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Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels
When Lemuel Gulliver wakes up on an island after a shipwreck, tied on his hands and feet and with arrows pointed at him, you would think all hope is lost. But his captors are the size of a finger, their rope is as thin as thread, and their tiny arrows barely break the surface of his skin. This is not even as absurd as it gets on Gulliver’s travels at sea, but, hilariously, he has no emotional response to any of it. Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ (1726) is political satire at its best. Published...
Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (513 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Twintig minuten
kortverhalen
Eén seconde. Meer heeft iemand niet nodig om een andere mens te doden. Eén seconde maar. Een weloverwogen - of net niet - besluit om te doden, dat niet meer teruggenomen kan worden. Tien verhalen van tien verschillende auteurs hebben één ding gemeen: een race tegen de klok. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
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Nederlands | 79 pagina's (ePub2, 0,2 MB) | Hamley Books, Edegem | 2022
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Nellie Mandel Lise
De verteller ontmoet in Parijs een mysterieus meisje dat hem waarschuwt niet die dag de metro te nemen, en met goede redenen, want wat later wordt daar een bomaanslag gepleegd. Hij vermoedt toeval, maar het fenomeen herhaalt zich. Ze is blijkbaar in staat rampen te voorspellen. Maar als ze dat kan, is hij dan nog meester van zijn eigen lot? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
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Nederlands | ePub2, 0,1 MB | Books & Butterflies, Edegem | 2022
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Elsa Morante Italië, zoals het vroeger was
De tijd verstrijkt, de emoties blijven, onnavolgbaar vereeuwigd door Elsa Morante. De beste van de klas, De biechtvader, De bol, De gouvernante, De jonge mevrouw, De lampendief, De reis, De Siciliaanse soldaat, De stiefmoeder, De twee gezusters, De tweeling. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
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Nederlands | ePub2, 0,4 MB | ShortStories, Rotterdam | 2022
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Sophie Ester Tijdlijn
Pieter-Jan Kuypers organiseert een benefietconcert in Sydney om de hulpverleners in Australië te helpen. Het wordt een fantastisch festival. Het is een droom die uitkomt voor Vincent. De volgende ochtend ontwaakt hij in een realiteit, waarin iedereen die hem lief was nog in leven is. Zijn grootste wens komt uit, maar na een emotioneel weerzien beginnen de twijfels. Niets is wat het lijkt in een verhaal over het uitkomen van diepe verlangens, over hoge bergen en diepe dalen. Over wensen die niet...
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Nederlands | 199 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | Uitgeverij Ellessy, Prinsenbeek | 2022
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Cecilia Sahlström Vigilante
A Sara Vallén Thriller
Intrigue, illusions, and insidious motives... Still recovering from testifying against her abuser, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is called out to investigate a mysterious death in an idyllic allotment on the outskirts of Lund. The victim - a beloved social worker - is found brutally murdered inside one of the potting sheds. But when Sara and the police dig deeper into the case, they begin to unravel a web of dark secrets surrounding the victim's seemingly perfect life... Can Sara trust her intuition...
Engels | 8 uur 16 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Kane What She Did
She’s your best friend. And your worst enemy... A gripping new thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, for fans of B.A. Paris, The Wife Between Us and Gone Girl. Beth Beth is running from her past – and her abusive ex-boyfriend. She’s building a new life, but can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching her. Victoria Victoria is unhappily married to Greg. She knows he’s cheating, but doesn’t know what to do – until she contacts an old friend, someone who has never let her down. Lydia Lydia knows...
Engels | 8 uur 28 minuten (372 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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R.D. Shah The Dark Temple
A brutal cult. A gruesome rite. A primal evil... At a remote farmhouse outside Turin, a mysterious religious exorcism goes horribly wrong, setting in motion a series of catastrophic events, that threatens to bring the world to its knees... Meanwhile, Professor Alex Harker is settling into his new life in the Templar Brotherhood, when he is suddenly whisked away to the Tower of London. There he learns of a disturbing murder, and a strange riddle hinting at a sinister truth. Now the fate of the...
