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20e Eeuw Boeksamenvattingen

1984
door George Orwell
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
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1984
A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.
door George Orwell 1948 368 pagina's
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Het schepsel van Jekyll Island
door G. Edward Griffin • 1994
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
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Het schepsel van Jekyll Island
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
door G. Edward Griffin 1994 608 pagina's
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The Power of the Powerless
door Václav Havel • 1978
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
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The Power of the Powerless
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
door Václav Havel 1978 146 pagina's
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The Red Book
door C.G. Jung • 2009
The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.
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The Red Book
The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.
door C.G. Jung 2009 371 pagina's
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1929
door Andrew Ross Sorkin • 2025
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
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1929 Samenvatting
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1929
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
door Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 577 pagina's
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De Briar Club
door Kate Quinn
Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.
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De Briar Club
Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.
door Kate Quinn 2024 432 pagina's
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गोदान [Godan]
door Munshi Premchand
A peasant's dream of owning a cow becomes the instrument of his destruction in colonial India.
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गोदान [Godan]
A peasant's dream of owning a cow becomes the instrument of his destruction in colonial India.
door Munshi Premchand 1936 456 pagina's
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Inverting the Pyramid
door Jonathan Wilson • 2008
How offside rules, coffee houses, and fascism invented modern football formations.
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Inverting the Pyramid
How offside rules, coffee houses, and fascism invented modern football formations.
door Jonathan Wilson 2008 374 pagina's
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Family of Spies
door Christine Kuehn • 2025
A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.
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Family of Spies Samenvatting
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Family of Spies
A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.
door Christine Kuehn 2025 272 pagina's
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Refugee
door Alan Gratz • 2017
A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.
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Refugee Samenvatting
Refugee
A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.
door Alan Gratz 2017 352 pagina's
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Simulacra en Simulatie
door Jean Baudrillard • 1981
What's left of reality when the map no longer copies the territory but creates it?
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Simulacra en Simulatie
What's left of reality when the map no longer copies the territory but creates it?
door Jean Baudrillard 1981 164 pagina's
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De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby's mansion teemed with strangers. The woman he loved was across the bay, married to another.
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De grote Gatsby
Gatsby's mansion teemed with strangers. The woman he loved was across the bay, married to another.
door F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pagina's
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Animal Farm
door George Orwell
A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.
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Animal Farm
A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.
door George Orwell 1945 141 pagina's
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De Koude Oorlog
door John Lewis Gaddis • 2005
Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.
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De Koude Oorlog
Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.
door John Lewis Gaddis 2005 352 pagina's
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Diplomacy
door Henry Kissinger • 1994
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
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Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
door Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pagina's
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The Little Liar
door Mitch Albom • 2023
Salonika, 1943: a Jewish boy lies about the trains. His family boards. He never forgives himself.
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The Little Liar
Salonika, 1943: a Jewish boy lies about the trains. His family boards. He never forgives himself.
door Mitch Albom 2023 333 pagina's
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Escape from Freedom
door Erich Fromm • 1941
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
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Escape from Freedom
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
door Erich Fromm 1941 301 pagina's
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To Live
door Yu Hua
A Chinese heir loses the family fortune to crooked dice, then outlives everyone he loves.
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To Live Samenvatting
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To Live
A Chinese heir loses the family fortune to crooked dice, then outlives everyone he loves.
door Yu Hua 1992 250 pagina's
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The Book Club for Troublesome Women
door Marie Bostwick
In 1962, four suburban women read The Feminine Mystique and find the courage to want more.
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The Book Club for Troublesome Women
In 1962, four suburban women read The Feminine Mystique and find the courage to want more.
door Marie Bostwick 2025 372 pagina's
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The Snowball
door Alice Schroeder • 2008
Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.
