Boekenkast
Ik ben verslaafd aan boeken. Hieronder kan je mijn volledige lijst vinden van gelezen fictie- en non-fictie-boeken die in mijn boekenkast staan. Van sommige boeken kan je zelfs een korte bespreking vinden.
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De Laagte is het landgoed van Sir Henri en Lady Angkatell. Ze hebben een weekend-party georganiseerd waarvoor ook Hercule Poirot is uitgenodigd. Bij zijn aankomst vindt Poirot, op de rand van het zwembad, een stervende man... neergeschoten. Over het lichaam gebogen, met een revolver in de hand, staat... [meer]
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Abbie Devereaux wakes in the dark. She is hooded and bound, with no idea where she is or how she got there. Kept alive by a man she never sees, his only promise is that eventually he will kill her - like the others. But Abbie has spirit and bloody-mindedness on her side. She counts the seconds spent... [meer]
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Past midnight, something happens to time, that fragile concept we use to order our sense of reality. It bends, streches, turns back, or snaps, and sometimes reality snaps with it. And what happens to the wode-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality shatters? This chilling story, part... [meer]
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IT'S THE DISCWORLD'S LAST CONTINENT AND IT'S GOING TO DIE IN A FEW DAYS, EXCEPT... Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Sheep shearer, beer drinker, bush ranger, and someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober. A man in a hat whose luggage follows him on little legs. Yes,... [meer]
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He's been a legend in his own lifetime. He can remember the great days of high adventure. He can remember when a hero didn't have to worry about fences and lawyers and cicilisation. He can remember when people didn't tell you off for killing dragons. But he can't always remember, these days, where... [meer]
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In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered... [meer]
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The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher... [meer]
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Read by Chip. Running time: 1h 23m 17s. Has the summer heat become unbearable? Perhaps you need to cool down with this blood-chilling reading of Irving's classic tale of a ghostly rider and a meek schoolmaster. Chip's reading humorously introduces you to the idyllic New England countryside and Ichabod... [meer]
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De mens en zijn wereld morgen. De nieuwste editie van Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw denkt na over de grote uitdagingen waar mens en samenleving nu voor staan. Van brutale klimaatsveranderingen en alternatieve geneesmiddelen tot verzoening-na-Auschwitz en vragen bij de multiculturele samenleving.... [meer]
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Boredom gets the best of Jim, and he finds himself accepting an invitation to visit a Master and slave in their home. An awkward dinner and a show of force quickly leads into an unexpected afternoon as Jim receives his first lesson on BDSM.... [meer]
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Ze duiken plotseling op, zomaar op straat, op een terras, in de bibliotheek, op het strand of in de sportschool. Een blik, een lach: leuke jongens kun je overal tegenkomen. Ze zijn mooi en lief, een beetje uitdagend. En vaak bezorgen ze je een opwindende verrassing... Spannend en romantisch, soms heftig... [meer]
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Van harte gefeliciteerd met je 40ste verjaardag! Krijg je het soms een beetje benauwd bij het idee dat er voortaan een 4 voor staat? Of ben je juist razend benieuwd naar wat het volgende decennium je te bieden heeft? Geen nood, want dit bijzondere boekje staat boordevol wijze woorden en verklapt... [meer]
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Gittan, 16 jaar, heeft een zelfmoordpoging ondernomen. Maar het toeval bracht haar weer onder de levenden. De klasgenoten doen geheimzinnig en proeven een beetje sensatie... Nickan is erg onder de indruk. Hebben ze met de klas de stille, onopvallende Gittan niet aan de kant laten liggen? Net zoals zijzelf... [meer]
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An irresistible novel by multi-talented Stephen Fry, author, film and television star, playwright and newspaper columnist. The Liar is his first novel<colon> he has no plans for a second or third, but hopes to write a fourth as soon as possible.... [meer]
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As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept and cowardly wizard called Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world...... [meer]
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The Great A'Tuin, the heroic turtle who supports the weight of the entire Discworld, not to mention four giant elephants, swims through the galaxy day and night with the burden of being the only creature who knows exactly where the universe is going. Philosophers have long debated where this is, and... [meer]
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Het Lijk (The Body) - In Het Lijk komen vier jongens oog in oog te staan met de dood en de dreiging van hun eigen sterfelijkheid. Succesvol verfilmd door Rod Reiner onder de titel Stand By Me. De Ademhalingsmethode (The Breathing Method) - In De Ademhalingsmethode is een ongetrouwde zwangere vrouw... [meer]
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Links! is een Hollands drama dat speelt in het zogenaamde 'alternatieve studentenmilieu' aan het einde van de jaren zestig en de eerste jaren van het daaropvolgende decennium. De hoofdpersoon van dit boek wordt gegrepen door het maoïsme en gaat met vier volwassenen en twee kinderen in een commune... [meer]
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On the other side of that wardrobe door lies a world full of magic. A world frozen in the perpetual winter of the White Witch's enchantment. A world where Christmas never comes. Would you have the courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with Aslan, the Great Lion, and fight the Witch to free the land of... [meer]
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Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from... [meer]
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Deze bundel bevat negen klassieke detectiveverhalen die stuk voor stuk een overtuigend bewijs vormen van de veelzijdigheid en vindingrijkheid van Agatha Christie. De onderwerpen, de intrige en de sfeer zijn bij deze verhalen volstrekt verschillend, maar één ding hebben ze gemeen: ze houden de lezer... [meer]
