Resultados para "Tin" en Literatura y ficción

To Merlin Mills, his family ceased to exist when his father turned his back on him, and he had to make some drastic changes in order to survive. Now, nine years later, his family is back, and their existence threatens his once stable relationship with his new wife. If Merlin wants to hold on to her, he must face the demons he’s conveniently forgotten and put them in their proper perspective. Can he undo the damage caused by his omission, or will he snap under the pressure?

In the spring of 2020, as theatres all over the world were shut down due to the pandemic, Tina Packer, actress, director, legendary expert on Shakespeare had an idea. Why not put out a series of webinars to help raise money for Shakespeare & Company, the world-renowned theatre company she founded? Once a week for six weeks, Tina looked at Shakespeare's plays through a different lens - philosophical, poetical, physical, political, psychological, and personal.

Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah, dieci anni, farebbe qualsiasi cosa per Pari, la sorella minore. Senza una madre che si prenda cura di loro, è lei l’unica persona che gli dona felicità, tanto che scambia il suo unico paio di scarpe per regalarle una piuma, di cui la bambina fa collezione. Quando il padre parte per attraversare il deserto con Pari, diretto a Kabul in cerca di lavoro, Abdullah è deciso a non separarsi da lei.

La Tina no recorda res del seu passat. Acaba de despertar amb un cos adolorit i ple de cicatrius i l'única veritat que coneix és la de la seva tieta, que la cuidada durant la convalescència. Però els secrets a poc a poc es van desenredant, ja que, a mesura que la Tina va recuperant-se de les ferides, les preguntes es fan més i més intenses. Qui és la seva tieta realment? On són els seus pares? Però la pregunta que més ronda pel seu cap, que no la deixa descansar, és: qui és ella realment?

Joan e Jan, nonno e nipote, sono legati da un filo indissolubile. Per questo Jan fa salti di gioia quando viene a sapere che i nonni lasceranno Vilaverd per trasferirsi a Barcellona, a casa sua. Ma, con i sensi acuti tipici dell'infanzia, non tarda a capire che qualcosa non va. Il nonno non è più lo stesso. Mentre i suoi genitori fanno il possibile perché la quotidianità scorra come sempre, Jan coglie il cambiamento nei gesti mancati, nelle parole non dette o sussurrate dietro una porta chiusa, nel cucù che Joan, orologiaio, non sa più riparare.

Koszmar budzi Debs. Zostawia dzieci w swoich łóżkach i schodzi na dół. W jej kuchni jest mężczyzna trzymający nóż. Ale to nie intruz. To jej mąż, Marc, ojciec jej dzieci. Mężczyzna, którego już nie rozpoznaje. Kiedyś ich różnice były tym, co ich łączyło. On, były oficer z dobrej rodziny. Ona, instruktorka fitness, która wychowała się w mieszkaniu nad pubem. Ale teraz te różnice są przyczyną rozlewu krwi. Marc krzyczy przez sen. A Debs prawie nie wie, kim się stała, ani dlaczego pozwala mu się krzywdzić. Żadne z nich nie jest całkowicie niewinne.

Verónica takes a bite of forbidden fruit when she becomes romantically involved with her boss. The one-night fling leaves her pregnant with another man’s child and headed straight to divorce court. Victória can identify with her sister as she, too, harbors a secret love that goes against their strict upbringing. After the sudden death of their mother, Victória enlists the help of her lover to unravel a decade’s worth of deceit. Armed with letters written by their father, the sisters soon find out that deception runs deep, and their time here in America has been based on a lie.

În timpul peregrinărilor ei prin Franța, Hermine, o tânără dezorientată, obosită de viață, ajunge întâmplător în însoritul Provence, unde i se propune să lucreze la un hotel. Fata acceptă fără prea mare tragere de inimă și descoperă că hotelul cu pricina este de fapt o proprietate impozantă, plină de viață, ce poartă un nume rusesc: Dacea. Jo și Mașa, stăpânii acestui loc magic, devin în scurt timp familia pe care Hermine n-a avut-o niciodată, oferindu-i dragostea și sprijinul după care a tânjit mereu.

A tour de force in-studio performance! Join Master Shakespearean actor Tina Packer as she deconstructs and conjures Shakespeare’s most famous female character and multi-award-winning actor Nigel Gore, who plays Romeo to Packer’s Juliet and Petruchio to her Kate. Together they bring listeners on a riveting journey as they explore love, loss, and power through Shakespeare's heroines, combining the most beloved Shakespeare scenes with riveting, highly accessible analysis.

