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Amerikaanse thrillers

Kathy Reichs – Fire and Bones

Kathy Reichs Fire and Bones recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van de nieuwe Temperance Brennan thriller. Op 6 augustus 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner de nieuwe thriller van de Amerikaanse thrillerschrijfster Kathy Reichs. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de thriller verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Kathy Reichs Fire and Bones recensie en review

  • “I loved Kathy Reichs’s Fire and Bones in which the iconic Temperance Brennan brings her forensic expertise, dogged detection skills, and wry sense of humor to Washington, DC to investigate a harrowing fire scene. The twists and turns in the case come fast and furious, but Tempe handles each with her trademark aplomb, and every entry in this landmark series is a must-read for me! If you haven’t read Reichs, start now!” (Lisa Scottoline, Amerikaanse schrijfster)
  • “In this excellent new Temperance Brennan novel unsolved mysteries of the past converge with an arson investigation in the present. I absolutely devoured Fire and Bones, just as I have every one of Reichs’s books to date—but this one may just be my favorite yet! With her trademark blend of intrigue, forensics, and the pursuit of justice, Reichs always delivers an incredible thriller.” (Megan Miranda, Amerikaanse schrijfster)

Kathy Reichs Fire and Bones

Fire and Bones

Temperance Brennan thriller 2

  • Auteur: Kathy Reichs (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse thriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 6 augustus 2024
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Prijs: $27.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de nieuwe Temperance Brennan thriller van Kathy Reichs

Author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of a Washington, DC, arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence.

Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze and sees her misgivings justified. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and Tempe becomes suspicious about the property’s ownership when she delves into its history.

The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Soon the duo learns that back in the thirties and forties the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. Though interesting, this fact seems irrelevant—until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attacks? So many questions.

As Tempe and Ivy dig deeper, an arrest is finally made. Then another Foggy Bottom Gang-linked property burns to the ground, claiming one more victim. Slowly, Tempe’s instincts begin pointing to the obvious: somehow, her moves since coming to Washington have been anticipated, and every path forward seems to bring with it a lethal threat.

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Amerikaanse thrillers, China

Joseph Kanon – Shanghai

Joseph Kanon Shanghai recensie, review en informatie van de historische spionagethriller gesitueerd in de vooroorlogse havenstad in China. Op 25 juni 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner de nieuwe thriller van de Amerikaanse schrijver Joseph Kanon. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek aangekondigd of verkrijgbaar.

Joseph Kanon Shanghai recensie en review

  • “As in his spy novels, Kanon demonstrates a mastery of closed-in drama. Such is the jabbing understatement of the dialogue–what’s withheld matters more than what’s said–that it holds you in suspense as much as any action scene. The contrast between his impeccable control and the nightmarish chaos of this time and place gives things a powerful edge. Kanon goes to China with stirring results.” (Kirkus)
  • “Edgar-winning Kanon plays global and personal intrigues to perfection here. Fans of historical thrillers will appreciate Kanon’s ability to cloak betrayals with the period’s looming uncertainty and evoke Shanghai’s particular vitality.” (Booklist)

Joseph Kanon Shanghai

Shanghai

  • Auteur: Joseph Kanon (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: historische thriller, spionagethriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $28.99 / $14.99 / $25.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de nieuwe historische spionagethriller van Joseph Kanon

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business. A love affair against all odds, a city dancing on the rim of a volcano—Shanghai is the story of a political haven that becomes a minefield of conflicting loyalties.

After the violence of Kristallnacht (1938), European Jews, now desperate to emigrate, found the consular doors of the world closed to them. Only one port required no entry visa: Shanghai, a self-governing Western trading enclave in what was technically Chinese territory, a political anomaly that became an escape hatch—if you were lucky enough to afford a ticket on one of the great Lloyd liners sailing to the East and safety.

Daniel Lohr was one of the lucky ones—lucky enough to have escaped the Gestapo when his colleagues in the resistance were caught, lucky to have an uncle waiting in Shanghai, lucky to find a casual shipboard flirtation turn unexpectedly passionate. But even lucky refugees have to confront the reality of Shanghai. With all their assets, and passports confiscated by the Nazis, they arrive penniless and stateless in a tumultuous, nearly lawless city notorious for vice. When you can sink fast, how far are you willing to go to survive? What lines do you cross? As Daniel tries to navigate his way through his uncle’s world in Shanghai’s fabled nightlife, he finds himself increasingly ensnared in a maze where politics and crime are two sides of the same shiny coin. The trick, his uncle tells him, is to stay one step ahead. But how do you stay ahead of murder? How do you outrun your own past?

