Showing results for "Duty" in Literary Fiction

Ben Schroeder, a talented young man from an East End Jewish family, has been accepted as a pupil into the Chambers of Bernard Wesley QC. But Schroeder is an outsider, not part of this privileged society, where wealth and an Oxbridge education are essentials. He encounters prejudice, intrigue and scandal.

Though Darcy struggles privately with his desire for Elizabeth Bennet, he must still fulfill his roles as landlord, master, brother, and friend. In Book Two, the "silent time" of Austen's novel, Fitzwilliam Darcy and his personal world emerge as he deals with his servants, including a valet with aspirations of sartorial triumph.

Tour of Duty is a fiction novel—literary and historical—set in France, 1960-1966, at the height of the Cold War and written with strong characterization, conflict, and dynamic plots. Major characters are Miles Ballard, a physician drafted and eager to succeed in providing the best care for his patients who frequently clashes with military demands and morality; Ingrid Stern, wife of Ballard’s best friend, seeking truth about lost relatives and the Holocaust; Alyce Read, a newspaper journalist documenting the suffering and ruination of Holocaust victims and survivors.

The test of enemy fire refines a man's courage. Duty refines a man's character. Donland must face challenges by enemies at sea, calm seas and sudden fierce storms. The Caribbean and Windward Islands are beset with pirates and privateers plundering for themselves or their French masters. His greatest challenge lies in balancing his relationship as Hornet's Captain with those he would call friend. He must sit idly by and observe the Battle of Grenada as French and English ships-of-line pound each other

7:07 Uhr - Identitätsverlust - wer zur Hölle ist er - Christoph Kayser oder Max Mustermann? Statt im Callcenter soll er plötzlich als Erpresser arbeiten. Ständig wechselnde Perspektiven stellen immer mehr infrage, ob er nun Max, Christoph oder doch jemand ganz anders ist. Wer soll er sein? Wer will er sein? Und wer trifft diese Entscheidung - gibt es überhaupt eine Wahl? Das Selbstbild immer als Gegenspieler, versucht er, die Puzzleteile seiner Identität im Alltag einer offensichtlich völlig absurden Welt wiederzufinden.