This full collection of 56 poems reflecting on the concept of self, loss, fragility, and the constructs we must create in order to face the transient nature of life was named a finalist in the National Poetry Series, The New Issues Poetry Prize, The Four Way Books Intro Prize, and others.

Left for dead, Tilo’s lover, Victória Mendoza, now wants revenge on the woman who broke her family...and her heart. Victória is ready to avenge the deaths of her family members - especially her brother. And she’s bent on destroying the woman who destroyed the Mendozas. As a new mother, she sees things a little differently, and she wants to make a good life for Moses and their daughter. But Tilo is still a complication. Private Detective Moses got played by Tilo, and he wants to settle that score.

Hope Close: a leafy, tranquil backwater in the heart of the English countryside. But when Andy Meyer moves in, it soon becomes clear that picture-perfect homes can hide less-than-perfect lives. Fresh from rehab and with no interest in meeting his neighbours, Andy erects forbidding gates to keep the ghosts of his past - and any prying eyes - at bay. Next door, in the grandest house, Layla is unhappily married to a much older man and desperately misses her young son, who has been banished to boarding school.

Traveling alone from Miami to Port-au-Prince, our narrator finds comfort at the airport. She feels free to ponder the silence that surrounds her homeland, her mother, her aunts, and her own inner thoughts. Between two places, she sees how living in poverty keeps women silent, forging their identities around practicality and resilience. From a distance, she is drawn inevitably homeward toward her family and the glittering blue Caribbean Sea.

The night Army Specialist Merlin Mills’s identical twin brother, Gavin, slept with his wife, everything changed. Now Merlin must come to grips with the fact that Cojo may be carrying his brother’s child. For Gina Meadows, Merlin’s mother, it’s a brutal reminder of the dysfunction that has always plagued her family. Tension escalates when Gina pops up pregnant after a night of drunken revelry, and an icy finger points to her deviant son as the father. The drama that ensues forces them all to take stock of their lives.

Tot canvia després d'un altre got d'absenta. Deixes el got damunt la taula, mires per la finestra i tens temps de veure una línia de llum que recorre fugaçment el carrer, il·lumina per un instant la roba estesa en un balcó i es clava al portal de casa. Darrere dels vidres encesos endevines les siluetes dels Nohisom, que es deixen engolir per la fosca de l'escala. Ara passen les cosines Tonell, que corren cap al teatre aferrades a la bossa.

Rosamund Fischer ha ottant'anni e vive ad Arlington, in Virginia. Un giorno squilla il telefono e la voce di un uomo pronuncia il suo vero nome, Inge Brigitte. La donna si trova catapultata nel 1940: in Europa infuria la guerra, e Inge Brigitte e i suoi fratelli trascorrono un'infanzia idilliaca. Ma è davvero così perfetta? I bambini non sanno di vivere accanto a un campo di concentramento; non sanno che le domestiche, il giardiniere, le sarte, il barbiere sono tutti prigionieri; non sanno che il padre, Rudolf Höss, è in realtà il comandante di Auschwitz.

Chi ha strangolato la compagna d’ufficio di Francesca Zanardelli? Era pigra e non sapeva neanche usare il mouse. Francesca Zanardelli è appena tornata dalla pausa pranzo, dopo una qualsiasi mattinata in ufficio. Ma quando va in bagno a lavarsi i denti, trova una sorpresa: la sua odiosa compagna di scrivania è morta, strangolata di fresco, con la testa appoggiata sulle maioliche del gabinetto e il cappio ancora intorno al collo.

Questa casa è qualcosa di più delle sue mura. È la nostra storia, sono le vite passate e future. Tra Varese e il lago Maggiore, a Castello Cabiaglio, che una volta si chiamava soltanto Cabiaglio, c'è un grande portone verde, il portone della Casa dell'uva fragola. Ernesta, Francesca ed Ezechiella sono le donne che hanno vissuto nelle sue stanze e nel suo giardino. Quadri, mobili, fiori, alberi raccontano le loro storie. Quella di Francesca innamorata di un uomo che è stato al fianco di Garibaldi.

Tot canvia després d’un altre got d’absenta. Deixes el got damunt la taula, mires per la finestra i tens temps de veure una línia de llum que recorre fugaçment el carrer, il·lumina per un instant la roba estesa en un balcó i es clava al portal de casa. 

American nanny Eleanor was never meant to meet Alex. But when she walks into his London police station to report a stalker, everything changes for them both. He’s convinced he can protect her from anything and anyone. She hopes her darkest days are behind her.