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Libba Bray

    11 maart 1964

    Deze auteur duikt in de menselijke eigenaardigheden en unieke levensdetails, waarbij droge biografische feiten worden vermeden ten gunste van de rijkere, vreemdere aspecten van het bestaan. Haar schrijven is doordrenkt van een wrange humor en een scherpe observatiestijl, waardoor lezers een glimp van de wereld kunnen opvangen door haar onderscheidende perspectief. Ze gebruikt onverwachte anekdotes en persoonlijke ervaringen om een levendig en boeiend portret van haar innerlijke leven en denkprocessen te creëren. Haar benadering onthult een fascinatie voor woorden als 'verlossing' en een afkeer van 'misschien', wat hint op diepere thema's van hoop en zekerheid in haar werk.

    Libba Bray
    The King of Crows
    Rebel Angels
    The Diviners
    The Sweet Far Thing
    Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    Before the Devil Breaks You
    • Before the Devil Breaks You

      • 560bladzijden
      • 20 uur lezen
      4,3(359)Tarief

      The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by number one New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.

      Before the Devil Breaks You
    • After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?

      Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    • At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

      The Sweet Far Thing
    • The Diviners

      • 592bladzijden
      • 21 uur lezen
      4,0(1961)Tarief

      It's 1920s New York City. It's flappers and Follies, jazz and gin. It's after the war but before the depression. And for certain group of bright young things it's the opportunity to party like never before. For Evie O'Neill, it's escape. She's never fit in in small town Ohio and when she causes yet another scandal, she's shipped off to stay with an uncle in the big city. But far from being exile, this is exactly what she's always wanted: the chance to show how thoroughly modern and incredibly daring she can be. But New York City isn't about just jazz babies and follies girls. It has a darker side. Young women are being murdered across the city. And these aren't crimes of passion. They're gruesome. They're planned. They bear a strange resemblance to an obscure group of tarot cards. And the New York City police can't solve them alone. Evie wasn't just escaping the stifling life of Ohio, she was running from the knowledge of what she could do. She has a secret. A mysterious power that could help catch the killer - if he doesn't catch her first.

      The Diviners
    • Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma’s visions intensify–visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain. . . . The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls’ great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship. But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.

      Rebel Angels
    • The King of Crows

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen
      4,0(12024)Tarief

      After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows

      The King of Crows
    • A Universe of Wishes

      A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

      • 407bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen
      3,6(40)Tarief

      From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories , comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children’s authors, including New York Times bestselling authors Libba Bray ( The Diviners ), Victoria Schwab ( A Darker Shade of Magic ), Natalie C. Parker ( Seafire ), and many more. Edited by Dhonielle Clayton ( The Belles ). In the fourth collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. This powerful and inclusive collection contains a universe of wishes for a braver and more beautiful world. AUTHORS INCLUDE: Samira Ahmed, Libba Bray, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mark Oshiro, Natalie C. Parker, Rebecca Roanhorse, Victoria Schwab, Tara Sim, Nic Stone, and a to-be-announced debut author/short-story contest winner

      A Universe of Wishes
    • Going Bovine

      • 570bladzijden
      • 20 uur lezen
      3,7(537)Tarief

      Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

      Going Bovine
    • From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Bray comes the story of a planeof beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.

      Beauty Queens
    • A Great and Terrible Beauty

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen
      3,6(900)Tarief

      It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?

      A Great and Terrible Beauty