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It is a satisfaction to find a manuscript about which one may become enthousiastic. Mr. Burnett's novel assuredly deserves enthousiasm. It is the story, objectively and graphically told, of the gradual passing of Sam Vettori, a gang-boss in Little Italy, on the north side of Chicago; of his inevitably... [meer]
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The cornerstones of crime fiction are now so rare that the merest handful of collectors can ever hope to posess them in genuine first editions. This new series of facsimile reprints provides an alternative for those who enjoy the look and feel of great old books. Produced to the highest standards, all... [meer]
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James Bond is not a superstitious man, but it’s hard not to feel unnerved in the presence of Mr. Big. A ruthless Harlem gangster who uses voodoo to control his criminal empire, he’s also one of SMERSH’s top American operatives. Mr. Big has been smuggling British pirate treasure to New York from... [meer]
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"Her hair was black and fell to her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a dress of white silk. Her eyes were blue, alight and disdainful, but, as they gazed into his with a touch of humour, Bond realized that they contained a message. Solitaire watched his eyes on her and... [meer]
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Unabridged. Audio Length: 6 hours and 33 min. Kate Schechter would like to know why everyone she meets knows her name - and why Thor, the Norse god of thunder, keeps showing up on her doorstep. It takes the sardonic genius of Dirk Gently, detective and refrigerator wrestler, to get to the bottom of... [meer]
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Met individueel trainingsplan om snel overtollige vetten te verbranden Lopen is goed voor het figuur en voor het humeur! Een paar loopschoenen en wat tijd, en weg zijn uw overtollige pondjes. Er is geen sport zo effectief als lopen om uw figuur in vorm, en uw lichaam weer fit te krijgen. In dit boek... [meer]
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De mooie Amerikaanse toneelspeelster Jane Wilkinson is getrouwd met Lord Edgware. Maar Jane heeft genoeg van hem en wil met een ander trouwen. Ze doet een beroep op Hercule Poirot om haar man over te halen in een echtscheiding toe te stemmen. Die scheiding is echter niet meer nodig, want Lord Edgware... [meer]
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The War of the Ring. While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. Their task was to defeat the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring of Power, but the way was hard and Frodo was weakening...... [meer]
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The Ring Goes East. This is part two of the second book of J.R.R. Tolkien's <quote>The Lord of the Rings<quote> trilogy. Now Frodo and Sam continue the journey alone down the great river Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.... [meer]
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The Ring Sets Out. This is part one of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's <quote>The Lord of the Rings<quote> trilogy. Tolkien's work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of fantasy fiction. In it, he created a vast new mythology in an invented world.... [meer]
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The End of the Third Age. While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. Their task was to defeat the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring of Power, but the way was hard and Frodo was weakening...... [meer]
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The Treason of Isengard. This is part one of the second book of J.R.R. Tolkien's <quote>The Lord of the Rings<quote> trilogy. Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by... [meer]
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The Ring Goes South. This is part two of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's <quote>The Lord of the Rings<quote> trilogy. Tolkien's work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of fantasy fiction. In it, he created a vast new mythology in an invented world.... [meer]
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Hoe de fimmagie tot stand kwam Op het moment dat The Two Towers in de bioscopen verscheen, werd er geschiedenis geschreven.Voor het eerst werd de prestatie van een acteur laadloos samengevoegd met digitale animatie, om zo 's werelds eerste levensechte computergegenereerde personage op het witte doek... [meer]
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The Fourteenth Discworld Novel. The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No time for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan.... [meer]
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The fairies are back – but this time they don’t just want your teeth… It's Midsummer Night - no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there's more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down. Unfortunately there's usually a damned good... [meer]
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A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son– fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill–vanishes. His uncle, novelist Timothy Underhill, searches his hometown of Millhaven for clues that might help unravel this horrible dual mystery. He soon learns that a pedophilic murderer... [meer]
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Collected here are strange, sharp tales of the dark side of human nature. Stories of madness, lost love and terror - each one an unnerving masterpiece.... [meer]
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The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes... [meer]
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A rare live Stephen King recording! Stephen King delivers a haunting, heartfelt performance as he shares a story about the bonds between husbands, wives and pets. LT has a theory about pets, particularly his Siamese cat. It had been their cat not just his cat, but that was until he came home one day... [meer]
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"Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times) Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and £4 million on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning.Passionkillers is a beach play about Andy and Tom who find themselves... [meer]
