Uit het leven van een hond beslaat een dag uit het leven van Henk van Doorn, 56, ic-verpleegkundige, alleenstaand. Het is een doodgewone zaterdag totdat blijkt dat Henks hond ziek is en binnen afzienbare tijd zal sterven. Dat gegeven gaat als een sleepnet over de bodem van de dag en haalt de gebruikelijke gedachten boven: dat de tijd maar één richting kent; dat we zo kwetsbaar zijn; dat we zo eenzaam zijn, hoeveel liefde we ook vinden. Maar somber wordt het verhaal nergens dankzij Henks tal...

In elk bedrijf, maar ook in elke familie of vriendengroep, weet je precies wie je moet hebben als je wilt dat het geregeld wordt. Mensen die er altijd staan, en die verantwoordelijkheid tonen. Mensen die zorgen voor olie in de machine, waar anderen zand strooien.

Tussen weten wat moet gebeuren en doen wat moet gebeuren zit in woorden niet veel verschil. Maar doen maakt al het verschil. Dit verschil is wat we eigenaarschap noemen. Doen betekent leiderschap tonen. En dat kost moeite. Maar moeit...

**WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSometimes your child - the most familiar person of all - is radically different from you. The saying goes that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But what happens when it does? Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people, Andr...

The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South, Faulkner presents a portrait of extraordinary power - as epic as the Old Testament, as American as Huckleberry Finn.

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. This book introduces love's fascinating possibilities and extremities.

The text is that of the 1813 first edition, accompanied by revised and expanded explanatory annotations. This edition also includes: biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and, new to the fourth edition, those by Jon Spence (Becoming Jane Austen) and Paula Byrne (The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things). Also included are fifteen critical essays, twelve of them new to the fourth edition, reflecting the finest current scholarship.

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A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings. Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger.

Life in the camp isn't always easy. The hunger is constant . .

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Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy a...