Résultats pour "isolation" dans Fiction

The product of a troubled and violent youth, Amanda Ripley is hellbent to discover what happened to her missing mother, Ellen Ripley. She accepts an assignment with a Weyland-Yutani team being sent to retrieve the Nostromo flight recorder from space station Sevastopol, which they find out of control due to a Xenomorph that was brought there with the recorder. A conspiracy unfolds, revealing ever greater threats - including an entire Xenomorph hive.

Sono gli inizi di ottobre, il giornalista Luca Banti è in arrivo a Lampedusa per seguire una pista: è convinto che la strage di 366 migranti avvenuta un anno prima davanti all'isola sia da imputare a un errore del comandante della Guardia costiera, il tenente Camarda. In quelle stesse ore, sulle coste della Libia, centinaia di uomini vestiti di nero e armati come un esercito si stanno imbarcando su dei pescherecci diretti verso Lampedusa. Sono i Leoni del Jihad, un gruppo terroristico pronto a invadere l'isola nel nome di Allah.

After tragedy in Papua, New Guinea, a missionary couple returns to America and begins drifting apart from each other and from God. When their family moves into a Smoky Mountains retreat, they can't imagine the terror that awaits.

Cole Evans thought he'd found a safe haven for his family and a growing band of survivors of the most lethal virus the world has ever known. But he finds continued survival is far from guaranteed as they battle hostile encounters with other survivors, nature, and devastating accidents. Are they prepared to survive their first brutal Wisconsin winter after the rest of the world has perished?

Straight out of today’s hospitals and labs–and tomorrow’s headlines–comes a frightening, scalpel-sharp thriller from medical insider Joshua Spanogle. In an astounding debut, Spanogle takes us on an all-too-real race against time…as a young doctor enters the dark side of scientific...

Può una vacanza alle Hawaii diventare un viaggio di formazione? A Davide e Samuel succede. Arrivati a Honolulu scoprono, per caso, l’esistenza nell’isola di una vetta sacra raggiungibile attraverso una scala proibita che decidono di affrontare non immaginando nessuna delle peripezie con le quali toccherà loro scontrarsi. Magia, superstizione e fantasia si confondono e si intrecciano con la realtà. Un viaggio ricco di emozioni che diventa la scoperta di una terra inattesa, mitologica e bellissima, in un non luogo che non sanno dove li porterà.

Devlin Miski thought coming out on national TV would be the hardest part about being a gay football player. But it's when his press conference is over that the trouble really starts. The athletic tiger and his boyfriend Lee, a fox with a tongue as quick as his wit, still won't get many breaks in their fight for understanding. They'll need to deal with a stubborn reporter determined to get a story any way he can, furious parents, and hostile teammates - not to mention each other.

In una Rimini mai dimenticata, un po' felliniana e un po' rock, si incrociano le vite di quattro ragazzi uniti da un'amicizia nata sui banchi di scuola: Giulio, l'incorreggibile vitellone, Giacomo l'avvocato, Lorenzo, figlio del proprietario del Grand Hotel e l'inquieto ingegnere Simone. È l'estate del 1967, e nulla sembra impossibile. Nemmeno costruire una piattaforma in acque extraterritoriali per accogliere una comunità di giovani artisti, poeti, musicisti, dove la ricerca del bello sia l'unico scopo da perseguire.

Straight out of today’s hospitals and labs–and tomorrow’s headlines–comes a frightening, scalpel-sharp thriller from medical insider Joshua Spanogle. In an astounding debut, Spanogle takes us on an all-too-real race against time…as a young doctor enters the dark side of scientific...

Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job. The gossip columns are aghast. Any hope the furore will die down is crushed when Amelie’s boyfriend, Dave, is arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. Dave strongly asserts his innocence, and when Amelie refuses to denounce him, the press witch hunt quickly turns into physical violence and she has to flee the country.

follow Robert Salesby, a man who has carefully set aside his own desires in order to care for his fragile, demanding wife. In a quiet European hotel meant for rest and recovery, daily routines unfold with delicate precision—meals, walks, silences—each masking an undercurrent of exhaustion and unspoken resentment. As Robert moves through his days with practiced patience, the strain of self-denial begins to surface, revealing the quiet cost of love built on sacrifice alone.

Journey Prize winner Shashi Bhat’s "powerful, surprising and terrifying" (Rufi Thorpe) story about a high school student's traumatic experience and how it irrevocably alters her life, for fans of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Girlhood, and Pen15. Bright, hilarious, and sensitive...

Volevo qui parlare di un percorso misterioso e segreto, uno speciale viaggio interiore, in cui si fa reale la simbiosi con l'altro da noi, quella dimensione terrena e naturale in cui tutto parla, contemporaneamente e poi si ascolta, cioè "sente se stesso" con un udito quasi cosmico, la terra, gli animali, gli esseri umani. E di ciò ha trovato significato questo piccolo, simbolico romanzo, scritto dal gennaio al febbraio del 2005, dopo il disastroso tsunami che cancellò la vita nelle isole indonesiane.