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Tim Adler Hollywood and the Mob
"From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfather and characters...
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 4,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
E-book
Jussi Adler-Olsen Mercy
Department Q
FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945 THE GRIPPING & UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING CRIME WRITING SENSATION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE KILLING, JO NESBO AND SCANDI NOIR. She scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. She doesn't know how long she's been there. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She would rather die. Copenhagen detective Carl M rck has been taken off homicide to run a newly...
Engels | ePub2, 0,7 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2011
E-book
Jussi Adler-Olsen Disgrace
Department Q
Fans of Jo Nesbo, The Killing, and Scandi noir will love this gripping thriller from international bestselling crime-writing sensation. A closed case hides a terrible secret. Department Q solves the unsolvable. So when a file on the brutal murder of a brother and sister 20 years ago lands on the desk of Detective Carl M rck he doesn't understand why. Because the killer has already been found, and the case is closed. Why has it turned up on Carl's desk? And who put it there? Praise for Jussi Adler-Olsen:'The...
Engels | ePub3, 1,4 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2012
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Jussi Adler-Olsen Redemption
Department Q
Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling Q series returns with Redemption, a gripping treat for all fans of the Scandinavian crime thriller. 'For those suffering withdrawals from The Killing' The Times A letter in blood, a horrifying disappearance... Two boys, brothers, wake up tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but he'll be back. They cannot escape ... In Copenhagen's cold cases division Carl M rck has received a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message,...
Engels | ePub2, 1 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
Mariette Aerts Witching moor
"Karim and Lena know better not to cross the moors, even though it is a shortcut, because it is commonly known that those moors are haunted by witches. Somewhere deep inside the Haunted Moors a dark secret is hidden. But Karim and Lena want to know what happened to their classmate Rennie, who disappeared so suddenly last summer. What is the truth about the white witch and what happened at the old water mill in ancient times? Who is the lady with the long, white hair and blank eyes and why is she...
Engels | 248 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | De Vier Windstreken, Rijswijk | 2005
E-book
Cecelia Ahern P.S. I love you
Een gelukkig getrouwd jong stel stelt speels een lijst samen van dingen die een van hen moet doen als de ander overlijdt.
Fictie
Engels | 512 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Cecelia Ahern How to fall in love
Een jonge vrouw krijgt twee weken de tijd om een aantrekkelijke jongeman zover te krijgen dat hij niet opnieuw een zelfmoordpoging doet.
Fictie
Engels | 432 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Parvez Alam Disappearing public spheres
censorship in Bangladesh
'State of Nature' and 'State of exception' have become the only two options for the people of Bangladesh recently, where writers, bloggers and publishers are getting killed by Al-Qaeda affiliates and persecuted by the Government. Empowerment of polarizations such as 'secular' verses 'Islamists' have also empowered the ruling regime and Islamist extremist groups. Severe censorship on all kind of media has suffocated freedom of expression. New public spheres that had emerged in the internet era are...
Non-fictie
Engels | 92 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Alastair Chisholm Dragon Storm
Mira and Flameteller
The fourth book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7 - 9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons.Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans.To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth.Young dragonseer Mira and her dragon Flameteller love finding out how things...
Engels | ePub3, 6,6 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2022
E-book
Alastair Chisholm Dragon Storm
Tomas and Ironskin
The first book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7 - 9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons.Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans.To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth.Tomas has always been told that now, dragons are extinct, and so he can't...
Engels | ePub3, 4,9 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2022
E-book
Alastair Chisholm The Consequence Girl
A thrilling, unputdownable adventure, from the highly-acclaimed author of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted Orion Lostand the Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year, Adam-2.The world of Colony is in ruins. No one knows what caused society to begin tearing itself apart - but the secret may lie with Cora, a girl living on the mountainside far away from others. Cora possesses an extraordinary gift: the power to see back in time, from an event back to its causes. Even more incredibly,...
Engels | ePub3, 3,5 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2022
E-book
Alastair Chisholm Dragon Storm
Cara and Silverthief
The second book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7 - 9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons.Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans.To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth.Cara has spent her life on the streets, relying on her wits - and a mysterious...
Engels | ePub3, 4,7 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2022
E-book
Alastair Chisholm Dragon Storm
Ellis and Pathseeker
The third book in the thrilling, magical, and action-packed fantasy series, Dragon Storm, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7 - 9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons.Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans.To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth.It's the Maze Festival in the city of Rivven, and young dragonseer...
Engels | ePub3, 6,4 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2022
E-book
Mariska Albers My First English Van Dale
voorleeswoordenboek
Engels woordenboek, waarin via plaatjes en rijmpjes de betekenis van ruim 700 eenvoudige Engelse woorden worden verduidelijkt. Met kleurentekeningen. Vanaf ca. 4 t/m 7.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 136 pagina's | Van Dale, Utrecht [etc.] | 2009
Gedrukt boek
C. M. Albright Shadow Banking
Set in the heart of global finance, Shadow Banking follows the lives of City hopefuls, as they try to wheel, deal and backstab their way to billions. Remember: life’s a trade... It is 1994. Al Denham turns up to his first day at City banking giant Trenchart Colville; he thinks he’s there to start a job. But in fact, he’s at the beginning of a journey that will change his life forever. Al is joined by a ragtag combination of the brash and the charming, the box-tickers and the risk-takers: razor-sharp...
Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (586 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Andrea Alciati Andreae Alciati contra vitam monasticam epistula
Criticism of monastic life by one of Europe's major Renaissance figures. In his letter Against Monastic Life (1514-17) Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans' hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to...
Non-fictie
Engels | Latijn | 144 pagina's (PDF, 2 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom
After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters. But like Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, Rose in Bloom (1876) shows a woman ahead of her time with her own ideas about her future. Besides, who would love Rose for her and not her money? The answer might surprise her. Heart-warming and...
Engels | 8 uur 55 minuten (405 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Little women
Vrolijk Amerikaans gezinsverhaal over de vier zusjes March die zo verschillend zijn en toch eendrachtig hun moeder helpen, terwijl vader vecht in de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Engels | 368 pagina's | Puffin Books, UK | 2019
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