Frédérique van der Velde Livres

«Un jour de janvier de l'an1941un soldat allemand marchait dans le quartier de San Lorenzo à Rome. Il savait en tout 4 mots d'italien et du monde ne savait que peu de chose ou rien. Son prénom était Gunther. Son nom de famille demeure inconnu.» Dans cette fresque à la fois historique et populaire, Elsa Morante fait revivre à travers l'histoire d'Useppe, fruit d'un viol commis par un soldat allemand ivre, et de sa mère, les horreurs de la guerre, cet «interminable assassinat».

In 1798, Irish patriots, committed to freeing their country from England, landed with a company of French troops in County Mayo, in westernmost Ireland. They were supposed to be an advance guard, followed by other French ships with the leader of the rebellion, Wolfe Tone. Briefly they triumphed, raising hopes among the impoverished local peasantry and gathering a group of supporters. But before long the insurgency collapsed in the face of a brutal English counterattack.Very few books succeed in registering the sudden terrible impact of historical events; Thomas Flanagan's is one. Subtly conceived, masterfully paced, with a wide and memorable cast of characters, The Year of the French brings to life peasants and landlords, Protestants and Catholics, along with old and abiding questions of secular and religious commitments, empire, occupation, and rebellion. It is quite simply a great historical novel.Named the most distinguished work of fiction in 1979 by the National Book Critics' Circle.

"Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe ... or if you are a child from the wrong social class ... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair." Publisher description

THE SWORD OF SHANNARA is the first volume in one of the most popular fantasy series of all time, set in the same world as THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES - a major new TV series schovat popis

Mary Rose Ramirez, daughter of Veronica Ganz, is named after her aunt, who died in a fire many years ago. Her aunt was a great hero – she saved the lives of everyone in her apartment building. At least, that’s what Mary Rose thinks until she finds a box of odds and ends her aunt had treasured, and overhears some conversation she shouldn’t.

The events during a week in the lives of two English schoolgirls reach crisis proportions.

Een grootvader vertelt over zijn kleinzoon.

Voor de eenzame Vis is de vriendschap met zijn hond zo belangrijk dat hij met hem de heuvels rond zijn dorp in Wales invlucht. Zijn vader wil het dier n.l. laten afmaken, omdat men denkt dat het 's nachts schapen doodt.