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Edwin Alexander Theft of the Master
"Theft of the Master" aims to appeal to the reader seeking more from a novel than a good read. This is an intricate web of stories speckled with an assortment of finely described characters spanning different historical periods and continents. The story moves along at a terrific rate and entices the reader to discover how the circle will be completed. This is the story of an ancient religious icon pilfered at the end of WWII and its consequences for a family and a nation. "Theft of the Master" has...
Engels | 10 uur 23 minuten (499 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henri Patrik The Vitruvian Inspiration
Bram, Edhem, Zuma and Lazar don't know each other, until a series of mysterious events and the ghosts from their past bring them together in a ruthless struggle for life and death. "The Vitruvian Inspiration" is a drama in which traumatized people be heroes. The story takes place in Sarajevo 2002, a city in which corruption, deceit, manslaughter and sex flourish under supervision of the international observers. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 19 uur 14 minuten (1107 MB) | Schrijverspunt (digitaal), Afferden L | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 1
The List
Bertram and his three friends; Jack, Kasper and Felix, have just finished school, and have formed a small-time gang, calling themselves The Hawks. They work for The Handler, who pays them to do break-ins and steal expensive designer furniture, at the request of The Handler’s clients. Bertram lives alone with his mum, who works as a waitress in a restaurant. She believes that Bertram is earning his money delivering the local paper. Bertram cannot remember too much about his dad. He was only seven...
Engels | 49 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 2
The Leap
Roland Benito, who works for the Independent Police Grievance Unit, has been sent with his colleague to interrogate two police officers, who have responded to an emergency. A prison guard has leapt from his fourth-story window, just as the two officers arrive to respond to a complaint about loud music from his flat. On the face of it, there does not appear to be anything suspicious about the situation, but when it turns out the prison guard is the father of Roland’s granddaughter’s best friend from...
Engels | 46 minuten (36 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 3
The Jacket
Bertram is afraid to go to the police and tell them what he found in the stolen jacket, as he is a wanted criminal and does not want anything to do with law enforcement. He tries calling anonymously one evening, while drunk and after smoking a couple of joints, but the police refuse to believe him. When Bertram later discovers that his mum is in danger for her life, he tries to warn her, but she does not believe him either. He begins following her, and finds out that she is meeting with a man he...
Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 4
New Leads
Anne Larsen finds out that the dead defense attorney ended her career shortly after losing a case, and that her client, child murderer Patrick Asp, was sent to prison. The father of the defense attorney, himself a supreme court justice, has vanished without a trace. Anne is at the prison to interview the warden about the prisoner who died of a drug overdose, when Patrick Asp discreetly manages to slip her a letter. He writes that he has been wrongly imprisoned, and that his wife played a part in...
Engels | 47 minuten (36 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 5
You're Next
Anne Larsen shows Roland a picture of Uwe Finch, and Roland recognises some of his features. Something about the eyes being so close together. But surely it cannot be the man it resembles, as he died years ago in a hotel fire. When a fingerprint determines that it is indeed the man he feared it might be, Roland becomes interested in finding out why he has returned with a new identity, and why he might be in Aarhus. Bertram’s mum has found the stolen leather jacket in his room, and wants to return...
Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 6
Cleaning Up
The new information in the case makes Roland Benito re-examine the prison guard’s suicide. Now he knows for certain who Uwe Finch really is, and he decides to let Anne Larsen know. She was the one who obtained Uwe Finch’s fingerprint, and in the past, Roland has found out that Anne can be of great help in police investigations. Bertram is shocked to find out what has happened to his mum, but suddenly Anne Larsen, the reporter from TV2 East Jutland, shows up. Bertram breaks down in front of Anne,...
Engels | 48 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen Little Claus and Big Claus
Sir Michael Caine reads "Little Claus and Big Claus". There are two men called Claus in the town. To tell them apart, one is called Big Claus, because he has four horses and the other one is nicknamed Little Claus, because he only has one horse. This is their story. Sir Michael Caine is a British actor, writer, and producer who has appeared in films such as "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992), "Inception" (2010) and "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (2014). Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was...
