Résultats pour "Twist" dans Action et aventure

Anthony Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world’s information across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. So he has travelled to Cape Town to board the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver - and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele.

»Willkommen bei dem Spiel des Schicksals!«Ein Tag wie jeder andere für Hauptkommissar Köhler. Er und sein Team werden zu einem Tatort gerufen. Beim Anblick der grausamen Szenerie wird Köhler schnell klar, dass der inaktive Serienmörder »Der Zuschauer« zurück ist, denn in dem Keller wurde erneut eine Familie zu einem grausamen Spiel gezwungen. Wie bei den Morden zuvor geht Köhler davon aus, dass die Familie gezwungen wurde, sich entweder gegenseitig zu töten, sodass nur einer überlebt, oder es sterben alle. Eine Vorstellung, die Köhler kaum ertragen kann.

'Scott Brick can be relied upon to deliver intensity in every audiobook he narrates, but he outdoes himself in this story of a family on the run in a world gone mad...This is an audiobook you can't put down' – AudioFile ‘A great storyteller hitting his stride’ – Lee Child, bestselling...

Mika and Leah Cross tempted the gods with their love. Mika, a female priest, and Leah, a powerful witch, strive for balance in a world gone mad when their two different worlds collide. When the emissaries of evil kidnap Mika and their children, Leah is their only hope for survival. The former wicked queen reverts to her evil ways in order to save her children and the only woman she has ever loved. Will the gods forgive her trespasses done in the name of love?

In Twist and Turn, author Tim Tigner once again delivers a fast-paced, unpredictable ride destined to delight his fans. Replete with the clever characters, original intrigue, and thought-provoking predicaments that distinguish his thrillers, the fourth chapter of the international best-selling Kyle Achilles series will turn your throat dry and keep you listening.

They lived in two different worlds. Leah was a wicked queen - the epitome of evil. Mika was a woman of God - a priest in 22nd-century America. Both fought the attraction that threatened to destroy them. Their love was plagued by demons and curses. A twist in time brought them together testing Mika's faith and Leah's strength. Romance, action, and adventure combine to make this one of the best novels of the year. Theirs was a love that spanned the ages, only a twist in time could keep them apart.

Not even Blu and Madeline's combined magic can hold against an unknown attacker who threatens the life of Tadric, the sole heir to the Summer Lands. Without him, the Lands will fall into the chaos of civil war, and the life Madeline has fought and suffered for will be lost. Madeline’s magic deserts her when she needs it most. Can she choose between two strangers to find the truth?

As an ex-cop and PI, Robert Hoskins thought he'd seen it all. Then, while working a simple case, his world changed. The next thing he knew, he was battling wizards, demons, and even the occasional dragon. Now, with government agents closing in on him in the human world and the ancient dwarves threatening the Fae lands, he's got to prepare himself for his most daunting task of all: telling his adult children they are the descendants of Greek gods!

Oliver Twist fu il secondo romanzo di Dickens, pubblicato a puntate mensili dal 1837 al 1839. E' una delle opere più famose dello scrittore, primo romanzo inglese ad avere un ragazzo come protagonista e uno dei primi romanzi sociali. L'umorismo feroce con cui Dickens descrive la società inglese, la povertà, l'abuso infantile, l'ipocrisia della cultura fu decisamente una novità.

Unique investigator Colter Shaw is searching for the answer to his father’s final posthumous riddle. It will lead him to evidence that will topple the secretive espionage company BlackBridge. He believes BlackBridge to be responsible for his father’s murder and brother’s disappearance. They can outmanoeuvre anyone, as the long trail of bodies behind them can confirm. But they haven’t yet met Colter Shaw.

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte des Findelkindes und Waisenjungen Oliver Twist, der im Armenhaus aufwächst, ohne etwas über seine Herkunft zu wissen. Durch die katastrophalen Zustände im Hause gezwungen nach mehr Nahrung zu bitten, wird er wochenlang in den Kohlenkeller gesperrt. Es wird ausgeschrieben, dass die Kirche denjenigen entlohne, der sich seiner annehmen würde. Dies führt ihn zum ansässigen Totengräber, der zwar einer ehrlichen Arbeit nachgeht und den Jungen allmählich auf seine Art liebgewinnt.

One widow, one killer - who will die first? Gutsy, grieving Anna is determined to find who murdered her husband. Hampered by agonizing loneliness, her obsessive-compulsive mother, and her over-controlling father, she defies convention, and the law, to investigate on her own. When she runs up against Lee Adams, a handsome police detective who’s determined to save Anna from herself, she has to step up her rogue search for the killer, before time and dwindling leads run out.

Lyrica is the usual final year university student, except that she has the ability to see Rifts–portals to other worlds in this Universe. When her acquaintance Basil, a time-travelling archaeologist from the future shows up and needs her help, well, why would she resist the call of adventure? But what of these new aliens that have joined their group–will they draw Lyrica out of her self-justified, self-imposed loneliness? What will happen when the adventure turns more dangerous than anticipated?

How do you break a witch's curse? Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan returns with an all-new epic romantasy standalone of witches and dragons, set in the high-stakes world of A Fire in the Sky and A Scar in the Bone. *** For ten long years, Arden has been invisible, trapped in her...

A father and son. An ancient mystery. A race against time to save humanity. Archeologist Nick Randall's recurring nightmare becomes a terrifying reality, plunging him into a sinister plot. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, he goes into hiding. His son John, a bioengineer...

Les penúries econòmiques de Dickens van inspirar les seves millors novel·les (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Temps difícils), de gran contingut i crítica social. Gràcies a una herència, Charles deixa la fàbrica on treballava i es posa a estudiar. Aprèn taquigrafia i amb 17 anys escriu als diaris. El 1836 escriu per a un editor una novel·la per fascicles setmanals, Oliver Twist, on mostra amb cruesa la difícil vida dels més pobres. Va tenir un enorme èxit.