Joseph Kanon The Berlin Exchange RecensieJoseph Kanon (Verenigde Staten) – The Berlin Exchange
historische spionagethriller over Berlijn
Uitgever: Scribner
Verschijnt: 22 februari 2022

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Amerikaanse politiek, Memoir

Jen Psaki – Say More

Jen Psaki Say More recensie en informatie boek van de White House Press Secretary onder Barack Obama en huidige MSNBC host. Op 7 mei 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner de memoir van Jen Psaki. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Jen Psaki Say More recensie

Wanneer er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnen van Say More, het boek van Jen Psaki, dan besteed onze redactie er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “Psaki’s memoir of swimming in the deep end of the world’s most analyzed press pool is as forthright and reassuring as her behind-the-podium personae. The lessons she shares with readers often landed first with her toughest audience, her children. It is precisely this balance of political and journalistic strategies and general life advice that elevates Psaki’s narrative beyond the standard Washington insider tell-all. A helpful resource for anyone who knows how much words matter.” (Booklist)
  • “Psaki combines the personal and the professional in her enjoyable debut . . . Sprinkled throughout are self-deprecating jabs that highlight her own occasional blunders . . . Such levity helps the book breeze by. Readers need not be political obsessives to appreciate the practical wisdom on offer here.” (Publishers Weekly)

Jen Psaki Say More

Say More

Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

  • Auteur: Jen Psaki (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 7 mei 2024
  • Omvang: 240 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $28.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek van de voormalige White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she’s learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.

Not many White House Press Secretaries capture the nation’s interest the way Jen Psaki did. Refreshingly candid and clear, Psaki quickly became known for her ability to break through the noise and successfully deliver her message. In her highly anticipated book, Psaki shares her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, taking readers along the campaign trail, to the State Department, and inside the White House under two Presidents. With her signature wit, Psaki writes about reporting to bosses from the hot-tempered Rahm Emanuel to the coolly intellectual Barack Obama to the surprisingly tenderhearted John Kerry. She also talks about her time working closely with President Joe Biden from the start of his administration to set a new tone for the country, restoring a sense of calm and respect for the role of the media in our Democracy.

Since leaving the White House, Psaki’s star has continued to rise. She launched a highly rated show on MSNBC and was so successful that in just six months she was given an additional primetime Monday slot, ahead of Rachel Maddow. And Psaki’s work doesn’t end at the office. She is the mother of two young children and shares her stories about the journey of communicating as a parent: During one bedtime briefing, her young daughter asked the question, “Why do wars start?”, which Jen carefully explained and then got a follow up: “Have you ever seen a unicorn?”

In Say More, Psaki explains her straightforward approach to communication, walking readers through difficult conversations as well as moments where humor saves the day—whether it is with preschoolers, partners, or presidents. She addresses the best ways to give and receive feedback, how to connect with your audience, how to listen actively, and much more. Say More is the book Psaki wishes she had when she started her career, and is a trove of entertaining, essential lessons from one of the most prominent voices in American politics today.

Jen Psaki is the host of MSNBC’s Sunday afternoon and Monday evening program, Inside with Jen Psaki. She served as the thirty-fourth White House Press Secretary under President Biden until May 2022. Over the course of her twenty years in public service, Psaki also served as White House Communications Director under President Obama, as the spokesperson for the State Department under then Secretary of State John Kerry, and worked on three presidential campaigns. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

Jen Psaki (1 december 1978, Stamford, Connecticut) is the host of MSNBC’s Sunday afternoon and Monday evening program, Inside with Jen Psaki. She served as the thirty-fourth White House Press Secretary under President Biden until May 2022. Over the course of her twenty years in public service, Psaki also served as White House Communications Director under President Obama, as the spokesperson for the State Department under then Secretary of State John Kerry, and worked on three presidential campaigns. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

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Dieren, Dierenboeken, Natuurboeken, Populair Wetenschappelijke Boeken

David Toomey – Kingdom of Play

David Toomey Kingdom of Play recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het populair wetenschappelijke boek over dierengedrag. Op 19 maart 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner Books het nieuwe boek van van de professor van de University of Massachusetts, David Toomey. Hier lees je uitgebreide informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek aangekondigd of verkrijgbaar.

