Bøger om US Northeast

Tag med tilbage, hvor det hele startede for bestsellerforfatteren Amor Towles. Debuten fra 2011 følger en ung, kompromisløs kvinde gennem et skelsættende år i 30’ernes New York, hvor hun må lære at begå sig blandt byens rige og berygtede borgere.New York, Nytårsaften 1937. Katey Kontent, 25-årig sekretær på Wall Street, fejrer årets sidste aften på en snusket jazzklub i Greenwich Village, da Tinker Grey, en verdensvant, velhavende og charmerende bankmand træder ind i lokalet og sætter sig ved nabobordet. Et tilfældigt møde, som skal vise sig at blive et vendepunkt i tilværelsen for dem begge.Igennem et år følger vi Kateys færden i den glitrende nye omgangskreds, der består af Condé Nast-folk, smarte beboere på Upper East Side, mangemillionærer og en enke, der er langt fremme i skoene. Men gennem glitter og glamour kan også anes aftegningerne af misundelse, illoyalitet og begær, der gemmer sig under overfladen.Et spørgsmål om dannelse er en sprudlende skildring af New York i tiden efter Depressionen, hvor kontraster og krystaller for en stund stjæler en ung kvindes hjerte.

På taget af en Lower East Side-bygning mødes den brogede skare af lejere under de første uger af coronalockdown og fortæller hinanden historier. Fjorten dage er en overraskende og uimodståeligt fremdrivende roman med et uventet twist: hver karakter fra denne diverse og excentriske trup af New York-naboer er skrevet af seksogtredive forskellige, store litterære stemmer – fra Margaret Atwood og Douglas Preston til Tommy Orange og Celeste Ng.Forfattere: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Jennine Capó Crucet, Joseph Cassara, Angie Cruz Pat Cummings, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Douglas Preston, Alice Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, , Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang. Caroline Randall Williams, De'Shawn Charles Winslow, Meg Wolitzer

63-årige Sylvia bor i et pensionistparadis i Florida med sin mand, men da hun finder ham i seng med en anden kvinde, bliver hendes liv vendt på hovedet. Chokeret og rasende forlader hun sit gamle liv og tager sammen med sin bedste veninde, den glamourøse ældre enke Evie, til Manhattan for at genoptage sin tidligere karriere som wedding planner.Der er dog mange bump på vejen, for Sylvias eksmand har formøblet hendes opsparing og spærret alle kreditkort. Men Sylvia og Evie er snu og beslutsomme, og de har ikke noget imod at pantsætte smykker, bo på et ungdomsherberg i New York og nette sig på et Starbucks-toilet undervejs.Det er ikke, fordi Sylvia drømmer om at være ung igen. Hun føler sig godt tilpas i sin alder, der giver hende visdom, erfaring og perspektiv, og nu skal næste del af livet erobres … En ny by, karriere, romantik, sex og sjov. Så pas på, verden, for her kommer Sylvia! Pressen skriver: "En herlig debut … Det er umuligt ikke at heppe på den stærke heltinde.“– PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"En førsteklasses roman.“–STEVEN ROWLEY"En sand perle! Hver side i denne bog er en fryd.“–KJ DELL’ANTONIA"En ren fornøjelse!“– MARY LAURA PHILPOTT"Fyldt med varme, energi og humor … Fantastisk sjov!“– VERONICA HENRY„Her er den bog, alle kvinder skal læse! En sjov, vild, moden kvinde og hendes lige så fantastiske bedste veninde, der indtager storbyen.“– JESSE Q. SUTANTO"En sprudlende, skøn historie … læserne vil give denne herlige venindehistorie fra Manhattan et stående bifald.“– MARY KAY ANDREWS

