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Murakami Haruki Killing Commendatore
Fictie
Engels | 673 pagina's | Harvill Secker, London | 2018
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Patrick Ness Release
De homoseksuele Adam (17) is een teleurstelling voor zijn gelovige vader. Adam vindt steun bij zijn vriendin Angela. Intussen probeert een dood meisje wraak te nemen op haar moordenaar. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Science fiction
Engels | 286 pagina's | Walker Books, London | 2017
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Jean E. Pendziwol The lightkeeper's daughters
Tiener Morgan raakt bevriend met de oude en bijna blinde Elizabeth en ontrafelt familiegeheimen tijdens het voorlezen van dagboeken van Elizabeths vader die vuurtorenwachter was op een klein eiland.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 310 pagina's | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London | 2018
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Amanda Robson Obsession
Het 'perfecte' huwelijk van Carly en Rob komt zwaar onder druk te staan als Carly depressief wordt en een relatie aangaat met iemand uit hun vriendenkring.
Fictie | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Engels | 456 pagina's | avon, London | 2017
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Roddy Doyle Smile
Een 54-jarige ex-journalist en would-be auteur overziet zijn leven in Dublin - inclusief zijn mislukte relatie met een bekende vrouwelijke tv-kok - tijdens de gesprekken die hij in een plaatselijke kroeg met een vroegere klasgenoot voert.
Fictie
Engels | 213 pagina's | Jonathan Cape, London | 2017
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Martha Conway The floating theatre
Een jonge naaister van een toneelgezelschap in Amerika in de vroege 19e eeuw wordt geconfronteerd met de realiteit van de slavernij.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 340 pagina's | ZAFFRE, London | 2017
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F. Scott Fitzgerald I'd die for you and other lost stories
Bundel met achttien nooit eerder gepubliceerde korte verhalen uit met name de jaren '30, met uitgebreide achtergrondinformatie en foto's.
Fictie | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 358 pagina's | Scribner, London | 2017
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Julia Chapman Date with malice
Als een oude inwoonster van Burncliffe dood in huis wordt gevonden, gaat Samson O'Brien op onderzoek.
Fictie | Detectiveroman
Engels | 404 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2022
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Ross Raisin A natural
Een 19-jarige homoseksuele voetballer degradeert ondanks zijn talent van de Premier League Academy naar een kleine club, waar zijn geaardheid geheim moet blijven.
Fictie | Sport
Engels | 342 pagina's | Jonathan Cape, London | 2017
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Henry James The turn of the screw and other ghost stories
Acht spookverhalen waaronder de ook afzonderlijk uitgegeven novelle ‘The Turn of the Screw’.
Fictie | Griezelverhaal | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 339 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2017
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Jacques Pijl Strategy
Strategy = Execution is for leaders, professionals, and entrepreneurs who view strategy execution as their principal job instead of strategy definition. Organizations are currently in a new economy, where they are either being disrupted or causing disruption. Continuity is no longer a given. Only one law applies: strategy = execution, because a strategy is only as brilliant as its execution. Strategy execution is the last competitive advantage. And strength, speed and agility in execution are more...
Engels | 11 uur 17 minuten (974 MB) | Bookora, Zeist | 2021
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Wiley Cash The last ballad
Beschrijving van het leven van Ella May Wiggins (1900-1929), een alleenstaande blanke vrouw die zich inzette voor de rechten van met name zwarte arbeiders in de Amerikaanse staat North Carolina.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 378 pagina's | Faber & Faber, London | 2018
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G. A. Henty On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War
As the first Anglo-Burmese War is raging, a young man, Stanley, finds himself involved. Set in early nineteenth century India and Burma, "On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War" is an exciting adventure, loaded with historical detail. G. A. Henty (1832-1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent, best known for his historical adventure stories. His works include "The Dragon & The Raven" (1886), "For The Temple" (1888), "Under Drake's Flag" (1883) and "In Freedom's Cause" (1885)....
Engels | 8 uur 42 minuten (398 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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Robert E. Howard Red Shadows
First published in Weird Tales, August 1928, alternatively titled 'Solomon Kane'. This was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. In France, Kane finds a girl attacked by a gang of brigands led by a villain known as Le Loup. As she dies in his arms, Kane determines to avenge her death, and the trail leads from France to Africa, ending with Kane's first meeting with N'Longa. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author of a wide range of genres. He created the pulp fiction hero...
Engels | 1 uur 2 minuten (48 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...
Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 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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Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur‘s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom,...
Engels | 11 uur 43 minuten (526 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz
"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...
Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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