検索キーワード： "ハピネス （Audible版）" 歴史小説

Three days after arriving in Zimbabwe, Natalie discovers an abandoned newborn baby on a hill near her uncle’s farm. 115 years earlier, the hill was home to the Mazowe village where Chief Tafara governed at a time of great unrest. Faced with taxation, abductions and loss of their land at the hands of the white settlers, Tafara joined forces with the neighbouring villages in what became the first of many uprisings. A Child Called Happiness is a story of hope, resilience and reclamation, proving that the choices made by our ancestors echo for many generations to come.

WHEN ELIZABETH BENNET IS INSULTED by Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy at the Meryton assembly, she is determined to despise him forever. How could she do otherwise, given what an arrogant, rude man he is? She intends to forget about what happened, but she finds it is not so easy when faced with incessant scorn from her neighbours in the weeks following.

Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. As the people of Faha anticipate the endlessly procrastinated advent of the electricity, and Noel navigates his own coming-of-age and his fallings in and out of love, Christy's past gradually comes to light, casting a new glow on a small world.

Nueva York, víspera de Acción de Gracias de 1945. La guerra ha terminado y la fiesta de Eric Smythe está en pleno auge. Todos sus amigos de Greenwich Village, en el corazón bohemio de Manhattan, están ahí. También su hermana Sara, una joven independiente y despierta que empieza a abrirse camino en la gran ciudad. La irrupción de Jack Malone, un periodista del ejército estadounidense recién vuelto de Alemania, marca el inicio de una vertiginosa historia de amor.

Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t mix. Until she makes a discovery while cleaning her Jordan MX car, a scarlet-red symbol of the Jazz Age’s independent women that she inherited from her great-great-great-aunt Violet. Its secret compartment holds Violet’s weathered journal.

يعود "بشير مفتي" في روايته الجديدة "لعبة السعادة" إلى مرحلة تاريخية محددة وحاسمة في تاريخ الجزائر وهي الفترة الممتدة بين عامي 1963 و1978، والتي شهدت تحولات سياسية واجتماعية كان لها أثر بارز في صياغة مستقبل الجزائر ليتتبع سيرة بطله المتخيّل "مراد زهير" وكيف انعكست لتحولات الخارجية عليه وأثّرت في تكوينه بدءًا من الطفل البدوي الذي عاش والده فلاحًا وشارك في الثورة ولم ينل شيئًا..

Montréal, 1935. Dans le quartier ouvrier de Maisonneuve, la pauvreté règne, et le chômage est le pain quotidien des miséreux. La famille nombreuse de Théodore Sansoucy s'entasse dans un logement au-dessus de son épicerie-boucherie avec les sœurs de sa femme, Émilienne. Irène, l'aînée, est la vieille fille sage de la maisonnée. Léandre, forte tête, et Marcel, étudiant peu talentueux, entretiennent des relations tendues avec leur patron de père.

Just after World War II, a young orphan living in Naples comes under the protection of Don Gaetano, the superintendent of an apartment building. He is a generous man and is very attached to the boy, telling him about the war and the liberation of the city by the Neapolitans. He teaches him to play cards, shows him how to do odd jobs for the tenants, and even initiates him into the world of sex by sending him one evening to a widow who lives in the building. But Don Gaetano possesses another gift as well: he knows how to read people’s thoughts.

A few days after the Hunsford Proposal, Darcy unexpectedly comes upon Elizabeth Bennet on the road to London. Her carriage has met with an accident! Of course, Darcy comes to the rescue despite the recent, scathing rejection of his hand and heart. Circumstances force them to seek refuge in a nearby farmhouse, posing as man and wife! Why was Elizabeth travelling to London in a strange carriage, days before her visit to the metropolis was scheduled?

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety - in search of meaning and of love.

Madeleine Ingleton has just come home from the Swiss finishing school where she has spent the last two years. She returns to a whirl of social engagements and parties...and to Hamilton Bramwell, the young man her parents are determined she marry. Hamilton is wealthy and agreeable, but he isn’t the man of Madeleine’s dreams, and she longs to choose her own husband rather than bow to her parents’ wishes. Innocent Madeleine’s eye is caught by a young milkman, and she succumbs to new and overwhelming feelings - feelings which lead to disaster.

Rose had read about the wedding, a widely covered social event, and under no circumstances had imagined that she would have anything to do with such an important event. Then, to her great surprise, she finds the wounded groom at her doorstep after leaving his bride at the altar, wanting Rose’s help. Could this really be happening? Who is this mysterious and charming man acting in such a reckless manner? The intriguing love tale dating back to the 20th century was written by Mary Whistler, a pseudonym of the romance writer Ida Pollock.

When Josie O'Casey returns to London after 12 years in America, she is overjoyed to discover that her childhood sweetheart Patrick Nolan, who she believed to be dead, is alive and well. But Josie's happiness is short-lived - Patrick now belongs to another. Heartbroken, Josie vows to forget about Patrick and settle back into life in the East End. But the East End that Josie knew as a child is much changed. While Josie can remember only too clearly her poverty-stricken upbringing, her family's social standing has vastly improved since they've been away.

1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would, when she's responsible for so many siblings? Everything changes when Tim Murphy enters Lucia's coffee bar. She knows of Tim's troubled past, but she accepts Tim's offer of a date. But has Tim really changed his ways, and will his past catch up with him?

Eine denkbar ungünstige Situation, in der sich die ehemalige Baronin of Barrowby wiederfindet. Verheiratet mit zwei Männern, verlassen von einem, geächtet vom anderen, verirrt sie sich in den schottischen Lowlands, aus denen es nur einen Ausweg gibt: Sie muss lernen, ihrem größten Feind zu vertrauen.

What would you do if you knew you only had 100 days left to live? For Lucio Battistini, it's a chance to spend the rest of his life the way he always should have - by making every moment count. Imperfect, unfaithful, but loveable Lucio has been thrown out of the house by his wife and is sleeping at his father-in-law's bombolini bakery when he learns he has inoperable cancer. So begins the last hundred days of Lucio's life, as he attempts to right his wrongs, win back his wife (the love of his life and afterlife), and spend the next three months enjoying every moment.

They used to tell stories about Shangri-La, a land of peace and prosperity hidden in the heights of the Himalayas. In the adventure that lies ahead, Janet Locke doesn't find the mythical city, but she does find a new, joyous existence up on the roof of the world.

1938: She was one of the six sparkling Mitford sisters, known for her stinging quips, stylish dress, and bright green eyes. But Nancy Mitford’s seemingly dazzling life was really one of turmoil: with a perpetually unfaithful and broke husband, two Nazi sympathizer sisters, and her hopes of motherhood dashed forever. With war imminent, Nancy finds respite by taking a job at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair, hoping to make ends meet, and discovers a new life.

Me gustaría que los médicos acepten cuando no saben como manejar mi depresión. Con el tiempo aprendí a detectar cuando los médicos simplemente improvisan e intentan conservarme como paciente el mayor tiempo posible sin importar que mi situación empeore. La mayoría de los médicos que han tratado mi depresión así como otros problemas de salud suelen tomarse mi caso muy a la ligera. Casi siempre muestran un nocivo exceso de confianza que me resulta desagradable. Y peor aun, cuando manejan la situación con un peculiar sentido del humor que me resulta impertinente.

It's warring nations, dueling philosophies and the battle of the sexes as American-born Miss Liberty Baylis takes on Simon Lansing, Viscount Brodham, in the fight for her friend's happiness. Brodham wants only to retire to the peace and quiet of his country estate, but he'll take on the cheeky American chit if that's what it takes to keep his nephew safe and happy.