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Charles Bukowski Factotum

One of Charles Bukowski''s best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant...

Engels | ePub2, 0,6 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2009

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Karin Fossum The Water's Edge - Inspector Sejer

A couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine's horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case.Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken.Is there a killer...

Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2009

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Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic & Baby - Book 5

Becky's life is blooming! She's working at London's newest fashion store The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)... and she's pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed - especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband Luke's glamorous, intellectual...

Engels | 448 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic Abroad - Book 2

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, her bank manager is actually being nice to her, and when it comes to spending money, her new motto is Buy Only What You Need - and she's really (sort of) sticking to it. The icing on the brioche is that she's been offered a chance to work in New York.New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! And Becky does mean to go to them all. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few...

Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Book 3

For once in Becky Bloomwood s life, things are going smoothly. She s got the dream job as a personal shopper (spending other people s money and getting paid for it). She s got a fabulous Manhattan apartment with her boyfriend Luke. They ve even opened a joint bank account (although they can t quite agree on whether a Miu Miu skirt counts as a household expense).Then Luke proposes and all of a sudden life gets hectic. Becky s mum in rural Surrey wants one thing, Luke s mother in New York wants the...

Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 2,5 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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Charlotte Brontë Villette

Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of Villette, achieves by degrees an authentic independence from both outer necessity and inward grief. Charlotte Brontë's last novel, published in 1853, has a dramatic force comparable to that of her other masterpiece, Jane Eyre, as well as strikingly modern psychological insight and a revolutionary understanding of human loneliness

Engels | 963 pagina's | Floating Press, [Waiheke Island] | 2009

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Charlotte Bronte The Professor

The Professor was the first novel Charlotte Bronte wrote, but was only published posthumously. It follows the journey of William Crimsworth into maturity, showing his loves and the path to his eventual career as Professor at an all-girl's school. The novel was largely influenced by Bronte's time in Brussels, where she fell passionately in love with her married language professor. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 280 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | The Floating Press, [Nederland] | 2009

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Squadra antimafia

Palermo

Een vrouwelijke hoofdinspecteur van politie en haar team gaan op zoek naar criminelen die aan de top van verschillende maffiafamilies staan.

Fictie

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Colum McCann Let the great world spin

In de ochtend van 7 augustus 1974 loopt een koorddanser op honderden meters hoogte tussen de twee torens van het WTC in New York.

Fictie

Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Marc Fitten Valeria's last stand

Wanneer een schoorsteenveger zich vestigt in een afgelegen Hongaars dorpje en al gauw twee liefdesrelaties onderhoudt, volgen de dorpelingen dit vol verontwaardiging.

Fictie

Engels | 272 pagina's (ePub, 1,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Laleh Khadivi The age of orphans

Nadat zijn dorp in de jaren twintig van de 20e eeuw is uitgemoord, wordt een Koerdische weesjongen verplicht om te vechten voor een verenigd Iran.

Fictie

Engels | ePub, 1,1 MB | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014

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Nicci French Complicit

Wanneer ze een lijk in de flat van een afwezige vriendin vindt, laat een jonge vrouw samen met haar beste vriendin dat verdwijnen.

Fictie

Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub, 3 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018

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Tracy Chevalier Remarkable creatures

De beroemde Engelse fossielenzoekster Mary Anning (1799-1847) sluit in de 19e eeuw vriendschap met een verzamelaarster van fossiele vissen.

Fictie

Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub, 2,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018

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Petra Essink Bea Visser, dove prinses

het levensverhaal van Bea Visser

Een 73-jarige gebarendocente vertelt over haar eigen leven en ervaringen in dienst van de ontwikkeling van de gebarentaal, de (seksuele) emancipatie van doven en de impact van de technische vooruitgang.

Non-fictie

Nederlands | 176 pagina's | Petrapen, Zwolle | 2009

Gedrukt boek
Wim Egger Surinaamse rug Joodse buik

emoties over de Surinaamse slavernij en de Sjoa

Non-fictie

Nederlands | 287 pagina's | Uitgeverij Libertador, Voorburg | 2015

Gedrukt boek
Coen Bom Armin only

In 2008 werd Armin van Buuren bij de verkiezingen van 's werelds beste 100 dj's uitgeroepen tot populairste dj van de wereld. Het boek Eén op één volgt hem in het jaar dat daaraan voorafging. Van Buuren wordt gevolgd tijdens zijn talloze vliegreizen, optredens en interviewsessies. Het is de eerste inkijk in het leven de populairste dj van het moment. Wat gebeurt er nu werkelijk buiten het vele vliegen en alle glitter & glamour? Hoe is Armin op nummer 1 gekomen? Aan het woord komen zijn vrienden,...

Non-fictie

Engels | ePub2, 4,3 MB | Carrera, Amsterdam | 2009

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Ronald van de Krol Native English for Nederlanders

a personal, cultural and grammatical guide

Tips voor Nederlanders die al redelijk Engels spreken, maar hun effectiviteit willen verbeteren.

Non-fictie

Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Business Contact, Amsterdam | 2009

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Nicoline van der Sijs Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops

the influence of Dutch on the North American Languages

In 1609, the first Dutch settlers arrived in America and established trading posts, small towns, and forts up and down what we now call the Hudson River. To this day, American children are taught the thrilling history of the transformation of this settlement, New Netherland, and its capital, New Amsterdam, from landmark port into present-day New York State and the island of Manhattan. But, the Dutch legacy extended far beyond New York, as Cookies, Coleslaw and Stoops reveals.From Santa Claus (after...

Non-fictie

Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2011

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Jan Siebelink In my father's garden

Winner of the 2005 AKO Literatuurprijs - a true Dutch bestseller Translated by Liz Waters Throughout his long career Jan Siebelink has brought to life dozens of characters, yet never before has he come as close to his own roots as in this new novel. In My Fathers Garden is the gripping story of a father-son relationship, in which the father becomes obsessed by a fire-and-brimstone Calvinism. Hans Sievez has a profoundly religious experience at a decisive moment in his life. He is convinced he has...

Fictie

Engels | 465 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Publishing house De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam | 2013

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Jenny Slatman Our strange body

philosophical reflections on identity and medical interventions

Filosofische beschouwing over de wijze waarop mensen zich identificeren met ingrijpende veranderingen aan het eigen lichaam.

Non-fictie

Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 2,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2016

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