Resultados para "Kim" en Novela histórica

With a college diploma safely in hand, 20-year-old Thomas Ollenburger is torn between his Mennonite roots on the Kansas prairie and his affluent life in Boston society - and by romantic entanglements in each world. And now even Heaven seems deaf to questions about his choices of vocation, wife, and home.

Theo och Ramona är på semester i den mytomspunna ruinstaden Machu Picchu. Men det som borde ha varit en avkopplande resa förvandlas snart till ett fasansfullt och livsfarligt äventyr. De båda vännerna kastas tillbaka till 1500-talet, då inkariket blir invaderat av conquistadorer som är ute efter inkafolkets guld och skatter. Ännu en gång befinner sig Theo och Ramona mitt under ett av historiens vingslag och tvingas kämpa för sina liv för att kunna återvända till nutiden. Den gömda inkastaden är den fjärde spännande delen i serien om Theo och Ramona.

Drawn to the enduring truths of Kim Vogel Sawyer’s gentle stories, fans and critics alike have fallen in love with the novels of this ACFW Book of the Year Award winner. Set in 1888 Kansas, A Hopeful Heart tells the story of a young woman from Back East who’s convinced she must settle for a life that’s second best. But as she struggles to overcome the challenges of a new faith and the hardships of frontier life, she may discover that—for her—the best is yet to come.

In this enthralling tale, schoolmarm Edythe Amsel arrives in 1882 Nebraska with lofty goals. Soon her teaching methods—and her views on women’s rights—ruffle feathers. Only Joel Townsend speaks in support of the teacher who’s won the affection of his nephews. But when Miss Amsel reveals her deepest beliefs, he can no longer defend her—even if she’s stolen his heart.

As three friends who grew up in the same orphanage head off to college together, they each harbor a special plan for the future. Libby Conley hopes to become a famous journalist. Pete Leidig believes God has called him to study to become a minister. And Bennett Martin plans to pledge a fraternity, find a place to belong, and have as much fun as possible. But as tensions rise around the world on the brink of World War I, the friends' differing aspirations and opinions begin to divide them, as well.

In A Promise for Spring by ACF Book of the Year novelist Kim Vogel Sawyer, Geoffrey Garrett leaves his 17-year-old fiancée in England while he establishes his Kansas ranch and builds her a proper house. But when he sends for her five years later in 1874, it's clear her feelings have changed far more than his. Despite his desire to marry and her wish to leave, they forge a compromise. If she remains as the ranch's housekeeper until spring, he will pay for her trip back home.

With their eldest son nearly to the age when he will be drafted into military service, Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America, the land of liberty, with their three sons and Reinhardt's adopted brother, Eli. But when tragedy strikes during the voyage, Lillian and Eli are forced into an agreement neither desires.

When 16-year-old Gabriel Lazris, an American in Santiago, Chile, meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody’s saying there’s going to be a coup—and no one says it louder than Gabriel’s dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel’s father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home. To Gabriel, though, Chile is home.

The year is 1967. Gin Mitchell knows a better life awaits her when she marries Mason McPhee. But nothing can prepare her for the world she and Mason step into when he takes a job with the Arabian American Oil company in Saudi Arabia. In the gated compound of Abqaiq, Gin and Mason are given a home with marble floors, a houseboy to cook their meals, and a gardener to tend the sandy patch out back. Even among the veiled women and strict laws, Gin's life has become the stuff of fairy tales. But when a young Bedouin woman is found dead, Gin's world closes in around her.

Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to isolate and breed the ‘first white man born', he wants to be a failure. But would such failure mean his Nyoongar ancestors could label him a success? And how can the attempted genocide represented by his family history be told?

Kim Vogel Sawyer enlivens listeners’ hearts with her CBA and ECPA best-selling inspirational novels. Set in 1898 Alaska, A Whisper of Peace finds Lizzie Dawson living alone in a forest cabin, ostracized by the members of her native tribe - thanks to her mixed Athbascan and white heritage. Into her world comes missionary Clay Selby, a man devoted to spreading the word of God. Lizzie and Clay’s attraction is immediate, but it also threatens to derail Clay’s work and further alienate Lizzie from her people.

