The stable group (40 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Perfect for readers of The Penderwicks, Luna Merriweather is no ordinary eleven-year-old. She's a dog defender, a fearless photographer, and a loyal frienduncovering secrets and surprises in a summer that teaches her the most important truths are the ones we never see coming.Luna Merriweather considered herself lucky when she picked the winning lottery numbers. Little did she know then that being lucky isn't always a good thingespecially when her family decides to move to the city with her lottery winnings. After leaving her friends behind, adjusting to a new place and way of life, and feeling disconnected from everything she's ever known, Luna's only chance for a fun summer is the week she'll spend taking photographs for the local newspaper. As Luna explores the city through her camera lens, she discovers hidden corners, unexpected friendships, and stories waiting to be told, she begins to see that sometimes, what feels like the end of everything familiar can be the beginning of something extraordinary.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 1919 London: When artist Lily Briscoe meets her old tutor, Louis Grier, by chance at an exhibition, he tells her of their mutual friend Mrs. Ramsay's mysterious death-an encounter that spurs Lily to investigate the death of this woman whom she loved and admired, and realize that she still loves Louis.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Part World War II spy thriller, part romance, and part tale of buried family secrets, The Serpent Bearer is perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer's The German Wife and Kate Quinn's The Alice Network.A suspenseful tale stretching from Spain to Hollywood, from a small Jewish community in South Carolina to a crumbling hacienda in the Yucatan, The Serpent Bearer carries readers into the lives of a glamorous British aristocrat, a Jewish gambler, and a beautiful Hollywood screenwriterall swept up by dangerous political currents during WWII. Solly Meisner, a Spanish Civil War veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, has barely settled in after his return home when he discovers powerful Nazi sympathizers are working behind the scenes in his new hometown of Pennington, South Carolina. Determined to stop them, he signs on with the Coordinating Office of Information (COI), a newly formed US spy agency. His first assignment: travel to the Yucatan and infiltrate a group of German spies and collaboratorsincluding Estelle, a beautiful British woman he fell in love with in Spain, and whom he fears may have betrayed him. In the Yucatan Solly encounters a band of European exiles, not all of them who they claim to be. With his contacts dropping like flies, danger lurks at every turn. But with the Nazis only a few hundred miles from the US coast and making plans for an invasion, there is no time to lose, and no one Solly trusts to track them down and stop them but himself. If he fails, the world he once knew will be gone foreverand the people he loves with it.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - For fans of Jennifer Weiner and Helen Fielding, a debut contemporary women's fiction novel about a woman in the country music industry navigating the ins and outs of friendship, love, jealousy, and life on tour.Who knew a broken heel and bad fall would result in falling in love Though she has her dream jobfinding new songs for singers in the booming country music industrymusic executive Christine Matthews lives an unexciting life. That is, until a broken shoe sends her sprawling on the street right in front of Nashville singing sensation Austin Garrett's tour bus, and Austin himself comes to her aid. When Austin recognizes Christine as the woman who pitched him his recent number one hit, he invites her to be his date at the CMT Awards that night. Just like that, Christine is catapulted from a life of solitude to the spotlight, with Austin's fans assuming she's his new romantic interest. Suddenly, Christine's the subject of much speculationand criticism. Some jealous fans think she's not pretty or thin enough, and they begin to cyber-bully and body shame her. But that's not the only reason Christine thinks accepting Austin's invitation to join him on tour and help him find another big hit might be a bad idea. She's also developing feelings for his tour manager, Matt. And one of her online bullies has turned threatening, bringing up trauma from Christine's past. Is the turmoil worth it Or is her only real solution to walk away from all of iteven the man who might just be the love of her life.