Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Small Town & Rural

"Pour la plupart des familles françaises, passées en trois générations de la paysannerie à l'université, le XXe siècle a été un formidable ascenseur social."

Septembre 1913. Dans ce petit village de la basse Corrèze, tout tourne autour du curé, de l'église et de l'école libre. Mais voici que, à la veille de cette rentrée des classes, arrive une jeune institutrice bien décidée à réanimer l'école laïque en état de quasi-abandon. Et tout de suite, entre le petit hussard en jupon de la République et le curé, c'est la guerre.

Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, has dealt with small-town crime throughout his long, storied career. Now, contemplating retirement after years on the job, Tully is faced with perhaps his most perplexing case yet. When area bald eagles start getting picked off by a ghost-like killer, and when a prominent local rancher is murdered by an arrow with eagle fletching, things gets complicated fast. In this fast-paced whodunit, Tully has a vast array of suspects to choose from, including the rancher's gorgeous, bird-loving wife, who mysteriously leaves for a ranch in Mexico the day of the murder.

An unlikely criminal, Andy Durant is robbing gas stations to buy back land once connected to his wife's farm in upstate New York. But when he's shot and killed during a robbery, he leaves his wife, Grady, and their three children to fend for themselves. Moving back to the debt-laden farm, Grady ignites a plan that involves getting in the middle of an adjoining neighbor's marriage. Meanwhile, one by one the whole family is charmed by Royal Provo, a young and charismatic orphan working on the property.

With Holding Lies, John Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of the ferns and firs, rain and hot-springs, firebombs and whitewater. He takes us even deeper into the troubles of Hank Hazelton, a 59-year-old river guide, as he struggles to reconnect with his only daughter after a 14-year estrangement. His failure as a father haunts him, along with other deep regrets, tragedies, and longings. In the days before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, empty except for a long smear of blood on its seat.

Lottery winner and ex-journalist Donal Fitzgerald joins forces with his girlfriend, DNR conservation officer Mercy Virdon, to solve the mysterious death of a beloved angler, Charlie, who was murdered in his tent in a state campground and who was known by all - and who may have known too much. Set in the engaging small town of Ossning on the Borchard River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula - an angler’s dream, filled with eccentric, believable, sympathetic, and unforgettable characters - Riverwatcher is a classic whodunit.

Mary Stoltzfus is 30 years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. In her Amish world, that qualifies her to be called an old maid. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach?

Michael Thomas Ford Mike Monaghan is the bartender at the Engine Room, a meeting place for the small but thriving community of gay men in Cold Falls, New York. As Mike pours beer, wipes glasses and hears everything, he's also witness to the men who come here looking for what they need--sex, direction, friendship, spiritual fulfillment, and love. People like: Stephen Darby--As an accountant, he knows many secrets. But Stephen has his own secret, one he's never been able to share with anyone close to him.

M. F. K. Fisher's first novel tells of a late-summer idyll at the Swiss farmhouse of Tim and Sara, where guests have gathered at ease on the terrace next to the burbling fountain in which baby lettuces are being washed, there to enjoy the food and wine served them by this stylish American couple. But all around these seemingly fortunate people, the forces of darkness are gathering: The year is 1939; World War II approaches.

Shayne Mahoney is the laid-back, easygoing rebel in his family. But running Sky High Air - a charter airline catering to the rich and famous - is a dream come true, especially with in-flight specials like kissing his client's beautiful, brainy daughter in a cozy coat closet. But before Shayne can say "Fasten Your Seat Belts", Dani claims to witness a murder, gets stalked in her own apartment, and, as an added bonus, gets them both shot at by a mystery sniper.

Marine Luke Fletcher is determined to do his duty—first to his country and now to his ten-year-old daughter, the unexpected legacy of a high school girlfriend. But his homecoming to Dare Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks challenges his plans for the future and forces him to face everything that's missing in his life. He wasn't prepared to lose his heart to this child he never knew. Or to fall hard for coolly reserved small town lawyer Kate Dolan.

