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Anne Holt Offline - Hanne Wilhelmsen Series
THE NINTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES.Long-awaited sequel to Anne Holt's massive bestseller 1222.It has been eleven years since Hanne Wilhelmsen's life was forever changed by an assault that left her wheelchair bound. Now, Hanne's self-imposed exile is nearing its end. When Oslo comes under attack from Islamic extremists in a series of explosions, the city is left reeling. A militant group claim responsibility, but the Norwegian police force doubt on the authenticity of the declaration,...
Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub3, 0,7 MB) | Atlantic Books, [Nederland] | 2017
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Amor Towles A Gentleman in Moscow
The worldwide bestseller
THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, THE NEW DAZZLING NOVEL BY AMOR TOWLES, OUT NOWOVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD: a BBC Radio 4 Book Club choice, soon to be a major TV series starring Ewan McGregor ''A wonderful book'' - Tana French''This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Don''t miss it'' - Chris Cleave''No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original'' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year''[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It''s elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.''...
Engels | ePub3, 5 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2017
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Shamsie Kamila Shamsie Home Fire
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
_______________WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES_______________''The book for our times'' - Judges of the Women''s Prize''Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world'' - Guardian''Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I''ve read in a novel this century'' - New York Times_______________Isma...
Engels | ePub3, 1,9 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [Nederland] | 2017
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Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends
'Brilliant, funny and startling.' Guardian'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday TelegraphFrances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and...
Engels | ePub2, 0,3 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2017
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Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility
Svenska Ljud Classica
Sense and Sensibility (1811) was Jane Austen´s first published novel. When their father dies the Dashwood sisters and their mother find themselves destitute and soon, under the influence of his greedy wife Fanny, their half-brother John forces them out of their home in Sussex and the bereaved women have to move to a distant relative´s cottage in Devonshire. The two oldest sisters Elinor and Marianne struggle with their newfound lower status, as they fall in love and face heartbreak. Elinor is responsible...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Svenska Ljud Classica
´It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.` So opens Jane Austen´s second novel Pride and Prejudice, which was first published in 1813. It follows the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five single daughters. The whole town is set aflutter by the arrival of prosperous Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy, and as the prejudice of the latter hurts the pride of headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, friendship, love, and strife enfold....
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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F. Scott Fitzgerald The Beautiful and Damned
Svenska Ljud Classica
Anthony does not want to work. Why should he? He gets by comfortably on his allowance and once his grandfather dies he will inherit so much that he never needs to think about money again. When he falls in love with the beautiful Gloria and they become part of the wild party scene of New York, it seems that Anthony has made it. But his grandfather’s will is just around the corner and it is about to blow up their lives in a way they could never have foreseen. One of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most accomplished...
Engels | ePub3, 0,6 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre
Svenska Ljud Classica
Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Svenska Ljud Classica
One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scrooge is visited by three separate spirits who confront him with Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Will the horrors and the joy Scrooge sees make him change his ways? Adapted for film and television more times than any other...
Engels | ePub3, 0,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Mary Shelley Mathilda
Svenska Ljud Classica
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed the writing, her father, William Godwin, refused to return the manuscript to her after she asked him to get it published in England, because he found the theme “disgusting and detestable”. The world was,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
Svenska Ljud Classica
“Please, sir, I want some more,” Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,7 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
Svenska Ljud Classica
Winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, “The Age of Innocence” is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the splendid Golden Age of Old New York. Everything in Newland Archer’s easy life seems to be perfectly on track; he has a comfortable position in society, a high-powered job and a beautiful and well-bred fiancée, May Welland. But when May's mysterious cousin Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after leaving a terrible marriage,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2017
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Lieke Marsman Het tegenovergestelde van een mens
roman
Nog nooit verscheen er een roman als ‘Het tegenovergestelde van een mens’. Lieke Marsman kantelt onze ideeën over klimaatverandering en identiteit op een manier die duizelig maakt. Lieke Marsman in ‘Het tegenovergestelde van een mens’: “Waar het op neerkomt is dat de mensheid als geheel ook eenzaam is. We kunnen er niet tegen dat er niemand iets terugzegt, dat we nog altijd geen dieren hebben horen praten – ja, misschien zo nu en dan in de vorm van het schrille gegil dat onze slachthuizen vult,...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,9 MB | Pluim, Amsterdam | 2022
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Drago Jančar En ook de liefde
In Joegoslavië staan enkele mensen tijdens het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog voor onmenselijke situaties.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman
Nederlands | 242 pagina's (ePub2, 2,6 MB) | Querido, Amsterdam | 2019
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Anton Zweep Harmonie
muzikale novelle
Als de nieuwe dirigent een beetje kritiek uit is de harmonie ver te zoeken in Harmonie Sterrendorp uit Amsterdam-Noord.
Fictie
Nederlands | 86 pagina's (ePub2, 2,2 MB) | Mastix Press, Amsterdam | 2019
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Jojanneke Buschgens Salomé
Door een tragische gebeurtenis worden de levens van twee vrouwen onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 326 pagina's (ePub2, 5 MB) | Godijn Publishing, Hoorn nh | 2020
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Tobias Wals Kyiv op de bodem van een glas
Tobias Wals toont het ware Oekraïne vanuit de haarvaten In Kyiv op de bodem van een glas laat Tobias Wals ons kennismaken met de bijzondere verzameling bewoners van Borscht Hostel in Kyiv: typische, schimmige hostelfiguren zoals een uitgeweken complotdenker en wat jonge alcoholisten, maar ook een meisje dat de hele dag in een berenpak loopt en illegale Duitse hosteleigenaar. Feestend en drinkend leiden zij een bestaan van dansen op de vulkaan met onvermijdelijke erupties van vriendschap en liefde,...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | Uitgeverij Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2022
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Frans Gillis Levenslang, of Een vertelling met een voorlopig einde
Een oude man in een verzorgingshuis overdenkt zijn leven en dat van zijn neef en schrijft een boek over een persoon die veel op hem lijkt.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 180 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Boekenplan, Maastricht | 2019
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Domenico Starnone Geintje
De ouders van de kleine Mario moeten naar een congres, of misschien hebben ze gewoon tijd met z’n tweeën nodig om ongehinderd ruzie te kunnen maken. Dus wordt hun kind overgelaten aan de zorg van een vrijwel onbekende opa. De oude, kwakkelende, ooit beroemde illustrator Daniele woont al jaren in Milaan maar groeide vroeger op in de Napolitaanse woning waar Mario nu alleenheerser is. Tussen de vier muren van Danieles ouderlijk huis (waar bepaalde schimmen uit zijn jeugd nooit ver weg zijn) ontwikkelt...
Fictie
Nederlands | 208 pagina's (ePub2) | Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2020
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Monica Vanleke Take away Kim
Een vrouw doet verslag van de 15 jaar durende relatie die ze had met een man die ze op 19-jarige leeftijd ontmoette.
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 160 pagina's (ePub3) | Ambilicious LLP, Breda | 2018
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