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Flight Behaviour Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver Written by Barbara Kingsolver, the Orange Prize-winning author of The Lacuna and million-selling The Poisonwood Bible, and brought to you by FaberShop, Flight Behaviour is a novel about catastrophe a… OL16816027W
The bean trees, with related readings The bean trees, with related readings Barbara Kingsolver p. cm OL1846833W
The lacuna The lacuna Barbara Kingsolver In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. T… OL1846840W
The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver,Dean Robertson The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them … OL1846846W
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver,Camille Kingsolver,Steven L. Hopp Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an … OL1846871W
Homeland and other stories Homeland and other stories Barbara Kingsolver With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant co… OL1846875W
Small wonder Small wonder Barbara Kingsolver Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves. In her new essay col… OL1846876W
Animal Dreams Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-… OL1846878W
The lacuna The lacuna Barbara Kingsolver "The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of th… OL18545102W
The bean trees The bean trees Barbara Kingsolver Growing up in a poor, rural Kentucky home, young Taylor Greer dreams of a better life. Heading out west with a beat-up car, Taylor finds herself caring for an abandoned Cherokee infant, who she names… OL19702511W
Animal, vegetable, miracle Animal, vegetable, miracle Barbara Kingsolver "When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of a… OL19711794W
Lacuna Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver 'The Lacuna' is the story of a man's search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost. OL21020218W
Une île sous le vent Une île sous le vent Barbara Kingsolver Analyse : Roman de société. OL24305465W
Prodigal summer Prodigal summer Barbara Kingsolver Wildlife biologist Deanna is caught off guard by an intrusive young hunter, while bookish city wife Lusa finds herself facing a difficult identity choice, and elderly neighbors find attraction at the… OL24847180W
Vlieggedrag Vlieggedrag Barbara Kingsolver De vondst van een grote kolonie vlinders zet het leven van een ontevreden boerin in Tennessee op zijn kop. OL25073448W
De gifhouten bijbel De gifhouten bijbel Barbara Kingsolver 1e dr.: 1999. Oorspr. titel: The poisonwood Bible (1998). Vier dochters van een fanatieke baptistenpredikant, evangelist in Belgisch Congo, proberen te overleven in de tijd van Lumumba en Mobuto, be… OL26176071W
Un jardin dans les Appalaches Un jardin dans les Appalaches Barbara Kingsolver Romancière et militante écologiste, l'auteure s'est installée dans les Appalaches, au Kentucky, pour s'affranchir de l'alimentation industrielle et se nourrir exclusivement d'aliments faits maison ou… OL26188127W