Isabella Zani Boeken

With the possible exception of the crucifixion of Christ no moment of history is more universally familiar and more often depicted than the assassination of Julius Caesar. Caesar is in the prime of his life and the height of his powers as the novel opens. A man of contradictions, Caesar is happily married yet at the same time the lover of the enigmatic and subtle Egyptian ruler, Cleopatra. He is at once a great general who commands the instinctive loyalty of Rome's legions, and a man who wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless civil and external wars, a man not only conscious of his own power, and contemptuous of lesser men, but respectful of the republic, and determined not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned as an emperor, a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dangerous degree. With her extraordinary knowledge of Roman history, Colleen McCullough brings Caesar to life as nobody has ever done before, and surrounds him with an enormous and vivid cast of historical characters, portrayed here not as literary figures, but as real, living people, trying to control and master enormous political events and survive.

De jonge Marie-Laure is blind. Ze woont met haar vader in Parijs naast het natuurhistorisch museum waar hij werkt als curator. Als ze twaalf is bezetten de nazi's Parijs en vader en dochter vluchten naar het Bretonse Saint-Malo. Ze hebben de grootste en meest waardevolle schat van het museum meegenomen. In een mijnstadje in Duitsland groeit Werner Pfennig samen met zijn jongere zusje Jutta op in een weeshuis. Werner belandt bij de Hitlerjeugd en wordt vervolgens naar het front gestuurd. Via Rusland komt hij ten slotte in Saint-Malo terecht, waar zijn verhaal en dat van Marie-Laure samenkomen.

A rapturous novel of star-crossed love in a time of war—from the international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds. During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, and Josef, who is studying medicine, fall in love. With the promise of a better future, they marry—only to have their dreams shattered by the imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. Now a successful obstetrician in America, Josef has never forgotten the wife he believes died in the war. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezín, Lenka survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she would never see again. Then, decades later and thousands of miles away, an unexpected encounter in New York leads to an inescapable glance of recognition, and the realization that providence has given Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and our capacity to remember.

Op de dag dat hij vijf jaar getrouwd is, maakt Nick Dunne bekend dat zijn beeldschone vrouw Amy vermist is. Onder druk van de politie en de media ontstaan er scheurtjes in het door Nick geschetste beeld van een perfect huwelijk. Door zijn leugens, bedrog en vreemde gedrag rijst de vraag: heeft Nick zijn vrouw vermoord?

"First published in the United States of American by Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021."--Title page verso.

Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.

Lacy Johnson è stata tenuta prigioniera in una stanza insonorizzata in un appartamento seminterrato che il suo ex fidanzato aveva affittato e attrezzato con il solo scopo di violentarla e ucciderla. È riuscita a scappare, ma non senza conseguenze. Il libro è il racconto inquietante di una relazione prima appassionata e poi abusiva, degli eventi che hanno portato al rapimento e alla prigionia di Johnson, della sua drammatica fuga e della sua difficile lotta per recuperare. In un linguaggio sia crudo che poetico, Johnson intreccia una narrazione riccamente personale con rapporti di polizia, valutazioni psicologiche e indagini neurobiologiche, sollevando domande inquietanti e attuali sui ruoli di genere e sull'epidemia di violenza contro le donne.

Tegen de achtergrond van de G-8 conferentie krijgt inspecteur John Rebus van de politie in Edinburgh te maken met een aantal moorden die iets met elkaar gemeen hebben.

Un serial killer e il suo imitatore sono coinvolti in un violento gioco del gatto e del topo. Quando la detective ispettore Anjelica Henley torna in servizio attivo con l'Unità Crimini Seriali, viene chiamata sulla scena di un crimine. Sono stati trovati pezzi di corpi smembrati di due vittime lungo il fiume. Il modus operandi presenta una sorprendente somiglianza con Peter Olivier, il noto Jigsaw Killer, che ha trascorso gli ultimi due anni in prigione. Quando scopre che qualcuno sta appropriandosi della sua firma macabra - l'arrangiamento degli arti delle vittime in forme di pezzi di puzzle - decide di prendere in mano la situazione. Con il numero dei cadaveri in aumento, la detective ispettore Anjelica Henley si trova di fronte a una nuova minaccia inimmaginabile. Riuscirà ad arrestare l'imitatore prima che Olivier trovi un modo per colpirlo per primo? O diventerà lei stessa la prossima vittima?

Op een van de paradijselijke stranden van Hawaii verdwijnt een prachtige jonge vrouw. Nog voor haar zwaar verminkte, levenloze lichaam wordt gevonden, raakt er nog een jonge vrouw vermist. Journalist Ben Hawkins wordt naar Hawaii gestuurd om verslag te doen van het onderzoek naar de sensationele moord. Hij raakt ongewild betrokken bij het dodelijke spel dat de moordenaar speelt en moet, om te overleven, een pact met de duivel sluiten. Patterson neemt de lezer mee op een huiveringwekkende jacht op de moordenaar, die voert van de stranden van Hawaii naar de besneeuwde Zwitserse Alpen en van de achterbuurten in Los Angeles naar de Amsterdamse grachten.

This gripping literary thriller follows a meth-addicted grave robber who unearths Montezuma's death mask, igniting a violent conflict among a drug lord, a mad collector, a corrupt curator, and a desperate looter. Central to the story is Anna Ramsey, a woman with a troubled past seeking the courage to reveal her true self.