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Kate Atkinson Emotionally Weird
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as...
Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Val McDermid Kick Back - PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2
'Kate Brannigan is truly welcome. Hot on one-liners, Chinese food, tabloid papers and Thai boxing, she is refreshingly funny' Daily MailKate Brannigan, feisty Manchester-based PI, is back, investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before Long she's up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery - and murder. But when a favour for a friend puts Kate's own life in danger, bizarre is not the first word she thinks of... Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Hilary Mantel Vacant Possession
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved 'Every Day is Mother's Day'.Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney, hapless husband, father and schoolmaster, and Isabel Field, failed social worker and practising neurotic.It is ten years since her last tangle with them, but for Muriel this is not time enough. There are still scores to be settled, truths to be faced and rather...
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREIt is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.''McEwan brings Florence and Edward touchingly alive for us'' Guardian Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 0,2 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
J.R.R. Tolkien Letters from Father Christmas
This ebook version of Tolkien''s timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.They told wonderful tales of life at the...
Engels | ePub2, 30 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Cassandra Clare The Infernal Devices 1
Clockwork Angel
First in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy about the Shadowhunters.Love is the most dangerous magic of all... First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa Gray in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Tessa...
Engels | ePub2, 2,6 MB | Walker Books, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Jane Austen Emma (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself... 'Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Camilla Lackberg The Stonecutter - Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, Book 3
For the first time in English, the third psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg.The remote resort of Fjallbacka has seen its share of tragedy, though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman's net. But this was no accidental drowning...Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a father. It is his grim task to discover who could be behind the murder of a child both he and his partner Erica knew well.What he does not know...
Engels | 480 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Sophie Kinsella Mini Shopaholic - Book 6
Like mother, like daughter...!Shopaholic Becky Brandon (n e Bloomwood)'s two-year-old is ... spirited. She knows what she wants, whether it's a grown-up Prada handbag or a toy pony (40% off, so a bargain, surely?) When yet another shopping trip turns to mayhem, Becky decides it's time to give Minnie her own pocket money. Is it a bad sign when Minnie goes instantly overdrawn?Minnie isn't the only one in financial crisis. As the Bank of London collapses, people are having to Cut Back. Everyone needs...
Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Scott Mariani The Shadow Project - Ben Hope, Book 5
AN ADRENALINE-FUELLED THRILLER FROM THE MASTER BESTSELLERAN INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY.ONE THAT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY.Only one man can foil a plot set to change the course of history...Ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope is enjoying life at Le Val, the facility in Northern France where he trains others in the dangerous art of hostage rescue, until a chance incident forces him to take on the role of bodyguard to the Swiss billionaire Maximilian Steiner.The victim of a recent abduction attempt, Steiner...
Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
George R.R. Martin A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what...
Engels | ePub2, 2,6 MB | HarperVoyager, [Nederland] | 2010
E-book
Donna Leon A question of belief
Wanneer een rechtbankklerk, die verdacht wordt van corruptie, wordt vermoord, wordt de vakantie vierende commissaris Brunetti teruggeroepen naar Venetië.
Fictie | Detectiveroman
Engels | 310 pagina's | Arrow Books, London | 2011
Gedrukt boek
Jonathan Dee The privileges
a novel
Een echtpaar in New York dat het al jong gemaakt heeft in de wereld van het geld, komt op het punt dat hun grenzen vervagen.
Fictie | Familieroman | Sociale roman
Engels | 344 pagina's | Corsair, London | 2011
Gedrukt boek
Diana Jones Enchanted glass
Als een magiër sterft en zijn huis nalaat aan zijn kleinzoon, krijgt deze niet alleen te maken met problemen rond huishouden en personeel maar ook met een lastige buurman en een mysterie rond gebrandschilderd glas dat hij moet oplossen.
Fictie | Sprookjes
Engels | 292 pagina's | Greenwillow Books, New York | 2010
Gedrukt boek
Péter Gardos Fever at Dawn
In een Zweeds herstellingsoord, kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, schrijft een jongeman brieven naar vrouwelijke land- en lotgenoten, in de hoop zo perspectief op een normaal bestaan te krijgen.
Fictie
Engels | 223 pagina's | Doubleday, London | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Robert van Gulik
1910-2010
Overzicht in woord en beeld van leven en werk van de Nederlandse sinoloog en schrijver van de Rechter Tie-detectives (1920-1967).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 261 pagina's | Boekerij "De Graspeel", Zeeland (NB) | 2010
Gedrukt boek
Sarah Rayner One moment, one morning
Drie vrouwen steunen elkaar in moeilijke tijden: de dood van een echtgenoot, de scheiding van een aan alcohol verslaafde partner en het uitkomen voor lesbische gevoelens.
Fictie
Engels | 407 pagina's | Picador, London [etc.] | 2010
Gedrukt boek
Rachel Hore A place of secrets
Als een jonge vrouw vier jaar na de dood van haar man in haar geboortestreek Norfolk een historische boekencollectie moet taxeren, vindt ze een dagboekfragment waaruit ze afleidt dat er connecties zijn met haar eigen familie.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 456 pagina's | Pocket Books, London [etc.] | 2010
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Aimee Bender The particular sadness of lemon cake
Als een jonge meisje ontdekt dat ze de emoties van de bereider van eten kan proeven, zet dit haar hele wereld op z'n kop.
Fictie | Familieroman | Psychologische roman
Engels | 292 pagina's | Windmill Books, London | 2011
Gedrukt boek
Reuel Golden New York
portrait of a city
Fotoboek over de stad New York met beelden van verschillende fotografen sinds 1850.
Non-fictie
Engels | Duits | Frans | 559 pagina's | Taschen, Köln | 2010
Gedrukt boek