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Jonathan I. Israel Lopend vuur
hoe de Amerikaanse Revolutie de wereld in vlam zette, 1775-1848
Overzicht van de radicale verlichting op de Amerikaanse revolutie en de daaropvolgende revolutionaire bewegingen in de westerse wereld van 1775 tot en met 1848.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 823 pagina's | Uitgeverij Van Wijnen, Franeker | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Jan van der Putten Botsende supermachten
China en Amerika op ramkoers?
Inleidend overzicht van de botsingen tussen de grootmachten China en de Verenigde Staten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Colleen Hoover November 9
9 november is de Nederlandse uitgave van November 9
'November 9' is een bijzonder liefdesverhaal van Colleen Hoover, de internationale bestsellerauteur van 'It starts wtih us' en 'It ends with us' Op de dag voor haar verhuizing ontmoet Fallon Ben, een ambitieuze schrijver. Ze brengen haar laatste dag in Los Angeles samen door, en Fallons bewogen leven wordt de inspiratie die Ben altijd al zocht voor zijn roman. In de jaren erna blijven ze elkaar elke 9 november ontmoeten. Tot Fallon op een dag niet meer zeker weet of Ben haar wel altijd de waarheid...
Nederlands | 9 uur 36 minuten (827 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Colleen Hoover Maybe someday
Misschien ooit
'Maybe someday' is een gepassioneerd verhaal over vriendschap, verraad en romantiek van Colleen Hoover, de internationale bestsellerauteur van 'It starts with us' en 'It ends with us' Sydney geniet van een perfect leven: ze studeert, is verliefd op haar geweldige vriend Hunter en woont samen met haar beste vriendin Tori. Maar alles verandert wanneer ze ontdekt dat Hunter haar bedriegt, en ze moet bedenken wat haar volgende stap zal zijn. Als Sydney haar mysterieuze en aantrekkelijke buurman Ridge...
Nederlands | 11 uur 31 minuten (662 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Myrtle Reed Old Rose and Silver
Old Rose and Silver is a novel by Myrtle Reed first published in 1909. The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbour Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other characters that help shape their lives in significant ways are the Crosby twins, unconventional and uninhibited youths that set society at naught, and an unconventional doctor who specializes...
Engels | 7 uur 34 minuten (339 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern
This novel begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, until we've got a chaotic bedlam of New England's tragically off the wall odd ball relations. Our protagonists may not communicate efficiently at first but at least they've got a sense of humours. The humourous style keeps up as well as some moments of lustre and rich feeling about the printed word itself. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author,...
Engels | 7 uur 8 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed Lavender and Old Lace
Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep., 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed's long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author, poet and journalist. A best-selling romance...
Engels | 4 uur 14 minuten (190 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sarah Orne Jewett Deephaven
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common place daily events to something remarkable, and lend dignity and grace to the most humble and homely human character. In Deephaven, go with her on vacation to an unforgettable seaside village where time runs slower and small pleasures are intensified. Much space is given to outdoor rambles and sights and events of daily living that draw you into another era. Jewett's loving and gentle descriptions...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Gods of Mars
After ten long years away from Barsoom and his beloved red Martian princess Dejah Thoris, John Carter is finally back! Unfortunately, Carter appears in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart... The second installment in Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic sci-fi Mars series, "The Gods of Mars" is the thrilling follow-up to "A Princess of Mars". Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American novelist. His most notable creations include the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter,...
Engels | 7 uur 37 minuten (347 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Wallace The Green Rust
A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor - to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would become heir to his millions. However, the millionaire is mysteriously murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed. Oliva Cresswell, the unsuspecting niece, has been a cashier in a large West End store for five years when she meets a Mr. Beale, a self...
Engels | 9 uur 45 minuten (452 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mart Smeets Mijn Amerika
Het langverwachte Amerika-boek! Op de dag dat president John F. Kennedy werd doodgeschoten, 22 november 1963, begon voor de 16-jarige Mart Smeets een levenslange fascinatie voor Amerika. Zijn werk als sportjournalist bracht hem de 54 jaar erna vaak in het land. Veel van zijn ervaringen op het gebied van muziek, sport, politiek, kunst, geschiedenis, eten, reizen, hotels en het eeuwige racisme belandden in Mijn Amerika. Smeets neemt de lezer mee naar het Memphis van Elvis Presley, het Texas van de...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 320 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | De Kring, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Ine Roox Een jaar met Trump
mijn reis door een angstig Amerika
Journalistieke reportages over de stemming en de uiteenlopende meningen onder de bevolking van de Verenigde Staten tijdens het eerste jaar van het presidentschap van Donald Trump (2017).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 239 pagina's | Polis, Kalmthout | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Hillary Jordan Mudbound
Vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog worstelt een blanke boerenfamilie in Mississippi met het rassenvraagstuk.
Fictie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 328 pagina's | Windmill Books, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Natalie Sumner Lincoln The Red Seal
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! Natalie Sumner Lincoln (1881-1935) was an American novelist. A prolific writer, she is best known for her mystery and crime novels, such as "The Red Seal" (1920), "The Moving Finger (1918), and "The Cat’s Paw" (1922). Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 5 uur 28 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
One day, an ape named Kala finds a small human boy in the jungles of Africa. She names him Tarzan ("White skin" in ape language), and raises him as her own. In time, differences between himself and his tribe become clear to Tarzan, and when he finds a human-made cabin with books and photographs, he starts to understand why. Little does he know that his encounters with other humans have only just begun. This 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in a pulp magazine and quickly became...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Ambrose Bierce Can Such Things Be?
"Can Such Things Be?" is a thrillingly creepy collection of short stories from one of the 19th century’s masters of horror. Sit yourself by a campfire or candlelight and enjoy these 24 eerie stories, told in Bierce’s witty, clear prose, filled with ghosts, apparitions, doppelgängers, grave robbers, death omens and other strange, inexplicable occurrences. The story of "The Damned Thing" has appeared in the tv show "Masters of Horror", while "Haïta the Shepherd" and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" have...
Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (340 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur‘s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom,...
Engels | 11 uur 43 minuten (526 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Naomi Klein Nee is niet genoeg
tegen Trumps shockpolitiek, voor de wereld die we nodig hebben
Kritische analyse van de politiek die de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump voorstaat en een aanzet tot een beter toekomstperspectief.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 4,2 MB) | De Geus, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Frances Hodgson Burnett In the Closed Room
One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants’ apartments, the girl sets out to explore the house. A single room is locked, however, but for some reason the girl has access to it. Inside, she meets another little girl ... just as delicate as herself ... ’In the Closed Room’ (1904) is an eerie ghost story by the author of...
Engels | 1 uur 16 minuten (57 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized. It was published in 1847 and became Longfellow's most famous...
Engels | 2 uur 1 minuut (93 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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