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Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend
Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling 'enduring masterpiece' about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Elena Ferrante The Story of a New Name
A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: 'Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it' (The Boston Globe). The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times–bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jeff Kinney The Last Straw - Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub3, 39 MB) | ABRAMS, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub3, 40 MB) | ABRAMS, [Nederland] | 2020
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Margaret Sidney Five Little Peppers at School
World Classics
The Five Little Peppers are off to school - Joel and Davie at a boys' boarding school, Polly, Phronsie and Ben at home. When the boys come home for the holidays, all the children are caught up in plans to help the poor family of a brakeman who was killed in an accident. Meanwhile Polly struggles to keep Jasper's friend from being expelled, Phronsie has a frightening accident and Ben works hard to repay Mr. King.Margaret Sidney was the pen name of Harriett Mulford Lothrop, née Stone (1844-1924)....
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Margaret Sidney Five Little Peppers Grown Up
World Classics
"Five Little Peppers Grown Up" continues the story of Ben, Polly, Joel, David, and Phronsie Pepper. Together with the Kings, the Whitneys, and other friends old and new, the Peppers learn and teach about life and love as they grow into adulthood.Margaret Sidney was the pen name of Harriett Mulford Lothrop, née Stone (1844-1924). She was first published at age 34, when two of her stories came out in the Boston children’s magazine “Wide Awake”. Following their success, the editor asked her to write...
Engels | ePub3, 0,6 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Marion Zimmer Bradley The Colors Of Space
Excerpt: "-SUDDEN PANIC- It was a week before the Lhari ship went into warp-drive, and all that time young Bart Steele had stayed in his cabin. He was so bored with his own company that the Mentorian medic was a welcome sight when he came to prepare him for cold-sleep. The Mentorian paused, needle in hand. "Do you wish to be wakened for the time we shall spend in each of the three star systems, sir? You can, of course, be given enough drug to keep you in cold-sleep until we reach your destination."...
Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | Otbebookpublishing, [Nederland] | 2020
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Ruth Ware One by One
The breath-taking thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery
Will hold you captive until the brilliant ending'' Shari Lapena, author of Someone We Know **THE UNMISSABLE THRILLER FROM THE QUEEN OF THE MODERN-DAY MURDER MYSTERY** Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in...
Engels | ePub3, 1,6 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2020
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Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
World Classics
Does Romeo and Juliet really need an introduction? Of all William Shakespeare’s plays, this might be the best known to date. Lamentable tragedies, star-crossed lovers and feuding families: if you somehow haven’t managed to read the all-time romantic tragedy classic, this is your sign to do so. In the midst of a violence and disputes, two young lovers find each other in a world that continuously contradict their attempt to attain eternal love and happiness. The age-old vendetta between the Montagues...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jo Thomas Escape to the French Farmhouse
The #1 Kindle Bestseller
You smell the lavender, you feel the sun on your face, this book is pure joy!'' Katie Fforde''Uplifting and full of warmth, this novel is the next best thing to jetting off to France on a relaxing break away.'' My WeeklyCan Del find her recipe for happiness?Del and her husband Ollie moved to a beautiful village in Provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del watches the van leave for England,...
Engels | ePub3, 2,5 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2020
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Sniper: Assassin's end
Sluipschutter Brandon Beckett en zijn vader Thomas Beckett slaan op de vlucht als Brandon van moord verdacht wordt en ze krijgen de CIA, Russische huurlingen en de Japanse yakuza achter zich aan.
Fictie
Film
Midsomer murders
Hoofdinspecteur John Barnaby en zijn medewerkers onderzoeken moorden in het pittoreske graafschap Midsomer.
Fictie
Film
Roderik Bender | Theo IJzermans How can I turn a mountain back into a molehill?
rational effectiveness training for advanced students
How Can I Turn a Mountain Back into a Molehill? Rational Effectiveness Training for Advanced Students The enormous success of The Stumbling Blocks of the Mind makes one thing eminently clear: there is a great need for a method to improve the way that we deal with certain work situations that cause stress, frustration and non-productive behaviour. Rational Effectiveness Training (RET) is exactly that kind of method. With 'How Can I Turn a Mountain Back into a Molehill?' IJzermans and Bender have produced...
Non-fictie
Engels | 106 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | Thema, Zaltbommel | 2010
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Han Peeters The Cheetah mystery
faction
ENGLISH EDITION Robin de Graaf and his parents were looking forward to a fun day out with a drive through the wildlife park. Unfortunately, things went differently and their life turned into a nightmare. In front of their eyes people got out of their car, seemingly unaware that uncaged cheetahs are dangerous predators. Robin filmed the event and then posted it on his YouTube channel where it caused mixed excitement among the viewers. The film went viral. The family organized a press conference to...
Fictie
Engels | 120 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | ClusterEffect, Prinsenbeek | 2018
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Alexandra Moschovi A gust of photo-philia
photography in the art museum
Photography was long regarded as a "middle-brow" art by the art institution. Yet, at the turn of the millennium, it became the hot, global art of our time. In this book-part institutional history, part account of shifting photographic theories and practices-Alexandra Moschovi tells the story of photography's accommodation in and as contemporary art in the art museum. Archival research of key exhibitions and the contrasting collecting policies of MoMA, Tate, the Guggenheim, the V&A, and the Centre...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 18 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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The impact of human rights prosecutions
insights from European, Latin American, and African post-conflict societies
Human rights prosecutions are the most prominent mechanisms that victims demand to obtain accountability. Dealing with a legacy of gross human rights violations presents opportunities to enhance the right to justice and promote a more equal application of criminal law, a fundamental condition for a more substantive democracy in societies. This book seeks to analyse the impact, advances, and difficulties of prosecuting perpetrators of mass atrocities at national and international levels. What role...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 2,9 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Magd Abdel Wahab Logic & islam
Throughout history, a believer did not need logical proof to believe in Almighty God. This is because the spiritual proof was always enough to admit the existence of Almighty God and to submit to Him. Finding Almighty God is not a mathematical equation that needs to be proven. Rather, it is a spiritual feeling due to a call from inside a human being. The relationship between Almighty God and humans is spiritual rather logical.However, with the advances in science and technology, this spiritual relationship...
Non-fictie
Engels | 162 pagina's (ePub3, 6,7 MB) | Aspect Publishers, Soesterberg | 2020
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Allison Ochs Would I have sexted back in the 80s?
a modern guide to parenting digital teens, derived from lessons of the past
Since smartphones have made their debut, a clear sense of frustration can be felt by parents around the globe. Be it social media, bullying, porn, gaming, tv-series or sexting; parents are overwhelmed or insecure as they struggle to keep up with the yet newest app. Drawing on stories from her past, Allison Ochs reminds us of what it was like to be a teen. She makes you smile while making fun of her teen self. Her answers to today's problems are realistic ways to approach your teens who are dealing...
Non-fictie
Engels | 116 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2020
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Studies in Latin literature and epigraphy in Italian fascism
This book deals with the use of Latin as a literary and epigraphic language under Italian Fascism (1922-1943). The myth of Rome lay at the heart of Italian Fascist ideology, and the ancient language of Rome, too, played an important role in the regime's cultural politics. This collection deepens our understanding of 'Fascist Latinity', presents a range of previously little-known material, and opens up a number of new avenues of research. The chapters explore the pivotal role of Latin in constructing...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 11 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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2020