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It was not until Sölve Lind was nearly grown up that he discovered that he was one of the «touched» of the Ice People, and that he had abilities that were out of the ordinary. He always got what he wished for, even when his wishes were selfish or even criminal. Sölve cynically took advantage of his abilities to gain wealth and seduce beautiful women. But one day he was told that he had a son – a monster, whom no one in the world must ever see … The Legend of the Ice People series has already...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
His name was Tamlin, and Tengel the Evil had sent him to spy on the Ice People. He would visit them in their nightmares, tricking their plans for the future out of them. But Tamlin hadn't reckoned with young Vanja, who had very special talents even compared with those of the Ice People. Whereas Tamlin was invisible to everybody else, Vanja could see him – and fall in love with him. The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers across the world. The...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Saga Simon was a chosen member of the Ice People. When she was told that the Norwegian branch of the family needed her assistance, she left immediately on the arduous journey to Graastensholm. Fate had decided that she was to have two enigmatic and handsome men as her travelling companions. One of them was soon filled with intense desire for Saga. It was doubtful whether the other one was sufficiently strong to prevent a disaster … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
As the clan of the Ice People are scattered across Norway and Denmark, their lives bring new joys – and new dangers. When young Tancred, great grandson of Tengel the Good, sets off on his first adventure, he's drawn into a nightmarish vision of deception and murder. Could it be real? Here he meets Jessica, a young noblewoman, who could be his salvation. But she is haunted by the malice and madness of a family who were meant to protect her. As they are both drawn into the highest circles of...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
In the marshy region of Las Marismas in southern Spain lived an amateur composer who experimented with the music of sorcery. He never completed his composition, but the few notes he played were enough to make Tengel the Evil stir. Young Vetle Volden of the Ice People was hurriedly sent to destroy the music and avert a catastrophe. But Tengel had powerful helpers, and one of the worst was already on its way to stop Vetle … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Christa Lind had been chosen to give birth to the exceptional child of the Ice People who was destined to take up the fight against Tengel the Evil himself. Christa's stepfather wanted her to marry the widower Abel, a good Christian. But he was twice as old as Christa and already had seven sons. She much preferred Linde-Lou, the poor son of a smallholder, who had an irresistible sense of mystery about him … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Anna Maria Olsdatter arrived in the small mining town of Ytterheden in Sweden to teach the miners' children there. But not everyone was entirely enthusiastic about her presence, and at one point someone even tried to kill her. Anna Maria wrote to her relative, Heike Lind, to ask for his help. And he arrived only just in time, because now even more people were in danger. The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers across the world. The story of the Ice...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Three members of the family, young Dan Lind and his two relatives, Ingrid Lind and Ulvhedin Paladin, set out on the long journey north to the forgotten Valley of the Ice People. Dan's objective for the trip was purely scientific, while the other two wanted to get hold of the powerful, magical root that they were convinced they would find there: the mandrake, also known as the gallows flower because it was said to grow at places of execution. The Legend of the Ice People series has already...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Gunilla of Knapahult was brought up under the discipline and admonitions of the Lord. This meant beatings for sins she had never committed. Although she loved somebody else, her father's fervent dream was for her to marry the distinguished Arv Grip. Then Arv's relative, Heike Lind of the Ice People, came to the parish. With his special gifts, he soon discovered that Gunilla and Arv needed his assistance. He sensed the fatal danger that threatened them all from a ravine in a dense...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
SCHÄFER KANN NICHTS MEHR AUS DER RUHE BRINGEN. AUSSER VIELLEICHT: TOTE MÖRDER IN WIEN, DIENSTVERSETZUNGEN NACH SALZBURG UND EXISTENIELLE FRAGEN NACH GUT UND BÖSE. SCHÄFER IST WIEDER DIENSTREIF und er ist besser gelaunt denn je. Schließlich war der POLIZEIMAJOR in seinem letzten Fall dem Wahnsinn wesentlich näher als der Aufklärung der Morde. Antidepressiva sei Dank geht es ihm nun bestens. Fast zu gut, findet Bergmann, der neben den Pillen seines Kollegen nicht mehr der einzige Assistent...
| Автор | Georg Haderer |
Rumour and suspicion continue to haunt the Ice People. When the bodies of four murdered women are found in the woods, the family with magical powers is immediately suspected. A young girl, Hilde, is also drawn into the investigation and accused of being a witch. She's lived alone with her cruel father for years, and is now threatened with death for witchcraft. But the Ice People are always kind to those in need. The family take Hilde in and protect her. As the mystery of the murders...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Benedikte Lind was one of the chosen of the Ice People. Together with the student Sander Brink and a handful of others, she was to solve a dangerous riddle that involved both a haunted house and the mysterious discovery of a dead body. Amid the sinister atmosphere, Benedikte managed to fall head over heels in love with Sander. It was a hopeless romance, for Sander was the sort of man who could have any woman he wanted, and Benedikte was well aware that she was not only ugly but also dull … The...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
At long last, Heike Lind of the Ice People reached Norway to take possession of his rightful inheritance. But when he arrived, he found that all his relatives had passed away and unscrupulous bandits had seized his property. Heike did not know what to do – but then he discovered a shy girl who roamed the forest like a shadow … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers across the world. The story of the Ice People is a moving legend of love and...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
Vinga Tark and Heike Lind, both members of the Ice People, started their fight to regain the family's property. But the ruthless Judge Snivel was still firmly in possession of Graastensholm, which was Heike's lawful inheritance. Heike was forced to make use of his «evil» inheritance and invoke supernatural powers in order to break the judge's hold, and he would need the help of a virgin to do so – but was he willing to sacrifice his beloved Vinga …? The Legend of the Ice People...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
The twins, Marco and Ulvar, were like chalk and cheese. Marco was as handsome as a god, while Ulvar was more grotesque than the worst monster imaginable. The Ice People knew that each of these two boys had been chosen to carry out an important task. But no one understood what good could come from Ulvar, who was as full of cruelty as a real devil … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers across the world. The story of the Ice People is a moving legend...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
From an early age, Tula Backe realized that she was different from everyone else: she was one of the Ice People's stricken. She did not use her extraordinary gifts solely for good purposes, and her secret was revealed because an evil power, much stronger than her, had devilish plans for her. It was Tengel the Evil who had chosen Tula to be the one to wake him from his long slumber … The Legend of the Ice People series has already captivated over 45 million readers across the world. The...
