• L. Frank Baum Ozma of Oz 

  Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites...

  Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (189 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• George MacDonald Phantastes

  A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature, he was the mentor of Lewis Carroll. Among his notable works are "Phantastes"...

  Engels | 6 uur 29 minuten (300 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Robert E. Howard Red Shadows

  First published in Weird Tales, August 1928, alternatively titled 'Solomon Kane'. This was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. In France, Kane finds a girl attacked by a gang of brigands led by a villain known as Le Loup. As she dies in his arms, Kane determines to avenge her death, and the trail leads from France to Africa, ending with Kane's first meeting with N'Longa. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author of a wide range of genres. He created the pulp fiction hero...

  Engels | 1 uur 2 minuten (48 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

  "There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...

  Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Adrian Stone De Klauw

  De Klauw is deel 1 van Adrian Stone’s nieuwe fantasy-reeks Magycker. Stone is bekend van de Duivel-trilogie en het Rune-tweeluik. Al eeuwenlang hebben de Magyckers van het eiland Aimerey een monopolie op magie in de wereld. Wie goed betaalt kan bijna elke spreuk kopen die hij wil. Maar de spreuken zijn vaak maar van tijdelijke duur, en voordat een Magycker zijn spreuk kan herhalen wordt het weer uit zijn geheugen gewist. Alleen de allerrijksten kunnen dus genieten van de giften van de Magyckers....

  Nederlands | 9 uur 43 minuten (583 MB) | Luitingh-Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2017

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• L. Frank Baum The Marvelous Land of Oz

  Whatever happened in the lands of Oz after Dorothy left? In this sequel to the `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, we meet a young boy named Tip, who, unlike Dorothy, has grown up in this magical place. He is under the care (though that is a relative term) of the witch Mombi, but escapes her evil clutches just in time before she turns him in to a statue. Traveling through Oz, Tip meets a bunch of whimsical creatures (some of whom we know already) who join him on an adventurous journey that will conclude...

  Engels | 4 uur 28 minuten (210 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew

  Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...

  Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz

  "Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...

  Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Robert E. Howard Red Nails

  Red Nails is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its grim themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars...

  Engels | 3 uur 23 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edith Nesbit The Book of Dragons

  A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins ‘The Island of Nine Whirlpools‘, one of Edith Nesbitt’s eight dragon stories in ‘The Book of Dragons’ (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing...

  Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 

  "Off with her head!" yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became an instant success, and author Lewis Carroll broke ground with his unique take on children‘s stories: Instead of the overly simplistic and sometimes dry tales that characterized the genre in the Victorian age, Carroll...

  Engels | 2 uur 40 minuten (124 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Lewis Carrol Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

  Once again, Alice finds herself in a peculiar place. In this sequel to `Alice Adventures in Wonderland‘, Alice has climbed through a mirror and arrived in a world in which everything is reversed, like a reflection – including logic. It makes for another absurdly funny story full of wonder and snark that, like the first book, never talks down to its young audience. The popular Tim Burton movie, `Alice in Wonderland‘ (2010), starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway, to name is...

  Engels | 3 uur 6 minuten (139 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill

  Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action film...

  Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (273 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  The town of Sleepy Hollow is told to be haunted by a headless huntsman. Ichabod Crane, a lanky, superstitious schoolmaster in the little town competes for the hand of young Katrina Van Tassel. But the morning after the Van Tassel’s harvest party, someone has disappeared... Among the countless adaptions of Irving's gothic Halloween classic, Disney’s animated "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" stands out, as well as Tim Burton’s 1999 "Sleepy Hollow" starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. ...

  Engels | 1 uur 22 minuten (62 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  "True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..." Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside, and when she walks out the front door again, she finds that she is not in Kansas anymore. She is in the mysterious lands of Oz. Along with her new friends, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion, she sets out to find the Wizard, who is said to know how to get her home. But the Wicked Witch of the West has other plans for her....

  Engels | 4 uur 4 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin

  The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great great grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature,...

  Engels | 5 uur 5 minuten (239 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Simone van der Vlugt Rode sneeuw in december

  Historische roman tegen de achtergrond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Het is 1552, de vooravond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Lideweij Feelinck krijgt een relatie met de jonge arts Andries Griffioen, aanhanger van het protestantisme. Om met hem te kunnen trouwen trotseert ze de wil van haar vader, die met haar breekt en haar onterft. Het jonge stel vestigt zich in Breda, waar ze een nauwe band krijgen met prins Willem van Oranje. Maar het politieke klimaat verandert, het protestantisme wint terrein...

  Nederlands | 14 uur 2 minuten (808 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2016

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• Wouter Godijn Meneer L. en het meisje

  De achtjarige Wout wordt ’s nachts wakker gemaakt door Katja, een mysterieus meisje uit zijn klas. Ze neemt hem mee om de raadselachtige Meneer L. uit te schakelen om zo het kwaad in de wereld te bestrijden. De twee verdwijnen in de nacht, en de queeste begint. Blootgesteld aan zware beproevingen en levensbedreigende ontberingen doorstaan zij een avontuur dat de vormen aanneemt van fantasy. Sagen, legenden en mythologie versmelten tot één geheel. Meneer L. en het meisje is een roman die zich laat...

  Nederlands | ePub2, 6,6 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2024

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• Garvin Pouw Schemersterren

  Het doek valt voor Azeria. De Hèridath versnelt haar plannen om het koninkrijk Gashdan in te nemen middels een nieuwe invasie van satar. Wie kan haar tegenhouden? Van de drie die ooit waren ontboden naar het eerste eiland verkeert niemand nog in een gunstige positie. Verdwenen in de diepte, gevangen door een draak... Voordat Vohan terugkeert van Imrochran is het wellicht te laat. Is redding mogelijk zonder hulp van buitenaf of is de verduistering van het Noordland onafwendbaar? Het uur van de Schemersterren...

  Nederlands | 504 pagina's (ePub3, 5,7 MB) | Godijn Publishing, Hoorn nh | 2024

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• Marieke Pallada Scherf van licht

  We kunnen alles in ons leven zo mooi plannen, maar wie zegt dat het ook gebeurt? Marieke had hele andere dingen voor ogen dan boeken schrijven. Toch is het haar grootste doel geworden om het verhaal van Stefan, Or en Myra met de wereld te delen. Na het goede ontvangst van haar debuut Steen der Schaduwen, het eerste deel in de serie Sleutels van het Lot, heeft Marieke dit tweede deel met veel plezier geschreven. ‘Het dovende licht zal de era van de duistere Ware inluiden.’ – Uit de voorspellingen...

  Nederlands | 249 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Zilverbron, Naaldwijk | 2024

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