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31.
Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman EN
BelgiumDescription:
On a springtime Friday afternoon in Paris, Aline Berger, a 35-year-old professor of literature, waits for her train home to Brussels, thumbing impatiently through Virginia Woolf's Orlando. Then, abruptly, Orlanda materializes. Called forth by some literary magic, she is Aline's exuberant and adventurous alter ego, born of Aline's 12-year-old tomboy spirit. Fettered far too long by the adult Aline's demure propriety, Orlanda spots a receptive external host in Lucien Lefrne, a blond 20-year-old youth sitting quietly nearby. Thus begins a labyrinthine ride along converging and... continue
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SpainDescription:
"Permafrost es el sorprendente debut de Eva Baltasar, una historia contundente, íntima y carnal de una protagonista con pulsiones suicidas que se protege del exterior pero se entrega con intensidad al sexo con otras mujeres, la literatura y el arte. El permafrost es esa capa de la tierra permanentemente congelada y es también la membrana que cubre a la protagonista de esta novela. Escrita en primera persona, nos presenta a una mujer en etapa de formación que se protege del exterior, que percibe la superficialidad en todo cuanto la rodea y huye de un entorno que nada tiene que ver con su manera... continue
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Real Life by Adeline Dieudonne EN
Description:
This international bestseller by French author Adeline Dieudonné is one girl's bitingly funny coming-of-age tale within a violent, savage family.
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Reclaiming the Salient : Resurrecting the Great War Battlegrounds of Flanders Fields by Roger Steward EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The end of the First World War saw the fields of Flanders contaminated by incalculable amounts of unexploded munitions and thousands of rotting corpses still exposed on the old battlefields. This is the story of how the battlefields of Belgium were, and still are, being cleared of the legacy of the Great War.
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Ronduit : overpeinzingen van een possibilist by Caroline Pauwels NL
Description:
Als kind was ik bedreven in het laten opspringen van keien op het water. Dan verschenen er op het wateroppervlak uitdijende kringen. Dat fascineerde me mateloos.Õ Als een beweging van kringen ziet Caroline Pauwels het leven. Van de kleine intieme cirkels van de persoonlijke levenssfeer tot de almaar grotere cirkels van de universiteit, de samenleving en de wereld. Cirkels hebben geen begin en geen einde. Hun ronde vorm is een remedie tegen hokjesdenken. Dat is ook hoe Caroline Pauwels zichzelf ronduit. Cirkels hebben een eigen dynamiek, ze zitten vol mogelijkheden. Als possibilist geloo... continue
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The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 1 by Hergé EN
Description:
Three classic graphic novels in one deluxe hardcover edition: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus.
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The Best Girls (Disorder Collection) by Min Jin Lee EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Inspired by a true event, this powerful short story from the author of National Book Award finalist Pachinko explores the meaning of patriarchy and the cost of female silence through the eyes of a dutiful young girl. An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do. The Bes... continue
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The Blue Bird : A Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck EN
Description:
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute th... continue
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Description:
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. This phenomenal Flemish international bestseller tells of a young woman's return to the small town where she suffered as a child and the payback she demands there.
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The Misfortunates : A Novel by Dimitri Verhulst EN
Description:
Following in his father and uncle's footsteps down the path of inebriation, Dimmy, who has grown up amid the stench of stale beer, decides to embrace sobriety and moderation as he starts to piece together his own plan for the future. 30,000 first printing.