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Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Little Women Series
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | ePub3, 0,9 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jane Austen Mansfield Park
World Classics
Mr Darcy and Miss Bennet may be one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, but did you know, Fanny Price was Austen’s favourite? She’s also one of literature’s biggest controversies, but, more on that drama later. Sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle from her poverty-stricken home of Portsmouth, Fanny Price struggles to find her place in the upper-class world of Mansfield Park. Never allowing her to forget her true status, she is at the mercy of her cruel aunt, only finding...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend
Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling 'enduring masterpiece' about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Elena Ferrante The Story of a New Name
A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: 'Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it' (The Boston Globe). The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times–bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Yvonne Gillissen The kittycat city
Belle is imprisoned at the police station and Amsterdam is angry! The headstrong and cheeky cats have to show that they actually deserve to live in the capital city, otherwise they are to be banished. The animals themselves have their own ideas on the subject and want to get Belle out of prison. But will they manage? 'The kittycat city' is the sequel to 'The march of the cats' (Part 1) and 'The cats have a plan' (Part 2). These stories are for children and people (9 to 109) and naturally everyone...
Fictie
Engels | 18 pagina's (ePub3, 0,7 MB) | Xpath Design, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Eva Vriend Where the Zuiderzee once raged
a story of community spirit, entrepreneurship, and the intimate bond with the water
‘Where the Zuiderzee Once Raged’ by Eva Vriend is a story of the true heroes of the coast, represented by four fisher families from Urk, Volendam, Spakenburg, and Wieringen. Eva Vriend weaves together their family histories into an epic tale of their intimate bond with water, the resilience that has guided them forward, and the fishing tradition in their blood. The charming towns around the IJsselmeer delight visitors with their authentic facades, fishing boats, and picturesque harbors. The people...
Non-fictie
Engels | 359 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Shakespeare Shakespeares sonnetten
Nieuwe Nederlandse vertaling van alle sonnetten van William Shakespeare, plus een langer vers, door Bas Belleman, met een instructieve inleiding en notities bij de Engelse originelen.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 561 pagina's (ePub2, 2,3 MB) | Athenaeum, Amsterdam | 2020
E-book
Tijn Touber Time Bender
The man who came to save Earth
Just when the situation on planet Earth is becoming unbearable, a mysterious man shows up to save the day. According to Time Bender our planet is the most precious jewel of the cosmos, because it carries the DNA of just about every species in the universe. That’s why our forefathers called it the Living Library and many galactic wars have been fought over her. As time is short and the stakes are high a pact of friends is formed to save the Living Library from the grips of evil. Time Bender is a fast-paced...
Engels | 5 uur 52 minuten (507 MB) | London Books, Bodegraven | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate
“You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...
Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the more he learns to...
Engels | 1 uur 5 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 3
The Jacket
Bertram is afraid to go to the police and tell them what he found in the stolen jacket, as he is a wanted criminal and does not want anything to do with law enforcement. He tries calling anonymously one evening, while drunk and after smoking a couple of joints, but the police refuse to believe him. When Bertram later discovers that his mum is in danger for her life, he tries to warn her, but she does not believe him either. He begins following her, and finds out that she is meeting with a man he...
Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales
B.J. Harrison reads "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". It features unforgettable characters, such as the happy prince who has never experienced sorrow and a nightingale who accepts a rose for the ultimate sacrifice. These tales have inspired countless...
Engels | 52 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 6
Cleaning Up
The new information in the case makes Roland Benito re-examine the prison guard’s suicide. Now he knows for certain who Uwe Finch really is, and he decides to let Anne Larsen know. She was the one who obtained Uwe Finch’s fingerprint, and in the past, Roland has found out that Anne can be of great help in police investigations. Bertram is shocked to find out what has happened to his mum, but suddenly Anne Larsen, the reporter from TV2 East Jutland, shows up. Bertram breaks down in front of Anne,...
Engels | 48 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Ambrose Bierce The Parenticide Club
"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Lovecraft. Bierce’s death was...
Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 5
You're Next
Anne Larsen shows Roland a picture of Uwe Finch, and Roland recognises some of his features. Something about the eyes being so close together. But surely it cannot be the man it resembles, as he died years ago in a hotel fire. When a fingerprint determines that it is indeed the man he feared it might be, Roland becomes interested in finding out why he has returned with a new identity, and why he might be in Aarhus. Bertram’s mum has found the stolen leather jacket in his room, and wants to return...
Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Claes Johansen Nicola and the Child Correction Centre
Nicola’s father froze. He slowly put down his knife and fork. She looked at him, shocked to see how he had suddenly turned chalky white. She began to shiver. What did her father know about the Child Correction Centre? From the moment Nicola hears about the Child Correction Centre, her life is turned upside down. She must go through one ordeal after another in order to save mankind from a terrible disaster that some greedy businessmen are about to cause. Claes Johansen (b. 1957) is one of the...
Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (148 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Peter Gotthardt The Magical Falcon 3 - The Queen of the Demons
Prince Carvallo’s second name is adventure. Or perhaps trouble. This time, he takes us to a cold and inhospitable world of mysteries. Behind the stormy weather conditions lurk scary demons that are ready to strike. And when Monika disappears, the rescue mission is the first and foremost thing on the agenda for our friends. But they are in for a shock, for nothing on this strange, demonic world is what it seems. Gotthardt stays true to his nature, and presents the readers with sufficient action, hair-raising...
Engels | 1 uur (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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R. K. Howard The Express
"CHILLINGLY THOUGHT PROVOKING..." Are you ready for one hell of a bumpy ride? A man's daily commute becomes a hellish nightmare in this harrowing account of a horrific bus crash that transforms a fateful ending into a painful beginning for an unlucky lot forced to endure. Based on an age-old premise with a fresh perspective, it visits the undesirable side of life after death. R. K. Howard is an American author. His "Black Machetes" has been in Amazon Top 100 psychological thriller several times....
Engels | 57 minuten (42 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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