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Maaike Bijnsdorp

    Citadel
    The Castle in the Forest
    Tiempo de matar
    El club del pudin
    Zeitoun
    Flat Earth News
    • Girl

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times, Evening Standard and Financial Times Book of the Year I was a girl once, but not any more . . . A young woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial? 'Astonishing.' New Statesman 'Raw and transfixing.' Observer 'Miraculous . . . Extraordinary.' Mail on Sunday 'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent 'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times 'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph

      Girl2019
      3,5
    • Los Inmortales

      • 376 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "En 1969, en un barrio de Nueva York, se rumora la llegada de una adivina que asegura conocer el dâia de la muerte de las personas. Los hermanos Gold, a pesar de su corta edad, deciden ir y eschuchar lo que les depara el futuro. Las profecâias les narran su prâoximas cinco dâecadas. Klara, la soänadora, se convierte en una maga en Las Vegas, siempre obsesionada con la delgada lâinea que separa la realidad de la fantasâia; Daniel, busca seguridad como mâedico militar despuâes de los atentados del 11 de septiembre; finalmente Varya, la devoradora de libros; se sumerge en una investigaciâon sobre la longevidad, poniendo a prueba la ciencia y la inmortalidad. Una novela profunda y ambiciosa que juega con las preguntas que todos nos hemos formulado alguna vez: ÅQuâe tanto influyen nuestras decisiones en nuestro destino? ÅExiste una vida despuâes de la muerte? ÅQuâe papel tienen nuestros sueänos en la realidad?"--Reverso del libro.

      Los Inmortales2019
      3,7
    • An epic wartime novel from the No.1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE MISTLETOE BRIDE. 1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow - where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace - love can demand the highest price of all.

      Citadel2015
      4,0
    • 'This is a series for the ages, it's so spectacular. Really, really just amazing' Gillian Flynn: From the author of the highly acclaimed GODS OF GOTHAM comes another vivid, gritty, historical novel set around mid-nineteenth century New York's notorious Five Points

      Seven for a Secret2013
      3,5
    • Los dioses de Gotham

      • 476 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      1845: New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City forever… Timothy Wilde tends bar, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams are destroyed by a fire that devastates downtown Manhattan, he is left with little choice but to accept a job in the newly minted New York City Police Department. Returning exhausted from his rounds one night, Tim collides with a girl no more than ten years old… covered in blood. She claims that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of Twenty-Third Street. Timothy isn’t sure whether to believe her, but as the image of a brutal killer is slowly revealed and anti-Irish rage infects the city, the reluctant copper star is engaged in a battle that may cost him everything…

      Los dioses de Gotham2012
      3,9
    • Flat Earth News

      • 420 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda. This book shows the impact of this on a world where consumers believe a mass of stories which are as false as the idea that the Earth is flat.

      Flat Earth News2010
      4,2
    • From the New York Times bestselling author of I’d Give Anything and I’ll Be Your Blue Sky comes a “bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you’d least expect it” (Jennifer Weiner).When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them through the unpredictable currents of love and life.

      Love Walked In2009
      3,7
    • Zeitoun

      • 351 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.

      Zeitoun2009
      4,1
    • All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Janice Miller knows this: she loves her husband, her two spirited daughters and the beautiful home in which she has raised her family. It is only once the damage has been done that she finally realises how distant her daughters have become - and that schoolgirl Lizzie and 28-year-old Margaret now have dark secrets of their own.

      All We Ever Wanted Was Everything2008
      3,2
    • CSI: Miami: Onderstroom

      • 252 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Het CSI-team in Miami krijgt melding van de vondst van het lichaam van een jonge vrouw die is aangespoed op een eilandje voor de kust van Florida. Het is inspecteur Horatio Caine al snel duidelijk wat het moordwapen is: een voor haaien bedoelde pijl die de marin gebruikt bij een experimenteel project voor het doden van vijandelijke duikers. Maar als het lijk op de autopsietafel van Alexx Woods ligt, blijkt de doodsoorzaak verdrinking. De pij is na de dood pas afgevuurd... CSI: Miami: Onderstroom is een superspannende thriller van Donn Cortez, gebaseerd op de in Amerika met vele prijzen bekroonde televisieserie.