Engels | 12 uur 22 minuten (552 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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R.D. Shah The Shadow Conspiracy
A brutal foe, an ancient mystery... The explosive new Templar thriller. Cambridge Archaeology Professor Alex Harker is drawn back into the twisted clutches of the Mithras, who are seeking to unearth a knowledge lost to humankind since the dawn of civilization. His journey will take him from the Bay of Bengal to the murky depths of the Gibraltar strait, from the Swiss Alps to an island untouched for over 30,000 years, all in pursuit of this fateful knowledge. In a diabolical game of cat and mouse...
Engels | 9 uur 46 minuten (429 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Marja Boomstra Verwrongen leugens
In het vierde en laatste deel van de Chaja-serie zijn de beproevingen voor Chaja nog niet voorbij. Boudewijn Walraven heeft haar het grootste deel van zijn vermogen en bezittingen nagelaten, maar wel onder een aantal strikte voorwaarden. Chaja twijfelt of ze de erfenis zal accepteren. Lucinda en haar broer Pepijn vinden dat zij als wettige erfgenamen recht hebben op de erfenis en hun wrok tegen Chaja laait weer op. Ze schuwen geen enkel middel om zo veel mogelijk van de nalatenschap in handen te...
Nederlands | 280 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | M-B publishing, Weert | 2023
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Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The books were extremely popular and...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (250 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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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Anna Katharine Green That Affair Next Door
The dead body of a strange woman is found in an empty house next door to Amelia Butterworth, a single old lady with a formidable curiosity and lots of free time. When Detective Gryce gets on the case, he has a hard time persuading her to mind her own business, but soon Miss Butterworth’s female intuition and knack for interrogating witnesses through small talk proves invaluable to the investigation. In fact, she outsmarts all the professional men. ‘That Affair Next Door’ (1897) is Anna Katharine...
Engels | 11 uur 3 minuten (518 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Jeffrey Archer Wegen naar roem
Geïnspireerd door een waargebeurd verhaal, brengt 'Wegen naar roem' een van de meest geheimzinnige historische figuren tot leven. Sommige mensen hebben dromen die zo buitennissig zijn, dat als ze die weten waar te maken ze verzekerd zijn van een plek in de geschiedenis. Mensen als Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary en Neil Armstrong zijn bijvoorbeeld dat soort mensen. Maar hoe zit dat als een man zo'n droom heeft, hij die waargemaakt heeft,...
Nederlands | 11 uur 21 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford
'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...
Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Hannah Hendy The Dinner Lady Detectives
Murder is a dish best served ice cold... In the idyllic, small town of Dewstow, Margery and Clementine are eagerly awaiting retirement from their work on the front-line serving meals to the students at Summerview secondary school. Their peaceful life is shattered when their kitchen manager is found dead in the school’s walk-in freezer. The police are adamant that it’s an open-and-shut case of accidental death. But Margery and Clementine are convinced that something more sinister is afoot and take...
Engels | 7 uur 32 minuten (330 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Gough Emperor's Lion
A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos... Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine. Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless...
Engels | 10 uur 44 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Andy Redsmith Know Your Rites
Inspector Nick Paris is back in this magical crime mystery perfect for fans of Douglas Adams, Ben Aaronovitch and Holly Black. Inspector Nick Paris, now also known as 'the one who stopped the demons', has become an unlikely celebrity in the magical world. He is desperate to return to tackling more ordinary crimes on his home turf of Manchester. However, the fates aren’t in his favour when he is called upon again by his more unusual police colleagues to solve a gruesome killing. The only suspect...
Engels | 10 uur 3 minuten (451 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Will Adams The Heretic Scroll
Above Naples, Vesuvius is heating up once again... An absolutely gripping thriller from bestseller Will Adams. Archaeologist Carmen Nero and former conman Cesco Rossi are in Herculaneum on the trail of the lost texts of Ancient Rome, possibly stored deep underground in the Villa of the Papyri. But when there is a terrible murder, they realise that powerful forces are interested in the excavations of the villa which threaten the foundations of the Church. With neo-Nazis on Rossi’s tail and a traitor...
Engels | 10 uur 17 minuten (459 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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