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Simon Scarrow Gladiator
Vengeance
The fourth thrilling title in Simon Scarrow's epic, bestselling Gladiator seriesMarcus may be free from the brutal training regime of the gladiators but he will not rest until he finds his mother. With his old friends Festus and Lupus at his side, and a letter from Caesar instructing all who cross his path to help him, he begins his journey. He is going back to the lands where he lived as a slave boy: the remote farming estate of the savage Decimus. Yet Ancient Greece is ruled by deceit and corruption....
Engels | 304 pagina's (ePub3, 2 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2014
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Ed Smith Luck
"For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Like his childhood hero, Geoff Boycott, the tough, flinty Yorkshireman, the young Ed knew that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. But when a freak accident at the crease at Lords prematurely ended Ed Smith's international cricketing career, it changed everything - and prompted him to look anew at his own life through the prism of luck....
Engels | 256 pagina's (0,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Gideon Defoe The pirates! in an adventure with the romantics
"Beautiful young fiancée, 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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Parker Bilal The golden scales
"Former police inspector Makana, in exile from his native Sudan, lives on a rickety Nile houseboat in Cairo, scratching out a living as a private investigator. When he receives a call from the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi, he is thrust into a dangerous and glittering world. Hanafi is the owner of a star-studded football team and their most valuable player has vanished. His disappearance threatens to bring down not only the businessman's private empire but also the entire country. Makana encounters...
Engels | 416 pagina's (1,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Give great presentations
"Speaking in front of other people can be a real worry if you've not had a lot of practice. Even if you know your stuff, it can be hard to get everything together in time, look confident, speak clearly, and get your message across well.This practical book contains a self-assessment quiz, step-by-step guidance, top tips, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sources of further help. Fully revised and updated, with strategies to help you cope...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,3 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Ambrose Bierce The devil's dictionary
"A word book, straight up, with a twist The Devil's Dictionary is an American classic. A Yankee Oscar Wilde with a wicked edge to his tongue, gained from seeing the world early and cynically as it really was, Ambrose Bierce, friend and rival of Mark Twain, was one of America's first great writers and journalists. His razor-sharp wit and underlying rage against hypocrisy is perfectly complemented by Ralph Steadman's equally incisive pen and ink illustrations. Adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly. Bride,...
Engels | 192 pagina's (3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Hilary Mantel The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.Including a new story The School of English.Hilary Mantel is one of Britain's most accomplished and acclaimed writers. In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday facades. Childhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes...
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2014
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Patrick McGrath Constance
Als een gescheiden poëzieprofessor van Engelse afkomst in New York trouwt met een jonge vrouw die hem fescineert, vermoedt hij niet welke moeilijkheden hij zich op de hals haalt.
Fictie
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Manil Suri The death of Vishnu
In het trappenhuis van een appartementengebouw in Bombay beleeft een op sterven liggende klusjesman herinneringen en visioenen.
Fictie
Engels | ePub, 2,2 MB | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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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
Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub, 1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Ahdaf Soueif The map of love
Een Egyptische vrouw vindt een koffer met spullen van een Engelse vrouw die honderd jaar eerder leefde.
Fictie
Engels | 544 pagina's (ePub, 2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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E.F. Benson Mrs Ames
"With captivating the men in her life, `that wonderful creature' Mrs Evans becomes not just rival to Mrs Ames' marriage, but rival to her village throne. When the whole of Riseborough is invited to Mrs Evans' masked costume party, action must be taken. As the date looms, the irrepressible Mrs Ames resolves to seize the chance to win back her position, and thus, her man."
Engels | 320 pagina's (1 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [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
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 1 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Justin Cartwright The promise of happiness
"Theft and the reasons for it plague all the protagonists. For Charles, the father, it is a challenge to his sense of rightness and proof of the disintegration of society. For his wife Daphne, it is a source of resentment and puzzlement. Brother Charlie and sister Sophie are less worried by the morality of the theft than by the dissolution of the certainties of family. For Juliet herself is bitter and wounded at being the scapegoat for a victimless crime. And she feels guilty for the pain she has...
Engels | 320 pagina's (0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Gail Godwin Flora
Een vrouw beschrijft hoe zij als 10-jarige in de zomer van 1945 in het vervallen huis van haar recent overleden grootmoeder aan de zorg van een 22-jarig nichtje wordt toevertrouwd.
Fictie
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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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
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Mary Hoffmann The falconer's knot
"Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring convent and friary. And when they meet they are instantly aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life.Then a grisly murder - followed by another, and then another - strikes fear into the close-knit...
Engels | 304 pagina's (1,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Childrens, [London] | 2014
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Nick Lake In darkness
Terwijl Shorty onder de restanten van een ziekenhuis ligt na de aardbeving in Haïti, denkt hij terug aan de gebeurtenissen die ertoe leidden dat hij daar terechtkwam. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Carrie Jones Captivate
"Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people becomes weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town.A turf war is imminent. The new pixie king is moving in quickly. He swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he's one of the good guys. Zara isn't so sure. Despite herself, she wants to trust the new king, but there's a lot...
Engels | 288 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Childrens, [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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