検索キーワード： "ジャガーン" 大衆小説

For Jaguar, the lure of the lights and the crowds has filled his years since leaving Sequoia, but even the brightest lights fade. When his mother falls ill, he puts his career on hold to help her, but coming home after so much time away has its own pitfalls.

Raffiniert, rasant, doppelbödig: Ein packender Agenten-Thriller um einen internationalen Rache-Feldzug. Durch Zufall geraten zwei junge Männer Ende der 80er-Jahre ins Fadenkreuz der CIA: Ruben Diaz aus San Salvador beobachtet ein Massaker an jesuitischen Dozenten der Zentralamerikanischen Universität; der Schweizer Santino Marti wird als Tourist in Puerto Rico in ein Mord-Komplott gegen den nicaraguanischen Präsidenten verwickelt. Beide lässt die CIA verschwinden. Auf einem Gefängnisschiff im Golf von Mexiko, einer sogenannten "black site", treffen Ruben Diaz und Santino Marti aufeinander, die Leidensgenossen werden Freunde.

Oracle the jaguar rises from the edge of death to seek the return of the long-lost jaguarundi—the shadow cat whose emergence will complete the animal kingdom’s calling. With Patch the raccoon, Plod the horse, Bog the toad, and the manchild Miracle, Oracle journeys through a poetically charged Rio Grande Valley where willows remember, turtles whisper, and green jays cry out with ancient joy.

Historia del náufrago español Gonzalo Guerrero, un adversario conquistador español.

When Oracle, a jaguar from the Yucatán, journeys north in response to the prayer of the last jaguar in Texas, he sets in motion an extraordinary odyssey of friendship, courage, and rediscovery. One prophecy. One jaguar. The fate of a forgotten world. Guided by the memory of Eden and clues from the last jaguar's prayer, Oracle summons an unlikely band of animal companions—a clever raccoon, a steadfast horse, and a wise old toad—to help a lost boy named Miracle find his parents in a perilous world.

In 1817, explorers Spix and Martius returned from their three-year voyage in Brazil with not only an extensive account of their journey, but also with an Indigenous boy and girl, Iñe-e and Juri. Kidnapped from rival tribes as part of the colonialist trend of collecting "living specimens" on scientific expeditions, the two tragically perished shortly after arriving in Europe. This lyrically rich novel takes their perspective to illuminate their harrowing journey.

Swept far from one another, Oracle and his friends find themselves in a perilous and poetically charged realm stretching from the Brazos bottomlands to the Rio Grande borderlands, from well-ordered zoos to wildlife sanctuaries, and from high-tech ranches to high-end treehouses. Captive and cut off from all he loves, Oracle must recover lost secrets and rekindle the memory of Eden before the Valleys fate slips beyond saving.

A tense, dangerous thriller of CIA operations in Latin America, guerrilla wars, drug flights, environmental catastrophes and genocides. Shot down over the Guatemalan jungle with a planeload of marijuana, Vietnam veteran Joe Murphy gets caught up in the country's brutal Civil War, and in an attack on a Mayan village by the Guatemalan Army and its CIA "advisors". Badly injured, he escapes on a nightmare trek through the jungle, hunted by the Army, the CIA, and death squads.

National hero, military genius—too bad the Black Berets had him marked for death … To the average citizen, the Lion of Salvador was a national hero, a military general of such renown that his accolades spanned two continents. To those in the know, however, the man was the cruelest of drug...

The Amazon jungle holds many dangers, as Kathleen McKnight well knows after her mission to bring down a drug cartel goes horribly wrong, leaving her the only survivor on her team. Determined to find the mysterious man who saved her, she returns to the jungle a year later only to find it holds more secrets than she could have ever imagined. Since saving Kathleen, jaguar shifter Connor Anderson hasn't been able to get her out of his mind. When she returns to the jungle to seek him out, he only knows one thing: that he must claim her for his own.

Deformed and misshapen at birth, Ulemet is cursed by her Olmec village elders and taunted by her people. Rejected and alone, the young girl's only solace is her small jade carving of Uaxaca, the jaguar animal spirit she wagers will guard her as she makes her way to Tenochtitlán, the golden city of hope. Escaping danger after danger, only to be captured by slavers, Ulemet is forced to play in the ulama, the sacrificial ball game that could result in her freedom or end in her death. Will her hopes in Uaxaca prove misplaced?

JAG Special Forces agents Huntley Anderson and Melissa Overton are hot on the trail of poachers when they're suddenly saddled with two jaguar shifter cubs. They have to locate the parents pronto - but who's going to babysit in the meantime?

Elle entend son nom à la radio. Ce nom qui la remmène des années auparavant, quand elle était jeune, quand elle avait l'espoir d'une carrière dans le mannequinat. Quand elle l'avait rencontré. "Jaguar" est une nouvelle de Tatiana de Rosnay issue du recueil "L'Envers du décor".

The legions of New Serraña have a sacred custom: when a legionnaire falls in battle, a member of their company must bear the body home to the dead soldier’s family. Álbaro Ceynos is the only surviving member of his company. He’d been garrisoned at Presidio Los Primos, known as the...

Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers' money for a mechanic and have not returned. Hector finds a name in his friend Cesar's phone: Annimac. A name with an American number. He must reach her, both for rescue and to pass along the message Cesar has come so far to deliver. But are his messages going through?

Cuando una mendiga muda de Maracaibo, en Venezuela, encuentra a un recién nacido abandonado en las escaleras de una iglesia, no imagina el extraordinario destino que le espera al niño. Criado en la pobreza, Antonio será vendedor de cigarrillos, estibador y mozo en un burdel antes de convertirse en uno de los cirujanos más ilustres de su país. Lo conseguirá gracias a la ayuda de una mujer excepcional, Ana María, la primera médica de la región, con la que tendrá una hija a la que pondrán el nombre de su nación: Venezuela.

From the best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce, this debut novel is a gripping survival story of a young man trapped, perhaps fatally, during a border crossing. Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken...

Two extraordinary women in 1865 establish a trading post in a southern jungle that grows to be a safe haven for cast-off women and the dispossessed. When a murderous forger sets up shop and the mayor on the right-side-of-the-tracks becomes intent on their destruction, the village fights for survival in its own special way. Told in evocative magical realism, Jaguar Paloma and the Caketown Bar is a tale of wronged women who stand up to be counted.

Eine spannende Reise auf den Spuren der Maya! Elli ist begeistert, denn sie darf ihren Vater, der Ethnologe und Professor ist, auf seine Expedition begleiten, die durch Mexikos und Guatemalas Urwälder führt. Sie suchen nach einem Jadeamulett, dem Grünen Jaguar, welches der Legende nach das Volk der Mayas von den Weißen befreien und den Mayas ihre Macht zurückgeben soll. Das Amulett ist jedoch verschollen und die Suche nach eben jenem stellt sich bald als gefährlicher heraus, also Elli erwartet hatte.

África Ecuatorial. Hasta allí se han trasladado Nadia, Alexander y su abuela Kate para disfrutar del primer safari en elefante. Kenia es una fiesta de color: bella y sensual, una mezcla de sabores, olores y sonidos inunda cada rincón de esta tierra. Sin embargo, este paraíso también esconde sus sombras.