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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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Charles Bukowski Pulp
Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer''s seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski''s own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 0,4 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2009
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Mark Billingham The Burning Girl - Tom Thorne Series
Some fires never go out ...X marks the spot -- and when that spot is a corpse's naked back and the X is carved in blood, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious contract killer. It's morbid and messy -- but it's a mystery with plenty of clues. This is turf warfare between North London gangs. Organized crime boss Billy Ryan is moving into someone else's territory, and that someone is ready to stand up for what he believes is his.Thorne's...
Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009
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Mark Billingham Lazybones - Tom Thorne Series
The first corpse was found hooded, bound, and naked, kneeling ona bare mattress in a seedy hotel room. This was no ordinary murder but rather the work of a killer driven by something special, somethingspectacular. The fact that the dead man was a convicted rapist recently released from prison only increases the bizarre nature of the gruesome crime ... and the police's reluctance to apprehend the perpetrator. It's the body count that troubles Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, as brutal slaying follows...
Engels | 432 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009
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Mark Billingham Lifeless - Tom Thorne Series
Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Having seriously crossed the line on his last case and depressed over the recent suspicious death of his father, the once ambitious police detective has been reduced to pushing papers . . . and is being encouraged to take a prolonged leave of duty.But someone is stalking the city's most destitute citizens. Three homeless men have recently been kicked to death, each brutalized corpse discovered with a banknote pinned to its chest. With nothing to lose, Thorne volunteers...
Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Harper Collins, [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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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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Val McDermid Clean Break - PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4
Manchester-based, kick-boxing PI Kate Brannigan takes on the hard men of European organised crime as she battles to recover a Monet in a case that stretches love and loyalty to the limits.Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan is not amused when thieves have the audacity to steal a Monet from a stately home where she's arranged security. She's even less thrilled when the hunt for the thieves drags her on a treacherous foray across Europe as she goes head to head with organized crime. And as...
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Harper Collins, [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
E-book
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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Ana Novac De mooie dagen van mijn jeugd
Dagboek van de Roemeense schrijfster van blijspelen (1929- ) over haar verblijf in het concentratiekamp Auschwitz.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman
Nederlands | 254 pagina's | Signatuur, Utrecht | 2010
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Laleh Khadivi In de naam van de Sjah
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 | Politieke roman | Sociale roman
Nederlands | 303 pagina's | Karakter, Uithoorn | 2009
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Dan Simmons Drood
Bij een treinongeluk in 1865 ontmoet de schrijver Charles Dickens een sinistere man die hem blijft intrigeren.
Fictie | Griezelverhaal
Nederlands | 764 pagina's | De Vliegende Hollander, [Amsterdam] | 2009
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Max de Bruijn Indonesië op vrijdagmiddag
Een historicus beschrijft vanuit zijn persoonlijke ervaringen over Nederlandse koloniale sporen in het hedendaagse Indonesië.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 288 pagina's | De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Alistair Morgan Sluimerstand
Als een man die zijn vrouw en dochter verloor bij een auto-ongeluk, in contact komt met een andere rouwende familie, leidt dat tot een heftige confrontatie.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 219 pagina's | Anthos, Amsterdam | 2009
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Charlene Lunnon | Lisa Hoodless Het gebeurde op een dinsdag
Autobiografisch verhaal van twee jonge Britse vrouwen, die als tienjarige meisjes door een pedofiel werden ontvoerd en misbruikt, en over hoe ze die traumatische gebeurtenis verwerkten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 359 pagina's | Uitgeverij XL, Leidschendam | 2011
Grootletterboek
Beestachtig
dieren in de misdaadliteratuur
Bundeling van misdaadverhalen uit binnen- en buitenland waarin dieren een belangrijke rol spelen.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Dierenleven | Verhalenbundel
Nederlands | 245 pagina's | Cargo, Amsterdam | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Jan Oudenaarden | Rien Vroegindeweij De Blamanroute
een literair-historische wandeling door Rotterdam-West
Literaire wandeling door Rotterdam, onder meer aan de hand van leven en werk van de Nederlandse schrijfster Anna Blaman (1905-1960).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 68 pagina's | Uitgeverij Douane, [Rotterdam] | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Poëzieplein
met alle Poëziepleinposters, mei 2006-januari 2010
Bundeling van posters met gedichten van hedendaagse Nederlandstalige dichters in een speelse vormgeving.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 48 pagina's | Artemis, Schiedam | 2009
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