Marianne: 1163 books

Excerpt: Somewhere in Egypt, first. In a temple, filled with a wealthy crowd, black wigged and draped in white and gold-filigreed linen sashes. She stood opposite her fantasy man, on a dais at the top of steps that gleamed white. Her bridegroom was a warrior of high rank and clad accordingly, a short...

Ruthie and Jack thought that their adventures in the Thorne Rooms were over . . . until miniatures from the rooms start to disappear. Is it the work of the art thief who's on the loose in Chicago? Or has someone else discovered the secret of the Thorne Rooms' magic? Ruthie and Jack's quest to stop...

Sixteen stories, sixteen unique characters. Cat, a Buddhist pacifist, is scratched by a baby cougar, unleashing her animal instinct. Will she sacrifice her pacifist's beliefs for killer revenge? Granny gathers her friends for a festive exorcism of the demon bird that flies right through her living...

Lucy van Loon knows she's a good girl. So why is she always sitting in the Time Out chair? After all, she had a very good reason for dumping Jacinta's unicorn pencils all over the floor. And she only threw a tantrum because her aunt from Holland called her a bad girl and a greedy liar, which was UTTERLY...

The second in the exciting new Jelly Pie series of books for girls from Marianne Levy about a little film star with a big personality. Dear Everybody, I’m an incredibly famous film star! Everyone knows who I am, even Eskimos and people in France. And I’ve just made friends with an...

Spannende en aangrijpende historische roman die leest als een thriller. Engeland, 1013. Een plunderend Vikingleger loopt het land onder de voet. Samen met de koninklijke familie vlucht Dagna, een jonge edelvrouw, naar Normandië. Daar zal ze echter nooit aankomen. Jaren later spoelt ze aan op een...

Emilie heeft de verloren gewaande brieven van Michelangelo in haar bezit. Maar er zijn meer mensen die deze brieven - vanwege hun explosieve inhoud - in handen zouden willen krijgen. Al snel beseft Emilia dat de jacht op haar geopend is. Florence 1526 Mire heeft Angelina en Michael, haar twee kinderen,...

Marianne Ackerman's second collection of stories for Guernica puts the focus on women, their ascent into selfhood, the beauty and carnage of the their journey. Literary Montreal is the setting of two stories spun around an alpha poseur, George. Picking up from the Gothic shadows of Albert Fine in Holy...

Struggling with severed family ties and a love life gone sour, forensic artist Gabrielle Camden immerses herself in sculpting the face of a young Native American woman whose parallel life takes her on an incredible journey back in time to Custer’s Last Stand. The path leads her deep into the heart...

Author Marianne Thurston was holding her grandfathers hand as the final breath of air trickled from his lungs. What she experienced was overwhelming, intriguing, and somehow curiously calming. A whirlwind of emotions, memories, questions and curiosities stormed her thoughts. Time seemed to...

Many saw the 2008 election of Barack Obama as a sign that America had moved past the issue of race, that a colorblind society was finally within reach. But as Marianne Modica reveals in Race Among Friends, attempts to be colorblind do not end racism—in fact, ignoring race increases the likelihood...

'Onder zijn vleugels' van Marianne Grandia: een krachtige roman van een geliefd auteur over de impact van een ongeneeslijke ziekte en geloofsonzekerheid. Hoe meer gezondheidsklachten Riemke krijgt, hoe meer ze piekert. Wat als ze ernstig ziek blijkt te zijn? Welke impact zal dat op haar gezin en haar...

C’est durant l’été 1960 que Nelle Harper Lee publie son premier roman, Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur. Elle ne le sait pas encore, mais ce qui a longtemps été sa seule et unique œuvre marquera profondément plusieurs générations de lecteurs. Dans ce roman, l’auteure nous plonge, dans...

Revised and re-edited edition previously entitled The Glass Armonica When a young woman with the gift of sight is charged with murder, she makes a devastating decision, destroying any change for happiness. Elizabeth’s greatest fear has come true; the villagers think she is bewitched and the music...