Army veteran Harmon Wheeler lost his voice and his future dreams with a single bullet. He knows he's large and intimidating, but he can't assure people he won't hurt them when he can't talk to them. Losing himself in books is one of his few pleasures. That and the patiently kind librarian who takes the time to help him. Derek Willow sees past Harm's menacing appearance to the gentle, intelligent man within, which intrigues him. Starting a sign language class seems like a way to both help H...

In deze biografie vertelt Amerikakenner Frans Verhagen het fascinerende levensverhaal van Abraham Lincoln en hoe dat zijn presidentschap bepaalde. Het brengt ook zijn geniale politieke inzicht voor het voetlicht. Lincoln was een wijs man, grootmoedig en geduldig. Maar ook sluw, manipulatief, zelfs machiavellistisch. Hij was modern voor zijn tijd: Lincoln zag de macht van media in, maakte veelvuldig gebruik van het nieuwe middel van de fotografie en was een geweldig redenaar. In de Burgeroo...

Frans Verhagen schrijft over een Amerikaanse familie die geschiedenis maakte: de Roosevelts. De Roosevelts hadden hun wortels in Zeeland, vanwaaruit een verre voorvader rond 1645 naar Amerika emigreerde. De familie zou uitgroeien tot een van de bekendste presidentiële families van Amerika. De Republikein Theodore en zijn verre achterneef Franklin, een Democraat, bleken gedreven en intelligente presidenten. Eleanor, de vrouw van Franklin en het nichtje van Theodore, maakte naam als voorvech...

Amerikakenner Frans Verhagen geeft in 'De Kennedy's' een indringend beeld van Amerika's 'first family'. In 2018 is het vijftig jaar geleden dat Robert F. Kennedy werd vermoord. Hij was de derde achtereenvolgende zoon van patriarch Joseph Kennedy die, na zonen Joe en John F. Kennedy, door geweld om het leven kwam. Verhagen beschrijft de gecompliceerde en tragische geschiedenis van de familie die ooit beschouwd werd als een dynastie die het Witte Huis decennialang zou bevolken. In 'De Kenned...

BEGIN THE CELEBRATED "GIANTS" SERIES WITH TWO COMPLETE NOVELS BY A MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION WITH REAL SCIENCE!Inherit the Stars:When they found the corpse in a grave on the Moon, wearing a spacesuit of unfamiliar design, his identity was a complete mystery. Analysis showed that the deceased was 50,000 years old-meaning that he had somehow died on the Moon before the human race even existed.The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

Hard SF master and New York Times best-seller James P. Hogan's Giant's Star and Entoverse together for the first time in one volume!Realities Re-made!Earth is caught between a powerful alien empire and an off-shoot group of humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could. Plus: two equal and opposite universes collide! Now demons stalk a world-controlling computer, while an even greater danger descends on Universe 2: cause is leading directly...

'Alfred is one of the most remarkable rulers of any time or place. This clear, readable and insightful book shows why.' - Michael WoodWhy is Alfred the Great? A simple answer is that he has been seen as a man who saved England, invented English identity and pioneered English as a written language. He is the first Englishman for whom a biography survives so that we know more about Alfred and his ideals than we do for most people who lived over a tho...

Can a handful of kids save the world?When a colossal force of nature named Yrso awakens from its ancient slumber, young Erin is called to it. The Giant reveals that it has been safeguarding Erin for her entire life. Now Erin must protect Yrso—and the rest of the natural world—by uniting with the other Giants and their chosen kids. But an evil corporation has its sight set on using the Giants as weapons, and not all of the Giants have Earth’s best interests at heart...

TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE MUILTIVERSE.Over light-years of space and 50,000 years back in time, to create a new history.... Only to find there was no way back.Earth is adapting to a future of amicable coexistence with the advanced aliens from Thurien, descended from ancestors who once inhabited Minerva, a vanished planet of the Solar System. The plans of the distantly related humans on the rogue world Jevlen to eliminate their ancient Terran rivals and take over the Thurien sys...

Why is Constantine a giant? Because he gave Christians freedom of religion. Yet also because he radically and thoroughly changed our society, in particular church-state relations, thereby creating the opportunity for the Christian community to experience exponential growth. Because his changes in government, law, religion and art and architecture are so enormous we still see the consequences of his decisions to this very day. Because Constantinian history is relevant to ev...

The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous – and bestselling – books of all time. Yet the girl who wrote it remains an enigma. The real Anne Frank has been lost, hidden behind the phenomenon that her posthumously published Diary produced. This concise biography will rediscover Anne Frank: telling her story from the beginning to the tragic end. It will place her life within the wider context of the Holocaust itself, and also explore her afterlife: seeking to explain ...

John Lennon is a giant of popular music and culture. As one-quarter of the Beatles, he was in the vanguard of music, art, fashion and popular culture during the sixties. His music, humour and outspoken calls for peace inspired a generation. He stands as an iconic figure for those who lived through the sixties and seventies, as well as for those who grew up long after his untimely death in 1980. Above all, Lennon was one of the twentieth century's greatest and most importan...