Alexandra Fraisová Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now? Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully. But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved. Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she needs to get to - but the answer to that question suddenly seems uncertain. As the path of her life forks in two very different directions, Dawn must confront questions she's never truly asked: What does a well-lived life look like? What do we leave behind when we go? And do we make our choices, or do our choices make us? Two possible futures. One impossible choice.

Autobiografie van de gitarist/medeoprichter van de Rolling Stones.

On a warm fall day, a women's reproductive health services clinic becomes the scene of a crisis when a gunman bursts in, taking everyone hostage. Police hostage negotiator Hugh McElroy quickly sets up a perimeter, but his world shatters when he discovers his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside. As tensions rise, Wren encounters a diverse group of individuals: a nurse who must overcome her own fear to save a wounded woman, a doctor whose faith is tested under pressure, a pro-life protester disguised as a patient, and a young woman seeking to terminate her pregnancy. Each character's story unfolds during the standoff, revealing their motivations and struggles that led them to this moment. The narrative, structured to count backward through the hours of the crisis, explores complex themes such as the rights of pregnant women versus the rights of the unborn and the essence of good parenting. This gripping tale, penned by a fearless writer, invites readers to engage in meaningful debate and fosters a deeper understanding of a contentious issue.

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide - and, for the first time in her high profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep into the world of those who live 'plain', Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. As she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within - to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past comes back into her life.

Wanneer een 15-jarig meisje door een medeleerling verkracht wordt, raakt haar familie geheel ontwricht en komen de onderlinge relaties onder druk te staan.

A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.

Everything you thought you knew about Maestra...You don't. Judith Rashleigh returns in the stunning thriller from the author of the worldwide bestseller, Maestra.

Trpěli jste na dietě hlady, ničili se do úmoru v tělocvičně nebo se stravovali zdánlivě zdravě, ale přesto se vám nedařilo trvale zhubnout a cítili jste se neustále vyčerpaně? Přední odborník na stravování J. Colella v této knize ukazuje, jak se zbavit nadbytečných kil a úbytek si udržet, aniž byste měli hlad.

Jak se obléknout na schůzku v bance? Jak na první rande s potenciálním partnerem? A co první oběd u jeho rodičů? Tato příručka Ines de la Fressange, autorky veleúspěšné knihy Se šarmem Pařížanky, obsahuje tipy na nový stylový vzhled pro jakoukoliv situaci. Se základními kousky v šatníku a touto knihou v ruce si už nikdy neřeknete: „Nemám co na sebe.“

V 16. storočí sa v Florencii pretnú osudy dvoch renesančných velikánov. Leonardo da Vinci, očarujúci päťdesiatnik, prichádza z Milána, kde sa preslávil svojou Poslednou večerou. Mladý Michelangelo, takmer neznámy, sa vracia z Ríma po úspechu so sochou Pieta, ktorá očarila aj pápeža. Obaja sa uchádzajú o prestížnu zákazku na spracovanie mramorového monolitu. Leonardo je presvedčený, že má kameň istý, avšak mesto uprednostní temperamentného Michelangela. Leonardo ťažko nesie porážku a začína verejne spochybňovať Michelangelove návrhy. Napriek jeho úspechom sa cíti nešťastný, jeho mechanické stroje nefungujú, a je posadnutý túžbou po lietaní, čo ho takmer stojí život. Michelangelo sa zas ocitá v beznádeji pred neforemným mramorom, až kým sa mu kameň neozve a on nezačne zúrivo tesať. Náhoda zasiahne aj Leonardov život, keď na trhu stretne krásnu ženu a súhlasí s maľbou jej portrétu na žiadosť pána Gioconda. Volala sa Lisa. Dielo Dávid a Mona Lisa, dnes obdivované po celom svete, sa zrodilo z rivality týchto dvoch géniov.