Ergebnis für "Max" in Frauenliteratur

Max kämpft. Max flieht. Max sucht. Er kämpft gegen die Verrücktheit einer Welt, die aus den Fugen gerät. Er flieht vor den Menschen, die ihn nicht verstehen. Er sucht die eine Frau, die er wirklich lieben kann. Dies ist die Geschichte eines großen Künstlers des vergangenen Jahrhunderts: Max Ernst. Im Spiegel von sechs Frauenleben erzählt dieser Roman vom 20. Jahrhundert und entwirft das Panorama einer wahnwitzigen Zeit.

HARPER: Die Gelegenheit, direkt nach dem Studium ein Jahr unter der Anleitung von Stararchitekt Benett Moore zu arbeiten, schlägt man einfach nicht aus – egal, wie schrecklich lang sich die Zeit auch ziehen mag. Dass seine Präsenz einen Raum füllt und er dazu auch noch vor Attraktivität strotzt, ist nicht mein Problem – eher, dass er zudem durch und durch gemein ist. Aber egal, um in dieser Branche Fuß zu fassen, würde ich zur Not sogar über Leichen gehen. BENETT: Keine Ahnung, was mein Geschäftspartner sich dachte, als er Harper Cox für mich einstellte.

Nach "Ohne ein einziges Wort" der neue Bestseller von Rosie Walsh. Emma und Leo sind seit sieben Jahren glücklich verheiratet. Leo schreibt Nachrufe für eine große Tageszeitung, Emma ist eine brillante Meeresbiologin und ein ehemaliger Fernsehstar. Gemeinsam mit ihrer kleinen Tochter Ruby genießen sie das Familienidyll in Hampstead, London. Nur eines trübt das Glück - Emma leidet an einer schweren Krankheit. Und so erhält Leo den Auftrag, einen Nachruf auf seine geliebte Frau zu verfassen, falls es zum Schlimmsten kommt.

Even though two of his best friends have settled down, Wes Lancaster is determined not to get sucked into some siren's web. As owner of the professional football team the New York Mavericks and the wildly successful BAD restaurant, his lifestyle is full as it is. Well, it was, until Winnie Winslow - the new sexy, stiletto-wearing team physician - trash-talks him in the locker room without batting an eye. Now he can't stop himself from wanting her.

The ice is a cold mistress. As the league's most eligible goalie, Max Fournier has access to his fair share of willing puck bunnies, but right now he's more interested in bringing home another championship than a one-night stand. A romantic at heart, Max believes in love; he's just not great at relationships. So when he finally meets a nice girl who's not blinded by his celebrity, he's feeling the heat - and the pressure to save her from herself.

Dorothy Mayhem is a nursing student, patient transporter, reckless driver, and emu owner. She knows she isn't like other girls. Neurotypical people are nothing if not predictable, though, and that's why she has made a hobby of studying their behavior through books and TV. It helps her fit in with her peers when she can emulate them. But nothing can prepare her for Dr. Elijah Hawkins. He's a single dad, a brilliant pediatric oncologist, widely agreed to be the sexiest doctor at the hospital, and entirely unpredictable.

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.

Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.

Nach "Ohne ein einziges Wort" der neue Bestseller von Rosie Walsh. Emma und Leo sind seit sieben Jahren glücklich verheiratet. Leo schreibt Nachrufe für eine große Tageszeitung, Emma ist eine brillante Meeresbiologin und ein ehemaliger Fernsehstar. Gemeinsam mit ihrer kleinen Tochter Ruby genießen sie das Familienidyll in Hampstead, London. Nur eines trübt das Glück - Emma leidet an einer schweren Krankheit. Und so erhält Leo den Auftrag, einen Nachruf auf seine geliebte Frau zu verfassen, falls es zum Schlimmsten kommt.

After discovering she's a witch and being whisked away to the magical land of Crenshaw, Ellie wants nothing more than to spend time with her new wife, Prospero, who has magically altered Ellie's memories to convince her of exactly that. Prospero herself is guilt-wracked after erasing Ellie's memories and being forced into a sham marriage with the woman she loves for real. But Crenshaw is dying, poisoned by Prospero's enemies who want their community to return to the human world, and she will do anything to save it.

Ein Millionär, der es gewohnt ist, mit seinem Geld alles zu bekommen. Bis ihm die hübsche Zoé die kalte Schulter zeigt und er als Stallbursche auf ihrem Hof anheuert, um ihr Herz zu gewinnen... Der vermögende und attraktive Geschäftsmann Mick ist es gewohnt, mit seinem Geld jedes Problem lösen zu können, doch als er Zoé kennenlernt, zeigt die sich von seinen Avancen und teuren Geschenken überhaupt nicht begeistert. Alles, was sie zum Glück braucht, ist ihr Job auf dem Hof ihrer Familie, ihre Tiere und die Freiheit der Natur um sich herum.

Lola - I thought I was done with arrogant alpha-holes, but clearly I just can’t stay away from them. The day Tyson tells me he’s been cheating on me, the day before Mom gets married for the umpteenth time, Max crashes into my life, all ripped muscles and perfect eyes. One night was the deal. How was I supposed to know he was about to become a permanent fixture? 

Ruby and Ethan were perfect for each other. Until the day they suddenly weren't. Ten years later Ruby's single, having spent the last decade focusing on her demanding career and hectic life in Manhattan. There's barely time for a trip to England for her little sister's wedding. And there's certainly not time to think about seeing Ethan there for the first time in years. But as the family frantically prepare for the big day, Ruby can't help but wonder if she made the right choice all those years ago. Because there's nothing like a wedding for stirring up the past....

The world tilted a little on its axis the second that innocent little country girl appeared from the other side of the privacy glass on my penthouse terrace. Everything changed. Her timing couldn't be any worse, but the second she climbs onto my balcony, I have to have her. Her name is Dahlia. My doll. Now she's my property.

Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn't realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss. Yeah...he was as happy as a man could be, considering he had lost the other half of his soul and most of his heart when fate had torn his wife away from him. Or so he believed...until the day he rescued a mysterious woman in the park.

Told in mesmerising prose, with a charm and rhythm entirely its own, Castle of Water is more than just a classic castaway story. It is a stirring reflection on love's restorative potential as well as a poignant reminder that home - be it a flat in Paris, a New York apartment, or a desolate atoll a world away - is where the heart is....

Por si la sangre, el sexo, el horror y la violencia que supura este audiolibro no fuera suficiente para convencer a las lectoras, estas páginas también contienen (a duras penas) a una heroína como pocas veces se ha visto, la hija secreta de Pam Grier e Imperator Furiosa: Mandy Jane, una mujer como pocas en busca de venganza. Sectas satánicas, nazis, monstruos, zombies y hombres han intentado detenerla. No lo han conseguido.

In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state—women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation.

Paris. Tokyo. Shanghai. Seoul. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is part global romp, part dysfunctional marriage. Em is not simply married - it’s more like she’s handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Sure, they might be velvet cuffs, but still...cuffed. What else can she do but stomp her way through global capitals in search of her own identity? Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story.

Es la quinta novela de Virginia Woolf, publicada el 5 de mayo de 1927. Esta novela es un hito del alto modernismo. El texto, centrado en la familia Ramsay y sus visitas a la isla de Skye en Escocia entre 1910 y 1920, manipula hábilmente el tiempo y la exploración.