Irving Pardoen Libri

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot, this narrative reveals the harrowing realities of war crimes and the extraordinary resilience of a small girl and her family. Repackaged to coincide with a Netflix film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, the story chronicles Loung Ung's life until the age of five in Phnom Penh, where she was one of seven children of a high-ranking official. A lively child, she cherished the vibrant city markets and her playful interactions with her parents. However, everything changed when the Khmer Rouge invaded in April 1975, forcing her family to flee and hide their identities. They moved from village to village, ultimately dispersing to survive. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, while her siblings faced their own struggles in labor camps. As the Vietnamese forces advanced and dismantled the Khmer Rouge, Loung and her surviving siblings began to reunite. Inspired by her brother's bravery and supported by her family's sacrifices and her sister's kindness, Loung persevered to build a courageous new life. This insightful and compelling story is both harrowing and hopeful, leaving a lasting impact.

Bundeling van twee romans waarin de communicatie tussen mensen en paarden en wolven een grote rol speelt.

Unione Sovietica, 1953. Il regime di Stalin è al vertice, con l'entusiastica collaborazione del Ministero della Sicurezza e dell'MGB (precursore del nefando KGB), l'organismo di polizia segreta la cui brutalità e la continua pratica di torture non sono un segreto. La popolazione è costretta a credere che il crimine è stato debellato in tutto il paese, che tutti sono felici e che il governo rappresenta il punto di riferimento e di ispirazione morale per ogni cittadino modello. Quando tuttavia il cadavere di un ragazzino viene ritrovato sui binari di un treno, l'ufficiale dell'MGB Leo Demidov si sorprende che i genitori del piccolo morto siano convinti si tratti di omicidio. I superiori di Leo gli ordinano di non indagare né su questa morte né sulle altre che seguiranno. Leo obbedisce, anche se sospetta che qualcuno di molto importante possa essere implicato. Smetterà di obbedire nel momento in cui alla giovane moglie Raisa arriveranno minacce affinchè diventi lei stessa garante e spia dell'operato di Leo. Da agente inquisitore allineato con i diktat governativi, Leo diventerà un nemico pubblico da snidare, inquisire e sicuramente eliminare. Costretti a fingere di non amarsi per non nuocersi a vicenda, Leo e Raisa, dovranno proteggersi dal nemico ufficiale e potentissimo, e dai tanti nell'ombra di cui ignorano l'identità.

David Sedaris moved from New York to Paris where he attempted to learn French. His teacher, a sadist, declared that every day spent with him was like giving birth the Caesarean way! These hilarious essays were inspired by that move.

It is 1945. As the German Army retreats and the tide of war sweeps back over Eastern Europe, the lives of the inhabitants are changed forever.

They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf Street. Scotland Yard are anxious to find the killer and Inspector Rebus is drafted in to help, thanks to his supposed expertise in the modus operandi of serial killers. But his Scotland Yard opposite number, George Flight, isn't happy at yet more interference - it's bad enough having several Chief Inspectors on your back - and Rebus finds himself dealing with racial prejudice as well as the predations of a violent maniac. When Rebus is offered a serial killer profile of the Wolfman by an attractive female psychologist, it's too good an opportunity to miss. But in finding an ally, he may have given his enemies an easy means of attack.

Edinburgh is a city steeped in history and tradition, a seat of learning, of elegant living, known as the 'Athens of the North'. But that isn't all. The city's flip-side is a city of grudges, blackmail, violence, greed and fear - where past and present clash and old wounds fester. In any year Detective Inspector John Rebus can expect gang warfare, murder, assault and battery at the very least. In this collection he investigates the hanging of a student actor during the Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher and the witnessing of an apparent miracle...

The Sunday Times bestseller - an intensely moving and beautifully written new novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders and Waterland

Vita da poliziotto, quella del sergente John Rebus. Una vita in cui il crimine è un appuntamento quotidiano, il senso d’impotenza è una costante inalterabile, le sigarette e l’alcol sono gli unici alleati per non soccombere di fronte all’angoscia delle miserie umane… Eppure nulla, nella tormentata vita di Rebus, è paragonabile alla disperazione che si è abbattuta su di lui e sulla sua città da quando è entrato in azione lo «Strangolatore di Edimburgo», che ha già ucciso due ragazzine e minaccia di colpire ancora. C’è infatti qualcosa, in quell’assassino, che perseguita John Rebus come uno spettro, che lo spinge a indagare fin nei recessi più oscuri della città, nonostante la diffidenza dei superiori, cercando anche il più piccolo indizio che serva a spiegare l’inspiegabile. Ma lui non può sapere che sta cercando nel posto e nel tempo sbagliati. Perché ciò che lo collega all’assassino non appartiene né a Edimburgo né al presente: è qualcosa che si trova nella mente stessa di Rebus, in attesa dietro la porta sprangata del suo passato. Gli ci vorranno l’affetto di una collega, la comprensiva ispettrice Gill Templer, la testardaggine del giornalista Jack Morton e l’inatteso, sofferto intervento del fratello Michael, per trovare il coraggio di capire, per individuare la strada giusta. Una strada segnata da una serie di cerchi e croci…

Thursday's Children by Nicci French is the fourth novel in the bestselling Frieda Klein series, following Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday. Expect the same satisfyingly rich combination of brilliant, three-dimensional characters, psychological suspense, police procedural and ever-present menace. It's sure to add to Nicci French and Frieda Klein's growing number of fans. Praise for the Frieda Klein series: 'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in Suffolk. There are fourteen other bestselling novels by Nicci French, all published by Penguin. Blue Monday was the first thrilling instalment in the Frieda Klein series, followed by Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday.

