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Tracy Chevalier Falling angels
Twee Londense families reageren totaal verschillend op politieke en sociale veranderingen die plaatsvinden aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw.
Fictie | Feministische verhalen | Historische roman
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 1,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Tracy Chevalier Girl with a pearl earring
Nadat haar vader blind is geworden, wordt de 15-jarige Griet in 1664 dienstmeisje in het grote gezin van de Delftse schilder Johannes Vermeer, waardoor haar leven ingrijpend verandert. Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub, 1,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Tracy Chevalier Remarkable creatures
De beroemde Engelse fossielenzoekster Mary Anning (1799-1847) sluit in de 19e eeuw vriendschap met een verzamelaarster van fossiele vissen.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub, 2,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Nicholas Petrie Burning bright
Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: a sparkling historical drama from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.Uprooting from their quiet Dorset village to the carnal streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel far from home. The Kellaways struggle to fi nd their place in a tumultuous city, alive with repercussions from the blood-splattered French Revolution. Luckily streetwise Maggie Butterfi eld is on hand to show Jem the ropes. Together...
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Rosie Thomas All my sins remembered
Terwijl boven Europa zich de donkere wolken van economische depressie en oorlogsdreiging samenpakken, groeit de obsederende jaloezie tussen twee in vriendschap opgegroeide nichtjes.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 818 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Anne Frank The diary of a young girl
the definitive edition
One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide.It is one of the most celebrated and enduring books of the last century and it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of human spirit.Anne Frank and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two...
Fictie
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub, 5,3 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018
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Stephen Fry Heroes
The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold; Stephen Fry s Greek Myths
IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROESOrder TROY now, Stephen Fry's bewitching retelling of the most legendary story ever toldIn this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry gloriously retells the epic myths of the Greek heroes - which will be loved by young and old alike. 'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant ... all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail___________Few...
Engels | ePub3, 22 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2018
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Hendrik Groen On the Bright Side
The new secret diary of Hendrik Groen
Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth with coffee mornings and bingo. Along with fellow members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of octogenarian anarchy. But the home''s director will not stand for any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric romance. The good name of the care home will not be disgraced. But when Hendrik learns of a plan to close the home down he realises life outside it could be much worse. He and the gang must stop...
Engels | ePub3, 0,9 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2018
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Rachel Kushner The Mars Room
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers – a fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration.Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker. Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where...
Engels | ePub3, 4,8 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2018
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Maas Sarah J. Maas Kingdom of Ash
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER; Throne of Glass
Aelin Galathynius''s journey from slave to assassin to queen reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world … She has risked everything to save her people – but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will to endure the months of torture inflicted upon her. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unravelling with each passing day… With Aelin imprisoned,...
Engels | ePub3, 2,8 MB | Bloomsbury YA, [Nederland] | 2018
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Edna O'Brien The Country Girls Trilogy
Edna O'Brien's beloved classics reveal the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland (with a foreword by Eimear McBride).'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna O'Brien ... Beautiful.' Anne Enright'Novels of heart-breaking empathy, rigorous honesty and peerless beauty.' Eimear McBride'Brilliant and brave.' Ann Patchett'A treasure.' New York TimesONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'Caithleen 'Kate' Brady and Bridget 'Baba' Brennan are growing up...
Engels | ePub2, 0,9 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2018
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BA Paris Behind closed doors
Nadat Grace getrouwd is met de charmante, elegante Jack blijkt hij een sadistische psychopaat te zijn die haar zo perfect gevangen houdt dat ontsnappen onmogelijk lijkt; Jack heeft het ook gemunt op haar zusje Millie, een meisje met het syndroom van Down.
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 384 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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Mo Hayder Pig Island
Omdat hij een persoonlijke vete heeft met de zelfbenoemde leider van een sekte, doet een journalist onderzoek naar de handel en wandel van die sekte op een Schots eiland.
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 512 pagina's (ePub, 0,6 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2018
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D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover
Originally published in Italy in 1928, and unavailable in Britain until 1960, when it was the subject of an infamous obscenity trial, Lady Chatterley's Lover is now regarded as one of the pivotal novels of the twentieth century. This edition contains a wealth of material about the author's life and works, notes and a bibliographic section. Lawrence's determination to explore every aspect - sexual, social, psychological - of Lady Chatterley's adulterous liaison with the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors makes...
Engels | ePub2, 1,2 MB | Alma Classics, [Nederland] | 2018
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Genki Kawamura If Cats Disappeared From The World
A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love.Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . .Because...
Engels | ePub3, 2,6 MB | Picador, [Nederland] | 2018
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Tilly Bagshawe Scandalous
Twee heel verschillende vrouwen vinden elkaar in hun gedrevenheid om wraak te nemen op de echtgenoot van de een die de minnaar van de ander is.
Fictie | Humoristische roman | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 0,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
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John Boyne A Ladder to the Sky
From the bestselling author of The Heart s Invisible Furies
A deliciously dark tale of ambition'' Observer''Gripping ... chilling and darkly comic tale of unrelenting ambition'' Daily ExpressYou''ve heard the old proverb about ambition, that it''s like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall.If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere. They don''t even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career.A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich...
Engels | ePub3, 1,4 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2018
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Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation
The cult New York Times bestseller
**THE TIKTOK SENSATION**Read THE razor-sharp satire that everyone is talking about...On the surface ,our narrator has everything you could want in life. She''s young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance.But there is a vacuum in her life and she''s got the perfect solution. She''s going to take a year under sedation to relax and hide away from the world.What could possibly go wrong?Blackly...
Engels | ePub3, 5,8 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2018
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Jojo Moyes Still Me
Discover the love story that captured 21 million hearts
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING LOVE STORY THAT CAPTURED 21 MILLION HEARTS''Immensely readable and enjoyable'' Sunday Times''Jojo Moyes is a phenomenal storyteller . . . beautiful'' 5***** Reader Review________Fall in love with the perfect heartwarming read . . .Lou Clark knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London.She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.But what Lou doesn''t know is she''s about...
Engels | ePub3, 2,4 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2018
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Alice Munro New selected stories
Bundel verhalen uit 1998-2009 over levens van vaak onopvallende vrouwen.
Fictie | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2018
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