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Hans Achterhuis Thomas More
Een hoorcollege over zijn leven en zijn werk Utopia
IIn 2016 was het 500 jaar geleden dat Utopia van Thomas More verscheen. Een filosofisch én literair meesterwerk dat 500 jaar na dato nog altijd één van de bestverkochte en gelezen klassiekers is. Hans Achterhuis behandelt in zijn college het leven van Thomas More en de ontstaansgeschiedenis en inhoud van Utopia. Om de politiek van zijn tijd te bekritiseren verpakt More zijn opvattingen in een reisverhaal: het eiland Utopia is het literaire antwoord van More op de grote kloof tussen arm en rijk,...
Nederlands | 1 uur 19 minuten (47 MB) | Home Academy, Gouderak | 2016
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Yaba Badoe Wolf Light
A leopard dances under the moon. A wolf prowls. A red-beaked bird flies free. Three girls born on the same day in wolf light, the magical dusk, are bound together to protect the world. They can dazzle or destroy. They have wind-song and fire-fury at their fingertips, but their enemies are everywhere. From the bleak steppes of Mongolia and the tropical forests of Ghana to the stormy moors of Cornwall, the lands they love are plundered and poisoned. The girls must rally to perfect their skills...
Engels | 6 uur 33 minuten (291 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Sophie Flynn If They Knew
"Grips from the first page. An emotive thriller which I couldn't put down." - Carys Jones, author of ´We Are All Liars´. Hannah and Charlie have finally achieved their dream family with their two-year-old daughter, Isabelle, after years of heartbreak. However, their happiness is threatened when a global popstar is found murdered in their sleepy Gloucestershire village, and Hannah's past comes back to haunt her. She is forced to make a dangerous choice - risk everything, even her own life, to protect...
Engels | 10 uur 29 minuten (470 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Maurice Leblanc B. J. Harrison Reads The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
The book that inspired the new Netflix series, “Lupin” with Omar Sy. “The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar” is the first collection of stories about the infamous thief, Arsene Lupin. Cunning, charming, and roguishly good-looking, Lupin leads the French police department on a merry dance across Belle Epoque Paris in these adventure-filled mysteries. Evading the authorities, getting the girl and usually pocketing some rare jewel for himself, Arsene Lupin’s adventures will...
Engels | 6 uur 12 minuten (269 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Hannah Hendy A Terrible Village Poisoning
The local mayor has a dinner date with death… With school out for the summer, dinner ladies Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are off on holiday to the picturesque village of St-Martins-on-the-Water. But on their first night, their meal at the hotel ends in disaster, when the local mayor is found dead on the restaurant floor, supposedly poisoned by his dinner. The village has a history of poisoning, and the locals are convinced the Poisoner is back. Immediately suspicion turns on Margery and...
Engels | 8 uur 3 minuten (352 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Karen Clarke I'll Be Home for Christmas
A heartwarming, feel good romantic comedy
Nina Bailey loves Christmas. Except this year she doesn’t. Because it turns out that her husband-to-be has been cheating on her – and her beautiful wedding ceremony in the snow is cancelled. She’s not really in the mood to be jolly, sing carols, or go anywhere near gingerbread men – in fact, what Nina wants is to avoid the whole thing. So she’s come to stay at her Aunt Dolly’s cosy café in the south of France to nurse her broken heart. Nina is determined to get through Christmas with no tinsel,...
Engels | 7 uur 30 minuten (357 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sue Watson Summer Flings and Dancing Dreams
A hilariously funny, uplifting romantic comedy
A laugh-out-loud, uplifting comedy about finding the courage to be yourself, the importance of dreams, and learning to grab life by the glitter balls. Dance like nobody’s watching. Love like you’ll never get hurt… Laura Watkin’s heart isn’t broken, she’s just forgotten how to use it. After years on her own, the highlight of single mum Laura’s week is watching Strictly Come Dancing with a glass of Pinot Grigio and a large helping of imagination. With her daughter Sophie going travelling, Laura knows...
Engels | 8 uur 4 minuten (355 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Karen Maitland De uilendoders
historische thriller
Een middeleeuws Engels dorpje wordt geregeerd door de geheimzinnige Uilenmeesters die de dorpelingen met oude heidense rituelen en geweld onder de duim houden. De komst van een gemeenschap vrome begijnen brengt daar verandering in.
