Résultats pour "Andrea Thomas" dans Littérature et fiction

Elise was always made fun of for her big ears and buck teeth. She tried her best to overcome the mockery, only to work herself to death and wake up as... a big-eared, buck-toothed rabbit. Now, with nothing but an almost worthless System Assistant to help her, she needs to survive in a world full of magic and monsters. On top of all that, for some reason she's been given the ominous [Mark of Fate] skill. She has no idea what it does, but things keep happening to her, most of them unpleasant.

For more than 150 years I've served the Kingdom of Sena. Through four Kings and a Queen. Two wars and a rebellion. I've founded and taught at a magic school. I've fought against beast waves and dungeon breaks. But now? Now, the one close friend I had left has passed. So, I'm done with their politics and their economics. The short and busy lives of humans are more burden than benefit on the weary soul of this half-elf.

Four books...one groundbreaking author. This collection includes Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), A Room of One’s Own (1929), and The Waves (1931).

Hi there! I'm Magical Girl Crystal Genocide, one of the twelve magical girls, and sworn protectors of Earth! We were like a superhero squad, but with more sparkles! We fought day and night to keep the baddies at bay and the Earth safe. But, one day, our best wasn't good enough. So, we huddled up for a superhero brainstorm and decided to pool our powers for this mega, super-duper save-the-day plan. We kinda goofed. Big time. Instead of saving the day, we accidentally wiped out a quarter of the Milky Way.

Oli the goblin is the last creature anyone would send on a world-ending quest. But the Dark Lord's under siege and without his doomsday weapon, those pesky forces of Good might just get it done this time. Seizing the long-awaited opportunity to serve their Big Boss, Oli and his cousins strike out on a super secret mission to retrieve the doomsday weap-on a road trip to see their family. With the hopes of every creature sinister and foul riding on them, the goblins hurry directly to their destination. Mostly directly. Okay, so it's more of a zigzag.

For more than 150 years I've served the Kingdom of Sena. Through four kings and a queen. Two wars and a rebellion. I've founded and taught at a magic school. I've fought against beast waves and dungeon breaks. But now? Now, the one close friend I had left has passed. So, I'm done with their politics and their economics. The short and busy lives of humans are more burden than benefit on the weary soul of this half-elf.

Jack is violently pulled into a game-like universe and dumped into a seaside town on the brink of destruction. When the people of Blackmoor Cove begin to ask about his combat role, Jack discovers his odd Hero Class and finds that parts of his game interface are riddled with exposed coding errors. He quickly learns that the only way the town can grow and push back the unknown substance threatening to consume it is if brave Heroes venture into an infinitely high, ever-changing tower, kill bizarre monsters for their equipment drops, and then deposit those items into a special chest.

Poet and playwright Federico García Lorca is one of the most famous figures in 20th-century Spanish literature. A member of the 'Generation of '27' avant-garde movement that included Dalí and Buñuel, he became well known for his lyrical, symbolic works mixing modernism and the folkloric traditions of his native Andalusia. He was executed by Nationalist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War, aged only 38. More than 80 years later, his poetry is revered worldwide and the plays in his 'Rural Trilogy' are widely regarded as masterpieces.

Jack, Lex, Haylee, and a young hero with a unique class on loan from Ivyset Crag go on an odyssey to explore the unreachable tower on the furthest edge of the map. With no dock listed on any system interface, the NPCs of Mother Sana design a custom boat built out of logs, fruit, and indestructible equipment drops to make the trip.

Sam Meeko never thought that he’d ever get a superpower, especially one that allows him to smell everything. Everything. With his unconventional power, Sam joins forces with a group of women hellbent on getting to the bottom of a countrywide conspiracy. It’s going to take some thinking outside the box, and when that doesn’t work, Sam and his group might need to tear the walls down.

La felicità è il superamento delle difficoltà, dei problemi, è quell'intervallo in cui tutto torna alla legge naturale dell'equilibrio tra gli opposti. Christian è un ricco broker immobiliare, guida una Porsche e vive in una sontuosa villa. Quando conclude un ottimo affare, a cui aspirava da tempo, non si sente come sperava e si trova a chiedersi: il denaro, l'ambizione e il successo sono davvero la chiave per la felicità?