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - For fans of André Aciman, Omer Friedlander, and Ayelet Tsabari, these twelve stories convey the power, magic, and pain of placeone iconic street in Jerusalem where immigrants young and old struggle to find themselves between the years 1967 and 1999.Leaving one country for another, even if it is an immigrant's choice, is never easy. The stories in this collectionoften emotional, sometimes funnyexamine this truth as they render the experiences of twelve characters, most of whom immigrate to Jerusalem in the three decades following the 1967 Six-Day War. All of them come to create new lives in an old homeland. Some succeed, but for most the present and past collide, confounding and challenging attempts to create stabilitylike the Dutch Holocaust survivor struggling with her love of a Nazi, or the young American Reform Jew craving an observant Orthodox lifestyle. Each of the characters in these layered stories, from the pregnant Canadian woman who imagines giving birth to a savior to the American chiropractor who takes his kids to watch the Passover slaughter of a lamb, comes to find that after the initial excitement of falling in love with a new country, difficulties emerge. Being an immigrant is a perpetual mode; you are always aware of loss and difference. In addition to this shared experience, iconic Bethlehem Road, with its ethnic mosaic and vibrant urban setting, is the great connecting thread in these talesgiving readers a chance to peek beyond its stone fences and glimpse the people who live there.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Jane Pollak spent most of her life "looking for a family." Raised by a mother who was emotionally unavailable, she grew up believing that love came from performance rather than from being seen, heard, and acknowledged for her true self. It followed that she married an extrovert who performed for his students and yet was unable to connect with his wife. In this poignant, instructive memoir, Pollak investigates the roots of misguided love and paints a picture of what it means to live a satisfied life. Her tale starts in the couples' counseling office, where her soon-to-be ex-husband drops the bomb that he's seeing someone else. From there, Jane goes on to find self-empowerment through her La Leche League group, her career as an artist, her travels around the world, her journey through twelve-step recovery, and her experiences while dating in her sixties. At last, she forges a blissful life on her own in Manhattan, conducting business and enjoying time with a committed partner. Inspiring and deeply relatable, Too Much of Not Enough Lessons I Learned to Become Myself is a primer on how to be the proactive agent of one's own best path.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Some truths can do more harm than good. This is what Isa comes to believe at the tender age of nine when she first has a dream about kissing a girlan act that would never be acceptable to her family. By her late twenties, Isa has left her hometown in South Texas, so her conservative family won't discover that she's gay, and immersed herself in the workaholic routine of law school. One fateful night, she experiments with a man, and subsequently ended up with an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, Isa's only sister, Cristina, loses the infant she spent years trying to conceive. Moving forward with her own pregnancy and giving the baby to Cristina seems like the perfect solutionuntil Isa bonds with the newborn. Still, the sisters move forward with the family adoption. Now everyone in the family has a secret.Twelve years later, after much deceit and loss has passed between the sisters, Isa decides to reveal both her sexuality and her niece's true parentage to their family, against Cristina's wishesbut before all can be exposed, tragedy strikes.Timely and gripping, Profound and Perfect Things is a story of two first-generation Mexican-American sisters striving to build a meaningful existence outside their traditional parent's approval and ways of lifeand an exploration of the boundaries of our responsibilities to those we love.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A bank internship in Japan's booming 1981 economy is supposed to be twenty-three-year-old Dorothy Falwell's ticket into a prestigious international MBA program. But the internship is unpaidso, to make ends meet, she accepts an evening job as a hostess in a rundown suburban bar, a far cry from the sensuous woodblock prints she's seen of old Tokyo's "floating world." Like her namesake, Dorothy hasn't planned on the detours she encounters in her own twisted version of Oz. Renamed Gina by her boss, she struggles with nightly indignities from customers and confusing advice from new friends. Then her internship crumbles and the suave but mysterious Mr. Tambuki offers help. How can she resist With patience and the utmost respect for her opinions, Mr. Tambuki lures her into his exotic world of unorthodox Zen instruction, erotic art, and high-octane sex. Soon, bizarre sexual escapades with monks, salarymen, and gangsters begin to feel normal until one of her clients goes too far, and Dorothy realizes she's in over her head. But can she find her way back from this point of no return.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Patricia is thirteen when the sexual relationship with her father, which began at age four, finally ends. As a young woman she dreams of love but it's not until later in life that she's able to find the strength to see what was before unseeable, rise above her shame and depression, and speak the unspeakable to help herself and others.