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William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair (Collins Classics)
A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature's best-loved characters, Becky Sharp. Ruthless social climber and irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her position in Society, from impoverished orphan to woman of means. Clever, lively and resourceful, Becky is the total opposite of her naive and sentimental schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a pampered yet good-natured girl from a wealthy family. As both women pursue love and life in London, against the background of the...
Engels | ePub2, 1,1 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments 6
City of Heavenly Fire
Shadowhunters and demons square off for the sixth and final book in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series from Cassandra Clare. Discover more secrets about the Shadowhunters as they fight to protect the world from demons in the final book in the internationally bestselling series. Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced... This edition contains a map and a new foreword...
Engels | ePub2, 3,2 MB | Walker Books, [Nederland] | 2021
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J. R. R. Tolkien The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings
The second part of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic adventureTHE LORD OF THE RINGS'Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century. 'Sunday TelegraphThe company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. This continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King. Bron:...
Engels | ePub2, 7,7 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Graeme Simsion The Rosie Effect
The Rosie Project Series
Sink into the joyously weird and wonderful next chapter of Don and Rosie, in Graeme Simsion's unmissable sequel to the bestselling The Rosie Project!'Touching and entertaining' Mail on Sunday Forty-one-year-old geneticist Don Tillman had never had a second date before he met Rosie. Now, living in New York City, they have survived ten months and ten days of marriage, even if Don has had to sacrifice standardised meals and embrace unscheduled sex. But then Rosie drops the mother of all bombshells....
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Curtis Sittenfeld Sisterland
The striking Sunday Times bestseller
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE'A work of psychological genius' OBSERVER -Identical twins, Kate and Violet are about as unlike as two peas from the same pod can be. Except in one respect - they share a hidden gift. But after Kate inadvertently reveals their secret when they are thirteen years old, their lives are set on diverging paths. Twenty years later Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has settled down in the suburbs to raise her two young children....
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Alex Kava A Necessary Evil
When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings. Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that's popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, she wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. Then Maggie gets a second lead-one that leaves her stunned. For the past four...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | MIRA, [Nederland] | 2021
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Alex Kava The Soul Catcher
For FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell, there is nothing routine about being called in to work these two cases. As an expert criminal profiler, Maggie provides psychological insight on cases that involve suspected serial killers. She can't understand, then, why her boss, Assistant Director Cunningham, has assigned her to these two seemingly unrelated crimes. But as Maggie and her partner, Special Agent R. J. Tully, delve into the two cases, they learn that there is a connection between the crimes: Reverend...
Engels | ePub2, 1,6 MB | MIRA, [Nederland] | 2021
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Dinah Jefferies The Daughters of War
The first book in the new sweeping historical series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.France, 1944.Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of a beautiful village, three sisters long for the end of the war.Hélène, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer her family to safety, even as the Nazi occupation becomes more threatening.Elise, the rebel, is determined to help the Resistance, whatever the cost.And Florence, the dreamer, just yearns for...
Engels | ePub3, 1,9 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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B A Paris The Therapist
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS…‘Tense and compulsive’ Louise Candlish, bestselling author of The Other Passenger‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound’ TM Logan, bestselling author of The Catch‘A delicious web of lies’ Jane Corry, bestselling author of I Made a MistakeWhen Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…As Alice is getting to know...
Engels | ePub3, 2,1 MB | HQ, [Nederland] | 2021
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Leo Tolstoy War and Peace
Original Version
An alternative version - the one Tolstoy originally intended, but has been hitherto unpublished - of Russia's most famous novel; with a different ending, fewer digressions and an altered view of Napoleon - it's time to look afresh at one of the world's favourite books. 'War and Peace' is a masterpiece - a panoramic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars which for over a century has inspired reverential devotion among its readers. This version is certain to provoke controversy...
Engels | ePub2, 3,2 MB | Harper Perennial, [Nederland] | 2021
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Danielle Steel The Cottage
On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. The man behind the wheel is Hollywood's ageless wonder, Cooper Winslow, a star of the silver screen for decades, a man whose allure to women is the stuff of legend. But today Coop Winslow is in for a surprise - he's broke. With no major roles coming his way, Coop is faced with the heartbreaking prospect of selling his beloved home. His new tenants, Mark Friedman...
Engels | ePub2, 2 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jane Fallon Faking Friends
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A deftly plotted, witty tale of revenge. It's a romcom with attitude' Mail on Sunday 'A fabulous gossipy read' 5***** reader review Best friend, soulmate ... backstabber?Amy thought she knew everything about her best friend Melissa. And she also thought she was about to marry the man of her dream. Until she discovers he has been having an affair ... and Melissa is The Other Woman. In one disastrous weekend she has lost her home, her fianc and her best friend. But instead...
Engels | ePub3, 2,6 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Bulgakov Mikhail Bulgakov The Master and Margarita
Oberon Modern Plays
A mysterious stranger appears in a Moscow park. Soon he and his retinue have astonished the locals with the magic show to end all magic shows. But why are they really here, and what has it got to do with the beautiful Margarita, or her lover, the Master, a silenced writer? A carnival for the senses and a diabolical extravaganza, this most exuberant of Russian novels was staged in this adaptation at Chichester Festival Theatre. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Oberon Books, [Nederland] | 2021
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Niccolo Ammaniti I'm Not Scared
Canons
The international bestselling novel ';of childhood innocence lost in rural Italy [is] a gripping reada deft masterpiece with never a false note' (The Guardian, UK). Southern Italy, 1978. In the midst of a relentlessly hot summer, as the adults stay inside tending to their own business, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he doesn't dare...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | Canongate Canons, [Nederland] | 2021
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Olga Tokarczuk The Books of Jacob
In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires, throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts...
Engels | ePub3, 13 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2021
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Albert Camus The Plague
Penguin Modern Classics
A story for our, and all, times' Guardian Set in a town consumed by a deadly virus, The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror....
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Dean Koontz The Neighbour
An original short story from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. A prequel to THE CITY, his gripping and moving new novel. Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbour... The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other's best friend, united by a...
Engels | ePub2, 2,9 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2021
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Tim Burton The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington is the most important figure in Halloween Town and for years he has delighted in organising macabre tricks and frights for Halloween. But this year he doesn''t feel right - there must be more to life than scaring people? Then Jack stumbles upon a cheerful, colourful place called Christmas Town and he knows what he must do - he will bring Christmas to Halloween!This is the first book written and illustrated by the incomparable visionary Tim Burton. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub3, 80 MB | Puffin, [Nederland] | 2021
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Julie Kagawa The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, Book 2)
Step back into the Faery realm... Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fitted in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey - ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her. Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting...
Engels | ePub2, 1,2 MB | HQ Young Adult, [Nederland] | 2021
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Julie Kagawa The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey, Book 4)
My name - my True Name - is Ashallayn'darkmyr Tallyn. I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl... He gave up everything. All for her... and all for nothing. To emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought. Then Meghan Chase a half human, half fey smashed through...
Engels | ePub2, 1,4 MB | HQ Young Adult, [Nederland] | 2021
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