• Robert Matzen Audrey Hepburn - Het Nederlandse meisje

  Audrey Hepburn: haar tijd in Nederland tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog

  Audrey Hepburn is nog altijd een van de meest geliefde Hollywoodsterren, maar geen enkele van de over haar geschreven biografieën beschrijft haar intense ervaringen tijdens de vijfjarige bezetting van Nederland. Tijdens de oorlog nam Hepburn deel aan het verzet, assisteerde ze dokters bij de Slag om Arnhem en maakte ze de Hongerwinter van 1944 door. Maar de oorlogsjaren brachten ook overwinningen mee: ze werd de beroemdste ballerina van Arnhem. Audrey's eigen herinneringen, interviews met bekenden,...

  Nederlands | 11 uur 16 minuten (973 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2019

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• Elizabeth Jane Howard Verwarring

  In ‘Verwarring’ van Elizabeth Jane Howard staan de lange, donkere jaren van de oorlog centraal, met voedselschaarste, de constante dreiging vanuit de lucht, berichten van gesneuvelde vrienden en geliefden. De chaos op het wereldtoneel wordt weerspiegeld in de turbulente privélevens van de Cazalets, die de oorlog grotendeels doorbrengen op het familielandgoed Home Place. Tot ieders verbazing stort de eigenzinnige Louise zich in een ongelukkig huwelijk met de veel oudere, ambitieuze Michael – die...

  Nederlands | 17 uur 21 minuten (1000 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2018

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• Elizabeth Jane Howard Lichte jaren

  De nadagen van het victoriaanse Engeland en de eerste onzekere jaren na het einde van de oorlog vormen de achtergrond van de vijfdelige ‘Cazalet-kronieken’ van Elizabeth Jane Howard, die de periode 1937-1947omspannen. Deel 1, ‘Lichte jaren’, begint eind jaren dertig, in de laatste gouden jaren voor het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. In de zomermaanden komen drie generaties van de familie Cazalet bij elkaar op hun familielandgoed vlak buiten Londen. Ze vullen hun dagen met kinderspelletjes...

  Nederlands | 18 uur 54 minuten (1089 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2018

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• Elizabeth Jane Howard Aftellen

  In ‘Aftellen’, het tweede deel in de Cazalet-serie van Jane Howard, schrijven we 1939, Hitler is net Polen binnengevallen. De vrouwen en kinderen Cazalet worden geëvacueerd naar Home Place. De idyllische tijd van spelletjes en uitgebreide feestmalen is voorbij. De tienermeisjes Louise, Polly en Clary worden snel volwassen onder invloed van zowel de omstandigheden op het wereldtoneel als de gebeurtenissen in hun eigen leven. Voor hun ouders verandert alles door de oorlog. Edward meldt zich bij de...

  Nederlands | 20 uur 26 minuten (1177 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2018

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• Martin Österdahl Vraag niet om genade

  Pashie, een jonge vrouw die in Rusland werkt voor de Zweedse organisatie Vektor, verdwijnt spoorloos uit Sint-Petersburg. Op datzelfde moment vindt er een cyberaanval plaats op het telefoonnetwerk in Stockholm, waardoor de veiligheid van Zweden in gevaar komt. Pashies geliefde en collega Max Anger reist af naar Sint-Petersburg om uit te zoeken wat er met haar gebeurd is. Veel tijd heeft hij niet: hij weet dat de kans dat ze het niet overleeft met de minuut groter wordt. Pashie is namelijk op het...

  Nederlands | 13 uur 21 minuten (769 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2018

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• Anthony Doerr Als je het licht niet kunt zien

  Anthony Doerr beziet de wereld door de ogen van een wetenschapper, maar schrijft als een dichter. Hij weet overal van af - radio's, diamanten, schelpen, vogels, bloemen, sloten, geweren. Zijn prachtige zinnen en onvergetelijke metaforen zijn zo beeldend dat je voor altijd anders gaat denken over de ontelbare facetten van het leven. Als je het licht niet kunt zien is razend spannend en gedurfd van opzet, een roman waarvan je geniet, slaaptekort oploopt en zou willen dat al je vrienden het onmiddellijk...

  Nederlands | 16 uur 26 minuten (1420 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2018

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• F. Scott. Fitzgerald The Beautiful and Damned 

  Anthony does not want to work. Why should he? He gets by comfortably on his allowance and once his grandfather dies he will inherit so much that he never needs to think about money again. When he falls in love with the beautiful Gloria and they become part of the wild party scene of New York, it seems that Anthony has made it. But his grandfather’s will is just around the corner and it is about to blow up their lives in a way they could never have foreseen. One of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most accomplished...

  Engels | 12 uur 53 minuten (592 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan

  Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...

  Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan

  This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...

  Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Katherine Mansfield In a German Pension

  Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour, she depicts a German upper middle class defined by their rude habits, but she also touches upon the hard life of servants and the oppression of women. The latter distinguishes her writing from that of Jane Austen, but the way in which Mansfield mocks the stiff-upper-lipped ladies and Barons of these...

  Engels | 3 uur 35 minuten (163 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess

  Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father’s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant. Despite being used to luxury, Sara quickly adjusts to her new life and never stops being kind and polite to everyone. Little does she now that someone out there is looking for her, and they might be much closer than they think. Author Frances Eliza...

  Engels | 7 uur 30 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Jack London The Call of the Wild

  The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. He eventually sheds the veneer of civilization altogether and instead relies on primordial instincts...

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

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• 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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• Laura Lee Hope The Moving Picture Girls

  Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly hoarse and he loses the role. Despite voice rest and medical treatment, Mr. DeVere's voice fails to improve, and it is impossible to find theatre work. A friend and neighbour in their apartment building suggests that Mr. DeVere tries acting in the moving...

  Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Laura Lee Hope Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue

  This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6 year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5 year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series were published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1916 1930. Laura Lee Hope was a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famously associated with the Bobbsey Twins children's novels. Created by Edward Stratemeyer, the Stratemeyer...

  Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (197 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edith Wharton Summer

  Charity Royall is a 19-year-old girl, bored with her life in a small New England town. Ever since she was adopted by Mr. Royall as a child and saved from a life of poverty on the "mountain", she has been unsure of her place in society. She longs to escape the claustrophobic town and the now widowed Mr. Royall’s unwanted advances. Enter Lucius Harney, sophisticated architect and ambitious city boy. Suddenly, Charity's hopes of escape awaken, as well as her newly found sexuality. But will Lucius Harney...

  Engels | 5 uur 41 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edith Wharton Ethan Frome

  "It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock." Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself. ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full...

  Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• G. K. Chesterton The Trees of Pride

  Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees? Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most prolific English writers of all time. He wrote poems, plays, essays, newspaper...

  Engels | 2 uur 15 minuten (107 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Edgar Wallace The Secret House

  A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day. When two men are found shot to death outside the door of Mr. Farrington the millionaire who just happens to live a few doors from T. B. Smith, the head of the secret police,...

  Engels | 5 uur 44 minuten (258 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

  "Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it." When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to England to live with her absent uncle. When she discovers a secret garden, and starts to tend to it, like the flowers, she comes to life. One day she hears a cry from within the mansion, and soon learns that she is not the only one in need of some fresh air. `The Secret Garden‘ (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is among the most...

  Engels | 6 uur 55 minuten (308 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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