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Anna Bridgwater Sister on Borrowed Time
In November 2005 a young woman, Margaret, dies of leukemia. In this moving and personal book Margaret’s sister, the journalist and writer Anna Bridgwater, tells about the years leading up to her death – about life as a young woman in Copenhagen, about family, love, heartache and calamities, and about the diagnosis that changed everything. Sister on Borrowed Time is a story about hope and about loving someone with cancer. It is a story about searching for a bone marrow donor in the attempt to cure...
Engels | 4 uur 44 minuten (222 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Sue Chambers A Magical Sense
Sue has been living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 1985. In this very personal audiobook, she explores how MS has affected her, physically and mentally, and provides valuable advice for others in the same position. Throughout the book, Sue's humour comes through making it a life affirming read. It is a must read for anyone affected by MS. A diagnosis of MS was the start of a journey for Sue. This book tells of that journey, from the initial shock of the diagnosis through the education process...
Engels | 5 uur 17 minuten (229 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Anne Glenconner Lady in waiting
my extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown
Non-fictie
Engels | 326 pagina's | Hodder, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Ify Adenuga Endless fortune
Engels | 237 pagina's | OWN IT!, [Groot-Brittannië] | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Madeleine Albright | Bill Woodward Hell and other destinations
a 21st-century memoir
Memoires van de Amerikaanse oud-minister van Buitenlandse Zaken over haar leven na haar ambtsperiode (1997-2001) onder president Clinton.
Non-fictie
Engels | 370 pagina's | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishersAmbo|Anthos, [New York] | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Aziz Binebine Tazmamart
18 years in Morocco's secret prison
Als jonge legerofficier was Aziz Binebine getuige van een bloedbad bij de zomerresidentie van de koning, en hoewel hij geen schot loste, werd hij toch opgesloten in Tazmamart, de beruchte geheime gevangenis in het Atlasgebergte. In dit boek een gedetailleerd verslag van de praktische en mentale maatregelen die hij nam om te overleven en een ongefilterde weergave van de kwelling van het gevangenisleven.
Non-fictie
Engels | 173 pagina's | Haus Publishing, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Laila Lalami Conditional citizens
on belonging in America
Aan de hand van een selectie voorwaarden geeft de in Marokko geboren schrijver haar visie op de ongelijkheid van inwoners in Amerika.
Non-fictie
Engels | 191 pagina's | Pantheon Books, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Mark Lanegan Sing backwards and weep
a memoir
Engels | 335 pagina's | White Rabbit, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Ani DiFranco No walls and the recurring dream
a memoir
Engels | 306 pagina's | Penguin Books, [New York] | 2020
Gedrukt boek