Engels | 7 minuten (5,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Joseph Norio Uemura Uemura’s Reflections on the Mind of Plato
"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show . . . that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend; and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic, puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!" In the twenty-four centuries that have passed since the Athenians put Socrates to death, every generation has interpreted the meaning...
Engels | 4 uur 43 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Peter Gotthardt The Magical Falcon 3 - The Queen of the Demons
Prince Carvallo’s second name is adventure. Or perhaps trouble. This time, he takes us to a cold and inhospitable world of mysteries. Behind the stormy weather conditions lurk scary demons that are ready to strike. And when Monika disappears, the rescue mission is the first and foremost thing on the agenda for our friends. But they are in for a shock, for nothing on this strange, demonic world is what it seems. Gotthardt stays true to his nature, and presents the readers with sufficient action, hair-raising...
Engels | 1 uur (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen The Emperor’s New Clothes
Dame Joan Collins reads "The Emperor’s New Clothes", the story of an emperor who was only interested in one thing: his clothes. He spent all his money on his outfits and had a different one for every time of day and every occasion. One day, two thieves arrived in town and pretended to be weavers who knew how to make the most beautiful and sophisticated fabric. This material, they said, had the marvellous property of only being visible to those who did their job well. It was the perfect offer for...
Engels | 7 minuten (5,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird
Betty Baird, the daughter of Doctor Baird, a Presbyterian minister of the village of Weston, is sent away to the Pines, a boarding school. At first, she is ridiculed by the more popular, and wealthier girls. But soon, Betty charms them with her unique and captivating personality, and she and her new friends go on many lighthearted adventures. This is the first volume in Anna Hamlin Weikel’s Betty Baird series, which was extremely popular among young girl in the early 1900s. The audiobook version...
Engels | 5 uur 1 minuut (223 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen It’s Quite True
Paul McKenna narrates "It’s Quite True!". Something terrible happens one night in the henhouse and the story spreads from chicken to owl, from owl to pigeon and on to bat, and with every recounting, the story gets more gruesome. Did they all hear the tale correctly? Paul McKenna is a best-selling British self-help author, tv and radio host, behavioural scientist and hypnotist. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for his children’s literature,...
Engels | 4 minuten (3,3 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Claes Johansen The Boatman and the Boy
By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what...
Engels | 7 uur 38 minuten (358 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen The Little Match Girl
Ewan McGregor reads "The Little Match Girl", a story about a poor little girl who is sent by her parents to sell matches in the street. It is Christmas Eve and it is very cold, but she dares not return home empty-handed. Instead, to try and warm herself ups bit, she lights match after match, and the glow of each reveals an extraordinary, but ephemeral, vision. Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor, most famous his roles in "Trainspotting", "Moulin Rouge!" and the "Star Wars" franchise. Hans Christian...
Engels | 5 minuten (4,1 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Andrew Segal Clarissa the Clown and the Village Folk
Clarissa discovers she is able to fly on the flying trapeze, despite her earlier fears. Majesty the Magician loses, then recovers, his adored Bunnikins, while Roberto the Robot, through the friendship of a little girl, learns to smile and talk although his face is made of steel. Read by actor Martin Jarvis, narrator of the famous for the "Just William" audiobooks, this is the first in a series of audiobooks specially designed for children of 5 – 7 years old to listen to at any time. Every rhythmic...
Engels | 19 minuten (14 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Pamela Douglas Chimney & Co.
Chimney is a much loved family cat who has chosen to tell her own story in poetic form as only a cat can. She charts her life from mischievous kittenhood to thoughtful maturity in the company of two glorious Irish setters. Cat lovers and owners everywhere will recognise many of her ways and cat philosophy and those, who do not know cats well, will be surprised at their observational skills! Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 46 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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