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Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Leo Tolstoj Father Sergius
The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée Countess Mary Korotkova has had an affair with his beloved Tsar Nicholas I. The blow to his pride is massive, and he retreats to the arms of Russian Orthodoxy and becomes a monk. Many years of humility and doubt follow. He is ordered to become a hermit. Despite his being removed from the world, he...
Engels | 1 uur 56 minuten (89 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan
This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...
Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Öznur Karaca Marsepeinen vingers
Servi groeit op in de jaren vijftig in Turkije. Ze is negen wanneer haar vader sterft. Haar moeder ontdekt dat ze plots heel kwetsbaar is met vijf vaderloze kinderen. Maar Servi maakt zich geen zorgen. Ze is immers voorbestemd voor grootse dingen. Met dat verhaal groeit Servi op. Als het lot je zo gunstig gezind is, waarom zou je je dan nog zorgen maken? De werkelijkheid beslist er anders over. Servi komt terecht in Europa, in Gent, en tracht ontgoochelingen en tragiek een plaats te geven. Öznur...
Nederlands | 235 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Pelckmans, Kalmthout | 2017
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Fien De Meulder Een redelijk gelukkig huwelijk
Een jonge vrouw heeft het allemaal: huisje, tuintje, moderne man en kinderen om over te zeuren. Ze schrijft met humor haar frustraties en angsten van zich af. In haar verhalen laat ze pijnlijk eerlijk zien wat we allemaal denken maar niet durven te zeggen. Zelfs in een goed huwelijk hangt je partner je de keel uit en maken je kinderen te veel lawaai. Andere mensen hebben altijd een ordelijker huis en een leukere vakantie. Je vriendinnen zijn dunner en maken meer plezier dan jij. En als je over een...
Nederlands | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Pelckmans, Kalmthout | 2017
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Astrid Haerens Stadspanters
Stadspanters is een intens portret van mensen die worstelen met identiteit, dromen en dwaalwegen. Amar Moussaoui is overleden. Zijn plotse dood brengt zijn dochter Rim, zijn zoon Aadam en hun jeugdvriend Eloïc na jaren opnieuw samen in het appartement van het Brusselse woonblok Sans Soucis. Rim is een rijzende ster in de media. Aadam werkt als ontwikkelingssamenwerker in Kigali. Eloïc probeert als alleenstaande vader van drie kinderen vooral het hoofd boven water te houden. De drie twintigers,...
Nederlands | 209 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Pelckmans, Kalmthout | 2017
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Peter De Graeve De afvalligen
Een filosofiedocent beseft tijdens een slapeloze nacht dat zijn bestaan zo goed als zinloos is geweest. Hij lijdt nederlagen in het leven, struikelt in de liefde, verliest voeling met zijn tijd. Hij wordt de afvallige van een wereld die feestelijk lijkt te vergaan. Om greep te krijgen op de dingen verzint hij discussies met dode filosofen. Wanneer zijn zieke moeder overlijdt, slaagt hij erin om het tij te keren en weer toenadeirng te vinden tot zijn geliefde. In zijn debuutroman De afvalligen houdt...
Nederlands | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Pelckmans, Kalmthout | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Millionaire Baby
Five thousand dollars is offered in reward to whomever finds the six-year-old heiress, Gwendolen Ocumpaugh, who has disappeared mysteriously from her home. Mr. Trevitt, a private detective, is on the case and when he discovers two lost shoes in the surrounding are – both for the same foot! – he suspects a conspiracy is at play. `The Millionaire Baby‘ (1905) is a story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a delightful mystery with fascinating characters and twist after twist after twist....
Engels | 7 uur 27 minuten (350 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sarah Orne Jewett Deephaven
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common place daily events to something remarkable, and lend dignity and grace to the most humble and homely human character. In Deephaven, go with her on vacation to an unforgettable seaside village where time runs slower and small pleasures are intensified. Much space is given to outdoor rambles and sights and events of daily living that draw you into another era. Jewett's loving and gentle descriptions...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action film...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (273 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Astrid Nijgh Varen met de Jonge Jacob
Lennaert en ik op de Urker kotter 114; vaarhalen
Verhalen van de auteur en zangeres over de jaren samen met tekstschrijver Lennaert Nijgh aan boord van hun Urker kotter.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 146 pagina's | Uitgeverij Conserve, Schoorl | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Amethyst Box
On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole the poison and stop them before they use it. ‘The Amethyst Box’ (1905) is a short story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a suspenseful "whodunit" with a dash of romance, which concludes thoroughly...
Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (132 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Leavenworth Case
The wealthy businessman Horatio Leavenworth is found dead in his private library with a bullet in his head. Nothing in the house is broken. Nothing is stolen. All signs point to an inside job. But who did it? With the help of the young lawyer, Everett Raymond, Investigator Ebenezer Gryce examines the clues. And there are many. And they are contradictory. A maid has mysteriously disappeared, and one of the two young cousins living with Leavenworth, who, unlike the other, is set to inherit nothing,...
Engels | 10 uur 26 minuten (485 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Gretel Van den Broek Huizen
Een alleenstaande vrouw neemt het makelaarskantoor van haar vader over, maar ontloopt hem zo veel mogelijk en probeert te ontrafelen waarom haar moeder zelfmoord heeft gepleegd.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 167 pagina's | Houtekiet, Antwerpen, Amsterdam | 2017
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Marten Toonder Dit schreeuwt om wraak
Kolomstrips.
Fictie | Stripverhaal | Verhalenbundel
Nederlands | 202 pagina's | De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam | 2017
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Mili van Veegh Jitzak
Twee vrouwen, beiden gedumpt door dezelfde vrouwenveroveraar, willen wraak op hem nemen.
Fictie
Nederlands | 233 pagina's | Ambilicious, Breda | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Jules Verne The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island (French: L'Ile mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of Robinson...
Engels | 21 uur 42 minuten (978 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry James Roderick Hudson
Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...
Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 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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