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Tove Jansson Letters from Klara
In this collection comprising of thirteen short stories, Jansson masterfully crafts unsettling narratives that delve into unexpected connections, awkward encounters, and solitary moments From reconnecting with childhood friends in "Party Games" to exploring the theme of ageing in "Trip to the Riviera", Jansson's short story collection "Letters from Klara" beautifully and intimately depicts the human condition in all its pain and joy. © 2024 Tove Jansson, Moomin Characters™ Published in the English...
Engels | 3 uur 33 minuten (155 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Tove Jansson Travelling Light
Venture beyond the familiar and discover the fragile line between tranquility and turmoil in 12 gripping and unnerving short stories, masterfully crafted by Tove Jansson. From a professor stranded in a picturesque Spanish village to a holiday in Finland disrupted by an intrusive child, each tale unravels the unsettling facets of journeys that veer off course. Brilliantly evoking the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer, "Travelling Light" is guaranteed to surprise. © 2024 Tove Jansson, Moomin...
Engels | 5 uur 36 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Tove Jansson The Summer Book
On a pristine island in the Gulf of Finland, six-year-old Sophia is awakening to life, while her wise yet cranky grandmother is contemplating its end. This unlikely duo becomes each other's perfect companions for a season of unforgettable adventures. From crafting boats out of bark to creating their own miniature Venice, they explore their island world with youthful curiosity and aged wisdom. Along the way, they tackle the universal questions that captivate young and old: What is life and death?...
Engels | 4 uur 2 minuten (177 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Taylor Jenkins Reid Het bewijs van de affaire
Carrie Allsop en David Mayer zijn de achterblijvers van een allesverwoestende affaire tussen hun echtgenoten. De briefwisseling die tussen hen ontstaat, onthult stukje bij beetje de pijnlijke details van het overspel van hun geliefden. Met elke pennenstreek leggen ze hun angsten en hun ziel verder bloot. Ze delen hun verbazing over hoe het zover heeft kunnen komen en hoe nu verder te gaan. In de vorm van de briefwisseling tussen hen, en tussen de twee overspeligen, is Het bewijs van de affaire een...
Nederlands | 1 uur 33 minuten (133 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2022
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Maurice Leblanc B. J. Harrison Reads Shadowed by Death
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series “Lupin” with Omar Sy. At Chateau de Maupertuis, death shadows Lady Jeanne Darcieux, as she escapes more than one attempted murder. But hero and gentleman burglar, Arsene Lupin is lying in wait and he can't help saving a stranger, especially if she's young and rich. The sixth story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection “The Confessions of Arsène Lupin” about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin. A classic detective series perfect for...
Engels | 45 minuten (33 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc From the Confessions of Arsene Lupin
The book that inspired the new Netflix series, "Lupin" with Omar Sy. The gentleman burglar and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin, returns in five new adventures. Paris’ very own “Prince of Thieves” is once again on the loose, armed with his trademark wit and charm. Constantly one step ahead of the police and his nemesis, Inspector Ganimard, Lupin solves a few mysteries, saves a few damsels, and even manages to pocket a small fortune for himself. “The Two Hundred Thousand Franc Rewards!”, “The Wedding...
Engels | 4 uur 41 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jeffrey Archer Het venijn zit in de staart
Niemand kan zo’n web van spanning weven, zo’n schok van verrassing teweegbrengen of zo’n levensles leren als bestsellerauteur Jeffrey Archer. Van Afrika tot het Midden-Oosten en van Londen tot Beijing neemt Archer ons mee naar plaatsen die we nooit hebben gezien en stelt ons voor aan mensen die we nooit zullen vergeten. Maak kennis met de overspelige echtgenoot die denkt dat hij de volmaakte moord heeft gepleegd, de zelfverzekerde schaakkampioen die een mooie vrouw bespeelt voor een inzet veel hoger...
Nederlands | 6 uur 5 minuten (264 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jeffrey Archer To Cut a Long Story Short
The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession – and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to the creative financial talents of a member of...