| Автор | Margit Sandemo |
In zahlreichen Besuchen suchte François Loeb über Monate Ordentliches und Ausserordentliches, Bekanntes und Unbekanntes, Verstecktes und Offensichtliches aus den Schätzen des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums. Ausgehend von diesen Fundstücken webt er mit Sachverstand und Fantasie kurze Geschichten. Eine hervorragende Zusammenstellung, auch zur Vorbereitung des Besuchs dieses einmaligen Museums, das zum Verständnis der Schweiz beiträgt!
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Alétheia reúne confesiones íntimas, donde el hablante lírico le canta a sus objetos de adoración para expresarles aquello que considera verdadero. El amor en sus múltiples formas, desde el cariño fraterno hasta las relaciones pasionales y el incondicional afecto hacia los hijos, conforman el eje central de estas disertaciones, junto al afán de eternizar los momentos que transcurren junto al motivo de los afectos. Este libro reúne una poesía limpia y bien trabajada, invita a adentrarse en su...
| Автор | Maritza Mödinger Gutiérrez |
Bei einem Symposium über englische Gartenkunst lernt ein Ethnologe aus Österreich eine Schottin kennen. Gemeinsam fahren sie in den Norden und besuchen Edinburgh, die Hauptstadt Schottlands, das «Athen des Nordens»; das Schlachtfeld von Culloden, wo 1746 rebellische Schotten das neue protestantische Herrscherhaus der Hannoveraner bekämpften, die letzte Landschlacht auf britischem Boden; die Stadt Inverness, die Hauptstadt der Highlands, wo William Shakespeare zufolge die Burg Macbeths stand und...
| Автор | Gerhard Streminger |
Dr. Berger bekommt Besuch von den Eltern seiner verstorbenen Frau. Sie machen sich Sorgen um ihn. Kerstin und Uwe Hansen können mit dem Tod ihrer Tochter inzwischen gut umgehen. Sie wissen aber, dass ihr ehemaliger Schwiegersohn den Verlust noch immer nicht verkraftet. Sie mögen ihn, er ist ihnen wichtig. Deshalb bekümmert es sie, dass aus dem einst so lebensfrohen Mann ein verbitterter Zyniker geworden ist, der zurückgezogen lebt und keine Freunde hat. Sie setzen alles daran, den Kontakt zu ihm...
| Автор | Amy Taylor |
Wien, Anfang 1914, kurz vor Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges: Eine vornehme Dame in Schwarz erzählt ihrer Freundin im Wiener Café Imperial den dramatischen Verlauf ihres Lebens. Aufgebracht berichtet Tamara von Lützow über ihre unglücklichen Ehen sowie vom tragischen Ende ihres fünften Gatten, dem ersten Bezirkshauptmann von Mürzzuschlag, und ihrem darauffolgenden Gerichtsprozess in Leoben im Jahre 1904. Die Legende, die Volksfantasie um die Angeklagte gesponnen hatte, wurde in nur zwei Tagen...
| Автор | Franz Preitler |
Ein Statistiker, der ein rätselhaftes Zeichen auf seiner Wohnungstür entdeckt. Ein politischer Flüchtling, der fischen geht. Eine Human Ressource Managerin, die eine fehlerhafte Waage reklamieren will: Irritiert von banalen Begebenheiten brechen die Protagonisten dieses Erzählbandes zu äußeren wie inneren Reisen auf und sehen sich schließlich mit der Möglichkeit konfrontiert, von ihrem Leben abzuspringen. Mit viel Sinn für Ironie erzählt Johannes Wally vom ganz alltäglichen Gelingen und...
| Автор | Johannes Wally |
Warum Geld verlosen, wenn man auch Vibratoren-Controller in einen bunten Topf schmeißen und anschließend zufällig verteilen kann? In ihrer Kurzgeschichte «Controller Roulette» schmeißt Autorin Lilly M. Beck eine wilde Party der etwas anderen Art. Überall wimmelt es von Arbeitskollegen, doch Hauptfigur Mia Lorenz lässt sich nicht beirren. Mit einem Satisfyer Remote-Vibrator im Höschen stolziert sie übers Gelände und ist stolz auf die Feier, die sie auf die Beine gestellt hat. Die Tatsache,...
| Автор | Lilly M. Beck |
Geschichten von Leuten, die Geschichten machen, ohne dabei Geschichte zu machen. (Oder vielleicht doch.) Erzählungen im Spannungsfeld von Suche, Sehnsucht und Sucht. In einer Welt der Vielfalt und der scheinbar unbegrenzten (Auswahl-)Möglichkeiten an Daseinsentwürfen und Lebensangeboten geht es letztlich nur mehr um die Wahl der Versäumnisse. Geschichten über Abwesenheit von Liebe, Glück, Geborgenheit. Aber eine Geschichte über das Paradies. Nur eben von der anderen Seite. Alles eine Frage der...
| Автор | Andrea Sailer |