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Barbara Cartland Melodie van geluk
Wanneer Orlena en haar broer de inhoud van hun vaders testament te horen krijgen verandert alles: hun gierige vader bleek op een fortuin te zitten! Opeens is de oplossing van al hun problemen nabij - op één detail na - ze zijn alle twee minderjarig en hun geld wordt beheerd door een mysterieuze voogd. Ze vertrekken naar Londen om hem te ontmoeten. Maar als Orlena de graaf van Ulverston in levende lijve ontmoet, komt ze er achter dat ze hem al eerder gezien en gekust heeft... Barbara Cartland...
Nederlands | 5 uur 21 minuten (232 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur Conan Doyle De man met de gebogen rug
Sherlock Holmes belt 's avonds laat aan bij Dr. Watson om zijn hulp te vragen bij een raadselachtige zaak. Kolonel James Barclay van de Royal Munsters in Aldershot is dood gevonden, kennelijk door geweld om het leven gebracht. Zijn vrouw Nancy is de belangrijkste verdachte, hoewel de omgeving van het echtpaar altijd uitging van een goed huwelijk. Holmes onderzoekt de exacte toedracht. De man met de gebogen rug is een van de 56 verhalen over Sherlock Holmes van de hand van Arthur Conan Doyle. Het...
Nederlands | 46 minuten (67 MB) | OORkracht 8, Amsterdam | 2020
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Arthur Conan Doyle Het marineverdrag
Dr. Watson ontvangt een brief van Percy Phelps, een voormalig klasgenoot die dringend verzoekt om hulp. Tijdens het kopiëren van een uiterst geheim marineverdrag was Phelps even weggelopen. Toen hij terugkeerde bleek het verdrag tot zijn grote schrik verdwenen. Wie heeft dit waardevolle document gestolen? De politie verdenkt de vrouw van de conciërge, maar Holmes heeft andere vermoedens. Het marineverdrag is een van de 56 verhalen over Sherlock Holmes van de hand van Arthur Conan Doyle. Het verhaal...
Nederlands | 1 uur 16 minuten (110 MB) | OORkracht 8, Amsterdam | 2020
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Alles over Historia De gedurfde missies
De veldslag is gewonnen, de vijand is verdreven en het is weer rustig. Zo denken veel generaals, maar soms zitten ze ernaast. Gedurende de hele oorlog zorgen eenheden van speciale soldaten ervoor dat de vijand geen moment rust krijgt. De commando’s kunnen overal toeslaan: een Duitse generaal wordt ontvoerd op het eiland Kreta. Duitse parachutisten bevrijden de Italiaanse dictator Mussolini uit zijn gevangenschap op een bergtop. En Britse eenheden blazen Noorse fabrieken op en voorkomen zo dat de...
Nederlands | 2 uur 43 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alles over Historia Seriemoordenaars en kannibalen
Het boek 'Seriemoordenaars en kannibalen' beschrijft zes verschillende verhalen over enkele van de gevaarlijkste seriemoordenaars uit de geschiedenis. Het bevat gedetailleerde beschrijvingen van onder andere de 'Zodiac Killer', die verstoppertje speelde met de politie, de pers en de bange inwoners van Californië. De sadistische en bloeddorstige moordenaar Ted Bundy wordt ook in het boek geportretteerd, evenals de 'Killer Clown' die jongens verkrachtte, martelde en vermoordde en jarenlang aan de...
Nederlands | 2 uur 58 minuten (130 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Andrew Richardson Achieve Life Goals
Goal setting can help to rebalance your life. Goal setting should be directed toward getting essential emotional and physical needs met in a balanced way from your environment. In this download you learn about new understandings of what it really means to be human: what makes us all tick as individuals, and why it is that sometimes we experience emotional difficulties. You will also learn what to do about it, which is to set goals that get essential needs met better, and to use your resources in...
Engels | 34 minuten (25 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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John Stuart Mill Mill’s On Liberty
John Stuart Mill’s "On Liberty" was first published in 1859. In the 21st century this text confirms Socrates’ claim that "it is only the life of true philosophy that scorns the life of political ambition" (Plato’s Republic, 521). Mill’s thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. The life of true philosophy stands outside the political battles that are rampant in society and seeks the political wisdom...
Engels | 6 uur 11 minuten (277 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy le Feuvre Probable Sons
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and she is sent to live with her bachelor uncle, Sir Edward Wentworth. The latter has no use for children, especially of the female variety, but as the days go by he is warmed by his niece’s bright and endearing personality. She loves to tell him stories from her daily life and of her friends the Maxwells, who live in the forest. Milly is also a fierce believer and this makes her uncle realise just how much he has lost touch with his own...
Engels | 2 uur 7 minuten (94 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit The Wouldbegoods
The Bastable children, which some readers may remember from "The Treasure Seekers," are sent to stay in the countryside. The children (and Pincher the dog) have every intention of being well-behaved... but is the country really large enough to contain their exuberance? Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924) was a British author, activist and poet, who published an extensive amount of children’s books under the pen name "E. Nesbit", which are still widely read today. Amongst her most famous novels are...
Engels | 8 uur 32 minuten (369 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy le Feuvre Teddy's Button
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield. He wants to become a soldier just like him. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Nancy is just as selfishly proud as he is and from the beginning, they are enemies. Yet as time passes, they learn to put their prejudices to the side, allowing a new friendship to bloom. Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) war born in Lee, Kent, the daughter of an H. M. Customs surveyor and granddaughter...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (109 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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David Hume Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written during the 1750s, it did not appear until 1779. The subject itself was too delicate and controversial, and Hume’s dialectical examination of religious knowledge was especially provocative. What should we teach young people about religion? The characters Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo passionately present and defend three sharply different answers to that question....
Engels | 6 uur 25 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit The Story of the Amulet
Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are "the sort of people that wonderful things happen to." And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on "Five Children and It" and "The Phoenix and the Carpet", they once again meet the wish-granting Psammead fairy. This time, he guides them to an ancient Amulet that will help them find their hearts' desire, but it is only half an amulet, and the search for the other half will have them whizzing about through time. Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924)...
Engels | 6 uur 57 minuten (302 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...
Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....
Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost
B.J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, "The Canterville Ghost". The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alone in the castle and that the ghost of an old tenant, Sir Simon de Canterville, is with them. Yet the family is not so easily scared, even if the ghost can take many shapes and forms. The short story from the late 19th century mixes humor with the macabre....
Engels | 1 uur 12 minuten (54 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray
B.J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wish to never lose his beauty and retain eternal youth. Meanwhile, his age and sins continue to live on in his portrait. The late-19th-century classic by Oscar Wilde, a charming yet horrifying Gothic novel, has been adapted countless times to the screen....
Engels | 8 uur 47 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead’s The Function of Reason
Whitehead presented these three lectures at Princeton University in 1929. Although 85 years have passed, his central thesis and his analysis remain remarkably current. The scientific materialism that Whitehead opposed with such vigor continues to dominate in academic circles, and even now those who question that worldview are often accused of being anti-scientific. This is especially true in discussions of the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body (particularly the brain). It is hard...
Engels | 2 uur 34 minuten (112 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Pubs and Inns
Discover some of the most haunted pubs and inns around England. Steven Plant will take around the UK, stopping at local establishments that are famous for their unusual guests. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover another side of British pub life, and be taken to the following locations: The Bate Hall (Macclesfield, Cheshire), The Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds), The Miners Arms (Eyams, Peak District), The Viaduct Tavern (London). Steven Plant is a British author of non-fiction....
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (72 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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