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Denis Johnson Train dreams
Na het verlies van zijn vrouw en kind trekt een dagloner zich begin 20e eeuw terug als kluizenaar in een zelfgebouwde hut in de natuur van Idaho.
Fictie
Engels | 116 pagina's | Granta, London | 2012
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Martina André Robolove 3 - Operation
Silver Soul
The gripping final instalment in the popular RoboLove trilogy. Silver, former combat robot turned rebel, is tasked by his leader with a highly sensitive mission – to protect Patricia, First Lady of the PanAmerican States, from a treacherous assassin. To get as close to her as possible, Silver takes on the role of her handsome companion. There’s just one snag: her powerful ex-husband sends a female robot to be her new bodyguard. Soul – the breathtakingly beautiful R9 model – distrusts Silver from...
Engels | 8 uur 18 minuten (362 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Love's Christmas journey
Een jonge weduwe reist naar het stadje Haddonton om kerst te vieren met haar broer en zijn kinderen.
Fictie | Familieroman | Historische roman | Kerstverhaal
Film
Toni Morrison Song of Solomon
Een zwarte jongeman gaat samen met een vriend op zoek naar zijn afkomst en achtergrond in de geboortestreek van zijn voorouders.
Fictie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 337 pagina's | Vintage International. Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York | 2019
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Damion Hunter Shadow of the Eagle
'A brilliantly realised world of Imperial ambition and native resistance' Simon Scarrow 'Wonderful, distinct characters' Conn Iggulden Will Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy? Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’ invasion. When both parents die within a month of each other, he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles....
Engels | 13 uur 24 minuten (588 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jeff Grace Meek's cutoff
Een groepje landverhuizers is in 1845 in Oregon op zoek naar water. Een cowboy belooft hen een snelle weg door het barre landschap, maar ze verdwalen.
Fictie | Wild-westroman
Film
Damion Hunter Empire's Edge
Loyalty to your people. Loyalty to Rome. Only one can remain... Centurion Faustus Valerianus has already proven his bravery and skill, marching alongside Julius Agricola for six gruelling years to conquer the north of Britain. But that was just the beginning... With Agricola back in Rome, Faustus is given a new mission: to journey to Hibernia with exiled Irish prince Tuathal Techtmar and help him reclaim his rightful throne. But victory is a fleeting thing, and back in Caledonia, fears grow that...
Engels | 13 uur 35 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Sara Marchant Becoming Delilah
Escaping her troubled past and moving into a seaside cottage on a windswept island off Cape Cod with her Abuela, all Delilah wants now is a place of her own - and she’s paid a high price for it... But her wild, colourful garden and scandalous affair with married man Alan have her neighbours talking. And when she crosses paths with the reclusive Anton - who has a secret of his own - sparks fly. Will the past catch up with them? A delicate yet haunting novel about love, trauma, and identity, "Becoming...
Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (295 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Mark Twain Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Twee romans.
Fictie | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 435 pagina's | Everyman's Library, London | 1991
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The best of enemies
In de zomer van 1971 nemen de Afro-Amerikaanse mensenrechtenactivist Ann Atwater en Ku Klux Klan-leider C.P. Ellis deel aan een debat over desegregatie op scholen in Durham, North-Carolina. Tussen de twee ontstaat een curieuze vriendschap.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Film
Peter Ho Davies The fortunes
Vier Chinese Amerikanen worstelen in verschillende tijdperken, van de 19e tot 21e eeuw, met hun eigen identiteit en hopen door de blanke Amerikaan geaccepteerd te worden.
Fictie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 351 pagina's | Sceptre, London | 2017
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Tracy Chevalier The last runaway
Een jonge Engelse trouwt in de 19e eeuw met een Quaker en raakt betrokken bij een organisatie die gevluchte slaven helpt ontsnappen.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 305 pagina's | Dutton, New York [etc.] | 2013
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Americanah
De levens van een jong Nigeriaans stel gaan steeds meer uit elkaar lopen nadat zij naar Amerika is geëmigreerd.
Fictie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk | Sociale roman
Engels | 477 pagina's | Fourth Estate, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Love takes wing
Een jonge weduwe reist naar het stadje Sikeston om aan het werk te gaan als arts, maar de bevolking heeft niet veel vertrouwen in haar capaciteiten.
Fictie | Familieroman | Historische roman | Kerstverhaal
Film
Glyn Iliffe Wrath of the Gods
The awe-inspiring myth of loss, labour, and revenge... Heracles will do whatever it takes for justice. Having completed his first trials, Heracles learns that his children's shocking murder was part of an evil plot; his mind brought to madness by some strange poison. To regain his honour, he must uncover the secret behind this terrible betrayal. Despite the revelation, he continues the twelve trials. Charis, the servant of vengeful Hera, sets him a series of seemingly impossible tasks: slay the...
Engels | 11 uur 21 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Christina Baker Kline Orphan train
a novel
Tussen 1859-1930 worden duizenden weeskinderen uit New York met begeleiders op de trein gezet om 'aangenomen' te worden door families uit de centrale staten van de Verenigde Staten.
Fictie | Sociale roman
Engels | 278 pagina's | William Morrow, New York, New York | 2015
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Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Jane Lacey-Crane The City of Second Chances
Has she already met The One? What if Mr Right had come along at the wrong time...? Evie Grant is forty-five years old, a widow, and single mum of two children about to leave the nest. Suddenly alone in the family home, Evie realizes she hates her job, hardly goes out and hasn't had a date since who knows when... So it feels like fate when the opportunity arises for a girls trip to New York City. Staying with her sister on the Upper East Side, Evie is enchanted by a snow-covered city consumed by...
Engels | 10 uur 38 minuten (467 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Celia Hayes Who's that Girl?
Sam Preston appears to be living the glamorous life of a journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle. If only that was the case... In reality, she's frustratingly single, stuck living in her parents' house, and, oh yeah, in love with her boss, Dave, who barely knows that she exists. Life seems like it will never change - until the day Sam is put on an assignment with Dave, reporting on the San Francisco Fashion Week. She hopes this might be a turning point in their relationship. But things never...
Engels | 10 uur 26 minuten (459 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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David Hair | Cath Mayo Athena's Champion
A prophecy condemns him, a goddess binds him, but what will set Odysseus free? A thrilling tale of a legendary Greek adventure, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and David Gemmell. Young Prince Odysseus is about to have his world torn apart. He has travelled to the oracle at Pytho to be anointed as heir to his island kingdom, but instead a terrible secret is revealed, one that tears down every pillar of his life and marks him out for death. Outcast by his family and on the run, Odysseus is offered...
Engels | 14 uur 49 minuten (651 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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