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - France, 1940. Nazi forces march towards Paris. Lili Rosenswig's wealthy and eccentric family is ensconced in their country chateau with their sumptuous collection of arts and antiques. The beloved Matisse portrait of Lili's mother has been brought from their Paris salon for safety. It is the day before young lovers Lili and Paul are to be married that they are forced to flee and their fortunes change irrevocably. Lili and her family escape but Paul must stay behind to defend his country. In their struggle to adapt to changing circumstances in an unpredictable world, all are pushed to reinvent themselves. When top Nazi Herman Goring loots their Matisse portrait, their story is intertwined with the fate of the painting. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN WHITE is a moving family saga, an obsessive search for lost love and lost art and how far we will go to survive.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - When well-meaning helicopter mom Hannah Webber enrolls her brilliant son and the center of her world, Sam, into the boarding school of her dreams, neither of them is prepared for what awaits: an illicit underworld where decades of privileged conspiracy threaten not only Sam but also his fragile family.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Sam Baron is about to get the shock of his life. First his substitute English teacher claims to have turned his old teacher into a lizard; then a strange dwarf named Rego arrives and claims Sam is from a magical realm called Orkney. When his friends are taken prisoner, it's up to Sam to save them. Sam embarks on a journey to Orkney through a stonefire to find his friendsbut when he arrives, he discovers that an ancient curse has turned the sun a poisonous red and threatens to destroy the land. With only a young witch girl to guide him, Sam must choose: save his friends, or stop the red sun from consuming the land Drawing on Norse mythology, The Red Sun follows Sam's journey to uncover the truth about his pasta journey during which he has to overcome the simmering anger inside of him, learn to channel his growing magical powers, and find a way to forgive the father who left him behind.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Based on the murder of nineteen children and two teachers in the Robb Elementary School shooting, The Mural explores themes of violent radicalism, generational trauma, cancel culture, and the healing power of art through the experiences of a muralist and his lover.He shot Granny in the face then murdered nineteen children and two teachers at Grape Valley Elementary School in far West Texas. So begins The Mural, Pulitzer-nominated war correspondent and author Sid Balman's fictional account of the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that shook the US to its core. The Mural is told from the perspective of Jasper Losoya, an artist from the fictional West Texas town of Grape Valley who is commissioned, along with others, to paint commemorative murals of the victims of a recent mass shooting in the town square. When he initially receives news of the tragedy, Losoya is at work restoring an ancient mural in Pompeii with his assistant, Coraline Larkin, a young Irish woman who lost her hearing and her father in a Belfast bombing when they receive news of the mass murder. Once he sets to work on the mural, Losoya's art sparks a controversy over censorship and cancel culture that lands in the US Supreme Court, dividing a "half-mast nation" as it lurches from one trauma to another. Penned by the author of the award-winning Seventh Flag trilogy, The Mural is an unforgettable journey through the modern American Westand a cautionary tale for the entire nation.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - From former Pentagon official and award-winning historical novelist Suzanne Parry comes The Communist's Secreta haunting WWII novel of betrayal, bravery, and second chances. In 1941, Katya Karavayeva, a devoted Communist, has broken the most important rule in Soviet society: Never say anything that can be used against you. Before she comes to terms with the consequences of her actions, Nazi Germany invades and the Soviet Union mobilizes. Katya joins the volunteer militia and is sent toward the onrushing Germans to build defensive earthworks. In a few short weeks, the militia is under attack. Katya escapes with another volunteer and they spend harrowing weeks on the run. Eventually, she lands in a town under Nazi occupation. There, Katya finds a place and a purpose and learns to fight a different kind of war, repaying German brutality with a harsh justice of her own. By turns desperate, courageous, and conflicted, she battles the Nazis and her inner demons while dreaming of redemption and reunion with her family. For fans of Kate Quinn and Mark Sullivan, The Communist's Secret is a sharp, cinematic story of one woman's wartime journeya woman who makes mistakes but also seeks to make things right. It is the second book of The Leningrad Trilogy, a saga set in Soviet Russia during World War II and the post-war era.…