Fictie | Historische roman | Thriller
Nederlands | 549 pagina's | De Vliegende Hollander, [Amsterdam] | 2009
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Rose Tremain Lily
a tale of revenge
Engeland, 19e eeuw. Een 16-jarig weesmeisje kijkt terug op haar jeugd in een pleeggezin op het platteland en in een Londens weeshuis en makt duidelijk warom ze eem moord heeft gepleegd.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 275 pagina's | Chato & Windus, London | 2021
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Louise Finch The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE AWARDS 2023 Unravelling the truth, one loop at a time. When Spence witnesses his classmate, Clara, die in what looks like a tragic accident at a house party, he is caught in a flicker in the fabric of time. Waking up to relive the same day again and seeing Clara alive and well, Spence realizes he has been granted a second chance and is determined to prevent the terrible events of the party. To escape the time loop, he has to re-evaluate everything he previously...
Engels | 7 uur 29 minuten (341 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Ethan Bale Hawker and the King's Jewel
In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels....
Engels | 12 uur 8 minuten (533 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Judith Kelly Wieg me zachtjes
Persoonlijk relaas van een joodse vrouw, die als jong meisje werd ondergebracht in een door rooms-katholieke nonnen geleid weeshuis en daar zowel geestelijk als lichamelijk werd mishandeld.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 272 pagina's | De Kern, Baarn | 2005
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Carol Wyer Life Swap
A funny feel good read about starting again
‘I laughed, I laughed a lot … you will be guaranteed to remember it … my feel good book of 2016 so far!’ The Writing Garnet She wanted a new life and true love. But the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. All Polly has to her name is a string of failed relationships and a mountain of debt. She sees herself as a hopeless case and would do anything to change her luck. So when she’s given the opportunity to swap all she’s ever known for a life of luxury, Polly jumps at the chance. Soon, it’s...
Engels | 10 uur 45 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sue Watson Ella's Ice-Cream Summer
A laugh out loud romantic comedy with extra sprinkles
Ella’s life just hit rock bottom, but can a summer by the sea mend her broken heart? When life gives you lemons… make ice cream! Life hasn’t always been easy for single mum Ella, but she has just hit an all-time low; she’s jobless, loveless, very nearly homeless and, to make matters worse, now the owner of a pocket-sized pooch with a better wardrobe than her. Packing her bags (and a bigger one for the dog), Ella sets off for the seaside town of Appledore in Devon to re-live the magical summers of...
Engels | 8 uur 37 minuten (381 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sue Watson Curves, Kisses and Chocolate Ice-Cream
The perfect feel good holiday romance
Dani’s on a mission to get her life back on track by the end of the summer. Running, rowing, aerobics and more, but perhaps all she needs are sweet treats and a second chance? Ten years ago, Dani fled Appledore with a broken-heart and a suitcase full of shattered dreams. Only now is she brave enough to put her past behind her and return for a summer selling homemade ice cream and getting fit by doing sit-ups by the sea. But the new-look cafe is filled with old memories of Jude, her teenage sweetheart-turned-sour....
Engels | 7 uur 48 minuten (342 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford
'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...
Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lily Graham Christmas at Hope Cottage
In the little village of Whistling, with its butterscotch cottages and rolling green hills, snow is beginning to fall. Christmas is coming, and Emma Halloway is on her way home. When twenty-eight-year-old food writer Emma Halloway gets dumped then knocked off her bike, she’s broken in more ways than one, and returns to her family’s cosy cottage in the Yorkshire Dales. Emma hasn’t been back in some time, running from her crazy relatives and her childhood sweetheart, Jack Allen. Emma’s grandmother...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (325 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Rediscover one of the greatest love stories of all time with this new audio edition of Pride and Prejudice, masterfully narrated by actress Adjoa Andoh ('Bridgerton', 'Doctor Who'). Pride and Prejudice's prolific status as a beloved story is thanks to its dynamic, ever-evolving central characters, as well as the strength of the wit and satire wielded by Austen. It is a love story, yes, but it is also a profound critique of Georgian high society and the plight of women. Without a male heir, the...
Engels | 12 uur 34 minuten (552 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Emma Davies A Year at Appleyard Farm
Down a winding lane lined with honeysuckle and wild flowers, there’s a beautiful orchard beside the rushing River Wye. There, in a little farmhouse in the furthest corner, a young woman has a difficult and life-changing decision to make... Life on Appleyard Farm is all Freya Sherbourne has ever known. Having spent her childhood playing between the blossom-heavy apple trees, Freya can’t imagine calling anywhere else home. But times have been hard since her father’s sudden death, and now that she’s...
Engels | 14 uur 19 minuten (641 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Kate Galley The Second Chance Holiday Club
It's never too late to change the habits of a lifetime... Evelyn Pringle isn't the sort to make rash decisions. Or any decisions, really – she's always left that sort of thing up to her husband. But he's been found dead, wearing his best suit, with a diamond ring in his pocket that doesn't fit her. When Evelyn finds a letter addressed to a woman on the Isle of Wight, she decides to deliver it. By hand. So begins a very unusual holiday, and an adventure no one could have predicted – least of all Evelyn...
Engels | 9 uur 15 minuten (406 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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