Auke Leistra Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...?

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD • "Netherland tells the fragmented story of a man in exile—from home, family and, most poignantly, from himself.” —Washington Post Book World In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, and left alone after his English wife and son return to London, Hans van den Broek 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. As the two men share their vastly different experiences of contemporary immigrant life in America, an unforgettable portrait emerges of an "other" New York populated by immigrants and strivers of every race and nationality.

Kapitoly: Moja nesentimentálna výchova: láska na Manhattane? To sotva..., Radostný sex? To sotva..., Milujeme mnohonásobného záletníka, Manželstvo na Manhattane: ženy, ktoré sa nikdy nevydajú, a zlí starí mládenci, Zoznámte sa s mužmi, ktorí zásadne spávajú s modelkami !, Najnovšie newyorsképokušenie: milovať pána Božského, Medzinárodné bláznivé ženy, Manželský trojuholník na Manhattane!, Sedem mužov vystrelí nevyhnutnú otázku, Kočky z mesta verzus frajerky z Greenwiche, Kočky utekajú z krajiny manželiek, aby sa vrhli do víru nočných orgií, Príbehy krásavíc, Miluje svoje dievčatko, ale mamičke ju nepredstaví, Bezmocná na Manhattane, V žiari New Yorku, Ako sa vydať na Manhattane: môj recept, Manhattanské mamy celkom ohlpúpli, Keď kocúr nie je doma myši majú raj, Žena , ktorá vyje s vlkmi: veční starí mládenci? Z toho nič nebude..., Drevo a biela norka: vianočná koleda Carrie, Ozdoba večierkov, rozpráva príbeh o sexe a strastiach: bol bohatý, milujúci a ...škaredý, Aspen.

V ďalšom románe Dicka Francisa sa opäť vracia na scénu jeden z jeho najobľúbenejších literárnych výtvorov Sid Halley. Aj keď sa úspešný profesionálny džokej musel po nehode rozlúčiť s pretekaním, v dostihovom svete má jeho meno naďalej svoj cveng. Ako rovnako úspešný majiteľ detektívnej kancelárie pracuje tentoraz na vyriešení troch vzájomne prepletených prípadov. Prvým je manipulácia s umiestnením favoritov na dostihoch, druhým vražda džokeja a samovražda trénera, ktorí pochádzali z jednej stajne. Sid dúfa, že kľúčom k obom bude tretí prípad spojený s internetovým stávkovaním. Zdá sa však, že v ktoromsi bode vstúpil na mínové pole a okrem polície a redaktora bulvárneho plátku mu na päty šliape aj ktosi iný. Ktosi, kto ohrozuje život nielen jeho, ale aj jeho najbližších..

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.

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

By the author of The Magician's Assistant, the Orange Prize runner-up, this novel features the combinatin of opera and terrorism. Latin terrorists storm an international gathering, only to find that their intended target has failed to show up.

Kroniek van de paringsriten van een groep welgestelde New Yorkers.

Los Angeles, 1958: Mesto na počiatku novej éry plnej ziskov. Na prvý pohľad pokojné, ale len do tých čias, kým sa pavučina pekelného zla neomotá okolo jedného muža: Dava „Siláka“ Kleina, člena losangeleskej polície, ktorého prenasledujú nemravné túžby a temné tajomstvá. Mafia chce, aby umlčal federálneho svedka. Okresný prokurátor chce, aby zastrašil komunistického politika. Howard Hughes chce, aby našiel špinu na herečku, ktorá ním pohrdla. Jeho nadriadený, náčelník detektívov, chce, aby vyšetril brutálnu vlámačku, ktorá by mohla vrhnúť zlé svetlo na najvyššie miesta losangeleskej polície. K tomu sa pridáva istý štátny zástupca, ktorý chce Kleina zničiť. Dave Klein bude čoskoro stáť tvárou v tvár malému peklu, na ktoré sa premenilo jeho mesto. Je to svet, ktorý stvoril, svet, z ktorého sa za každú cenu usiluje vyviaznuť živý. Rozpráva svoj príbeh: „Už mi ostala iba vôľa pamätať si to.“ Jeho hlas je sekaný, príkry, často pôsobí rovnako surovo ako udalosti, ktoré opisuje. Kleinova vôľa sa nás dotkne, vydesí nás! Jeho príbeh, strhujúci a ostrý ani britva, prechádza špirálou času, keď všetko vrelo, keď boli kriminálne živly ovládané dobre

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

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...

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