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Margarete Längsfeld

    The India Fan
    Belasá spálňa
    Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon
    Haremsrosen
    Bodies in Motion
    Die Wolkenpferde
    • Santa Clawed

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      As Harry well knows, there’s hardly a place on earth cozier than Crozet, Virginia, at Christmastime. Snowflakes, carolers, it’s all picture-perfect until Harry and her husband, Fair, find the tree they’ve chosen grimly decorated with a corpse. The tree farm is run by the Brothers of Love, a semimonastic organization whose members live atop the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. Now, as the season grows merrier, a murderer is growing bolder. One by one, prominent men of Crozet are being crossed off Christmas shopping lists and added to the morgue. And if Harry and her four-legged helpers aren’t very good–and very careful–this Christmas will be her last.

      Santa Clawed2014
      3,8
    • For as long as she could remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont had lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither servant nor true member of the family, she grew up under the protection of her Grand'mere -- who worked in the mansion's attic rooms designing the luxurious gowns for the family's vast silk trade. Lenore showed promise as a dress designer herself. But most important, she had won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons: Charles, handsome but cruel, and Phillip, as kind-hearted as he was charming. But tragedy was ready to strike. Soon Lenore found herself playing a central role in a drama that threatened to destroy everything she held dear....

      The Silk Vendetta2009
      3,9
    • Bodies in Motion

      Stories

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Mohanraj writes effervescent prose, distilling intimate moments to reveal the tug of war between generations and gender as modernization comes into conflict with centuries of tradition. Sensual and spiritual and sexual quests of mothers and daughters, fathers and son. Bodies in Motion promise to be a collection you will come back to again and again.

      Bodies in Motion2007
      3,8
    • Haremsrosen

      • 374 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Fesselnd und kunstvoll komponiert verknüpft Haremsrosen das jüdische Viertel mit dem Sultanspalast in einem vergangenen Persien, wo das Schicksal von drei ungewöhnlichen Frauen mit der Welt des Harems verbunden ist.

      Haremsrosen2004
      1,0
    • Larry's Party

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Stone Diaries'. Larry's Party is about being a man in this part of the twentieth century, when so many supports have been removed, and covers the life of its protagonist, Larry, between the ages of 27 and 47, from 1977 to 1997, and illustrates how men have had to change; it looks at how you define masculinity in the post-feminist world. Two strands run through the book: work and goodness. The chapters are at once independent of each other and yet connected, with titles like: Larry's Friends, Larry's Look, Larry's Kid, Larry's Folks, Larry's Love, Larry's Penis, Larry's Speech, Men called Larry, Larry's Alternate, Larry's Party, Larry's Real Life Life, Larry So Far, Old Larry.

      Larry's Party1999
      3,8
    • Belasá spálňa

      • 200 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Známa anglická autorka, ktorej romány už desaťročia priťahujú celé generácie čitateliek, v hŕstke dojemných príbehov sugestívne navodzuje atmosféru juhozápadného Anglicka s jeho najčarovnejšími zákutiami. Nachádzajú v nich bezpečné zázemie nielen ich stáli obyvatelia, ktorí roky nevytiahli päty z rodného kraja, ale aj tí, ktorí načas podľahli hektickému ovzdušiu veľkomesta a až postupne prichádzajú na to, čo je ich srdcu najbližšie a po čom vlastne po celý život túžili. Môže ich k tomu priviesť stará láska skalená nepochopením ako Vicky Hardingovú, nečakaná prestávka v pracovnom nápore ako Jamesa Harnera, ktorý znezrady získava nový pohľad na vlastnú ženu, príchod nových susedov ako osamelú slečnu Cameronovú či fascinujúci zážitok pri narodení malej sestry ako štrnásťročnú Emily, ktorá stratila matku. Všetky ročné obdobia so svojimi zvyklosťami tvoria pôsobivý rámec osudov pestrej palety postáv prekvapených náhlymi životnými zvratmi, ktoré ich zakaždým privedú k vnútornej harmónii.

      Belasá spálňa1996
      3,9
    • Die Liebe zu einem Traumpferd, der silberfarbenen kleinen Stute Skifaxi, Wolkenmähne, verbindet auf magische Weise ein Wikingermädchen der Vergangenheit mit der jungen Amerikanerin Kate. Durch Jahrhunderte hindurch lebt die gemeinsame Liebe der beiden Mädchen zu den freilebenden intelligenten Islandpferden. Als die Wolkenpferde in Gefahr geraten, beschützt Kate die wilde Herde in ihren Träumen. Und diese Träume werden wahr - die Silberstute Wolkenmähne wird für immer bei Kate bleiben. Eine Geschichte voller Abenteuer, Magie und Pferdeliebe: Islandsaga und Traumgeschichte.

      Die Wolkenpferde1991
      4,0
    • The India Fan

      • 396 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Drusilla Delaney, the daughter of an impoverished minister, becomes fascinated with the wealthy Framling family—especially with the son and daughter, the mysterious Fabian, and the beautiful, impetuous Lavinia. Through them, she finds herself the unlikely heir to an extraordinary bejeweled fan made of peacock feathers. But though priceless and dazzling to behold, the fan bears a curse that promises ill fortune—and even death—to whoever possesses it....

      The India Fan1990
      3,9
    • Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Katie Hickman, author of the best–selling Daughters of Britannia, offers a captivating record of her travels through the forbidden Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

      Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon1990
      3,3