Ramona hittar ett mystiskt dokument inuti en gammal kista. När hon rör vid pappret förflyttas hon genom tiden och hamnar hos snapphanarna som var frihetskämpar i kriget mellan Sverige och Danmark under 1600-talet. Men Ramona förlorar minnet i en olycka och vet därför inte längre vem hon är. Som tur är har Theo lyckats följa efter henne i tiden för att hjälpa henne tillbaka. Problemet är bara att han har hamnat på motståndarnas sida, och snart står Ramona och Theo öga mot öga i en dödlig strid. Snapphanar är den sjunde spännande delen i serien om Theo och Ramona.

Ramona är på klassresa i ruinstaden Pompeji i Italien. Där finns det gipsavtryck av människor som dog under det fruktansvärda vulkanutbrottet som utplånade hela staden. När hon ser dem vänder det sig i magen, så hon bestämmer sig för att sätta sig ner och vila lite. Sorlet från turisterna gör ögonlocken tunga, och innan hon vet ordet av det råkar hon slumra till. När Ramona öppnar ögonen igen ser hon ett livs levande Pompeji. Gipsavtrycken och turisterna är borta. Hon förstår att hon har blivit förflyttad i tiden och att hon nu befinner sig i Pompeji före vulkanutbrottet.

Ramona, Theo och Ramonas kusin Robert ska besöka stadsmuseet i Stockholm. Där ska de få se hur man sätter ihop en riktig giljotin på en utställning om döden. Ramona tycker att det är jättespännande och trots att man inte får röra vid sakerna på museet kan hon inte låta bli att pilla på giljotinen. Plötsligt har hon förflyttats till 1700-talet och hamnat mitt i den franska revolutionen, och där dras hon in i ett farligt äventyr på liv och död. Giljotinen är den åttonde spännande delen i serien om Theo och Ramona. 1997 debuterade Kim M. Kimselius med boken Tillbaka till Pompeji.

"Nej, inte nu igen!" ropar Ramona förskräckt, och den nyfunna vännen Theo förstår vad som håller på att hända. En ny tidsresa! Plötsligt står Theo och Ramona framför en flicka som är fastbunden vid en brinnande bål. Utan att tveka sätter de fart mot elden för att rädda henne. Tillsammans med flickan lyckas de fly från den arga folkmassan som omringar häxbålen. Det visar sig att Theo och Ramona har hamnat under häxförföljelsens tid, och att flickan som de precis räddade livet på har blivit anklagad för häxkonst.

A Home in Drayton Valley is a tale of keeping the faith in the face of great uncertainty. In 1880, Tarsie Raines is traveling from New York to Kansas with the Brubachers: Joss, Mary, and their two children. Along the way, tragedy strikes, leaving Tarsie and Joss alone to face an unthinkable crisis - and only God’s love to guide them forward.

Sadie Wagner has always been devoted to her family. So when her stepfather is injured and can't work, she decides to leave home and accept a position as a clerk at the mercantile in Goldtree, Kansas. Goldtree also offers the opportunity to use her God-given singing talent - though the promised opera house is far different from what she imagined. With her family needing every cent she can provide, Sadie will do anything to keep her job.

Suddenly all alone in 1894 Kansas, Summer Steadman can't find the employment she needs to settle near the fresh graves of her husband and four children. Bitter against the Lord and refusing to eat, she collapses in despair. Remembering his own painful loss, godly widower Peter Ollenbuger offers her food and shelter for tutoring his 10-year-old son.

Em, c’est le fifil qui relie les ouvriers des plantations de caoutchouc et les femmes des salons de manucure aux orphelins de l’opération Babylift, qui a évacué des enfants de Saigon en 1975. Em, c’est celle qui aime.

In 1916, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the post-Civil War South for the “Promised Land” of the North. But soon they learn that even in Vauxhall, New Jersey, black women are mainly hired for domestic work, money is scarce, children don’t progress in school, and black men die young. Within a few short years, both women’s husbands are dead. Left to navigate this unwelcoming place alone, Celia and Lucy turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home.