Résultats pour "mango" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2025...

Take an unemployed computer hacker living in an RV on the beach in Florida, a cranky cat named Mango Bob, Oscar the wiener dog, a pot-smuggling granny, and a once-famous Hollywood movie star out to reclaim lost glory. Put them all together in a clothing-optional trailer park, along with a clumsy meth cook and a larcenous park manager. Add in a budding romance, a slow boat chase up the Intracoastal waterway, and what do you get? Mango Bay!

John Walker—recently divorced and living in a motorhome near the beach in Florida—seems to be on a lucky streak. No matter what he does, he comes out a winner. He's won the lottery, found a pot of gold, and met the perfect woman. But good luck often comes with complications. His perfect woman "needs her space" and suggests that he takes a vacation—without her. So he packs up his motorhome, aka "The Love Bus", and heads off to Florida's Treasure Coast in search of long-lost gold from the Spanish Fleet wreck of 1715.

There is a saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. A Case of Exploding Mangoes is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest aircraft, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988?

Was it because of: mechanical failure; human error; the CIA's impatience; a blind woman's curse; generals not happy with their pension plans; the mango season? Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?

Embark on a rollicking adventure to the enchanting shores of Mango Island, where dreams are as diverse as the colorful characters who inhabit it. In this uproarious contemporary tale, a motley crew of residents—from illegal Colombians to enigmatic sea captains, from a passionate French chef to affluent Iowa farmers—converge in pursuit of their American dreams. Amidst bankrupt diamond dealers and unexpected encounters with a charismatic porn star, each inhabitant of this eccentric island community finds unexpected ways to carve out their slice of paradise.

Twenty-year-old Jummai is a beautiful and unassuming house girl whose dreams of escaping her home life are disrupted when an unexpected pregnancy forces her to hide her lover's identity. Tebeya, an ambitious Dublin-educated doctor, has left prestigious opportunities abroad to return to the small town of her birth, and discovers a painful betrayal when she strives to take control of the mission clinic.

Set in Thailand from 1976 to the present, Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed is a haunting yet hopeful exploration of grief, motherhood, and cultural identity ‘With pathos and swift, transporting prose, Natalie Gregory reveals a version of Thailand rich with counterculture, protest, and the lingering...

Political troubles on a remote tropical island threaten a valuable mine owned by a powerful multi-national corporation. The company plans to dispatch its toughest and most experienced troubleshooter to protect its interests, but a bureaucratic snafu drops a mild-mannered cost accountant into a steaming cauldron of beguiling women, rugged mercenaries, jihadi warriors, a biological weapons expert, and a legendary assassin.

Walker has just lost his job, his wife has filed for divorce, and he’s living in a tent down by the river. Being ever-resourceful, Walker swaps his truck for a motorhome (a.k.a. "the Love Bus"), and agrees to drive it cross-country to sleepy Englewood, Florida, so he can deliver a cat named Mango Bob to a woman he's never met. Should be easy, right? Drive to Florida, hand over the cat, and then hang out on the beach. Except there’s an unsolved murder involving the Love Bus, the Mexican mafia, and a half million in missing gold coins.

Sir Lars Harding is now a diligent and well-respected gentleman. His factories and shipping company work around the clock to help England win the war. Then, Loris, his brother, returns to London and distracts him with the unsolved Harding Hall murders. Lars and Loris soon learn that the mystery is far more convoluted and bizarre than they had ever imagined.

Inspired by a real room and real people and set in the turbulent 1970s, this completely fictional novella brings together international workers, diplomats, and high level government officials in an unforeseen and unique hostage situation....

Dorothea Benton Frank is one of America’s most insightful writers weaving highly addictive tales of the conundrums of life with hilarity and heat. Now, in The Land of Mango Sunsets, Frank gives us one woman’s journey toward a hard-won truth—life isn’t always what it appears to be, and...

Esperanza tem um nome mexicano, origens mexicanas, aparência mexicana, mas nasceu nos Estados Unidos e mora num decadente bairro de Chicago. Nesse contraste cultural, ela observa a vida dos vizinhos e das amigas para aprender a construir sua própria identidade. Em fragmentos do cotidiano, a autora de A casa na Rua Mango nos apresenta um panorama do universo de Esperanza e costura uma linha que vai da infância envergonhada da menina à tomada de consciência e início do amadurecimento.

Everyone at Em Johnson's famous North Shore Kauai hang-out, The Tiki Goddess Bar, knows that the bar's irrepressible Hula Maidens take their hula dancing seriously. So when famed hula instructors from a rival dance troop start dropping like over-ripe passion fruit, Em and the Hula Maidens go undercover at the Kukui Nut Festival Hula Competition to uncover the killer. Em is once again up to her okole in danger and mystery, not to mention the seductive challenge of working with hunky detective Roland Sharpe.

One family traced from the 1860s to the 1980s, beginning with Cornelius Laffey, an Irish-born journalist. Wresting his kin from the easy living of 19th century Sydney, he takes them to northern Queensland where thousands of hopefuls are digging for gold in the mud. The family confronts the horror of aboriginal dispossession, and Cornelius is sacked for reporting the slaughter. The cycles of generations turn, one over the other.

After heartbreaking losses, Luna craves adventure. An escape into a different world away from her sheltered childhood. Lucien, a young architect and world traveler, finds a stranger’s journal at a café. Despite his pangs of guilt, he’s fascinated and goes on reading. When they meet, Luna is inspired by Lucien’s stories and adventurous spirit to go on a Peace Corps assignment to a rice-growing village in Cambodia. What she finds there defies everything she could ever have imagined. Can she leave this world unscathed?

Dorothea Benton Frank is one of America's most insightful writers weaving highly addictive tales of the conundrums of life with hilarity and heat. Now, in The Land of Mango Sunsets, Frank gives us one woman's journey toward a hard-won truth—that life isn't always what it appears to be, and the...

A keen awareness of this present moment, and real gratitude for it, will bring you ever closer to the inner joy you long for. In Life's a Mango, Jen Compton applies universal ideas to remind us that there's always a kinder way of dealing with life's situations.

The Sioux Indians said that the longest journey we will ever take is from the head to the heart. Jen's book is a travel companion to help you get there–in a soothing, inspiring way. Using parts of the mango as metaphors–the skin, the brown bits, the flesh and the seed–Jen's inspirational poetry sheds a more positive, compassionate light on life. It will make you smile, reflect, and ultimately it will help to bring our the best version of you!

Mango: Dead Serious is an action-packed feature-length audio drama from Hard 90 Productions. Stay tuned for "Mango 2" now in development! Storyline: After saving virologist Dr. Charlotte Fox from a vicious attack deep in the mountains outside Los Angeles, Johnny Mango learns a virus has swept the globe causing a worldwide zombie outbreak. In order to continue her work on the vaccine, Dr. Fox must find her uncle whose last known whereabouts were 100 miles away in Joshua Tree. Mango, Dr. Fox and Mango's dog Kismet embark on a dangerous journey to find Dr. Fox's uncle and complete the vaccine all...