Résultats lu par "Alexandra Fuller" dans Toutes les catégories

Eine Welt, die nach dem Krieg der Berührten, erneut von der Dunkelheit bedroht wird und drei tapfere Gesellen nichts ahnend eine Reise beginnen, an deren Ende die Rettung oder gar Vernichtung dieser steht. Von drauß' vom Walde komm ich her ist die Pilotepisode von DARK WOODS und der Auftakt der drei Kapitel langen abenteuerlichen Reise von Perchta, Hänsel und Melchior, drei ungleiche Gesellen, deren Schicksal enger miteinander verknüpft ist, als sie ahnen. In einer Welt voller begabter Wesen und einem drohenden Krieg.

After her father's sudden death, Alexandra Fuller realizes that if she is going to weather his loss, she will need to become the parts of him she misses most. So begins Travel Light, Move Fast, the unforgettable story of Tim Fuller, a self-exiled British black sheep who moved to Africa to fight in the Rhodesian War before settling as a banana farmer in Zambia. A man who preferred chaos to predictability and was more afraid of becoming bored than of getting lost, he taught his daughters to live as if everything needed to happen altogether, all at once - or not at all.

Das Ehepaar Lys und Patrick Francis wollten eine kostengünstige Reise machen, doch statt Entspannung warten auf sie eine ganze Menge skurriler Persönlichkeiten. Ob eine nervtötende Influencerin, unangenehme Dorfbewohner, ein wortkarger Busfahrer, ein schießwütiger Polizist oder ein unheimliches Schloss inklusive bedrohlicher Bewohner, unsere beiden haben einiges zu tun, um hoffentlich mit heiler Haut davonzukommen. Sie hätten nie gedacht, dass aus ihrem harmlosen Trip eine Horror-Tour wird, denn es wartet ... Das Grauen auf Schloss Moosdran.

Spring 1905, England. When Helen Schlegel goes to stay at Howards End - the country home of the Wilcox family, her own life, along with that of her sister Margaret, is changed forever. This is the tale of three families at the beginning of the twentieth century: the rich Wilcoxes, the gentle...

Loxagon, der Sohn des Teufels, ist erschienen und er weiß, wer Gor wirklich ist. Er zieht Candoca auf seine Seite und will ihr den Speer des Hasses überlassen. Zuvor muss er jedoch in den Besitz einer anderen mächtigen Waffe gelangen, damit sie gemeinsam Asmodis vernichten können. Wird es zum Kampf mit dem Herrn der Hölle kommen und wer wird diesen gewinnen?

Loxagon hat den Baayle Dämon besiegt und dessen Kraft in sich aufgenommen. Der Sohn des Teufels versteckt sich nicht länger und stellt sich dem mächtigen Krieger Haggas zum Duell. Asmodis erfuhr davon, doch er unternahm nichts gegen ihn. Seiner Ansicht nach würde Loxagon im Kampf gegen Haggas unterliegen. Er blieb in Warteposition. Das Problem Loxagon würde sich von selbst erledigen. In der Gegenwart hat sich Mr.

It’s the middle of the summer before her fiftieth birthday and Alexandra is just barely hanging on. Grieving her father and pining for her home country of Zimbabwe, chafing and straining against the stresses and strictures of midlife as a mother and ex-wife, and piecing her way through a disastrous relationship with a younger woman that lurches and buckles, but never quite breaks. And then—suddenly and incomprehensibly—her son Fi, at 21 years old, dies in his sleep. What happens next is what Alexandra details in this book.

In "Waldmanns Hut" erfüllt besagter Hut die Wünsche seines Besitzers, doch passiert es auch ohne Konsequenzen für diesen? Der kleine Travis, der aus England in Deutschland zu Besuch ist, hört eines Nachts "Das Flüstern des Erlkönigs". Wie weit geht die Liebe eines Vaters für sein sterbenskrankes Kind? Geht der Magier Bela in "Während du schliefst" mit seinen Mitteln zu weit? In "Was im Spiegel dir begegnet" erlebt Miro, was passiert, wenn ein Spiegelbild sich gegen einen wendet.

An acclaimed novelist, playwright and comic book writer, Denise Mina has won numerous awards, including the CWA John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel and the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award (twice). Her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV, and she has presented numerous television and radio programmes. Included here are six of her stories, as heard on BBC Radio, plus a bonus biographical programme.

Robert Glenister and Ian McDiarmid star in a gripping BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of William Peter Blatty’s classic horror novel. Summoned to a case of apparent possession, Father Karras is at first sceptical then horrified. The victim - a 12-year-old girl named Regan - seems to be controlled by a malignant supernatural force that makes her swear, blaspheme, scream in agony and perform appalling acts.

Alexandra Fuller (Scribbling the Cat and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) and first-time author Wendy Kann (Casting with a Fragile Thread) discuss growing up in colonial Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. They tell many amusing and thoughtful anecdotes and reflect on their childhoods, revisiting a changed Africa as adults, the ties they have to the families and community that raised them in Africa, and the transition to living in the U.S.

Grahame Mayer specialises in selling books, not solving mysteries. So when he’s asked to play private investigator and track down a soldier from the Spanish Civil War, he wonders if it’s some sort of test – and if so, what will happen if he fails.... Armed with fresh information, he is sent to Glasgow on the trail of Jock Cameron, and a meeting with a former nurse who knew him back in Spain furnishes Grahame with further clues. But despite these new leads, the elusive Jock remains tantalisingly out of reach.

Scottish writer Edward Boyd was well known for his TV and radio plays, including The Corridor People and The View from Daniel Pike, and he also penned several episodes of Z-Cars. He specialised in the thriller genre, and this collection showcases six of his best radio crime dramas.

When a beautiful piece of music stirs mega-tycoon Maximilian West, he remembers the women who have loved him and shaped his life. So begins a dazzling tale, taking us from the streets of London to the suites of New York, from the rise of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Strong, powerful, enigmatic, aloof, and adoring - many women made Maximilian the man with everything, but there is only one woman who can make him feel truly alive.

Eric Carter has a lot on his plate. He's hunting the Oracle of Las Vegas, a literal talking head that manipulates the future to make its prophecies come true. But it has a new trick. It can change the past, too. Now Jazz Age Los Angeles is invading the present. Long gone buildings suddenly restored, decommissioned Red Car trains appearing on paved over tracks, miles of the city changing back to orange groves. Throw in a hundred-year-old doomsday cult, time magic, and a terrifyingly powerful spell to raise the dead and it makes for a busy week.

Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.