As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Narrated in turn by each of the family members -- including Addie herself -- as well as others; the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. This edition reproduces the corrected...
Releasedatum: 2020-12-21 Genre:Young adult > Fictie € 0,49
Set in a dark future devastated by climate change, Tool of War is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and award-winning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities . In this gripping, eerily prescient sci-fi thriller that Kirkus described as "masterful," Tool--a half-man/half-beast designed for combat--proves himself capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. He has gone ...
Releasedatum: 2017-10-10 € 8,99
In de middenberm van de A58 bij Ulvenhout staat een zomereik. Hij staat er al 180 jaar en is misschien wel de bekendste boom van Nederland. Liefkozend wordt hij de ‘troeteleik’ genoemd en in 2018 werd hij verkozen tot boom van het jaar. De eik kwam tot wasdom op een 19e-eeuws landgoed met een groot landschapspark eromheen. Prins Bernhard woonde er korte tijd en ook koningin Wilhelmina. Maar met de aanleg van de A58 veranderde alles. Alle eiken werden gekapt, alleen die ene eik mocht blijven ...
Releasedatum: 2021-03-23 Genre:Young adult > Fictie € 5,99
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces, and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfi...
Releasedatum: 2020-12-09 Genre:Young adult > Fictie € 0,49
The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful. In 1931, however, when Faulkner's sixth novel, Sanctuary, was published—a sensationalist story, which Faulkner later said was written only for money—The Sound and the Fury also became commercially successful, and Faulkner began to receive cri...
Releasedatum: 2021-01-09 Genre:Young adult > Fictie € 0,49
A vivid sense of the wilderness and nature’s power comes through in this intriguing and tension-filled YA novel narrated by a contemporary teen. Perfect for animal lovers, this unusual novel has hints of the quirky charm of Geek Girl and the emotional depth of The Last Leaves Falling. Darcy’s dad, a naturalist, moves their family from England to the snowy wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Mum, Dad, and older brother Jem are all thriving, but Darcy misses her friends, and civili...
Releasedatum: 2017-04-11 € 8,49
The fifteenth anniversary edition of Exodus , a startling, thrilling novel set in a dystopian future ravaged by global warming It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For fifteen-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight. Packed into tiny boats, a terrifying journey begins to a bizarre city that rises into t...
Releasedatum: 2008-09-04 € 3,99