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Biden has faced unimaginable challenges, from multiple presidential primary setbacks to a speech impediment and personal losses. Now, he carries the hopes of billions. This biography by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos, a staff writer for the New Yorker, explores the life of President-elect Joe Biden, often described as both the luckiest and unluckiest man. His fifty-year political career culminated in the White House, shaped by personal tragedies that fostered a profound empathy for others facing hardship—an essential quality as he leads a nation in crisis. Osnos blends in-depth journalism with broader context, drawing on extensive interviews with Biden and over a hundred others, including notable figures like Barack Obama, Cory Booker, and Amy Klobuchar. The narrative captures the essence of an extraordinary presidential election and presents a nuanced portrait of Biden as flawed yet resolute, tempered by tragedy. This biography retraces the path of Biden's trials, highlighting the awe-inspiring resilience he has shown throughout his journey. Osnos, who has reported on Biden for years, suggests that he may embrace more radical policies in office than many expect.

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn't... In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey through his life and unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC's offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in worlds as diverse as racist US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, the violent gangs of Johannesburg and extreme drinkers in London. Arguably his biggest challenge was corralling celebrities in his When Louis Met series, with Jimmy Savile proving most elusive. Blindsided when the revelations about Savile came to light, Louis was to reflect again on the nature of evil he had spent decades uncovering. Filled with wry observation, larger-than-life characters, and self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his insightful and honest best.

The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of CLOSE TO THE BONE and A SONG FOR THE DYING. One mistake can cost you everything When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right? What Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae gets instead is a development opportunity out in the depths of rural Aberdeenshire. Welcome to divisional policing catching drug dealers, shop lifters, vandals and the odd escaped farm animal. Then a little girl s body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don t care who they trample over to get them. Logan s got enough on his plate keeping B Division together, but DCI Steel wants him back on her team. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation. One thing s clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone s going to get out of this alive "

Ben Rhodes was een buitenbeentje in Washington toen hij zich in 2007 meldde bij de campagne van Barack Obama. Rhodes ontwikkelde zich in de jaren daarna van campagnemedewerker tot speechschrijver, om uiteindelijk Obama's belangrijkste adviseur te worden. Samen met de president maakte hij de meest cruciale en controversiële wereldpolitieke gebeurtenissen mee. De zoektocht naar Osama bin Laden, de Arabische Lente, de oorlog in Syrië, de opkomst van Donald Trump - Rhodes was erbij. Tien jaar lang hield Rhodes alles voor zichzelf. Nu deelt hij eindelijk het verhaal over zijn samenwerking en vriendschap met een uitzonderlijke president. Rhodes vertelt de hele geschiedenis: van de begindagen van de campagne tot de laatste uren van Obama's presidentschap. Mijn jaren met Obama leest als een spannende roman, zonder dat de harde realiteit naar de achtergrond verdwijnt.

Een duistere, nagenoeg onbekende episode uit de geschiedenis eindelijk blootgelegd: hoe het christendom met geweld probeerde de klassieke beschaving te vernietigen. De vroege christenen waren gewelddadig, militant en tot op het bot onverdraagzaam. Wie zich niet naar het nieuwe geloof voegde werd vervolgd, gemarteld en vermoord. Tempels werden gesloopt, beelden aan stukken geslagen, een grootse literatuur vrijwel volledig vernietigd. Eeuwen van duisternis vertelt over een strijdvaardige nieuwe religie, die in het begin van onze jaartelling opdook en willens en wetens de klassieke beschaving om zeep heeft geholpen.

Hoe een zwarte welzijnswerker president van het machtigste land ter wereld werd. Deze nieuwe biografie van Barack Obama is veelomvattend, genuanceerd en diepgravend. David Remnick schetst niet alleen het leven van de 44ste president van de vs, maar ook de complexe geschiedenis van de afgelopenvijftig jaar en de strijd voor rassengelijkheid en burgerrechten waarvan zijn verkiezing niet los kan worden gezien. Obama's verkiezing symboliseert een keerpunt in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. In 1965 werden bij de beroemde Edmund Pettusbrug in Alabama zwarte demonstranten nog met geweld door de politie verjaagd. Nog geen halve eeuw later werd een zwarte man president van de Verenigde Staten. Remnick sprak met Obama's familieleden, vrienden, docenten, mentoren en rivalen, en met Obama zelf. Voor het eerst verschijnen ook brieven van Obama in druk. De belangrijkste journalist van Amerika schetst in dit boek een zeer compleet en persoonlijk beeld van de huidige president van de Verenigde Staten.

Ronald Thompson knows he is not guilty of the murder for which he is about to be executed. There are only two days left to unmask the real villain - a terrifying psychopath who has killed before and has unfinished business with his victim's family.

Magnus Ridolph, at first glance, did not look like an interstellar troubleshooter. He was not tall and muscular, his skin had not been turned to a rugged color by the numerous distant suns he had visited, and his voice and manner seemed far too mild for an adventurer. Yet there was a chill hardness in his mild blue eyes that warned of the deceptiveness in his appearance. Throughout the galaxy, there were men and other beings - Yellowbirds, Tau Gemini ant-things, Hecatian anthropes - who could testify to the deadliness that lurked behind those eyes. In Magnus Ridolph, Jack Vance has created one of the most memorable characters of his award-winning career.

MET KONINGEN GEEN VREDE (No Truce with Kings)RECHT EN GENADE (The Sharing of Flesh)KONINGIN VAN LUCHT EN DUISTERNIS (The Queen of Air and Darkness)BOKKENZANG (Goat Song)DE MAN DIE TE VROEG KWAM (The Man Who Came Early)

A mysterious amnesiac is found at a distant spaceport. The science of the Alastor Cluster is unable to do anything but determine his home planet and culture: he is a Rhune from the planet Marune - Alastor 933. When he returns home, he learns that he is a powerful landowner whose household is faced with an important alliance. But which of these scheming nobles destroyed his memory?