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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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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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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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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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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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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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Philibert Schogt Einde verhaal
roman
Een tweetalig opgevoede vertaler belandt in een identiteitscrisis ten gevolge van een problematische vertaalopdracht.
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 281 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2015
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Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped
Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to sea to be sold as a slave in America. So begins Robert Louis Stevenson‘s adventure novel, Kidnapped (1886), a breathlessly exciting story for fans of action and suspense, and a story about two very different types of Scotsmen. Robert Louis Stevenson...
Engels | 8 uur 8 minuten (371 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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Louis Couperus Psyche
Psyche is based on Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche. It tells us about the king's daughter of that name and her two sisters, Emeralda and Astra. After the death of their father, Emeralda, the eldest sister, ascends to the throne of the Kingdom of the Past. Fearing her unscrupulous sibling, Psyche flees the castle on the back of the flying steed Chimera. She plunges into the unknown world outside the castle walls. On her magical journey she comes into contact with a Satyr, the Sphinx, weeps a river,...
Fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 24 MB) | Reith|Hendriks & partners, Rotterdam | 2021
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Dimitri Verhulst Spoo Pee Doo
Europe is burning, while we casually order another drink. Do we defend our freedoms or our appetite? On the clash of religious fanaticism and freedom, from whatever. Terror isn't blind, in fact it has its sights set on what the West has built. Europe shakes and trembles, feels suddenly transported by a revival of religious fanaticism back to an age that seemed to have been put to bed forever. Did we feed those monsters ourselves? The urgent need for answers and solutions meets no response. Despite...
Fictie
Engels | 93 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2016
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Esther J. Ending Ibiza's child
IBIZA, THE EIGHTIES. At the dawn of the techno and ecstasy era a lonely teenager sees her world going into a tailspin. Marianne, born on the island to a hippie mother and a drug dealing father, is trying to keep the pieces of her life together while one of her parents is in prison in Liverpool and the other is chasing her spiritual endeavours. When an officer from the notorious Guardia Civil offers her a ride and shelter, Marianne becomes deeply fascinated by him. Embarking on a vodka and drug fueled...
Fictie
Engels | ePub | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2016
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Saskia Noort Stromboli
a novel
Hundreds of thousands of readers enjoy the joined column by writers' couple Sara and Karel on a daily basis, where they report openly about their life as a family. But behind this facade of their bohemian lifestyle a daily life filled with envy, resentment and even violence is festering. After another nocturnal escalation it's game over: Sara decides to leave Karel. Soon after Sara becomes isolated - nobody wants anything to do with her any longer. In order to get her life back on track she checks...
Fictie
Engels | ePub2 | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2021
E-book
Jan Puylaert | Ilia Chidzey Worldwideforest.com
Save the planet! Want to know how? Read this book. Two brothers inherit their ancestors' farmhouse. Surprising discoveries become the basis of the WorldWideForest.com movement. A very inspiring and intriguing story that deals with our present-day climate problem. This international project was developed by the Dutch/Italian designer-author Jan Puylaert and Australian designer-author Ilia Chidzey and includes designs for eco furniture. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 84 pagina's (ePub2, 3,7 MB) | De Vrije Uitgevers, Nijmegen | 2017
E-book
Patricia Snel The expat
Dutch expat Julia de Rijck uses husband Paul's telescope to spy on Dave across the pool in their luxury Singapore condominium. Despite their mutual attraction there is something about the man that makes Julia uneasy. When Dave's maid, Angelica, dies in suspicious circumstances, Julia gets pulled into a world of secrets and discovers a less visible Singapore of exploitation and prostitution. The Expat is a gripping story of greed, love, infidelity and crime in Singapore. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 223 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Emmy Engberts A blooming spring love
The first flowers each spring bring big changes along with them. Two women, thinking that they are too different, find that those differences don't have to be bad... Dani lost all her dreams in the divorce three years ago, but she's finally saved up enough to live her own dream this time. So, she moves to the island of Schiermonnikoog with her young daughter, Rose, to open a flower shop, ready for a new start in her life. Her heart is still tender, but when she catches a glimpse of her daughter's...
Fictie
Engels | 220 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2021
E-book
Emmy Engberts A card for Valentine's
A brand new teacher at the local primary school, a woman taking care of her mum's book store, two hearts who believe that love and relationships aren't for them. Kara moves to her favourite island, Schiermonnikoog, following the job offer of a lifetime, become a teacher at the only primary school the island has. It's like a dream come true, live on the island, go on long walks with her dog Tys and teach, all in one neat package. But when she spots the beautiful woman at the local book store,...
Fictie
Engels | 208 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2021
E-book
Emmy Engberts Second chance at Christmas
Josie doesn't want to spend yet another Christmas as the only single adult at the family dinner. So, instead, she books a week long holiday to her favourite island, Schiermonnikoog. Ready to spend it doing what she loves doing most, long walks on the beach with her dog and reading novels in front of a fire. What she hasn't counted on is running into her old summer fling, the one girl she could never forget. Sanne is freshly heartbroken, and instead of having to deal with her parents' pitying looks...
Fictie
Engels | 210 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2021
E-book