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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Leopard Man's Story
"King" Wallace is a lion-tamer, who has been viciously murdered by a man who hated him. Now everyone wants to know who the murderer is. The "Leopard Man" is a leopard trainer with mysterious scars on his arms. He finds out that the murderer attended every performance of the lion-tamer in hope of seeing the lion tear his trainer apart. Who is the murderer and why did he hate the lion trainer so much? Who does the "Leopard Man" suspect and will he be able to reveal the truth? What will happen to...
Engels | 10 minuten (7,3 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads To Build a Fire
A man travels through the frozen wasteland bordering the Yukon River, accompanied by his best friend – a large husky dog. The dog tries to dissuade the man from walking farther into the frozen land, but the man pushes on. At some point the man decides to stop and build a fire. Unfortunately, snow falls from one of the trees and extinguishes the fire. This is the moment where the problems truly begin. Why is the man travelling through the Canadian frozen lands? Where is he heading to? Will he manage...
Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...
Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Claes Johansen The Boatman and the Boy
By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what...
Engels | 7 uur 38 minuten (358 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Poisoned Pen
"The Poisoned Pen" is a collection of twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. In these, Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. The title story for example features the use of special inks, some appearing and others disappearing in sunlight, making the pursuit of a murderer incredibly difficult for the professor. Each story offers a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, as well as being loaded with adventure, action,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (449 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet
"The Silent Bullet" contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. In the title story, for example, everyone is wondering how somebody could have been killed by a bullet without anyone having heard the detonation. In "The Deadly Tube" an evil doctors hurts his patients using x-rays. "The Terror in the Air" follows the development of the gyroscope for aeroplanes. Each story offers a...
Engels | 8 uur 52 minuten (507 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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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...
Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...
Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery
When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mel Starr De meesterproef
In de 14e eeuw onderzoekt een Engelse chirurgijn de herkomst van enkele menselijke botten die de kasteelheer van Brampton binnen zijn muren heeft gevonden.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 297 pagina's | Mozaïek, Zoetermeer | 2011
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Wouter van Mastricht Schutterszilver
In het Amsterdam van 1642 vechten Spanjaarden en Hollanders om kisten met Spaans zilver.
Fictie | Historische roman | Thriller
Nederlands | 432 pagina's (ePub2, 4,4 MB) | Karakter, Uithoorn | 2019
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Marianne Hoogstraaten | Theo Hoogstraaten Amalia's erfenis
Verlies jezelf in de geschiedenis van de stammoeder van ons koningshuis! De zeventienjarige Amalia van Solms vlucht samen met koningin Elisabeth van Bohemen naar ’s-Gravenhage. In korte tijd weet ze zich op te werken van hofdame tot vertrouwelinge van de koningin. Dat wordt ook opgemerkt door prins Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau, die als een blok valt voor de mooie Amalia. Maar zij geeft zich niet snel gewonnen en gaat tot het uiterste om haar nageslacht een glorieuze toekomst te bezorgen. Bron:...
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 320 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | De Crime Compagnie, Laren nh | 2019
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A.M. Dean De geheime sleutel
Een terroristische groepering jaagt op een sleutel die het mogelijk maakt om geheime geschriften te ontraadselen.
Fictie | Thriller
Nederlands | ePub2, 1,9 MB | De Fontein Romans & Spanning, Utrecht | 2014
E-book
Wouter van Mastricht Het scherp van Ambon
Na zijn ontslag vertrekt de voormalig secretaris van de Rotterdamse Admiraliteit in 1641 naar de Molukken om zijn broer op te sporen die van verraad wordt beschuldigd.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 559 pagina's (ePub2, 2,5 MB) | Karakter Uitgevers, Uithoorn | 2012
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Wouter van Mastricht Spaans vuur
In het Maastricht van 1635 sluipt een Spaanse moordenaar rond, verkleed als monnik. Een tolk in het leger van Frederik Hendrik krijgt de opdracht uit te zoeken wie deze moordenaar is.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 608 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Karakter Uitgevers, Uithoorn | 2012
E-book
Wouter van Mastricht Tromps Armada
In de zomer van 1639 is een scheepsbouwer in de Rotterdamse haven getuige van een moord en verdwijnt spoorloos. Omdat hij niet in Spaanse handen mag vallen, moet hij rap opgespoord worden.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 432 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Karakter Uitgevers, Uithoorn | 2012
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Joel Rosenberg Operatie Teheran
De Twaalfde Imam, de nieuwe Messias van de moslims, is verschenen in de Arabische wereld en lijkt erin te slagen een nieuw kalifaat te stichten.
Fictie | Protestants milieu | Thriller
Nederlands | 423 pagina's (ePub, 0,5 MB) | Mozaiek, Zoetermeer | 2012
E-book
Paul McCusker | Walt Larimore De griepbom
thriller
Een terroristische milieu-organisatie bedreigt het menselijk leven op aarde door een gevaarlijk griepvirus te verspreiden.
Fictie | Thriller
Nederlands | ePub, 0,6 MB | Mozaiek, Zoetermeer | 2012
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