Den amerikanske arkitekt Noel Holcroft får pludselig at vide, at hans biologiske far, der var medlem af Den tyske Overkommando mod slutningen af 2. Verdenskrig, har efterladt ham en tredjedel af en skjult formue på 780 millioner dollars bundet til en hemmelig og – viser det sig djævelsk pagt. Ifølge det dokument, de tre arvinger skal underskrive, skal formuen anvendes til at hjælpe de overlevende og efterkommere af krigens ofre. Men det hele er et stort bedrageri. Formuen er nemlig bestemt for Solens Børn, die Sonnenkinder, specielt udvalgte tyske børn, der er vokset op i alverdens lande og nu skal fuldføre drømmen om Det 4. Rige. De andre arvinger venter – de kender den sande plan. Det gør Holcroft ikke. At underskrive pagten er ensbetydende med at underskrive sin egen dødsdom og sætte enorme kræfter i gang. Men da sandheden går op for ham, træffer han alligevel den skæbnesvangre beslutning. For frigørelsen af formuen er ironisk nok hans eneste chance for at standse planen og de mænd, som er fast besluttet på at føre den ud i livet.Robert Ludlum (1927 – 2001) var en populær amerikansk forfatter. Hans romaner er solgt i over 210 millioner eksemplarer verden over.Flere af hans romaner som The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy og The Bourne Ultimatumer blevet filmatiseret.

Jason Bourne har trukket sig tilbage og arbejder som underviser på universitetet i Maine under sit rigtige navn, David Webb. Her lever han et roligt liv sammen med sine kone, Marie, og kan ikke forestille sig nogensinde at skulle i tjeneste som spion igen. Men alt ændrer sig, da Marie bliver bortført og Bourne, mod sin vilje, bliver hvirvlet ind i det hemmelige magtspil, der udspiller sig i kulisserne omkring overdragelsen af Hong Kong til Kina i 1980erne. Igen må Bourne bevæge sig ind i den verden af farer og dobbeltspil, som han ellers troede, han endelig var sluppet fri af. "Bourne-duellen" er anden bog i Robert Ludlums ikoniske spionserie om Jason Bourne. De populære film af samme navn med Matt Damon i hovedrollen er inspireret af Ludlums bøger.Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) var en amerikansk forfatter, der stod bag en lang række populære spionthrillere, som er blevet solgt i over tre millioner eksemplarer verden over. Han er bedst kendt for spionserien om Jason Bourne, der i 2002 blev filmatiseret med Matt Damon i hovedrollen.

I 1840’erne slår høsten fejl i Sverige i flere år i træk, og livet i de små landsbyer bliver stadig hårdere. Også i Småland mærker familierne hungersnøden, og Karl-Oskar forsøger ihærdigt at overtale sin kone, Kristina, til at forlade sit hjemland og sin familie og rejse til Amerika for at starte på en frisk. Kristina er modvillig, for hun ved, at hvis hun rejser, vil hun aldrig se sin hjemstavn igen. Da deres ældste barn dør, går det imidlertid op for hende, hvor farlig og dyster fremtiden er i Sverige. Sammen med en række bekendte og slægtninge begiver familien sig ud på den farlige rejse mod det store ukendte land."Udvandrerne" er første bind i Vilhelm Mobergs historiske romanserie "Udvandrersagaen". Bogen er oprindeligt udgivet i 1949. Vilhelm Mobergs historiske romanserie "Udvandrersagaen" fortæller den spændende historie om en svensk familie, der i midten af 1800-tallet rejser til Amerika for at få sig et bedre liv. Romanerne er filmatiseret flere gange, senest af Erik Poppe i 2021. Den svenske journalist, dramatiker og forfatter Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) er særligt kendt og elsket for serien "Udvandrersagaen" om de svenske udvandrere, der rejste til Amerika i midten af 1800-tallet. Vilhelm Moberg begik selvmord i 1973, men opnåede inden da stor anerkendelse både i sit hjemland og i udlandet, hvor hans bøger udkom i store oplag.

Despite his psychic gifts, healing teacher Joshua Gardner never saw student Harmony Rogers coming. Cats on a Pole is the story of two psychically-gifted people who are isolated-like cats stuck up on a telephone pole. But their belief that they don't fit in actually makes them more like most people than either of them will acknowledge. A passionate love affair without physical contact, a battle of wills without speech, a psychic duel between male and female equals who have, for the first time, met their match. Cats on a Pole is an intense, sexy, sometimes funny, metaphysical love story that "outs" the insecurities we all have, exposing our overwhelming commonality.

