Kieran McGovern Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Set in New York this closely constructed novel belongs to Henry James's early period. It studies the plight of an innocent heiress who is deceived by the good looks and the charm of a worthless suitor; at the same time she is striving to be loyal to a cold and forbidding father

Om het effect van de daden van de Nazi's in de Tweede Wereldoorlog duidelijk te maken, vormt een Amerikaanse geschiedenisleraar een beweging "De Golf". Deze beweging gaat het hele schoolleven beheersen en leidt tot een verbijsterende climax. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.

Love by Design was written by Kieran McGovern for Elementary-Level readers. The story explains how Tom has failed his exams and now cannot study photography at Art College. Bored with his job at the library he does not know what to do. One day a beautiful girl called Rita walks into the library and the couple's futures become linked.

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"Alors, tu crois qu'il n'y a que Dieu qui voit les âmes, Basil ? Écarte le rideau et tu verras la mienne." Dorian Gray prononce ces mots avec une dureté cruelle. Hallward, le peintre, s'inquiète de la folie de Dorian. Ce dernier, dans un acte impulsif, arrache le rideau du tableau et révèle son propre portrait. L'horreur s'empare de Hallward en découvrant le visage hideux de Dorian sur la toile, bien que sa beauté stupéfiante ne soit pas encore entièrement altérée. Les reflets dorés de sa chevelure et la sensualité de sa bouche persistent, tandis que ses yeux, bien que bouffis, conservent une lueur de leur ancien éclat. Le tableau, signé par Hallward, soulève des questions troublantes sur l'identité et la beauté. Dorian est confronté à une idée monstrueuse, mêlant fascination et peur, alors qu'il réalise que son image est en train de se dégrader, tandis que lui-même reste inchangé.

Something even more dangerous than the observed sixteen-foot pregnant great white shark has risen from the depths and is feeding in the waters off the coast of Connecticut.

"Terrific" - Washington Post "The best thriller I have ever read!" - Phillip Pullman Kolymsky Heights. A Siberian permafrost hell lost in endless nights, the perfect setting for an underground Russian research station. It's a place so secret it doesn't officially exist; once there, the scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist is desperate to get a message to the outside world. So desperate, he sends a plea across the wildness to the West in order to summon the one man alive capable of achieving the impossible ...Fast-moving, exhilarating and starring a highly unusual hero, Kolymsky Heights is an unforgettable thriller with a spectacular denouement.

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When Charlie Babbitt's father dies, he thinks he will inherit a lot of money. However, the money goes to someone Charlie doesn't know, someone who lives in a hospital and turns out to be the brother that Charlie never knew he had.