In una mattina d'inverno Grace, unica figlia di Annie, una giovane donna in carriera, e di Robert, un avvocato, viene travolta da un camion mentre è in sella al suo cavallo. La ragazzina, in seguito alla caduta, deve subire l'amputazione della gamba, ma anche Pilgrim, l'amato cavallo di Grace, è gravemente ferito e dovrebbe essere abbattuto. Tornati a casa, sia Grace che Pilgrim manifestano i sintomi di un grave trauma psicologico: Grace ha perso completamente la gioia di vivere, Pilgrim sembra in preda a una oscura follia e nessuno lo può avvicinare. Consapevole del legame che unisce sua figlia all'animale, sicura che guarirà solo se guarirà Pilgrim, Annie ricorre all'aiuto di un cowboy che ha il "dono" di saper ammansire i cavalli selvaggi.

It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was the most famous detective in all Russia. He was the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted.

1965. Leo Demidov, ex agente della polizia segreta, è costretto dal granitico apparato sovietico a restare a Mosca mentre la moglie e le figlie partono per New York in missione diplomatica. Il viaggio finisce in tragedia e Leo chiede di indagare sul terrorista che ha attaccato la sua famiglia. La risposta è di nuovo e sempre una: NIET. Assetato di giustizia e di verità, Leo inizia allora la sua personale ricerca, da Mosca all’America degli anni Sessanta fino all'Afghanistan tormentato dall'invasione russa degli anni Ottanta, in un’odissea che svela i lati nascosti della storia, della politica e, in ultima istanza, della natura umana.

A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists. Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind -- BOOK COVER.

1956. La mort du « petit père des peuples » a plongé le pays dans le chaos. Tandis que Khrouchtchev entreprend sa politique de déstalinisation, les langues se délient : le temps est venu de régler les comptes. Ex-agent zélé du MGB, Leo Demidov, aujourd'hui repenti, est à la tête d'un département de criminologie. Avec sa femme, Raïssa, il a adopté deux fillettes. Mais l'aînée, Zoya, hait ce père de substitution. Et elle n'est pas la seule... Dans l'ombre, quelqu'un attend son heure, une femme que la colère et le sentiment d'injustice ont rendue ivre de vengeance. Pour sauver les siens, Leo n'aura bientôt plus d'autre choix que de se jeter dans la gueule du loup : le terrifiant goulag de la Kolyma...

Une enseigne au néon, flamand rose éblouissant, surplombe la route côtière à la sortie de Jacksonville (Floride), indiquant le Flamingo, le plus grand cinéma en plein air du monde. Le nuit, l'immense écran s'éclaire et la magie des images venues d'Hollywood éclate en plein ciel. C'est dans ce décor incarnant les rêves un peu mégalomanes d'Hubert Lee, son propriétaire - et peut-être le rêve américain des années 60 - que le narrateur, Abe Lee, a grandi. Aujourd'hui, il repasse le film de sa vie : les rivalités entre son père et Turner West, l'entrepreneur de pompes funèbres voisin ; son coup de foudre contrarié pour Grace, la fille de Turner ; la sérénité de sa mère qui dissimulait si bien les secrets de son cœur ; l'étonnante séduction du " juge " habile à piloter, mais si maladroit à terre... Retraçant le face-à-face de deux familles par la voix de son témoin le plus sensible, Flamingo a l'exubérance et le pouvoir envoûtant des grandes sagas du Sud, où les destins se nouent et se dénouent au rythme des passions et des discordes. C'est le roman d'une Amérique mythique qui symbolisait encore la réussite, la grandeur et la liberté. Un choc de lecture intense. Une formidable réussite romanesque, comparée aux Etats-Unis à celle du Monde selon Garp de John Irving ou du Prince des marées de Pat Conroy.

È un gelido inverno quello in cui una famiglia borghese di Chicago viene travolta, nel giro di pochi mesi, da un duplice, inaccettabile lutto. E così Dave, ventiduenne, si ritrova da un giorno all'altro a fare da padre e madre al piccolo Toph, di soli otto anni. Il mondo li attende e loro due non hanno nessuna intenzione di farlo aspettare: Dave vende la casa di famiglia, sale in macchina e si dirige insieme al fratellino verso il sole della California, trasformando un evento devastante nell'inizio di una nuova vita piena di libertà... Comincia così il racconto, imbevuto di tenerezza, candore, coscienza di sé e disarmante megalomania, delle vicende di un ventenne di oggi alle prese con baby-sitter, cene precotte, MTV e la rivoluzione digitale. L'opera struggente di un formidabile genio è un libro inatteso e irresistibile, ma è anche e soprattutto un'affascinante esplorazione delle nuove frontiere della letteratura contemporanea.

