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David Baldacci Long road to mercy
Als FBI-agent Atlee Pine geconfronteerd wordt met een dode muilezel en een verdwenen bezoeker van de Grand Canyon, krijgt ze opdracht de zaak te laten rusten wat haar juist wantrouwend maakt.
Fictie
Engels | 552 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2019
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David Baldacci Walk the wire
Twee FBI-agenten worden naar een klein stadje in Noord-Dakota gestuurd om een bizarre moord te onderzoeken, waar ze ontdekken dat die moord slechts een onderdeel is van veel uitgebreidere misdadige activiteiten
Fictie
Engels | 588 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2020
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David Baldacci The fix
De moord door de oudere Walter Dabney op de hem onbekende Anne Berkshire voor de deur van het FBI kantoor in Washington, stelt het team van agent Amos Decker voor een haast onoplosbaar raadsel.
Fictie
Engels | 420 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2017
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David Baldacci End game
Als Blauwe Man, die in een verlaten streek op vakantie is gegaan, wordt vermist, krijgen Will Robie en Jessica Reel opdracht hem op te sporen.
Fictie
Engels | 408 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2017
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David Baldacci Simply lies
Een ex-politieagente krijgt de opdracht om de inboedel van een gevluchte wapenhandelaar te inventariseren, maar haar opdrachtgever blijkt niet de hele waarheid te vertellen.
Fictie
Engels | 418 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2023
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James Baldwin If Beale Street could talk
a novel
De familie van een 19-jarig zwanger meisje tracht de onschuld van haar gedetineerde vriend te bewijzen.
Fictie
Engels | 197 pagina's | Vintage International, New York | 2006
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Ethan Bale Hawker and the King's Jewel
In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels....
Engels | 12 uur 8 minuten (533 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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John Kendrick Bangs Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
The supernatural is an everyday occurrence for John Kendrick Bangs, who just can’t avoid seeing ghosts everywhere! A witty, turn-of-the-century spoof of the gothic horror anthology, ”Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others" is a satisfyingly creepy and laugh-out-loud funny collection of ghostly encounters. John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author, humorist and editor of “Life” and “Harper” magazines. Bangs is the creator of the modern Bangsian fantasy, which is the school of fantasy writing...
Engels | 3 uur 4 minuten (140 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Lynne Reid Banks Harry the poisonous centipede
a story to make you squirm
Harry de duizendpoot en zijn vriendje George gaan op onderzoek in de bovenwereld, waar de mensen wonen. Maar dat had Harry's moeder streng verboden! Voorlezen vanaf ca. 6 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 158 pagina's | HarperCollins Children's Books, London | 2012
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Lois Banner Marilyn
"Marilyn Monroe died on 5th August, 1962. Since then, the appetite for information about Monroe has proved insatiable. Lois Banner's new biography is revelatory. Banner had access to material no one else has seen, from a trove of personal papers to facts and anecdotes about her childhood and her death. Banner traces the eleven foster homes Marilyn went to, uncovering the sexual abuse she suffered and her bisexuality. She is also the first biographer to read Monroe's psychiatric records, revealing...
Engels | 528 pagina's (7,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Philip Barclay$aut$375394168 Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe is a country both blessed and cursed. British diplomat Philip Barclay witnessed the downfall of what used to be Africa's finest country, culminating in the tumultuous events of 2008 when Zimbabwe's people voted against Robert Mugabe. But their desire for change was denied as vicious squads of indoctrinated youths loyal to the ageing dictator launched a campaign of murder, rape and destruction. In the wake of such terror, the economy and public services collapsed, leading to widespread poverty...
Engels | 256 pagina's (1,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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John Barclay Icon animorum or The mirror of minds
Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. In this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual's peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the 'genius' - the individual character created by each person's upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation's genius, its national character, and provides some of...
Non-fictie
Engels | Latijn | 380 pagina's (PDF, 1,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Linwood Barclay Find you first
Een miljonair heeft niet lang meer te leven en hij gaat op zoek naar de kinderen die hij als spermadonor heeft verwekt om zijn geld aan hen na te laten. Het is de start van een reeks ijzingwekkende verwikkelingen.
Fictie
Engels | 472 pagina's | HQ, one place, many stories, London | 2021
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Rye Barcott It happened on the way to war
"Nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Their organization-Carolina for Kibera-grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development, and Barcott continued volunteering with CFK while leading Marines in dangerous places. It Happened on the Way to War is a true story of heartbreak, courage, and the impact that small groups of committed citizens can make in the world."
Engels | 368 pagina's (6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Leigh Bardugo Wonder Woman
warbringer
Amazone-prinses Diana redt Alia van de verdrinkingsdood. Alia stamt af van Helena van Troje en is een 'Warbringer' die oorlog en verderf zaait, tenzij ze tijdig de bron bereikt bij Helena's laatste rustplaats. Ze belanden echter in New York! Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 369 pagina's | Random House, New York | 2017
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Leigh Bardugo Shadow and bone
Wanneer Alina de gave van het licht blijkt te hebben, wordt ze opgeleid tot Grisha. Hun leider, de Duisterling, lijkt begaan met het volk van Ravka, maar heeft stiekem andere plannen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 307 pagina's | Orion, London | 2023
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Murīd Barghūthī I was born there, I was born here
"In 1996 Barghouti went back to his Palestinian home for the first time since exile following the Six-Day War in 1967, first in Egypt and then in Hungary, and wrote a poignant and incisive account of the exile's lot in the acclaimed memoir I Saw Ramallah. In 2003 he returned to Ramallah to introduce his Cairo-born son, Tamim Barghouti, to his Palestinian family. Ironically, within a year Tamim himself had been arrested for taking part in a demonstration against the impending Iraq War and found himself...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Bill Barich A pint of plain
"When Bill Barich moved to Dublin, he began searching for a traditional pub to serve as his local. Although he had no shortage of choices, he had trouble finding one that measured up to the archetypal ideal. As he roams from hectic urban pubs to their dwindling rural counterparts, he chronicles the state of the `Irish' pub today, both in Ireland itself and all over the world. Entertaining, charming and full of insight, A Pint of Plain chronicles Barich's quest for the perfect pint, at the same time...
Engels | 256 pagina's (2,1 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Dominic Barker Blart
the boy who set sail on a questionable quest
"Innocent - who believes what everyone says all the time - and Kupverstich the Strange - an explorer-come-scientist whose ingenious explanations for the natural world have one thing in common: they're all wrong. They must"
Engels | 336 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Childrens, [London] | 2014
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