Rikkie Degenaar Knihy

Als privé-detective Ricardo Cupido de opdracht krijgt om de moordenaar van de Madrileense schilderes Gloria te vinden, raakt hij volkomen in de ban van deze vrouw, die op iedereen een onuitwisbare indruk maakte. Het lijkt er aanvankelijk op dat de moordenaar een bekende moet zijn geweest, iemand die het niet kon verkroppen dat Gloria zo gesteld was op haar onafhankelijkheid. Maar deze veronderstelling vervalt als een tweede vrouw op precies dezelfde wijze wordt vermoord - in hetzelfde natuurgebied. Alles wijst er nu op dat een of andere gek aan het moorden is geslagen.

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, Tété finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in the voodoo loas she discovers through her fellow slaves. When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, it’s with powdered wigs in his baggage and dreams of financial success in his mind. But running his father’s plantation, Saint-Lazare, is neither glamorous nor easy. It will be eight years before he brings home a bride -- but marriage, too, proves more difficult than he imagined. And Valmorain remains dependent on the services of his teenaged slave. Spanning four decades, Island Beneath the Sea is the moving story of the intertwined lives of Tété and Valmorain, and of one woman’s determination to find love amid loss, to offer humanity though her own has been battered, and to forge her own identity in the cruellest of circumstances. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home.Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide. The most beloved and successful of her books, The House of the Spirits, was based on her Chilean childhood, and other autobiographical works include the deeply moving Paula - a family history written at the bedside of her daughter while she lay in a coma - and the fascinating My Invented Country, which explored the events of her native Chile where she lived until Pinochet's military coup. Now, in The Sum of the Days, we have Isabel describe in an exceptionally vivid, human and deeply personal way her life in California where she has lived for more than 25 years. The first page picks up from where Paula ends - her daughter never did wake up from her coma and died in 1992 - when Allende recounts spreading Paula's ashes in her favourite part of the woods by their home. It is fair to say that Isabel has never recovered from losing her daughter but has managed to survive by keeping her husband, son, grandchildren as well as close friends - kindred spirits - central to her life.The book is particularly illuminating and revealing about her working life - she must begin every new book she writes on January 8th or else abandon it for a year.

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a passionate meditation on womanhood. Isabel Allende begins by recalling her childhood, where she witnessed her mother, abandoned and voiceless, support three children. This experience ignited her fierce determination to fight for the life her mother couldn't have. As she matured in the late 1960s, Allende embraced the second wave of feminism, finding a sense of belonging among female journalists who boldly addressed women's issues. Throughout her life, she has witnessed the movement's achievements and navigated three passionate marriages, learning to grow alongside a partner, recognize when to step away, and embrace her sexuality. Allende reflects on what nourishes the souls of feminists and all women today: safety, value, peace, resources, connection, bodily autonomy, and love. Despite progress, she acknowledges that much work remains. Through her words, she hopes to inspire future generations, urging them to continue the fight for equality and empowerment, just as previous generations have done for them. This book serves as a beacon for daughters and granddaughters, encouraging them to carry on the essential work still ahead.

Wachtend op haar wekelijkse zangles raakt Ana gefascineerd door een prachtige stem vanachter de gesloten deur van haar zanglerares. Helemaal in de war raakt ze, wanneer ze de nieuwe leerlinge bij wie deze stem hoort, Ursula leert kennen. Wanneer ze Ursula bij haar thuis ontvangt, blijkt ook haar man Federico zich aangetrokken te voelen tot deze vrouw, van wie een geheimzinnige verleiding uitgaat. Zonder dat ze het aanvankelijk van elkaar weten, krijgt zowel Ana als Federico een verhouding met Ursula. Daarmee wordt een ontwikkeling in gang gezet, die geen van drieën nog kan keren.

One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story. Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling

An epic tale of love and conquest, lyrically written and enchantingly told by a writer at the peak of her powers. A real historical figure, Ines Suarez came to Chile with the Conquistadors in 1540, helping to claim the territory for Spain and to found the first Spanish settlement in Santiago. In this remarkable novel, Isabel Allende -- one of the world's most spellbinding storytellers -- re-imagines Ines's life and that of the two men who become her lover and husband respectively. 'Ines of My Soul' evokes the conflict and drama of the Conquistadors' arrival in Chile, as well as helping restore the reputation of Ines, a powerful woman long neglected by history and a patriarchal society. It also finds Allende returning to territory beloved of her and her readers -- imaginative historical fiction, evocatively told -- and to the familiar landscape of her native country. The novel gives Ines the recognition and glory that are rightfully hers; but more than that it is an epic tale of love and conquest, lyrically written and enchantingly told by a writer at the peak of her powers.

Alexander Cold and his best friend, Nadia, the heroes of Allende's City Of the Beasts , are reunited in a new adventure. This time, Alexander's fearless grandmother and International Geographic are taking them to another remote niche of the world -- a forbidden kingdom tucked into the frosty peaks of the Himalayas. Their task: to locate its fabled Golden Dragon, a sacred statue and priceless oracle, before it is destroyed by the greed of an outsider. With the aid of a sage Buddhist monk, his young royal disciple, and a fierce tribe of Yeti warriors, and armed with the power of their totemic animal spirits, Alexander and Nadia fight to protect the holy rule of the Golden Dragon.

Koncom 30. rokov 20. storočia vypukne v Španielsku občianska vojna. Generál Franco a jeho prívrženci zvrhnú vládu a tisíce ľudí utečú cez hory k francúzskym hraniciam. Jednou z nich je aj Roser, tehotná mladá vdova, ktorej osud sa prepletie s osudom Victora Dalmaua, vojenského lekára a brata jej mŕtveho manžela. Aby obaja prežili, musia urobiť to, po čom ani jeden z nich netúži - uzavrieť manželstvo. Spolu s ďalšími utečencami sa nalodia na loď do Čile, aby tam začali nový život. Osud im však kladie do cesty jednu prekážku za druhou a obaja postupne zisťujú, že ozajstný domov bol celý čas takmer na dosah ruky.Publikáciu z verejných zdrojov podporil Fond na podporu umenia.