Het seizoen van de kersenbloesem schetst een fascinerend en intiem beeld van een land waarvan wij zo weinig weten. Het tekent een eerlijk en gevoelig portret van een onvergetelijke familie en een bijzondere vrouw. Het seizoen van de kersenbloesem begint in de jaren zeventig van de negentiende eeuw. De zoon van grootgrondbezitter Miwa is de meest begeerde vrijgezel uit de omgeving. Tot ieders verbazing kiest de familie echter de dochter van de eenvoudige dokter Shirai tot zijn bruid: Ayako, die zo mooi is dat mannen die haar tegenkomen pardoes in het water vallen. Ayako krijgt vier kinderen, waaronder Haruko. Haruko´s leven speelt zich aanvankelijk af op het platteland, binnen de muren van de hofstee waar ze woont met haar familie en bedienden. Hun huis fungeert als middelpunt van de gemeenschap, waar de dagen en seizoenen volgens vastgestelde patronen verlopen. Maar de tijden veranderen, en de traditionele maatschappij komt steeds meer onder druk van buitenaf te staan. Het seizoen van de kersenbloesem is de liefdevolle, geromantiseerde biografie over de moeder van de auteur, op wie Haruko werd gebaseerd. Ruriko Pilgrim schreef een buitengewoon aangrijpend portret van eenJapanse familie in een tjidperk waarin Japan veranderde van een introverte, traditionele maatschappij naar een moderne, op het Westen gerichte economische wereldmacht.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2017 Universal and essential, the heart-breaking story of an ordinary American family shaped by tragedy Michael is a precocious kid, smart and funny, obsessed with books and music. His sister Celia is the sensible one in the family: tougher than the boys, unshakeably certain about how the world works. And then there's Alec, the most ambitious and also the most sensitive, growing up in the shadow of his older siblings. While all three are still young, the course of their lives is changed forever. In a family marked by tragedy, Michael, Celia and Alec struggle for years to save one another from the destructive legacy of guilt. Weaving together the voices of five family members, Adam Haslett imagines how a single event can define many lives, unfolding a rich and painful novel that has all the makings of an American classic.

Minette Walters has had an illustrious career, in the respect that her first three novels won a major prize, and The Sculptress was adapted as a major BBC drama. The Echo is her latest novel in the crime genre.

An eccentric Count who runs a famous Paris horror theatre, cursed with unexpected death . . . A beautiful young heiress and aspiring leading lady who just might be involved in the dark arts . . . An enigmatic gentleman whose shadowed past will at last be exposed. Their fates and hidden agendas intertwine in Sarah Smith’s compelling novel of an ancient house, dark arts, and love gone wrong–a murderous tale unfolding in the shadow of the guillotine. . . .

A murder case pushes six roommates to their breaking point, in this chilling and erotic new thriller.

Twelve hours after a women's broken body is washed up on shore, her traumatised 3-year old daughter is discovered 20 miles away, alone & abandoned. Police suspicion falls on an actor whose boat is moored yards from the toddler & the victim's husband.

A haunting psychological suspense novel, now re-released to tie in to the major new film starring George Clooney

Nina Landry is supposed to be taking her two children away for Christmas. However, her 15-year-old daughter, Charlie, has gone missing. Has Charlie run away? Or has something more sinister happened to her? And why will nobody take her disappearance seriously?

Nicci French, bestselling author of thriller Blue Monday, tells the dark story of a woman trying to discover what happened to her husband in What To Do When Someone Dies. Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite all the whispers and suspicions. Maybe it's the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was - and prove Greg wasn't having an affair. Soon she is certain their deaths were no accident. Are Ellie's accusations of murder her way of avoiding the truth about her marriage? Or does an even more sinister discovery await her? 'You'll be hooked from the first page. A compulsive page-turner' Daily Express Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Together they have written 13 books, including Losing You, The Safe House and Until It's Over.

A chilling novella of prejudice, ambition and cunning as villagers react to a brutal double murder.

Bonnie finds her summer fling boyfriend and fellow band member, Hayden, dead on the floor of a friend's London apartment. She proceeds to hide the corpse and obliterate every sign of her presence at the crime scene. Hayden's well-known involvement with other women could have provided Bonnie a motive for murder. To complicate matters, at least one more person appears to have altered the crime scene.

From an award-acceptance speech at a New England liberal arts college to a lecture on evil in Amsterdam, Elizabeth Costello is a distinguished and aging Australian novelist whose life is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses

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.

Een vrouw krijgt tegelijk de zorg voor haar pasgeboren kind en haar ongeneeslijk zieke moeder.

Een misdaadverslaggeefster raakt er steeds meer van overtuigd dat een seriemoordenaar de moord waarvoor hij ter dood is veroordeeld, niet heeft gepleegd.

Bundel met acht heel uiteenlopende detectiveverhalen.