検索キーワード： ナレーター "Sarah A." すべてのカテゴリー

Im Land der tausend Seen. Müritz, 1938: Als die junge Lehrerin Margot den Gutsbesitzersohn Karl-Friedrich von Bernow kennenlernt, ist es nicht gerade Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Doch er gibt nicht auf, und als er ihr sein Herz öffnet, sieht Margot ihn mit anderen Augen. Nur seine Mutter ist alles andere als begeistert von der Wahl ihres Sohnes. Doch bald rücken die Anfangsschwierigkeiten in den Hintergrund, denn der Krieg bricht aus und die Verantwortung für das Gut liegt nun auch in Margots Händen.

Sarah Bosetti hat einen Weg gefunden, die Demokratie zu retten: mit Poesie gegen Populismus! Wohin man schaut: Weltuntergang. Doch Klimawandel, Krieg und Krisen wären zu meistern, wenn die Menschen ihnen mit ehrlicher Vernunft begegnen würden. Im Kampf gegen Fake News, Diskriminierung und Diskursverschiebung nimmt Sarah Bosetti sich einige der schönsten, schlimmsten oder absurdesten populistischen Aussagen bekannter Persönlichkeiten vor – von Alice Schwarzer über Olaf Scholz bis Wladimir Putin – und beantwortet sie mit klugen, bissigen und witzigen Gedichten.

August, 1940. The war is raging in Europe, but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot, living with her mother-in-law and dreading the day that her thuggish husband comes home on leave, is fighting her own battle to contribute to the war effort. Peggy has found confidence as an Air Raid Precaution Warden, despite the jeers of the men she works with - but beneath her pluck she fears for her close-knit family, scattered by the war. And glamorous Vivian, the former debutante, is running away from her own heart and into danger as a volunteer ambulance driver.

After her father dies, Caroline Leeming’s younger brother and sister are made the wards of Nicholas, Marquess of Pennington. About to embark on her first season, Carrie must first spend a month at the marquess’s home, Elm Park. Determined to dislike him, Carrie finds the handsome marquess is not what she expects. When he proves to be a kind and capable guardian for Arabella and Jeremy, Carrie fears she is falling in love with him. As the days pass into weeks, she finds it unbearable to leave Elm Park for London and a life away from her family.

Gothic tales from the mistress of the weird behind frogman-romance Mrs Caliban: After a one-night-stand with the Angel Gabriel, a monk is transformed into a pregnant woman. Lost in the fog, two visitors are lured into a ruined candlelit mansion. A wife confiscates her husband's homemade sex doll, only to demand her own. Great-aunts warn of the deadly skin of the pearlkillers. Rachel Ingalls' incomparable novellas are masterpieces: surrealist, subversive, tragicomic. Prepare to meet what lurks beneath.

Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott has a secret. Overlooked and underestimated by all who meet her, the wallflower daughter of Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch has a sharp intelligence and keen powers of observation. Traits that make her perfect to uncover society crimes – those whose wealthy victims have their pride and reputation at stake. Unnoticed amongst the ballrooms of grand houses, Mary uncovers stolen jewellery, missing money, and saves reputations. When Mary meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, an unlikely alliance is formed as the two work together.

Martha, Helen and Geri Parker are back. With their success bringing them newfound fame, they're invited to be guests of honour at SteinerFest - a crime convention run by American celebrity P.I. couple Murray and Roberta Steiner. Like everything else in their lives, nothing goes to plan. When Murray Steiner is found dead, tongues start to wag and soon rumours spread that his death might not be simply an innocent tragedy. With Geri implicated in the potential skulduggery, it's up to Martha and Helen to clear her name and get to the bottom of what has really happened.

In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with others who have been “banned for life,” and finds herself falling in love. In “Backwards,” a twist on Benjamin Button, a woman reconnects with her estranged father as he de-ages ten years each day they spend together. In “Welcome to Oxhead,” all the parents in a gated community “shut off” when the power goes out.

Hot on the heels of her 2018 This Is Horror Award–winning short story collection Spectral Evidence, critically horror author Gemma Files compiles fifteen more of her most startling recent nightmares—a creepily seductive downward spiral of dark poetry and existential dread, entirely suitable to the slow apocalypse going on all around us. So take your mind off your troubles and send it somewhere the rules still operate, if only to punish those who violate them.

Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn’t have much of a future. He just never imagined that his life might take him backward.

Whether you’re freshly of-age or you’ve been at this adulting gig for a while and haven’t quite gotten the hang of it, this collection of practical, no-nonsense advice from New York Times bestselling “anti-guru” Sarah Knight will help you achieve your ideal grown-up form—and reap the rewards. Putting her sweary, hilarious twist on classic parental decrees like “Stop whining” and “Go clean up that mess!,” Sarah teaches you essential life skills—like effectively communicating your needs and taking accountability for your actions.

A vast caravan of RVs roams the United States. A girl grows a unicorn horn, complicating her small-town friendships and big city ambitions. A young lady on a spaceship bonds with her AI warden while trying to avoid an arranged marriage. In Allegra Hyde’s universe nothing is as it seems, yet the challenges encountered in these pages mirror those we face in our modern age.

Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares. A mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep. Trapped between dark dreams and cruel overlords, the people yearn to rise up - but Gujaareh has known peace for too long. Someone must show them the way. Hope lies with two outcasts.

In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of its cobbled streets wait the Gatherers - the keepers of this peace. Priests of the dream-goddess, their duty is to harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe . . . and kill those judged corrupt. But when a conspiracy blooms within Gujaareh's great temple, Ehiru - the most famous of the city's Gatherers - must question everything he knows.

Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen, two moms from opposite sides of the world, are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, traveling, and maintaining their sanity. With seven kids between them, the founders of the much-loved Your Zen Mama blog know as well as anyone that motherhood doesn’t exist in the highlight reel of life, and that finding even a fleeting semblance of calm among the epic ebbs and flows of parenting is usually all you can hope for.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Book and experience the compelling world of witchcraft, black magic, spells, and voodoo!

If the animals in a dark and mysterious forest were in danger, would you be brave enough to help?Meet Squeaver, a friendly and funny half-squirrel, half-beaver who faces exactly that question, and he decides to help!

Während eines Aufenthaltes in Edinburgh lernt Sherlock Holmes Sir McIntyre kennen. Dieser wird erpresst und teilt seine Sorgen dem Detektiv mit. Holmes begibt sich zu den Ermittlungen in das herrschaftliche Anwesen des Sirs. Mit seinen außergewöhnlichen Talenten findet er schnell des Falles Lösung. Dann jedoch kommt es zu einem folgenschweren Gespräch mit seinem Auftraggeber.

Alicia Wilder hat es satt, von ihren überfürsorglichen Brüdern vor der Welt versteckt zu werden. Als sie versucht, zu beweisen, dass sie mit dem Vampirkrieg umgehen kann, wird sie verletzt, gebissen, geküsst, auf sie wird geschossen und, absurd genug, lebt sie letztendlich mit drei sehr sexy Vampiren, von denen einer derjenige ist, der den Krieg überhaupt erst begonnen hat. Als sie erkennt, dass sie als Formwandlerin läufig wird, erkennt Alicia dass ihr Sicherheitsdenken vielleicht ihr Ende bedeutet.

In The "I-Can" Method, multi award-winning entrepreneur Sarah Pittendrigh maps your way back to personal and professional control, inspiration, and excellence. This is not just a theory, but a personal journey that combines a brutally honest account of Sarah’s own trajectory, from personal lows through seemingly endless adversity, and ultimately, out to a position of resolution, success, and freedom.