• 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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• 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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• 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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• G. K. Chesterton Eugenics and Other Evils

  "The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all." ‘Eugenics and Other Evils’ (1922) is a magnificent takedown of the entire basis of eugenic thought – the idea that controlled breeding will improve the human population. But it is about far more than eugenics: it is about how evil succeeds...

  Engels | 5 uur 13 minuten (235 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• F. Scott Fitzgerald Flappers and Philosophers

  Bernice is turned into a proper society girl by her more desirable cousin, who feels Bernice is a drag on her social life. But when Bernice starts to win over all the boys in town, the girls turn viciously against each other. Based on letters F. Scott Fitzgerald originally sent to his little sister advising her on how to be more attractive to men, ‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’ is one of eight vivid stories in Fitzgerald’s first short story collection. In another, ‘The Off-Shore Pirate’, a girl gets captured...

  Engels | 6 uur 50 minuten (316 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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• Anna Katharine Green The Amethyst Box

  On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole the poison and stop them before they use it. ‘The Amethyst Box’ (1905) is a short story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a suspenseful "whodunit" with a dash of romance, which concludes thoroughly...

  Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (132 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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