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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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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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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Susan Coolidge What Katy Did
"To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy." Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cousin comes to visit, Katy‘s resolution to change only lasts a few hours. But soon she will have much more in common with her cousin than she wished and it will confine her to her room perhaps forever. Will it make her finally able to uphold her promise?...
Engels | 4 uur 35 minuten (212 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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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 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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Elizabeth Gaskell The Grey Woman
Anna, a German mill-owner‘s daughter, marries a French aristocrat and moves to France. She discovers that her husband killed his previous wife and that he is trying to kill her as well. Quick, intriguing, and with an extremely interesting plot, `The Grey Woman‘ (1861) is a short story by Elizabeth Gaskell for anyone who enjoys a good gothic shudder. Incredibly progressive for its time, it is about the survival of the ill-treated woman who has decided that enough is enough. Elizabeth Cleghorn...
Engels | 2 uur 12 minuten (101 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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G. A. Henty On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War
As the first Anglo-Burmese War is raging, a young man, Stanley, finds himself involved. Set in early nineteenth century India and Burma, "On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War" is an exciting adventure, loaded with historical detail. G. A. Henty (1832-1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent, best known for his historical adventure stories. His works include "The Dragon & The Raven" (1886), "For The Temple" (1888), "Under Drake's Flag" (1883) and "In Freedom's Cause" (1885)....
Engels | 8 uur 42 minuten (398 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Poison Belt
"Bring oxygen – Challenger." The gang from `The Lost World‘ is back together, but the reunion is much more dramatic than they had hoped. As Professor Challenger has predicted, the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether and their only chance of survival is joining him in his house and watch the whole shebang go down together. Though very different from the first in the series, `The Poison Belt` (1913) is equally interesting and can be enjoyed in its own right. Like in his Sherlock Holmes series...
Engels | 3 uur 18 minuten (150 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Frances Hodgson Burnett In the Closed Room
One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants’ apartments, the girl sets out to explore the house. A single room is locked, however, but for some reason the girl has access to it. Inside, she meets another little girl ... just as delicate as herself ... ’In the Closed Room’ (1904) is an eerie ghost story by the author of...
Engels | 1 uur 16 minuten (57 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...
Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery
When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Holly Hepburn Bioscoop aan zee
Bioscoop aan zee is een heerlijke feelgood romance van bestsellerauteur van Holly Hepburn. Met een betoverend uitzicht over de glinsterende zee van Cornwall was de lokale bioscoop ooit de place to be. Maar die gloriedagen zijn al lang voorbij. Wanneer Gina terugverhuist naar haar geboorteplaats besluit ze het filmhuis in zijn oude luster te herstellen. Ze gaat samenwerken met Ben, de plaatselijke restaurator met wie ze een verleden deelt, en oude gevoelens komen weer boven. Maar ze ontdekt dat...
Nederlands | 328 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Heartbeat, Amsterdam | 2023
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Annika Martin Meest begeerde miljardair
Op Manhattan gebeuren de raarste dingen, en wat Vicky meemaakt is wel héél vreemd. De oude Bernadette denkt dat Vicky een hondenfluisteraar is en smeekt haar om te vertellen wat haar schattige hondje Smuckers te zeggen heeft. Vicky wil dat niet, maar gaat uiteindelijk overstag als ze ziet dat Smuckers haar hulp kan gebruiken. Dan overlijdt Bernadette. De eigenzinnige dame vertrouwde haar familie niet en heeft daarom haar aandeel in het miljardenbedrijf Locke Worldwide nagelaten aan... Smuckers....
Fictie
Nederlands | 250 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | April Books, [Hilversum] | 2022
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Elena Passarello De spreeuw van Mozart
en andere legendarische dieren
Dieren spreken zo tot onze verbeelding dat ze doordringen tot de culturele canon. Zoals de tamme spreeuw die Mozart inspireerde tot twee pianoconcerten, de wolf die vriendschap sloot met de heilige Franciscus van Assisi, of Harriet, de reuzenschildpad die Darwin tijdens zijn reis met de Beagle van de Galapagoseilanden meebracht en die daarna nog zo’n 170 jaar zou hebben geleefd. In dit geestige en speelse boek wekt Elena Passarello zeventien legendarische dieren tot leven. Daarbij verweeft ze wetenschap...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 224 pagina's (ePub2) | Thomas Rap, Amsterdam | 2021
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Carl Frode Tiller Het begin
‘Carl Frode Tiller is een van de grote kanonnen van de hedendaagse Noorse literatuur, maar tamelijk bescheiden in de openbaarheid en bij ons veel minder bekend dan bijvoorbeeld Karl Ove Knausgaard en Linn Ullman, ook al is zijn roman Het begin een waar meesterwerk.’ – De Deense krant Weekendavisen Milieubeschermer Terje wordt in zijn ziekenhuisbed omringd door degenen die het dichtst bij hem staan: zijn moeder, zijn zus, zijn vrouw en zijn dochter. Vanaf hier voert het verhaal de lezer mee terug...
Nederlands | 344 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Oevers, Zaandam | 2022
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Rineke van Houten Dichter van de droge naald
Frank Lodeizen 1931-2013
Verhalende biografie van de beeldend kunstenaar Frank Lodeizen (1931-2015).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 214 pagina's (ePub2, 7,1 MB) | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2017
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Lieke Marsman Het tegenovergestelde van een mens
roman
Nog nooit verscheen er een roman als ‘Het tegenovergestelde van een mens’. Lieke Marsman kantelt onze ideeën over klimaatverandering en identiteit op een manier die duizelig maakt. Lieke Marsman in ‘Het tegenovergestelde van een mens’: “Waar het op neerkomt is dat de mensheid als geheel ook eenzaam is. We kunnen er niet tegen dat er niemand iets terugzegt, dat we nog altijd geen dieren hebben horen praten – ja, misschien zo nu en dan in de vorm van het schrille gegil dat onze slachthuizen vult,...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,9 MB | Pluim, Amsterdam | 2022
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