Luca Fusari Boeken

Een ex-kindsoldaat vertelt hoe hij op twaalfjarige leeftijd bij de burgeroorlog in Sierra Leone betrokken raakte, zijn familie verloor en later met succes meedeed aan een ontwapenings- en ontwenningsprogramma.

Astonishing, inspirational, even magical: a naturalist's novel about an Alabama boy who heroically tries to save a sacred forest.

After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.

Wanneer rechter Raymond Fawcett maandagochtend niet komt opdagen in de rechtszaal, nemen zijn medewerkers in paniek contact op met de FBI. Fawcetts lichaam wordt korte tijd later gevonden in de kelder van zijn vakantiehuisje, waar hij regelmatig de weekenden doorbracht. Er worden geen sporen van braak gevonden, geen aanwijzingen dat er een gevecht is geweest, alleen de twee lichamen: dat van rechter Fawcett en zijn secretaresse. Ik kende rechter Fawcett niet, maar ik weet wel wie hem heeft vermoord. En waarom. Ik ben een advocaat, ik zit in de gevangenis. Het is een lang verhaal

Christopher Moore brings us another hilarious, irreverent novel of love, strange beasts and much more besides.

Wandelaar, de gastziel die Melanies lichaam gekregen heeft, wist al dat het moeilijk was om in een mensenlichaam te wonen: de overweldigende emoties, de levendige herinneringen. Maar één ding had ze niet verwacht: de vorige bewoonster weigert haar geest te laten overnemen. Melanie vult Wandelaars gedachten met beelden van Jared, de man van wie ze houdt. Wandelaar kan zich niet verzetten tegen de herinneringen van haar lichaam, ze verlangt naar een man die ze nooit heeft ontmoet. Dat is het begin van een romantisch en meeslepend verhaal over twee meisjes in één lichaam, met dezelfde geliefde...

Deanna Madden, aka Jessica Reilly, hasn't touched another person in three years. She hasn't left her apartment. She makes money from performing to webcams on a sex site, where her clients pay $6.99 a minute for her time. She's doing alright. The dollars are piling up in the bank. She's the number 3 model on cams.com. And she hasn't killed anyone for years. But when Deanna sees on the news that a little girl called Annie has gone missing, the story rattles her carefully ordered world. It's uncomfortably similar to the dark fantasy of one of her most disturbing online clients. She's convinced he's responsible for the girl's abduction - but no one will listen to her. So, after three years, Deanna finally leaves the apartment. And this is what happens...

Eindelijk gaan Bella (ik-figuur) en Edward, een vampier, trouwen. Bella raakt al snel zwanger. Een heel moeilijke zwangerschap volgt. De enige manier om moeder en kind te redden, is om van Bella een vampier te maken. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Bianca is starting school at Evernight Academy, a prestigious boarding school deep in the countryside, and from the first day, she can't wait to escape. Her parents, who are teachers there, are sure she'll be happy, but Bianca has a feeling there's something seriously wrong with the place. Something evil lurking in the shadowy woods at the edge of the school grounds ... As she settles in, Bianca's sense of unease grows. Her classmates are impossibly perfect, her teachers are slightly sinister, and the new boy, Lucas, continues to send out mixed signals. Is he attracted to her or not? Meanwhile, another classmate, Balthazar, is definitely interested ... and he's totally gorgeous! Things come to a horrifying climax on the night of the Autumn Ball, where Bianca makes a shocking discovery about herself and her feelings for Lucas that will affect their lives forever.

The novel begins as Michael, a middle-aged man of means, is dressing for dinner at a friend's country house in Ireland. As he descends the grand staircase, he spots a small painting of a landing with an old linen press and the white marble statue of an angel. In the background is a woman clad in a dark green dress. During dinner, Michael comments on the painting to his hosts but they say there is no woman in the picture. When Michael goes up to bed later, he sees that they are correct. This is only the first in a series of incidents that lead Michael to question his grip on reality. His wife Elilzabeth is unsettled by the changes she sees in a man she originally married because he was dependable and steady, not because she loved him. Suddenly she is aware that she has never really known Michael and as he changes, she sees glimpses of someone she could fall in love with. Michael, in the meantime, is disturbed by events at his family's ancestral home in the wilds of Scotland and by a past that he is threatening to destroy everything, and everyone, he has ever loved.

Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, has left the army after a rather nasty moment in Colombia. From a privileged background, he is slightly at a loss as to what to do next, when he is approached by an old army pal, Bilbo Mountwilliam. Bilbo runs an investment fund company and business is booming. Bilbo persuades Eck to join the company as a 'greeter', for a person with Eck's list of contacts is an easy route to a rich seam of moneyed clients. All Eck has to do is supply the contacts with entertainment and large G&Ts and then the fund managers will do the rest. Soon Eck is able to buy himself a luxury sports car and decadent flat in the city. All that is missing in his life is a woman. It is on a golfing trip to France with his friend Henry Newark that Eck first meets Charlie Summers, a fly-by-night entrepreneur who is hiding out in France after a 'misunderstanding with Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue'. Charlie's latest scheme is to import Japanese dog food into the UK. Henry casually mentions that Charlie should 'look us up' if he is ever in Gloucestershire. Not only does Charlie Summers look Henry up, he arrives with his suitcase, intent on staying with the Newarks and relaunching his dog food business in their area. But with the financial crash looming, Eck begins to ask himself if they are so very different...

Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas. After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend—the vampire Balthazar—hiding is no longer an option. Soon, Bianca and Lucas are on the run again, pursued not only by Black Cross, but by the powerful leaders of Evernight. Yet no matter how far they travel, Bianca can't escape her destiny. Bianca has always believed their love could survive anything . . . but can it survive what's to come?

Wat wydarzyło się z młodym prawnikiem Mitchem McDeere'em po tym, jak ujawnił przekręty kancelarii z Memphis i uciekł z kraju? Piętnaście lat później Mitch mieszka z żoną na Manhattanie i jest wspólnikiem w jednej z największych firm prawniczych na świecie. Kiedy przyjaciel z rzymskiej filii prosi go o pomoc w sprawie tureckiej firmy budowlanej, która otrzymała wielomilionowy kontrakt na budowę mostu w Libii, Mitch nie waha się. Razem z córką przyjaciela, Giovanną, udaje się do Libii, by zbadać sprawę osobiście. Po przybyciu na miejsce Giovanna zostaje porwana przez ludzi, którzy muszą mieć informacje z samej góry. Wysoka suma, jakiej żądają za zakładniczkę, wskazuje na poważnych graczy. Mitch, czując się winny, że nie dopilnował córki przyjaciela, rozpoczyna krucjatę mającą na celu zdobycie gotówki na okup. Ma dziesięć dni na uratowanie życia Giovanny, podczas gdy przeciwnikom wystarczy sekunda, by ją zabić.

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes a magical re-imagining of one of the most beloved stories of all time. Mia Wasikowska stars as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.