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Rebecca Stott Darwin's ghosts
"Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend Powell was different. It accused Darwin of failing to acknowledge his predecessors, of having taken credit for a theory that had already been discovered by others, Baden Powell himself and Darwin's...
Engels | 400 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Anna Reid Leningrad
"On 8 September 1941, eleven short weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. The siege would not be lifted for two and a half years and during the 872 days of blockade and bombardment as many as two million Soviet lives would be lost. Had the city fallen, the history of the Second World War - and of the twentieth century - would have been very different.Leningrad is a gripping narrative history interwoven with personal...
Engels | 512 pagina's (4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Sophie Duffy This holey life
Een wat recalcitrante Londense predikantsvrouw met drie kinderen weet aan de vele crises in haar leven het hoofd te bieden.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | ePub, 0,6 MB | Legend Press, [Nederland] | 2016
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Stephen May Life! Death! Prizes!
Na de moord op hun moeder zijn twee halfbroers van 19 en 6 jaar op elkaar aangewezen.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Paul Bailey Chapman's Odyssey
Overgeleverd aan de zorg van het verplegend personeel in het ziekenhuis waarin hij is opgenomen en onder invloed van medicijnen blikt een oudere man terug op zijn leven.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 0,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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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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Kate Worsley She rises
Halverwege de 18e eeuw monstert een vijftienjarige jongen door een ongelukkige samenloop van omstandigheden in de havenstad Harwich in Groot-Brittannië aan bij de marine.
Fictie | Historische roman | Zeeverhaal
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Howard Jacobson The Finkler question
Een niet-joodse man doet alle moeite om zich om te scholen tot jood, hetgeen hem erg veel moeite kost ook al wordt hij gesteund door joodse vrienden.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 384 pagina's (ePub, 0,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Dirk Wittenborn Pharmakon
Wanneer een Amerikaanse professor een pil ontwikkeld heeft waarvan men gelukkig wordt, is het resultaat voor zijn eigen gezin dramatisch.
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [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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Philip Pullman Northern Lights
His Dark Materials 1; now a major BBC TV series
Now a major BBC series ‘Without this child, we shall all die.’Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon, Pantalaimon, always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle – a struggle born of stolen children, witch clans and armoured bears. As she hurtles towards danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win, or to lose,...
Engels | ePub3, 18 MB | RHCP UK Digital, [Nederland] | 2015
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Jenny Han P.S. I Still Love You
Lara Jean and her love letters are back in this utterly irresistible sequel to TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 2,9 MB | Scholastic, [Nederland] | 2015
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Marie Lu The Rose Society (The Young Elites book 2)
Adelina Amouteru''s heart is set on revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.But Adelina is no heroine. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends at the Dagger Society want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But...
Engels | ePub3, 1,2 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2015
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Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass
His Dark Materials 3; now a major BBC TV series
From the world of Philip Pullman''s His Dark Materials- now a major critically acclaimed BBC series ‘We’re going to the land of the dead and we’re going to come back.’Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been – and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned . . . Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub3, 16 MB | RHCP UK Digital, [Nederland] | 2015
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Philip Pullman His Dark Materials
The Complete Collection; now a major BBC TV series
This special collection features all three titles in the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. And now includes extracts from The Book of Dust series: La Belle Sauvage and The Secret CommonwealthNow a major critically acclaimed BBC seriesSet against the dreaming spires of Jordan College and the dangerous wilderness of the frozen north, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy offers an intoxicating blend of imagination, science, theology and adventure....
Engels | ePub3, 46 MB | RHCP Digital, [Nederland] | 2015
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Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife - His Dark Materials 2
She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld Citt gazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra...
Engels | 448 pagina's (ePub3, 16 MB) | RHCP, [Nederland] | 2015
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Kerry Young Pao
Een Chinese jongen die als tiener emigreert naar Jamaica, bouwt er een kleurrijk bestaan op terwijl hij balanceert op de grens tussen legaal en illegaal handelen.
Fictie
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Simon Richmond Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Penang
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Penang is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy Kuala Lumpur's most famous street food on Jalan Alor, visit the busy shrine at Batu Caves, or shop for designer bargains in malls such as Pavilion KL; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Penang and begin your journey now! Inside...
Non-fictie
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub, 81 MB) | Lonely Planet Publications, [Nederland] | 2018
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Michèle Roberts Ignorance
Vlak voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog zitten twee Franse meisjes samen op school; mede door de oorlogsomstandigheden worden ze gedwongen keuzes te maken met verstrekkende gevolgen.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman | Psychologische roman
Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub, 1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Tom Campbell Fold
Vijf oude schoolvrienden van in de veertig spelen maandelijks een avondje poker, wat uit de hand loopt als een van de verliezers wraak neemt op een van de winnaars.
Fictie | Humoristische roman | Psychologische roman
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 0,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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