Auke Leistra Książki

For Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painting was an act of self-liberation. His explorations of fear, despair, and death continue to exert a strong visual and psychological impact on modern viewers. Among all of Munch's paintings, The Scream (1893), which depicts a figure tormented by horror, is the most famous and certainly one of the most expressive. The artist reflected his innermost feelings in his work: In reality, my art is a free confession, an attempt to clarify my own relationship with life. Although Edvard Munch cannot be clearly assigned to a single movement, he is considered a pioneer of Expressionism.

In een verre toekomstwereld komt de werker Kain met behulp van een magische ring in opstand tegen de wrede heersers.

James Tyrone, a racing reporter for a London scandal sheet, knew that fellow writer Bert Chekov was a drunk, but he always thought he was an honest one. But when Bert suddenly died in an "accidental" fall from a window, Tyrone suspected the clues to his death might be found in some suspicious columns he'd written touting can't-lose horses--who mysteriously failed to show up on a race day. In between trips to cover the next big race and secret rendezvous with his sensual new mistress, Tyrone knew he'd prove that Chekov had been murdered. But he didn't know the terrifying risk involved in proving it.

A revelatory collection of letters from the nation's favourite storyteller.

Ostatnia odsłona doskonałego KWARTETU LOS ANGELES mistrza czarnego kryminału! PIEKŁO W MIEŚCIE ANIOŁÓW! Los Angeles, rok 1958. Zabójstwa, pobicia, łapówki i szantaże to standardowe procedury porucznika Kleina z policji w Los Angeles. W swoim piekiełku rządzi niepodzielnie aż do chwili, gdy federalni zarządzają przeprowadzenie śledztwa w sprawie korupcji wśród miejscowej policji. Dla podgrzania atmosfery Klein zostaje wystawiony jako przynęta. Gorączce poddają się wszyscy: lokalni politycy, szefowie policji, gangsterzy oraz narkotykowi bossowie. Wszyscy są mocno zdeterminowani, by fakty nie ujrzały światła dziennego. Ucieczka ze świata bezwzględnych ambicji, zachłanności i wszelkiego wypaczenia może okazać się bardzo trudna. Klein jednak za wszelką cenę próbuje się z niego wydostać... Przykuwająca uwagę, wciągająca powieść kryminalna, która nikogo nie pozostawi obojętnym! ` Biała gorączka przepełniona jest realizmem i dbałością o szczegół. James Ellroy w najlepszym wydaniu`. The Plain Dealer `To najlepsza książka Ellroya`. Associated Press

Is it just a case of summertime blues or a full-blown career crisis? Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran isn't sure, but he's hoping a few days in the country will help him sort out his life.With cats Koko and Yum Yum for company, Qwilleran heads for a cabin owned by a long-time family friend, "Aunt Fanny." But from the moment he arrives, things turn strange. Eerie footsteps cross the roof at midnight. Local townsfolk become oddly secretive. And then while fishing, Qwilleran hooks onto a murder mystery. Soon Qwilleran enters into a game of cat and mouse with the killer, while Koko develops a sudden and uncanny fondness for classical music...

Tamara Chalabi's memoir chronicles her return to Iraq after years in exile, exploring her family's tumultuous history. Through her powerful narrative, she reveals the rich tapestry of Middle Eastern life and the impact of war on Iraq's identity, offering a unique perspective on a country and its people.

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveller. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his new book David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his form.

Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.

'Brace yourself. I'm going to be accused of murder and rape. A beautiful young girl i've never seen before...' Target of a ruthless frame-up, Tweed is forced to flee into snow-bound europe. Paula Grey insists on accompanying him on his journey into the unknown. The relentless manhunt is directed by Lance Buckmaster, newly appointed Minister for External Security. Europe's top security chiefs, once Tweed's friends, are alerted to arrest the fugitive. The unknown enemy hires Armand Horowitz, Europe's top assassin. His mission: kill Tweed. Racing down Germany's authobahns, Tweed and Paula face lethal ambushes. Why is it vital Tweed never returns alive? Is the key to these bizarre events Shockwave, sheet anchor of Western Europe's defence? Transported abroad the Lampedusa, sailing Britain, the giant computer could guarantee the safety of the world. And Tweed was in charge of its uninterupted passage. Joined by foreign correspondent Bob Newman, Tweed seeks desperately to elude his mysterious pursuers. Arriving at his Swiss sanctuary via the ice-cole Black Forest, Tweed hears of the catastrophe. The Lampedusa has been hijacked.... Colin Forbes 'has no equal' Sunday Mirror

The popular singer discusses his early childhood, adolescence, and rise to success with the Police, detailing personal moments and relationships that shaped his life

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.

