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Michael Chabon Moonglow
Een man vertelt op zijn sterfbed aan zijn kleinzoon over zijn leven tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog die in verschillende opzichten zijn leven heeft getekend.
Fictie
Engels | 430 pagina's | 4th Estate, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Edgar Wallace The Green Rust
A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor - to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would become heir to his millions. However, the millionaire is mysteriously murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed. Oliva Cresswell, the unsuspecting niece, has been a cashier in a large West End store for five years when she meets a Mr. Beale, a self...
Engels | 9 uur 45 minuten (452 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln The Red Seal
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! Natalie Sumner Lincoln (1881-1935) was an American novelist. A prolific writer, she is best known for her mystery and crime novels, such as "The Red Seal" (1920), "The Moving Finger (1918), and "The Cat’s Paw" (1922). Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 5 uur 28 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
One day, an ape named Kala finds a small human boy in the jungles of Africa. She names him Tarzan ("White skin" in ape language), and raises him as her own. In time, differences between himself and his tribe become clear to Tarzan, and when he finds a human-made cabin with books and photographs, he starts to understand why. Little does he know that his encounters with other humans have only just begun. This 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in a pulp magazine and quickly became...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Frances Hodgson Burnett In the Closed Room
One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants’ apartments, the girl sets out to explore the house. A single room is locked, however, but for some reason the girl has access to it. Inside, she meets another little girl ... just as delicate as herself ... ’In the Closed Room’ (1904) is an eerie ghost story by the author of...
Engels | 1 uur 16 minuten (57 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edith Wharton Summer
Charity Royall is a 19-year-old girl, bored with her life in a small New England town. Ever since she was adopted by Mr. Royall as a child and saved from a life of poverty on the "mountain", she has been unsure of her place in society. She longs to escape the claustrophobic town and the now widowed Mr. Royall’s unwanted advances. Enter Lucius Harney, sophisticated architect and ambitious city boy. Suddenly, Charity's hopes of escape awaken, as well as her newly found sexuality. But will Lucius Harney...
Engels | 5 uur 41 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Baldwin I am not your negro
Non-fictie
Engels | 118 pagina's | Penguin Books, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
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
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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
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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
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Paul Auster 4 3 2 1
a novel
De joodse jongen Archibald Ferguson groeit op in Amerika tijdens de jaren vijftig en zestig van de 20e eeuw. Zijn verhaal wordt vier keer verteld, waarbij zijn levensloop door het toeval gestuurd steeds een andere wending neemt.
Psychologische roman
Engels | Macmillan Audio, New York | 2017
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Rachel Doležal | Storms Reback In full color
finding my place in a black and white world
Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse Rachel Doležal, van blank-Europese afkomst, maar die zich als volwassene meer ging identificeren met de zwarte gemeenschappen van de plaatsen Jackson, Mississippi and Washinton, DC, waar zij woonde.
Non-fictie
Engels | 282 pagina's | BenBella Books, Dallas | 2017
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James D. Stone America through a British lens
cinematic portrayals, 1930-2010
Engels | 208 pagina's | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Barry Bergdoll | Jennifer Gray Frank Lloyd Wright
unpacking the archive
Engels | 256 pagina's | The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Tate Modern Soul of a nation
art in the age of Black power
Engels | 256 pagina's | Tate Publishing, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Museum Barberini From Hopper to Rothko
America's road to modern art
Engels | 247 pagina's | Prestel, Munich | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Kate Moore The radium girls
the dark story of America's shining women
Non-fictie
Engels | 479 pagina's | 2017
Gedrukt boek