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Penguin Viking, [2018]
Titel / Verantwortliche: Becoming / Michelle Obama
Veröffentlichung: Penguin Viking, [2018]
Physische Beschreibung: 426 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten - Bildtafeln : Illustrationen
ISBN: 9780241334140
Datum:2018
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same.
The Confession of Katherine Howard / Suzannah Dunn
1. Aufl.
London : Harper Collins, 2010
Titel / Verantwortliche: The Confession of Katherine Howard / Suzannah Dunn
1. Aufl.
Veröffentlichung: London : Harper Collins, 2010
Physische Beschreibung: 307 S.
ISBN: 9780007340347
Datum:2010
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: The new novel from the bestselling author of THE SIXTH WIFE. 'England: firelight and fireblush; wine-dark, winking gemstones and a frost of pearls. Wool as soft as silk, in leaf-green and moss; satins glossy like a midsummer night or opalescent like winter sunrise!Little did we know it but that night we were already ghosts in our own lives!' When twelve-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolk's household, poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious of her. The two girls couldn't be more different: Cat, watchful and ambitious; Katherine, interested only in clothes and boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine, but it's Cat in whom Katherine confides and, despite herself, Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at seventeen, Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover, Francis, and the two begin their own, much more serious, love affair. Within months, the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. The future seems assured for the new queen and her maid-in-waiting, although Cat would feel more confident if Katherine hadn't embarked on an affair with one of the king's favoured attendants, Thomas Culpeper. However, for a blissful year and a half, it seems that Katherine can have everything she wants. But then allegations are made about her girlhood love affairs. Desperately frightened, Katherine recounts a version of events which implicates Francis but which Cat knows to be a lie. With Francis in the Tower, Cat alone knows the whole truth of Queen Katherine Howard - but if she tells, Katherine will die.
20th century american short stories : volume 2 / Jean A. McConachie
[9. Aufl.], überarb. Ausg.
Heinle Cengage Learning, 2016
Titel / Verantwortliche: 20th century american short stories : volume 2 / Jean A. McConachie
[9. Aufl.], überarb. Ausg.
Veröffentlichung: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2016
Physische Beschreibung: 204 S.
ISBN: 9780838448519
Datum:2016
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: 20th Century American Short Stories ¿ Volume 2 enthält 12 amerikanische Kurzgeschichten von bekannten Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts in Originalfassung. Neben den vollständigen Kurzgeschichten, die dem Niveau B2 (gemäß GERS) entsprechen, bietet dieser Band ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen zu den Autoren und dem sozio-historischem Kontext, sowie ein Glossar zum spezifischen Wortschatz. Zusätzlich stehen zu jeder Geschichte mehrere Seiten mit after reading activities zur Verfügung. Diese motivierenden Aufgaben fördern das Textverständnis, sensibilisieren die Lernenden für literarische Begriffe und unterschiedliche Schreibstile und liefern spannende Diskussionsansätze.
20th century american short stories : volume 1 / Jean A. McConachie
[1. Aufl.], überarb. Ausg.
Heinle Cengage Learning, 2016
Titel / Verantwortliche: 20th century american short stories : volume 1 / Jean A. McConachie
[1. Aufl.], überarb. Ausg.
Veröffentlichung: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2016
Physische Beschreibung: 158 S.
ISBN: 9780838448502
Datum:2016
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: 20th Century American Short Stories ¿ Volume 1 enthält 12 amerikanische Kurzgeschichten von bekannten Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts in Originalfassung. Neben den vollständigen Kurzgeschichten, die dem Niveau B1 (gemäß GERS) entsprechen, bietet dieser Band ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen zu den Autoren und dem sozio-historischem Kontext, sowie ein Glossar zum spezifischen Wortschatz. Zusätzlich stehen zu jeder Geschichte mehrere Seiten mit after reading activities zur Verfügung. Diese motivierenden Aufgaben fördern das Textverständnis, sensibilisieren die Lernenden für literarische Begriffe und unterschiedliche Schreibstile und liefern spannende Diskussionsansätze.
The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island / Bill Bryson
Doubleday, 2015
Titel / Verantwortliche: The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island / Bill Bryson
Veröffentlichung: Doubleday, 2015
Physische Beschreibung: 384 S.