Former Champion Jockey Sid Halley knows the perils of racing all too well--but in his day, jockeys didn't usually cross the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. And this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker-- who had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle only a few hours earlier. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, Halley had been called upon by Lord Enstone to make discreet inquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a danger-, ous game with stakes far higher than they are realistic? Halley's quest for answers draws him even deeper into the dark side of the race game, in a life-or-death power play that will push him to his limits--both on and off the track. In his first new novel for six years, Dick Francis returns to prove once again that he is the Grand Master of thriller writing.

A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie is left confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

Lea, Avishag and Yael are school friends in a small town in northern Israel. During dull lessons they play the game Exquisite Corpse and daydream about the boys they fancy. When they hit eighteen they are conscripted into the army.

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as home, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country.--From publisher description.

Książka obfituje w żywe, niczym nie skrępowane historie miłosnych intryg, związków i zdrad w środowisku manhattańskiej elity. Na podstawie powieści nakręcono serial "Jak upolować mężczyznę, czyli seks w wielkim mieście", emitowany przez telewizje na całym świece.

Owen Mackenzie's life is marked by sin and seduction, starting with a betrayal soon after marrying his college sweetheart. His quest for happiness leads him through a series of affairs and small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, pushing him toward chaos.

Van je familie moet je het hebben bevat een zorgvuldig en kundig samengestelde en ingeleide selectie door Aaf Brandt Corstius van David Sedaris' mooiste, ontroerendste en vooral geestigste verhalen: ze gaan over de dood, over zijn knotsgekke familie, over nudistencampings, over roken, over de zes tot acht zwarte mannen die Sinterklaas assisteren, over dwangneuroses, lichamelijk verval, over shoppen met zijn zus Amy, en over nog meer dood.David Sedaris is een fenomeen in de Verenigde Staten: van zijn boeken zijn meer dan een miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Zijn verhalen verschijnen in The New Yorker, hij leest voor op National Public Radio, en is regelmatig te zien bij David Letterman. Ook in België is zijn faam groot: 'Is David Sedaris de grappigste schrijver ter wereld? Wij zijn er alvast van overtuigd,' schreef Het Nieuwsblad geheel terecht.

Born to the sound of one of the very earliest experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose very air seems filled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. When personal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on a darker and more morbid aspect.

The novel that inspired the 2016 major motion picture "Nocturnal Animals", starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, is a dazzling, eerie, riveting thriller of fear and regret, blood and revenge. Many years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband. A manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime: an ambush on the highway, a secluded cabin in the woods; a thrilling chiller of death and corruption. How could such a harrowing story be told by the man she once loved? And why, after so long, has he sent her such a disturbing and personal message...?

Fargo meets Undone and the result is a gripping first novel of psychological suspense and mystery set on a snow-bound island in northern Minnesota.

Autobiografisch relaas van de Amerikaanse begrafenisondernemer en dichter over zijn werk en dichterschap.

Een architect wordt door zijn zes zonen bijgestaan wanneer hij met gevaar voor eigen leven de ondergang van een renbaan probeert te voorkomen.

De dood van een lifter in een paardentransportwagen heeft vérstrekkende gevolgen.

Een liberale joodse vrouw uit New York keert terug naar de orthodox-joodse gemeenschap van Noord-Londen waar haar net overleden vader rabbi was.

De vriendschap van vier vrouwen in een Amerikaans provinciestadje.

Het hoofd van een onderzoeksteam krijgt opdracht een cel van Al Quaida, die een aanval op Europa voorbereidt, te ontmantelen.

Kroniek van de paringsriten van een groep welgestelde New Yorkers.