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Serhiy Zhadan The orphanage
a novel
Een Oekraïense leraar haalt met veel moeite zijn neefje op uit een weeshuis in een stad die door de Russen dreigt te worden bezet.
Fictie
Engels | 324 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven | 2021
Gedrukt boek
H.E. Bates Fair stood the wind for France
Engels | 254 pagina's | Penguin in association with Joseph, Harmondsworth | 1980
Gedrukt boek
Ellen Keith The Dutch wife
Het liefdesverhaal tussen een Nederlandse gevangene in concentratiekamp Buchenwald en een SS-officier, dat ook het leven belicht van vrouwen in een kampbordeel, komt samen met een verhaal over de Vuile Oorlog in Argentinië.
Fictie
Engels | 384 pagina's | Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Toronto | 2018
Gedrukt boek
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 the...
Engels | 13 uur 35 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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. But...
Engels | 13 uur 24 minuten (588 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Gosia Nealon Her Secret Resistance
Vowing to honour her dead father's memory, 23-year-old Wanda throws herself into the Polish resistance, risking her life to transport ammunition for the uprising against the Nazis. But a clandestine meeting with an informant reveals a shocking twist. The man before her is the very soldier who took her father's life. Claiming to be a double agent, the informant sparks doubt, forcing Wanda to make a life-altering decision: trust the man she hates most in the world or jeopardize her network's crucial...
Engels | 8 uur 22 minuten (374 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Fate
Massacres, invasions, plots. An Emperor on the edge. An Empire in peril. Caracalla is on the warpath. Time, he has decided, to put his enemies in their place. To invade the Parthians at the edge of the Empire. To destroy everything in his way. For Imperial Assassin Silus, this is a time of crisis. Forced to guard the Emperor as part of his elite bodyguard, Silus knows that the situation is untenable. As everything threatens to crumble, Silus must make the ultimate choice... and face the ultimate...
Engels | 10 uur 57 minuten (484 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Ken Follett Winter of the world
De lotgevallen van families in Engeland, Wales, Rusland, Duitsland en VS zijn verweven met de gebeurtenissen voor, tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Fictie
Engels | 890 pagina's | Signet, New York [etc.] | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Alyson Richman The lost wife
Een pasgetrouwde vrouw verkiest in Praag bij haar familie te blijven als haar man tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de overtocht naar Amerika maakt.
Fictie
Engels | 344 pagina's | Hodder, London | 2012
Gedrukt boek
Brothers
Een jongere broer van een in Afghanistan vermiste militair ontfermt zich over diens vrouw en kind
Fictie
Film
Judith Lennox The heart of the night
Twee meisjes zijn vlak voor en tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog op zoek naar de liefde.
Fictie
Engels | 548 pagina's | Headline Review, London | 2010
Gedrukt boek
The English patient
Aan het eind van de Tweede Wereldoorlog verzorgt de Canadese verpleegster Hana een 'Engelse patiënt', een man die onherkenbaar verminkt is, aan geheugenverlies lijdt en dood wil.
Fictie
Film
Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade
Een Amerikaan die als soldaat het bombardement op Dresden heeft meegemaakt, wordt geplaagd door vreemde herinneringen. Met woordverklaringen Engels-Engels.
Fictie
Engels | 134 pagina's | Aschehoug [etc.], Copenhagen [etc.] | 1994
Gedrukt boek
Vanessa Chan The storm we made
Een Maleisische vrouw wordt in 1945 achtervolgd door de keuzes die ze tien jaar eerder maakte, toen ze een cruciale rol begon te spelen in het binnenloodsen van de Japanse bezetters.
Fictie
Engels | 339 pagina's | Hodder & Stoughton, Londen | 2024
Gedrukt boek
Charles Rivers The Earp Brothers
"The Earp Brothers" weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful characters that inhabited the West during the 19th century, the most famous of them all is Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), who has long been regarded as the embodiment of the Wild West. Charles Rivers (Editors) in an independant publisher, which had created...
Engels | 2 uur 46 minuten (123 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
R. J. Belle After
Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstance. Hear how these incredible men manage to reshape their lives after combat. It also sets these stories within the context of current veteran healthcare, and injury, suicide, and disability statistics, and looks briefly at the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. R. J. Belle...
Engels | 3 uur 41 minuten (160 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Marcelle Kellermann The Interpreter
This story is set during the occupation of France of 1940-44, during which time the author fought as a member of the Resistance. It follows her interrogation, imprisonment and her subsequent unexpected release by the German Nazi Officer Frank Van Heugen, the official interpreter in the German Kommandatur of Vichy France. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 4 uur 33 minuten (202 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Miranda Watson | James Rosone Prelude to World War III
In the not-too-distant future, the United States loses its status as a world Superpower. With the military cut to a barebones level and American leaders focused solely on the nation's internal struggles, the door will open for new powers to emerge on the world stage. In the wake of this power vacuum, China and Russia begin to flex their military muscles and expand their dominance in the world. They have the most up-to-date technological innovations ready for battle: railguns, unmanned drone tank...
Engels | 9 uur 4 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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