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Peace A. Medie Zijn enige vrouw
roman
Een jonge Ghanese vrouw wordt ten huwelijk gevraagd door de familie van een rijke man, die zelf weinig interesse in haar toont. Als ze na de huwelijksceremonie naar Accra verhuist, opent zich een volledig nieuwe wereld voor haar.
Fictie | Feministische verhalen | Psychologische roman | Sociale roman
Nederlands | Engels | Pelckmans, Kalmthout | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Judith Lennox Stilte voor de storm
In het 20e eeuwse Engeland staat een gezin voor een groot probleem als een oud geheim uit het leven van de vrouw des huizes aan het licht komt.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 358 pagina's | Stichting Uitgeverij XL, Den Haag | 2009
Grootletterboek
Susan Wiggs Family tree
De dertiger Annie, die met haar beroemde vriend een kookprogramma heeft, raakt door een ongeluk dit alles en haar ongeboren kind kwijt, maar probeert met behulp van vrienden en familie een nieuw leven op te bouwen.
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 356 pagina's | Harper, London | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Joseph Heller Catch-22
Op een Amerikaanse luchtmachtbasis op een Italiaans eiland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog komt de absurditeit van de oorlog en het militarisme wel erg duidelijk naar voren.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman
Engels | 519 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 1994
Gedrukt boek
Jeanette Winterson Oranges are not the only fruit
Een meisje komt in conflict met haar streng-christelijke omgeving als ze ontdekt dat ze lesbisch is.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 224 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Alexis Hall Boyfriend material
Zowel Luc als Oliver, beide dertigers, hebben ieder hun eigen redenen om hun neprelatie voor de buitenwereld in stand te houden.
Fictie | Humoristische roman | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 448 pagina's | Sourcebooks Casablanca, Naperville, Illinois | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Eva Weaver The puppet boy of Warsaw
De 14-jarige Mika biedt iedereen in het getto van Warschau troost met zijn poppenspel. Als een Duitse soldaat hem ziet, moet hij ook voor de vijand optreden. Daardoor raakt Mika bij het verzet betrokken. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman
Engels | 340 pagina's | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi The first woman
Een jonge Oegandese vrouw is op zoek naar zichzelf en haar plaats in de wereld en vindt haar weg via mythische verhalen van haar grootmoeders.
Fictie
Engels | 437 pagina's | Oneworld, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
James Joyce Finnegans Wake
Radicaal woordspelige beschrijving van een nacht uit het leven van een Ierse kastelein.
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 657 pagina's | Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam | 2002
Gedrukt boek
Rob Bakker The Plot of Europe
Amsterdam. The European summit has convened, and the German Federal Chancellor is staying in the safest suite in the best-guarded hotel in town. Yet in the morning he is found dead and murdered ... A barrage of questions, media coverage and police activity is unleased by this painful - and embarrassingly ill-timed assassination. The German and Dutch authorities feverishly throw themselves into solving the affair while they work at cross purposes, and an unprecedentedly well-planned conspiracy unfolds...
Fictie
Engels | 260 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | LetterRijn publishers, Leidschendam | 2021
E-book
Iris Pinson Isn't it time
Isn't it time is about the life story of a woman who distances herself from her origins and pursues a successful career. Sonja Plattel is an independent woman who has learned from an early age to stand up for herself and manage her own affairs. Her appearance attracts men who find her attractive. She realizes that she can wrap them around her finger when it suits her. It is their problem that they fall in love with her, and she consumes them as if enjoying a meal. She carefully weighs how much she...
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | Pinson Publisher, [Maassluis] | 2023
E-book
Iris Pinson California dreaming
career, eroticism, and tragedy
Who doesn't want to become rich and achieve fame? A dream that surpasses reality? Isn't that what many people strive for in life? Or does the cherished dream end in a nightmare? Micky and Dana form an ambitious couple. They are at the beginning of their careers and are willing to make sacrifices for it. Dana is a beautiful young woman who has her fair share of admirers but is also critical. She has mapped out a career path for herself, cleverly using her charms. This approach proves to be highly...
