Books written by male authors (3479)


601.

De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joe͏̈l Dicker NL

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
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Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar de waarheid achter de beschuldiging van aanranding en moord tegen zijn leermeester.

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De wonderbaarlijke reis van de fakir die vastzat in een Ikea-kast / druk 1 by Romain Puértolas NL

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
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Waar koop je een spijkerbed? Bij Ikea natuurlijk! Dus rept een gewiekste fakir zich vanuit New Delhi naar een filiaal in Parijs.

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De zelfmoordclub by Arto Paasilinna NL

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Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
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Twee mannen met zelfmoordplannen besluiten een club op te richten van gelijkgestemden.
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604.

Dead Aid – Why Aid is Not Working by Dambisa Moyo EN

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Country: Africa / Zambia flag Zambia
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A national bestseller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries. Much debated in the United States and th... continue

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Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
In Colorado near the Cheyenne Mountains, a team of topflight engineers venture on an ambitious cross country ski trip, using their newly invented outdoor equipment. The strapping group of young people are having the adventure of their lives--skiing, laughing, playing in the snow, and mugging for the camera. But when the gang was expected to arrive back from their trip-no one ever returned. Nora's excavation skills and Corrie's investigative talents are put to the test as they try to uncover what happened to the promising skiers on this cold and isolating mountain. But as more speculations and ... continue

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Dead Simple: a Roy Grace Novel 1 by Peter James EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. A few hours later Michael Harrison has disappeared and his friends are dead. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace - a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife - is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fiancâee, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot more to gain than anyone realizes, For one man's disaster is another man's fortune... Dead Simple is the stunning first novel in the number one bestsel... continue

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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these “souls” as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the dev... continue

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Dead Wake : The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania “Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly “Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR “Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around ... continue
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609.

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry Ilya Kaminsky’s astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence? Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear—they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence: a newly married couple, Alfonso and Sonya, expecting a child; the brash Momma Galya, instigating the insurgency from her puppet thea... continue

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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Philippines flag Philippines
Description:
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow “l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.” —Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in... continue