1914. Brazil's Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt. Plagued by hunger and suffering the lingering effects of malaria, Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the other members of the now-ravaged Roosevelt-Rondon scientific expedition are traveling deeper and deeper into the jungle. When Kermit and Teddy are kidnapped by a never-before-seen Amazonian tribe, the great hunters are asked one thing in exchange for their freedom: find and kill a be ...
Hier wundern Se sich uwer jar nuscht mehr. Dieses Berlin-Horbuch ist eine grandiose Zusammenstellung besonderer Texte, welche den Horer in die weltbekannte Metropole entfuhrt, die man so wahrscheinlich noch nie erlebt hat. Joachim Ringelnatz, Kurt Tucholsky, Christian Morgenstern, Franz Kafka, Oscar A. H. Schmitz u. a. fangen die Eigenheiten des Berliners und seiner Stadt in vielfaltiger Art und Weise ein. Berlin – Ick wunder' mir, gelesen ...
Seit funfzehn Jahren fuhren Lisa Stittmatter und die alte Trudi einen gemeinsamen Haushalt. Trudi ist schwer krank, sie hat Rheuma und als Nebenwirkung eine Herzmuskelschwache; sie ist ans Bett gefesselt und auf Lisas Hilfe angewiesen. Und Lisa opfert sich auf fur sie, das ist auch die Meinung des Hausarztes. Sie kennt keinen freien Tag, keinen Abend, keine Ferien, keinen Mann, obgleich sie von einem Arbeitskollegen umworben wird. Wann auch imme ...
On a hot, insomniac night at the Hotel Metropol, the novelist Carlos Fuentes steps onto his balcony only to find another man on the balcony next door. The other man asks for news of the social strife turning into revolution in the unnamed city below them. He reveals himself as the 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, permitted to revisit earth once a year for 24 hours based on his theory of eternal return. With tenderness and gallows hu ...
This stunning novel introduces Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death. Suddenly gifted her great uncle's Pasadena mansion, Susan decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals, tending to 'the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails.' Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans – including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women – joins her in res ...
Lisa Johansen, world traveler, had tasted the exotic and seen the extraordinary. But when a rancher called Rye came into her life, he ignited a feverish desire foreign to her mind, her body, her soul… Rye was certain Lisa was like the gold-digging women in his past. He'd been burned before, and he vowed he would make no more mistakes. Still, he found it hard to resist her. Before he knew it, he'd gotten dangerously close to the flame. ...
For two months, Jamie Garland had fallen in love… with a lie. Cade Santerre was every woman's fantasy – until the mask came off in a scandal that left Jamie shattered. Cade had pretended to be someone he wasn't. Worse, he'd used her in his elaborate attempt to catch a man he believed was a crook and a swindler. Though Cade's suspect had escaped, Cade was still around – raw, masculine, overwhelming. He had some unfinished busi ...
Three months ago, there was a demon invasion. Due to that, old rules are thrown aside as the world figures out just who the enemy really is. A mercenary named Katie (or KatieDora by some) is trying to take a much-needed vacation. Unfortunately, both friends and foes want her in the worst possible way. Katie's Killers are facing a new reality, one where they are needed more than ever now that the world's eyes have been uncovered. Someti ...
I'm a natural protector, whether I'm guarding political big shots or celebrity VIPs. It's true that I failed-once. When I was a SEAL, when it mattered most. But that's never going to happen again. So if there's one thing my new partner, Indigo Stone, should know, it's that she's safe. Not that she wants my help. With amber eyes full of intelligence and a body covered in ink, Indigo is one of the toughest people ...
