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Oscar Wilde A House of Pomegranates
Oscar Wilde supposedly said that these fables were "intended neither for the British child nor the British public". A follow-up to his first popular fairy-tale collection (‘The Happy Prince and Other Tales’), ‘A House of Pomegranates’ (1891) is indeed decidedly darker and more adult. The collection includes "The Young King", "The Birthday of the Infanta, "The Fisherman of his Soul", and "The Star Child". While similar, in some ways, to the fairy-tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm...
Engels | 3 uur 26 minuten (156 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed Old Rose and Silver
Old Rose and Silver is a novel by Myrtle Reed first published in 1909. The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbour Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other characters that help shape their lives in significant ways are the Crosby twins, unconventional and uninhibited youths that set society at naught, and an unconventional doctor who specializes...
Engels | 7 uur 34 minuten (339 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Minna Howard A Winter Affair
A wonderful warm, seasonal treat, whisking you on a magical adventure to the Swiss Alps. Full of food, laughter and fun. Perfect for the fans of Trisha Ashley. With a recent divorce and empty nest Eloise Brandon is facing Christmas alone until a harried phone call from her godfather changes everything. Accepting his challenge, Eloise finds herself en-route to Verbier and to her godfather's chalet in the beautiful Swiss Alps to help cater for some seriously rich, high rolling guests. What ensues...
Engels | 8 uur 33 minuten (380 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Celia Hayes Don't Marry Thomas Clarke
A feel-good romance. Sometimes true love can be found where you least expect it... Perfect for the fans of Mhairi McFarlene and Fiona Gibson. Thomas Clark is a wealthy aristocrat. Sandy Price was the girl next door. They grew up spending their summer holidays on the same country estate, but Sandy couldn't stand Thomas and he hasn't crossed her mind since. Years later, an unexpected turn of events brings Thomas back into her life. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Thomas is set to inherit...
Engels | 8 uur 57 minuten (393 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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R.D. Shah The Fallen
From bastions of freedom... to fallen saints. DSV, the elite secret service tasked with fighting Daedalus, the descendants of the Nazis, are winning. They have captured more of their agents and assets in the past six months than in the previous twenty years, and the plans for a Fourth Reich appear to be crumbling. But all is not as it seems. A whistleblower has identified a mole high up in the DSV hierarchy. But more worrying still is the identity of that informant... ruthless Daedalus commander...
Engels | 10 uur 40 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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R.D. Shah Project Icarus
An old enemy, a new threat, and a secret that could tear the world apart. Hostage negotiator Ethan Munroe is called urgently to a developing crime scene. A serial killer is holding a young girl hostage, and, inexplicably, demands his attendance. Events quickly spiral out of control, and the security of Ethan's life is stripped away, as he is thrown headlong into a perilous world of deception, espionage and danger, lurking deep within the shadows of political power. Ethan will discover things about...
Engels | 10 uur 47 minuten (475 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lilac Mills Waste Not, Want Not in Applewell
George can’t throw anything away. But he’s in danger of throwing away a chance at love. George Nightingale is a hoarder with a house full of junk. For years he’s kept it a secret, rarely leaving his house and keeping social interactions to a minimum, but his carefully balanced system is now under threat... Nessa Millbrook can’t wait to get settled into her new home in quaint, rural Applewell. Everyone in the village is so friendly – except her neighbour, George, who wants nothing to do with her....
Engels | 9 uur 11 minuten (409 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lina Wolff Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs
At a run-down brothel in Caudal, Spain, the prostitutes are collecting stray dogs. Each is named after a famous male writer: Dante, Chaucer, and Bret Easton Ellis. When a john is cruel, the dogs are fed rotten meat. To the east, in Barcelona, an unflappable teenage girl is endeavouring to trace the peculiarities of her life back to one woman: Alba Camb, writer of violent short stories, who left Caudal as a girl and never went back. Mordantly funny, dryly sensual, written with a staggering lightness...
Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (434 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Phoebe Walker Temper
"There’s a gap where my sense of place should be. It’s quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me to sit on the cusp of an opinion." Following a move to the Netherlands, a young woman dissects the developments of her new life: awkward exchanges with the people she meets, days spent alone freelancing in her apartment, her confrontation with boredom and unease. In her newfound isolation, she develops an unusual friendship with Colette, a woman she neither likes nor can keep away from. As her feelings...
Engels | 4 uur 25 minuten (192 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Michael Katz Krefeld Beast in the Night - An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller
Justice may not be enough... Amidst a spree of violent murders targeting women in Denmark, Police Commissioner Cecilie Mars is pulled into the shadows of a hidden underworld. Tracing these heinous acts back to a long-forgotten rape, Mars is pointed towards a sinister group of men bound by a deep hatred for women: incels. As her relentless approach earns her foes within the police force and at home, Mars quickly becomes the target of the very rage she's hunting... A gripping scandi-noir exploring...
Engels | 8 uur 25 minuten (380 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Michael Katz Krefeld Darkness Calls
An Inspector Cecilie Mars Thriller
IF HE EXPOSES HER, SHE'LL LOSE EVERYTHING! Late one night, newly promoted Inspector Cecilie Mars makes a fatal choice that has far-reaching consequences. Her misstep has been captured on film, and now an anonymous figure threatens to reveal everything unless she follows their cunning plan. Drawn into a sinister scheme involving blackmailing and vigilantism, Cecilie is forced to consider just how far she is willing to go to ensure justice. At the same time, it slowly dawns on her that the unknown...
