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Gene Brewer K-Pax omnibus
"When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However, this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has met before. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, Robert Porter calls himself `prot' and has no traceable background - but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion, and where every being co-exists in harmony. It's not...
Engels | 800 pagina's (2,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Michael Kimball Big Ray
Nadat een man van zijn zus heeft gehoord dat hun extreem corpulente vader is overleden, overdenkt hij hun moeizame relatie die werd gekenmerkt door geestelijke, lichamelijke en emotionele mishandeling.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub, 2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Kate Worsley She rises
Halverwege de 18e eeuw monstert een vijftienjarige jongen door een ongelukkige samenloop van omstandigheden in de havenstad Harwich in Groot-BrittannieĢ aan bij de marine.
Fictie | Historische roman | Zeeverhaal
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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C.Joseph Greaves Hard twisted
Een 13-jarig meisje en een veel oudere crimineel trekken door Amerika tijdens de grote economische crisis van de jaren dertig van de 20e eeuw.
Fictie
Engels | 336 pagina's (ePub, 2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Helen Cross Spilt milk, black coffee
"Handsome Amir, somewhere in his twenties, somewhere in a Yorkshire town, is torn between duty and lust. While his tradition-bound family urges him to choose a wife from a parade of blank and bashful beauties, he remains a slave to boozy blonde goddess Jackie, his fellow-worker at the department store in town. Pushing forty, with bubblegum hair and a filthy laugh, Jackie is an unlikely muse. She is openly entertained by Amir's teetotalism and moral sincerity, but behind her whip-smart wit is a forgiving...
Engels | 288 pagina's (1,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Robert Cabot The Joshua tree
"Drawing from the legendary heroic life of Bill Keys, this classic story of the Old and New West uniquely captures the romance and tragedy of the American West. Cowboy, prospector and miner, living with the Walapai Indians, `desert rat', partner of Death Valley Scotty, rancher in the high Mohave desert, Keys knew Buffalo Bill, the Parker brothers, General Patton, and did a five-year stretch in San Quentin for his eighth range-war shooting.Through the voices of Will Spear (based on Bill Keys) and...
Engels | 256 pagina's (0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Malcolm Pryce Aberystwyth mon amour
"Schoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's private investigator, soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?"
Engels | 256 pagina's (1,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Malcolm Pryce The day Aberystwyth stood still
"It is May in Aberystwyth, and the mayoral election campaign - culminating in the traditional boxing match between candidates - is underway. Sospan the ice-cream seller waits in his hut for souls brave enough to try his latest mind-expanding new flavour, and Louie Knight, Aberystwyth's only Private Detective, receives a visit from a mysterious stranger called Raspiwtin asking him to track down a dead man.Twenty-five years ago Iestyn Probert was hanged for his part in the notorious raid on the Coliseum...
Engels | 256 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Gideon Defoe The pirates! in an adventure with the romantics
"Beautiful young fianceĢe, Mary. Together they embark upon a journey that leads them away from Switzerland into the bowels of Oxford, and finally to the forbidding heart of eastern Europe. It is an adventure that will force the"
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Tim Adler Hollywood and the Mob
"From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfather and characters...
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 4,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Mo Hayder Wolf - Jack Caffery 7
The sensational new Jack Caffery thriller from Mo Hayder, bestselling author of Gone and Poppet. Who's afraid?I believe, from what I can hear, that either my daughter or my wife has just been attacked. I don't know the outcome. The house is silent. Fourteen years ago two teenage lovers were brutally murdered in a patch of remote woodland. The prime suspect confessed to the crimes and was imprisoned.Now, one family is still trying to put the memory of the killings behind them. But at their isolated...
Engels | 544 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2014
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Kate Manning My Notorious Life
"To the dizzying heights of New York society. But as her fame grows and her name hits the headlines, her reputation as the most scandalous midwife of her time begins to threaten everything she holds dear. And one crusading official will not rest until he has brought about the downfall of `Madame X. It will take all of Axies cunning to save both herself and those she loves from ruin"
Engels | 352 pagina's (0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Takashi Hiraide The Guest Cat
The Sunday Times and New York Times BestsellerA couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another. One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband...
Engels | ePub2, 2,1 MB | Picador, [Nederland] | 2014
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Anne Michaels The winter vault
"Overseen by Avery, a young engineer who at the same time is carefully, and joyfully, constructing a shared life with his new wife, Jean.But not everything can be saved once the floodgates have opened. Villages will be deluged. Graves will be moved. Thousands will be exiled from their ancient homes and from the river that has been their lifeblood, and no feat of engineering can prevent this.As the temple is taken apart and rebuilt, Avery and Jean suffer a terrible loss of their own. Their separate...
Engels | 352 pagina's (0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Christine Sneed Little known facts
"Life as one of Hollywood's most handsome, charismatic and critically-acclaimed movie stars seems like a glitzy fairytale to the people who orbit around Renn Ivins. But for his grown children, Anna and Will, their father's fame threatens to permeate every aspect of their lives. For Anna - a diligent medical student with a promising future ahead of her but not so promising romantic prospects - the exploits of her celebrity father are a source of embarrassment and, at best, bemusement. Her brother...
Engels | 304 pagina's (2,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jane Rusbridge The devil's music
Als een dertiger na het overlijden van zijn vader terugkeert naar het vroegere vakantieverblijf van zijn ouders, roept dit herinneringen op aan zijn destijds spoorloos verdwenen moeder en zijn problematische kindertijd.
Fictie | Familieroman | Psychologische roman
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Robert B. Parker Stranger in paradise
Een inspecteur van politie krijgt hulp van een huurmoordenaar om een maffiabaas in de val te lokken.
Fictie | Detectiveroman
Engels | 210 pagina's (ePub, 2,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Barbara Trapido Sex and Stravinsky
Een Zuid-Afrikaan, die in Engeland woont met zijn Australische vrouw, reist voor een conferentie naar zijn geboorteland en ontmoet er zijn jeugdliefde.
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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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
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Celia Walden Harm's way
Een 19-jarige Engelse gaat na haar eindexamen een jaar naar Parijs, waar ze bevriend raakt met een 40-jarige Ierse, wier flatgenoot hun vriendschap verstoort.
Fictie
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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