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Mark Helprin's acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint, and Russell Crowe. Written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind).New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake - orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side.Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the love between Peter Lake, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn, a young girl, who is dying.Peter Lake, a simple, uneducated man, because of a love that, at first he does not fully understand, is driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and beseiged by unprecedented winters, is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.

In een Amerikaanse buitenwijk anno 1955 onderneemt een jong echtpaar een poging hun huwelijk uit het slop te halen..

This true story reads like a novel, recounting the experiences of five ordinary Israelis who were selected to disappear into the world of espionage. Their mission: to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The narrative is told by the leader of the group, the first Mossad agent to emerge from "deep cover" and share the details of this heroic yet secretive endeavor. He describes the long and perilous operation, revealing the heavy toll it took on the idealistic volunteers involved. "Avner," chosen by Golda Meir, led the team as they systematically tracked down the key figures behind the Munich operation, often facing danger from PLO assassins themselves. The suspenseful mechanics of their mission far exceed the imagination of any thriller writer, as they constantly changed identities and moved across countries, dedicating their lives to a brutal quest for vengeance. This work is not only an espionage classic but also a deeply human document that delves into the feelings of disgust and doubt that plagued the Israeli agents, ultimately transforming their perspectives on their mission and themselves. It offers a glimpse into a secret world, exploring the complexities of revenge and the timeless questions of good and evil.

They come from different worlds and meet at a time of crisis for all of them. Luisa, a drunken diva fallen on hard times, discovers on Chicago's streets a drama greater than any she has experienced onstage. Madeleine, a homeless woman, sees the Virgin Mary's blood seeping through a concrete wall beneath a luxury hotel. Mara, a rebellious adolescent cast out by her wealthy grandfather, becomes the catalyst for a war between the haves and have-nots as she searches among society's castoffs for the mother she never knew. As the three women fight for their right to live and worship beneath the hotel, they find an ally in Hector Tammuz, an idealistic young psychiatrist risking his career to treat the homeless regardless of the cost.

Het verhaal speelt in een groot luxueus hotel, dat dicht is gedurende de winter. Het is dan vrijwel van de buitenwereld afgesloten. De enige bewoner is de klusjesman, die wat lopende werkzaamheden verricht. Voor dit jaar is dat Jack Torrance, een leraar die door zijn driftaanvallen op school in moeilijkheden is geraakt. Hij hoopt hier tot zichzelf te komen en de roman te schrijven waarvan hij al jarenlang droomt. Zijn vrouw vergezelt hem, evenals hun vijfjarige zoontje Danny. Danny heeft het tweede gezicht. Aanvankelijk wil hij niet naar het hotel omdat hij voorvoelt dat zich daar drama's zullen afspelen. Natuurlijk moet hij met zijn ouders mee. En daarmee begint een angstaanjagende tijd. Hij voelt wat voor verschrikkelijke dingen er in sommige van de 110 kamers van het doodse, lege hotel zijn gebeurd. En hij voorziet de ondergang van het gebouw en het gevaar dat zijn ouders en hem bedreigt, zonder dat hij daar iets tegen kan ondernemen.

“A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking.”—The Orlando Sentinel A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the Old World. Praise for London “Remarkable . . . The invasion by Julius Caesar’s legions in 54 B.C. . . . The rise of chivalry and the Crusades . . . The building of the Globe theatre . . . and the coming of the Industrial Revolution. . . . What a delightful way to get the feel of London and of English history. . . . We witness first-hand the lust of Henry VIII. We overhear Geoffrey Chaucer deciding to write The Canterbury Tales. . . . Each episode is a punchy tale made up of bite-size chunks ending in tiny cliffhangers.”—The New York Times “Hold-your-breath suspense, buccaneering adventure, and passionate tales of love and war.”—The Times (London) “Fascinating . . . A sprawling epic.”—San Francisco Chronicle

This is a fantasy novel with an awareness of and feeling for the environment. It involves colourful and quirky characters living on the fringe of the human world, with a hero in Fungle the gnole.

Il cantante, ballerino e attore racconta la sua vita, descrivendo la sua gioventù inquieta a Marsiglia, il suo primo lavoro sul palcoscenico, la sua carriera nel music hall, la sua carriera cinematografica e le sue relazioni con Edith Piaf e Marilyn Monroe.

Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordinarily beautiful fifteen-year-old noblewoman, Barbara Alderley; the man she adores, the wickedly handsome Roger MontGeoffry; her grandmother, the duchess, who rules the family with cunning and wit; and her mother, the ineffably cruel, self-centered and licentious Diana. Like no other work, Through a Glass Darkly is infused with intrigue, sweetened by romance and awash in the black ink of betrayal.

De Grote Plaag is voorbij. Het land blijft vrijwel ontvolkt achter. De schaarse overlevenden halen even opgelucht adem; maar niet voor lang. Niemand kon de beproeving voorzien die eenieder dwingt een keuze te maken tussen voor of tegen, tussen goed of kwaad. In een meedogenloze strijd die het verloop van de toekomst voorgoed zal bepalen staan twee machten verbeten tegenover elkaar. Flagg, de man zonder gezicht, vertegenwoordigt het Kwade. Overal waar hij gaat zaait hij angst, verraad en bedrog. Onder zijn schrikbewind lijkt vrijheid een betekenisloos begrip te worden. Moeder Abigail staat voor het Goede. Haar aanhangers vestigen hun laatste desperate hoop op haar ondoorgrondelijke aspecten.