtet ihn nur aus der Ferne. Doch Raquel hat eine Mission: Ares dazu zu bringen, sich in sie zu verlieben. Sie ist schließlich kein hilfloses, unschuldiges Mädchen – und sie ist ganz sicher nicht darauf vorbereitet, für ihr Ziel alles zu verlieren, am wenigsten sich selbst...

Join Keith as he opens windows on peoples’ loves, lives, hopes, and dreams—some humorous, some sad. Keith performs a series of works prompted by his favorite pastime—people watching. Each story progressively builds a picture of a life from a first day at school. We meet a West Country Marilyn Monroe and fall in love with a Welsh Audrey Hepburn. We meet Miss Rebecca of Paris and see if diamonds are a girl’s best friend. We grow old and reminisce.

Delve into the mind of Chesca Christine as she opens herself up in an often dark, but raw, manner. In the poems, she describes things like how she was just an observer, or she says farewell to her past self. Spread throughout are series like “I Would Have Chosen”, in which a corpse describes the art of decomposition and yearns for a respite, or “The Journey”, in which a city is visible, but is not the destination. There are some musings about how others act and possible repercussions for said action.

When I come home from work to find my stud of a window-cleaner busy lathering the glass at the back of my house, I can’t help but take a moment to drink him in. He’s half my age but a woman can fantasize. I start to get carried away and soon I’m toying with myself as he soaps the window, oblivious to my increasing nudity. When he finally catches me I’m leaving very little to his imagination and he shows me in no uncertain terms that he’s ready for me. I open the window and claim my prize, then I invite him inside for dessert.

A follow up to "I Watched Through Windows".