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Katherine Mansfield In a German Pension
Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour, she depicts a German upper middle class defined by their rude habits, but she also touches upon the hard life of servants and the oppression of women. The latter distinguishes her writing from that of Jane Austen, but the way in which Mansfield mocks the stiff-upper-lipped ladies and Barons of these...
Engels | 3 uur 35 minuten (163 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Jack London The Call of the Wild
The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. He eventually sheds the veneer of civilization altogether and instead relies on primordial instincts...
Engels | 3 uur 23 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
G. K. Chesterton Eugenics and Other Evils
"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all." ‘Eugenics and Other Evils’ (1922) is a magnificent takedown of the entire basis of eugenic thought – the idea that controlled breeding will improve the human population. But it is about far more than eugenics: it is about how evil succeeds...
Engels | 5 uur 13 minuten (235 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Grahame Lock Political philosophy
an audio course on Western political theory
This audio course examines the major periods in the history of Western political thought and questions the political and social order. It considers the ways in which thinkers have responded to the particular political problems of their day, and the ways in which they contribute to a broader conversation about human goods and needs, justice, democracy, and the proper relationship of the individual to the state. One aim will be to understand the strengths and weaknesses of various regimes and philosophical...
Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy Publishers, The Hague | 2008
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Oscar Wilde De Profundis
"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency with other male persons". In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces...
Engels | 1 uur 49 minuten (81 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Barbara Vine A fatal inversion
Een stel jonge mensen ziet tijdens een opwindende zomer op een oud landgoed in Suffolk luchthartig spel veranderen in bittere tragedie.
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 316 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Textual mobility and cultural transmission
Textual Mobility and Cultural Transmission is the first publication of the research and documentation Centre for the Study of English Literatures in Dutch Translation. The first part explores the notion of 'textual mobility' from a theoretical, book historical and descriptive perspective. Having thus established a broad and dynamic framework, the second part subsequently provides four case studies on Byron, Carlyle, Woolf and Beckett. Tekstmobiliteit en Culturele Overdracht is de eerste publicatie...
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 116 pagina's (PDF, 1 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Michael Hannay | J. Lachlan Mackenzie Effective writing in English
a sourcebook
Engelstalige gids voor het schrijven in het Engels.
Non-fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's | Uitgeverij Coutinho, Bussum | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Kelly Weekers Happy Life 365
the art of a joyous mindset
Engels | 184 pagina's (ePub2, 2,7 MB) | Moonshot Publishing B.V., Laren | 2023
E-book
Leon Zijlmans 80 jaar DAF
historie op kaart in beeld gebracht
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 191 pagina's | Aprilis, Zaltbommel | 2007
Gedrukt boek
Kleine ecohuizen
Fotoboek.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Frans | Engels | 188 pagina's | Librero, Kerkdriel | 2007
Gedrukt boek
Randall Munroe How to?
absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems
Non-fictie
Engels | 307 pagina's | John Murray, London | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Hugo Grotius Annals of the war in the Low Countries
The Annals of the War in the Low Countries is one of Hugo Grotius' lesser-known works. Grotius expresses a contrarian view of the early revolt, which he presents not as a united battle for the true faith and the ancient liberties of the land but as a protracted and painful struggle, not only with the great power of Spain, but also with discord, selfishness and religious fanaticism among the Dutch. To convey this complex and controversial vision of the foundational years of the Dutch Republic, Grotius...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 63 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023
E-book
Isabel Sánchez Vegara Neil Armstrong
Het leven en werk van de Amerikaanse astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2021. Prentenboek met gekleurde illustraties. Vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 32 pagina's | Frances Lincoln Children's Books, London | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere Wanted
Human-AI Translators e-book; Artificial Intelligence Demystified
Anyone who thinks artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t really concern us yet is wrong. AI is no longer a matter for futuristic science fiction films or hip technology fairs. It is now everywhere in your life. That personalised advertising folder from the supermarket with offers “especially for you”? AI. The songs suggested for you on Spotify? AI. The self-regulating traffic lights on the corner of your street? AI. It is undeniable that AI is entering our lives at a dizzying speed. It is now part...
Engels | 216 pagina's (ePub2, 2,6 MB) | Pelckmans, Edegem | 2021
E-book
Bernice Muntz High five with your rabbit
caring, training, playing
HIGH FIVE WITH YOUR RABBIT: caring, training, playing. The E-pub ´High Five with your rabbit´ is a unique book for anyone who has a rabbit. More often than not, rabbits are confined to a small space and have a relatively boring existence. This does not have to be the case! In ´High Five with your rabbit´ you learn about the kind of care your rabbit needs and how both you and your rabbit can have a more rewarding experience together. Read about: Developing ties with you rabbit Enjoying and playing...
Non-fictie
Engels | 266 pagina's (ePub2, 8 MB) | Animal Academy, Leidschendam | 2022
E-book
Johan de Zoete | Martien Versteeg Koppermaandagprenten
verkenning van een Nederlandse grafische traditie; observations on a Dutch printing tradition
Geschiedenis van de koppermaandagprent, met 166 specimina uit de periode 1700-1894.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 255 pagina's | Schwartz-SDU, Den Haag | 1991
Gedrukt boek
Ingo F. Walther | Norbert Wolf Codices illustres
the world's most famous illuminated manuscripts 400 to 1600
Non-fictie
Engels | 504 pagina's | Taschen, Köln [etc.] | 2001
Gedrukt boek