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Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The books were extremely popular and...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (250 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | 14 uur 56 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has...
Engels | 6 uur 39 minuten (312 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jack London White Fang
When White Fang – part wolf, part dog – gets separated from his family, he must find a way to survive on his own. In a harsh Canadian environment that means kill or be killed. Tough surroundings and cruel masters make White Fang increasingly more aggressive and wild, but Weedon Scott, a kind gold hunter, sees the dog in him and attempts to tame him. Released in 1906, White Fang – companion novel to The Call of the Wild – was immediately successful, especially among younger readers. Ethan Hawke starred...
Engels | 7 uur 39 minuten (340 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jack London The Call of the Wild
The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. He eventually sheds the veneer of civilization altogether and instead relies on primordial instincts...
Engels | 3 uur 23 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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William Blake Poems of William Blake
Poems of William Blake includes; Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel. All three are books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen syllable line. William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter...
Engels | 55 minuten (41 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mary Shelley Mathilda
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed the writing, her father, William Godwin, refused to return the manuscript to her after she asked him to get it published in England, because he found the theme "disgusting and detestable". The world was,...
Engels | 3 uur 54 minuten (177 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Told in the form of a series of letters ‘Frankenstein’ follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation to life which instead of being his crowning glory, terrifies him. The nameless monster escapes from his lab, taking many innocent lives before Frankenstein can track it down again. Shelley took inspiration from her trips through Germany and the legends of...
Engels | 7 uur 59 minuten (430 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book
Who could have known that when Rudyard Kipling wrote these Jungle Book stories in 1893-94, they would eventually inspire the Oscar nominated song "The Bare Necessities" – one of the most recognizable tunes of all time? The adventures of the young boy, Mowgli, raised by wolves in an Indian jungle, have been praised since their publication and adapted numerous times. Most people know the 1967 animated movie with Phil Harris as the charismatic bear Baloo. 2016 saw Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, and...
Engels | 5 uur 24 minuten (237 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Craig Robertson The photographer
Inspecteur Rachel Narey maakt jacht op een serieverkrachter die al jarenlang ongestraft zijn gang gaat in Glasgow, maar krijgt een grote teleurstelling als de rechter het belangrijkste bewijs tegen hem afwijst.
Fictie
Engels | 433 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, a CBS Company, London | 2017
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Kate Furnivall The betrayal
Een jonge Franse vrouw riskeert haar leven uit schuldgevoel voor de moord op haar vader die niet de man blijkt te zijn die zij dacht. Dan ontdekt ze dat haar tweelingzus ook geheimen heeft.
Fictie
Engels | 436 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, a CBS company, London | 2017
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Renze Dijkema Panorama Pieterburen.Pietersberg
Fotoboek van de Nederlandse fotograaf en beeldend kunstenaar Renze Dijkema (Groningen, 1966) over het bijna vijfhonderd kilometer lange Pieterpad, dat van Pieterburen aan de noordelijke Waddenkust naar de Sint-Pietersberg bij Maastricht in het zuiden van Nederland loopt.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 150 pagina's | Lecturis, [Eindhoven] | 2017
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Henry James What Maisie knew
Na de scheiding van haar ouders wordt de 6-jarige Maisie het middelpunt van hun strijd om de voogdij.
Fictie
Engels | 309 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2013
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Denise Mina The long drop
In zijn zoektocht naar de moordenaar van zijn vrouw, dochter en schoonzus zoekt een man in Glasgow, in 1957, contact met iemand die hij ervan verdenkt de moordenaar te zijn.
Fictie
Engels | 234 pagina's | Harvill Secker, London | 2017
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Pitch perfect 3
De meiden van de a capella zanggroep The Bellas zijn nu drie jaar afgestudeerd. Ze krijgen de kans weer bij elkaar te komen en op te treden voor de Amerikaanse troepen in Europa. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Film
Kidnap
Na de brutale ontvoering van haar zoontje in de speeltuin zet een moeder zelf de achtervolging in.
Fictie
Film
Rian Johnson Star Wars
episode VIII; the last jedi
De nieuwe verzetsheldin Rey probeert de teruggetrokken levende Luke Skywalker te overtuigen zich weer aan te sluiten bij de rebellen.
Fictie
Film
F. Scott Fitzgerald I'd die for you and other lost stories
Bundel met achttien nooit eerder gepubliceerde korte verhalen uit met name de jaren '30, met uitgebreide achtergrondinformatie en foto's.
Fictie
Engels | 358 pagina's | Scribner, London | 2017
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Amanda Robson Obsession
Het 'perfecte' huwelijk van Carly en Rob komt zwaar onder druk te staan als Carly depressief wordt en een relatie aangaat met iemand uit hun vriendenkring.
Fictie
Engels | 456 pagina's | avon, London | 2017
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Susin Nielsen Optimists die first
Petula (16, ik-figuur) heeft last van paniekaanvallen, smetvrees en ziet overal gevaar. Als de vriendelijke Jacob (18) zijn intrede doet in het klasje creatieve therapie, verandert Petula’s leven langzaam maar zeker. Maar wat is de reden dat Jacob de lessen volgt? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 258 pagina's | Andersen Press, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
2017