Ollie, the little pot-bellied pig with a heart on his nose, so enjoys being a part of six-year-old Suzie Jones' family. Little Ollie lives with the Jones family in a high-rise Manhattan apartment. He is happy and New York City is an exciting place to be, until something frightening happens, which causes Ollie to be alone and lost in vast, busy, and sometimes scary, New York City.What was the terrible event that caused Ollie to be lost?Will Ollie ever find his way home? Will Suzie Jones ever find him in a city of more than eight million people? Will Ollie be lost forever?What happens to the sweet, little pot-bellied pig who is afraid, alone and lost in big New York City?

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Barron's Regents Exams and Answers: Algebra II provides essential review for students taking the Algebra II exam, including actual exams administered for the course and thorough answer explanations, and comprehensive review of all topics. This edition features: Six actual, administered Regents exams so students have the practice they need to prepare for the test Comprehensive review questions grouped by topic, to help refresh skills learned in class Detailed explanations for all answers Score analysis charts to help identify strengths and weaknesses Study tips and test-taking strategies All algebra II topics are covered, including Polynomial Equations, Rational Equations, Exponential and Logarithmic Equations, Systems of Equations with Three Variables, Functions, Sequences, and Probability.

Crossing Bridges: What Biking Up the East Coast Taught Me About Life After 60"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now."-Paulo CoelhoAt fifty-eight, Lisa Watts felt restless. She had built a carefully balanced life of work and play, but it all seemed to add up to a life of mediocrity. She and a dear friend headed out to bike from Key West to Canada, a trip she'd dreamed of taking for decades. Those two months on the road offered a time of transition, teaching her mostly that she doesn't have to live as an armchair traveler through life's third act.In this engaging travel memoir, Watts shares essays about friendship, marriage, self-doubt, and more. Her aim: to nudge others out the door to go do that thing they've always wanted to do.

USA Today and New York Times Bestselling, Award Winning Series! The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee ChildFBI Special Agent Kim Otto finally caught a break in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. When she discovers a fresh lead in Reacher's old banking records, she's propelled to the sun-bleached streets of Key West. In the midst of the island's laid-back culture, Kim discovers she's not the sole hunter in this high-stakes game. From the gritty pages of Lee Child's Tripwire, a determined woman and a seasoned private investigator have also picked up Reacher's scent. And they're not simply tracking Reacher. They're lying in wait. Because they have insider information that Kim does not. They know Jack Reacher.Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." -Lee Child The Hunt for Jack Reacher series enthralls fans of John Grisham, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, and more: "Diane writes like the maestro of the jigsaw puzzle. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, pour a glass of crisp white wine, and enter her devilishly clever world." -David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kirk McGarvey Thrillers "Expertise shines on every page." -Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award Winning MWA Past President and MWA Grand Master Readers Love the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series and Diane Capri: "I love these books!" "All Child fans should give it a try!" Award winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again in another Blockbuster Hunt for Jack Reacher Series Novel

USA Today and New York Times Bestselling, Award Winning Series! The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee ChildFBI Special Agent Kim Otto finally caught a break in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. When she discovers a fresh lead in Reacher's old banking records, she's propelled to the sun-bleached streets of Key West. In the midst of the island's laid-back culture, Kim discovers she's not the sole hunter in this high-stakes game. From the gritty pages of Lee Child's Tripwire, a determined woman and a seasoned private investigator have also picked up Reacher's scent. And they're not simply tracking Reacher. They're lying in wait. Because they have insider information that Kim does not. They know Jack Reacher.Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." -Lee Child The Hunt for Jack Reacher series enthralls fans of John Grisham, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, and more: "Diane writes like the maestro of the jigsaw puzzle. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, pour a glass of crisp white wine, and enter her devilishly clever world." -David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kirk McGarvey Thrillers "Expertise shines on every page." -Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award Winning MWA Past President and MWA Grand Master Readers Love the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series and Diane Capri: "I love these books!" "All Child fans should give it a try!" Award winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again in another Blockbuster Hunt for Jack Reacher Series Novel

A beautiful stranger from Italy appears in sleepy Utica, N.Y., carrying a deadly secret that goes back generations. Her movements through the city ensnare a young couple and their extended family, a college professor, a mafia don, and a professional assassin. What unfolds is a story about love and infidelity, the hidden costs of immigration, the rituals of memory, and the types of revenge that can take decades to enact.

