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Brahma Khumaris Samay Ki Pukar
"Samay Ki Pukar" is a collection of Hindi devotional poetry, sung with music. Discover it’s magic and let your mind be transported to a different world. Even if you don’t speak Hindi, your mood will be instantly lifted by those happy, sunny tunes. The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is an international organisation working at all levels of society for positive change. Established in 1937 it now carries out a wide range of educational programmes for the development of human and spiritual...
Engels | 36 minuten (28 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Marta Altés I am an artist
Een kleine jongen (ik-figuur) kan niet ophouden met kunst scheppen: de spiegel, muren, kleding en de kat zijn allemaal potentiële kunstwerken. Maar of zijn moeder daar zo blij mee is... Prentenboek met kleurrijke illustraties. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 32 pagina's | Macmillan Children's Books, London | 2014
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William Shakespeare Othello by Shakespeare, a Summary of the Play
Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's best dramatist. His plays have been translated into every major language, and are the most performed ever. His work contains stunningly modern insight, witty jokes and soaring passion; it is an endless source of amazement and inspiration. We have selected for you the best quotes ever written by one of the greatest literary figures to have ever walked on earth, from Hamlet to Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet to the Tempest,...
Engels | 17 minuten (12 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Ted van Lieshout 4
Bij 25 kunstwerken uit het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam staan getallen, veelvouden van 4. Je moet iets tellen, maar wat? Vanaf ca. 7 jaar.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 64 pagina's | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | 2008
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Jeffrey Archer A Prison Diary II - Purgatory
Long days of boredom in confinement, the general inefficiency of prison bureaucracy and a critically over-stretched prison service. The tediousness of prison life kicks in for prisoner FF8282, also known as author Jeffrey Archer, in the second volume of his best-selling series The Prison Diaries. Still his fellow inmates show inspiring spirit and courage, amid an otherwise gloomy prison landscape, revealing that even in the darkest hours light can always be found. In 2001 August 9th, Jeffrey Archer...
Engels | 7 uur 27 minuten (340 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jeffrey Archer A Prison Diary III - Heaven
A flicker of light almost appears at the end of the tunnel for prisoner FF8282, as he is transferred to North Sea Camp near Boston, Lincolnshire, a D-category prison. Under a less strict regime, the prisoners can enjoy a more relaxed set of rules, while slowly preparing to someday rejoin the world outside the walls. However, a minor breach of conditions gets him sent off to the notorious HMP Lincoln facility for twenty-two days, where more traumatic experiences await. "Heaven" is the third book...
Engels | 9 uur 38 minuten (460 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jeffrey Archer A Prison Diary I - Hell
Prisoner FF8282 gazes out from confinement on what he deems must be a glorious summer’s day, rays of sunlight bursting through the barred windows of his cell. Within the thick prison walls separating society from its dangerous criminals, a multitude of harrowing fates unfold, seldomly explored by the public. First-time offenders thrown in cells with hardened criminals, several inmates becoming heroin addicts and a system riddled with flaws. However, even in prison the sunlight cannot be kept out....
Engels | 7 uur 5 minuten (312 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Charmian Clift Mermaid Singing
In 1954 Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, with children in tow, left grey post-war London for Greece. Mermaid Singing details the culture shock and sheer delight of their first year on the tiny sponge-fishing island of Kalymnos. Clift paints an evocative picture of the characters and sun-drenched rhythms of traditional life, long before mass tourism descended. A travel writing classic, available for the first time in twenty years with a new introduction by Polly Samson. "Mermaid...
Engels | 8 uur 16 minuten (361 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Melanie Florence Dreaming in color
De kunstzinnige Jen komt op een highschool met veel aandacht voor kunst maar krijgt met pesterijen te maken vanwege haar Indiaase afkomst. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 120 pagina's | Orca Book Publishers, [Victoria, BC] | 2020
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Eric Carle The artist who painted a blue horse
Een kunstenaar voelt zich vrij om zijn eigen kleuren te kiezen en schildert een blauw paard, een rode krokodil, een paarse vos en zelfs een gestippelde ezel! Prentenboek met grote, kleurrijke illustraties in collagetechniek. Vanaf ca. 3 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 26 pagina's | Puffin, London [etc.] | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Anna Bridgwater Sister on Borrowed Time
In November 2005 a young woman, Margaret, dies of leukemia. In this moving and personal book Margaret’s sister, the journalist and writer Anna Bridgwater, tells about the years leading up to her death – about life as a young woman in Copenhagen, about family, love, heartache and calamities, and about the diagnosis that changed everything. Sister on Borrowed Time is a story about hope and about loving someone with cancer. It is a story about searching for a bone marrow donor in the attempt to cure...
Engels | 4 uur 44 minuten (222 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Marcelle Kellermann A Packhorse Called Rachel
A story of courage, fear, and defiance based on the author's own personal experience. "A Pack Horse Called Rachel" is the remarkable tale of a young woman, half Jewish, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of 1944 France. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, touching lives as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger on a day to day basis. The story is based on personal experience. The description of historical events...
Engels | 5 uur 23 minuten (239 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Sue Chambers A Magical Sense
Sue has been living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 1985. In this very personal audiobook, she explores how MS has affected her, physically and mentally, and provides valuable advice for others in the same position. Throughout the book, Sue's humour comes through making it a life affirming read. It is a must read for anyone affected by MS. A diagnosis of MS was the start of a journey for Sue. This book tells of that journey, from the initial shock of the diagnosis through the education process...
Engels | 5 uur 17 minuten (229 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Ambrose Bierce Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source...
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (73 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Cathy Birchall Touching the World
"Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries. From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picchu (first ever...
Engels | 19 uur 7 minuten (835 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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R. J. Belle After
Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstance. Hear how these incredible men manage to reshape their lives after combat. It also sets these stories within the context of current veteran healthcare, and injury, suicide, and disability statistics, and looks briefly at the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. R. J. Belle...
Engels | 3 uur 41 minuten (160 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Charles Rivers The Earp Brothers
"The Earp Brothers" weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful characters that inhabited the West during the 19th century, the most famous of them all is Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), who has long been regarded as the embodiment of the Wild West. Charles Rivers (Editors) in an independant publisher, which had created...
Engels | 2 uur 46 minuten (123 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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