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Edith Nesbit Five Children and It
A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand-fairy known as the Psammead. The magical being agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day, but those wishes rarely turn out as they expect and they send them on one adventure after the other. Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924) was a British author, activist and poet, who published an extensive amount of children’s books...
Engels | 6 uur 12 minuten (269 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories
Just So stories is a classic of children's literature, and one of Rudyard Kipling's best known books. It was published in 1902, as a collection of the stories he told his daughter Josephine at bedtime; the little girl insisted that the stories be told "just so" or she would wake up and add the missing sentence, eventually making all these stories like charms, effective if untouched. They depict how one animal or another acquired its distinctive features: delight your children with the tale of how...
Engels | 34 minuten (24 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Off with her head!" yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became an instant success, and author Lewis Carroll broke ground with his unique take on children‘s stories: Instead of the overly simplistic and sometimes dry tales that characterized the genre in the Victorian age, Carroll...
Engels | 2 uur 40 minuten (124 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry James What Maisie Knew
`What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of everything Maise‘s parents do. Shuttled back and forth between her selfish mother and her vain father, Maise becomes a weapon in her parents‘ battle, a way for them to intensify their hatred of each other. Like Charles Dickens before him, Henry James...
Engels | 8 uur 46 minuten (415 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
When Huckleberry Finn (Huck) runs away from his abusive father with his companion, the runaway slave Jim, he begins a long and frequently interrupted expedition down the Mississippi River on a raft. During the journey Huck encounters a variety of characters through whom the book outstandingly portrays almost every social class living on or along the river. As a result of these experiences, Huck overcomes conventional racial prejudices and learns to respect and love Jim. The book is dotted throughout...
Engels | 9 uur 57 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Veronica Roth Four
A Divergent Collection
Fans of the Divergent series by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias Eaton's point of view.DIVERGENT - also a major motion picture series.Readers first encountered Tobias Eaton as "Four" in Divergent. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. Readers will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent...
Engels | 304 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2014
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Veronica Roth Divergent - Divergent Trilogy, Book 1
The explosive debut by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth.DIVERGENT - a major motion picture series.The first book in the DIVERGENT series that has swept the globe - selling millions of copies world-wide.In the world of Divergent, society is divided into five factions - Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity and Erudite. Every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice Prior, the decision is between staying...
Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub3, 1,2 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
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Veronica Roth Insurgent - Divergent Trilogy, Book 2
The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT - a major motion picture series.One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior's initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. Now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ideologies grows.War seems inevitable; and in times of war sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge and choices will become ever...
Engels | 576 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
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Veronica Roth Allegiant - Divergent Trilogy, Book 3
What if your whole world was a lie?The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy.DIVERGENT - a major motion picture series.What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past...
Engels | 544 pagina's (ePub3, 1,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2013
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Alex Scarrow TimeRiders
The Mayan Prophecy - Book 8
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . .When Maddy finally unlocks fragments of the secret that Becks has been holding on to, the TimeRiders start to piece together their true purpose. Racing through time to connect the clues, the team discover...
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub3, 1,6 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2013
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Simon Scarrow Gladiator
Son of Spartacus
FREE from slavery, Marcus is determined to find and save his kidnapped mother.Meanwhile, his master Julius Caesar wants Marcus to help destroy the bands of rebel slaves and their leader Brixus, who plans to unite a slave army and resurrect the cause of Spartacus.But Marcus and Brixus are old allies who share a life-threatening secret. Marcus is torn between his friend and master. Can he convince Brixus now is not the time for a deadly revolt - and ask Caesar to negotiate a slave surrender before...
Engels | 304 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2013
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Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project Series
Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA, bestselling author of The Shopaholic seriesPerfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Still Me and Three Things About Elsie. ____________Don Tillman has got his love life planned out. He knows exactly who he wants, but is it...
Engels | ePub3, 1,4 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2013
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Cassandra Clare The Infernal Devices 3
Clockwork Princess
Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment in the breathtaking conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, a prequel series to The Mortal Instruments. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is in cinemas August 2013.Danger and betrayal… Secrets and enchantment… Third and final book in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain needs...
Engels | ePub2, 2,8 MB | Walker Books, [Nederland] | 2013
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Julia Quinn The Bridgertons
Happily Ever After
New York Times Bestselling AuthorFor the first time in print, New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a collection of second epilogues to her Bridgerton series (previously published as e-originals), plus a new bonus Bridgerton novella. Julia Quinns Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers, and this collection of second epiloguesstories that take place after the original books endoffer fans more from their favorite characters. Previously published...
Engels | ePub2, 2,7 MB | Avon, [Nederland] | 2013
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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book is a perfect joke book for young children. Full of jokes, limericks, riddles, Knock knock and Doctor, doctor all the jokes are specially themed around Roald Dahl's best-loved characters such as Charlie, George, The BFG, Matilda, James and many others.Roald Dahl was always full of fun and mischief and loved all kinds of jokes - the sillier the better! From chocolate-covered chickens to grizzly grouchy grandmas to the disgusting Twits this marvellous collection has...
Engels | 128 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2013
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Advising on research methods
selected topics 2012
More information: www.jvank.nl/ARMSelected Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2012 results from a research master course Methodological Advice that was given at the University of Amsterdam, fall 2012 by Don Mellenbergh and Herman Adèr. The objectives of this course were: (a) to acquire methodological knowledge that is needed for advising researchers in the behavioral and social sciences, and (b) to get experience with methodological consultancy. The main material for the course was the...
Non-fictie
Engels | 81 pagina's (1,3 MB) | Johannes van Kessel Publishing, Huizen | 2013
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Frank van Empel | Caro Sicking JES!
towards a joint effort society
The joint effort society is a new political engagement model. One reviewer stated: 'JES! is more of a manifest or at least a book filled with ideas how to shape society. Fascinating, ambitious and worth reading.' This book shows how decisionmaking, behaviour and institutionalization / technology can contribute to a rising level of wellbeing for all people. It also describes how to create a joint effort society, where all individuals are equal and freely associate into the new political engagement...
Non-fictie
Engels | 374 pagina's (PDF, 2,3 MB) | Leanpub, Vancouver | 2013
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Melissa Harrison Clay
In een grote stad in Engeland ligt een parkje tussen de huizen ingeklemd. Het speelt een bijzondere rol in de levens van drie heel verschillende mensen.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 272 pagina's (ePub, 0,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Business planning for digital libraries
international approaches
This book brings together international experience of business planning for digital libraries: the business case, the planning processes involved, the costs and benefi ts, practice and standards, and comparison with the traditional library where appropriate. Although there is a vast literature already on other aspects of digital libraries, business planning is a subject that until now has not been systematically integrated in a book. Digital libraries are being created not only by traditional libraries,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 250 pagina's (PDF, 4,3 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2013
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Patrick McGrath Constance
Als een gescheiden poëzieprofessor van Engelse afkomst in New York trouwt met een jonge vrouw die hem fescineert, vermoedt hij niet welke moeilijkheden hij zich op de hals haalt.
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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