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Katherine Mansfield Prelude
"There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance." The seemingly perfect Burnell family is moving from one house to another, and on the surface, everything appears idyllic. But as the story develops, the tension grows, threating to explode and expose their true nature. `Prelude‘ (1922) is evidence of Katherine...
Engels | 1 uur 43 minuten (78 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 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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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Wat we achterlieten
Bundel met werk van vijf dichters die zich lieten inspireren door in Ierland gemaakte kleurenfoto's.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 100 pagina's | De zwarte els, Den Haag | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Carol Ann Duffy Dichterbijen
Carol Ann Duffy in Utrecht
Tien gedichten van de Engelse dichteres Carol Ann Duffy, met bij elk gedicht een vertaling daarvan en een op dat gedicht geïnspireerd gedicht van een Utrechtse dichter.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 44 pagina's | Het Literatuurhuis, Utrecht | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Hanneke Eggels Nice
gedichten
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 65 pagina's | Cour de Culture, Beesel | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Ad van Iterson Sintels | Embers | Krejje
gedichten | poems | gediechte
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 124 pagina's | Uitgeverij Leon van Dorp, Heerlen | 2017
Gedrukt boek
J.C. Aachenende Vloeken is gezond
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | Frans | Duits | 58 pagina's | Eijlders Dichters, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek