Nr Titel Auteur Beschrijving Categorie
SCH-04759 Lord Edgware Dies CHRISTIE Agatha Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce? Engelse romans 
SCH-04756 Funerals Are Fatal CHRISTIE Agatha When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard?s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard?s will, Cora was clearly heard to say,?It?s been hushed up very nicely, hasn?t it.?But he was murdered, wasn?t he?? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.? Engelse romans 
SCH-04755 Five Little Pigs CHRISTIE Agatha A womanising painter was poisoned 16 years ago by his wife, but now his daughter believes she was innocent all along...Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind... Engelse romans 
SCH-04753 Endless Night CHRISTIE Agatha Some are born to sweet delight,Some are born to endless night . . . When penniless Michael Rogers discovers the beautiful house at Gypsy?s Acre and then meets the heiress Ellie, it seems that all his dreams have come true at once. But he ignores an old woman?s warning of an ancient curse, and evil begins to stir in paradise. As Michael soon learns: Gypsy?s Acre is the place where fatal ?accidents? happen. Engelse romans 
SCH-04752 Destination Unknown CHRISTIE Agatha A young woman with nothing to live for is persuaded to embark on a suicide mission to find a missing scientist...When a number of leading scientists disappear without trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? Brainwashed? One woman appears to have the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash. Engelse romans 
SCH-04750 Crooked House CHRISTIE Agatha A new Agatha Christie thriller, described by her as one of my best. The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter... Engelse romans 
SCH-04749 Cat Among the Pigeons CHRISTIE Agatha Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls - things like murder...Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress - shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the 'cat' strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim... Engelse romans 
SCH-04748 A Caribbean Mystery CHRISTIE Agatha An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed? As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier?s yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major?s attention wandered. He never did finished the story? Engelse romans 
SCH-04747 Cards on the Table CHRISTIE Agatha Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether... Engelse romans 
SCH-04746 By the Pricking of My Thumbs CHRITIE Agatha When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs. Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs. Lancaster talks about something behind the fireplace, Tommy and Tuppence find themselves caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that could spell death for either of them . . . Engelse romans 
SCH-04745 The Body in the Library CHRISTIE Agatha It?s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to findthe body of a young woman in their library.She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup,which is now smeared across her cheeks. But whois she? How did she get there? And what is theconnection with another dead girl, whose charredremains are later discovered in an abandonedquarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marpleto solve the mystery . . . before tongues start to wag. Engelse romans 
SCH-04743 After the Funeral CHRISTIE Agatha When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard?s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard?s will, Cora was clearly heard to say,?It?s been hushed up very nicely, hasn?t it.?But he was murdered, wasn?t he?? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.? Engelse romans 
SCH-04742 The Canterbury Tales CHAUCER The Canterbury Tales , compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. Engelse romans 
SCH-04741 Papillon CHARRIERE Henri Henri Charrière, called Papillon, for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . Engelse romans 
SCH-04739 All the Pretty Horses CARTHY Cormac Mc Volume 1 of the Border Trilogy. John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood. All The Pretty Horses is an acknowledged masterpiece and a grand love story: a novel about childhood passing, along with innocence and a vanished American age. Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss, it is a magnificent parable of responsibility, revenge and survival. ?A darkly shining work . . . executed with consummate skill and much subtlety ? the effect is magnificent? John Banville, Observer ?A uniquely brilliant book . . . told in language as subtly beautiful as its desert setting. One of the most important pieces of American writing of our time? Stephen Amidon, Sunday Times Engelse romans 
SCH-04738 Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass CAROLL Lewis This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses. Engelse romans 
SCH-04736 The Butterfly James M. Cain All three books are written with an enduring view of the dark corners of the American psyche. Cain hammered high art out of the crude matter of betrayal, bloodshed, and perversity. Engelse romans 
SCH-04735 The Doctor is Sick BURGESS Anthony Dr. Edwin Spindrift has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than to people, his sense of reality is further altered by his condition. When he escapes from the hospital the night before his surgery, things and people he hardly knew existed outside of his dictionaries swoop down on him as he careens through adventures in nighttime London. Engelse romans 
SCH-04730 Hitchhiker\'s Guide 1. Het transgalactisch liftershandboek ADAMS Douglas Eerste deel van een inmiddels cultboek geworden 'trilogie in vijf delen' (inmiddels verscheen ook een zesde deel: 'En dan nog iets...')*. Als de Aarde wordt opgeblazen wegens de aanleg van een intergalactische snelweg, ontspringt alleen Hugo Veld de dans, omdat de buitenaardse lifter Amro Bank toevallig zijn vriend is. Dit is het begin van een bizarre reis door de ruimte. Het verslag daarvan wordt afgewisseld met fragmenten uit het liftershandboek. Oorspronkelijk een hoorspelserie, later in boekvorm gegoten kolder-sf van hoog niveau. Wie van deze humor houdt (Engels, vaak absurd) en waardering heeft voor vergezochte sf-invallen, zal schaterend van dit boek genieten. Nederlandse romans-volwassenen 
SCH-04729 De magiër ontwaakt. Koningmaker koningbreker. Boek 2 MILLER Karen Het onneerlegbare vervolg en slotdeel van de duologie Koningmaker, koningbreker. In De onschuldige magiër vertrok de visserszoon Asher naar Dorana, de hoofdstad van het koninkrijk Lur, waar de merkwaardige Doranen beschikken over vreemde magische krachten, en waar elk gebruik van magie door mensen, de Olken, onherroepelijk met de dood wordt bestraft. Een uitzondering is de Doraanse prins Gar, met wie Asher op onverwachte wijze in contact komt, die geen enkel talent heeft voor magie. Nederlandse romans-volwassenen 
SCH-04728 The Adventures of Augie March BELLOW Saul A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a 'born recruit', easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, can he attempt to break free. Engelse romans 
SCH-04727 The Amateur BARSTOW Stan e.a. Seven short stories by famous authors. Engelse romans 
SCH-04725 Coffe, Tea or Me? BAKER Trudy & JONES Rachel Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? When airline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, and stewardesses catered to our every need-at least in our imaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspoken young ladies, who lived and loved the free-spirited stewardess life, jets you back to those golden days of air travel. Engelse romans 
SCH-04723 Pride and Prejudice AUSTEN Jane 'Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat.' Spirited and impulsive, Marianne Dashwood is the complete opposite to her controlled and sensible sister, Elinor. When it comes to matters of the heart, Marianne is passionate and romantic and soon falls for the charming, but unreliable Mr Willoughby. Elinor, in contrast, copes stoically with the news that her love, Edward Ferrars is promised to another. It is through their shared experiences of love that both sisters come to learn that the key to a successful match comes from finding the perfect mixture of rationality and feeling. Engelse romans 
SCH-04721 Persuasion AUSTEN Jane Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humour, insight and tenderness. Engelse romans