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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his three score years and ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

If you look enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell ; whether or not should is another matter. Once Maurice has made his name, he finds himself in need of a fresh idea. He doesn't care where he finds it, as long as it helps him rise to the top. Stories will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even mak him do worse.

Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-semitism. Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art for his son to inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France. The Musée Nissim de Camondo has remained unchanged since 1936. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story. In a haunting series of letters addressed to the Count, he tells us what happened next.

En eksplosiv thriller fra Nord-Korea 1998, en amerikansk-koreansk tenåringsjente blir kidnappet fra en strand i Sør-Korea. Mest sannsynlig av nordkoreanske agenter. Tolv år senere leter fremdeles tvillingsøsteren Jenna etter henne. Jennas akademiske dyktighet og interesse for Nord-Korea gjør at hun kommer i CIAs søkelys. De tilbyr henne en stilling og det åpner seg en mulighet for å kunne reise på et oppdrag i Nord-Korea. Samtidig, i Nord-Korea, finner en bondekone en internasjonal hjelpepakke i skogen. Hun benytter muligheten til å selge varene på svartebørsen. En offiser av høy rank, Cho, oppdager med frykt at han kan være i slekt med en landsforræder. Hvis dette blir oppdaget kan det bety døden både for ham og hans familie. Etter hvert som historien skrider fram, vil disse tre skjebnene møtes og det bygger seg opp til en intens bladvender. HiF

Comédie criminelle chaleureuse, pleine d'humour naturel et d'ironie britannique, avec des personnages attachants. Un excellent mélange d'intrigue criminelle classique et de comédie amusante, ce roman est joyeux, émouvant et irrésistiblement optimiste. Dans un village de luxe pour seniors, quatre amis apparemment disparates forment le Cinq du Club de la Criminalité. Leur passion commune pour la résolution d'énigmes criminelles les unit. Les membres, Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron et Ibrahim, discutent chaque semaine de meurtres non résolus par la police. Lorsque le promoteur local est tué, ces détectives amateurs se retrouvent au cœur d'une enquête qui se déroule ici et maintenant. Ils ont enfin l'occasion de prouver leurs compétences, même s'ils approchent des quatre-vingts ans. Ce groupe de détectives, bien que peu conventionnel, parviendra-t-il à attraper le meurtrier avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ?

Na elke aanslag gaan we voor meer veiligheid - en hopen we op meer vrede. Maar is dat genoeg? Thomas d'Ansembourg en David Van Reybrouck vragen zich af of geweld zich echt enkel met geweld laat bestrijden. Vrede is een vak. De opvoeding tot vrede moet net zo vanzelfsprekend zijn als gymnastiek en lichamelijke verzorging. Dit essay pleit voor mindfulness, geweldloze communicatie en compassie op school, op het werk en thuis. Zweverig? Recente wetenschappelijke inzichten bewijzen hoe deze technieken werkelijk leiden tot een beter zelfbeeld, betere leerprestaties en wederzijds begrip. Ze verhogen de mentale hygiëne, zowel van mens als maatschappij. Als tien minuten stilzitten per dag volstaat, waarom doen we er dan decennia over om die gewoonte in te voeren?

Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won �139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Des Pepperdine, who still has reason to fear his uncle's implacable vengeance. Savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant, Lionel Asbo is a modern fairytale from one of the world's great writers.