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub2) | Pinson Publisher, [Maassluis] | 2023
E-book
Lily Mitchell One for the birds
From a deal with the devil to heads in boxes and even a computer that goes on a rampage, One for the birds is a unique collection of short stories that makes you feel a bit uneasy in the end. In One for the birds, Lily Mitchell gives you surrealism, betrayal and some macabre situations in which the main characters find themselves lost or trapped. But that's not all. Here and there a main character learns valuable life lessons a little too late. Besides death and suspense you'll find a good dose of...
Fictie
Engels | 186 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Godijn Publishing, Hoorn nh | 2021
E-book
Han Peeters The Cheetah mystery
faction
ENGLISH EDITION Robin de Graaf and his parents were looking forward to a fun day out with a drive through the wildlife park. Unfortunately, things went differently and their life turned into a nightmare. In front of their eyes people got out of their car, seemingly unaware that uncaged cheetahs are dangerous predators. Robin filmed the event and then posted it on his YouTube channel where it caused mixed excitement among the viewers. The film went viral. The family organized a press conference to...
Fictie
Engels | 120 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | ClusterEffect, Prinsenbeek | 2018
E-book
Han Peeters Planet X
English edition
Planet X, a planet that is part of our solar system, circles in an orbit around our Sun and the star Nemesis. The Sun and its sister star are a great distance from each other. The orbital period of Planet X is 3600 years. One of the last times it passed our planet, it caused a worldwide flood as described in the Old Testament, where it is called Wormwood. Every culture in ancient times had another name for it. Regardless of what it is called, the planet is an instigator of evil as told in The Revelation...
Fictie
Engels | 158 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | ClusterEffect, Prinsenbeek | 2018
E-book
Emma Leads Claire
historical roman
Claire Hodiamont, just seventeen years old as an unmarried woman, gets on the carriage to Cette, on her way to a new life. She has been offered a job at Maison Hanon. Justine, her employer, makes a design that Freule Coultier wears to the mayor's ball. The design hits like a bomb! Maison Hanon gets more customers and more fame. Claire is knocked over roughly one day as she is walking home. She looks into the most terrifying eyes she's ever seen. When she scrambles to her feet, she finds a package...
Fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Ambilicious, Breda | 2022
E-book
George Fargo The labyrinth of the soul
The Labyrinth of the Soul - A modern-day parable When Jason Leonard decides to take a few days off for himself to sail on the Mediterranean, he cannot imagine the adventure that awaits him. Stranded after a shipwreck, he enters a magical labyrinth, in which he encounters a series of strange but inspiring "life coaches". A ragtag group of dieties, shamans and shape-shifters, they help the lost but searching Jason find his way out of the maze and back to his family. In doing so, they accompany him...
Fictie
Engels | 124 pagina's (ePub2, 5,4 MB) | Vergouw Publishing, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Ravelli The flycatcher
love me - leave me
The Flycatcher by Ravelli- an inspiring novel My name is M. Ravelli. Ive been deceived. Two men stole my name. I loved one of them, this is the story of the other. `Keep your eye on God, and your fly zipped up. This is the fascinating story of a seminary student who loves a girl and falls in love with a boy. The leaders of the monastery judged him for this double `fault. Peter is banished from the Roman Catholic community. Ashamed, the failed clergyman flees the country, where he leads a tempestuous...
Fictie
Engels | 349 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | TVF International, Blaricum | 2014
E-book
Louis Couperus Psyche
Psyche is based on Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche. It tells us about the king's daughter of that name and her two sisters, Emeralda and Astra. After the death of their father, Emeralda, the eldest sister, ascends to the throne of the Kingdom of the Past. Fearing her unscrupulous sibling, Psyche flees the castle on the back of the flying steed Chimera. She plunges into the unknown world outside the castle walls. On her magical journey she comes into contact with a Satyr, the Sphinx, weeps a river,...
Fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 24 MB) | Reith|Hendriks & partners, Rotterdam | 2021
E-book
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