Résultats lu par "V" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Listen to the uber-hot, fun-in-the-sun, coming-of-age book that started it all! Ronnie, now a college freshman, has been babysitting for the Baumgartners so long, she's practically a member of the family. When Mrs. Baumgartner - who insists on calling her Veronica - invites Ronnie along on their yearly vacation, the nanny jumps at the chance.

Idiot - radiospektakl' po odnoimennomu romanu Fjodora Mihajlovicha Dostoevskogo. Knjaz' Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin vozvrashhaetsja iz Shvejcarii v Peterburg posle lechenija. V poezde knjaz' znakomitsja s Parfjonom Rogozhinym, synom bogatogo kupca. Intriga zakruchivaetsja vokrug zaplanirovannogo braka Nastas'i Filippovny i Gani Ivolgina. Vse, kogo vstrechaet knjaz' Myshkin, fatal'nym obrazom svjazany s Nastas'ej Filippovnoj - rokovoj zhenshhinoj s izlomannoj sud'boj…

Presented as 73 narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Revised and Expanded Edition: A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than 30 years of climbing. Many of the same moral issues that confront us in everyday life are present in the high mountains, only to a sharper degree.  

Her changeling friends are imprisoned. To free them, she’ll have to break the laws of magic. Ember Wright managed to save her friends’ lives, only to see them locked up and tormented. With each passing day, the changelings weaken and submit to their interrogators. Secrets start to slip. Running out of options and allies, Ember turns to an ancient, forbidden form of advanced magic. Her reluctant teacher’s warning echoes in her head: Almost all mages who attempt the spell become corrupted by it.

Fifteen years ago, tragedy struck in the small town of Malvern, Arkansas. All but one of the Drexel family were slain, leaving eight-year-old Tyler Drexel as the lone survivor. Sheriff Clyde Tidwell wrestled with demonic spirits to save the boy and eventually raised him as his own, changing Tyler’s last name to Tidwell and moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas, to start a new life. Eight years later, Tyler and Clyde both faced the demons again when another tragedy strikes. 

Football star Cameron Dean is genuine campus royalty at Globe University, but his life is more of a nightmare than a dream. When he unexpectedly inherits a creepy old castle in Denmark, Cameron tries to put his worries behind him, inviting his girlfriend and college buddies along on an overseas trip to check out the gloomy fortress. The plan is to get some serious partying done. Too bad nobody counted on the ghost of a drowned girl rising from her watery grave with vengeance on her mind! 

Los Angeles, 1954. Sending a pair of mass murderers to the chair got his name in the papers, but veteran fighter pilot turned detective, Augy Small, couldn’t celebrate. The culprits confessed, but the cops only ever found one body. Who had the killers died to protect? Katya Tyler, a Russian enigma with a wad of cash in one hand and a hit list in the other, claims to have the answers. First, she wants Augy’s help to bring down a massive underground network of human traffickers. As the case unfolds, every clue is an echo of his past.

Mala Dusa Holloman pledged her life and sacred honor to the Union when she joined the Reunification Commission, but the Academy changed during her time there. No longer a center of scientific learning, it became a training ground for Earth’s officers corps - its graduates destined for the front lines - as conflict engulfs the Interstellar Union.

Sometimes, doing nothing and waiting for the right time takes more courage than doing the wrong thing right away. But I can’t do nothing. My parents lied to me. About everything. Now is my time. I’m going to Bodens Gate where all of it started, and I’m going to find the truth. About everything. I am brave. That’s the lie I tell myself when the shaking starts deep inside, and my body and mind curl inward from the terror that’s waiting for me. My friends Winona and Sam hold me together. They’re the only ones that can.

Elena Cross is one dang good cop. She’s worked hard to establish herself in a male-driven world, but when she walks through a door and ends up in ancient Scotland, she’s forced to face a new reality in a place where women often don’t garner the same respect and the word witch is still used as an excuse to burn someone at the stake. Brendan Grant quickly finds himself falling for the feisty, beautiful redhead who came crashing into his world from the future. 

The odds are never in her favor. Good thing this mage doesn’t play by the rules. She once passed as an obedient servant. Now, Senior Investigator Ember Wright shines a light on corruption wherever she finds it. But the corrupt are hitting back. They’re hitting back hard. Her cover blown, they’ve branded her as public enemy number one. With a target painted on her back and on anyone who dares help her, Ember leads a global uprising. When her changeling friends get caught in the crossfire, she learns the true cost of freedom.

Former Marine and Iraqi war veteran Wes Hansen is hired to hunt down the man who assaulted the daughter of billionaire oilman Cole Blackwell. Wes has only one name to go on: Meshach. And only one witness: a dog that Wes believes the man used as a prop so he could walk the dark streets of Lubbock, Texas, unquestioned.

Ben Dawson, a widowed pastor, takes a bullet from an assault rifle triggered by an anti-abortion protester at a women's health clinic. Further unanticipated events land him in the national spotlight. Colorful characters, including a brilliant and glamorous woman, are influenced by Ben's local progressive church, at which people of all spiritual identities find purpose and meaning.

My story All Aboard Noah's Ark is a caricature acted play that starts 20 days into the voyage of the Ark on its way to its resting place in what is now known as Turkey. You can join Noah and his family as they drift toward the Ararat Mountain Range and learn how they survived the journey and what God taught them about the new surroundings they would be living in. You will also learn what became of his sons and their wives.

After God destroyed the Garden of Eden, He realized that Adam had no way to provide food for his family. Without seeds he couldn’t grow anything. Even with seeds, it would take several months to produce a crop.

Christmas is near, and winter is here.The leaves have all fallen and drifted away. There’s snow on the ground piling up to a mound. Christmas is near, and winter is here.

A short story about a child who dreams his vegetables come to life. 

 I Am, I Am is a caricature acted play inspired by the Holy Bible. The story begins before God knew he was God, before Jesus, before heaven, before angels, and before the stars.   

 Hidden Realms and Far Away Places transports the listener to other worlds with short stories written in the classic sci-fi style.   

After four years on radio, the characters of Goatshead Castle are now taking the world of literature by storm in this comedic Halloween tale! Starring the witch, known as Samantha V Hutton, who is preparing for her annual Halloween ball, with little to no help from her cousin Amanda, her butler Jeeves, or the Lambton Worm Junior, who all seem more interested in telling their stories. Join the Goatshead Castle gang on this comic Halloween adventure full of ghosts, mysteries, and very peculiar characters with dark deeds in mind. Contains mild language.