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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scrooge is visited by three separate spirits who confront him with Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Will the horrors and the joy Scrooge sees make him change his ways? Adapted for film and television more times than any other...
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (145 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Oscar Wilde De Profundis
"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency with other male persons". In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces...
Engels | 1 uur 49 minuten (81 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped
Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to sea to be sold as a slave in America. So begins Robert Louis Stevenson‘s adventure novel, Kidnapped (1886), a breathlessly exciting story for fans of action and suspense, and a story about two very different types of Scotsmen. Robert Louis Stevenson...
Engels | 8 uur 8 minuten (371 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Poison Belt
"Bring oxygen – Challenger." The gang from `The Lost World‘ is back together, but the reunion is much more dramatic than they had hoped. As Professor Challenger has predicted, the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether and their only chance of survival is joining him in his house and watch the whole shebang go down together. Though very different from the first in the series, `The Poison Belt` (1913) is equally interesting and can be enjoyed in its own right. Like in his Sherlock Holmes series...
Engels | 3 uur 18 minuten (150 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action film...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (273 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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Elizabeth Gaskell The Grey Woman
Anna, a German mill-owner‘s daughter, marries a French aristocrat and moves to France. She discovers that her husband killed his previous wife and that he is trying to kill her as well. Quick, intriguing, and with an extremely interesting plot, `The Grey Woman‘ (1861) is a short story by Elizabeth Gaskell for anyone who enjoys a good gothic shudder. Incredibly progressive for its time, it is about the survival of the ill-treated woman who has decided that enough is enough. Elizabeth Cleghorn...
Engels | 2 uur 12 minuten (101 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly from a heart attack, a rumour of a deadly, supernatural giant dog, who may have been persecuted for generations, begins to circulate in the village. When Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from Canada for the legacy of the Baskerville manor in England, the skeptical Sherlock Holmes is called to help with the case. Was the death of Sir Charles Baskerville really a heart attack or maybe an animal lurking in deserted moors? Will Baskerville's new owner become the...
Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (305 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet
Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric "consultant detective" Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solving adventures. Told partly through Watson, partly through the murderer, ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887) is Arthur Conan Doyle’s first dip into the world of Sherlock Holmes, and one that would make him world famous. This first Holmes novel became the...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arguably the best compilation of mystery stories ever, `The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1892) is for any lover of intrigue and sophisticated humour. Sherlock‘s talent for solving cases based on things only he notices never disappoints, and everyone‘s curiosity is sure to be sustained till the end of each story. There is a reason Sherlock Holmes has been adapted more than a hundred times for various media. 2009-2011 saw Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock and Watson, and even Will Ferrell...
Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (880 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...
Engels | 18 uur 27 minuten (849 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Liselotte Schipper Mag ik je even houden?
Wanneer Veerle Lars tegen het lijf loopt tijdens het vrijgezellenfeest van haar zus, slaat de paniek toe. Niemand mag erachter komen dat Lars helemaal niet haar vriend is! Gelukkig pakt Lars vlekkeloos zijn rol weer op en hij biedt zelfs aan om mee te gaan naar de bruiloft in Edinburgh. Maar is dat wel verstandig, nu ze gevoelens voor hem begint te krijgen? Mee naar de bruiloft in Edinburgh, stiekem vindt Lars dat helemaal niet erg. Sterker nog, hij kijkt ernaar uit om de hele week met Veerle samen...
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Nederlands | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2023
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Clare Chambers Een broeierige zomer
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Een expeditieleider zoekt na 18 jaar weer contact met twee reisgenoten en verstoort daarmee hun gezinsleven.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | De Fontein Romans & Spanning, Utrecht | 2022
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Gaby Rasters Een vleugje Londen
Een ongeopende brief. Een verloren koffer. Twee levens die voorgoed zullen veranderen. Het is een jaar geleden dat Tomas’ grote liefde Maggie overleed. Al een jaar slaapt hij slecht, is hij de bezieling voor zijn werk als parfumeur kwijt en distantieert hij zich van andere mensen. Maar Maggie heeft hem iets nagelaten: een brief die hij precies een jaar na haar overlijden mag openmaken. In de brief draagt ze hem op naar Londen te reizen en hun liefde te bottelen in een nieuw parfum. Tomas besluit...
Fictie
Nederlands | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 3 MB) | Boekerij, Amsterdam | 2022
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Sanne Helbers Alle kleuren van de nacht
In Alle kleuren van de nacht van Sanne Helbers vindt Helena het leven lastig. Of in ieder geval om het zo te leven dat ze geen leegte voelt. De sleur van werk maakt haar onrustig en haar vriend Taco begrijpt haar niet. Ze worstelt bovendien met een aanhoudende depressie die van tijd tot tijd de kop opsteekt. Online ontmoet ze Raavi, een fotograaf uit India, en er ontstaat een intensief contact. Rigoureus besluit ze naar Azië af te reizen. Haar eerste bestemming is Mumbai, om Raavi te ontmoeten....
Fictie
Nederlands | 194 pagina's (ePub2, 4 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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Dineke Epping Kerst in Almsbrick
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De moeder van Prudence Goodwin heeft altijd beweerd dat haar dochter voorbestemd is om als een echte dame te leven. Helaas is zij gestorven voordat Prudence die verwachting kan waarmaken. Nu haar verloving op de klippen dreigt te lopen, voelt ze zich helemaal stuurloos. Door een ongeval moet ze ook nog eens samen met de schoolmeester aan het kerstspel voor de kinderen werken. Hij heeft haar al eens beledigd en ze is niet van plan hem nogmaals die kans te gunnen. Archibald – Archie – Timmons weet...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | KokBoekencentrum Fictie, Utrecht | 2020
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Marijke Vos Alles op alles
Alles op alles is de sprankelende nieuwe roman van Marijke Vos, auteur van Ik kom je halen! en Van Chanel naar flanel, geliefd bij de lezers van Sophie Kinsella en Charlotte de Monchy. Wanneer haar oudtante Ella een beroerte krijgt, aarzelt Nadja geen moment: ze besluit haar zojuist gestarte sabbatical door te brengen in Ella’s kleine huis in Engeland. Als kind spendeerde Nadja elke zomervakantie met haar ouders en zusje bij haar oudtante, aan de rand van het landgoed Stonewood, en fantaseerde...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,8 MB | LOFT Books, Amsterdam | 2019
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