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Sarah Orne Jewett Deephaven
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common place daily events to something remarkable, and lend dignity and grace to the most humble and homely human character. In Deephaven, go with her on vacation to an unforgettable seaside village where time runs slower and small pleasures are intensified. Much space is given to outdoor rambles and sights and events of daily living that draw you into another era. Jewett's loving and gentle descriptions...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Peter Gotthardt The Fate of the Elves 1
The Ironclad Warriors
“The Ironclad Warriors” is the first book from “The Fate of the Elves” series. No more petty skirmishes and snatching of crowns. The elven land is in dire trouble – there is a mighty enemy at its gates, who is all too powerful for their armies. The elves are forced to hide in the forest where their plans for retaliation begin to brew. Daisy, the main character, is on the verge of finding something that might help them in their predicament and inevitable fight. A lot of adventures, dangerous escapades,...
Engels | 44 minuten (34 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Peter Gotthardt The Fate of the Elves 2
The Heart of Stone
The siege continues, and the plans of the elves grow bolder and more dangerous. Daisy’s new friend, Bramble, is ready to fight with them, but his young age is a problem. However, his courage and bravery soon get him in trouble – he infiltrates the enemy camp, and plans to help the elves from the inside. The dangerous situations pile one after the other, and the reader expects almost everything to happen. Cliffhangers and breathtaking episodes turn the second part in the series into a must-read for...
Engels | 44 minuten (34 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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Henry James Roderick Hudson
Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...
Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action film...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (273 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling Captain Courageous
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (272 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern
This novel begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, until we've got a chaotic bedlam of New England's tragically off the wall odd ball relations. Our protagonists may not communicate efficiently at first but at least they've got a sense of humours. The humourous style keeps up as well as some moments of lustre and rich feeling about the printed word itself. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author,...
Engels | 7 uur 8 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed Lavender and Old Lace
Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep., 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed's long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author, poet and journalist. A best-selling romance...
Engels | 4 uur 14 minuten (190 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edith Nesbit The Book of Dragons
A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins ‘The Island of Nine Whirlpools‘, one of Edith Nesbitt’s eight dragon stories in ‘The Book of Dragons’ (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing...
Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Kenneth Grahame Dream Days
Dream Days is a collection of children's fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame. A sequel to Grahame's 1895 collection The Golden Age (some of its selections feature the same family of five children), Dream Days was first published in 1898 under the imprint John Lane: The Bodley Head. (The first six selections in the book had been previously published in periodicals of the day - in the Yellow Book, the New Review, and in Scribner's Magazine in the United States.) The book...
Engels | 4 uur 49 minuten (219 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...
Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Cynthia Mc Leod Hoe duur was de suiker?
Surinaamse historische roman
Het leven van slaven en hun meesters op een Surinaamse suikerplantage in de achttiende eeuw.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 3,3 MB | Conserve, Schoorl | 2017
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Froon Akker Einum
Yn it djippe suden fan Kanada set in fûgeltsje útein mei de oerstek nei Europa. Tagelyk wurdt by in wenningstichting yn it noarden fan Nederlân in brief opsteld. Balansearjend op it snijflak fan lân en see leit Einum, in buertskip yn in lânskip fan boulannen mei op de achtergrûn in him yn rap tempo útwreidzjend havengebiet. Yn achttjin miniatueren wurdt in skets jûn fan de ynwenners: in keunstner dy't besiket de skimering tusken skaad en ljocht fêst te lizzen, in demintearjende frou, in...
Westerlauwers Fries | 9 uur (512 MB) | Froonakker, Easterwierrum | 2016
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal Elin de eenhoorn en de droom die uitkwam
Er is iets ergs aan de hand in Eenhoornland: het blijft maar regenen! En dat is een groot probleem, want eenhoorns krijgen hun kracht en magie van de gouden zon, van prachtige regenbogen en van de glinstering van geloven. Gelukkig heeft Elin de eenhoorn nog al haar kracht en magie omdat ze altijd is blijven geloven dat kleine meisjes écht bestaan! En gelukkig is er één klein meisje dat voelt dat ze hard nodig is in Eenhoornland. Kunnen Elin en het kleine meisje misschien samen de eenhoorns redden?...
Nederlands | 39 pagina's (ePub3, 10 MB) | Moon, Amsterdam | 2024
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Claudia Vanzegbroeck Zwoele ritmes
Een jonge vrouw trekt naar Amerika om een nieuw leven op te bouwen en wordt verliefd op een popster uit Puerto Rico.
Fictie
Nederlands | 182 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Ellessy, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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Magnus Jonsson De aasgieren
Op een middag in november wordt een bank in Kungsträdgården het slachtoffer van een gewelddadige aanval. Scherpschutters schieten koelbloedig een aantal medewerkers dood. Rechercheurs Rickard Stenlander en Erik Svensson vermoeden dat Zweden opnieuw getroffen wordt door een terroristische aanslag. Tijdens het onderzoek blijkt al snel dat alle slachtoffers op dezelfde afdeling bij de bank werkten. De politie huurt de jonge encryptie-expert Linn Ståhl in om de computers van de slachtoffers te analyseren....
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 4,2 MB | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2024
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Holly Martin Lente in Blueberry Bay
Een jonge vrouw biedt een dakloze man een plek in haar huis aan, maar zij weet niet dat deze man een dubbelleven leidt. Hoewel ze gevoelens voor elkaar hebben, durft zij door haar verleden haar hart niet te openen, en gooien zijn geheimen mogelijk roet in het eten.
Fictie
Nederlands | 268 pagina's (ePub2, 6,6 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2024
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Holly Martin Zomer op Buttercup Beach
Een vrouw die al twee jaar hopeloos verliefd is op haar beste vriend, probeert haar gevoelens verborgen te houden. Hun vriendschap komt op het spel te staan als beiden toch de moed vinden om hun gevoelens voor elkaar te delen.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 6 MB | Z&K, Utrecht | 2024
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