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Laura Lee Hope The Moving Picture Girls
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly hoarse and he loses the role. Despite voice rest and medical treatment, Mr. DeVere's voice fails to improve, and it is impossible to find theatre work. A friend and neighbour in their apartment building suggests that Mr. DeVere tries acting in the moving...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Rudyard Kipling Captain Courageous
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (272 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)
L. Frank Baum The Marvelous Land of Oz
Whatever happened in the lands of Oz after Dorothy left? In this sequel to the `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, we meet a young boy named Tip, who, unlike Dorothy, has grown up in this magical place. He is under the care (though that is a relative term) of the witch Mombi, but escapes her evil clutches just in time before she turns him in to a statue. Traveling through Oz, Tip meets a bunch of whimsical creatures (some of whom we know already) who join him on an adventurous journey that will conclude...
Engels | 4 uur 28 minuten (210 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Susan Coolidge What Katy Did
"To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy." Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cousin comes to visit, Katy‘s resolution to change only lasts a few hours. But soon she will have much more in common with her cousin than she wished and it will confine her to her room perhaps forever. Will it make her finally able to uphold her promise?...
Engels | 4 uur 35 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Victor Appleton Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, The Speediest Car on the Road, is Volume 5 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially designed prototype electric race car. But as he makes the final preparations and adjustments, days before the race, he discovers a plot that would bankrupt not only his family, but also everyone else that relies on the local bank (which is the target of a nefarious bank run scheme). Tom must solve...
Engels | 4 uur 40 minuten (209 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery
When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Edith Nesbit The Book of Dragons
A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins ‘The Island of Nine Whirlpools‘, one of Edith Nesbitt’s eight dragon stories in ‘The Book of Dragons’ (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing...
Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...
Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Ozma of Oz
Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (189 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Shanti Schiks Elfin
over liefde, verlies en de kracht in jezelf
Autobiografisch verhaal van een vrouw die haar elf maanden oude zoontje en schoonmoeder verliest, beiden vermoord door haar ex-partner nadat ze hem had verlaten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | Kosmos Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2017
E-book
Anja Lissone Surinaams huwelijk
Familiegeschiedenis over de betovergrootvader (1817-1888) van de schrijfster, van Italiaans-Zwitserse afkomst, die zich in 1833 vestigde in Suriname en als plantagehouder gebruikmaakte van slaven.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 191 pagina's | Elikser Uitgeverij, Leeuwarden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Bianca Grootfaam Ik zocht naar liefde
krachten op de wereld
Het waargebeurde verhaal in dit boek, gaat over mij en een aantal van de situaties waarmee mijn familieleden en ik waren geconfronteerd. Het liefst praat ik liever niet over anderen, maar jij moet begrijpen wat mijn achtergrond is en wat mijn basis was, om mijn strijd in het leven te kunnen begrijpen. Ik wil dat je van mijn fouten leert. Wat ik je in het kort kan vertellen over mijn verhaal is dat ik op zoek was naar liefde. Ben jij ook op zoek naar liefde? Het is belangrijk om te begrijpen dat er...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 100 pagina's (ePub2, 4,8 MB) | Highly Favored Publishing, Veenendaal | 2016
E-book
Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Kris Florek Durf te worden wie je bent
De succesvolle ondernemer van Poolse herkomst geeft adviezen aan mensen die erover denken als zelfstandig ondernemer te gaan werken.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 120 pagina's | Het Verhalenbureau, [Hardinxveld-Giessendam] | 2017
Gedrukt boek
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)
Lucy Adlington Het rode lint
In de prachtige young adult ‘Het rode lint’ van Lucy Adlington naait de veertienjarige Ella jurken voor hooggeplaatste nazi’s in concentratiekamp Berkenwoud. Het leven in het kamp is zwaar, maar dan ontmoet Ella de dromerige Rose. Kan ze haar vertrouwen? Het rode lint dat ze van haar krijgt is het symbool van hoop op een betere toekomst. Een krachtig, hoopvol verhaal over vriendschap en overleven in de meest barre omgeving die je je kunt voorstellen. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Nederlands | 191 pagina's (ePub2, 5,8 MB) | KokBoekencentrum Jeugd, Utrecht | 2020
E-book
John Pearson All the money in the world
Biografie van de Amerikaanse oliemagnaat Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) en zijn familie.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 326 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | HarperCollins, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Dianne Lake Mijn leven met Charles Manson
als jongste lid van 'De familie'
‘Natuurlijk maakte Charlie misbruik van me. Maar ik was naïef, eenzaam en wanhopig op zoek naar liefde.’ Eind 1967 sluit de veertienjarige Dianne Lake zich aan bij de commune van Charles Manson met niet veel meer bij zich dan een briefje met daarop de toestemming van haar hippieouders. Als jongste lid van ‘de familie’ krijgt ze het vaak hard te verduren, maar ze ondergaat het willoos. Dianne zoekt een vaderfiguur en de macht die de charismatische Charlie over zijn volgers heeft, kent geen grenzen....
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 331 pagina's (ePub2, 3,8 MB) | HarperCollins, Amsterdam | 2018
E-book
Judit Neurink Vrouwen overleven ISIS
Hoe overleef je als vrouw in ISIS-gebied? Hoe houd je je staande in een patriarchaal systeem dat mannelijke waarden als hoogste goed beschouwt? Irak-correspondente Judit Neurink sprak met vrouwen die drie jaar in het kalifaat leefden, totdat zij vanaf eind 2016 door het Iraakse leger werden bevrijd. Zij sprak met vrouwen die moesten vrezen voor hun leven – omdat zij zich verzetten, of omdat hun man door ISIS als gevaarlijk werd beschouwd – en met vrouwen wier mannen zich aansloten bij ISIS. In ‘Vrouwen...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 65 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Querido Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book