Anneke Bok Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face; fitting in, friendship and first bras. Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends - and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems really sure of who they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late developer'. She just knows that all her friends are going to need a bra before she does. It's too embarrassing to talk to her parents about these things. So she talks to God instead - and waits for an answer . . . This is a 50th anniversary of Judy Blume's bestselling classic teen novel, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret featuring a fresh, contemporary cover look and a letter from the author.

Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see. Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth.

A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author ofFreedom. Purity Tyler, known to all as Pip, is an outspoken, forthright young woman struggling to make a life for herself. She sleeps in an rickety commune in Oakland. She's in love with an unavailable older man and is saddled with staggering college debt. She has a crazy mother and doesn't know who her father is. A chance encounter leads her to an internship in South America with the world-famous Sunlight Project, the president of which is Andreas Wolf, a charismatic genius who grew up privileged but disaffected in the German Democratic Republic. Like numerous women before her, she becomes obsessed with Andreas, and they have an intense, unsettling relationship. Eventually, he finds her work back in the United States. What lies underneath is a wild tale of hidden identities, secret wealth, neurotic fidelity, sociopathy, and murder. The truth of Pip's parentage lies at the centre of this maelstrom, but before it is resolved Franzen takes us from the rain-drenched forests of northern California, to paranoid East Berlin before the fall of the Wall, to the paradisiacal mountain valleys of Bolivia, exposing us to the vagaries of radical politics, the problematic seductions of the internet, and the no-holds-barred war between the sexes. Featuring an unforgettable cast of inimitable Franzenian characters, Purity is deeply troubling, richly moving, and hilarious.

Stephen Lawrence Sutler heeft drie problemen: 1. Er is 53 miljoen dollar verdwenen. 2. Hij moet vluchten. 3. Hij is niet Stephen Lawrence Sutler . ‘Diep onder de indruk.’ – The Telegraph (****) ‘De Man Booker Prize-nominatie voor dit digitaal verrijkte boek over de louche wereld van civiele aanbestedingen in het naoorlogse Irak is meer dan verdiend.’ – The Guardian

The cliff loomed over her and though her eyes were cast downwards she felt its presence. Even inside the cabin she could feel it, as though the cliffâ€TMs shadow was so dense it soaked through the wood. Nothing but shadow land, her mother had told Laurel, and claimed there wasnâ€TMt a gloomier place in the whole Blue Ridge. Siblings Laurel and Hank Shelton live in the cove, fruitless farmland nestled in perpetual shadow, land locals say is cursed. Hank has returned an amputee from World War I. He soon falls in love but his new bride refuses to live in the cove. Hank must choose between his bride and abandoning his socially outcast sister in the loneliest place imaginable. Laurelâ€TMs fate is altered forever when she discovers an injured man on their land. The stranger slowly heals and insinuates himself in to life in the cove—bringing Laurel happiness, even love. But when Laurel stumbles on the strangerâ€TMs true identity, she realises they are in real danger, beyond any kind of mythical curse. And the ramifications are breathtaking. This atmospheric novel set in Appalachia during World War I, is both beautiful and dark, full of love, betrayal and fear.

Par un beau jour de juillet, Becca et John célèbrent leur mariage. Leur bonheur sera de courte durée : peu après, ils meurent dans un accident de voiture. Comment leurs deux familles brisées et réunies dans ce drame affronteront-elles cette épreuve ? Rien ne sera plus jamais comme avant : des unions vont se défaire, d’autres, surprenantes et belles, vont se nouer... [babelio.com]

Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts.

Susan Baker and her son live in a remote Canadian town after their lives had been shattered by the accidental death of her husband - A complex drama unfolds after the return of Michael Somers after a prolonged absence_

The story follows Samson Greene, a New York English professor who finds himself disoriented in the desert after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor that erased his memories since age twelve. Struggling to reconnect with his life, including his wife Anna and friends, he receives a call from a charismatic doctor in California about a groundbreaking brain research experiment. This opportunity sparks a journey filled with adventure and self-discovery, exploring themes of loneliness and the essence of human connection, all conveyed with Nicole Krauss's signature poignant humor.

