Résultats Éditeur "Audible Studios" dans Fiction

I've had many moments in my lifetime, moments that changed me, challenged me. Moments that scared me and engulfed me. However, the biggest ones - the most heartbreaking and breathtaking ones - all included him. I was 10 years old when I lost my voice. A piece of me was stolen away, and the only person who could truly hear my silence was Brooks Griffin. He was the light during my dark days, the promise of tomorrow, until tragedy found him. Tragedy that eventually drowned him in a sea of memories.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, as tense and as unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O'Brian has written.

Mikage is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend, Yoichi, and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father), Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.

Spring Snow is set in Tokyo in 1912, when the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders -- rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Among this rising new elite are the ambitious Matsugae, whose son has been raised in a family of the waning aristocracy, the elegant and attenuated Ayakura.

Dans la lignée de "Brooklyn" de Colm Tóibín et de "La Fenêtre panoramique" de Richard Yates, la chronique subtile et nostalgique d'un couple en pleine crise, sur fond de persécution maccarthyste. Rick Gekoski livre un roman d'une maîtrise impressionnante, flirtant avec l'autofiction, une œuvre aussi douce-amère que lumineuse. En cet été caniculaire 1953, les Grossman déménagent, préférant quitter l'agitation politique de Washington pour une tranquille vie de banlieue à Long Island.

A sharp, witty, and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollhouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly.

Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his ship: to his astonishment he finds that in spite of a lifetime's experience he does not know what the foremost hands or even his own officers are thinking.

Henny, issue de la bonne bourgeoisie et entièrement dévouée à son métier de sage-femme, Marike, fervente militante communiste, Ida, aristocrate gâtée qui dissimule une âme rebelle sous le vernis des conventions et Lina, farouchement libre et anticonformiste... Elles sont quatre et rien ne les destinait à se rencontrer. Mais dans le Hambourg de 1919, alors que la guerre laisse enfin la place à un immense appétit de vivre, ces quatre jeunes femmes, nées avec le siècle, vont nouer une amitié indéfectible.

Hiscoutine, 1370. Le bourreau Louis Ruest et sa jeune épouse Jehanne d’Augignac se sont installés dans leur existence de couple marié et s’efforcent, autant que possible, de s’y habituer. Si le partage de leur lit se fait aussi aisément que celui de leur toit, le partage d’idées et d’émois est pour ainsi dire inexistant. Sur le plan de la communication, Louis s’en tient au strict minimum. Il s’absente des jours durant pour se vouer à toutes sortes de travaux.

Une fascinante enquête sur la piste de Harper Lee. Années 1970. Alabama. Le révérend Willie Maxwell est accusé de cinq meurtres. Grâce à un avocat hors pair, il parvient à échapper à la justice... avant d'être abattu lors des funérailles de sa dernière victime présumée. En dépit des centaines de témoins présents, son assassin est acquitté. Dans la salle d'audience, une femme est venue de New York pour suivre les débats. Son nom : Harper Lee.

Enfant du Blitz, Barbara veille jalousement sur plus d'un secret. Désireuse d'épargner à ses enfants les dures réalités de la vie, elle leur a raconté peu de choses sur son enfance misérable, et quasiment rien sur les périodes sombres et mouvementées de son mariage avec l'un des plus célèbres photographes britanniques. Consciente de ce passé morcelé, Sophie, sa fille cadette, s'efforce de comprendre qui sont véritablement ses parents afin de pouvoir se construire sa véritable identité - au grand dam de Barbara.

My name is Eddie Rosas, but everyone calls me Trouble. Since I got out of prison six months ago, I've had one goal: find my father, whatever the cost. My older brother says I need to move on. He also wants me to leave our gang, East Side Hollenbeck, and go straight, but I can't - not until I uncover the truth about our family and its missing piece.

Negli anni venti del Novecento, il nord del Cile è la terra promessa per una comunità di emigranti italiani. Sono minatori che hanno colonizzato i villaggi di quella sterminata pampa, impiegati intorno alle raffinerie per l'estrazione del salnitro. Il loro è un lavoro che li chiude sottoterra e spesso li uccide, di svaghi ne hanno pochi, un po' di alcol, molta nostalgia. Gregorio Zafarone è l'operaio che all'officina Porvenir scrive per i suoi compagni analfabeti le lettere da mandare alle famiglie in Italia.

Un soir, une phrase étrange au ton mélodique, comme un air de musique, résonne dans la tête de Charlotte. Peur ou prémonition ? Après un burn-out, Charlotte, une jeune trentenaire, quitte son job dans le marketing et tire un trait sur son ancienne vie. Elle retourne à ce qui la fait vibrer depuis toujours, la danse. Mais rien ne se passe comme elle le voudrait : les factures s'accumulent, sa relation amoureuse s'étiole, son rêve s'éloigne.

This is the final volume of The Cazalet Chronicle, the quartet of novels chronicling the lives of a British family before, during, and after the Second World War. VE Day has been celebrated, but the war with Japan goes on. Polly, Clary, and Louise are grown up, discovering loneliness, loss, and passion. Rupert, missing in France for so long, returns to find Zoe curiously withdrawn; Edward will be forced to choose between wife and mistress; Hugh must finally accept Sybil's death.

Bane: Naked surfer. Habitual pothead. A con, a liar, a thief, and a fraud. Last I heard, he was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a living. Which is why I’m more than a little surprised to find him at my threshold, looking for my friendship, my services, and most puzzling of all - looking humbled. Thing is, I’m on a boycott. Literally - cut boys from my life. Permanently. Problem is, Bane is not a boy, he is all man, and I’m falling, crashing, drowning in his sweet, perfect lies.

De Tokyo, on connaît les cerisiers en fleur, les maisons traditionnelles aux toits de tuiles et aux portes coulissantes, le quartier branché de Shibuya avec ses néons et ses boutiques de vêtements. Mais la nuit, dans les ruelles sombres de la ville, vagabonde une chatte aux yeux verts, attentive à tous ceux que le destin a conduits dans ces quartiers abandonnés, à la marge de la cité titanesque.

"Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie haben sich in einer Höhle verirrt. Es ist dunkel und kalt. Die Taschenlampe haben Sie verloren. Sie müssen raus hier, egal wie, und tasten sich am Boden entlang, als Ihre Hand plötzlich etwas Warmes findet. Vor Schreck weichen Sie zurück - um gleich noch einmal zu fühlen, was es sein könnte..."

Gin Fielding is counting the days until she escapes the small-town life of Roper, Missouri, for college at NYU. She prefers to blend in, though she’s far from invisible. But when she protects a younger student from a bully, the spotlight turns on her. Chase Matthews enjoys the small-town celebrity being the star quarterback brings. When Gin defends his little sister against a bully, he decides to change her senior year in ways she never imagined. When Gin declines Chase’s invitation to be part of the elite Sweet 16, the repercussions turn both their lives upside down.

Philippa Gregory's first story in the best-selling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the 18th century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others.