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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads To Build a Fire
A man travels through the frozen wasteland bordering the Yukon River, accompanied by his best friend – a large husky dog. The dog tries to dissuade the man from walking farther into the frozen land, but the man pushes on. At some point the man decides to stop and build a fire. Unfortunately, snow falls from one of the trees and extinguishes the fire. This is the moment where the problems truly begin. Why is the man travelling through the Canadian frozen lands? Where is he heading to? Will he manage...
Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Joanna Goodman The forgotten daughter
a novel
Canada, 1992. Elodie is in de jaren ’50 opgegroeid in een weeshuis en strijdt voor gerechtigheid, Veronique is de dochter van een radicale separist en geliefde van de broer van Elodie. Beide vrouwen proberen de invloed die het verleden op hen heeft te doorbreken.
Fictie | Familieroman | Historische roman
Engels | 404 pagina's | Harper, New York | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Poisoned Pen
"The Poisoned Pen" is a collection of twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. In these, Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. The title story for example features the use of special inks, some appearing and others disappearing in sunlight, making the pursuit of a murderer incredibly difficult for the professor. Each story offers a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, as well as being loaded with adventure, action,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (449 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet
"The Silent Bullet" contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. In the title story, for example, everyone is wondering how somebody could have been killed by a bullet without anyone having heard the detonation. In "The Deadly Tube" an evil doctors hurts his patients using x-rays. "The Terror in the Air" follows the development of the gyroscope for aeroplanes. Each story offers a...
Engels | 8 uur 52 minuten (507 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Anna Waterhouse Mycroft Holmes
a novel
Trinidad, 1870. Mycroft, de oudere broer van Sherlock Holmes, zijn verloofde Georgiana en hun vriend Cyrus Douglas vertrekken naar Trinidad omdat daar kinderen ontvoerd worden. Een spannend avontuur volgt.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Engels | 395 pagina's | Titan Books, Londen | 2016
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Aristocrats
Het leven van de vier adellijke zussen Caroline, Emily, Louisa en Sarah Lennox van 1740-1830.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Film
Tracy Chevalier Remarkable creatures
De beroemde Engelse fossielenzoekster Mary Anning (1799-1847) sluit in de 19e eeuw vriendschap met een verzamelaarster van fossiele vissen.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 352 pagina's | HarperCollins, London | 2009
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Henry James B.J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw
A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not surprised and tells the governess that the ghosts are those of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. What are the ghosts doing in the house? Were Peter Quint and Miss Jessel murdered? Are they seek revenge? Will the governess...
Engels | 4 uur 36 minuten (203 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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Alex Gough Emperor's Spear
An intense novel of war at the Roman frontier. On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Imperial Assassin Silus is sent into the heart of the battle-torn region. Plunged into a deadly intrigue and a brutal conflict, can Silus find out who is betraying Rome? Or will the legions start falling, one by bloody...
Engels | 10 uur 21 minuten (456 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Alex Gough Carbo and the Thief
The road to Rome is long and full of peril. Following his retirement, ex-legionnaire Carbo journeys back to Rome, blissfully unaware of the dangers that await him. On the way, he encounters many adventures, strives to solve a mysterious theft, and meets an old friend getting ready for gladiatorial combat. In other stories, we visit Elissa, the evil priestess, and Vespillo, the trusty watchman, and discover more about their colourful histories. We see a young boy’s first battle and travel all...
Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (127 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Alex Gough Emperor's Sword
A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia...
Engels | 12 uur 58 minuten (571 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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M J Lee The Killing Time
As tensions simmer in Shanghai, children go missing... Shanghai 1932: Inspector Danilov hasn't recovered from the death of his child... but across a Shanghai riven with communal tensions, children are going missing. Missing, and then murdered. Who is responsible? Why have the children's bodies been exhibited for all to see? Just as Danilov thinks the stakes couldn't be higher, there is a new dimension, Japan, a rising power flexing its muscles. In fractious Shanghai, an explosion is long overdue....
Engels | 9 uur 1 minuut (419 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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M J Lee The Murder Game
A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts – and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve...
Engels | 9 uur 30 minuten (440 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
the collection
De eigenaren van Green Gables willen een jongen uit het weeshuis adopteren die mee kan helpen op de boerderij. Maar ze krijgen het meisje Anne dat heel veel praat. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman
Film
Karl Marlantes Deep river
Twee Finse broers en hun zus vluchten rond 1900 naar de Verenigde Staten en bouwen daar een nieuw leven op tussen houthakkers en vissers in een land in ontwikkeling.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 724 pagina's | Atlantic fiction, London | 2019
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Claes Johansen The Boatman and the Boy
By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what...
Engels | 7 uur 38 minuten (358 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Simon Mawer Ancestry
a novel
Beschrijving van de levens van verschillende voorouders.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 414 pagina's | Little, Brown, London | 2022
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1066
the battle for England
Het verhaal van de Slag bij Hastings en de twee voorafgaande veldslagen, gezien door de ogen van het volk en de boeren die ongewild bij het geweld betrokken raakten.
Fictie | Historische roman | Oorlogsroman
Film
Minette Walters The swift and the harrier
De belevenissen en oorlogservaringen van een Engelse arts en haar mysterieuze beschermer tegen de achtergrond van de Engelse Burgeroorlog (1642-1648) in Dorset.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 495 pagina's | Allen & Unwin, London | 2021
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