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    The Confession

    The Confession

    Engels, Gebonden met omslag, in zeer goede staat

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him.

    For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

    Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.

    Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess.

    But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?

    John Grisham ;

    € 8,50

    A Coup in Turkey

    A Coup in Turkey

    Engelstalig. gebonden met omslag, in goede staat. 

    The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation

    'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal illuminates a bitterly divided country' Colin Thubron

    'Read this book if you're interested in Turkey. Read it if you're interested in power, hubris and redemption. Read it' Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic Enlightenment

    In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the country's history - the 'original' coup of 1960, which deposed the traditionalist Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The story of Menderes - to his adoring supporters the country's founding democrat; to his sworn enemies its most infamous traitor - goes to the heart of the feud that continues to rage between the Western and secular ambitions of a minority elite and the religious and conservative instincts of the small-town majority. A Coup in Turkey is a thrilling account of the events leading up to the coup and the trials and executions that followed, a story of political subterfuge and score-settling, courtroom drama, state execution, authoritarian intolerance and ideological division.

    Seal travels through President Erdogan's Turkey, tracking down eye-witness accounts from survivors of the Menderes era in Istanbul, the historic metropolis, and the new capital at Ankara. As he expertly guides us through this extraordinary story, so the compelling parallels between past and present become strikingly clear, and he illuminates this troubled nation with a deep sympathy and love for the people and places he writes about. By focussing on one key event - one which many Turks regard with shame - this evocative, gripping portrait of Turkey recentres our understanding of the past and makes sense of one of Europe's most bewildering yet intriguing neighbours.

    'A wonderful writer' Robert Macfarlane

    Jeremy Seal ;

    € 8,50

    Life

    Life

    Engelstalige uitgave. Gebonden met stofomslag, in zeer goede staat 

    About the Book : - With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done.

    Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane. And what a life. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent. Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones` first fame and success as a bad-boy band. The notorious Redlands drug bust and subsequent series of confrontations with a nervous establishment that led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero. Creating immortal riffs such as the ones in `Jumping Jack Flash` and `Street Fighting Man` and `Honky Tonk Women`. Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the US, `Exile on Main Street` and `Some Girls`. Ever increasing fame, isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Solo albums and performances with his band the Xpensive Winos. Marriage, family and the road that goes on for ever.

    In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times.

    Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend.

    About the Author : - Keith Richards was born in London in 1943. A guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and cofounder of the Rolling Stones, he has also released solo albums with his band, The X-Pensive Winos. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Patti Hansen. James Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and has known Keith Richards since the early 1970's when he was a journalist for the Sunday Times in London. His books include the international bestseller White Mischief. He lives in London with his wife and sons.

    Keith Richards; James Fox ;

    € 10,00

    De tuinen van Buitenzorg

    De tuinen van Buitenzorg

    Gebonden met omslag, als nieuw

    Toen de 23-jarige Olga en de twee jaar oudere Han in 1935 naar Nederlands-Indië verhuisden, was het alsof de ene na de andere wereld voor hen openging, in een bijna duizelingwekkend tempo. De eerste maanden brachten ze door op Java, later woonden ze in Makassar, waar Han onderzoek deed. Het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog verwoestte de wereld waarin Olga en Han volledig waren opgegaan. In 1947 moesten ze terugkeren naar Nederland. Olga is de moeder van Jan Brokken vóór ze zijn moeder werd. Na het overlijden van zijn ouders overhandigde tante Nora hem de brieven en foto?s die haar zus Olga haar vanuit Buitenzorg en Makassar schreef. Teder, sensitief en tastend zoekt Brokken in die brieven naar de vrouw die gedurende haar leven altijd een onbekende voor hem was gebleven: "Mijn broers kenden mijn moeder uit Indië, ik niet. Mijn broers hadden mijn moeder geen moment uit het oog verloren in het jappenkamp, hadden op de stapelbedden boven haar gelegen in de hut van het repatriëringsschip. Ik kende haar alleen als de vrouw van de dominee in een oer-Hollands dorp."0Haar verhaal verweeft Jan Brokken op ingenieuze wijze met beschouwingen over muziek, literatuur, cultuur en geschiedenis, zoals componist Leopold Godowsky die in de ban raakte van de gamelan, de taalgeleerden Adriani, Matthes, Cense die hele werelden ontdekten en de moeder van Hella S. Haasse, die de bekendste concertpianist van Indië was. 'De tuinen van Buitenzorg' is een juweel van een boek, van een schrijver op de toppen van zijn kunnen.

    Jan Brokken ;

    € 7,50
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