Résultats de "Mila" dans Toutes les catégories

Mombert Gryn zu Frenz ist das schwarze Schaf seiner Familie. Obwohl als Sohn eines altehrwürdigen rheinischen Adelsgeschlechts geboren, arbeitet er als Agrarkontrolleur beim Landwirtschaftsamt Meckenheim. Ganz zum Leidwesen seiner Familie lebt er zudem in einem Bauwagen in der Nähe des Kottenforst. In diesem Wald stolpert Mombert auch mitten hinein in seinen ersten Mordfall, als auf einer Lichtung ein Bauer tot aufgefunden wird - angeblich vom Blitz erschlagen. Mombert merkt schnell, dass an der Sache etwas faul ist, und so begibt er sich heimlich auf Spurensuche.

“Funny, bighearted...Miles specializes in giving fully rounded humanity to characters who might elsewhere be treated as stock figures...pitch-perfect.” — New York Times Book Review "Miles is a writer so virtuosic that readers will feel themselves becoming better, more observant people from...

In 1900, an 18-year-old Spaniard named Pablo Picasso made his first trip to Paris. It was in this glittering capital of the international art world that, after suffering years of poverty and neglect, he emerged as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Fueled by opium and alcohol, inspired by raucous late-night conversations at the Lapin Agile cabaret, Picasso and his friends resolved to shake up the world.

'I have just had one of those absolutely mad mornings when you go out to have a browse at tagines and end up coming home with a brand-new gas ring expander. I think I was probably as surprised as anybody. Sometimes life is just like that, isn't it?' Award-winning food writer Damien Trench takes you on a journey through his childhood and his early inspirations - culinary and otherwise - with occasional diversions to the present.

Eine Liebesgeschichte, die begeistert, erschreckt und polarisiert! Von seiner Vergangenheit tief traumatisiert lebt Brendan zurückgezogen in der Einsamkeit des Yukon. Nichts in seinem Leben macht Sinn, gar nichts! Bis er eines Tages dieses fröhliche, blonde Mädchen im Internet entdeckt. Louisa. Für sie erscheint alles so leicht. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt wird sie sein Lebensinhalt, wie besessen verfolgt er ihre Posts auf Facebook, sammelt Fotos und Informationen.

Jett Miles is a man with a simple but magnanimous purpose. He wants other men to enjoy "the bounty" of becoming an alpha male - a bounty that sent his life on an upward trajectory. Unleash and Dominate Your Alpha Male is both an account of Jett's own transformation and a handbook with easy-to-follow steps. As well as his own experience, the author draws on relevant data in the study of animal and human behavior and germane insights from the areas of human psychology and personal development.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and insightful” (The Washington Post) testament to people who are left out of the archives...

I’ve renounced my birthright as the heir to an Italian mafia empire, but no one leaves the brotherhood without paying a price. To evade my enemies, I stay on the move.

The author behind the “eye-popping” (CNN) #1 New York Times bestseller A Warning presents an urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting the stage for “The Next Trump.” After a chaotic and violent first Trump presidency, Miles Taylor knew one thing for sure: Trump would be...

En lisant ce livre, vous découvrirez comment changer vos pensées pour gagner en estime de soi et ainsi booster votre confiance rapidement et facilement. Vous apprendrez aussi comment vaincre la dépression pour vivre sans souffrance.

The story centers on Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong girl growing up in rural Australia whose family is plunged into debt by their alcoholic father. Young Sybylla's story follows her romance with suitor Harold Beecham, her forced servitude to one of her father's creditors and her attempts to become a famous writer.

I was stolen away and held prisoner in Italy, a bride for a mafia king's only heir. Except I'm no innocent, and it's the king himself—the man called il Diavolo—who appeals to me in sinful ways I never dreamed. Fausto's wickedness draws me in, his power like a drug. And when the devil decides he wants me, I'm helpless to resist him—even if it means giving myself to him, body and soul. He may think he can control me, but this king is about to find out who's really the boss.

With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for...

Das große Finale der Familiensaga um die drei Schwestern vom Kaufhaus KAWA. Würzburg, 1933: Als Jüngste der Familie Wagner ist Maria verwöhnt und von allen geliebt. Als sie bei der Arbeit im Kaufhaus ihrer Schwester Edgar kennenlernt und die beiden sich heimlich näherkommen, könnte ihr Glück vollkommen sein. Doch von einen Tag auf den anderen verlässt Edgar sie und heiratet stattdessen ihre große Schwester Katharina. Marias Schock ist umso größer, als sie zudem feststellt, dass sie schwanger ist. Um die Schande zu verbergen und sich eine stabile Familie aufzubauen, heiratet sie kurzentschlossen einen anderen.

In the early years of the Cold War, history appeared to unfold in visible places, named and endlessly photographed. Berlin, with its walls and checkpoints. Korea, with its shifting front lines. Later, Cuba, where the world seemed to hold its breath for thirteen days. These locations dominate popular memory because they offered drama, confrontation, and moments that could be frozen into images and slogans. Yet many of the most enduring decisions of that era were made far from cameras and capitals, in places that appeared peripheral precisely because they were remote.

The Quiet Way Forward is for the days when you’re functioning on the outside but inside you feel emotionally stretched, worn down, and quietly hoping for relief. This isn’t a book about fixing yourself. It’s a gentle companion for returning to steadiness without forcing change.

Caring for the planet shouldn’t leave you feeling overwhelmed, guilty, or exhausted. The Green Mindset Shift offers a calmer, more realistic approach to sustainable living one that supports both the Earth and your well-being. This book is not about perfection, extreme lifestyles, or doing everything right. Instead, it shows how small, thoughtful daily habits can create meaningful change without pressure or burnout. By focusing on mindset first, you’ll learn how to build sustainable routines that actually last because they fit your real life.

Als Cassie mit ihrer besten Freundin in einem der angesagtesten Clubs der Stadt feiert, erwartet sie eine Nacht voller Spaß und unvergesslicher Erinnerungen. Doch schnell stellt sich heraus, dass dieser Club mehr ist als nur ein Hotspot für Partygänger. Es ist ein geheimnisvoller Tanzclub und gleichzeitig ein Swingerclub, der die Grenzen zwischen Verlangen und Tabu verwischt.

The Cold War is often remembered as a contest of missiles, rhetoric, and nuclear brinkmanship. But beneath the headlines, another kind of power quietly held Europe together. It wasn’t glamorous. It didn’t roar across television screens in columns of tanks or dramatic speeches. It lived in schedules, shipping routes, fuel calculations, rail timetables, warehouse inventories, and the disciplined precision of men and women who understood a hard truth: deterrence is only credible if you can move.

I woke up in a game I never played, stripped of choice, doomed to die. They gave me the Soldier class and threw me into a barracks ruled by elves. No tutorial. No way out. Just drills, bruises, and the creeping realization that I’m not playing. I’m being played. My masters are NPCs who think they’re real. The system says I’m here to fight their wars. But a hunting accident changed everything.