23 novembre 1980, un terremoto di proporzioni catastrofiche colpisce la Basilicata e la Campania, provocando migliaia di morti, dispersi e senzatetto. Un'antropologa milanese si precipita a Palmira, un centro così minuscolo che non figura nemmeno sulle carte geografiche. Tutto ciò che trova è ridotto in macerie. Solo una falegnameria è rimasta in piedi e dentro, notte e giorno, mastro Gerusalemme fabbrica il mobilio per una sposa, l'ultima del paese. Sulle ante disegna le storie che si tramandano negli anni.

Mit achtzehn wollte Alex so schnell wie möglich raus aus der Provinz und rein in die Großstadt. Das hat er auch gemacht. Doch mittlerweile ist er dreißig und hat die Schnauze voll. Deshalb zieht er zurück zu seinen Eltern, zurück ins Kaff, aus dem er herkommt. Statt Club gibt es Schützenfest und Dorfdisko, statt Vietnamesen gibt es Eintöpfe und Herrengedecke.

Empire Falls, eine Kleinstadt in Maine: Seit über zwanzig Jahren arbeitet Miles Roby im örtlichen Diner. Hier versammelt sich die ganze Stadt, vom Fitnessstudiobesitzer bis zum Schuldirektor. Miles selbst hat das College abgebrochen, ist geschieden und lebt in einer winzigen Wohnung über dem Restaurant. Und während er sein Bestes gibt, seiner Tochter dabei zu helfen, die Highschool zu überstehen, seinen trinkfreudigen Vater zu bändigen und dem Job im Diner gerecht zu werden, bleibt nicht viel Raum für das, was er sich vom Leben erhofft hat.

Quando Mila Jones lascia Minneapolis alla volta di Butternut Lake, spera soltanto di ritrovare la serenità perduta e lasciarsi alle spalle un passato difficile. Non immagina che il destino la condurrà sulla strada di Reid Ford, segnato nel corpo e nello spirito da un grave incidente in seguito al quale ha allontanato da sé gli amici e gli affetti più cari.

Per Caroline e sua figlia Daisy le estati a Butternut trascorrono tra il caffè Pearl's da gestire, le nuotate pomeridiane nelle acque del lago e la semplice quotidianità della loro piccola famiglia a due. Quest'anno però la bella stagione sembra voler riservare a madre e figlia diverse sorprese... Daisy è una ragazza studiosa e assennata, eppure il destino ha deciso di mettere sulla sua strada Will, il tipico ragazzo ribelle e sregolato da cui si è sempre tenuta alla larga ma che però, grazie alla sua vicinanza, saprà dare una svolta alla propria vita.

Josie Sullivan adores her Cedar Key home. It's been the ideal place to raise her daughter, Orli, who's just turning 16. Now that Josie has realized her dream of becoming a registered nurse, she's been offered the perfect job too - helping Dr. Simon Mancini run his new practice. Until the clinic opens, Josie is filling in at Yarning Together, where she launches a series of knitting classes for men. Yet for all the vibrant changes, there are some tangled threads.

Ils sont treize : l'abbé Théodéric et douze de ses frères bénédictins de l'abbaye de Solignac, en Limousin. Ils ont pour mission de faire revivre un monastère englouti par les terres hostiles - toutes de marécages, de forêts et de landes - de cette région que l'on appelle aujourd'hui la Brenne, proche de la Sologne. En ce temps-là, le milieu du XIe siècle, quand les héritiers de Charlemagne se disputaient l'Empire disloqué, c'était un pays où survivre était un exploit.

Nell'estate del 1999 un nonno e un nipote si incontrano per la prima volta, dopo che una lunga serie di incomprensioni li ha tenuti distanti. Il nonno, ebreo, nato il diciassette novembre 1938, giorno in cui in Italia vengono promulgate le leggi razziali, ha trascorso la propria vita senza sentirsi autorizzato a esistere. Andato in pensione al termine di una brillante carriera come consulente, si ritira nella borgata di montagna dove durante la guerra si era rifugiato con la sua famiglia e dove vuole morire.

En una época lejana, antes de que la historia avanzara penosamente sobre las colinas y destrozara el presente y el futuro. Antes de que el viento agarrara a la tierra por una esquina y la despojara de su nombre y de su carácter, antes de que Amal naciera; una pequeña aldea del este de Haifa vivía en la paz de los higos, de las olivas y del sol, con las fronteras abiertas.