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Susan Barrie Night of the Singing Birds
Angela is part Spanish and part English, having spent her youth in Spain. Thus a part of her protests to an arranged marriage to Don Felipe Martinez, as intriguing and charming as he may be. Torn between mixed feelings, she must decide: will she marry Don Felipe and surrender to her budding desires or choose differently? The 20th-century story was written under Susan Barrie, a pseudonym of the master of romance, Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate....
Engels | 4 uur 53 minuten (214 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie So Dear to my Heart
Virginia accompanies Lisa, her young pianist of a sister, to Switzerland where the latter can get help with her hand injury and play piano again. The famous Swiss surgeon, Dr. Leon Hanson, is charming and well able to come to the rescue. Although Lisa is usually the one to attract attention, the doctor’s gaze is this time fixed upon the sweet Virginia. How can Virginia resist, and in such stunning scenery? The intriguing tale was written in the 20th century under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms,...
Engels | 7 uur 27 minuten (327 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Rose Burghley The Bay of Moonlight
Everything was more than perfect in the Bay Of Moonlight, located in beautiful Southern Portugal. Yet Sarah was in love with Philip Saratola, who did not seem to have eyes for her but rather his lovely sister-in-law Venetia. Yet as fate would have it, such romantic settings had a world of romance in store for her as well. The love story dating back to the 20th century was written by Rose Burghley, a pseudonym of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Averil Ives Master of Hearts
Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Kathleen O’Farrel finds herself as the governess of Conde de Chaves’ two young nephews. What follows is a clash of wills: Kathleen has a strong will of her own, while Conde is strict and old-fashioned. Although the circumstances are far from easy from the start, Kathleen finds herself drawn to the romantic Portugal. Can she find a softer side to her relationship with Conde as well? The charming novel written in the 20th century under one...
Engels | 5 uur 58 minuten (284 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Pamela Kent Sweet Barbary
Catherine should have known better when she met the exciting David Barrington that he was trouble. He was handsome and rich and made her visit to Morocco all the more thrilling. Yet he had a terrible reputation with women and was far from Catherine’s type. Can she resist him, despite it all, especially in such a romantic setting? The 20th-century love tale was written by Pamela Kent, a pseudonym of English romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists...
Engels | 4 uur 46 minuten (209 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Pamela Kent Meet me in Istanbul
Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, a fellow countryman she hardly knows, to help her leave. What follows is an adventure beyond her imagination set in romantic and exciting surroundings. The thrilling tale of love dates back to the 20th century and was written by Pamela Kent, a pseudonym of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans...
Engels | 5 uur 3 minuten (241 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Marion Pauw Vogeleiland
Wat is er gebeurd met Marianne? Op haar vijftiende liep ze van huis weg om nooit meer iets van zich te laten horen. Jaren later kampt haar zusje Nicole nog steeds met het trauma van haar verdwijning. Ze besluit om alles achter zich te laten en naar Spanje te verhuizen. Maar ook daar kan ze niet aan het verleden ontsnappen. Een bijzondere verschijning doet de hoop dat haar zus nog leeft oplaaien en leidt haar naar het onbewoonde Vogeleiland. Verteld vanuit verschillende perspectieven, leer je als...
Nederlands | 8 uur 59 minuten (776 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2021
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Alan Hollinghurst De schoonheidslijn
WINNAAR VAN DE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2004 Hoe is Nick’s seks- en privéleven voluit in de Engelse tabloids beland? Terwijl Nick zijn proefschrift schrijft, woont hij bij de ouders van zijn beste vriend Toby Fedden op de zolderkamer. De heer des huizes, Gerald Fedden, is een van de belangrijke partijleden van Margaret Thatcher, en voor Nick het doorheeft wordt hij ondergedompeld in de machtige wereld vol bekende politici, drank en drugs. Wanneer zijn homoseksualiteit en de link met Gerald breed uitgemeten...
Nederlands | 19 uur 18 minuten (846 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Joanna Goodman Het huis voor ongewenste meisjes
Met Het huis voor ongewenste meisjes schetst Joanna Goodman een ingrijpend beeld van de misstanden in de Canadese weeshuizen van de jaren ’50 en ’60. Quebec, 1950. Als Maggie op haar vijftiende zwanger raakt, dwingen haar ouders haar om het meisje ter adoptie af te staan. De rest van haar leven voelt Maggie het gemis. De kleine Elodie komt in een door nonnen gerund tehuis terecht. Maar dan volgt een wetswijziging die bepaalt een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis meer subsidie ontvangt dan een weeshuis, met...