ISBN: 9780857522344
Datum:2015
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation¿s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best represents Britain.Now, to mark the twentieth anniversary of that modern classic, Bryson makes a brand-new journey round Britain to see what has changed. Following (but not too closely) a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath, by way of places that many people never get to at all, Bryson sets out to rediscover the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly unique country that he thought he knew but doesn¿t altogether recognize any more. Yet, despite Britain¿s occasional failings and more or less eternal bewilderments, Bill Bryson is still pleased to call our rainy island home. And not just because of the cream teas, a noble history, and an extra day off at Christmas. Once again, with his matchless homing instinct for the funniest and quirkiest, his unerring eye for the idiotic, the endearing, the ridiculous and the scandalous, Bryson gives us an acute and perceptive insight into all that is best and worst about Britain today.
If I Never Met You / Mhairi McFarlane
Harper Collins, 2020
Titel / Verantwortliche: If I Never Met You / Mhairi McFarlane
Veröffentlichung: Harper Collins, 2020
Physische Beschreibung: 421 pages
ISBN: 9780008169480
Datum:2020
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: When Laurie is dumped by her partner of eighteen years, she's blindsided. Not only does she feel humiliated, they still have to work together. So when she gets stuck in the lift with handsome colleague Jamie, they hatch a plan to stage the perfect romance. Revenge will be sweet.
How the King of Elfhame learned to hate stories / Holly Black
Hot Key Books, [2020]
Titel / Verantwortliche: How the King of Elfhame learned to hate stories / Holly Black
Veröffentlichung: Hot Key Books, [2020]
Physische Beschreibung: 172 pages
ISBN: 9781471409981
Datum:2020
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black , with stunning full-colour illustrations by Rovina Cai . Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue ... Before Cardan was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. In this sumptuously illustrated tale, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince , an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing , and familiar but pivotal moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective.
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery / Jenny Colgan
Little, Brown, 2017
Titel / Verantwortliche: Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery / Jenny Colgan
Veröffentlichung: Little, Brown, 2017
Physische Beschreibung: 363 pages : illustrations
ISBN: 9780751570380
Datum:2017
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: Welcome back to Mount Polbearne! The new book from Top Ten bestseller Jenny Colgan is full of festive joy, warmth and the best hot chocolate you can imagine... It's Christmas in the Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne - a time for family, friends and feasting. Polly Waterford loves running the Little Beach Street Bakery. She's at her happiest when she's creating delicious treats and the festive season always inspires her to bake and knead something extra special for the village residents. In fact, the only thing she loves more than her bakery is curling up with her gorgeous boyfriend, Huckle. She's determined that this Christmas is going to be their best one yet, but life doesn't always work out as planned... When Polly's best friend Kerensa turns up with a secret that threatens the life Polly and Huckle have built together, the future begins to look uncertain. And then a face from Polly's past reappears and things become even more complicated. Polly can usually find solace in baking but she has a feeling that's not going to be enough this time. Can she get things back on track so that everyone has a merry Christmas?
Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
Titel / Verantwortliche: Such a fun age / Kiley Reid
Veröffentlichung: Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
Physische Beschreibung: 310 pages
ISBN: 9781526612168
Datum:2019
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other. With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," and the complicated reality of being a grown up. It is a searing debut for our times.
The Housemaid / Freida McFadden
Bookouture, [2022]
Titel / Verantwortliche: The Housemaid / Freida McFadden
Veröffentlichung: Bookouture, [2022]
Physische Beschreibung: 331 pages
ISBN: 9781408728512
Datum:2022
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . . Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am. They don't know what I'm capable of . . . An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won't be able to put this down!
So Shall You Reap / Donna Leon
Century, [2023]
Titel / Verantwortliche: So Shall You Reap / Donna Leon
Veröffentlichung: Century, [2023]
Physische Beschreibung: 262 pages
ISBN: 9781529153323
Datum:2023
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s. As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.
To the lighthouse / Virginia Woolf. Ed. with an introduction and notes by Margaret Drabble
4. [Aufl.]
Oxford [u. a.] ; Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2000
Oxford World's Classics
Titel / Verantwortliche: To the lighthouse / Virginia Woolf. Ed. with an introduction and notes by Margaret Drabble
4. [Aufl.]
Veröffentlichung: Oxford [u. a.] ; Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2000
Physische Beschreibung: xlvi, 285 S.
Reihen: Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 0192834134
Datum:2000
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: SL S R 82 Die Familie Ramsay verbringt den Sommer an der einsamen Westküste Schottlands. Ein Bootsausflug muß wegen des schlechten Wetters aufgegeben werden. Erst Jahre später, nach dem Tod von Mrs. Ramsay und 2 ihrer Kinder, kann die Fahrt unternommen werden. - Erstausg. 1927.
2. [Aufl.]
Oxford [u. a.] ; Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 1998
Oxford World's Classics
Titel / Verantwortliche: The hound of the Baskervilles / Arthur Conan Doyle. Ed. with an introduction and notes by W. W. Robson
2. [Aufl.]
