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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
Toe Mata Hari in Parys aangekom het, was sy platsak. Kort daarna is
sy gevier as die elegantste vrou in die stad. As ’n danseres het sy
gehore geskok en verruk, as ’n vertroueling en courtisane het sy
die rykste en magtigste mans van haar era betower. Maar paranoia as
gevolg van die oorlog het Frankryk verteer, en Mata Hari se
leefstyl het haar onder verdenking geplaas. In 1917 is sy
gearresteer in haar hotelkamer aan die Champs-Elysees en van
spioenasie aangekla. Die Spioen is die onvergeetlike verhaal van ’n
vrou wat dit gewaag het om die konvensies van haar tyd uit te daag
en die prys daarvoor betaal het, soos vertel in Mata Hari se stem
in haar finale brief.
The beloved author of Not Our Kind and The Dressmakers of Prospect
Heights returns with a story of secrets, friendship, and betrayal about
two young women at Vassar in the years after World War II, a powerful
and moving tale of prejudice and pride that echoes the cultural and
social issues of today.
Anne Bishop seems like a typical Vassar sophomore--one of a popular
group of privileged WASP friends. None of the girls in her circle has
any idea that she's Jewish, or that her real name is or that her real
first name is Miriam. Pretending to be a Gentile has made life
easier--as Anne, she no longer suffers the snubs, snide remarks, and
daily restrictions Jews face. She enjoys her college life of teas,
late-night conversations, and mixers. She turns a blind eye to the
casual anti-Semitism that flourishes among her friends and
classmates--after all, it's no longer directed at her.
But her secret life is threatened when she becomes fascinated by a girl
not in her crowd. Delia Goldhush is sophisticated, stylish, brilliant,
and unashamedly Jewish--and seems not to care that she's an outcast
among the other students. Knowing that her growing closeness with Delia
would be social suicide if it were discovered, Anne keeps their
friendship quiet. Delia seems to understand--until a cruelty on Anne's
part drives them apart and sends them scattering to other corners of
the world, alone and together.
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The Fey
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Claudia Hall Christian
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Order to Kill
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Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
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The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster
video game for Xbox!It is 2555, more than two years after the
Master Chief went missing-in-action following a decisive conflict
on Installation 00--the massive, extragalactic Forerunner construct
known as the Ark--as part of the final chapter in humanity's bloody
thirty-year struggle against the overwhelming forces of the
Covenant. Now, as a tenuous peace exists between the humans and the
Elites, a startling scientific discovery is made...and the riddle
behind its Forerunner origins could very well seal the fate of the
entire galaxy within a matter of weeks. In order to unravel these
dangerous secrets, a heroic, hastily formed coalition of humans and
Elites must attempt to overcome their differences as they embark on
a covert mission back to the Ark--an astonishing, enigmatic place
beyond comprehension from which few have returned and where mortal
danger awaits them all...
The brand-new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling
Goodwill House series.August 1940 As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna
Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land
girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie. Sally, a feisty blonde from the
East End, has never seen a cow before, but she's desperate to
escape London and her horrible ex, Dennis. And although the hours
are long and the work hard, Sal quickly becomes good friends with
the other girls Daphne and Charlie and enjoys life at Goodwill
House. Until Dennis reappears threatening to drag her back to
London. Sal fears her life as a land girl is over, just as she
finally felt worthy. But Lady Joanna has other ideas and a plan to
keep Sal safe and doing the job she loves. Don't miss the next
heart-breaking instalment in Fenella J. Miller's beautiful Goodwill
House series. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Curl up in a chair
with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another
time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and
setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.
A fabulous series!' Jean Fullerton
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