"In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated Donald Trump. In the weeks after the election, in counties and precincts all over the country, many local Republican officials and even Trump's own campaign workers washed their hands of his increasingly unhinged allegations of fraud. But there was no shortage of people willing to take up the fight. Urged on by Trump and his coterie of advocates, lawyers, and media propagandists, true believers turned on their colleagues, friends, and neighbors-- even those in their own party--to accuse them of rigging the election. The real story of the insurrection began months before Trump's mob attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. That riot was the desperate final act, emblematic of the clumsy, failed movement Trump had been building for years. It began in cities and small towns all over America on election day, November 3, 2020. Working with a team of researchers and reporters, Bowden and Teague uncover never-before-told accounts from the election officials fighting to do their jobs amid outlandish claims and threats to themselves, their colleagues, and their families. The Steal is an engaging, in-depth report on what happened during those crucial nine weeks and a portrait of the heroic individuals who did their duty and stood firm against the unprecedented, sustained attack on our election system to ensure that every legal vote was counted and the will of the people prevailed."--Provided by publisher.

Set in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things love makes us do. In the first line of Ocean State, we learn that a high school student was murdered, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. Angel, the murderer, Carol, her mother, and Birdy, the victim, all come alive on the page as they converge in a climax both tragic and inevitable. Watching over it all is the retrospective testimony of Angel's younger sister Marie, who reflects on that doomed autumn of 2009 with all the wisdom of hindsight.Angel and Birdy love the same teenage boy, frantically and single mindedly, and are compelled by the intensity of their feelings to extremes neither could have anticipated. O'Nan's expert hand paints a fully realized portrait of these women, but also weaves a compelling and heartbreaking story of working-class life in Ashaway, Rhode Island. Propulsive, moving, and deeply rendered, Ocean State is a masterful novel by one of our greatest storytellers.

ALLE SIGER, AT MAN BARE SKAL NYDE LIVET, MENS MAN ER UNG ...Esther er 21 og skal på roadtrip gennem USA med veninden Liv. Målet er at give lidt slip og have det sjovt undervejs, men det er lettere sagt end gjort, når hun også har sin usynlige OCD-gud, Torsten, med på slæb. Han kræver konstant alverdens ritualer af hende. Og hun adlyder altid. Eller i hvert fald lige indtil hun møder den charmerende newyorker-guide Will, som vender op og ned på alt. Midt i forelskelsen indser Esther for første gang, at hun kan styre sit eget liv …Hvad vil du helst? er en humoristisk coming-of-age-roman om en ung kvinde, der tumler rundt i vadestedet mellem ungdom og voksenliv. Esther drager ud på en dannelsesrejse fuld af forstyrrende tvangstanker, fantastiske oplevelser og vanvittig forelskelse. Det er historien om et lidt for pligtopfyldende menneske, der i sin higen efter normalitet kæmper for at blive til noget – men som muligvis lærer at blive til nogen inden da. Sagt om Hvad vil du helst?"Rørende indblik i en unge kvindes liv og kamp ... mod angst og OCD. Hvad vil du helst? kan dog også læses som en inspirerende rejsefortælling." — Lektørudtalelse

