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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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Marianne Lee A Quiet Tide
At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed...
Engels | 11 uur 21 minuten (502 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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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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Carlo Gébler I, Antigone
"I, Antigone, have closed my eyes. My voice is deep and quiet, dark and slow, like a river moving over rocks, never stopping, never ceasing, endless. He was wholly at fault, and he was entirely innocent. This is true of us all if we only knew it. His fate is everyone’s. I, Antigone, have opened my eyes." The mythical Greek king, Oedipus, is no stranger to tragedy. As a baby, he is left to die on the mountainside of Thebes by his royal parents after the Oracle of Delphi prophesies that he will...
Engels | 9 uur 3 minuten (401 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Leo Vroman Misschien tot morgen
dagboek 2003-2006
Dagboek van de Nederlands-Amerikaanse dichter (1915- ) over zijn dagelijkse leven.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 696 pagina's | Querido, Amsterdam | 2006
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Willem Jan Otten | Kees Verheul | Clay Hunt Niets heb ik van mijzelf
een hommage aan het lezen
Essays van drie schrijvers over hun grote voorbeeld.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 203 pagina's | Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2010
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Oscar Wilde | Alfred Douglas Two loves
gedichten en brieven van Oscar Wilde en Lord Alfred Douglas
Bloemlezing in brieven en gedichten van de literaire liefdesgeschiedenis tussen schrijver Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) en dichter Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 47 pagina's | Uitgeverij HetMoet, [Amsterdam] | 2023
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Aan der droomen torentrans
werk en leven van Vincent Weyand (1921-1945)
Bijdragen over leven en werk van de Nederlandse dichter (1921-1945).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 286 pagina's | Van Gruting, Westervoort | 2008
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Teju Cole Known and strange things
Engels | 392 pagina's | Faber & Faber, London | 2016
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