Resultado de "A. A. Gill" em Todas as categorias

"Die Beine weit gespreizt stand sie da und blickte über die Stadt, während sie spürte, wie er langsam ihr Kleid hochzog, Zentimeter für Zentimeter. Schließlich war der rote Stoff bis zu ihrem Rücken hochgeschoben und mit einer Hand zog er an dem schwarzen Spitzenhöschen und rieb seine Finger zärtlich über ihr Geschlecht.

The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath. Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and fainting with fear, he experiences such torments that death itself would be welcome. What troubles him most is the eternal question: how will he die? Toledo Prison is notorious for the torture of the condemned. What minds have dreamed up the terror of the pit in the centre of the cell?

Trois femmes, trois âges, trois amies que les hasards de l'existence et les épreuves ont rapprochées dans un lieu comme aucun autre. Trois façons d'aimer. Aucune ne semble conduire au bonheur. Séparément, elles sont perdues. Ensemble, elles ont une chance. Accrochées à leurs espoirs face aux tempêtes que leur réserve le destin, avec l'énergie et l'imagination propres à celles qui veulent s'en sortir, elles vont tenter le tout pour le tout. Personne ne dit que ça ne fera pas de dégâts.

This is a creatively written discipleship guide and counter-cultural message for listeners weary of motivational platitudes. Authenticating age old precepts and principles it identifies human patterns of strife, scheming, and self-delusion. It gives spiritual wisdom from the author’s own "canal navigation" as a powerful metaphor of the spiritual life. Giving a finished perspective from which to view present challenges, it delivers many deep insights. What if you could navigate your life without strife, fantasy into faith and lift destiny out of delusion?

Jess and Laura might be sisters, but they’re very different. Laura is laid-back, eats cheese in bed and takes life as it comes. Jess, meanwhile, is the classic overachiever. They’re family, but they’re not exactly friends. When their mum dies, the sisters struggle to agree on anything, from where to scatter the ashes to whether 'passed away' is an acceptable term. But as life forces them together, Laura and Jess realise: the only way through this is as a team. After all, they’re stuck with each other - and drinking wine is more fun as a pair....

"J'en ai ras le bol des mecs. Vous me gonflez ! J'en ai plus qu'assez de vos sales coups ! C'est votre tour de souffrir ! Ma voix résonne dans tout le quartier. Et là, trempée, titubante, épuisée, je prends une décision sur laquelle je jure de ne jamais revenir : je ne vais plus rien leur passer. On remet les compteurs à zéro. On renverse la vapeur. Je vais faire payer ce fumier. Chaque joueur doit vous donner mille baffes. Je vais me venger de tout."

- Cette femme m'a tiré dessus. - Dans notre métier, tout le monde fait ça sans arrêt. Ne jugez pas Karen sur un malheureux coup de feu. Vous verrez, c'est une jeune femme remarquable. - Qui êtes-vous ? - D'habitude, on est les gars payés à ne rien faire, mais depuis quelque temps on a énormément de travail. Dites-moi, croyez-vous au pouvoir des objets sacrés dont vous parlez dans votre thèse ? - Je traitais surtout des tyrans qui ont cherché à se les approprier.

It’s almost Mummy’s 50th birthday. The hot flushes have just started, and nowadays she barely recognises herself. She’s been a wife and mother for so long that she can’t quite remember what life was like pre-moppets (although they’re more like giants now). Speaking of, Jane is constantly partying and naturally more interested in passing her driving test than her A-Levels. In fact, trying to get the kids through their exams at all is almost as excruciating as waiting for their results.

When little Ella's grandmother dies, she is turned out of her home and forced into a life of cruel labour. Even her own mother won't help, too busy with her new husband. Seeking refuge at the Foundling School for Girls, Ella meets Julia, who has been torn apart from her twin, Ned. They must take matters into their own hands if they're to stay together despite their parents' wishes. In a world of hardship and betrayal, three children begin a search for belonging.

This book, the second posthumous collection of his journalism, brings together pieces from near and far. He was ferociously well travelled, and once wrote that for all our ability to cross the world at will, 'abroad is as foreign and funny and strange and shocking as it ever was, and our need to know our neighbours every bit as great'. This is a book about meeting those neighbours.

