C.E. van Amerongen-van Straten Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Persoonlijk relaas over de depressie van de schrijver, afgewisseld met meer algemene beschouwingen over deze aandoening.

Een Zuid-Amerikaanse leraar filosofie, die de drugsmafia aanklaagt in de krant, vindt regelmatig als afschrikmiddel een lijk in zijn tuin.

Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A 16-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. Then one November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day.

En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, en una isla griega invadida por los alemanes se desarrollará una inolvidable historia de amor entre una lugarela y un oficial italiano. Una pequeña historia de amor que encarna todas las historias de amor del mundo...

Het wonderlijke levensverhaal van een sensuele, voluptueuze joodse vrouw in Jeruzalem tussen 1948 en de jaren '90.

Shrouding themselves & their aims in secrecy, the leaders of the Taliban movement control Afghanistan with an inflexible, crushing fundamentalism. The most extreme & radical of all Islamic organizations, the Taliban inspires fascination, controversy & fear in both the Muslim world & the West. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban into focus in this enormously interesting & revealing book. It's the only authoritative account of the Taliban & modern day Afghanistan available to English language readers. Based on his experiences as a journalist covering the civil war in Afghanistan for 20 years, traveling & living with the Taliban, & interviewing most of the Taliban leaders since their emergence to power in 1994, Rashid offers unparalleled 1sthand information. He explains how the growth of Taliban power has already created severe instability in Russia, Iran, Pakistan & five Central Asian republics. He describes the Taliban's role as a major player in a new Great Game: a competition among Western countries & companies to build oil & gas pipelines from Central Asia to Western & Asian markets. The author also discusses the controversial changes in American attitudes toward the Taliban--from early support to recent bombings of Osama Bin Laden's hideaway & other Taliban-protected terrorist bases--& how they've influenced the stability of the region.

In 'China, per trein' reist Paul Theroux door alle provincies van de Volksrepubliek China. Hij legt de tegenstellingen en de strijd tussen traditie en vernieuwing vast. Terwijl de trein door dit gigantische rijk voortpuft, praat Theroux met talloze Chinezen, die soms zeer uitgesproken meningen geven.

Verslag van de zeereis die de Engelse natuuronderzoeker maakte van 1831-1836 waarop hij materiaal verzamelde voor zijn latere boek over oorsprong en ontwikkeling van de soorten.

Combining the acute observation of a nineteenth-century missionary, and the wit of a Monty Python player, Redmond O'Hanlon is famous for his adventurous travel. His new challenge is the Congo, the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world.