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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arguably the best compilation of mystery stories ever, `The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1892) is for any lover of intrigue and sophisticated humour. Sherlock‘s talent for solving cases based on things only he notices never disappoints, and everyone‘s curiosity is sure to be sustained till the end of each story. There is a reason Sherlock Holmes has been adapted more than a hundred times for various media. 2009-2011 saw Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock and Watson, and even Will Ferrell...
Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (880 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly from a heart attack, a rumour of a deadly, supernatural giant dog, who may have been persecuted for generations, begins to circulate in the village. When Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from Canada for the legacy of the Baskerville manor in England, the skeptical Sherlock Holmes is called to help with the case. Was the death of Sir Charles Baskerville really a heart attack or maybe an animal lurking in deserted moors? Will Baskerville's new owner become the...
Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (305 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Frances Hodgson Burnett In the Closed Room
One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants’ apartments, the girl sets out to explore the house. A single room is locked, however, but for some reason the girl has access to it. Inside, she meets another little girl ... just as delicate as herself ... ’In the Closed Room’ (1904) is an eerie ghost story by the author of...
Engels | 1 uur 16 minuten (57 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rashid Novaire De vooravond
De vooravond van Rashid Novaire begint in Utrecht, in december 1938. Als Hitler alle Duitse dienstbodes oproept naar de Heimat terug te keren komt de jonge Trude Kuña voor een moeilijke keuze te staan. Ze moet binnen een maand trouwen met haar verloofde, Johannes, óf hem in de steek laten en terugkeren naar het Ruhrgebied, waar haar familie actief is binnen de partij en veel heeft bereikt. Johannes wil niets horen over haar familie, en het zint Trude allerminst dat hij in de winkel na sluitingstijd...
Nederlands | 6 uur 55 minuten (597 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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Amalia de Tena Jij krijgt van mij een wit paard cadeau
Jij krijgt van mij een wit paard cadeau van Amalia de Tena is het bitterzoete portret van een jeugd in het door dictator Franco gedomineerde Spanje en het bizarre verhaal van de financiële ondergang van een familie. Gebaseerd op de familiegeschiedenis van de auteur. Voor de lezers van Judith Fanto en Isabel Allende. Grootgrondbezitters, de De Sotomayors, leven er goed van, totdat ze halsoverkop uit hun zomerhuis moeten vertrekken. Omdat niemand haar vertelt wat er speelt concentreert de dan achtjarige...
Nederlands | 8 uur 29 minuten (488 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2022
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F. Scott. Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair
"He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist." Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins. In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is the 1920s equivalent...
Engels | 1 uur 1 minuut (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Patrick Bassant De vlinder in de inktpot
Het is mei 1937 wanneer de werkeloze Amsterdammer Pit door de communistische partij wordt geronseld om in de Spaanse burgeroorlog als fotograaf de wandaden van de Francisten en de heldendaden van de Republikeinen vast te leggen. Hij heeft nog nooit een camera in handen gehad. In Spanje kruist hij het pad van dr. Johan Brouwer, die als journalist voor een katholieke krant juist de andere kant wil belichten. Maar de werkelijkheid van de oorlog dwingt hen een keuze te maken. Kunnen ze afzijdig blijven...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 1,4 MB | Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2020
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Jolanda Ivonne Clément Oostwaarts
Oostwaarts van Jolanda Ivonne Clément is een indrukwekkende debuutroman over de verstrekkende gevolgen van keuzes in tijden van oorlog. Voor de lezers van John Boyne. 1952. De twaalfjarige Heindert kent het verleden van zijn moeder, Suze, niet. Dat ze in de oorlog een relatie had met een jonge Wehrmachtsoldaat weet hij niet, en evenmin dat hij een zoon is van die Duitser. Hoewel zijn moeder en hij telkens verhuizen – van dorp naar stad en terug – heeft hij een goed leven, dat draait om dromen...
Nederlands | 7 uur 5 minuten (408 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...
Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz
"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...
Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway
"...she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day." Mrs. Dalloway is busy taking care of the final preparations for her evening party when an old friend and suitor comes by. He leaves her with an unexpected question, but what he doesn't know is that thoughts about her past and her life are already swirlling around in her head. Moving seamlessles in and out of the minds of all her characters, you get the impression that Virginia Woolf understood people better...
Engels | 6 uur 44 minuten (292 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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Jan Vantoortelboom Jagersmaan
roman
Terug van het slagveld in Vlaanderen na de Eerste Wereldoorlog gaat een jongeman naar Amerika, maar strandt in Ierland waar een burgeroorlog woedt.
Fictie
Nederlands | 157 pagina's (ePub2, 2,6 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2019
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Ewa Maria Wagner Hotel Goldberg
roman
Een indringende roman gebaseerd op de Silezische SS’er Willi Kulla en de oorlogsbuit die hij heeft begraven in de bossen van Baarn, voor de lezers van De dirigent van Maria Peters, ’t Hooge Nest van Roxane van Iperen en De tweeling van Tessa de Loo Het leven van pianiste Marie kantelt als ze hoort dat ze de enige erfgename is van een overleden tante uit het buitenland. Ze reist vanuit Amsterdam naar Pless, een stad in Silezië waar haar familie vandaan komt maar waar ze slechts één keer als kind...
Fictie | Historische roman | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | Meulenhoff, Amsterdam | 2023
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. After Arsene Lupin is suspected of the theft of an antique desk holding a winning lottery ticket with his mysterious blonde accomplice, the Parisienne police are at their wits' end. Time to call in Sherlock Holmes. Will Lupin be able to outwit England’s most famous detective and come out on top or has he finally met his match? Two fast-paced adventures full of twists and turns, "The Blonde Lady" and "The Jewish Lamp" will...
Engels | 7 uur 5 minuten (307 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The 200,000 Franc Reward
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. There is a mystery to be solved. A baroness and a great deal of money have disappeared from Paris, and neither her husband nor the police can find any trace of her. Enter the infamous Arsene Lupin, master thief, gentleman burglar and greatest criminal mind of all time. "The 200,000 Franc Reward" is a story about robbery, betrayal, and criminal investigation, great for readers who want to dive into a classic detective series,...
Engels | 44 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Edith Wharton Summer
Charity Royall is a 19-year-old girl, bored with her life in a small New England town. Ever since she was adopted by Mr. Royall as a child and saved from a life of poverty on the "mountain", she has been unsure of her place in society. She longs to escape the claustrophobic town and the now widowed Mr. Royall’s unwanted advances. Enter Lucius Harney, sophisticated architect and ambitious city boy. Suddenly, Charity's hopes of escape awaken, as well as her newly found sexuality. But will Lucius Harney...
Engels | 5 uur 41 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Virginia Woolf The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)...
Engels | 17 uur 37 minuten (802 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The House in the Mist
"Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive..." When young traveller Hugh Austen, hungry and weather-beaten, seeks refuge in a lonely mansion, he finds himself entwined in the gruesome business of an appalling family. Mistaken for a relative himself, he soon learns that the will of a dead man is about the be read, an inheritance about to be divided. But only between the family members who are present at the appointed hour. With `The House in the Mist‘ (1905), detective writer Anna Katharine Green departs...
Engels | 1 uur 50 minuten (83 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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