Nederlands | 12 uur 12 minuten (703 MB) | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2019
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Julian Barnes Alsof het voorbij is
‘Alsof het voorbij is’ van Julian Barnes gaat over de tijd, die Tony Webster lijkt te hebben ingehaald. Opeens is hij een man van middelbare leeftijd, die zonder weemoed terugkijkt op zijn schooljaren. Maar het geheugen is niet perfect. Het kan altijd verrassen, zoals een brief van een notaris zal bewijzen. ‘Alsof het voorbij is’ is een lang nazinderende vertelling over ouderdom, berouw en herinneringen die je altijd weer te grazen hebben.’ – de Morgen Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Nederlands | 4 uur 24 minuten (253 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2018
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G. K. Chesterton Eugenics and Other Evils
"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all." ‘Eugenics and Other Evils’ (1922) is a magnificent takedown of the entire basis of eugenic thought – the idea that controlled breeding will improve the human population. But it is about far more than eugenics: it is about how evil succeeds...
Engels | 5 uur 13 minuten (235 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Katherine Mansfield In a German Pension
Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour, she depicts a German upper middle class defined by their rude habits, but she also touches upon the hard life of servants and the oppression of women. The latter distinguishes her writing from that of Jane Austen, but the way in which Mansfield mocks the stiff-upper-lipped ladies and Barons of these...
Engels | 3 uur 35 minuten (163 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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Laura Lee Hope The Moving Picture Girls
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly hoarse and he loses the role. Despite voice rest and medical treatment, Mr. DeVere's voice fails to improve, and it is impossible to find theatre work. A friend and neighbour in their apartment building suggests that Mr. DeVere tries acting in the moving...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (206 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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Maarten van Rossem Europa
Een hoorcollege over de geschiedenis van de Europese samenwerking
Maarten van Rossem schetst in dit hoorcollege de sociaal-economische geschiedenis van de Europese samenwerking na de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de daarmee samenhangende economische integratie van Europa. De meeste West-Europese landen vertonen na 1945 een in hoge mate identiek patroon: sterke welvaartsgroei tot halverwege de jaren zeventig en steeds meer economische samenwerking tussen die landen. Nadat de enorme groeispurt in de jaren zeventig was doodgelopen leidde het neoliberalisme tot verdere groei,...
Nederlands | 3 uur 59 minuten (143 MB) | Home Academy, Gouderak | 2017
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Herman Philipse Karl Popper & Hannah Arendt
Een hoorcollege over de lessen van twee filosofische critici van het totalitarisme
Met de verkiezing van Donald Trump tot president van de V.S. staat het verschil tussen feit en fictie onder druk en daarmee ook de democratie zelf. Kunnen we voor onze tijd iets leren van belangrijke filosofische critici van het nazisme en totalitarisme? Zowel Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) als Karl Popper (1902-1994) waren van Joodse afkomst en vluchtten voor Hitler. Beiden probeerden de ideologische wortels van het nazitijdperk te doorgronden. Ook formuleerden ze normen waaraan een open en democratische...
Nederlands | 3 uur 32 minuten (129 MB) | Home Academy, Gouderak | 2017
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Booth Tarkington Penrod and Sam
"During the daylight hours of several autumn Saturdays there had been severe outbreaks of cavalry in the Schofield neighbourhood. The sabres were of wood; the steeds were imaginary, and both were employed in a game." "Penrod and Sam" (1916) is the sequel to "Penrod" (1914). Set before World War One, it focuses on Penrod Schofield and his best friend Sam Williams as they go on hilarious adventures. Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. Originally from Indianapolis,...
Engels | 6 uur 27 minuten (283 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Marcelle Kellermann The Interpreter
This story is set during the occupation of France of 1940-44, during which time the author fought as a member of the Resistance. It follows her interrogation, imprisonment and her subsequent unexpected release by the German Nazi Officer Frank Van Heugen, the official interpreter in the German Kommandatur of Vichy France. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 4 uur 33 minuten (202 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Susan Barrie The Quiet Heart
Alison had married for convenience, and when her husband died, she still had his three daughters to look after in Leyden Hall. When she meets the new master of the hall, architect Sir Charles Leyden, she finds him to be distant and quite intimidating. Yet when Sir Charles falls ill and she cares for him, she must admit that there is a softer side to him that she finds rather alluring. Does she stand a chance with this man, especially since his attentions appear to be directed at her stepdaughter...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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