Considered by many to be the finest Irish writer now working in prose, John McGahern's That They May Face the Rising Sun vividly brings to life a whole world and its people with insight and humour and deep sympathy. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. By the novel's close we feel that we have been introduced, with deceptive simplicity, to a complete representation of existence - an enclosed world has been transformed into an Everywhere. 'It is a simple and ordinary story, calmly, wryly crafted with subtle detail - and therein lies McGahern's genius. As sharply, brilliantly observed as any he has written . . . McGahern, a supreme chronicler of the ordinary . . . has created a novel that lives and breathes as convincingly as the characters who inhabit it.' Irish Times

Sympatický, no rozporuplný hrdina Richard sa na svojich potulkách svetom zastaví aj v Bangkoku. Nestojí o vyšliapané turistické trasy, láka ho všetko nezvyčajné, nepoznané. Akoby zasiahol osud, Richard sa za zvláštnych okolností dozvie o tajomnej pláži na jednom z neprístupných ostrovov v Thajskom zálive. Rozhodne sa, že pláž stoj čo stoj nájde. Spolu s novými priateľmi, Étiennom a Françoise, sa vydá na cestu plnú takmer neprekonateľných prekážok a nástrah, pri ktorej musia siahnuť až na dno svojich fyzických a psychických síl. Tajomná pláž nie je len jednou z posledných bášt nedotknutej prírody. Z obyvateľov pláže, uzavretého spoločenstva rôznorodých ľudí, izolovaných od okolitého sveta, sa autorovi podarilo stvoriť nazabudnuteľné, plnokrvné postavy a postavičky, ktoré v hraničných situáciách naplno odhalia svoje charaktery.

Majiteľ hudobného obchodu a bývalý dídžej Rob je bežný tridsiatnik. Trocha patetický, občas hysterický, nemá vlohy ani ambície pre veľké veci. Zato jeho osudová láska Laura úspešne postupuje v kariére právničky. Po rozchode s ňou Rob ironicky bilancuje svoj partnerský život, lásku, sex, legendárne platne, hudobné skupiny, koncerty, kultové filmy, televízne seriály, knihy, módu, smrť aj reklamu. Trúfalo telefonuje bývalým priateľkám, aby zistil, prečo ho opustili. Vzťah s Laurou sa napokon vyvinie inak, ako predpokladal. Kultová kniha oslovila milióny čitateľov nezabudnuteľným hlavným hrdinom, netradičným príbehom lásky a originálnym humorom....

Rozvedená osamelá novinárka Theresa Osbornová pri prechádzke na pláži nájde v piesku sklenenú fľašu s papierom vnútri. Neodolá a začíta sa do nádherného vyznania lásky neznámeho pisateľa žene menom Catherine. List na ňu hlboko zapôsobí a zároveň ako skúsená reportérka Chicago Tribune vytuší šancu na senzačný článok pre svoje noviny. Po neúnavnom pátraní zistí, že list napísal Garrett Blake, staviteľ lodí v prímorskom mestečku v Severnej Karolíne, a vyberie sa za ním. Garrett Blake sa ani po rokoch nevie vyrovnať s náhlou smrťou milovanej ženy. Darmo ho jeho otec i priatelia presviedčajú, že život ide ďalej. Príchod Theresy môže znamenať práve ten nový začiatok, ktorý tak veľmi potrebuje, a rovnako aj Theresa, rozčarovaná a sklamaná zo svojho predchádzajúceho stroskotaného vzťahu. Osud sa však s nimi opäť zahráva...

"De haciënda" is de fascinerende en exotische autobiografie van Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, die op zestienjarige leeftijd op straat in Londen de Zuid-Amerikaanse aristocraat en bankrover Don Jaime Terán tegenkwam, met wie ze trouwde en door Italië trok. Later volgde zij haar echtgenoot naar zijn familielandgoed, een haciënda diep in de Venezolaanse Andes. Lisa, die alleen een soort bandieten-Spaans vol krachttermen beheerste, was in eerste instantie te verlegen om haar mond open te doen in het gezelschap van haar schoonfamilie. Die veronderstelde prompt dat ze doofstom was, waardoor Lisa goed kon volgen wat ze van haar vonden. "De haciënda" vertelt hoe Lisa er het beste van maakte, hoe ze La Dona werd en het landgoed bestierde, haar eerste kind kreeg, hoe ze door eenzaamheid en heimwee gedreven haar schrijverscarrière begon, hoe haar echtgenoot steeds geesteszieker en gewelddadiger werd, en hoe ze zeven jaar lang tussen la gente leefde, ongeletterde mensen die volgens haar eigen zeggen 'de grootste invloed op mijn leven en werk hebben uitgeoefend.

Majstrovsky napísaný príbeh bohatej maliarky, prostého maorijského muža a nemého malého chlapca-najdúcha, ktorého vyplavilo more po stroskotaní lode. Na pozadí fascinujúcej novozélandskej prírody sa odohráva dej poprepletaný maorijskými reáliami, autorka na mnohých miestach používa jazyk domorodcov a súčasťou knihy je množstvo odkazov na maorijské mýty a rituály. Dielo bolo v roku 1985 ocenené prestížnou Bookerovou cenou.

A humorous, uninhibited first novel. Jeremy Acidophilus is recruited as a model by Lady Henrietta, who paints nude men, and is seduced by her precocious 11-year-old daughter. Horrified by what he's done, Jeremy confesses to Henrietta, and sets off a triangle of sexual obsession.