KOM MED TIL NEW YORK MED EN AF DANMARKS MEST POPULÆRE ROMANCEFORFATTEREUnder en forretningsrejse til London får Holden Silver besked om sin fars pludselige død. Nyheden kaster ham ud i en personlig krise, da han med et går en usikker fremtid i møde. Kan han beholde sin stilling som direktør i familiefirmaet? Kunne han overhovedet stole på sin far? Og kender hans brødre til den hemmelighed, som Holden har båret på hele sit liv?I flyet på vej hjem til New York møder han stewardessen Catalina Ruiz, der tilbyder ham en skulder at græde ved. Men hvem af de to har egentlig mest brug for nogen at betro sig til?Faderens tidlige død er dog kun begyndelsen på Holdens kvaler. Testamentet viser sig nemlig at gemme på en overraskelse, som ingen havde set komme … Silver Corp er serien om USA’s største familieejede guld- og sølvproducent. Over tre bind følger vi hver af brødrene Holden, Ford og Griffin Silver, der som arvinger til firmaet stilles over for store udfordringer efter faderens pludselige bortgang. Serien er fyldt med broderskab, bedrag, kærlighed og ikke mindst masser af spice.

When we think of covered bridges, we think of Vermont. Today, the state still boasts a hundred covered bridges, and records tell of hundreds more such historical structures no longer in existence. Vermont Covered Bridges offers views of the most interesting and beautiful of these bygone covered bridges, as well as old photographs of existing structures. The images are drawn from the archives of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB), including the incomparable Richard Sanders Allen Collection and the work of noted photographers Henry A. Gibson, Raymond Brainerd, and others. Royalties from the sales of this book will benefit the NSPCB.

Infinite Endings weaves a narrative of self-discovery and exploration, skillfully entwining the essence of cultures spanning Dubai to New York. The journey unfolds with AL's profound sorrow over his departed wife, offering a rare glimpse into the intricate layers of his persona. As he flees to the vibrant streets of New York, clutching a trove of cryptic letters, his path takes an unexpected turn. Balancing on the precipice between curiosity and caution, AL confronts a pivotal choice: should he unlock the enigma concealed within the letters or consign them to obscurity? As AL navigates his complex identity, readers are invited to unravel the intricate threads of choice, fate, and the unbreakable ties that bind past, present, and future.

Den unge børsmægler, Nick Carraway, er flyttet til New York for at jagte den amerikanske drøm. Nick bliver nabo til rigmanden Jay Gatsby, der holder kæmpe fester i sit store hus.Gatsby har kun ét mål med sin rigdom, nemlig at vinde sin store ungdomskærlighed Daisy tilbage. Daisy er Nicks kusine, og Nick bliver en del af Gatsbys fatale plan.En tragisk kærlighedshistorie, der udspiller sig i New York i de vilde 1920’ere.Titlerne i Amerikanske klassikere er forkortede versioner i et forenklet sprog til børn. Bøgerne er flot illustreret og har små fakta-bokse, der forklarer ord, som børn måske ikke kender. Klassikere for børn 8+.

"Det var en trist novembernat". Sådan begynder historien om videnskabsmanden Frankenstein og hans monster. Men hvem var kvinden bag bogen? Læs historien om den unge Mary Shelley, og hvordan hun fandt på en af verdens mest legendariske historier.Mary elskede at dagdrømme og forestille sig alle mulige vidunderlige – og skræmmende – historier! Det var meget mere spændende end at læse. Mary, hendes ven digteren Percy Bysse Shelly og sin stedsøster besøger den berømte Lord Byron, og mens stormen raser udenfor fortæller de hinanden gyserhistorier i skæret af ilden fra kaminen. De taler også om teknologiens fremskridt og forestiller sig, hvordan fremtiden kunne forme sig … og langsomt tager historien om Frankensteins monster form i Marys hoved.Spændende biografi i børnehøjde om den fantastiske forfatter Mary Shelly, og hvordan hun fandt på historien om Frankensteins monster.En smuk og spændende bog om en helt særlig pige. De dystre og let groteske illustrationer i brune nuancer passer fantastisk godt til handlingen, og rent sprogligt vil bogen være en nydelse af læse højt. Men lidt uhyggelig er den også. Den indeholder en kort biografi om Mary og bogen.Anbefales til PLC og børnebiblioteker. Bogen kan bruges til emnearbejde om "Frankenstein", men også om børneliv på den tid.Lektørudtalelsen