Verhalen over mensen tussen realiteit en verbeelding.

Bundeling van zes boeken uit de periode 1976-1994.

This fierce anti-war novel by Irene Rathbone (1892-1980) is told from the perspective of a cultured former suffragist and several of her friends- young women who work at rest camps just behind the lines in France and as nurses of the severely wounded in hospitals in London. When Joan loses both her brother and lover to the war, in anger at the enemy she volunteers for work in a munitions plant- but by the end, she is a confirmed pacifist.

Als een jonge historicus het oorlogsverleden van zijn geboortedorp onderzoekt, stuit hij op complexe problemen.

The attack came suddenly and without warning, as twoyoung teenagers walked casually through the streets of Jerusalem, When it was over, one lay dead, the other mysteriously spared, yet left to face the horrendous choices and consequences thatresulted from being the sole witness. In this gripping sequel to One More River, Lynne Reid Bankscaptures the spirit and complex passions of present-day Israelthrough the powerful voices of a new generation as they join theunrelenting struggle against the consequences of decades of war.

Woolf’s first novel is a haunting book, full of light and shadow. It takes Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and their niece, Rachel, on a sea voyage from London to a resort on the South american coast. “It is a strange, tragic, inspired book whose scene is a South americanca not found on any map and reached by a boat which would not float on any sea, an americanca whose spiritual boundaries touch Xanadu and Atlantis” (E. M. Forster).

After being accused of a rape he did not commit and being ostracized by his community, Philip Winter seeks cover with an animal rights group, until another woman with revenge on her mind crosses his path