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The Snowball Samenvatting
The Snowball
Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.
door Alice Schroeder 2008 832 pagina's
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Niet meer menselijk
door Osamu Dazai • 1948
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
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Niet meer menselijk Samenvatting
Niet meer menselijk
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
door Osamu Dazai 1948 176 pagina's
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De Nickel Boys
door Colson Whitehead • 2019
A boy believes in equality. Then a Florida reform school teaches him the cost of hope.
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De Nickel Boys Samenvatting
De Nickel Boys
A boy believes in equality. Then a Florida reform school teaches him the cost of hope.
door Colson Whitehead 2019 213 pagina's
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De spektakelmaatschappij
door Guy Debord • 1967
Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.
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De spektakelmaatschappij Samenvatting
De spektakelmaatschappij
Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.
door Guy Debord 1967 154 pagina's
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The Women
door Kristin Hannah
A Navy daughter enlists as a combat nurse in Vietnam for honor her family denies women.
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The Women Samenvatting
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The Women
A Navy daughter enlists as a combat nurse in Vietnam for honor her family denies women.
door Kristin Hannah 2024 471 pagina's
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Honderd jaar eenzaamheid
door Gabriel García Márquez
A jungle town, seven generations, and a prophecy the last survivor reads only as everything ends.
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Honderd jaar eenzaamheid
A jungle town, seven generations, and a prophecy the last survivor reads only as everything ends.
door Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pagina's
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Anti-Oedipus
door Gilles Deleuze • 1972
Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.
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Anti-Oedipus Samenvatting
Anti-Oedipus
Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.
door Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pagina's
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Martin Eden
door Jack London • 1909
A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.
4.48
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Martin Eden Samenvatting
Martin Eden
A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.
door Jack London 1909 480 pagina's
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Totaliteit en het oneindige
door Emmanuel Levinas • 1961
Knowledge grasps at everything. The human face resists, demanding something older than philosophy.
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Totaliteit en het oneindige Samenvatting
Totaliteit en het oneindige
Knowledge grasps at everything. The human face resists, demanding something older than philosophy.
door Emmanuel Levinas 1961 314 pagina's
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1.000+ beoordelingen
Tsotsi
door Athol Fugard • 1979
A Johannesburg gang leader remembers nothing of his past until a shoebox baby wakes his conscience.
3.59
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Tsotsi Samenvatting
Tsotsi
A Johannesburg gang leader remembers nothing of his past until a shoebox baby wakes his conscience.
door Athol Fugard 1979 232 pagina's
3.59
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De vreemdeling
door Albert Camus
A dry-eyed son buries his mother, kills a stranger, and watches a courtroom prosecute his heart.
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De vreemdeling Samenvatting
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De vreemdeling
A dry-eyed son buries his mother, kills a stranger, and watches a courtroom prosecute his heart.
door Albert Camus 1942 123 pagina's
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De oude man en de zee
door Ernest Hemingway
Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.
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De oude man en de zee
Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.
door Ernest Hemingway 1952 96 pagina's
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De dag van de Jakhals
door Frederick Forsyth • 1971
A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.
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De dag van de Jakhals
A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.
door Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 pagina's
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Duin
door Frank Herbert • 1965
A young noble's inheritance is a desert planet that his enemies have rigged to destroy him.
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Duin
A young noble's inheritance is a desert planet that his enemies have rigged to destroy him.
door Frank Herbert 1965 658 pagina's
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The Tartar Steppe
door Dino Buzzati
A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.
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The Tartar Steppe Samenvatting
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The Tartar Steppe
A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.
door Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pagina's
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Buckeye
door Patrick Ryan
A single kiss on V-E Day begins a four-decade secret that binds two Ohio families.
4.12
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Buckeye Samenvatting
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Buckeye
A single kiss on V-E Day begins a four-decade secret that binds two Ohio families.
door Patrick Ryan 2025 464 pagina's
4.12
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De ontbrekende zus
door Lucinda Riley
An emerald ring ties six sisters to a woman fleeing a past she buried in Ireland.
