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Claes Johansen Anita’s Homecoming
The warm blood trickled over her fingers. His body contracted as he stared at her, a rattling sound passing his lips. Then his knees suddenly caved in and he collapsed in front of her, letting the gun drop onto the floor. She quickly bent down to pick it up. For a moment he lay on the rug staring up at her with profound indignation. It came as no surprise to her. She knew it was a characteristic of psychopaths that for all their ruthlessness towards others, their self-pity was limitless. On a cold...
Engels | 7 uur (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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A. Gross De vijfde colonne
Van Andrew Gross verscheen eerder een aantal indrukwekkende historische thrillers als 'Alleen hij' (The One Man) en 'De saboteur'. In 'De vijfde colonne' (The Fifth Column) is wederom een thema uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog de inspiratie voor een indrukwekkende thriller. Terwijl in Europa WO II uitbreekt, komen in Madison Square Garden tienduizenden nazisympathisanten bijeen. Zij vormen ‘de vijfde colonne’, spionnen voor de Duitsers, ingebed in het alledaagse leven in New York. De joodse Charles Mossman...
Nederlands | 8 uur 18 minuten (478 MB) | De Fontein Romans & Spanning, Utrecht | 2020
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Judith Fanto Viktor
Met Viktor schrijft Judith Fanto een hartveroverende, waargebeurde familiegeschiedenis over de betekenis van familiebanden. Genomineerd voor de Boekhandelsprijs 2021. Wenen, 1914. De zesjarige Viktor Rosenbaum redt weeskind Bubi uit een vijver in het Praterpark. Tussen hen ontstaat een levenslange vriendschap en Bubi wordt opgenomen in de gegoede Weens-Joodse familie. Viktor, die maar niet wil deugen, ontpopt zich als patser en rokkenjager en maakt geen van zijn vele studies af, tot groot verdriet...
Nederlands | 9 uur 49 minuten (847 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2020
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Marcelle Kellermann A Packhorse Called Rachel
A story of courage, fear, and defiance based on the author's own personal experience. "A Pack Horse Called Rachel" is the remarkable tale of a young woman, half Jewish, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of 1944 France. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, touching lives as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger on a day to day basis. The story is based on personal experience. The description of historical events...
Engels | 5 uur 23 minuten (239 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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Pamela Douglas Animals In My Life
Having once rashly boasted that she could remember every animal she had ever known, the author thought she must put pen to paper and see what memories came flooding back. The delightful poems in this collection are moving, funny, sad, loving, and will strike a chord with many a pet owner and entertain all who enjoy the ways of our animal friends. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 44 minuten (46 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alles over Historia De koude oorlog
Met een hels kabaal komt de Atlasraket langzaam los van de grond. Het is 1958, en de VS hebben hun eerste intercontinentale wapen. De Atlas is het antwoord op de R-7-raket van de Russen, en heeft als taak om waterstofbommen op de Sovjet-Unie te gooien. Tijdens de Koude Oorlog willen de twee supermachten maar één ding: de ander de loef afsteken op wapengebied. Geen van beide wil achterblijven in de wedloop. Wapens en prikkeldraad verdelen de wereld in twee ideologische kampen, en er zijn genoeg...
Nederlands | 3 uur 56 minuten (173 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alles over Historia Het leven en de dood van Hitler
Met zijn retorische gaven en zijn visie om van Duitsland een machtig wereldrijk te maken, wist Hitler miljoenen mensen te verenigen. Wat was hij voor iemand dat zovelen hem volgden? We zoomen in op Hitler als mens. Zijn ambities, gewoonten, huisdieren en zijn privévertrekken – van het luxe vakantieverblijf de Berghof in de frisse Alpenlucht tot de bedompte Führerbunker in Berlijn. Bekenden en partijgenoten noemden Adolf Hitler charmant en charismatisch. Desondanks ruimde hij iedereen die het nazisme...
Nederlands | 3 uur 56 minuten (172 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Susan Smit Tropenbruid
Amsterdam, 1907. Het weesmeisje Anna droomt van een ander, grootser leven. Op een dag reageert ze op een advertentie waarin een ambtenaar in Nederlands-Indië een echtgenote zoekt. Eenmaal in Batavia ontdekt Anna al snel dat haar huwelijk met de starre Willem niets anders is dan een dekmantel voor carrièregekonkel, geheime liefdes en verzwegen familieverbanden. Tropenbruid is een zinderend liefdesverhaal tegen de achtergrond van een onderbelicht deel van onze koloniale geschiedenis. Bron: Flaptekst,...
Nederlands | 6 uur 56 minuten (399 MB) | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2020
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Henri Bergson An Introduction to Metaphysics
The basic principles that Bergson articulates, especially his way of thinking about reality as a dynamic process and his view of human beings as creative and evolving, should be helpful to anyone who seeks to go beyond simply dealing with the practical demands of daily life and consider the nature of things. Of special importance is Bergson’s claim that it is both possible and necessary to know from the inside rather than confining our attention to external perspectives and points of view. Intuition...
Engels | 2 uur 5 minuten (91 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead’s The Function of Reason
Whitehead presented these three lectures at Princeton University in 1929. Although 85 years have passed, his central thesis and his analysis remain remarkably current. The scientific materialism that Whitehead opposed with such vigor continues to dominate in academic circles, and even now those who question that worldview are often accused of being anti-scientific. This is especially true in discussions of the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body (particularly the brain). It is hard...
Engels | 2 uur 34 minuten (112 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories for Little Children
The "Just So Stories for Little Children" is among Kipling's best known and loved work. The stories focus on different animals, and how they got their distinctive features. You will for example discover why the elephant's trunk is so very long, and how the leopard got its spots. Written originally for his own daughter, the author's pleasure in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident, and adds to the adults' enjoyment of these children stories. This playfulness is also dramatically...
Engels | 3 uur 57 minuten (173 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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Claes Johansen The Boatman and the Boy
By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what...
Engels | 7 uur 38 minuten (358 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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Arthur B. Reeve The Poisoned Pen
"The Poisoned Pen" is a collection of twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. In these, Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. The title story for example features the use of special inks, some appearing and others disappearing in sunlight, making the pursuit of a murderer incredibly difficult for the professor. Each story offers a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, as well as being loaded with adventure, action,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (449 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet
"The Silent Bullet" contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. In the title story, for example, everyone is wondering how somebody could have been killed by a bullet without anyone having heard the detonation. In "The Deadly Tube" an evil doctors hurts his patients using x-rays. "The Terror in the Air" follows the development of the gyroscope for aeroplanes. Each story offers a...
Engels | 8 uur 52 minuten (507 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alles over Historia Het derde Rijk van binnenuit
Begin jaren 1930 staat Duitsland aan de rand van de afgrond. De bevolking is verbitterd, de armoede grijpt om zich heen en de werkloosheid rijst de pan uit. Veel Duitsers zien Adolf Hitler als de enige die het land uit de crisis kan loodsen. De nazileider maakt zich geliefd door het volk brood en werk te beloven en om wraak te roepen voor de vernederende vredesvoorwaarden na de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Als de nazi’s eenmaal aan de macht zijn, begint Hitler de maatschappij naar zijn hand te zetten: werklozen...
Nederlands | 3 uur 11 minuten (139 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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