Veröffentlichung: Oxford [u. a.] ; Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 1998
Physische Beschreibung: xliii, 188 S.
Reihen: Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 019283519X
Datum:1998
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: DOY, Ofk 6 DO
As Good As Dead / Holly Jackson
: Electric Monkey, [2021]
Titel / Verantwortliche: As Good As Dead / Holly Jackson
Veröffentlichung: : Electric Monkey, [2021]
Physische Beschreibung: 565 pages
ISBN: 9781405298605
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: Pip Fitz-Amobiis haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon shell be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her . . . and this time its all about Pip.The third thrilling book in the bestselling, award-winningA Good Girls Guide to Murderseries.
The invisible life of addie LaRue / V. E. Schwab
Titan Books, [2020]
Titel / Verantwortliche: The invisible life of addie LaRue / V. E. Schwab
Veröffentlichung: Titan Books, [2020]
Physische Beschreibung: 545 pages
ISBN: 9781789095593
Datum:2020
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: In the vein of The Time Travelers Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwabs genre-defying tour de force. Addie La Rue has learnt the hard way that deals with the devil are tricky things. Immortal but eternally invisible and forgotten by people, Addie exists only as a muse for artists throughout history. The only person who remembers her is the devil, who visits every year on the anniversary of their deal. Until one day, in a bookshop in New York, she meets a boy who remembers her.
Good Girl, Bad Blood / Holly Jackson
: Electric Monkey, [2020]
Titel / Verantwortliche: Good Girl, Bad Blood / Holly Jackson
Veröffentlichung: : Electric Monkey, [2020]
Physische Beschreibung: 415 pages
ISBN: 9781405297752
Datum:2020
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: Pip Fitz-Amobi is determined that the media wont rewrite the truth of the local murder case that she and Ravi Singh worked so hard to just recently solve. When the six-year anniversary of the victims deaths arrives, fresh from hearing the truth of her podcast, Pips town decide to host a memorial. And the past, it seems, has finally been laid to rest. But when another young person goes missing, it turns out that Little KIlton is hiding more than one dark secret . . . and this time EVERYONE is listening to hear whether Pip and Ravi can find the victim, before its too late.
Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
Titel / Verantwortliche: Three Women / Lisa Taddeo
Veröffentlichung: Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
Physische Beschreibung: 306 pages
ISBN: 9781526611659
Datum:2019
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women? Three Women is a record of unmet needs, unspoken thoughts, disappointments, hopes and unrelenting obsessions.
The Unhoneymooners / Christina Lauren
Piatkus, [2019]
Titel / Verantwortliche: The Unhoneymooners / Christina Lauren
Veröffentlichung: Piatkus, [2019]
Physische Beschreibung: 400 pages
ISBN: 9780349417592
Datum:2019
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
The Waters of Eternal Youth / Donna Leon
Heinemann, 2016
Commissario Brunetti ; 25
Titel / Verantwortliche: The Waters of Eternal Youth / Donna Leon
Veröffentlichung: Heinemann, 2016
Physische Beschreibung: 292 S.
Reihen: Commissario Brunetti ; 25
ISBN: 9781785150753
Datum:2016
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: In The Waters of Eternal Youth , the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a crime at all. Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and her life was never the same again. Once a passionate horse rider, Manuela, now aged thirty, cannot remember the accident, or her beloved horse, and lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela's life. Out of a mixture of curiosity, pity and a willingness to fulfil the wishes of a loving grandmother, Brunetti reopens the case. But once he starts to investigate, Brunetti finds a murky past and a dark story at its heart. The Waters of Eternal Youth is awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, all circling the haunting story of a woman trapped in a perpetual childhood.
Avenue of mysteries / John Irving
Doubleday, 2015
Titel / Verantwortliche: Avenue of mysteries / John Irving
Veröffentlichung: Doubleday, 2015
Physische Beschreibung: 460 S.
ISBN: 9780857521149
Datum:2015
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Abstract: As we grow older - most of all, in what we remember and what we dream - we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. As an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but his dreams and memories will travel with him; he is most alive in his childhood and early adolescence in Mexico. 'An aura of fate had marked him,' John Irving writes. 'The chain of events, the links in our lives - what leads us where we're going, the courses we follow to our ends, what we don't see coming, and what we do - all this can be mysterious, or simply unseen, or even obvious.' Avenue of Mysteries is the story of what happens to Juan Diego in the Philippines, where what happened to him in the past - in Mexico - collides with his future. In his latest novel, John Irving explores - in his inimitable way - the ways in which our pasts reverberate in our presents and, indeed, our futures.
