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Paulo Coelho Manuscript Found in Accra
Another incredible novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist. July 14, 1099. The city of Accra awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the gates. There, within the city walls, men and women of every age have gathered to hear the words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth, hope and comfort. They begin with questions about defeat and struggle; they contemplate the virtues of loyalty...
Engels | ePub2, 8,5 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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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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William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair (Collins Classics)
A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature's best-loved characters, Becky Sharp. Ruthless social climber and irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her position in Society, from impoverished orphan to woman of means. Clever, lively and resourceful, Becky is the total opposite of her naive and sentimental schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a pampered yet good-natured girl from a wealthy family. As both women pursue love and life in London, against the background of the...
Engels | ePub2, 1,1 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Haruki Murakami 1Q84
Book 3
Book Two of 1Q84 ended with Aomame standing on the Metropolitan Expressway with a gun between her lips. She knows she is being hunted, and that she has put herself in terrible danger in order to save the man she loves. But things are moving forward, and Aomame does not yet know that she and Tengo are more closely bound than ever. Tengo is searching for Aomame, and he must find her before this world's rules loosen up too much. He must find her before someone else does. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 2,1 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jos Saramago The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil a kindly and necessary evil but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth. An original, wild and beautiful book Times Literary Supplement Bron:...
Engels | ePub2, 3,1 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Shafak Elif Shafak The Island of Missing Trees
A Novel
A REESE''S BOOK CLUB PICKWinner of the 2022 BookTube Silver Medal in Fiction * Shortlisted for the Women''s Prize for Fiction "A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times." -David Mitchell, author of Utopia AvenueA rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish...
Engels | ePub3, 7 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing (USA), [Nederland] | 2021
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Albert Camus The Plague
Penguin Modern Classics
A story for our, and all, times' Guardian Set in a town consumed by a deadly virus, The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror....
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Tim Burton The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington is the most important figure in Halloween Town and for years he has delighted in organising macabre tricks and frights for Halloween. But this year he doesn''t feel right - there must be more to life than scaring people? Then Jack stumbles upon a cheerful, colourful place called Christmas Town and he knows what he must do - he will bring Christmas to Halloween!This is the first book written and illustrated by the incomparable visionary Tim Burton. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub3, 80 MB | Puffin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Dean Koontz The Neighbour
An original short story from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. A prequel to THE CITY, his gripping and moving new novel. Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbour... The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other's best friend, united by a...
Engels | ePub2, 2,9 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Complete Text with Extras
These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss, consume. When Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, it's love at first sight. But though their love runs true and deep, it is also completely forbidden. With family and fate determined to keep them apart, will Romeo and Juliet find a way to be together?William Shakespeare's masterpiece is one of the most enduring stories of star-crossed love of all time. Beautifully presented for...
Engels | ePub2, 0,3 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Oliver Twist has asked for more!'Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian Society features some of his most memorable...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Emily Henry You and Me on Vacation
Two friends. Ten trips. Their last chance to fall in love...------''One of my favourite authors'' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us''A gorgeous romance'' Beth O''Leary, The No-Show ''Loveable characters, hilarious wit and steamy sexual chemistry'' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop *Also known as People We Meet On Vacation* 12 YEARS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they''ll never speak again. 11 YEARS AGO: They''re forced to share a ride home from college and by the...
Engels | ePub3, 1,7 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jennifer L. Armentrout Fall With Me
Jennifer L. Armentrout (also known as J. Lynn), New York Times bestselling author of the Wait for You saga, delivers a new novel of first love, second chances, and scorching chemistry. Eleven months ago, bartender and weird-shirt-wearing extraordinaire Roxy and Officer Reece Anders had a one night stand. Well, kind of. Shes been in love with him since she was fifteen, and he wishes that night they shared never happened. Shes sworn him off forever, but the past and future collide, forcing her to rely...
Engels | ePub3, 1,2 MB | Avon, [Nederland] | 2021
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Robert Harris An Officer and a Spy
Now a Major Motion Picture
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY***Winner of the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction******Now a feature film, winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival 2019***Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd. Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers...
Engels | ePub2, 6,8 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Robert Harris Munich
Edge of War; Soon to be a major NETFLIX movie starring Jeremy Irons
Soon to be a major Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. They will meet in a city which forever afterwards will be notorious for what is about to take place. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the channel and the Fuhrer's train steams south, two young men travel with their leaders. Former friends from a more peaceful time, they are now on opposing sides. As Britain's darkest hour approaches, the...
Engels | ePub3, 6,3 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Karen Witemeyer Under the Texas Mistletoe
A Trio of Christmas Historical Romance Novellas
Three Charming and Festive Holiday Novellas Spiced with Humor, Frontier Action, and Sweet RomanceIn this 3-in-1 novella collection, bestselling author Karen Witemeyer presents the new story "A Texas Christmas Carol," in which a town''s wealthy, Scrooge-like bachelor finds his world invaded by a woman set on earning his donation for helping the local poor, and by the penetrating questions of three mysterious visitors. It also includes, for the first time in print, "An Archer Family Christmas." When...
Engels | ePub3, 8,5 MB | Bethany House Publishers, [Nederland] | 2021
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Ann Patchett The Dutch House
Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020
Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime the unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller 'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' Guardian Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO. Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. We pretended that what we had lost had been...
Engels | ePub3, 1,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [Nederland] | 2021
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Tove Ditlevsen The Faces
Penguin Modern Classics
One of Denmark''s most celebrated writers'' New StatesmanFrom the acclaimed author of the Copenhagen Trilogy, a searing, haunting novel of a woman on the edge, portrayed with all the vividness of lived experience. Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children''s book writer and married mother of three, is increasingly haunted by disembodied faces and voices. She is convinced that her husband, already extravagantly unfaithful, will leave her. Most of all, she is scared that she will never write again. Yet as...
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2021
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Sophie Kinsella The Party Crasher
The joyful, romantic Sunday Times bestseller 2022
Joyous and funny, [with] emotional hidden depths.'' JILL MANSELLWhat might your family say about you if you weren''t in the room....? Cosy up with the new Sophie Kinsella romcom about family love, family tensions and family secrets.Effie''s still not over her parents splitting up a year ago and her dad and his awful new girlfriend are posting photos everywhere (with the hashtags #viagraworks and #sexinyoursixties). Now they''re selling the beloved family home and holding a ''house-cooling'' party,...
Engels | ePub3, 2,1 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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