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John Stuart Mill Mill’s On Liberty
John Stuart Mill’s "On Liberty" was first published in 1859. In the 21st century this text confirms Socrates’ claim that "it is only the life of true philosophy that scorns the life of political ambition" (Plato’s Republic, 521). Mill’s thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. The life of true philosophy stands outside the political battles that are rampant in society and seeks the political wisdom...
Engels | 6 uur 11 minuten (277 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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David Hume Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written during the 1750s, it did not appear until 1779. The subject itself was too delicate and controversial, and Hume’s dialectical examination of religious knowledge was especially provocative. What should we teach young people about religion? The characters Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo passionately present and defend three sharply different answers to that question....
Engels | 6 uur 25 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray
B.J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wish to never lose his beauty and retain eternal youth. Meanwhile, his age and sins continue to live on in his portrait. The late-19th-century classic by Oscar Wilde, a charming yet horrifying Gothic novel, has been adapted countless times to the screen....
Engels | 8 uur 47 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Nicci French In hechtenis
In hechtenis is de spannende literaire thriller van het wereldberoemde schrijversduo Nicci French, bekend van onder andere de Frieda Klein-serie. Tabitha zit vast in een huis van bewaring, beschuldigd van moord op buurman Stuart Rees. Van de bewuste dag kan ze zich echter haast niets herinneren, ze leed aan een depressie. Toch denkt ze dat ze onschuldig is. Wanneer ze merkt dat haar beoogde advocaat hieraan twijfelt, besluit ze zelf haar verdediging op zich te nemen. Maar dat blijkt lastig vanuit...
Nederlands | 11 uur 33 minuten (665 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2020
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Andrew Richardson Achieve Life Goals
Goal setting can help to rebalance your life. Goal setting should be directed toward getting essential emotional and physical needs met in a balanced way from your environment. In this download you learn about new understandings of what it really means to be human: what makes us all tick as individuals, and why it is that sometimes we experience emotional difficulties. You will also learn what to do about it, which is to set goals that get essential needs met better, and to use your resources in...
Engels | 34 minuten (25 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost
B.J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, "The Canterville Ghost". The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alone in the castle and that the ghost of an old tenant, Sir Simon de Canterville, is with them. Yet the family is not so easily scared, even if the ghost can take many shapes and forms. The short story from the late 19th century mixes humor with the macabre....
Engels | 1 uur 12 minuten (54 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...
Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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James Ponti Wereldspionnen
Wereldspionnen is het eerste deel in de spannende gelijknamige serie van James Ponti. Voor liefhebbers van de Costa Banana-serie van Jozua Douglas, De Vijf en Superhelden.nl. Met humor en vaart verteld. Vanaf 9 jaar. Opzij, James Bond! Hier zijn de Wereldspionnen. Vijf kinderen van over de hele wereld worden geselecteerd om spion te worden bij de Britse geheime dienst. Sara Martinez kan als geen ander computers hacken, maar het heeft haar weinig goeds gebracht. Dat verandert in één klap wanneer...
Nederlands | 8 uur 20 minuten (720 MB) | De Fontein Jeugd, Utrecht | 2021
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Beth O'Leary Tot snel!
Leena voelt zich te jong om al zo vastgeroest te zitten. Eileen voelt zich te oud om opnieuw te beginnen. Het perfecte moment om de boel eens flink op te schudden… Leena is begin twintig, heeft een uitdagende baan, een vriend die haar steunt, een leuk leven in Londen – maar schijn bedriegt. Als ze op kantoor volledig instort, schrijft haar baas haar twee maanden rust voor. Op zoek naar afleiding van haar eigen problemen besluit ze bij haar oma Eileen te gaan logeren. Eileen heeft ondertussen zo haar...
Nederlands | 12 uur 27 minuten (716 MB) | De Fontein Romans & Spanning, Utrecht | 2021
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Beth Morrey Een tweede kans voor Missy
Een tweede kans voor Missy van Beth Morrey gaat over de negenenzeventigjarige Missy Carmichael. Missy’s wereld is tegenwoordig heel klein. Ze heeft verdriet omdat ze nauwelijks nog contact heeft met haar familie. Haar huis is doodstil, op haar voetstappen, het geluid van de radio en het tikken van de klok na. Missy is een mopperkont geworden en ze weet dat ze haar eenzaamheid alleen maar aan zichzelf te danken heeft. Ze verdient ook niet beter, denkt ze, na wat ze gedaan heeft. Dan ontmoet ze in...
Nederlands | 9 uur 52 minuten (852 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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Alles over Historia De gedurfde missies
De veldslag is gewonnen, de vijand is verdreven en het is weer rustig. Zo denken veel generaals, maar soms zitten ze ernaast. Gedurende de hele oorlog zorgen eenheden van speciale soldaten ervoor dat de vijand geen moment rust krijgt. De commando’s kunnen overal toeslaan: een Duitse generaal wordt ontvoerd op het eiland Kreta. Duitse parachutisten bevrijden de Italiaanse dictator Mussolini uit zijn gevangenschap op een bergtop. En Britse eenheden blazen Noorse fabrieken op en voorkomen zo dat de...
Nederlands | 2 uur 43 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....
Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit The Wouldbegoods
The Bastable children, which some readers may remember from "The Treasure Seekers," are sent to stay in the countryside. The children (and Pincher the dog) have every intention of being well-behaved... but is the country really large enough to contain their exuberance? Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924) was a British author, activist and poet, who published an extensive amount of children’s books under the pen name "E. Nesbit", which are still widely read today. Amongst her most famous novels are...
Engels | 8 uur 32 minuten (369 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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
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Christina Baker Kline De bannelingen
De bannelingen, de nieuwe roman van Christina Baker Kline, speelt zich af in het Engeland en Australië van de negentiende eeuw, toen Britse veroordeelden naar Australië werden verbannen. Londen, 1840. De jonge gouvernante Evangeline raakt ongehuwd zwanger en wordt valselijk beschuldigd van diefstal, waarna ze wordt veroordeeld tot ballingschap op Van Diemen’s Land, een strafkolonie in Australië. Tijdens de overtocht raakt ze bevriend met de strijdvaardige Hazel, die zich over haar ontfermt. Hazel...
Nederlands | 10 uur 7 minuten (874 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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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
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 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
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