13 Bücher ähnlich wie Die Europäer
Haus des Herzeleids
Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war. The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad…
Gemeinsame Themen: Upper class, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Zärtlich ist die Nacht
A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him.
Gemeinsame Themen: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Zuflucht
Lee Goodwin es acusado de asesinato. El escenario del crimen es una casa oculta entre los árboles que alberga una destilería ilegal. Allí viven, entre otros, Ruby, una mujer que ha renunciado a todo por Lee, y Popeye, un sádico gánster marcado por una infancia terrible. El abogado Horace Benbow lucha para que Goodwin no sea juzgado por ser quien es, sino por los actos de los que le acusan. Para…
Gemeinsame Themen: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Gott schütze das Kind
God Save The Child is the second book in Robert B. Parkers Spenser series and first published in 1974. In this tale, Spenser is hired to find Kevin Bartlett, a missing 15-year-old boy, by the childs parents. This novel introduces the detectives longtime love interest, Susan Silverman, and his friend Lieutenant Healy.
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Jenseits vom Paradies
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the…
Gemeinsame Themen: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Proserpina & Midas
Pros. Ino, you knew erewhile a River-God, Who loved you well and did you oft entice To his transparent waves and flower-strewn banks. He loved high poesy and wove sweet sounds, And would sing to you as you sat reclined.
Gemeinsame Themen: Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Dunkelheit, nimm meine Hand
The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets…
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Ein Drink vor dem Krieg
Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela Gennaro uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution.
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Das rote Abzeichen der Tapferkeit
The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as…
Gemeinsame Themen: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles
Auf der Suche nach Rachel Wallace
When Spenser accepts a job as a "bodyguard" for a beautiful young woman, he gets in way over his head.
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Gone, Baby, Gone
PI Patrick Kenzie is hired to find a four-year-old girl, abducted while the mother was out drinking. The search takes Kenzie through Boston's underworld of drug dealers, kidnapers and pedophiles.
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Heilig
The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane brilliantly interweaves beauty and violence, integrity and evil in this thrilling, powerfully resonant novel.A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money. Enter saavy, tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the no-nonsense streets of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston
Ein Catskill-Adler
Spenser loves just one woman, even though she's the one he's just lost. So when her desperate letter arrives, he doesn't think twice. He has to free his best friend from a life sentence, and get Susan out of trouble.
Gemeinsame Themen: Massachusetts, Boston