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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / F Faust
Goethe’s ‘Faust’ is considered to be his Magnum Opus and one of the best works of German literature ever completed. It is a universal tale of belonging, love, despair and finding ones purpose. Faust is a man in anguish; having dedicated his life to the sciences, to understanding the world around him he now sees that he has learnt all that he can. He is distraught by the notion that he cannot be at one with the cosmic universe and attain the highest form of knowledge. Seeing this, The Devil wagers...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022
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Lev Tolstoj War and Peace I
War & Peace
"I'm not looking for 'War and Peace'” is a modern way of saying "keep it short". However, "I am looking for 'War and Peace'" should be on our lips. Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece is a complete semester of Russian and French history, using the zoom button to focus on its impact on families from the aristocracy to the peasants. 'War and Peace I' introduces the five aristocratic families at the heart of the plot. It paints a picture of petty jealousy, pride and forbidden love in the Russian stately homes...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022
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James Joyce Ulysses
On 16 June 1904 Leopold Bloom wanders the streets of Dublin aimlessly as his wife Molly stays at home sleeping with other men. Having been made an involuntary cuckold, Leopold Bloom lets the soles of his shoes wear out on the pavements between the taverns in which his humiliation is acute, and hides in one memory after another as they haunt him in Dublin's wet fog. Leopold Bloom is the Odyssey of the 20th century, but unlike Homer's ancient warrior hero, Bloom is a modern anti-hero that you can't...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022
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Ewout Storm van Leeuwen Boreal Bushcraft
Living in the wild from the wild
What if you disconnect from society altogether? Urban nomads know what that's like, but they continue to live in the city in frayed corners and live on a kind of handouts and what others throw away. In countries with lots of nature and few inhabitants per square kilometer, some daredevils disconnect completely. They make a place where they live and live entirely self-sufficiently. Bushcraft is called that, the skill of living in the wild from the wild. They do have some trade with the "inhabited...
Engels | 206 pagina's (PDF) | Artscience, Amsterdam | 2023
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Will Adams The Sacred Spoils
The new conspiracy thriller from a true master of the genre. To the victor go the spoils... Historian Carmen Nero is in southern Italy help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia. Cesco Rossi, a quick-witted conman on the run from a brutal group of neo-Nazis, is about to be confronted by his tragic past. Israeli Professor Zara Gold is on a mission to find Judaism's most sacred relic. For the tomb of Alaric I, the Visigoth king who sacked...
Engels | 13 uur 51 minuten (616 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Olive Schreiner Dreams
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Midnight has never had a normal life. To the outside world she is a typical teenager, but on the inside, Sarah holds an unimaginable secret. Her parents are demon hunters, part of a web of Secret Families who have sworn to protect the world. But when they are mysteriously killed, Sarah's world is shattered but she knows she must now take up their fight. Unprepared for the task ahead, she finds herself thrust into a world of incredible danger, full of things she never even...
Engels | 408 pagina's (ePub, 0,3 MB) | Black & White Publishing, [Nederland] | 2018
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Lotte Kirkeby The Reunion
Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together. In English for the first time, readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Tove Jansson will be thrilled to discover the debut short story collection of a celebrated...
Engels | 3 uur 20 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lina Wolff The Polyglot Lovers
'A singular novel, sometimes brutal, certainly merciless.' - Le Figaro (France) Ferocious and irreverent, this multiple prize-winning novel burns down the pretensions of a pompous literary establishment and takes no prisoners. Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded in a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover,...
Engels | 7 uur 54 minuten (356 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Suzie Tullett Holly's Christmas Countdown
Embrace the gift of new beginnings! Holly's dream of celebrating Christmas in the Caribbean with her boyfriend Jeremy shatters when heartbreak strikes, bringing her back to her holiday-obsessed family. But a twist of fate reveals a charming stranger at her door the morning after drowning her sorrows. With Fin as an unexpected houseguest, Holly embarks on a Christmas staycation like no other. As sparks fly between them, Holly discovers there's more to Fin than meets the eye. Will Holly get the...
Engels | 6 uur 23 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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M.R.C. Kasasian The Horror of Haglin House
Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate. A woman is killed outside Violet’s house, then another murdered in...
