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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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Cecilia Rabess Everything's fine
Als Jess en Josh elkaar ontmoeten lijken ze in alles elkaars tegenpool. Maar wanneer ze na hun opleiding bij dezelfde bank gaan werken blijkt hij meer een meestander dan een tegenstander.
Fictie
Engels | 328 pagina's | Picador, London | 2024
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Julia Quinn The Bridgertons
Happily Ever After
New York Times Bestselling AuthorFor the first time in print, New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a collection of second epilogues to her Bridgerton series (previously published as e-originals), plus a new bonus Bridgerton novella. Julia Quinns Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers, and this collection of second epiloguesstories that take place after the original books endoffer fans more from their favorite characters. Previously published...
Engels | ePub2, 2,7 MB | Avon, [Nederland] | 2013
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Julia Quinn It's In His Kiss
Bridgertons
Meet Our Hero ... Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past ... and the key to his future. The problem isit's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word. Meet Our Heroine ... All the ton agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according...
Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2021
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Julia Quinn On the Way to the Wedding
Bridgertons
A funny thing happened... Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except... She wasnt the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her...
Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2021
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Sultan bin Muhammad al- Qasimi My early life
"With insight the dramatic palace coups in his own country and the neighbouring emirate of Ras al-Khaimah and the struggles for power during the formation of the United Arab Emirates. Revealing fascinating and untold parts of"
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Mario Puzo The Godfather
The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film
The classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time'Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. But no man can stay on top forever, not when he has enemies on both sides of the law. As the ageing Vito Corleone nears the end of a long life of crime, his sons must step up to manage the family business. Sonny Corleone...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jan Puylaert | Ilia Chidzey Worldwideforest.com
Save the planet! Want to know how? Read this book. Two brothers inherit their ancestors' farmhouse. Surprising discoveries become the basis of the WorldWideForest.com movement. A very inspiring and intriguing story that deals with our present-day climate problem. This international project was developed by the Dutch/Italian designer-author Jan Puylaert and Australian designer-author Ilia Chidzey and includes designs for eco furniture. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 84 pagina's (ePub2, 3,7 MB) | De Vrije Uitgevers, Nijmegen | 2017
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Russell Punter Captain Mac
Kapitein Mac wil uitvaren. Maar hij heeft nog een kok nodig en tien matrozen. Hij gaat op zoek. Zal dat lukken? Een verhaal met eenvoudige Engelse woordjes en zinnetjes en enkele opdrachten. Met grote kleurenillustraties. Om samen te lezen met kinderen vanaf ca. 5 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 32 pagina's | Usborne, London | 2013
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Philip Pullman The golden compass
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North
Engels | 399 pagina's | Alfred A. Knopf ;Distributed by Random House, New York | 1996
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Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife - His Dark Materials 2
She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld Citt gazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra...
Engels | 448 pagina's (ePub3, 16 MB) | RHCP, [Nederland] | 2015
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Philip Pullman The amber spyglass
Wanneer een meisje in een parallelle wereld in handen is gevallen van het Kwade, probeert haar vriend haar te verlossen.
Fictie
Engels | 522 pagina's | Scholastic, London | 2007
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Ptolemy Ptolemy's tetrabiblos in the translation of William of Moerbeke
Claudii Ptolemaei liber iudicialium
First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy's treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the...
Non-fictie
Engels | Latijn | 456 pagina's (PDF, 6,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Malcolm Pryce The day Aberystwyth stood still
"It is May in Aberystwyth, and the mayoral election campaign - culminating in the traditional boxing match between candidates - is underway. Sospan the ice-cream seller waits in his hut for souls brave enough to try his latest mind-expanding new flavour, and Louie Knight, Aberystwyth's only Private Detective, receives a visit from a mysterious stranger called Raspiwtin asking him to track down a dead man.Twenty-five years ago Iestyn Probert was hanged for his part in the notorious raid on the Coliseum...
Engels | 256 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Malcolm Pryce Aberystwyth mon amour
"Schoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's private investigator, soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?"
Engels | 256 pagina's (1,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Sally Prue James and the alien experiment
"An engaging, well-written, humorous story about a perennially popular subject. James and the Alien Experiment is a comedy about a boy who is kidnapped by aliens. They're quite well-meaning aliens though, who want to improve his rather useless human body - which proves not to be entirely a bad thing (just mostly a bad thing). Ross is given super-strength, super-brains and super-speed and in the end he succeeds in sorting out his truly loathsome form teacher."
Engels | 96 pagina's (3,1 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Amanda Prowse A Christmas Wish
A Short Story - No Greater Love
A special Christmas short story from Amanda Prowse: a wonderful, warm festive treat from a bestselling author. Poppy is trying to make sure her children have the perfect Christmas. The fields are sparkling with snow, the turkey is roasting, and the tree is groaning with presents. But Poppy's beloved husband is fighting in Afghanistan, and the kids are missing their Dad. Can all their wishes come true without him? Or will they have the perfect Christmas after all? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 62 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Head of Zeus, [Nederland] | 2013
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Amanda Prowse The Ten Pound Ticket
A Short Story - No Greater Love
Australia, 1962: Susie has just arrived on the boat from England. She is clutching a newborn baby, but she has no wedding ring on her left hand. The land is dusty and hot, and the work is hard and tiring. All Susie wants is to go home. But with no money, and no hope, how can she turn her life around? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 64 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Head of Zeus, [Nederland] | 2014
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Amanda Prowse A Mother's Story - No Greater Courage
I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The very worst. Jessica's wedding was like a fairytale. Her dress strewn with crystals. Her dad made a tearful speech. Her husband Matthew declared himself the luckiest man alive. But when their beautiful baby girl is born, Jessica is gripped by panic. She can't tell anyone how she feels. Even when her life starts to spiral out of control... This is her story. A mother's story. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | Head of Zeus, [Nederland] | 2015
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Amanda Prowse My Husband's Wife - No Greater Courage
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLEROnce a week, Rosie Tipcott counts her blessings. She goes to sit on her favourite bench on the north Devon cliffs, and thanks her lucky stars for her wonderful husband, her mischievous young daughters, and her neat little house by the sea. She vows to dedicate every waking hour to making her family happy. But then her husband unexpectedly leaves her for another woman and takes the children. Now she must ask the question: what is left in her life? Can Rosie find the strength...
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2, 4,5 MB) | Head of Zeus, [Nederland] | 2016
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