Gerda Baardman Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Set against a backdrop of urgency and transformation, this narrative explores the pivotal moments that define our lives. Characters navigate through intense experiences that challenge their beliefs and relationships, revealing the profound impact of choices made in fleeting moments. Themes of resilience, connection, and self-discovery are woven throughout, inviting readers to reflect on their own life-changing instants. The story is a powerful reminder of how quickly life can shift and the importance of seizing the moment.

When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Kavakian, they look for the company's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set-pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense about the fate of the company - and the human animal.

De intelligente Francis Dean woont met zijn moeder in een vervallen trailerpark in New Jersey. De hoop op een betere toekomst heeft hij opgegeven – tot hij de waarheid achter zijn verwekking ontdekt. Zijn bestaan komt blijkbaar voort uit een absurd experiment waaraan zijn moeder achttien jaar geleden deelnam. Zijn vader is geen loser die zijn gezin in de steek liet, maar een genie, cum laude afgestudeerd aan Harvard. Hem ontmoeten zou Francis’ leven kunnen veranderen. Samen met zijn beste vriend Grover, een excentrieke whizzkid, en het meisje van zijn dromen, de delicate en onvoorspelbare Anne-May, begint hij aan een tocht dwars door Amerika om zijn vader te vinden. Hij wil ontdekken wie hij werkelijk is en hij heeft niets te verliezen – denkt hij. Op het geniale af is het verhaal van een spannende ontdekkingsreis met meedogenloze wendingen en een adembenemende afrekening.

With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time The first nine months of Donald Trump’s term were stormy, outrageous―and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself. In this explosive book, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations: -- What President Trump’s staff really thinks of him -- What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama -- Why FBI director James Comey was really fired -- Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn’t be in the same room -- Who is really directing the Trump administration’s strategy in the wake of Bannon’s firing -- What the secret to communicating with Trump is -- What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers Never before has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.

'Immersive, satisfying, tense-and timely' Lee Child 'A knockout of an international thriller' Chris Pavone, author of The Expats 'Whip smart and fraught with tension...Brilliant.' Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl 'Kept me guessing until the very last page. I couldn't tear myself away' Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear 'A gripping, twisty thriller that asks how well we really know the people closest to us' Alafair Burke, author of The Wife The only thing worse than finding out that your husband is dead Is discovering the secrets he left behind. Annabel's seemingly perfect ex-patriate life in Geneva is shattered when her banker husband Matthew's plane crashes in the Alps. When Annabel finds clues that his death may not be all it seems, she puts herself in the crosshairs of powerful enemies and questions whether she really knew husband at all. Meanwhile, journalist Marina is investigating Swiss United, the bank where Matthew worked. But when she uncovers evidence of a shocking global financial scandal that implicates someone close to home, she is forced to make an impossible choice.

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and a race trial that leads him to the Supreme Court, this novel showcases a comic genius at the height of his craft. It challenges the core principles of the U.S. Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, father-son dynamics, and the quest for racial equality—embodied in the black Chinese restaurant. The narrator, raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens on the outskirts of Los Angeles, resigns himself to a life of lower-middle-class stagnation, reflecting on the cracks in his childhood bedroom ceiling. His upbringing under a single father, a controversial sociologist, subjects him to racially charged psychological studies, leading him to believe his father's work will culminate in a memoir that could solve their financial struggles. However, after his father's death in a police shoot-out, he discovers the memoir never existed, leaving him with only a bill for a drive-thru funeral. Driven by this betrayal and the decay of his hometown, he embarks on a mission to restore Dickens, which has been erased from the map. Teaming up with the town's most famous resident, the last surviving Little Rascal, he undertakes the outrageous act of reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school, ultimately landing him in the Supreme Court.

« Je suis entré dans le jardin et j’ai fait un signe de tête à mon frère. J’ai pensé : une enfance difficile est comme un ennemi invisible. On ne sait jamais quand il se retournera contre vous. » Liz, Marty et Jules sont inséparables. Jusqu’au jour où ils perdent leurs parents dans un tragique accident de voiture dans le sud de la France. Placés dans le même pensionnat, ils deviennent vite des étrangers les uns pour les autres, s’enfermant chacun dans une forme de solitude. Jules est le plus solitaire des trois lorsqu’il rencontre Alva, qui devient sa seule amie. Son obsession. Vingt ans plus tard, Jules se réveille d’un coma de quelques jours. À la lisière de l’inconscient, il se souvient. Benedict Wells a su, sans cruauté ni sensiblerie, décrire la faiblesse humaine, l’échec ou le vieillissement. Nicolas Weill, Le Monde. Ce roman n’a qu’une ambition : raconter des destins tourmentés par le deuil et l’espérance de la communion amoureuse. Gilles Heuré, Télérama. Prix de littérature de l’Union européenne. Prix littéraire des lycéens de l’Euregio. Traduit de l’allemand par Juliette Aubert.

Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before - this is the most exciting novel you will read this year. `Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.' Jonathan Franzen