Zoekresultaten
Resultaat 41 - 60 (van 90)
Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird's Ventures
"'Oh, this indigent family of ours! I certainly must bestir myself and do something to support it,' said Betty Baird, airily, to her mother, yet looking determined, and straightening herself up among the cushions piled high on the broad window-seat in her room." Betty is back home with her parents on Long Islands, when she discovers her father is struggling to pay back the mortgage. She decides to help. But can a young girl in 1907 earn enough money to make a difference? And does Betty have the...
Engels | 6 uur 34 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate
“You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...
Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Booth Tarkington Penrod and Sam
"During the daylight hours of several autumn Saturdays there had been severe outbreaks of cavalry in the Schofield neighbourhood. The sabres were of wood; the steeds were imaginary, and both were employed in a game." "Penrod and Sam" (1916) is the sequel to "Penrod" (1914). Set before World War One, it focuses on Penrod Schofield and his best friend Sam Williams as they go on hilarious adventures. Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. Originally from Indianapolis,...
Engels | 6 uur 27 minuten (283 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Colleen S. Myers Blood Will Tell
Twilight meets Divergent. Unbeknownst to 18-year old Isabelle, her dad inserted a vital DNA sequence into her blood that made her resistant to the Immortalus virus, but unlocked other capabilities that prove to be the key to the war between the human and vampire race. Colleen S. Myers in an American writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of "The Solum" series, the "Hometown Heroes" series, and the "Blood" series. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 6 uur 27 minuten (284 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Walter Parks Jesus
The Missing Years
The Bible tells us of Jesus' birth and of His being in the temple in Jerusalem when He was a boy of 12. But then there is no further mention of Him until about 20 years later when He starts His ministry. Where was He? Why did the Bible not say? After an intensive search and study of The Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient documents, I found where God gave instructions, through His Prophets, for the preparation of a place in the wilderness for His Son Jesus. The instructions were followed. A place...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (183 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Augusta Huiell Seaman The Girl Next Door
Marcia Brett tells her friend Janet that the old, broken-down house next door, which they always thought was empty and abandoned, is apparently not so. An old, veiled woman lives there, and so does a pretty, blond girl of about their age. They discover that this girl, Cicely Marlowe, came to live with old Mrs. Benedict after her mother’s death, but she doesn’t know why, or she is. All she does know is that she must remains mostly unseen, not look out the windows, or talk to anyone. Augusta Huiell...
Engels | 4 uur 12 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Brian S. Ference Purgatory of the Werewolf
What's worse than realizing you're a werewolf? Being chased by a monster hunter with a demon eye. Dorian survived being eaten alive, but time is running out to save himself and his loved ones before the full moon. He flees England and enlists with the Royal Navy hoping to escape the monster. But will his ship carry him to a new life before the full moon or plunge him into the horror of war? This is the second book in "The Wolf of Dorian Gray" series. Brian S. Ference is an American author from...
Engels | 6 uur 7 minuten (267 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Charles Miner Thompson The Calico Cat
Solomon has hated the Calico Cat ever since he bought the house in Ellmington and he has tried his very best to drive her away, but with no luck. As he tries once more to get rid of the cat, he triggers a vicious series of events that ends with lies, the arrest of a boy, and a guilty conscience. Charles Miner Thompson (1864-1941) was an American author and journalist, who worked as an editor at the Youth’s Companion, a children’s magazine that ran from 1827 to 1929. Thompson is mostly remembered...
Engels | 2 uur 30 minuten (110 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Christina Hammonds Reed Black kids
Los Angeles 1992. Scholiere Ashley Bennett geniet samen met haar vrienden van hun laatste schooljaar, die ze meer op het strand doorbrengen dan in de klas. Alles verandert als militairen een zwarte man halfdood slaan en daarvan worden vrijgesproken. Er breken rellen uit en ineens is Ashley niet gewoon één van de meisjes. Ze is één van de zwarte kinderen… Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 358 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
C Pam Zhang How much of these hills is gold
Twee qua karakter verschillende zusjes van een Chinese immigrantenfamilie in de VS halverwege de 19e eeuw zijn, als hun vader sterft tijdens de Gold Rush en hun moeder onvindbaar is, gedwongen tot een overlevingstocht.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 272 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Ibi Zoboi | Yusef Salaam Punching the air
Amal Shahid, altijd bezig met kunst en poëzie, wordt als hij zestien is, beschuldigd van een misdaad, die hij niet heeft gepleegd. In de gevangenis is hij de wanhoop nabij totdat hij zijn toevlucht zoekt in zijn woorden en kunst. Verhaal in gedichten en illustraties, vanaf 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 386 pagina's | HarperCollins Children's Books, London, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Darren McQueen The invincible summer of Juniper Jones
Fictie
Engels | 292 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio The undocumented Americans
Verhalen van en over illegale immigranten in de VS opgetekend door een van hen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 185 pagina's | Swift, London | 2021
Gedrukt boek
George M. Johnson All boys aren't blue
a memoir-manifesto
Autobiografie van een Amerikaanse homoseksuele auteur en activist.
Non-fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's | Farrar Straus Giroux, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Marcus Garvey Message to the people
the course of African philosophy
Engels | 149 pagina's | Dover Publications, inc., Mineola, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Frank Smyth The NRA
the unauthorized history
Engels | 295 pagina's | Flatiron Books, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Michael Kimmage$aut$! The abandonment of the West
the history of an idea in American foreign policy
Engels | 373 pagina's | Basic Books, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Philip Rucker | Carol Leonnig A very stable genius
Donald J. Trump's testing of America
Kritische, journalistieke analyse van de politiek van de Amerikaanse president Trump.
Engels | 465 pagina's | Bloomsbury Publishing, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Fred Kaplan The bomb
presidents, generals, and the secret history of nuclear war
Engels | 372 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Kishore Mahbubani Has China won?
the Chinese challenge to American primacy
Engels | 310 pagina's | Public Affairs, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek