Risultati per "Eden" in Piccoli centri e rurale

In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys’ descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated, and often hungry, but nevertheless protected from the hostility awaiting them on the mainland.

When Jack Parker’s father dies, Jack knows one thing: Tom Parker was a good man. Beyond that, decades of distance and silence had kept the two men from truly knowing each other. Jack attends the funeral with the hope he can shovel some dirt onto Tom’s casket, collect a few commiserations, and put miles between himself and the questions he’d let simmer since he’d left home years before. But when a group of strangers appears at the funeral, Jack realizes he has more questions than answers about how his father actually lived his life.

Memphis Ward arrive à Quincy lors du cinquième pire jour de sa vie. Elle a besoin d'une douche, d'une collation et d'un peu de calme. Car déménager à travers le pays avec son nouveau-né est de loin la chose la plus folle qu'elle ait jamais faite. Mais peut-être faut-il un peu de folie pour se construire une bonne vie. Si laisser derrière elle le passé nécessite des milliers de kilomètres et une nouvelle ville, elle le fera pour son fils. Même si ça implique de renoncer au glamour de sa vie antérieure.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured...

After the last known member of the Latimer family dies, his estate is put up for sale - except for the prized stables, inherited by racehorse trainer Barbara Lewis. When Barbara's estranged husband is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect and appeals to Adam Bailey and her friend, Eve Samuels, for help. But as they investigate, more people are killed and soon Barbara and Eve find themselves in grave danger. As the clock ticks, Adam races to rescue them. Can justice prevail, or will the grim prophecy of the rhyme come true again?

Christmas 1979. Former TV reporter Adam Bailey is invited by his old flame, Harriet, and her husband, Sir Anthony, to Mulgrave Castle for the festivities. He reluctantly accepts, intrigued by their request for him to investigate the family curse. But within hours of arriving, a blizzard rolls in that leaves the castle and its guests stranded. And when one of the visitors is murdered, Adam and Harriet's sister, Eve, set out to solve the crime. But with danger stalking their every move, they must work fast to uncover the mystery before more lives are lost.

When the Reverend Elaine Metcalfe is inducted as the vicar of Pontvale, she hopes the job will have more to it than lending out spare sets of keys. She soon discovers there's plenty of challenges in her new home - not least the daily needs of her parishioners, which range from community theatre productions, arranging a wedding and a funeral for the same day, and local scandal over the vicar's culottes.

The gloves—and more!—are coming off for workplace enemies turned fake newlyweds trying to save their jobs in this sexy rom-com, perfect for fans of Tarah DeWitt and B.K. Borison. There are three things that PR strategist Jasmine Morgan knows for sure: One, she’s damn good at her job. Two...

For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist Emma Walters’s life to go from near-perfect to a monumental disaster. One day to break...

Johnny ist auf großer Europareise und will seine gute Freundin Ellen in Deutschland überraschen. Doch die Begrüßung fällt anders aus, als er erwartet hatte: Am Ende hat er eine verletzte Schulter und den Groll von Ellens Ehemann Sascha auf sich gezogen. Um die Schulter so gut wie möglich zu heilen, ruft Ellen ihre beste Freundin und Physiotherapeutin Klara zur Hilfe. Die kümmert sich liebevoll um Johnny, und obwohl sie sich dagegen wehrt, kann Klara sich dem Charme des gut aussehenden Australiers nicht entziehen. Zwischen ihnen entflammt eine heiße Romanze.

Majas Leben nimmt von heute auf morgen eine überraschende Wendung - und sie steht vor dem Nichts. Vorübergehend zieht sie bei ihren Freunden Ellen und Sascha ein. Dort ist sie nicht der einzige gern gesehene Gast: Auch Ellens gutaussehender Bruder Eric geht ein und aus. Obwohl es keine Geheimnisse mehr in ihrem Haus geben sollte, trifft Ellen die Entscheidung, Eric ein entscheidendes Detail über Majas Vergangenheit zu verschweigen. Maja und Eric kommen sich immer näher, aber Maja schafft es nicht, ihm die Wahrheit zu gestehen.

"Was war in seinem Leben so schiefgelaufen? Er kam ihr vor, als sei er auf der Flucht. Sie kannte das Gefühl. Manchmal brauchte man einfach Zeit mit sich selbst, um wieder zu sich zu finden." Nach einer zweijährigen Auszeit in Tasmanien kehrt Ellen nach Deutschland zurück. Sie will sich in dem Haus, das sie geerbt hat, ein neues Leben aufbauen. Für die Renovierung sucht sie einen Handwerker, und so tritt Sascha in Ellens Leben, der unentgeltlich hilft und dafür bei ihr einzieht.

Set in familiar Steinbeck territory, To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and, ultimately, to understand the ways of God...

A family of witches, a cozy small-town shrouded in magic, and an opposites-attract romance will keep readers turning the pages of this delightful witchy rom-com Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town where charms, hexes, and magical beings of all kinds are the norm...

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Allan Corduner, best known for his extensive stage and screen credits including Homeland, Da Vinci's Demons and portraying Sir Arthur Sullivan to Jim Broadbent's Gilbert in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. This definitive recording...