Risultati per "Amsterdam" in Narrativa di genere

Quattro uomini si ritrovano al funerale della donna che hanno amato. Sono avidi e pieni di rancore, e a partire da quell'evento saranno messi di fronte a scelte etiche fondamentali, che riveleranno la loro spietata natura. È lecito distruggere un uomo politico, sia pure spregevole e privo di scrupoli, attaccandolo sui segreti piú intimi della vita privata? E un grande artista, per assecondare la propria ispirazione, è autorizzato a ignorare una persona che sta rischiando la vita?

Molly Lane ha muerto a los cuarenta y seis años de edad. Era una mujer muy libre, muy seductora, y en su entierro se encuentran presentes los cuatro hombres más importantes de su vida: Clive Linley, músico famoso; Vernon Halliday, periodista y director de uno de los grandes periódicos del país; George Lane, su poderoso y multimillonario marido, y Julian Garmony, un notorio político de derechas, actual ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y candidato a primer ministro.

Jolijns liv kører på skinner – arbejdet som dyrepasser i Artis er et drømmejob, og hendes kæreste Boaz er i gang med at renovere deres nyligt købte lejlighed i Amsterdam. Men hendes verden styrter sammen, da hun en sen aften finder ham knivdræbt på gulvet i lejligheden. Nogle måneder...

Año 2119. Las cosas no van muy bien en el planeta. Hay amplias zonas inundadas como consecuencia de un catastrófico accidente nuclear. Y los habitantes de este futuro distópico miran con fascinación los albores del siglo XXI, a sus ojos una época de esplendor cultural. Así lo considera...

Brought to you by Penguin. On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence, Clive as Britain's most...

Piet Verboom hat sich den Strick genommen – so zumindest sieht es aus, als Adjudant Grijpstra und Brigadier de Gier am Tatort eintreffen. Bei näherem Hinsehen hatten jedoch viele Menschen eine Rechnung mit dem Toten zu begleichen. Die beiden Ermittler gehen vor wie immer: Sie warten in aller Ruhe ab und machen dann einen entscheidenden Fehler, der sie einen großen Schritt weiterbringt.

A University Student Smuggles Children Out of Amsterdam Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes--the heroines of WWII. Helen Smit believed she was called by God to become a teacher. Little does she know that her care for kids will take a drastic turn...

Año 2088. Tess y su madre pasan sus vacaciones en Ámsterdam. O lo que es lo mismo: se hartan de ver molinos, androides con vestimentas tradicionales y tulipanes, muchos tulipanes. Pero ¿qué es lo que se arrastra entre esos campos de tulipanes perfectos?...

'Llamadas de Ámsterdam' es una extraordinaria historia de amor. Con una impecable tensión narrativa, Juan Villoro despliega una trama hecha de coincidencias, separaciones, misteriosas oportunidades de reencuentro. La acción ocurre en una calle circular, tratada sobre la pista donde una vez...

Verbier, den exklusiva skidorten i Schweiz med fantastisk skidåkning och världens bästa offpist-områden. Till synes en perfekt tillvaro där ett intensivt festande på nätterna med droger, sprit och sex börjar på Club Noir. Men när det går överstyr följer våldet, och när det...

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and...

Jemand hat den einunddreißigjährigen Tom Wernekink in dem kleinen Haus am Deich mit einem Schuss zwischen die Augen getötet. Den Nachbarn ist dieser Mord ein Rätsel. Adjudant Grijpstra und Brigadier de Gier wollen Bewegung in die Sache bringen und verhaften die ältliche Studienrätin von nebenan. Und es kommt Bewegung in die Sache. Ein Mensch wird sterben, ein anderer eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe verbüßen.

In 1953, a teenage girl, Jeanne Sar, jumps in front of a train at the Gare du Nord station. She leaves behind writings that to some are unreadable, but to others tell universal, unspoken truths about the lives and struggles of women. When published in the 1970s, her work triggers a rash of...

An encounter with her father's goddess has not turned out to be the end for Sarah Elytharias Penn. Now, with the Imperial fist tightened around her city of Cahokia and the beastkind of the Heron King ravaging across the river, she must find a way to access the power of the Serpent Throne itself. To complicate her efforts, Cahokia's Metropolitan, a beloved and charismatic priest who despises the goddess as a demon, returns from a long pilgrimage and attempts to finalize the Wisdom-eradicating reform that dogged Sarah's father when he was king.  

Adjutant Grijpstra und Brigadier de Gier werden zu einem Hausboot gerufen. Ein Nachbar ist in Sorge um die schöne Maria van Buren. Zu Recht. Jemand hat die junge Frau ermordet. Schon nach den ersten Ermittlungen stellt sich heraus, dass sie die Geliebte von drei Männern war. Doch da keiner der Männer in der Lage oder bereit ist, Einzelheiten über das Leben der Toten zu liefern, fliegt der Commissaris, der Vorgesetzte von Grijpstra und de Gier, nach Curaçao.

It's the 1990's, and Jay is an artist tipped for greatness. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, a promising career is already taking shape before him. Despite the brutal end of his intense relationship with Alice, his great love, he's destined to make his mark on the world as...

Escape to Amsterdam in this hilarious, sexy and sweet romance for fans of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez and Sarah Adams! Tropes: Enemies to allies to lovers 💖 Only one bed 🛌 Forced proximity 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Sweet revenge ⚡️ Opposites attract 💜 Broody protector hero 💪 Slow...

Henry Lindon's flight across the north Atlantic was turbulent and sleepless. His plane has just touched down in Amsterdam, where he’s come to work as a visiting professor. Lindon is torn about leaving his troubled wife, Marylou, behind in Dallas, but relieved and excited to start a new chapter in a lively city. But troubles from the past soon cross the Atlantic. Lindon discovers that notorious Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren, born in 1899, is about to play a part in Lindon’s own personal drama.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, read by Billy Howle. Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers...

Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant...