Showing results for "Hannah" in World Literature

After successfully catching a killer, Lily Larkin has gained herself a reputation on the quaint Cornish island of St Mary’s. But her plans to open an ice cream shop mean she doesn’t have time for solving mysteries. At least until a teenager turns up on her doorstep claiming he’s in danger and begging for her help. When the boy disappears, he’s already given Lily a list of likely suspects. While the police are convinced it’s all a childish prank, Lily isn’t so sure. Soon, she’s on a mission to find the missing boy and discover the truth behind his disappearance.

Hannah Bloom dreams of the day she’ll have chased away all those doubts and worries that plague her and be free to call herself a poet. In her everyday life, she works in the business she and her husband, Jake, founded together. While their two young daughters are away at summer camp for the first time, Hannah expects to have time for her poetry. But life has other ideas.

The intimate, sweeping tale of one man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope All his life, exile has been the shadow stitched to the sole of Sufien’s shoe. Born in Palestine on the precipice of...

Cultural critic Susie Linfield investigates how eight prominent 20th-century intellectuals struggled with the philosophy of Zionism, and then with Israel and its conflicts with the Arab world. Constructed as a series of interrelated portraits that combine the personal and the political, the book includes philosophers, historians, journalists, and activists such as Hannah Arendt, Arthur Koestler, I. F. Stone, and Noam Chomsky.

Die Naziherrschaft zwingt Ludwig Seligmann 1934 zur Flucht nach Tel Aviv. Ludwig spricht kaum Hebräisch. Doch dank seines sonnigen Gemüts und unerschöpflicher Energie arbeitet er sich vom Orangenpflücker zum Prokuristen hoch und ermöglicht Eltern und Geschwistern das Asyl in Zion. 1940 verlieben sich Ludwig und die schöne Hannah und heiraten. Die kluge Berlinerin ist durch Verfolgung, Krieg und Missbrauch gezeichnet. Als Sohn Rafael geboren wird, scheint das Glück der beiden perfekt. Dann aber scheitert Ludwig an der rauen Gesellschaft und an sich selbst.

Een indringend portret van een van Amerika's meest bepalende tijdperken: de Grote Depressie van de jaren dertig. Texas, 1934. Miljoenen mensen zitten zonder werk en langdurige droogte heeft het leven op de Great Plains stevig in zijn greep. Boeren vechten om hun land en hun inkomsten te behouden aangezien de oogsten schraal zijn, het water opdroogt en stofstormen hen dreigen te begraven. Een van de donkerste episodes van de -Grote Depressie, de periode van de Dust Bowl, is aangebroken.

Mandy Rose Bokum wanted to go home. Her mind and body were getting sicker. Three lonely years living in one room in California were enough. She yearned for peace. She craved love. She wanted answers. Why was her child stolen? Did the thief know her? Was it somehow her fault? The townies blamed her. Accused her of murder. It was time to tell Clyde Boudreaux that he was Hannah's daddy. Clyde fought his own demons. He was seven when he'd watched his granddaddy get lynched. Mandy struggled for years with her own dark secrets. Maybe two halves could make a whole.

Helt ny serie om at gå til ridning, hygge i stalden og forelske sig i verdens sødeste hest. Da Hannahs hold hører, at der snart skal være stævne, taler de ikke om andet. Hannah har ikke redet så længe som de andre, så kan hun godt deltage? Ellers er hun bange for, at hun vil miste sine venner fra holdet. Hannah vil helst ride på sine elskede Maika, og hun glæder sig til at øve. Det går bare ikke så let, for Maika er jo i virkeligheden ikke nogen begynderpony...

Helt ny serie om at gå til ridning, hygge i stalden og forelske sig i verdens sødeste hest. Hannahs største drøm er at starte til ridning, og endelig får hun lov. Desværre viser det sig, at rideskolen har en lang venteliste - og det kan tage flere år at få en plads på et begynderhold. Men så hører hun, at der er en enkelt ledig plads på et hold for let øvede ryttere ...Hannah har aldrig prøvet at sidde på en hest. Tør hun starte på holdet?

The sweeping, unforgettable story of an interracial couple in 1990s New York City who are determined to protect their love against all odds—a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet “Triumphant . . . sensuous, tender, and faceted like cut glass.”—Cathy Park Hong, award-winning author...

Roar Mountain is a place where the creeks run as crooked as the people. It is to this place, after two decades of separation, that Cassidy Lilly returns. She is an unwilling veteran of the ebb and flow of Appalachian tradition, but no amount of skill can prepare her for the changes that have taken place on her mountain, nor what they might mean for her future.