検索キーワード： 著者 "Madeleine" すべてのカテゴリー

Der neue Fall für die Saarlouiser Kommissare Kathrin Krämer und Michel Paquet ist zuerst gar keiner: Der Gewürzhändler Lothar Dude hatte einen tödlichen Unfall, in seiner brandneuen Limousine fuhr er auf schnurgerader Straße gegen einen Baum. Krämer findet das verdächtig, die Autopsie fördert tatsächlich einen erstaunlichen Befund zutage: Dude hatte eine Überdosis Safran intus. Selbstmord? Mord? Die Ermittlungen um den Gewürzhändler und den mörderischen Safran bringen Paquet und Krämer mit einem Frauen-Kochklub in Kontakt, denn im Saarland gilt mit gutem Grund das Motto "Hauptsach gudd gess" (Hauptsache, gut gegessen).

Die Stadtbücherei im saarländischen Nehdorn brennt lichterloh. Hauptkommissar Michel Paquet und seine Kollegin Kathrin Krämer aus Saarlouis werden noch in der Nacht zum Tatort gerufen, denn unter den Trümmern der Bücherei finden die Feuerwehrleute eine männliche Leiche. Der Verdacht auf Brandstiftung bestätigt sich bald, aber die Identität des Toten in der Bibliothek gibt Krämer und Paquet Rätsel auf - genauso wie Johann Burger, der Leiter der Bücherei.

"Wenn ich Ihnen da einen Rat geben darf..." Nein, dürfen Sie nicht. Denn gerade junge Führungskräfte haben das Recht, sich Rat zu holen, wann und von wem sie wollen. Wer sich zutexten lässt, wird schnell nicht mehr ernst genommen. Wie Du Deine Position wahrst und schwierige Mitarbeiter zähmst, weiß Madeleine, die schon als Teenagerin das Hotel ihrer Eltern geführt hat. Ihr Ansatz ist nicht konfrontativ, sondern kreativ: Sie zeigt Dir, welche Umwege sich lohnen, um zu kriegen, was Du willst. Und ganz nebenbei werden sich alle besser verstehen.

Sophie Jones is a physics prodigy on track to unlock the secrets of the universe. When she meets Jake Kristopher during their first week at Yale they instantly feel a deep connection, as if they’ve known each other before. Slowly, their love lures Sophie away from school.

Expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Madeleine Blais’ book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a girls’ high school basketball team from the Western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, they somehow lacked the desire to go all the way. Now, led by senior guards Jen Pariseau, a three-point specialist, and Jamila Wideman, an All-American phenom, this was the year to prove themselves.

Join Madeleine King in this inspirational memoir, as she takes you on an adventurous and riveting tale of living full tilt.

Madeleine Westerhout, the former "gatekeeper" of the Trump White House, writes about her relationship with the president and tells the story of the terrible mistake that led to her losing her job.

This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools.

This deeply felt children's book from Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and her son Harry - authors of the memoir Under Our Roof - reassures children that, even when the grown-ups in their life are absent, they are loved and enough as they are.

As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. And what appears to be an ordinary night out is—through the prism of her singular perspective—extraordinary. As the evening unfolds, each encounter she has reveals the vast discrepancies between what she is thinking and feeling, and what she is able to say. And there's so much she'd like to say. So when she meets a man and a genuine connection occurs, it's nothing short of a miracle.

The Ganymede facility is a fresh start. At least that's what Senna tells herself when she arrives to take part in a cutting-edge scientific treatment in which participants have traumatic memories erased. And Senna has reasons for wanting to escape her past. But almost as soon as the treatment begins, Senna finds more than just her traumatic memories disappearing. She hardly recognizes her new life or herself. Even though the cure might justify the side effects of the process, Senna knows that something isn't right.

When Madeleine Dean discovered that her son Harry was stealing from the family to feed a painkiller addiction, she was days away from taking the biggest risk of her life: running for statewide office in Pennsylvania. For years, she had sensed something was wrong. Harry was losing weight and losing friends. He had lost the brightness in his eyes and voice, changing from a young boy with boundless enthusiasm to a shadow of himself, chasing something she could not see. Now her worst fears had come to light.

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle-grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times best-selling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations from Iris Compiet that will absolutely chill listeners to the bone.

The Sunday Times national newspaper is famous for its insight investigative journalist team. This book profiles the major stories from the Thalidomide case to the Coronavirus investigation.

I'm Valerie, a recently divorced CFO from LA. After discovering lesbian erotica, I joined an online book club and have been indulging in steamy novels ever since. A new chapter in my life starts when Syd, a fellow member I've been sharing a sexy online exchange with, invites me to her house in Quebec.

Zehn Jahre nach den Abenteuern von "Der Riss im Raum" kommen die Murrays an Thanksgiving zusammen. Meg und Calvin haben in der Zwischenzeit geheiratet, die Zwillinge studieren und Charles Wallace forscht weiterhin mit seinem Vater an der Tesserung. Doch die Familienidylle wird getrübt, als Megs Vater einen Anruf vom Präsidenten erhält: Eine politische Situation scheint kurz vor der Eskalation zu stehen und ein Atomkrieg bedroht die Erde. Charles Wallace trifft im Garten seiner Familie auf das geflügelte Einhorn Gaudior, mit dem er eine Reise durch die Zeit unternimmt, um die Erde zu retten.

Nora hat eine Gabe: Sie ist Weltenwandlerin und kann in die Handlung eines Buches eintauchen. Die Welt Eldinor hat sie durch ihre Anwesenheit und ihr Eingreifen in die Handlung ganz schön durcheinandergebracht, um mit Keldan zusammen sein zu können. Als Nora nun nach Eldinor zurückkehrt, muss sie feststellen, dass ihr Handeln weitreichende Konsequenzen nach sich zieht: Eldinor ist instabil und sein Untergang steht kurz bevor. Weltenwächter Xsartos ist Nora auf der Spur und versucht den Schaden zu beheben.

Josie Hudson's whole life has been about one thing and one thing only: keeping her son Scott alive. And when Scott, now 19, finds out that his heart is once again failing - with no hope of a transplant - Josie's world comes crashing down. Determined to give meaning to his final months, Scott decides to find a match for his mum: someone to be there for her when he will no longer be. But can Scott succeed in finding love for his mum before it's too late? Or will his place in her heart be too large to fill?

Téměř celé 20. století probíhalo ve znamení střetu demokracie s fašismem. Po hrůzách druhé světové války se zdálo, že svět už nepřipustí, aby se duchovní dědicové Hitlera a Mussoliniho pokusili o návrat. Audiokniha přední osobnosti světové diplomacie s českými kořeny, Madeleine Albrightové, v jedinečném podání Táni Fischerové tento optimistický předpoklad zpochybňuje. Kyvadlo dějin směřující po pádu Berlínské zdi k demokracii se vydává opačným směrem.

I'm a good girl. I work hard, look like your average girl next door, do everything in moderation, and I certainly don't make a habit of going into a stranger's hotel room dressed in sexy lingerie and killer heels. That is, until I meet her. When a mysterious woman buys me a drink at a hotel bar in New York, I never expect her to impact my life the way she does. From the moment she lays eyes on me, there's little point fighting my desires, because she seems to know them better than myself....