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Justin David Tales of the Suburbs
Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city. Will he choose to play it safe in Welston or take a chance on a new...
Engels | 3 uur 2 minuten (133 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Mich Vraa | Jesper Bugge Kold The Nurse from the Big White Ship
From the war-torn streets of Odense to the devastated warzone of South Korea, destiny calls... Nurse Molly Dahl wants to escape the trauma of wartime Denmark by joining the hospital ship, Jutlandia, set for the battlefields of Korea. Yun, an eleven-year-old North Korean girl, flees her village which was destroyed by Napalm, seeking sanctuary from the havoc. Both Molly and Yun abandon their pasts, hopeful for a brighter future in South Korea. However, their journey becomes more treacherous than...
Engels | 11 uur 4 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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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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Danny White BRITNEY
Breaking Free
She has sold more than 150 million albums, wowed sell-out audiences around the globe and starred in iconic music videos but Britney Spears’ success has come at an almost unbearable price. As she enters her third decade in the spotlight, read the story of how a church-going girl from the Deep South became an objectified teenage sensation and the Princess of Pop. Go behind the scenes of Britney’s battle to free herself from her notorious conservatorship and the impact it has had on a highly talented...
Engels | 6 uur 40 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Rennie McOwan The Day the Mountain Moved
Are you ready for another action-packed adventure with Gavin, Clare, Michael, and Mot? From fighting a gang of crazy criminals to building their den out of a ruined castle, the daring kids are off on a new quest in the rugged Scottish countryside. In this third adventure story, Gavin, Clare, Michael and Mot find themselves running around the mountainous countryside of remote Scotland. But things are not as they seem... Are those wolves lurking in the shadows? "The Day the Mountains Moved" is...
Engels | 4 uur 10 minuten (187 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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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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Cecile Pin Dolende zielen
roman
Begin jaren ’70 vlucht een Vietnamees meisje met twee van haar broertjes naar Hongkong. De rest van het gezin overleeft de overtocht niet. De drie kinderen belanden uiteindelijk in het Engeland van Thatcher. Lukt het hen een nieuw bestaan op te bouwen in een land dat niet op hen zit te wachten?
Fictie | Familieroman | Sociale roman
Nederlands | 183 pagina's (ePub2, 3,8 MB) | Hollands Diep, Amsterdam | 2023
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Hans Werkman De kwekeling
roman
Een 15-jarige Groningse jongen verhuist in de jaren vijftig naar Enschede om te studeren, waar hij zich onderdompelt in een nieuwe wereld van cultuur, geloof, verliefdheid en seksualiteit.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 309 pagina's (ePub2) | KokBoekencentrum Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2023
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Coen Hilbrink De lange adem van Stalin
Roemenen, Hongaren en Moldaviërs op weg naar Europa
Niet ver voorbij Wenen begint het Europa waar de adem van Jozef Stalin nog voelbaar is. Roemenen, Hongaren en Moldaviërs leven er nog altijd met de nasleep van het Verdrag van Trianon en de Conferentie van Yalta; verscheurende dwangbevelen die na de wereldoorlogen door de overwinnaars aan deze landen zijn opgelegd. Coen Hilbrink trok naar het gebied en sprak met bewoners over de marginaliteit van hun bestaan. Flora, een wasvrouw die voor haar landgenoten nooit meer was dan een paria. Een oude...
Nederlands | 224 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Walburg Pers, Amsterdam | 2023
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