Bøger af Eduard Meinema

De onpeilbare diepte van de oceaan is niet de meest voor de hand liggende plek voor een 'Shopping Queen'. Pinkett Blexstone is hier dan ook niet vrijwillig. Het is 2042, de wereld kampt met een groot tekort aan drinkwater. De zelfbenoemde 'Shopping Deskundige', in het dagelijks leven gewoon koopverslaafd, onderzoekt een onbekende wereld onder water. Stijlvol gekleed, in modieuze outfits, verrast ze iedereen die meewerkt aan het geheimzinnige project. Ver van de bewoonde wereld is de kleine, pittige Pinky als Science Chick het middelpunt van intriges, romances en...gevaar. Wie zijn die mysterieuze onderwater wezens? Wat is de rol van de marine? En, belangrijker nog, wie gaat met wie? Aquifer is Science Chicklit. Een bijzondere combinatie van genres die zich afspeelt in de nabije toekomst op het kruispunt van wetenschap en winkels. Grappige Chicklit en spannende Young Adult gemengd met Science Fiction en een vleugje Fantasy, vol hilarische situaties, snelle wendingen en spannende gebeurtenissen.

A collection of short and ultra-short stories with an unexpected twist (Twisted Tales). Imaginative, surprising and terrifying. In this issue you will find the following seven stories:- The DikehouseThe Woldring family is ready to move into a beautiful house on a dike. An old building in the middle of the Dutch fruit production county 'The Betuwe' where the Woldrings expect to escape the bustle of the citylife. The removal does not run as smooth as planned. Calamity and an unexpected, bizarre discovery are waiting behind the doors of the Woldrings' new house. The troublesome circumstances soon show that the family ties are not as tight as thought. A removal with unpleasant consequences that no one could imagine...- AllotmentIncidents of war have caused a never ending stream of refugees: people moving up north, trying to escape the warzone in the Middle East. Politicians and civilians disagree on measurements to be taken. Meanwhile society grows suspicious about the real intentions of the refugees. Are they really escaping war? Merely seeking for luck? Or is something else going on...?- Call it a dayYou know what they say: "There is no elevator that will lead you to success. You have to climb the stairs yourself." And once you get there, you will find out: being successful isn't always easy.- BarkerWalking the dog, Brandon Flinders sees flashlights in the sky. They seem to be moving towards an unknown, but nearby airstrip. Flinders wonders what's going on. Smugglers...aliens? He tries to find out, following the lights in the middle of the night. What will he find?- GiftedPredicting the future. Isn't it something we all want? But, does foreseeing the future also mean you can change it?- Man on a MissionThe daily routine of a patrol in the outskirts of the universe is rudely disturbed by an unexpected event. How will the crew cope with this threatening interruption? How will they face the unknown?- QuadrennialWhen Leap Day turns into a once in a lifetime experience...Are you ready for the unexpected? Start reading!

Everyone is back at school or back to work. The heat is gone; summer is over. Or, is it? A summer love may last more than just one summer. And occasionally a summer love is not what it appeared to be. As the Simmons family finds out, the heat of summer sometimes starts in the afterglow. They can only wish summer really will be over soon.

A wonderful week of vacation - filled with city trips - is rudely interrupted even before Pinky can spend all her money on shopping. Pinky gets told that someone leaked information on the existence of the Aquiferians. The life of the recently discovered ocean people is in danger. As it appears that some Aquiferians are also taken prisoners, Pinky and her friends need to take action; they must come to the rescue. Racing the clock they have to find out who could not keep his mouth shut about the recently discovered creatures. In their attempts to release and to save the Aquiferians, Pinky and her friends have to deal with unexpected situations and fight unknown enemies. Old friends suddenly are no longer friends; while new friends create more unexpected problems, tensions and... problematic romances

Dylan Timmers, een Nederlandse student, heeft de beste vakantiebaan gevonden die hij zich maar kon wensen: lifeguard op Miami Beach. Wanneer er een lijk wordt gevonden op het strand waar Dylan werkt, zet dit zijn leven volledig op zijn kop. Door een pakket, achtergelaten op de plaats delict, raakt Dylan verwikkeld in een strijd tussen rivaliserende drugscriminelen en terroristen. Dylan Timmers heeft niet de leukste, maar de gevaarlijkste vakantiebaan ooit... Een onschuldige student raakt verzeild in een wereld van geweld.Wat gebeurt er als terroristen en drugs-criminelen strijden om de macht? Als nanotechnologie in handen komt van ordinaire misdadigers?

The dark, deep ocean is not the place to expect a Shopping Queen. Obviously Pinkett Blextone didn't volunteer to be here. In the year 2042 Earth is dealing with worldwide drought. There are high needs for fresh, drinking water. The self-appointed Shopping Expert, in daily life nothing but a regular shopaholic, investigates an unknown world hidden below the surface of the seas. Dressed stylish and fashionable, Pinky surprises everyone working on the mysterious project. Far away from civilisation the small, punchy Science Chick Pinky is the center of intrigues, romances and... danger. Who are those mysterious creatures living in the deep? Why is de Navy involved? And, even more important, who is dating who?

Dylan Timmers, a Dutch student, has found the best summer job he could wish for: lifeguard on Miami Beach. When a corpse is found on the beach where Dylan works, his life is completely turned upside down. A package left at the crime scene, gets Dylan involved in a battle between rivalling drug criminals and terrorists. Dylan Timmers does not have the greatest, but the most dangerous summer job ever... An innocent student gets involved in a world of violence. What happens when terrorists and drugs criminals are fighting for power? When nanotechnology comes into the hands of ordinary criminals?