Lilian Schreuder Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. 'They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no', Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that Fadalto worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice's water supply and that he had died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Patta's obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti is bolstered once more by the remarkable research skills of Patta's secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi. Piecing together the tangled threads, in time Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman's accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when, seeking solace, he reads Aeschylus's classic play The Eumenides. As she has done so often through her memorable characters and storytelling skill, Donna Leon once again engages our sensibilities as to the differences between guilt and responsibility

This novel of sex, secrecy, and escape explores the truth about love and sex. Following the sexual awakening of its female protagonist who gradually becomes embroiled in a world of fantasy and recklesness, it will make readers question whether it is ever entirely possible to know another person.

Winnie vindt dat ze een zorgeloos leven leidt. Ze is tevreden met de sleur van haar bestaan, heeft genoeg aan zichzelf en is niemand tot last. Maar haar zelfverkozen rust wordt ruw verstoord wanneer een meisje haar enige bezit steelt: een koffer en een pruik. Winnie gaat op zoek naar de dief. Wat begint als een zoektocht, wordt de herontdekking van een verleden waarvan ze afstand had gedaan. Winnie beleeft opnieuw haar jeugd, de vetes in haar familie, de verwoestende Tweede Wereldoorlog, en ten slotte de onthullingen en het verraad die haar hebben gemaakt tot wie ze nu is: een dakloze vrouw in een niemandsland.

Als een gescheiden Tunesische vrouw in Parijs kamermeisje wordt van een veeleisende gravin, heeft ze door haar warmte en grote intuïtie positieve invloed op haar omgeving.

Thirty-nine-year-old Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted Iraqi-immigrant uncle and an adoring dog named King Babar. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by the preparation of food—until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. Falling in love brings Sirene's whole heart to a boil—stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her identity as an Arab American.

A hypnotic tale of myth, romance and self-discovery.

Een creatief Hongaars-Amerikaans echtpaar probeert zijn dagdroom te verwezenlijken: een huis in Toscane.

Told from Gretel's sly and knowing perspective, this story charts her progress as she navigates from childhood to the brink of womanhood, picking her way through the tragedies and absurdities of everyday life in the Samuelson family that is rocked by disaster, bad judgement and fierce attachments.

For over 30 years, Keith Richards has been the Rolling Stones' guitarist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a highly respected solo artist. Keith Richards , based on Victor Bockris's exclusive interviews with the musician, his family, and friends, is the definitive full-length biography of this pivotal and legendary figure.

Keď sa Zane Muhsenovej podarilo ujsť z Jemenu, zaplnila táto správa titulné strany všetkých svetových novín. Všetky chceli odkúpiť právo na uverejnenie jej príbehu, ale Zana nebola ochotná hovoriť. Potrebovala čas, aby o všetkom porozmýšľala a usporiadala si myšlienky a spomienky. Po roku, keď pozornosť tlače ochabla, usúdila, že je načase, aby o všetkom porozprávala svetu a začala sa obzerať po niekom, kto by jej pritom pomohol. Jej voľba padla na Andrewa Croftsa, spisovateľa a novinára, scenáristu a autora mnohých cestopisov, ktorý mal veľké skúsenosti z literárnej spolupráce s mnohými hollywoodskymi filmovými hviezdami. Spolu znovu prešli krok za krokom ťažkými ôsmimi rokmi Zaninho utrpenia, aby o ňom podali pravdivé svedectvo.