Engels | 13 uur 1 minuut (587 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Pauline Rowson The Chale Bay Murders
Meet DI Andy Horton. He’s a risk-taking Harley-Davidson-riding detective who doesn’t always play by the rules . . . which often lands him in trouble with his bosses. Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller. An elderly man obsessively watches the coast from his Victorian house high on the hill above Ventnor. When he observes mysterious lights out at sea, he reports them to the police. The local police think...
Engels | 8 uur 20 minuten (369 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Pauline Rowson The Isle of Wight Murders
A cold, grey January morning. A woman with a gun in her hand. A corpse on an abandoned golf course. Detective Inspector Andy Horton is taking a break on the Isle of Wight. But even when he’s on holiday trouble follows him... On an abandoned golf course, Horton finds a distraught, young woman with a gun in her hand, crouching over one of the derelict bunkers. Then the smell hits him. A dead man lies there. Dressed in walking gear, his body decomposing. The woman with the gun says she’s his sister....
Engels | 8 uur 18 minuten (369 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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James Joyce Finnegans Wake
Radicaal woordspelige beschrijving van een nacht uit het leven van een Ierse kastelein.
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 657 pagina's | Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam | 2002
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Celia Hayes Don't Marry Thomas Clarke
A feel-good romance. Sometimes true love can be found where you least expect it... Perfect for the fans of Mhairi McFarlene and Fiona Gibson. Thomas Clark is a wealthy aristocrat. Sandy Price was the girl next door. They grew up spending their summer holidays on the same country estate, but Sandy couldn't stand Thomas and he hasn't crossed her mind since. Years later, an unexpected turn of events brings Thomas back into her life. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Thomas is set to inherit...
Engels | 8 uur 57 minuten (393 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Minna Howard A Winter Affair
A wonderful warm, seasonal treat, whisking you on a magical adventure to the Swiss Alps. Full of food, laughter and fun. Perfect for the fans of Trisha Ashley. With a recent divorce and empty nest Eloise Brandon is facing Christmas alone until a harried phone call from her godfather changes everything. Accepting his challenge, Eloise finds herself en-route to Verbier and to her godfather's chalet in the beautiful Swiss Alps to help cater for some seriously rich, high rolling guests. What ensues...
Engels | 8 uur 33 minuten (380 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Dave Eggers What is the what
the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng; a novel
Het levensverhaal van een jongeman die als jongen de burgeroorlog in Zuid-Soedan overleeft door naar Kenia te vluchten en daarna in de VS asiel krijgt.
Fictie | Oorlogsroman | Sociale roman
Engels | 538 pagina's | Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York | 2007
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Kirk Kjeldsen The Depths
After trailing spouse Marah Lenaerts suffers her third miscarriage in as many years, her husband Eden surprises her with a vacation to Malaysia, hoping it will lift her spirits. And it does, as they enjoy trading the bustle of their Shanghai life behind for the idyllic tropical paradise. But while on a diving excursion, they’re taken hostage by a group of terrorists, who take them to a remote island and hold them there for ransom. The longer that time drags on, though, the more doubts Marah begins...
Engels | 5 uur (228 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2019
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Susan Barrie The Marriage Wheel
Federica is a hard-working 23-year-old who takes up a job as the chauffeur of the wealthy businessman Humphrey Lestrode. Not pleased with having a female driver, Lestrode is not too corteous towards Federica. When her family arrives at his cottage, things quickly change, and Federica is not at all happy at the attention her employer shows towards her attractive sister. Yet, as it turns out, she is not the only sister Humphrey has his eyes set on. The romantic tale written under one of Ida Pollock’s...
Engels | 4 uur 50 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Mistress of Brown Furrows
Carol Inglis is leading a glamorous life and has come far from her days at an English boarding school. Yet she feels that something essential is missing: true love from her husband. Timothy Carrington has given her everything she had wanted, and most importantly, saved her from an unfortunate life of poverty. What she wants most is true feelings from the man. Can she light the kindle between them, and does he return her love for him? The love story written under Ida Pollock's pseudonym Susan Barrie...
Engels | 7 uur 22 minuten (325 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Quiet Heart
Alison had married for convenience, and when her husband died, she still had his three daughters to look after in Leyden Hall. When she meets the new master of the hall, architect Sir Charles Leyden, she finds him to be distant and quite intimidating. Yet when Sir Charles falls ill and she cares for him, she must admit that there is a softer side to him that she finds rather alluring. Does she stand a chance with this man, especially since his attentions appear to be directed at her stepdaughter...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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