      CSI: Miami: Onderstroom2007
      3,6
    • The Castle in the Forest

      • 477 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      Recounting the early life of arguably the most evil person who ever lived, Norman Mailer's account of Adolf Hitler's upbringing is appropriately narrated by someone who was there at his conception - one of Satan's devils.

      The Castle in the Forest2007
      3,9
    • El club del pudin

      2.a edición

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      “Tres amigas, toda una vida juntas, un club…” Cuando tres amigas del sur de Yorkshire celebran un picnic sobre un ancestral símbolo de la fertilidad, ninguna podría haber imaginado que en un periodo de cuatro meses todas tendrían los óvulos fertilizados. Las protagonistas de esta historia, Helen, Janey y Elizabeth, son tan cercanas y entrañables que parece que las conozcas de toa la vida. y las historias tan reales que podrías ser tú misma.

      El club del pudin2007
      4,1
    • CSI: Miami: Doelwit

      • 224 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      Als een crimineel in Miami wordt vermoord, lijkt het om een bendeoorlog te gaan.

      CSI: Miami: Doelwit2005
      3,4
    • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Oud zeer

      • 224 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      De leden van het forensisch onderzoeksteam zijn de onbekende helden van het politiekorps van Las Vegas. Onder leiding van veteraan Gil Grissom combineren Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes en Sara Sidle de nieuwste wetenschappelijke onderzoeksmethoden met het aloude, degelijke speurwerk in hun zoektocht naar bewijsmateriaal op de plaatsen delict. Een man wordt in zijn eigen huis gevonden, gewurgd en vastgebonden. Detective Jim Brass herkent de modus operandi als die van een seriemoordenaar van vijftien jaar geleden die nooit is gepakt. Maar er zijn nog talloze andere verdachten en motieven, waardoor het CSI-team al zijn expertise nodig heeft om de geesten uit het verleden eindelijk het zwijgen op te leggen…

      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Oud zeer2005
      3,5
    • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Koudvuur

      • 254 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Ver weg van de bewoonde wereld. Vredig. Pittoresk. Dat zijn de termen waarmee het Mumford Mountain Hotel zichzelf aanprijst. En meestal klopt dit ook wel… Maar dit jaar vindt er in het hotel een prestigieuze conferentie plaats over de forensische wetenschap, waarvoor hoofd CSI Gil Grissom een uitnodiging heeft ontvangen die hij niet kan weigeren. Samen met collega Sara Sidle vertrekt hij naar de conferentie en laat de afdeling achter in de capabele handen van Catherine Willows. Maar al snel zien hij en Sara zich geconfronteerd met al te bekende zaken en ook in Las Vegas hebben de achterblijvers zo de nodige problemen…

      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Koudvuur2004
      3,6
    • Tiempo de matar

      • 548 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence...as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own.

      Tiempo de matar1993
      4,1
    • Ceguera asesina

      • 396 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Ambientada en Manhattan, Ceguera asesina relata la terrible lucha que debe librar la doctora Laurie Montgomery al enfrentarse a una conspiración terrorífica. Una serie de jóvenes ejecutivos muere a causa de sobredosis de cocaína. Al intentar hacer la autopsia a los cadáveres e investigar las muertes, la joven forense encuentra una inexplicable oposición por parte de sus superiores, de la policía y de los propios familiares de las víctimas. Pero Laurie está dispuesta a llegar al fondo de la estremecedora pesadilla que se teje en un distinguido hospital neoyorquino. Ceguera asesina confirma la gran capacidad de Cook a la hora de mezclar medicina e intriga.

      Ceguera asesina1992
      3,8