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Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
Archeoloog-avonturier 'Indy' moet een Russische agente te snel af te zijn om de mystieke, kristallen schedel van Akator in handen te krijgen
Fictie | Thriller
Film
Christa Carbo Het poppenhuis
Aan de hand van kleurenfoto's wordt verteld wat er allemaal te zien is in het zeventiende-eeuwse poppenhuis van Petronella Oortman in het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 12 pagina's | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Edgar Allan Poe Tales of mystery and imagination
Verzameling griezelige en fantastische verhalen over levend begraven worden, wanhoop en de dood. Met opdrachten en een cd. Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.
Fictie | Griezelverhaal | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 107 pagina's | Pearson Education Limited, Harlow | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Doris Lessing Alfred and Emily
Deels gefingeerd, deels autobiografisch portret van de ouders van de Britse schrijfster (1919- ).
Fictie
Engels | 274 pagina's | Harper Perennial, London [etc.] | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Peter May Blacklight blue
Enzo MacLeod, forensisch wetenschapper, probeert moordzaken uit het verleden op te lossen - maar dan wordt hij zelf, en ook zijn naaste familie, aangevallen.
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 404 pagina's | Quercus, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
John Grisham The rainmaker
De jonge advocaat Rudy Baylor neemt het op tegen een verzekeringsmaatschappij, die een medische behandeling voor een jongen met leukemie niet wenst te betalen. Met opdrachten en een cd. Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.
Fictie | Thriller
Engels | 94 pagina's | Pearson Education Limited, Harlow | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit." One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching. Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view, saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters. It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him. Not long thereafter, Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet...
Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (431 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Carson McCullers The member of the wedding
Een 12-jarig, fantasievol meisje heeft tegenstrijdige emoties in het weekend dat voorafgaat aan het huwelijk van haar oudere broer met een haar onbekend meisje.
Fictie | Kinderleven | Psychologische roman
Engels | 189 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Edith Wharton Ethan Frome
"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock." Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself. ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full...
Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...
Engels | 18 uur 27 minuten (849 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Martin Kers | Willem Kolvoort Oer
de kracht van kijken
Close-up foto's van de natuur.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 176 pagina's | Thieme Art, Deventer | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Slinkachu Big bad city
Grote kleurenfoto's van poppetjes die de Britse straatkunstenaar Slinkachu (1979) ergens op straat neerzette. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 147 pagina's | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2010
Gedrukt boek
Meg Cabot Airhead
Door een bizar ongeluk tijdens de opening van een nieuw warenhuis, worden de levens van Emerson Watts (17, ik-figuur) en supermodel Nikki Howard volledig overhoop gegooid. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 307 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Islam & Europe
crises are challenges
Within the framework of the Forum A. & A Leysen, several experts from in and outside the Muslim world contributed to this book. In Islam and Europe: Crises Are Challenges they discuss how dialogues between Islam and the West, with a focus on Europe, can be achieved. The various authors (legal scholars, political theorists, social scientists, and psychologists) explore in these collected essays such interrelated questions as: How much diversity is permissible within a liberal pluralistic democratic...
Non-fictie
Engels | 248 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Jenny Slatman Our strange body
philosophical reflections on identity and medical interventions
Filosofische beschouwing over de wijze waarop mensen zich identificeren met ingrijpende veranderingen aan het eigen lichaam.
Non-fictie
Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 2,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2016
E-book
Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her...
Engels | ePub2, 0,9 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Michael Crichton The Lost World
Something has survived. THE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO JURASSIC PARKSix years have passed since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park. In the years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end, the island has been indefinitely closed to the public, its park dismantled, the dinosaurs themselves destroyed. Or so it was thought. But something has survived. And when a team led by maverick scientist Ian Malcolm enters the mysterious 'Site B' to investigate, they are determined...
Engels | ePub2, 0,2 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Maria Semple This one is mine
Twee jonge vrouwen worstelen met de liefde, hun leven, hun toekomst en gaan erg ver voor hun eigen geluk.
Fictie | Humoristische roman | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 289 pagina's | Phoenix, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Simon Richmond Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Penang
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Penang is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy Kuala Lumpur's most famous street food on Jalan Alor, visit the busy shrine at Batu Caves, or shop for designer bargains in malls such as Pavilion KL; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Penang and begin your journey now! Inside...
Non-fictie
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub, 81 MB) | Lonely Planet Publications, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book