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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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Ambrose Bierce Can Such Things Be?

"Can Such Things Be?" is a thrillingly creepy collection of short stories from one of the 19th century’s masters of horror. Sit yourself by a campfire or candlelight and enjoy these 24 eerie stories, told in Bierce’s witty, clear prose, filled with ghosts, apparitions, doppelgängers, grave robbers, death omens and other strange, inexplicable occurrences. The story of "The Damned Thing" has appeared in the tv show "Masters of Horror", while "Haïta the Shepherd" and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" have...

Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (340 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 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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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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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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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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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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Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur

Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur‘s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom,...

Engels | 11 uur 43 minuten (526 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Kathy Reichs Firalen

In magysk en tige spannend fantasyferhaal yn it sjenre young adult fiction fan de hân fan de populêre skriuwster Kathy Reichs. In wolk luts foar de sinne del en smiet in skaad oer de lytse romte dêr’t ik op ’e knibbels siet. Imerkes tsjirpten op ferburgen plakken. It swit plakte myn shirt oan myn rêch fêst. Neat kaam by my binnen. Myn geast siet kompleet fêst oan dy lytse brune foarwerpen foar my. Ik twong mysels om de wierheid ûnder eagen te sjen. Ik hie de bonkjes fan in minsklike hân...

Westerlauwers Fries | 12 uur 22 minuten (653 MB) | Elikser, Easterwierrum | 2016

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J.R.R. Tolkien De Hobbit

Oersetten troch Anne Tjerk Popkema

Let op: dit luisterboek is Friestalig. It tiidleaze mearke fan Bilbo Balsma, in fatsoenlike hobbit dy't ynbrekker wurdt en yn sân hasten mei trettjin dwergen en de tsjoender Gandalf op 'en paad moat om in legindaryske dwergeskat ûnder de wjukken fan in grimmitige draak wei te stellen. Ûnder de lange reis nei de Berch fan de Draak komt it selskip troch bergen en bosken, oer richels en rivieren. Hja befjochtsje trollen, ierdmannen, spinnen en wolven yn 'e mande mei elven, minsken, earnen en bearen....

Westerlauwers Fries | 8 uur 39 minuten (567 MB) | Elikser, Easterwierrum | 2011

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