Engels | 8 uur 45 minuten (399 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Teresa F. Morgan Mistletoe at the Manor
A heart-warming Christmas romance set in Cornwall! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Victoria Walters, Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley... Can Beth learn to open her heart this Christmas...? Between setting up her boutique and raising her six-year-old son, single mum Beth Sterling has little time for romance. When she moves her business into a cosy converted stable on the scenic Trenouth Estate, she finds herself clashing with the handsome but aloof owner of the estate, Tristan Trenouth. When...
Engels | 8 uur 29 minuten (378 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Shirley Day Reap What You Sow
Everyone has a price... In pursuit of a golden writing opportunity, Sophie leaves her ex-boyfriend to pen the life story of elusive billionaire Tim Henderson, a visionary in the early days of fertility treatment. On his secluded Greek island, she stumbles upon an ancient labyrinth, its dark history steeped in old myths and chilling legends. But the island's present is even more menacing... Entrapped in Henderson's delusional trap, can Sophie find a way out of before her future is destroyed? ...
Engels | 11 uur 44 minuten (516 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Mechtild Borrmann Oorlogskind
De jonge Hanno Dietz probeert vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog samen met zijn moeder en zusje te overleven in het platgebombardeerde Hamburg. Stenen houwen, brandhout en oud ijzer verzamelen tussen het puin, gevonden spullen verhandelen op de zwarte markt – het is zijn dagelijks bestaan. Maar op een dag vindt hij tussen het puin een dode vrouw. En vlak bij haar een jongetje van een jaar of drie, in opvallend nette kleding. Het kind praat niet, en er is niemand die bij hem hoort. Hanno neemt hem mee...
Nederlands | 7 uur 53 minuten (454 MB) | AW Bruna, Amsterdam | 2018
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Martin Michael Driessen De pelikaan
Andrej is postbode in een slaperig stadje aan de Adriatische kust in communistisch Joegoslavië. Josip is verantwoordelijk voor de kabeltrein naar het heldenmonument boven op de heuvel. Hij is ongelukkig getrouwd en houdt er een minnares op na. Amateurfotograaf Andrej weet beelden van een amoureuze ontmoeting vast te leggen en begint Josip ermee te chanteren. Kort hierna ontdekt Josip dat postbode Andrej brieven open stoomt en geld steelt. Om aan de verwachtingen van zijn onbekende chanteur te voldoen...
Nederlands | 5 uur 58 minuten (516 MB) | Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2018
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Susan Barrie Moon at the Full
When Stephanie Blair was offered an opportunity to stay at a Parisian flat by Lione Daly, she had no idea what kind of adventures awaited her. When she met the owner of the flat, the dark and handsome Léon de Courvalles – a count, no less – she was pleased to oblige his request to accompany him on a cruise with three women he was courting. As they cruise the oceans, Stephanie meets with unforgettable trouble, intrigue and romance. The 20th-century story written by Susan Barrie, a pseudonym of the...
Engels | 5 uur 33 minuten (243 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Coen Verbraak Israël
De zoektocht naar het beloofde land
75 jaar geleden werd de staat Israël gesticht. Ter gelegenheid daarvan sprak Coen Verbraak met een breed palet aan mensen; van jong tot oud, bekend en onbekend. Maar allemaal hebben ze diezelfde liefde voor Israël. Waarom gingen ze er wonen? En waarom keerden sommigen toch weer terug? Sta je als Joodse Nederlander per definitie aan de kant van Israël, of is dat geen vanzelfsprekendheid? Verbraak tekent verhalen op over hoopvolle tijden en bange dagen. Hij spreekt getuigen van de Zesdaagse Oorlog,...
Nederlands | 5 uur 38 minuten (324 MB) | Alfabet uitgevers, Utrecht | 2023
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Peter de Ruiter Je band met Nederland TEASER - Verhuisd naar Koeweit (Judith Spiegel)
Voor liefhebbers van 'Ik vertrek', 'Erica op reis' en de programma's van Floortje Dessing. Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. Wat is hun verhaal? En in hoeverre voelen ze zich nog verbonden met Nederland? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Judith Spiegel (53) woont sinds 2014 in Koeweit, nadat ze eerder lange tijd in Jemen verbleef....
Nederlands | 23 minuten (17 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Peter de Ruiter Je band met Nederland - Verhuisd naar Spanje (Formy & Jaap)
Voor liefhebbers van 'Ik vertrek', 'Erica op reis' en de programma's van Floortje Dessing. Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. Wat is hun verhaal? En in hoeverre voelen ze zich nog verbonden met Nederland? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Formy en Jaap, beiden rond de 60, wonen sinds 2011 in Spanje. Daar werkten ze 4,5 jaar...
Nederlands | 46 minuten (34 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Peter de Ruiter Je band met Nederland - Verhuisd uit Duitsland (Lutz Müller-Kirsch)
Voor liefhebbers van 'Ik vertrek', 'Erica op reis' en de programma's van Floortje Dessing. Wat valt op, als je als buitenlander naar Nederland verhuist? Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? Dit is hun verhaal. In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Lutz Müller-Kirsch uit Berlijn komt...
Nederlands | 44 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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