Johannes Jonkers Libri

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

One of the most vivid and realised characters of recent fiction, Willie Dunne is the innocent hero of Sebastian Barry's highly acclaimed novel. Leaving Dublin to fight for the Allied cause as a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he finds himself caught between the war playing out on foreign fields and that festering at home, waiting to erupt with the Easter Rising. Profoundly moving, intimate and epic, A Long Long Way charts and evokes a terrible coming of age, one too often written out of history.

A Hope, selvaggia cittadina del Montana, sono tornati i lupi: fanno strage di animali, si avvicinano ai bambini. La gente ha paura ed è pronta a ucciderli. In questo clima di tensione, arriva da New York una biologa specialista di lupi, Helen, una ragazza insicura e assillata dalla vita, che ha l'incarico di proteggere gli animali da coloro che vorrebbero distruggerli. Con lei, sulle tracce del branco, c'è un diciottenne timido e sensibile, Luke, che ha imparato a "parlare" con i lupi.

Stati Uniti, anni Cinquanta. Dolores ha quattro anni quando suo padre se ne va di casa. Inizia così il suo lungo e difficile viaggio di dolore e rinnovamento che, sullo sfondo di quarant'anni di storia americana, la porterà alla maturità. Il destino pare accanirsi su di lei: dopo la fuga del padre, la pazzia della madre; poi i problemi scolastici, la violenza sessuale, l'ossessione del cibo, il disagio mentale. Di fronte a tanta sofferenza Dolores sa soltanto una cosa: non vuole arrendersi. Come ogni donna Dolores non sa quanto è forte il suo animo, eppure lo è. Come ogni donna, Dolores non sa se il cammino che ha intrapreso sia quello giusto, eppure tra lacrime e risate, tra euforia e sconforto, scoprirà il vero significato della vita.

This is the story of the author's childhood in the 1970s in Rhodesia.

Annie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote and beautiful part of Wicklow in late 1950s Ireland. The world of childish innocence also proves sometimes darkened and puzzling to her, and she struggles to find clear ground, clear light - to preserve her sense of love and place against these subtle forces of disquiet. schovat popis

When forty-seven-year-old high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both secure jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, Caelum travels back to Three Rivers, Connecticut, to care for his aunt after her stroke, leaving Maureen behind. She finds herself trapped in the school library, hiding from two vengeful students on a premeditated shooting spree. Miraculously, she survives, but the trauma leaves her unable to heal. The couple flees to the Quirk family farm in Three Rivers, seeking safety, but the chaos lingers, leading to further tragedy. As Maureen battles to reclaim her sanity, Caelum uncovers old diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in his family's home. These documents reveal a rich history spanning five generations of Quirk ancestors, from the Civil War to Caelum's own troubled upbringing. As he pieces together their stories, long-buried emotions of fear, anger, guilt, and grief resurface. Caelum confronts unexpected revelations from the past while striving to build a future from the remnants of tragedy. His quest for meaning and faith transforms into a mythic journey that resonates with contemporary American themes.

It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to that last frontier - the interior of Alaska - in the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naïve optimism, the inhabitants of 'Drop City' arrive only to find their utopia already populated by other Alaskans who are successfully homesteading in the wilderness. As the two communities collide and winter sets in, friendships and enmities are born as everyone struggles with the bare essentials of life - love, nourishment, and a roof over one's head.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate.

Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist while still in college, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, then seeing your insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box, even as your celebrity drowns in a sea of vilification, booze and drugs.

This critically acclaimed novel blends psychological suspense with a baffling historical whodunit. The long-lost grandson of a murdered millionaire--the only witness to the crime--is found after 18 years and persuaded to infiltrate his secretive family, where he unearths shocking secrets and shattering truths--and confronts a killer still at large. Reissue.

Talcott Garland, professore universitario, torna dopo molti anni a Washington per i funerali del padre, un giudice di colore che negli ultimi anni aveva visto il suo prestigio infranto a causa dei suoi inspiegabili legami con un pericoloso criminale ricercato. Ma non è questo l'unico mistero nella vita dell'uomo. La sorella di Talcott è infatti convinta che il loro padre sia stato assassinato per qualcosa di cui era a conoscenza. Ma quale pericoloso segreto custodiva il giudice e perché qualcuno si è già convinto che lo abbia trasmesso a Talcott? E cosa si nasconde dietro l'ossessione del giudice di trovare il pirata della strada che gli ha già ucciso un'altra figlia? Toccherà a Talcott fare luce sui troppi pericolosi segreti della sua famiglia.

Een troep wolven waart in de bosrijke omgeving van het dorpje Hope in Montana, de streek waar ze een eeuw geleden volledig werden uitgeroeid. Nu worden ze beschermd door de wet en door de jonge biologe Helen Ross, die in het gebied is om deze prachtige wilde dieren te observeren. Ook moet ze zien te voorkomen dat de wolven opnieuw worden afgeschoten. Dit tot groot ongenoegen van de lokale schapenfokkers, die hun kuddes bedreigd zien.