Elisa Banfi Boeken

***Pre-order Abi Daré's new novel AND SO I ROAR now - Coming August 2024*** 'Unforgettable' New York Times 'Impressive' Observer 'Remarkable' Independent 'Important' Guardian 'Captivating' Mirror 'Luminous' Daily Mail 'Sparkling' Harper's Bazaar 'Beautiful' Herald THE NEW YORK TIMES AND TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI, ELIZABETH DAY, ANDI OLIVER AND DOLLY PARTON ___________________________________________________ I don't just want to be having any kind voice . . . I want a louding voice. At fourteen, Adunni dreams of getting an education and giving her family a more comfortable home in her small Nigerian village. Instead, Adunni's father sells her off to become the third wife of an old man. When tragedy strikes in her new home, Adunni flees to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, where she becomes a house-girl to the cruel Big Madam, and prey to Big Madam's husband. But despite her situation continuously going from bad to worse, Adunni refuses to let herself be silenced. And one day, someone hears her. __________________________________________________ 'A story of courage that will win over your heart' Stylist 'Daré's characters leap off the page, powering this funny, luminous and heart-swelling tale' Daily Mail 'Such a vibrant, tender, beautiful novel . . . I fell in love with her, and fell in love with the book' Elizabeth Day

Paul Janson is een voormalig geheim agent die niets meer van 'het werk' wil weten. Totdat de steenrijke Peter Novak, die ooit Pauls leven redde, wordt ontvoerd door terroristen die hem dreigen te executeren. Janson stelt haastig een team samen om Novak te redden, maar als dat misloopt is hij de enige overlevende. De geheime diensten menen dat hij bewust Novaks dood heeft veroorzaakt en zetten hem op een dodenlijst. Jansons enige kans ligt in het achterhalen van de waarheid over Peter Novak. Een waarheid die oorlogen kan veroorzaken, regeringen ten val kan brengen en de loop van de geschiedenis kan veranderen...

When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a five-year-old whos̕ mastered both saxophone and Italian; and Irene, his overbearing mother. Pats̕ new job at a gallery seems easy enough. Her boss spends most of his time drinking coffee in a local café and discussing matters great and small, and Pats̕ duties are light. That is until she realizes that one of their paintings may be an undiscovered work of a renowned Scottish artist and she discovers that one of their customers may be in on the secret. Add to this a fancy ball, love triangles and an encounter with a famous crime writer, and you have Alexander McCall Smiths̕ entertaining and witty portrait of Edinburgh society.

Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a delapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out... Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing: a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.

Dieses Buch bietet eine vergleichende Untersuchung islamischer Wohlfahrtsaktivitäten in städtischen Gebieten der Schweiz und Italiens, um zentrale Fragen zum Engagement islamischer Organisationen in Europa zu beleuchten. Es beschreibt die Struktur und Koordination islamischer Organisationen in Genf, Mailand, Rom und Zürich, vier Städten, die bislang in der Literatur über islamische Wohlfahrt nicht analysiert wurden. Zudem werden die institutionellen Möglichkeiten und Beschränkungen untersucht, die die Formen sozialer religiöser Aktivitäten auf lokaler und internationaler Ebene beeinflussen können. Dabei werden zwei selten miteinander verbundene Forschungsbereiche zusammengeführt: die Analyse sozialer Netzwerke und die Theorie politischer Möglichkeiten. Das Buch richtet sich an Soziologen, Anthropologen und Religionswissenschaftler, die sich mit der sozialen und politischen Integration von Muslimen in Europa sowie den sozialen Aktivitäten islamischer Organisationen in westlichen Ländern befassen. Die Kapitel umfassen eine Einführung, die Analyse des islamischen Wohlfahrtsaktivismus in Westeuropa, spezifische Untersuchungen zum soziokulturellen Aktivismus in Zürich, Rom, Genf und Mailand sowie eine intranationale und länderübergreifende Datenanalyse, gefolgt von einer Schlussfolgerung.