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Henry James What Maisie Knew
`What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of everything Maise‘s parents do. Shuttled back and forth between her selfish mother and her vain father, Maise becomes a weapon in her parents‘ battle, a way for them to intensify their hatred of each other. Like Charles Dickens before him, Henry James...
Engels | 8 uur 46 minuten (415 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Chris Spriet We werden honderd jaar ouder
dichters over de Eerste Wereldoorlog
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | Frans | Duits | 355 pagina's | Davidsfonds, Leuven | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Herman Adèr Father, mother
In this novella from Herman Adèr, the autobiographical elements are more obvious than in his previous novellas and stories. Yet, the first-person narrator is nowhere centre stage, the father and the mother remain the main characters all along. However, this detached manner of writing emphasizes how very evocative various scenes are. It could be said that the novella deals with Death. With the sudden death of the father, and with the slow, painful deterioration of the mother into her dementia, followed...
Fictie
Engels | 80 pagina's (ePub2) | Johannes van Kessel Publishing, Huizen | 2017
E-book
Patricia Snel The expat
Dutch expat Julia de Rijck uses husband Paul's telescope to spy on Dave across the pool in their luxury Singapore condominium. Despite their mutual attraction there is something about the man that makes Julia uneasy. When Dave's maid, Angelica, dies in suspicious circumstances, Julia gets pulled into a world of secrets and discovers a less visible Singapore of exploitation and prostitution. The Expat is a gripping story of greed, love, infidelity and crime in Singapore. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 223 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Elizabeth Gilbert The signature of all things
De Amerikaanse erfgename van een fortuin gebruikt in de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw haar rijkdom om haar passie voor plantkunde te ontwikkelen en bereist daarvoor de hele wereld.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | ePub3, 3,3 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at CanterburyThis selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these...
Engels | ePub2, 36 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Yolinda Vixen My sultry confessions
Erotische schetsen en foto's.
Fictie | Erotische verhalen | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 82 pagina's (ePub2, 26 MB) | CP Romance, Capelle ad IJssel | 2013
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 | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 432 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Sue Townsend Rebuilding Coventry
Een huisvrouw die per ongeluk haar buurman heeft vermoord, ontdekt tijdens haar omzwervingen op de vlucht voor de politie het positieve gevoel van vrijheid en een nieuw levensperspectief.
Fictie
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub, 1,7 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Melissa Harrison Clay
In een grote stad in Engeland ligt een parkje tussen de huizen ingeklemd. Het speelt een bijzondere rol in de levens van drie heel verschillende mensen.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 272 pagina's (ePub, 0,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Patrick McGrath Constance
Als een gescheiden poëzieprofessor van Engelse afkomst in New York trouwt met een jonge vrouw die hem fescineert, vermoedt hij niet welke moeilijkheden hij zich op de hals haalt.
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Gail Godwin Flora
Een vrouw beschrijft hoe zij als 10-jarige in de zomer van 1945 in het vervallen huis van haar recent overleden grootmoeder aan de zorg van een 22-jarig nichtje wordt toevertrouwd.
Fictie | Familieroman | Psychologische roman
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
William Sutcliffe The wall
Een Israelische jongen vindt een manier om zijn joodse nederzetting te ontvluchten en ontmoet een Palestijns meisje dat zijn ogen opent voor de realiteit.
Fictie | Kinderleven | Oorlogsroman
Engels | 304 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book is a perfect joke book for young children. Full of jokes, limericks, riddles, Knock knock and Doctor, doctor all the jokes are specially themed around Roald Dahl's best-loved characters such as Charlie, George, The BFG, Matilda, James and many others.Roald Dahl was always full of fun and mischief and loved all kinds of jokes - the sillier the better! From chocolate-covered chickens to grizzly grouchy grandmas to the disgusting Twits this marvellous collection has...
Engels | 128 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
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
E-book
Jane Casey The Stranger You Know - Maeve Kerrigan 4
The latest crime thriller featuring detective Maeve Kerrigan - winner of the Mary Higgins Clark AwardHe meets women.He gains their trust.He kills them.That s all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been strangled in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in, every indication shows that they let him in.But the evidence is pointing at a shocking suspect: DI Josh Derwent, Maeve s colleague.Maeve refuses to believe he could be involved, but how...
Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 1,5 MB) | Ebury Publishing, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
Josephine Cox The Broken Man
Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man...It's 1954 and Adam Carter is twelve years old, an only child with no friends nor any self confidence. His father Edward is a bully of a man. A successful and ruthless businessman, he breeds fear into the heart of his family. Adam's mother Peggy is too cowed to protect her son, so Adam's only support comes in the shape of Phil Wallis, the school bus driver. One particular afternoon, when Adam is his last drop of the day, Phil decides to accompany him...
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
Virginia Woolf Jacob's Room - Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.JACOB'S ROOM, Virginia Woolf's third novel, marks her first foray into Modernist experimentation. The narrative traces Jacob's childhood in Cornwall and his education at Cambridge, culminating in an evocative portrait of his adult life in London and abroad. Jacob is romantically torn between the artistic Florinda, the upper-middle-class Clara Durrant and the beautiful, but married, Sandra Wentworth Williams....
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project Series
Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA, bestselling author of The Shopaholic seriesPerfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Still Me and Three Things About Elsie. ____________Don Tillman has got his love life planned out. He knows exactly who he wants, but is it...
Engels | ePub3, 1,4 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book
Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Clarissa Dalloway is a woman of high-society - vivacious, hospitable and sociable on the surface, yet underneath troubled and dissatisfied with her life in post-war Britain. This disillusionment is an emotion that bubbles under the surface of all of Woolf's characters in Mrs Dalloway. Centred around one day in June where Clarissa is preparing for and holding a party, her interior monologue mingles with those...
Engels | ePub2, 0,7 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
E-book