1915. As a child it never mattered to Blake that he had no mother, that no one knew who his father was. He was secure in his grandparents' love, happy on their farm in the Yorkshire dales. But when his grandparents die suddenly, Blake's world collapses. Taken in by a neighbouring farmer as hired help, Blake's life becomes focused on the land--and on his secret love for Annie, his employer's daughter.

Mysterious marina accidents. Destroyed evidence. Can a tenacious reporter decipher the twisted clues at a small-town lake? Jordan Reed is burned out from all the attention on her previous high-profile story. But when a new lead lands in her lap, she reluctantly postpones her vacation to investigate a classic New England marina. With hundreds of dead fish washing up on Copper Lake’s otherwise pristine shores, Jordan suspects a sinister cover-up.

Jackie: when her first marriage ends in tragedy, Jackie Kennedy fears she’ll never love again. But all that changes when she encounters...Ari: successful and charming, Ari Onassis is a man who promises her the world. Yet soon after they marry, Jackie learns that his heart also belongs to another. Maria: a beautiful, famed singer, Maria Callas is in love with Jackie’s new husband - and she isn’t going to give up.

Comment être un père quand on arrive vingt ans après ? Pour soigner ceux que l'on oublie trop souvent, Thomas a vécu des années dans un village perdu en Inde. Lorsqu'il apprend que la femme qu'il a autrefois quittée a eu une fille de lui, ses certitudes vacillent. Il lui a donné la vie, mais il a moins fait pour elle que pour n'importe quel inconnu. Est-il possible d'être un père quand on arrive si tard ? Comment vit-on dans un monde dont on ne connaît plus les codes ?

A dog's life in the south of France. From puppyhood, Sirius the Pyrenean Mountain Dog has been trying to understand his humans and train them with kindness. How this led to their divorce he has no idea. More misunderstandings take Sirius to Death Row in an animal shelter, as a so-called dangerous dog learning survival tricks from the other inmates. During the twilight barking, he is shocked to hear his brother's voice but the bitter-sweet reunion is short-lived. Doggedly, Sirius keeps the faith. One day, his human will come.

Simon ist fremdgegangen! Enttäuscht zieht Ellen mit ihren anstrengenden Pubertieren aufs Land - schließlich hat sie immer schon von einem Häuschen im Grünen geträumt. Doch die ländliche Idylle hält nicht, was sie verspricht, und für ihre beiden süßen Kleinen - beide im Dauer-schlechte-Laune- Teenager-Modus - ist die neue Situation auch nicht gerade einfach. Da kann man Mami schon mal auf Instagram blockieren und sich ein unerlaubtes Bauchnabel-Piercing zulegen. Oder sich auf Partys betrinken.

A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon - driven to dry out, not out of a desire to change but mainly through weariness. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. Pour Me is about the blackouts, the collapse, the despair. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon. Read by Dougray Scott.

It's 1911. Aged just 15, Mary Kirk and Wallis Warfield meet at summer camp. Their friendship will survive heartbreaks, continents, and the demands of the English crown until it is shattered by one unforgivable betrayal.... In 1997, Kendall's romantic break in Paris is shattered when the taxi ahead of them crashes suddenly. The news soon follows: Princess Diana is dead. Trying to forget what she has witnessed, Kendall returns home, where the discovery of a long-forgotten link to Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, will lead her to the truth of a scandal....

Eight years ago, Anne Elliott was persuaded that her family's honour was more important than her own happiness. She has suffered ever since. Now the man she turned away has returned. Can Captain Wentworth forgive Anne, or will he be charmed instead by the beautiful Louisa? Will Anne be persuaded to marry her cousin, or will she find the strength to follow her heart?

Meet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn. Born into a family reeling from the ruptures of Partition in India, we follow her as she crosses the precarious lines between childhood, teenage discovery, and realizing her adult self. In the process, Paro must confront fear, desire and the darkest parts of herself in the search for meaning and, ultimately, empowerment.