Showing results for "Storm" in Contemporary Fiction

Zwei Romane von Tom Liehr in einem tollen Hörbuch-Bundle: Nachttankstelle und Landeier. Uwe Fiedler ist 38, chronisch migränekrank und arbeitet Nachtschichten an einer Tankstelle, bis er zwei Menschen kennenlernt, die sein Leben ändern: Jessy, die mysteriöse Tresenkraft einer Neuköllner Gardinenkneipe, und Matuschek, ein Hedonist sondergleichen. Sebastian Kunze ist als Großstadtjournalist gescheitert und landet mit Frau und Tochter in der brandenburgischen Provinz, wo die ländliche Realität für das Paar einige Überraschungen bereithält.

Clio is staying with her aunt, Hester, at Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor. A beautiful house, it is the scene of many happy childhood memories. But Clio has no idea that it was the setting for a terrible incident after the Second World War.

卢沟桥事变爆发、北平沦陷的时代背景下，以祁家四世同堂的生活为主线，形象、真切地描绘了以小羊圈胡同住户为代表的各个阶层、各色人等的荣辱浮沉、生死存亡。…… 在盧溝橋事變爆發、北平淪陷的時代背景下，以祁家四世同堂的生活為主線，形象、真切地描繪了以小羊圈胡同住戶為代表的各個階層、各色人等的榮辱浮沉、生死存亡。

Desperate poachers are stalking the dwindling populations of Zimbabwe's great game parks. Ancient rivalries have ignited modern political ambitions and nothing is certain for those of the old Africa. But for Richard Dunn the stakes are even higher. Into his world comes the beautiful and compelling Steve Hayes, a woman struggling to guard her own dreadful secret. Richard has no choice: Face the consequences of the past and fight for the future. To lose now is to lose everything.

Just when he begins to make progress on the last chapters of his book, a hurricane approaches his home in North Carolina. If he goes to visit his father, another storm may await in Houston. His neighbor and that family add further complications and secrets that need to be hidden or avoided, especially from the FBI.

Book 3: The Track of a Storm: A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

Emma læser mellemøststudier på Københavns Universitet, og i jagten på at opleve et autentisk Mellemøsten flytter hun til Kairo. Her bliver hun hurtigt venner med tre unge egyptiske mænd, der var aktive under revolutionen, men nu kæmper sig gennem tilværelsen under et kontrollerende militærdiktatur. Livet i Kairo er hektisk og uforudsigeligt, og mange lever i konstant angst for fængsling, fattigdom, biluheld og fremtidsløshed. På trods fortsætter livet, hverdagen, festerne og jagten på kærligheden.

The last storm brought death and famine to the rural town at the heart of this story. Now another storm is brewing, and many believe it to be the work of spiteful Old Lady Deakins. In this dark and unpredictable tale, the woman assumed to be responsible for the storm might be the only one able to lift the town's curse.