Engels | 7 uur 42 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jeffrey Archer Twelve Red Herrings
An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... a young artist gets the biggest break of her career... a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein’s death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How would you? Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller,...
Engels | 9 uur 22 minuten (408 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads When the World Was Young and Moon-Face
"When the World Was Young" introduces us to a thief named Dave Slotter, who intends to steal from James Ward - a famous and wealthy businessman. However, while Slotter walks through Ward’s property, he encounters a wild barbarian and is forced to fight for his life. Will Slotter escape from the wild man who wants to kill him? Who is the barbarian and what is he doing on Ward’s lands? Will the thief succeed in his plan? "Moon-Face" introduces us to John Claverhouse, a man who is unreasonably despised....
Engels | 1 uur (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series Lupin with Omar Sy. After Arsene Lupin is suspected of yet another grand theft with a mysterious blonde accomplice, the Parisienne police are at their wits' end. Time to call in Sherlock Holmes. Will France's greatest thief be able to outwit England's most famous detective or has he finally met his match? Two fast-paced adventures full of twists and turns, "The Blonde Lady" and "The Jewish Lamp" will keep readers thrilled as two of literature's...
Engels | 7 uur 2 minuten (306 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders
“Am I a laboratory experiment on which the janitors as well as the chemists can make experiments? Is my intellectual development humorous in any way?” Once a child prodigy, Horace is living up to the expectations as a young intellectual at university. But when Marcia, an actress, turns up at his door one night and shows him a different world, the course of both their lives are changed forever. And only one comes out the winner. Somewhat different from Fitzgerald's later work, 'Head and Shoulders'...
Engels | 55 minuten (40 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Ambrose Bierce The Parenticide Club
"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Lovecraft. Bierce’s death was...
Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Jeffrey Archer Uit de pas en andere verhalen
VAN INTERNATIONALE BESTSELLERAUTEUR JEFFREY ARCHER. Elk van de twaalf korte verhalen in deze bundel zullen je boeien... of het nu "Oude liefde roest niet", is, het verhaal van twee studenten in Oxford in de jaren dertig en hun bittere rivaliteit die eindigt in een prachtige liefdesgeschiedenis, of "Uit de pas", dat gaat over een verzekeringstaxateur en zijn verrassende ontmoeting in de trein terug naar Sevenoaks, of "Onvoorzien", het verhaal van de Grote Pasja en hoe zijn plannen voor de meest perfecte...
Nederlands | 3 uur 2 minuten (132 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the more he learns to...
Engels | 1 uur 5 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate
“You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...
Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Katherine Mansfield Prelude
"There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance." The seemingly perfect Burnell family is moving from one house to another, and on the surface, everything appears idyllic. But as the story develops, the tension grows, threating to explode and expose their true nature. `Prelude‘ (1922) is evidence of Katherine...
Engels | 1 uur 43 minuten (78 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Flappers and Philosophers
Bernice is turned into a proper society girl by her more desirable cousin, who feels Bernice is a drag on her social life. But when Bernice starts to win over all the boys in town, the girls turn viciously against each other. Based on letters F. Scott Fitzgerald originally sent to his little sister advising her on how to be more attractive to men, ‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’ is one of eight vivid stories in Fitzgerald’s first short story collection. In another, ‘The Off-Shore Pirate’, a girl gets captured...
Engels | 6 uur 50 minuten (316 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Katherine Mansfield In a German Pension
Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour, she depicts a German upper middle class defined by their rude habits, but she also touches upon the hard life of servants and the oppression of women. The latter distinguishes her writing from that of Jane Austen, but the way in which Mansfield mocks the stiff-upper-lipped ladies and Barons of these...
Engels | 3 uur 35 minuten (163 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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G. K. Chesterton The Trees of Pride
Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees? Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most prolific English writers of all time. He wrote poems, plays, essays, newspaper...
Engels | 2 uur 15 minuten (107 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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