Martine Jellema Libri

Ruim tien jaar geleden besloot de Indiase auteur Pankaj Mishra, die op dat moment in een klein huisje in de Himalaya woonde, een boek te schrijven over de Boeddha. In De Boeddha in de wereld beschrijft hij zijn fascinerende speurtocht naar de betekenis van het boeddhisme, die hem leidt naar kleine stadjes in India, maar ook naar Kashmir en Pakistan. Hij onderzoekt de mythen rond het leven van de Boeddha en bespreekt de ontdekking door de westerse wereld van het boeddhisme in de negentiende eeuw.

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie's innocence. Abigail's killer is still at large.For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend--and of that fearful winter's day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch.As Inspector Vera Stanhope makes fresh enquiries on the peninsula and villagers are hauled back to a time they hoped to forget, tensions begin to mount. But are people afraid of the killer or of their own guilty pasts?With each person's story revisited, the Inspector begins to suspect that some deadly secrets are threatening to unfurl.

Marito, soldi, carriera. A trent’anni Elizabeth Gilbert ha tutto quanto una donna possa desiderare. Ma una notte si ritrova in ginocchio sul pavimento del bagno, con la faccia inondata di lacrime e una domanda semplice e terribile a morderle il cuore - 'Che cosa hai veramente voglia di fare, Elizabeth?'. La risposta trascinerà Liz molto lontano. Attraverso tre continenti, oltre un divorzio, un conto in rosso e un nuovo amore sbagliato. Lontano dalla famiglia e dagli amici, dal suo lavoro e dalle sue certezze ogni giorno un po’ più incerte. Verso l’aria dolce e dorata di un autunno romano, poi verso l’India, e ancora a Bali, alla ricerca di nuove occasioni e di desideri ancora più nuovi.

A collection of short stories in which the characters misjudge things, find themselves in the wrong place, and who doggedly follow the wrong path, such as the vegetable market stallholder who decides to stand for election against the local Mafia boss.