Sabine Roth Books

Contains stories that talk about death - quite often, about how death affects the young.

"An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-selling novelists"--

The last volume of the fabulously popular A Series of Unfortunate Events series, in which the history of the Baudelaire orphans is brought to its end.You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or the end of the end. The end of the end is the best place to begin the end, because if you read the end from the beginning of the beginning of the end to the end of the end of the end, you will arrive at the end of the end of your rope. This book is the last in A Series of Unfortunate Events, and even if you braved the previous twelve volumes, you probably can't stand such unpleasantries as a fearsome storm, a suspicious beverage, a herd of wild sheep, an enormous bird cage, and a truly haunting secret about the Baudelaire parents. It has been my solemn occupation to complete the history of the Baudelaire orphans, and at last I am finished. You likely have some other occupation, so if I were you I would drop this book at once, so the end does not finish you. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar's houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "The Moving Finger." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world. The story told by Hester is often dark and terrible, but the sheer blazing brilliance of her language and the imagery that illuminates the pages make this novel an exhilarating, enlightening and joyous act of faith.

Ausgesucht schöne Bücher, sorgfältig und liebevoll ediert, zum Entdecken und Wiederlesen, zum Schenken und Sammeln. Jane Austen beschreibt in "Sanditon" das Leben und die Szenerie des gleichnamigen südenglischen Badeortes. Im Zentrum der Handlung steht die junge Charlotte Heywood, die mit den Eigenheiten und Ereignissen des kleinen Badeortes konfrontiert wird. Liebe, Krankheit und Tod sind die Themen.

In einem kleinen Land wird der Präsident gestürzt, und sein Koch, Maler und Barbier erzählen ihre Geschichten und Geheimnisse. Während sie in der Sommerresidenz gefangen sind, enthüllen sie ihre Verbindungen zur Macht und ihre geheimen Leidenschaften. Ceridwen Dovey thematisiert die Korrumpierbarkeit des Menschen und die primitiven Instinkte hinter der zivilisierten Fassade.