Showing results for "Happiness" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Helen A, ruler of colony Terra Alpha, is determined that happiness will prevail. And if any killjoys insist on being miserable, the fun guns of the Happiness Patrol will remove them; or they will vanish into the Kandy Kitchen, where the Kandy Man will deal with them.

Do you believe in soulmates? Aiden does. So when his colleague, Jen, is dumped unceremoniously by her dreadful boyfriend, Aiden decides to take matters - and Jen's life - into his own hands. Scouring the internet for a suitable partner for Jen, Aiden finds Tom. He'd be perfect for Jen apart from one minor detail: Tom lives in New York. Luckily for Jen and Tom, Aiden's not just an interfering colleague. In fact, Aiden isn't exactly human - he's a very complicated artificial intelligence....

'अपार ख़ुशी का घराना' हमें कई वर्षों की यात्रा पर ले जाता है. यह एक ऐसी कहानी है जो वर्षों पुरानी दिल्ली की तंग बस्तियों से खुलती हुई फलते-फूलते नए महानगर और उससे दूर कश्मीर की वादियों और मध्य भारत के जंगलों तक जा पहुँचती है, जहां युद्ध ही शान्ति है और शान्ति ही युद्ध है. अंजुम, जो पहले आफ़ताब थी, शहर के एक क़ब्रिस्तान में अपना तार-तार कालीन बिछाती है और उसे अपना घर कहती है. यह सम्मोहक, शानदार किताब नए अंदाज़ में फिर से बताती है कि एक उपन्यास क्या कर सकता है.

This is a story about how two men from different walks of life learn that neither robes of honor nor the total renunciation of worldly life is required to enjoy the most fundamental human desire—happiness. Happiness is not a philosophical enigma, but an attainable state of the mind and everyone can cherish the greatest joys through the simplest and smallest acts of daily life.

The last text Daisy Parsloe received was from her smart fridge about some mouldy potato salad. She's not doing well at work, her love life is haphazard and her elderly mother seems to be losing her mind. And now, apparently even the appliances are judging her life choices. What Daisy doesn't know is that the appliances are also plotting. They've joined together, across the internet of things, to nudge Daisy in the right direction. But it isn't long before their well-meaning interference starts to get noticed and the race is on to find Daisy's Mr Right before the plugs are pulled.

Happiness is Pearl's job. Using the revolutionary Apricity machine, every day she provides customers with personalised recommendations for their emotional well-being: from eating more tangerines to cutting off a finger, from getting a dog to getting a divorce. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her. But Pearl is starting to wonder whether it’s even possible to measure an emotion. Pearl's teenage son, Rhett, is a sensitive boy who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence. If only Pearl could persuade him to take the Apricity test...

The Search After Happiness is a 1829 novel by Charlotte Brontë. Written when the author was just thirteen years old, it is a disturbing tale of mysterious men and enslaving creatures that poses many questions but answers few. An uncanny insight into the mind of a young literary genius, "The Search After Happiness" is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, and the oldest sister in the world-famous trio of literary sisters.

Freshly arrived from a beautiful Tunisian island to work for the exacting Countess Poulais de Roc, Fatima finds herself in a city where even the most mudane tasks prove baffling. But her natural compassion and sheer grit ensure her survival, and unexpectedly bring good fortune to those around her. And then suddenly, it's Fatima's turn to seize happiness. Warmhearted and witty, this is a story of love and determination alive with the sights sounds and tastes of Paris.

Happiness & Honey is a motivational fable; a story about overcoming personal and impersonal difficulties, when in pursuit of what you want in life; a story of personal triumph and success, about saying yes to your desires when the rest of the world says no. It's about listening to those who say you can't, but then being stubborn enough to ignore them so you can turn around and say, "I told you I would".

This is the tale of Icasia Bloom: how she is caught up in a story not initially her own, and how it changes her world. In a Globe controlled by a trusted yet elusive leader who has granted immortality to those who live by The Book, misfit Icasia Bloom is doomed to die young for the crime of her child's unhappiness. Like all "tatters", she gets food by bartering, and when she brings customers to the new local bakery, she meets another borderline outcast, Selma Beyett, whose plight touches her.

Счастье - фантастический роман Таши Танари, третья книга цикла "Танцующая среди ветров", жанр любовное фэнтези. Алистер верила, что дракон спасет ее, но это сделал демон. Слишком дорогой ценой она узнала, кто стоит за планами по уничтожению трёх миров.

"Чужое счастье. Мой чужой монстр" - фантастический роман Валентины Савенко, жанр любовное фэнтези, попаданцы. Марина не верила в иные миры. Пока не нашла жемчужину и не оказалась запасной избранницей пожирателя душ.

Growing up in a world of antique book stores with antiquarian as mentors; terminally ill Professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith takes his students back in time to the years of his youth, on a magical journey of discovery, filled with life lessons....

В небольшом городке открывается необычный магазинчик цветов. Две сестры, словно нежные цветочные ростки, пробившие путь к свету сквозь толщу асфальта, вырываются из-под гнёта отчима-некроманта и начинают самостоятельную жизнь.

Что делать, если очень хочется замуж, а жених позабыл о давнем обещании? Конечно, брать инициативу в собственные руки! Всего-то и нужно, что уговорить избранника побыть магом Морозом в канун Нового года и загадать желание. А дальше портал перенесет обоих в такое место, где ледяной князь поймет, наконец, кто его истинная суженая, и сразу же сделает предложение. Но все пошло не по плану, когда портал перенес не туда.

Airing on the Mutual radio network from 1957-1958, Exploring Tomorrow brought funny, strange, and chilling tales to science-fiction fans across the country.

Todos buscamos el camino de la FELICIDAD sin darnos cuenta de que la felicidad no está lejos. La felicidad está dentro de cada uno, Solo hay que saber encontrarla. En el libro felicidad, Camilo un joven universitario decide buscar la felicidad.

Story tellers have always told the stories of man's pursuit of love, gold, power, and ultimately, happiness. In this audiobook we meet a mythical storyteller, Solomon, his wife Lanisha, and his son David. Through their stories we follow the earliest fortunes and misfortunes of man's attempt to achieve tremendous wealth, power and happiness. It is a story which will leave you wiser about the ultimate meaning of true redemptive love, joy and happiness in our lives...

История одного батальона, отслеженная писателем, приводит последнего к ошеломляющему открытию: в закрытых на карантин секторах пространства возможно уцелели его предки.

Henry René Albert Guy de Maupassant nació en Dieppe, Francia, el 5 de agosto de 1850. Maupassant fue admirador y amigo de Gustave Flaubert al que conoció en 1867. Flaubert lo tomó bajo su protección, le abrió la puerta de algunos periódicos y le presentó a Iván Turgénev y Émile Zola. El escritor viajó a París tras la derrota francesa en la Guerra Franco-Prusiana de 1870 y trabajó como funcionario en varios ministerios, hasta que publicó en 1880 su primera gran obra, Bola de Sebo.