David Toomey Kingdom of Play recensie

De redactie besteed hier aandacht aan de boekbespreking en recensie van Kingdom of Play, het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse auteur David Toomey.

  • “Wry…In the end, the belief that animals are no less complex and mysterious than humans prevails in Kingdom of Play. Toomey understands that if we always reduce play to some form of utility, we are returning animals to the status of automatons. As the book winds down, his own enjoyment of the subject comes to the fore.” (The Atlantic)
  • “Delightful . . . Toomey makes a compelling case that not only does play offer advantages in natural selection and serve as a potential generator of animal evolution, but the innovation it sparks may even help primates like us influence our own evolution.” (Scientific American)

David Toomey Kingdom of Play

Kingdom of Play

  • Auteur: David Toomey (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: dierenboek, natuurboek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 19 maart 2024
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $29,00 / $14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst boek over dierengedrag van David Toomey

In Kingdom of Play, critically acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, we follow adventurous researchers as they design and conduct experiments seeking answers to new, intriguing questions: When did play first appear in animals? How does play develop the brain, and how did it evolve? Are the songs and aerial acrobatics of birds the beginning of avian culture? Is fairness in dog play the foundation of canine ethics? And does play direct and possibly accelerate evolution?

Monkeys belly-flop, dolphins tail-walk, elephants mud-slide, crows dive-bomb, and octopuses bounce balls. These activities are various, but all are play, and as Toomey explains, animal play can be seen as a distinct behavior—one that is ongoing and open-ended, purposeless and provisional—rather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful.

A globe-spanning journey and a scientific detective story filled with lively animal anecdotes, Kingdom of Play is an illuminating—and yes, playful—look at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom.

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Amerikaanse Schrijvers, Amerikaanse thrillers

Stephen King – You Like It Darker

Stephen King You Like It Darker recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het nieuwe boek met verhalen. Op 21 mei 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner Books het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse horror- en thrillerschrijver Stephen King. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Wanneer de Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verschijnt is nog onbekend.

Stephen King You Like It Darker recensie

Als er een boekbespreking van You Like It Darker, het nieuwste boek van Stephen King in de media verschijnt, besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “Absolutely spellbinding stories about love, loss, tragedy, resilience, and—this is Stephen King, after all—unearthly creatures and the strange, unpredictable overlap between this world and another. A character from a classic early King novel makes a welcome return, too, in a beautifully imagined tale that will move readers to tears. This book features some of the author’s most engaging writing…King’s first book, Carrie, was published 50 years ago. He’s had a remarkable career, and You Like It Darker proves that he is still at the height of his powers. A triumph. With so many new and exceptional stories, this collection will have King’s legions of fans clamoring.” (Booklist)
  • “King is writing some of the best work of his long career. Could this collection of short stories continue his remarkable winning streak?” (Seattle Times)

Stephen King You Like It Darker

You Like It Darker

  • Auteur: Stephen King (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: verhalen
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 21 mei 2024
  • Omvang: 512 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $30.00 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het nieuwe boek met verhalen van Stephen King

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it.

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Amerikaanse roman, Amerikaanse schrijfster, Debuutroman

Rachel Lyon – Fruit of the Dead

Rachel Lyon Fruit of the Dead recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Amerikaanse debuutroman. Op 5 maart 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner Books de eerste roman van de Amerikaanse schrijfster Rachel Lyon. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Rachel Lyon Fruit of the Dead recensie

  • “In lush, hallucinatory prose, Lyon narrates from the perspectives of both mother and daughter and evokes the classic myth without distracting readers from the striking contemporary setting and subject matter.” (Booklist, Starred Review)
  • “Irresistible… brilliantly told… an affecting, engrossing, and resonant tale about lost innocence and the enduring bond between a mother and daughter.” (Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review)
  • “Lyon’s skillful and luscious prose encourages empathy… an affecting novel with touches of the fantastical, weaving explorations of power, youth, wealth, and familial love.” (Kirkus, Starred Review)

Rachel Lyon Fruit of the Dead

Fruit of the Dead

  • Auteur: Rachel Lyon (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse debuutroman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 5 maart 2024
  • Omvang: 320 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $28.00 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de eerste roman van Rachel Lyon

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.

Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is middle-aged, divorced, magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo proffers a childcare job (and an NDA), Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and opiates manufactured by his company, she continues to tell herself she’s in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help she alone is convinced she hears.

Alternating between the two women’s perspectives, Rachel Lyon’s Fruit of the Dead incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a tale that explores love, control, obliteration, and America’s own late capitalist mythos. Lyon’s reinvention of Persephone and Demeter’s story makes for a haunting and ecstatic novel that vibrates with lush abandon. Readers will not soon forget it.

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Geschiedenisboeken

James L. Swanson – The Deerfield Massacre

James L. Swanson The Deerfield Massacre recensie en informatie boek over een bloedige strijd tussen indianen en kolonisten in Amerika in 1704. Op 27 februari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner het boek The Deerfield Massacre van de Amerikaanse historicus en schrijver James L. Swanson. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Er is is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het geschiedenisboek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

James L. Swanson The Deerfield Massacre recensie

  • “A meticulous account of the eponymous 18th–century massacre . . . Swanson’s narrative pivots ingeniously from the event itself . . . to trace the massacre’s afterlife … The result is a rewarding close look at the process of history-making.” (Publishers Weekly)
  • “A briskly told history of death, resilience, and recovery in the American past.” (Kirkus Reviews)

James L. Swanson The Deerfield Massacre

The Deerfield Massacre

A Surprise Attack, a Forces March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

  • Auteur: James L. Swanson (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner
  • Verschijnt: 27 februari 2024
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $30.00 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over een confrontatie tussen Indianen en kolonisten in 1704

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding account of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between Indians and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704 and the tragic saga that unfolded, written by acclaimed historian James Swanson.

Once it was one of the most infamous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten.

In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little town in western Massachusetts there stands what once was the most revered relic from the history of early New England: the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre of 1704. This impregnable barricade—known to early Americans as “The Old Indian Door”—constructed from double-thick planks of Massachusetts oak and studded with hand-wrought iron nails to repel the tomahawk blades wielded by several attacking Native tribes, is the sole surviving artifact from one of the most dramatic moments in colonial American history: In the leap year of 1704, on the cold, snowy night of February 29, hundreds of Indians and their French allies swept down on an isolated frontier outpost to slaughter or capture its inhabitants.

The sacking of Deerfield led to one of the greatest sagas of survival, sacrifice, family, and faith ever told in North America. One hundred and twelve survivors, including their fearless minister, the Reverend John Williams, were captured and forced to march three hundred miles north into enemy territory in Canada. Any captive who faltered or became too weak to continue the journey—including Williams’s own wife—fell under the tomahawk or war club.

Survivors of the march willed themselves to live and endured captivity. Ransomed by the royal governor of Massachusetts, the captives later returned home to Deerfield, rebuilt their town and, for the rest of their lives, told the incredible tale. The memoir of Rev. Williams, The Redeemed Captive, published soon after his liberation, became one of the first bestselling books in American history and remains a literary classic. The Old Indian Door is a touchstone that conjures up one of the most dramatic and inspiring stories of colonial America—and now, at last, this legendary event is brought to vivid life by popular historian James Swanson.

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Taiwanese schrijver

Ian Russell-Hsieh – I’m New Here

Ian Russell-Hsieh I’m New Here. Op 1 februari 2024 verschijnt bij bij uitgeverij Scribner Books de debuutroman van de Taiwanees-Britse schrijver Ian Russell-Hsieh. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd. 

Ian Russell-Hsieh I’m New Here recensie

Ook is er aandacht voor de boekbesprekingen en recensie van de roman I’m New Here, geschreven door Ian Russel-Hsieh. zodra deze in de media verschijnen.

Ian Russell-Hsieh boeken en informatie

Ian Russell-Hsieh is een Taiwanees-Britse journalist en schrijver. Met regelmaat publiceert hij artikelen in de gerenommeerde krant The Guardian. Tegenwoordig is hij woonachtig in Cornwall, Engeland. I’m New Here is zijn debuutroman waarvan het nog onbekend is of er een Nederlandse vertaling van zal verschijnen.

Ian Russell-Hsieh I'm New Here

I’m New Here

  • Auteur: Ian Russell-Hsieh (Taiwan, Engeland)
  • Soort boek; debuutroman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 1 februari 2024
  • Omvang: 240 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £14.99 / £7.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Libris

Flaptekst van de eerste roman Ian Russell-Hsieh

Fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Taiwanese-British photographer Sean flies to Taipei to seek oblivion. Lost in the neon heat of his parents’ homeland, though, all he finds is alienation. He spends his days sleeping feverishly in a bleak hotel bedroom, and his nights alternating between casual sex and a crappy striplit doughnut bar. Whatever he thought Taiwan would give him, it hasn’t worked: he feels as distanced and resentful of his heritage as he ever has.

