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Lauren Oliver The magnificent monsters of Cedar Street
Eind 19e eeuw, Boston. Cordelia en haar vader verzorgen stiekem monsters. Totdat op een dag zowel de monsters en haar vader verdwenen zijn. Ze gaat op onderzoek uit. Vanaf ca. 11 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sprookjes
Engels | 348 pagina's | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York | 2020
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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
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C Pam Zhang How much of these hills is gold
Twee qua karakter verschillende zusjes van een Chinese immigrantenfamilie in de VS halverwege de 19e eeuw zijn, als hun vader sterft tijdens de Gold Rush en hun moeder onvindbaar is, gedwongen tot een overlevingstocht.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 272 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Charles Miner Thompson The Calico Cat
Solomon has hated the Calico Cat ever since he bought the house in Ellmington and he has tried his very best to drive her away, but with no luck. As he tries once more to get rid of the cat, he triggers a vicious series of events that ends with lies, the arrest of a boy, and a guilty conscience. Charles Miner Thompson (1864-1941) was an American author and journalist, who worked as an editor at the Youth’s Companion, a children’s magazine that ran from 1827 to 1929. Thompson is mostly remembered...
Engels | 2 uur 30 minuten (110 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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C Pam Zhang How much of these hills is gold
Twee qua karakter verschillende zusjes van een Chinese immigrantenfamilie in de VS halverwege de 19e eeuw zijn, als hun vader sterft tijdens de Gold Rush en hun moeder onvindbaar is, gedwongen tot een overlevingstocht.
Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 368 pagina's | Random House Large Print Publishing, New York | 2020
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William Still Passengers
true stories of the Underground Railroad
Non-fictie
Engels | 362 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2020
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