Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Knut, Ende 70, Ex-Fischer und Insel-Original, will eigentlich nur eins: seine Ruhe. Auf einer Düne im Sperrgebiet will er es als nächstes versuchen - doch da liegt schon einer. Obwohl keine äußeren Wunden erkennbar sind, stellt die Inselärztin doch fest, dass es Mord war. Also muss der mürrische Fischer wohl oder übel selbst ermitteln.

Nora Lange's debut novel, Us Fools, was praised as the "Great American Novel" by Molly Young in the New York Times, and "a razor-sharp critique of American capitalism" by Michael Schaub at NPR. Now, she turns her eye toward the daily exercise of getting by.

Telecommuting meets the radioplay for this comedic send-up of AI-narrated audiobooks: spanning 56 minutes 29 seconds, COVID-19 fictionalization stages theater across twenty-two individuals who recorded asynchronously via devised production.

When her husband is suddenly killed in a car accident, the widowed Milly Bott is surprised to find that he has left her only a small fraction of his wealth, bequeathing the rest to a charity for fallen women, with the cryptic note that ‘my wife will know why’. From that moment she knows that her late husband must have known about her clandestine affair.

After a successful first mission, Carrie thought her job as Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer was secure. But all bets are off when she travels to Dandrobia, a genetically engineered utopia. Beautiful and immortal, the dandrobians have been confined to their planet due their former tyrannical reign over the galaxy. Carrie must mediate between the dandrobians and their victims, the squashpumps.

Jasper and Annie are a pair of jobless no-hopers who have dropped into the cracks between the paving slabs of life. Rather than bothering to climb out, they have embraced their situation and created a life based around doing pretty much nothing. That is, apart from visiting various chronic illness clubs for free refreshments and selling old cassette tapes online. But when a customer leaves negative feedback for a month-old purchase without first making contact, Jasper seeks retribution.

Jimmy fyller snart trettiofem men bor fortfarande hemma hos morsan. Sen bäste kompisen Jonas dog har han mest suttit framför datorn och ätit chips. Innan dess var han ungdomsbrottsling, så det är inte konstigt att folk betraktar honom som en loser. Den nya praktikplatsen på Sjöfartsmuseet skulle kunna bli hans stora revansch på arbetsmarknaden om det inte vore för den hemliga jättebläckfisken under luckan. Samtidigt som Jimmy försöker lista ut varför det är just han som valts ut för att sköta vidundret i sumpen börjar rapporter om mystiska försvinnanden och upphittade likdelar strömma in från hamnen.

Perfect for fans of One Day and Talking at Night. Every morning, Sophie boards the same train. Every morning, she spots him – tall, unreadable, always with a novel in hand…often the same one she is reading. Soon, their commute becomes a silent exchange of titles, a game only they seem to be...

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson is left with nothing to his name, except for a potato field and a homemade still to make liquor...

Tucked away in the English countryside, the run-down marina at Vixens Mere hosts a ragtag community of houseboats whose lives are as tangled as their mooring ropes. Harry Jones’s death dredges up more than grief: a second body in the water, hidden love affairs, and old grudges. As the marina begins to reveal the truths of the past, its dwellers unify against investigators, vindictive exes, and anyone else who tries to break them.

Antonin Suburre est bijoutier à Brioude. Au cours d'un braquage dans sa boutique, il abat l'un des voleurs, un jeune homme du nom de Chamseddine. Condamné pour homicide, Suburre découvre, en prison, l'œuvre du sociologue Pierre Bourdieu et l'opposition entre dominants et dominés qui fonde sa pensée.

Even grownups should have a little fun every now and then. It's time for us to reclaim our childhood in the land of Make Believe. And who better to take us there than Matta A. Rhymes? More commonly known as Mother Goose, Matta is a country girl full of a whole lot of sass! In short-story fashion, she recalls her life adventures with humor, excitement, and the countless missteps that shape who she becomes. The fact that a troublemaking goose follows her around and causes problems whenever the chance arises makes these stories that much more entertaining.

Diese Kurzgeschichte ist aus meinem realen Leben. Wenn du eine Freundin hast, die Prostituierte ist, erfährst du schon sehr viel was Freier mögen. Wenn dein Freund auch noch Autohändler ist, bist du bereit für ein Buch. Wenn du dann noch selbst ein Chaot bist, wird das Buch auch noch lustig. Viele, die dieses Buch lesen, werden Situationen im Leben besser verstehen. Es hat nämlich eine sehr starke psychologische Komponente. Geht der Partner oder Partnerin fremd, könntest du eine Antwort finden warum.

'Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself' Alexander McCall Smith It is wartime in Barsetshire, and so much has changed. Belier's Priory is now a hospital for wounded soldiers, and Sir Harry and Lady Waring have...

As the war continues it brings its own set of trials to the the village of Northbridge. Eight officers of the Barsetshire Regiment have been billeted at the rectory, and Mrs Villars, the Rector's wife, is finding the attentions of Lieutenant Holden (who doesn't seem to mind that she is married...

Forty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley. With a potential superpower conflict over oil also now brewing in the background, Fred and Nel discover that this is a journey to the end of the earth in more ways than one.

Welcome to the 80s, and to the raunchiest summer of your life When Lady Opal Fairfax discovers her scoundrel of a husband cheating, she decides to turn the tables on him. Instead of getting a divorce, she’s going to get even. Opal invites five daring (and gorgeous) artists to her manor...

Charlie Dunbar hatte große Pläne für die Sommerferien, aber auf der Flucht sein stand nicht auf der Liste. Umso größer ist die Verwirrung, dass sein Komplize ausgerechnet sein kranker Großvater ist. Auf der Flucht versuchen sie nun, quer durch das ganze Land zu einem Spezialisten zu gelangen, während die Welt ihre Reise gebannt verfolgt. Sie werden zum Thema hitziger Debatten auf allen Nachrichtensendern. Tausende Menschen bekunden ihre Unterstützung auf Facebook-Fanseiten. Selbst Charlies Eltern treten live im Fernsehen auf, er soll bitte sicher zurück nach Hause kommen.

Todd blasts in from the kitchen with a daiquiri in hand. He sets the drink on the table and two things happen simultaneously; Todd jumps onto Bill’s knee and holds out his hand for his twenty bucks. Charles jumps up on the table and buries his beak in Bill’s daiquiri. Every time Bill tries to take a drink, the dog growls and stiffens its legs. If Bill pulls on the glass, the dog’s growl goes up in pitch. If he stops, the pitch goes down. After a bit of practice, Bill succeeds in playing ‘Jingle Bells’ on the furious dog.

Liebe ist was für Anfänger, findet Laura. Nachdem ihre vermeintliche Bilderbuchehe durch ist, hat sie die Nase voll von all den romantischen Klischees, die sie fleißig auf Instagram gepostet hat. Ihr aktueller Beziehungsstatus: geschiedener Single mit flüchtigen Affären. Doch dann wird die Redakteurin dazu verdonnert, über Liebe und »nachhaltige Romantik« zu schreiben. Hä? Vollends ins Schleudern kommt Laura, als sie eine kreative Auszeit in der Biohof-WG ihrer Schwester nimmt. Dort trifft sie den nervigen Nachbarn Finn. Und entdeckt plötzlich eine ganz neue Variante von Romantik.