Lisa, dieci anni, perde la vista per un’ora intera, gettando la famiglia nel caos. Eppure, nonostante gli accertamenti medici a cui viene sottoposta, non si riscontra nessun problema fisico capace di scatenare questi improvvisi episodi di cecità. Mentre i genitori decidono di iniziare un percorso psicologico, il nonno di Lisa, Henry, un vecchio grintoso e determinato, crede che, se la bambina sta davvero per perdere la vista, l’unica vera urgenza è mostrarle tutto ciò che di più bello l’uomo ha creato.

Blackmoor Cove has been pulled back from the edge of oblivion, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. While the all-consuming Corruption pushes harder against their progress, Jack embraces his new responsibility to rebuild the broken people around him. However, none of it will last unless he enters the Tower every morning and defeats the vicious monsters within for their valuable loot drops. With the Arcane Mage, Thymus, now in the party, they will climb higher than ever before, but will the 12 years of terrible isolation make the time-lost Hero unreliable?

Before his assassination, Julius Caesar named his great nephew Gaius Octavius as his successor. In this excerpt from The Twelve Caesars, Roman biographer Suetonius tells the life story of Octavius, who took the name Augustus when he became emperor. While Augustus did have a military career, Suetonius focuses on the dramatic details of Augustus’ personal life, making this biography more gossip-filled than its contemporaries.

In this fantasy novel, Yang and Mei are immortal lovers who have watched as their kind diminishes and the world changes. They are determined to remain together, even as the world crumbles around them. Yang's magic continues to grow stronger, and he creates a magical garden for them to reside in peace. However, they sense danger approaching and prepare to face it together.

Nach dem Anschlag auf den Audioforensiker Dr. Richard Braun steht die Welt für ihn auf dem Kopf. Der Serienmörder Julian Stein ist weiter auf freien Fuß und spielt ein perfides Spiel, die Polizei beschuldigt Braun des Bombenanschlags auf eine Polizeistation, seine Tochter, Elisabeth Braun, bricht den Kontakt ab und kaum einer schenkt ihm noch Glauben. Mit der zunächst widerwilligen Hilfe seiner Tochter und der Unterstützung seines Pflegers Cyril versucht er den krankhaften Soziopathen zu finden und endgültig auszuschalten.

Kurz bevor das Flugzeug abstürzt und auf dem Meer zerschellt, glaubt keiner der Insassen mehr daran mit dem Leben davonzukommen. Doch das Unfassbare geschieht. Die Passagiere überleben den Absturz und stranden auf einer einsamen Insel. Schnell wird ihnen jedoch klar, dass hier Unerklärliches vor sich geht. Dämonische Kräfte bedrohen sie und der eine oder andere wünscht sich insgeheim, beim Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommen zu sein.

In einem kleinen Dorf namens Witchcraft werden Hotelgäste von vier glatzköpfigen Männern empfangen, die einander vollkommen gleichen. In der viel zu großen Tiefgarage des Hotels verschwinden Autos - und die Gäste, die der Lösung des Rätsels im Keller auf die Spur kommen, werden nie wieder gesehen.

Lord Blackfield, Mitglied des Oberhauses und wortmächtiger Kritiker der Bank of England, findet im Garten seines Anwesens einen gewaltsamen Tod. Die Tatwaffe ist dieselbe, mit der Irene Adler erst kürzlich angegriffen wurde - eine Kreuzbergschleuder. Die Spuren weisen zum mächtigen Chief Cashier der Bank Sir John Conroy und seinem Sohn Sebastian, einem von Irene Adler einst abgewiesenen Verehrer. Mycroft Holmes schleust Irene als verdeckte Ermittlerin in den Haushalt von Sir John ein. Dort soll sie mit Hilfe eines von Mister Wu umgebauten Grammophons Beweise sammeln.

Startenor Guiseppe Frezzolini wird während der Londoner Premiere von "Satanella" erschossen. Den Finger am Abzug: ausgerechnet Sherlock Holmes Freundin Irene Adler. Nachdem Mycroft Holmes sie dem Gewahrsam von Scotland Yard entwunden hat, ermitteln Sherlock, Watson und Irene Adler gemeinsam. Wer hat die Platzpatronen in der Bühnenwaffe durch scharfe Munition ersetzt? Etwa Adlers väterlicher Freund Mister Wu, der die Spezialeffekte am Theater verantwortet? Oder steckt "der Russe" dahinter, ein Kredithai aus Whitechapel, in dessen Schuld Frezzolini stand?