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Lily Graham Summer at Seafall Cottage
‘Hands down one of the best books I've read in a long time. This story hooks you immediately, one cannot put it down. I even dreamed about the book!’ Goodreads Reviewer 5* Victoria Langley needs to find a refuge when her husband leaves her. She finds it, in the shape of Seafall Cottage on a Cornwall clifftop. The unkempt cottage in the village of Tregollan is a perfect place to recharge - particularly when she finds a fascinating diary from 1905. Victoria determines to solve the secrets the diary...
Engels | 9 uur 10 minuten (407 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sue Watson Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake
Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake is a truly heart-warming and hilarious read about sisters, love and finding the courage to be yourself – one snowflake at a time. For Tamsin Angel, Christmas is always the biggest and best... chic parties and a little showbiz sparkle are a must. This year though, things aren’t going quite as planned... With bailiffs suddenly at the door and her husband nowhere to be found, it looks like Christmas just got downsized. Moving into her sister’s flat, she wonders...
Engels | 9 uur 2 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Liz Eeles A Christmas Wish and a Cranberry Kiss at the Cosy Kettle
Amidst the twinkling lights and falling snowflakes, Becca has a wish to make this Christmas... Running from heartbreak, twenty-five-year-old Becca has moved to the cosy village of Honeyford. Living with her best friend Zac in a little stone cottage, and serving gingerbread lattes at the Cosy Kettle, is the perfect escape from her past. But starting over isn’t always plain sailing, and Becca’s shyness is holding her back from making her mark on the café. To make matters worse, her crush on blond-haired,...
Engels | 8 uur 27 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Keris Stainton It Had to Be You
An absolutely laugh out loud romance novel
‘Utterly addictive. I LOVE it!’ Colleen Coleman, bestselling author of Don’t Stop Me Now. Twenty-five-year-old Bea is a hopeless romantic with a hopeless love life – until now. New beau Dan ticks all the boxes: he’s good-looking, kind and thoughtful. The complete opposite of Bea’s ex, who once threw her out in the middle of the night when she was ill so she didn’t disrupt his sleep. So when her friends point out that she and Dan don’t have fireworks, Bea ignores them. Dan is the whole package. And...
Engels | 8 uur 4 minuten (380 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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ANWB Media Groot-Brittannië
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 462 pagina's | ANWB, Den Haag | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Told in the form of a series of letters ‘Frankenstein’ follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation to life which instead of being his crowning glory, terrifies him. The nameless monster escapes from his lab, taking many innocent lives before Frankenstein can track it down again. Shelley took inspiration from her trips through Germany and the legends of...
Engels | 7 uur 59 minuten (430 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Donna Ashcroft Een plek om opnieuw te beginnen
Evie Stuart neemt altijd het zekere voor het onzekere. Ze woont op de afgelegen boerderij van haar familie in de Schotse Hooglanden en komt nooit verder dan het plaatselijke dorp Lockton. Ze heeft geleerd dat er slechte dingen gebeuren als ze impulsief is, en is vastbesloten om niet opnieuw dezelfde fouten te maken. Callum Ryder is precies het tegenovergestelde van wat Evie wil in haar geordende wereld: een roekeloze Amerikaanse brandweerman, die op de vlucht is voor zijn problemen in New York City...
Nederlands | 255 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Heartbeat, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Louise Finch The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE AWARDS 2023 Unravelling the truth, one loop at a time. When Spence witnesses his classmate, Clara, die in what looks like a tragic accident at a house party, he is caught in a flicker in the fabric of time. Waking up to relive the same day again and seeing Clara alive and well, Spence realizes he has been granted a second chance and is determined to prevent the terrible events of the party. To escape the time loop, he has to re-evaluate everything he previously...
Engels | 7 uur 29 minuten (341 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Rennie McOwan Jewels on the Move
Join Gavin, Clare, Michael and Mot and chase the jewels before it's too late! Having just uncovered the mysteries of the Scottish countryside, the kids are prepared for yet another outdoor adventure. But when they´re suddenly brought down a dark and dangerous path, there’s crime and criminals at every turn when some precious jewels go missing. Can they stop the runaway jewels on the move? And more importantly, can they save themselves in the process? "Jewels on the Move" is the perfect read...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Ethan Bale Hawker and the King's Jewel
In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels....
Engels | 12 uur 8 minuten (533 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis I Stopped Time
What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary? A disgraced politician, Sir James Hastings is living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved by his centenarian mother's death - a woman he emotionally buried upon her abandonment. Raised by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing driver, the young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her. But when he inherits her life's work - an incredible photography...
Engels | 10 uur 31 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Monica Furlong Heksenkind
In Heksenkind van bestsellerauteur Monica Furlong woont in een middeleeuws dorpje op een eiland bij Schotland een meisje dat Leana heet. Ze wordt opgevoed door haar grootmoeder, want haar vader is zeeman en haar moeder heeft haar in de steek gelaten. Als grootmoeder sterft is er niemand meer om voor haar te zorgen. Het is een oud gebruik dat kinderen die geen familie meer hebben door de priester op het dorpsplein worden 'geveild'. Het hele dorp is erbij, maar niemand wil Leana hebben. De mensen zijn...
Nederlands | 6 uur 44 minuten (388 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2011
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan
Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Lewis Carrol The Hunting of the Snark
"The last of the crew needs especial remark, Though he looked an incredible dunce: He had just one idea-but, that one being `Snark‘, The good Bellman engaged him at once." `The Hunting of the Snark‘ (1876) is a nonsense poem by `Alice Adventures in Wonderland‘ author Lewis Carroll. It describes the disastrous hunting mission by a bizarre group of characters, among these a butcher who can only kill beavers and a guy who forgot his own name. Gloriously nonsensical, this poem is bound to appeal...
Engels | 39 minuten (31 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Gordon Thomas Geheime oorlogen
een onthullend beeld van honderd jaar Britse geheime dienst
Geschiedenis van de Britse geheime diensten MI5 en MI6, met aandacht voor hun successen en falen in de strijd tegen vooral het communisme en het wereldwijde terrorisme.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 494 pagina's | Spectrum, Houten | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Debra Daley Turning the stones
In de 18e eeuw vindt een vondelinge, die werd opgenomen in een Brits landhuis, uiteindelijk in Ierland de waarheid over haar afkomst.
Historische roman
Engels | 424 pagina's | Heron Books, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
P.J.A.N. Rietbergen Willem III (1650-1702)
stadhouder en koning in Europese context
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 151 pagina's | Bekking & Blitz Uitgevers, Amersfoort | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Jane Davis At the Stroke of Nine O’Clock
London 1949. The lives of three very different women are about to collide. Like most working-class daughters, Caroline Wilby is expected to help support her family. Alone in a strange city, she must grab any opportunity that comes her way. Even if that means putting herself in danger. Star of the silver screen, Ursula Delancy, has just been abandoned by the man she left her husband for. Already hounded by the press, it won’t be long before she’s making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Patrice...
Engels | 14 uur 34 minuten (635 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Nicholas Carter Harvest of Swords
Rivalry in love and battle in this historical adventure set in the English Civil War. In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale. As they struggle through the bitterly cold Dorset winter, their hard-won experience is enough to lead their men, but never...
Engels | 12 uur 21 minuten (541 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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