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Wanda Beemsterboer Call You Right Back, Mum
"She did not call back. Nor will she, ever again. How I started loathing those two little words, never again." In a heartbeat everything can change. This is the gripping, true story of how a young woman was murdered and a family lost a daughter. Like most young girls her age Nadine lives a life filled with family, friends and thoughts about the future. At seventeen she meets Gerold and they fall in love. But a darkness gradually falls upon their relationship and after almost three years Nadine...
Engels | 7 uur 32 minuten (330 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Pawn sacrifice
Tijdens de Koude Oorlog besluit schaaklegende Bobby Fischer de Russische kampioen Boris Spassky uit te dagen tot een tweekamp om het wereldkampioenschap.
Fictie | Biografie
Film
R. J. Belle After
Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstance. Hear how these incredible men manage to reshape their lives after combat. It also sets these stories within the context of current veteran healthcare, and injury, suicide, and disability statistics, and looks briefly at the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. R. J. Belle...
Engels | 3 uur 41 minuten (160 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Capote
Periode uit het leven van de schrijver Truman Capote waarin hij research doet voor zijn roman In Cold blood
Fictie | Biografie | Thriller
Film
Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal
In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it ‘A Modest Proposal’ (1729) or ‘A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.’ The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a...
Engels | 25 minuten (19 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
John Connolly he
a novel
Fictionele biografie van de Britse komiek Stan Laurel (1890-1965), toneelpartner van Charlie Chaplin en filmpartner van Oliver Hardy, waarmee hij wereldberoemd werd als het komische duo Laurel & Hardy.
Fictie | Biografie
Engels | 453 pagina's | Hodder & Stoughton, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Places
Discover some of the most haunted places around England. Whether you believe in the paranormal, or are just looking for a good scare on a dark night, Steven Plant’s travel through England will take you to some of the most famous, and frightening, places in the UK. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover haunted cinemas and encounter ghostly figures in grand estates. This book’s will take to the following locations: Blackpool, Pluckley Village, the Hellfire Caves, Morley Rectory,...
Engels | 2 uur 17 minuten (99 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Pubs and Inns
Discover some of the most haunted pubs and inns around England. Steven Plant will take around the UK, stopping at local establishments that are famous for their unusual guests. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover another side of British pub life, and be taken to the following locations: The Bate Hall (Macclesfield, Cheshire), The Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds), The Miners Arms (Eyams, Peak District), The Viaduct Tavern (London). Steven Plant is a British author of non-fiction....
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (72 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Jill Dawson The crime writer
Als de Amerikaanse misdaadauteur Patricia Highsmith zich in 1964 in het Engelse Suffolk vestigt, is dat niet alleen om rustig te schrijven, maar ook omdat ze verliefd is op een getrouwde vrouw.
Fictie | Biografie
Engels | 247 pagina's | Sceptre, London | 2016
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Isabel Greenberg Glass town
Emily Brönte keert terug naar de wereld die ze in haar kindertijd met haar zusjes en broer bedacht. De personages leiden daar hun eigen leven, maar waar hoor Emily thuis? Graphic novel over het leven en werk van de Brönte-zusjes, met sfeervolle kleurenillustraties. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman | Stripverhaal
Engels | 224 pagina's | Jonathan Cape, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Carlo Gébler I, Antigone
"I, Antigone, have closed my eyes. My voice is deep and quiet, dark and slow, like a river moving over rocks, never stopping, never ceasing, endless. He was wholly at fault, and he was entirely innocent. This is true of us all if we only knew it. His fate is everyone’s. I, Antigone, have opened my eyes." The mythical Greek king, Oedipus, is no stranger to tragedy. As a baby, he is left to die on the mountainside of Thebes by his royal parents after the Oracle of Delphi prophesies that he will...
Engels | 9 uur 3 minuten (401 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Eugenia Kim The kinship of secrets
Twee Koreaanse zussen en hun familie worden gescheiden in de jaren ' 50. Vanuit Amerika en Zuid-Amerika horen we hun aangrijpende verhaal.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Engels | 292 pagina's | Bloomsbury Circus, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Therese Fowler A well behaved woman
a novel of the Vanderbilts
Alva Vanderbilt (1853-1933) groeit binnen haar liefdeloze huwelijk en ondanks de conventies van die tijd, uit tot een persoonlijkheid die New York op de kaart zet.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Engels | 392 pagina's | Two Roads, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...
Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Nuala O'Connor Nora
a love story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce
Levensverhaal van Nora Barnacle, de vrouw die altijd in de schaduw bleef van haar man James Joyce.
Fictie | Biografie
Engels | 431 pagina's | New Island, Dublin | 2022
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Creation
Als Charles Darwins tienjarige dochtertje overlijdt, voedt deze gebeurtenis zijn wantrouwen tegen God. Zowel lichamelijk als geestelijk komt hij in een neerwaartse spiraal terecht. Uiteindelijk hervindt hij zijn balans en schrijft zijn boek 'The origin of species'
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Film