Rob van Moppes Libri

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le CarrU has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.

In this, the sequel to Beaches, Cee Cee Bloom, the famous singer and movie star, has been entrusted with the eight-year-old daughter of her friend Bertie, after the latter's tragic death. Then, with a devastating discovery, Cee Cee is forced to come to terms with the depth of her commitment.

Tessa Quayle, moglie di un diplomatico inglese appassionato di giardinaggio,viene trovata selvaggiamente uccisa sulle rive del lago Turkana inKenya. Perché Tessa era là? Il suo omicidio è da legarsi alla sua ossessivapresenza in un ospedale di Nairobi, dove in circostanze misteriose una poveraindigena aveva trovato la morte? Nel contemplare il corpo decomposto dal caldodella bellissima moglie, qualcosa si spezza nell'animo di Justin Quayle, unmarito che solo ora inizia a scoprire che nulla sapeva di Tessa. Poco o nullasapeva della sua militanza contro la violenza delle multinazionali in Africa,di un dossier improvvisamente scomparso, della sua amicizia con un dottore dicolore: adesso però continuerà coraggiosamente lui l'impegno della moglie.

A young Spaniard sets off for South America in 1518 with Cortes and the Conquistadors, propelled by his love's declaration that she will not marry until he returns with a special treasure -- a symbol of their love -- that no man or woman has ever before received. But during his travels he falls in love with Ignacia, a native woman who introduces him to the secrets of the most delicious drink he has ever tasted: chocolate. Their passionate affair is cut short by the chaotic conquest of Mexico. So begins this charming and adventurous story about the magical substance we now know as chocolate, and of the passions and obsessions it has inspired from its earliest days. Our hero later discovers that his lover had secretly added the elixir to life to his chocolate drink. This allows him to travel through history: to Paris during the time of the Revolution, to Vienna in the nineteenth century, to late Victorian England, and to Hershey Pennsylvania -- accompanied all the while by his trusty greyhound, Pedro. unable to die, he searches to recapture the magic of Ignacia's chocolate -- and to learn to love life just as fully. Playful and intelligent, this is a romantic story about love and loss inspired by a very enchanting substance.

West Virginia, 1859. Sarah Brown heeft de bijzondere gave kaarten te tekenen en zo slaven te laten ontsnappen. Het is een veelbewogen zomer: Sarah is na een ziekte onvruchtbaar geworden en de oktoberopstand doet het kruitvat van de Burgeroorlog ontploffen. Maar het grootste conflict speelt zich af in haar hart. Ze is hartstochtelijk verliefd op Freddy maar hoe kan ze zijn aanzoek accepteren nu ze weet dat hun huwelijk kinderloos zal blijven? Honderdvijftig jaar later verhuizen Jack en Eden Anderson naar West Virginia om een gezin te stichten. Hoewel Eden alles heeft geprobeerd om zwanger te worden, wil het niet lukken. Op een dag vindt ze een vreemde pop in de kelder. Wanneer ze de herkomst probeert te achterhalen, gaan heden en verleden steeds meer door elkaar lopen.

Als een student wegens geldgebrek de universiteit moet verlaten, verzinnen zijn vriendinnen een plan om aan geld voor zijn studie te komen.

Bevat: De Commitments, De bastaard en De bus

Als een man de fantastische familiegschiedenis zoals zijn grootvader die vertelde op waarheidsgehalte toetst, ontdekt hij dat de werkelijkheid nog schokkender is.