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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars
Joe Matson has recently moved to Riverside with his family. The wide-awake country boy, who loves baseball, joins the Riverside's local nine and gets the position he wanted — that of pitcher. When not on the diamond, Joe is assisting his father against the foes who are trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the first volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was an American author, who wrote many books for the Stratemeyer Syndicate under various...
Engels | 4 uur 34 minuten (199 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe on the School Nine
"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who loves playing baseball above all. He and his hometown chum Tom Davis enrol in Excelsior Hall and join the school nine. When not on the diamond, Joe is saving lives and assisting his father against the foes who are once trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the second volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 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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Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility (1811) was Jane Austen´s first published novel. When their father dies the Dashwood sisters and their mother find themselves destitute and soon, under the influence of his greedy wife Fanny, their half-brother John forces them out of their home in Sussex and the bereaved women have to move to a distant relative´s cottage in Devonshire. The two oldest sisters Elinor and Marianne struggle with their newfound lower status, as they fall in love and face heartbreak. Elinor is responsible...
Engels | 10 uur 56 minuten (484 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jina Bacarr Het meisje in Parijs
Parijs, 1940. Terwijl de nazi's door de straten van de Franse hoofdstad patrouilleren, is Tiena alleen, wanhopig en op de vlucht. Nadat ze zichzelf heeft verdedigd tegen een brute officier, moet ze een nieuwe identiteit vinden om te overleven. Een toevallige ontmoeting met leden van het verzet is haar redding. Ze krijgt de kans om een nieuwe identiteit aan te nemen als parfumeur Angéline De Cadieux. Angéline zal echter nooit vergeten wat haar is overkomen en zal er alles aan doen om wraak te nemen....
Nederlands | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Boldwood Books, Amsterdam | 2024
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Amy le Feuvre Probable Sons
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and she is sent to live with her bachelor uncle, Sir Edward Wentworth. The latter has no use for children, especially of the female variety, but as the days go by he is warmed by his niece’s bright and endearing personality. She loves to tell him stories from her daily life and of her friends the Maxwells, who live in the forest. Milly is also a fierce believer and this makes her uncle realise just how much he has lost touch with his own...
Engels | 2 uur 7 minuten (94 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy le Feuvre Teddy's Button
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield. He wants to become a soldier just like him. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Nancy is just as selfishly proud as he is and from the beginning, they are enemies. Yet as time passes, they learn to put their prejudices to the side, allowing a new friendship to bloom. Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) war born in Lee, Kent, the daughter of an H. M. Customs surveyor and granddaughter...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (109 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird's Ventures
"'Oh, this indigent family of ours! I certainly must bestir myself and do something to support it,' said Betty Baird, airily, to her mother, yet looking determined, and straightening herself up among the cushions piled high on the broad window-seat in her room." Betty is back home with her parents on Long Islands, when she discovers her father is struggling to pay back the mortgage. She decides to help. But can a young girl in 1907 earn enough money to make a difference? And does Betty have the...
Engels | 6 uur 34 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Booth Tarkington Penrod
Eleven-year-old Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke go on a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis. "Penrod" (1914) chronicles his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. His adventures in pre-World War I Midwest have been likened to those of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain), and this first collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington was followed by two further episodes: "Penrod and Sam" (1916) and "Penrod Jashber" (1929). Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American...
Engels | 5 uur 58 minuten (264 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Dragon's Secret
Sixteen-year-old Leslie has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to her ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. But one day, her dog digs up a metal box with an engraved dragon on it. This will lead Leslie not only to a mystery but also to a new friend. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of...
Engels | 3 uur 25 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Kristien Dieltiens Carlota, de vrouw die rozen at
Ze noemde zichzelf Carlota. Ze was de vrouw die rozen at. Carlota is beter gekend als Charlotte van België, dochter van koning Leopold I.Ze was ook de vrouw die plichtsbewust haar lotsbestemming volgde, en een leven lang op zoek was naar liefde. Die denkt ze te vinden bij Maximiliaan, aartshertog van Oostenrijk. Samen met Max reist ze naar Mexico om daar als keizerin haar nieuwe rijk te dienen. Maar de revolutie woedt, het gevaar is overal en als ze de oorlog dreigen te verliezen, reist Carlota...
Nederlands | 472 pagina's (ePub2, 3,9 MB) | Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, Edegem | 2023
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Booth Tarkington Penrod and Sam
"During the daylight hours of several autumn Saturdays there had been severe outbreaks of cavalry in the Schofield neighbourhood. The sabres were of wood; the steeds were imaginary, and both were employed in a game." "Penrod and Sam" (1916) is the sequel to "Penrod" (1914). Set before World War One, it focuses on Penrod Schofield and his best friend Sam Williams as they go on hilarious adventures. Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. Originally from Indianapolis,...
Engels | 6 uur 27 minuten (283 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Girl Next Door
Marcia Brett tells her friend Janet that the old, broken-down house next door, which they always thought was empty and abandoned, is apparently not so. An old, veiled woman lives there, and so does a pretty, blond girl of about their age. They discover that this girl, Cicely Marlowe, came to live with old Mrs. Benedict after her mother’s death, but she doesn’t know why, or she is. All she does know is that she must remains mostly unseen, not look out the windows, or talk to anyone. Augusta Huiell...
Engels | 4 uur 12 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | 14 uur 56 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Siobhan Daiko Het meisje uit Venetië
1943 Lidia De Angelis houdt zich gedeisd sinds de wetten van Mussolini haar jeugdliefde en haar van elkaar gescheiden hebben. Wanneer de Duitsers Venetië bezetten, moet ze de stad ontvluchten om haar leven te redden. Lidia sluit zich aan bij de partizanen in de Venetiaanse bergen, waar ze David ontmoet, een Engelse soldaat die voor dezelfde zaak vecht. Terwijl ze steeds meer voor hem gaat voelen, dreigen harde Duitse represailles en haar eigen vurige patriottistische activiteiten hen uit elkaar...
Nederlands | ePub2, 4,1 MB | Boldwood Books, Amsterdam | 2024
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Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom
After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters. But like Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, Rose in Bloom (1876) shows a woman ahead of her time with her own ideas about her future. Besides, who would love Rose for her and not her money? The answer might surprise her. Heart-warming and...
Engels | 8 uur 55 minuten (405 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Miner Thompson The Calico Cat
Solomon has hated the Calico Cat ever since he bought the house in Ellmington and he has tried his very best to drive her away, but with no luck. As he tries once more to get rid of the cat, he triggers a vicious series of events that ends with lies, the arrest of a boy, and a guilty conscience. Charles Miner Thompson (1864-1941) was an American author and journalist, who worked as an editor at the Youth’s Companion, a children’s magazine that ran from 1827 to 1929. Thompson is mostly remembered...
Engels | 2 uur 30 minuten (110 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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