Then, a chance encounter with a mysterious older man draws him into a friendship where the terms of engagement are quickly, ominously blurred. For every tentative step towards connection, Sean’s grasp on reality unravels, as the demands of the past and the present begin to take their toll. As events draw to a disturbing head, Sean’s mind spirals, until he’s not sure what’s left of him at all.

Appealing to fans of Boy Parts and Luster, I’m New Here is a thrilling, hallucinatory debut and masterclass in unreliable narration that positions Ian Russell-Hsieh as one of the most exciting new authors in the UK.

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Geschiedenisboeken

Marion Gibson – Witchcraft

Marion Gibson Witchcraft. Op 16 januari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner het boek over heksenvervolging wereldwijd, geschreven door de Britse historicus en schrijfster Marion Gibson. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. De Nederlandse vertaling met als titel Heksen, verschijnt eind september 2024 bij uitgeverij Ambo | Anthos.

Marion Gibson Witchcraft recensie

  • “It is wonderful to come across a book that breathes such fresh life and energy into a well-worked subject, covering a huge range of time and space with a unified, passionate and convincing message. Any expert is going to learn something new from it, any newcomer to be enthralled and motivated.” (Ronald Hutton, author of The Witch
  • “These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous. Together they comprise not just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale of the uncomfortably human habits of paranoia and persecution.” (Malcom Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches)

Marion Gibson informatie en boeken

Marion Gibson is geboren op het eiland Wight in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Ze heeft geschiedenis gestudeerd en is nu professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures aan de University van Exeter in Devon, Engeland. Ze heeft een flink aantal boeken over heksenvervolging en magie geschreven.

Marion Gibson Witchcraft

Witchcraft

A History in Thirteen Trials

  • Auteur: Marion Gibson (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenisboek over heksen
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner
  • Verschijnt: 16 januari 2024
  • Omvang: 320 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $28.00 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol 

Flaptekst boeken over heksenvervolging van Marion Gibson

A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.

Witchcraft is a dramatic journey through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: on Vardø island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country’s last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Pennsylvania in 1929 where a magical healer was labelled a “witch”; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft became feared, decriminalized, reimagined, and eventually reframed as gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, and political conspiracy and individual resistance.

Offering a striking, dramatic story, unspooling through centuries, about the men and women who were accused—some of whom survived their trials, and some who did not—Witchcraft empowers the people who were and are victimized and marginalized, giving a voice to those who were silenced by history.

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Uitgever: Ambo | Anthos
Verschijnt: 26 september 2024

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Alice Hoffman – The Invisible Hour

Alice Hoffman The Invisible Hour review en informatie over de inhoud van de nieuwe roman van de Amerikaanse schrijfster. Op 17 augustus 2023 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner de nieuwe roman van Alice Hoffman. Of en wanneer de Nederlandse vertaling verschijnt is nog niet bekend.

Alice Hoffman The Invisible Hour review en informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van de roman The Invisible Hour. Het boek is geschreven door Alice Hoffman. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van de nieuwe roman van de Amerikaanse schrijfster Alice Hoffman.

Alice Hoffman The Invisible Hour review

The Invisible Hour

  • Auteur: Alice Hoffman (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 17 augustus 2023
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Adviesprijs:  £ 16,99 /  £ 9,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Alice Hoffman

Sixteen-year-old Ivy is pregnant and alone. Cast out by her family, she runs away and finds safety in the arms of Joel Davis. He offers a simpler life than the one she had in Boston, a quiet, rural life of rules, peace and community. Little does she realise, Joel is the charismatic leader of a cult known as the Community, and all is not quite as it seems.

Daughter Mia has only known the claustrophobic life of the Community. While out serving the Community one weekend, she secretly commits a transgression – reading. Discovering a world beyond the edges of the Community’s property is intoxicating. But breaking rules carries serious consequences, and sends Mia on a path she could never have imagined.

With two fiercely wonderful heroines, The Invisible Hour is a heart-breaking and hopeful novel of family, redemption and the power of love.

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