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Giovanna Fletcher | Tom Fletcher The Eve illusion
De ontsnapping van het laatste meisje op Aarde geeft een nieuwe impuls aan het verzet tegen de gevestigde orde, maar haar vrijheid is niet verzekerd.
Fictie
Engels | 391 pagina's | Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, UK | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Émile Zola Nana
The Rougon-Macquart Series
She is beautiful, charismatic and destroys every man who dares to pursue her. Before the character of femme fatale was coined in American cinema, Émile Zola captured the seductive female power in "Nana": the ninth installment in the Les Rougon-Macquart series. A daughter of an abusive drunk, forced to live on the streest, Nana manages to rise to high-class prostitute. The novel begins with her debute in Théâtre des Variétés causing all Paris to talk about her. Follow the corrupted and tragic...
Engels | ePub3, 0,6 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 3
Paradise; World Classics
As Dante’s soul ascents to God, he must juggle with the weight of the world’s injustices at his feet. Cleansed of his own sins, his vision and virtues are clear. But how can good triumph over evil back on Earth? With God’s own message so brilliant in Heaven, Dante scrambles to write and record all that he can for mortals on Earth. And as he joins his beloved Beatrice for a final future, he's intent on sharing his moral musing with those treading a troubled path. Only time will tell how his lessons...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend
Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling 'enduring masterpiece' about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Elena Ferrante The Story of a New Name
A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: 'Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it' (The Boston Globe). The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times–bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
World Classics
Mr Darcy and Miss Bennet may be one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, but did you know, Fanny Price was Austen’s favourite? She’s also one of literature’s biggest controversies, but, more on that drama later. Sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle from her poverty-stricken home of Portsmouth, Fanny Price struggles to find her place in the upper-class world of Mansfield Park. Never allowing her to forget her true status, she is at the mercy of her cruel aunt, only finding...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 1
Hell; World Classics
'Abandon all hope, you who enter here’ Frightened and helpless, Dante is desperate to escape the darkened wood and join his Beloved Beatrice at the gates of Heaven. But fate and fear have other plans. His Vigil can do little to stop the wrath of God. Nor can Dante hope to escape the clutches of the leopard, lion and she-wolf, all guarding his path. There’s only one way in – with no way out. As he climbs the stairway to Hell, Dante’s realisation, recognition and rejection of sin must begin. But who...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 2
Purgatory; World Classics
Having survived the darkest and deepest depths of Hell, Dante must now clamber and climb up the mountain of Purgatory to secure his seat in Heaven. But reuniting with his beloved Beatrice is far from easy. Seven terraces await him. With seven deadly sins. Can Dante cleanse his soul of each and every one? And is his newfound heavenly hope enough to reject the fierce and fiery hell he left behind? In his second instalment of ‘The Divine Comedy’, Dante journeys through the no-man’s land between Heaven...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Little Women Series
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 | ePub3, 0,9 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
E-book
Daniel Mason A registry of my passage upon the earth
stories
Een bundel met analytische, soms magische verhalen over mensen in heden en verleden, over hun leven, hun psyche, hun problemen en hun, soms zeer verrassende, oplossingen.
Fictie
Engels | 231 pagina's | Mantle, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Eva Vriend Where the Zuiderzee once raged
a story of community spirit, entrepreneurship, and the intimate bond with the water
‘Where the Zuiderzee Once Raged’ by Eva Vriend is a story of the true heroes of the coast, represented by four fisher families from Urk, Volendam, Spakenburg, and Wieringen. Eva Vriend weaves together their family histories into an epic tale of their intimate bond with water, the resilience that has guided them forward, and the fishing tradition in their blood. The charming towns around the IJsselmeer delight visitors with their authentic facades, fishing boats, and picturesque harbors. The people...
Non-fictie
Engels | 359 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Stephanie Scott What's left of me is yours
a novel
Een Japanse professionele getrouwde-vrouwenverleider (een wakaresaseya) wordt ingehuurd door een getrouwde man om zijn vrouw te verleiden zodat hij makkelijk en voordelig van haar kan scheiden.
Fictie
Engels | 336 pagina's | Doubleday, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Walter Mosley The awkward black man
stories
Zeventien verhalen over Afrikaans-Amerikaanse mannen in allerlei situaties.
Fictie
Engels | 328 pagina's | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London | 2021
Gedrukt boek
Yvonne Gillissen The march of the cats
Amsterdam's headstrong cats are discontented and cross. They're not being treated well enough, at least they don't think so. During a meeting, they decide to leave the inhabitants of the capital city and go off into the wide world. In just one night, they form a procession and disappear quietly to look for adventure at the North Pole. In the meantime, the people and children are left behind, sad and desolate. For ages 9 to 109 Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 10 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Xpath Design multimedia productions, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Yvonne Gillissen The cats have a plan
Those cheeky Amsterdam cats are back. After years of peace and quiet, they've had enough. A few of the more enterprising animals decide to take matters into their own paws and forge a fantastic plan. It will take courage, and also a lot of money. But how do they get that? The story of The Plan of the Cats, for children (9+) and cat lovers (from 9 to 109) is a sequel to The March of the Cats. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 11 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Xpath Design, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Nancy Revell Triumph of the shipyard girls
Tijdens WOII zijn het vooral vrouwen die in Engeland de scheepswerven draaiende houden. Rosie is hoofd-lasser en leidt een dubbelleven, Polly is getrouwd maar moet afscheid nemen van haar man die naar het front gaat en Helen neemt een nieuwe werknemer aan.
Fictie
Engels | 428 pagina's | Arrow Books, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Edith Eger The gift
12 lessons to save your life
Zelfhulpboek dat praktische handvatten biedt voor het omgaan met pijn, verlies, verdriet en angst van de Amerikaanse traumapsycholoog die Auschwitz overleefde.
Non-fictie
Engels | 210 pagina's | Rider Books, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Susan Lewis My lies, your lies
Joely moet zich onderwerpen aan de grillen van Freda, een excentrieke dame, als ze wordt ingehuurd om over haar verleden te schrijven, maar gaat het wel om het verleden van Freda of heeft Freda de feiten een kleine twist gegeven.
Fictie
Engels | 399 pagina's | HarperCollinsPublishers, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Alice Hoffman Magic lessons
Als Maria in 1664 te vondeling wordt gelegd bij Hannah Omen, de kruidengeneeskunst beheerst, is dat voor Maria het begin van een spannend en enerverend leven.
Fictie
Engels | 396 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
2020