Showing results for "Eleven" in Literary Fiction

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. ‘Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer…’ So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her...

Finaliste du National Book Award aux États-Unis. Le roman qui a inspiré la série HBO. Dans un monde où la civilisation s'est effondrée suite à une pandémie foudroyante, une troupe d'acteurs et de musiciens nomadise entre de petites communautés de survivants pour leur jouer du Shakespeare. Un répertoire qui en est venu à représenter l'espoir et l'humanité au milieu de la désolation.

Quand Jake Epping, professeur d'anglais, accepte la mission insolite que son ami Al, mourant, veut lui confier - empêcher l'assassinat de Kennedy le 22 novembre 1963 - il ne soupçonne pas à quoi il s'engage. Une fissure temporelle ramène Jake en 1958, à l'époque faste des Plymouth Fury, d'Elvis, mais aussi de JFK et d'un certain Lee Harvey Oswald... Il y rencontrera même l'amour de sa vie. Mais altérer l'Histoire - la grande ou la petite - n'est pas sans conséquences.

A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime—but love and danger find her anyway in this “swoonworthy romance” (Kirkus Reviews) from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga. Stella Gordon’s life is a lie. She does not...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art...

Cormac Carrington relocated to Ireland to be closer to his O'Brien kin. While exploring employment opportunities, he offers pro-bono legal aid for asylum seekers and unaccompanied children who have evacuated their homes in Ukraine. During a fundraising gala, he crosses paths with a beautiful Italian woman. They will both be pulled into the intrigue of a detained woman and her missing little brother. Set in a sprawling European city, the worldwide sickness of human trafficking will touch the O'Brien family, and they will band together to save one small child.

Kip has been working with millionaire Max Ringle in a shady scheme to help rich, spoiled kids gain admission to elite universities. Ringle, the mastermind of the fraud, cops a plea and shifts the blame to Kip. Dr. Melissa Gold, Lassiter's fiancée, tries to keep the ailing lawyer strong enough for a grueling trial, even as his symptoms of brain damage grow worse. As a fiery showdown with Ringle brings the courtroom to a fever pitch, Lassiter risks everything - including his own life - to fight for his nephew's freedom.

1783 : L'éruption d'un volcan islandais obscurcit le ciel. La terre tremble. La France a faim et frise la banqueroute. Catastrophes annonciatrices d'une révolution imminente ? C'est dans une atmosphère de "fin d'un monde" que se joue cette enquête de Nicolas Le Floch. Mandaté par Marie-Antoinette pour enquêter sur la mort d'un de ses proches, il se retrouve face à de douteuses pratiques : fausse monnaie, escroqueries immobilières, épidémie d'écrits scandaleux.

For Colonel Mulbah Luo and the Kakata Korps, their initial contracts with the Mercenary Guild had them defending Earth. Honest work, they were led to believe, keeping the citizens of Earth safe from alien pacification in their own way. As the occupation continues, however, their eyes are opened to the fact that the hand gripping their throat is slowly tightening.

Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the mysterious man he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent south to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city - with sin everywhere and betrayal around every corner - Quarry must make the most dangerous choice of his deadly career: who to kill?

한국문학 최고의 유산인 박완서를 다시 읽는 「박완서 소설전집」 중 『그해 겨울은 따뜻했네』 제2권 . 1931년 태어나 마흔 살이 되던 1970년 장편소설 『나목』이 여성동아 여류 장편소설 공모에 당선되면서 문단에 등단한...

내가 아끼는 물건에 수호신이 깃들어 있다? 어설픈 수호신과 제대로 삐뚤어진 소년의 특별한 만남 마해송문학상, 사계절문학상 등 여러 상을 섭렵하며 독자와 평단으로부터 두터운 신뢰를 받고 있는 이송현 작가가 새...

ज्येष्ठ साहित्यिक भा. रा. भागवत यांच्या लेखणीतून साकारलेल्या फास्टर फेणे या साहस वीराची आणखी एक साहस कथा जे...

悩んだときには、まずは美味しい料理をどうぞ！　元占い師の女将が常連客たちの結婚の悩みを解きほぐす、人気の人情グルメシリーズ「めぐみ食堂」の仕入れ先である、豊洲市場の鰹節屋の娘が“玉の輿婚”の末、子供を連れて実家に戻ったという

When Roscoe Jones, a one-time trumpet prodigy, loses his finger, he loses more than his ability to play. Instead of becoming a musician, he becomes the superintendent of the Chicago apartment building where he has lived since birth. Very soon, his life is no longer his own; he fades into the background, plumbing and fixing and toiling for the tenants populating the 11 stories above him.

"أنجز عصام وفاتن معظم كتاباتهما هنا خلال الصيف، حيث تترك النوافذ والأبواب مفتوحة ليدخل ما أمكن من النسيم القادم من الشاطيء، يُنعشهما بينما ينحنيان فوق الطابعة...

Para los lectores, hay pocas experiencias tan asombrosas e inolvidables como la primera lectura de Kafka. No importa lo que uno haya leído antes: cruzarse con una de sus novelas o cuentos, con un fragmento de sus diarios, es aprender a leer de un modo nuevo. La prosa precisa y de resonancias...

A Storytel tem a honra de apresentar uma série original para quem está em casa, para quem está lutando, para quem enxerga além. A cada sexta-feira, cinco grandes autores terão suas histórias publicadas em áudio, ficções que trazem esperança e novos horizontes. Ouça histórias...

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame or Notre-Dame de Paris is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The story is set in Paris in 1482 during the reign of Louis XI. The gypsy Esmeralda (born as Agnes) captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of Notre Dame Cathedral.

11 korte og tankevækkende noveller om bedraget i alle dets afskygninger. Vi bedrager alle. Hver dag. Andet vil ikke være til at holde ud. Bedraget kan være åbenlyst gennemskueligt. Herved bliver det underholdende og tilgiveligt. Men det kan også foregå i mørke med økonomisk eller personlig gevinst for øje. Det får næsten altid konsekvenser. Endelig er der selvbedraget uden for alt lys og mørke. Ren uskyldighed eller snigende katastrofe. Beatrice Dragsholm (f. 1972) er uddannet advokatsekretær. "Bedrag" er hendes første novellesamling.