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De ontbrekende zus Samenvatting
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De ontbrekende zus
An emerald ring ties six sisters to a woman fleeing a past she buried in Ireland.
door Lucinda Riley 2021 805 pagina's
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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
door Kristin Harmel
When a photograph exposes an elderly jewel thief, her dead sister's bracelet surfaces in a museum.
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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
When a photograph exposes an elderly jewel thief, her dead sister's bracelet surfaces in a museum.
door Kristin Harmel 2025 384 pagina's
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The Stationery Shop
door Marjan Kamali
Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.
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The Stationery Shop Samenvatting
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The Stationery Shop
Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.
door Marjan Kamali 2019
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Across the Barricades
door Joan Lingard
She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.
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Across the Barricades
She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.
door Joan Lingard 1972 174 pagina's
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2.000+ beoordelingen
The Sun Sister
door Lucinda Riley
Grieving and addicted, a supermodel finds her dead father's letter and a grandmother she never knew.
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The Sun Sister Samenvatting
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The Sun Sister
Grieving and addicted, a supermodel finds her dead father's letter and a grandmother she never knew.
door Lucinda Riley 2019 848 pagina's
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Lolita
door Vladimir Nabokov
A middle-aged scholar marries a New England widow for one reason only: her twelve-year-old daughter.
3.87
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Lolita Samenvatting
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Lolita
A middle-aged scholar marries a New England widow for one reason only: her twelve-year-old daughter.
door Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pagina's
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Where the Rivers Merge
door Mary Alice Monroe
Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.
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Where the Rivers Merge
Her son schemes to sell the Lowcountry plantation. She's eighty-eight, but her story isn't finished.
door Mary Alice Monroe 2025 352 pagina's
4.28
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
door John le Carré
A discarded spy returns in secret to hunt a Soviet mole buried inside British intelligence.
4.06
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Samenvatting
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
A discarded spy returns in secret to hunt a Soviet mole buried inside British intelligence.
door John le Carré 1974 381 pagina's
4.06
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De seringentuin
door Martha Hall Kelly
Three women, one war, and a Nazi concentration camp where medical experiments stitch them together.
4.29
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De seringentuin Samenvatting
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De seringentuin
Three women, one war, and a Nazi concentration camp where medical experiments stitch them together.
door Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pagina's
4.29
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Verwantschap
door Tayari Jones
One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.
4.24
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Verwantschap Samenvatting
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Verwantschap
One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.
door Tayari Jones 2026 368 pagina's
4.24
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The Transit of Venus
door Shirley Hazzard
An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.
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The Transit of Venus Samenvatting
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The Transit of Venus
An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.
door Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pagina's
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The Calamity Club
door Kathryn Stockett
A churchgoing spinster opens a brothel to rescue an orphan from a eugenics asylum.
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The Calamity Club Samenvatting
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The Calamity Club
A churchgoing spinster opens a brothel to rescue an orphan from a eugenics asylum.
door Kathryn Stockett 2026 656 pagina's
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A Far-Flung Life
door M.L. Stedman
A shattered man raises his sister's child on an outback sheep station, hiding one ruinous secret.
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A Far-Flung Life Samenvatting
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A Far-Flung Life
A shattered man raises his sister's child on an outback sheep station, hiding one ruinous secret.
door M.L. Stedman 2026 431 pagina's
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree
door Nikesha Elise Williams
A father's name kept secret. Seven generations of women. A map braided into a girl's scalp.
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree Samenvatting
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree
A father's name kept secret. Seven generations of women. A map braided into a girl's scalp.
door Nikesha Elise Williams 2026 336 pagina's
4.08
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The Polyester Prince
door Hamish McDonald • 1998
A village trader exploited India's regulatory cracks to build the world's largest shareholder base.
3.89
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The Polyester Prince Samenvatting
The Polyester Prince
A village trader exploited India's regulatory cracks to build the world's largest shareholder base.
door Hamish McDonald 1998 296 pagina's
3.89
1.000+ beoordelingen
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