Valentina Daniele Boeken

"In the high-energy magic facility of Unseen University, the wizards have created a miniature cosmos that includes Roundworld, known to us as Earth. As they bicker over the meaning of this - to them - unfeasible and bizarre planet, we go on a tour of Big Science. From astrophysics to quantum mechanics, the interleaved chapters give us a briefing on the history and the present state of play of our scientific learning, while stressing alway the limits of our knowledge--. The tone is intelligent and humorous (think Horizon with laughs) and demands an intellectual engagement on the part of the reader. The result is a book in which the hard science is as gripping as the fiction--one for anyone with an interest in where science comes from and where it is going." - The Times

Despatched to the village of VFD, the three Baudelaire orphans think they may at last be able to find out what Duncan Quagmire meant when he frantically screamed those enigmatic letters, before Count Olaf abducted him and his sister.

Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki. Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage’s doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents.Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss. A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement–winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky.“I would like to declare Diana Wynne Jones an international treasure," Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medal–winning and best-selling author

Brooke en Julian hebben het prima samen in New York. Zij heeft twee banen, waarvan ze kunnen rondkomen en hij timmert aan de weg als muzikant. Maar als Julian na een tv-optreden door een groot platenlabel wordt benaderd neemt hun leven een radicale wending.Al snel bevinden ze zich in een compleet nieuwe wereld: dinertjes in de duurste restaurants, te gast bij de meest exclusieve feesten, op en neer reizen naar de hipste clubs van LA en overnachtingen in het ultieme celebrity-hotel Chateau Marmont.Maar Julians roem leidt er ook toe dat zij slachtoffer worden van meedogenloze paparazzi. Is hun relatie sterk genoeg om alle bizarre roddels en bemoeienissen te overleven? Brooke wordt gedwongen om te kiezen: vluchten of vechten

Elke vrijdagavond komt een groep vrouwen bijeen in Georgia Walkers kleine wolwinkel aan de Upper West Side in Manhattan, om er onder het breien hun levens en liefdes te bespreken. Ze zijn even uiteenlopend als de kleuren wol in de winkel: Georgia, een talentvolle onderneemster en alleenstaande moeder; haar onnavolgbare tienerdochter Dakota, onderneemster in spe en geboren bemoeial; weduwe-op-leeftijd Anita, Georgia's steun en toeverlaat en beste vriendin; de briljante rechtenstudente Peri, wie een glansrijke carrière wacht maar die liever tassen ontwerpt; Darwin, feministe van het eerste uur, die geen breipen wil aanraken maar vooral geboeid is door vrouwenlevens; en de kleine, ondoorgrondelijke Lucie, die een geheim met zich meedraagt. Als Georgia's ex opeens op de stoep staat en eist dat hij toch deel uitmaakt van zijn dochters leven, staat alles op z'n kop.

Dit boy-meets-girl verhaal gaat over Jack en Amy. Jack, 27, vindt het heerlijk om vrijgezel te zijn. Amy, 25, is single en wanhopig. Ze is al in geen eeuwen een leuke man tegengekomen. Dan, op een feestje in hartje Londen, lopen Jack en Amy elkaar tegen het lijf. In Heb mij lief, geschreven vanuit wisselend perspectief, zien we hoe Jack en Amy ieder op hun eigen wijze reageren op steeds dezelfde gebeurtenissen. Het is een sexy n vrolijke liefdesgeschiedenis die gruwelijk herkenbaar is.

Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being 'just a PA'. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she's become used to.

Megan Vandemeer aveva tutte le intenzioni di dire ai suoi genitori che la festa di matrimonio in programma di lì a poco sarebbe andata a monte per mancanza del promesso sposo. Tanto più che non lo aveva ancora presentato in famiglia! E invece si ritrova, senza sapere come, a bordo dell'aereo per Kansas City che la porterà a casa dei suoi e al suo matrimonio. Il fatto è che ha il cuore troppo spezzato per dire la verità. Salvo, dopo un paio di drink e due pastiglie, ritrovarsi a raccontare tutta la storia al giovane sconosciuto dai capelli scuri seduto accanto a lei. A Josh McMillan resta una sola settimana per salvare la sua azienda. Questo volo a Kansas City è l'ultimo tentativo. Ma il viaggio per il momento gli ha portato dell'altro: una ragazza molto carina, che sembra sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi, seduta accanto a lui e in vena di confidenze. Ai genitori di Megan, venuti a prenderla all'aeroporto, basterà vedere lei e Josh insieme per credere che sia lui il promesso sposo. E adesso come deluderli?