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Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Henry James Washington Square
Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when the handsome Mr. Morris Townsend catches her eye, Catherine falls head over heels in love with him. But does Townsend really like her back, or does he just like all the money she is set to inherit? Based on a true story as told to him by a friend, `Washington...
Engels | 7 uur 3 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Beautiful and Damned
Anthony does not want to work. Why should he? He gets by comfortably on his allowance and once his grandfather dies he will inherit so much that he never needs to think about money again. When he falls in love with the beautiful Gloria and they become part of the wild party scene of New York, it seems that Anthony has made it. But his grandfather’s will is just around the corner and it is about to blow up their lives in a way they could never have foreseen. One of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most accomplished...
Engels | 12 uur 53 minuten (592 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom
After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters. But like Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, Rose in Bloom (1876) shows a woman ahead of her time with her own ideas about her future. Besides, who would love Rose for her and not her money? The answer might surprise her. Heart-warming and...
Engels | 8 uur 55 minuten (405 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Akwaeke Emezi Bitter
De tiener Bitter gaat naar de school Eucalyptus in Lucille: een stad in een andere wereld. Buiten de school is er veel geweld en racisme. Als Bitter een bijzonder schilderij maakt, zet ze per ongeluk een revolutie in gang. Waar hoort ze nu echt thuis? Op school of bij haar vrienden? En wat is de rol van de wraakengelen in het verhaal? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 264 pagina's | Faber & Faber, London | 2022
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Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost
The first thing the American family see when they step into their new British mansion is the bloodstain in the sitting room. As it turns out, they have moved into an already occupied house, and their new roommate is a proud ghost determined to terrify them to death. But things do not go as planned for the poor ghost. The more he tries to scare the Otis family, the more they make fun of and ignore him. Clever from start to finish, Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (1887) is charming and engaging....
Engels | 1 uur 23 minuten (63 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...
Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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
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Rachel Elisabeth Sir, I’m obsessed
18+. Since she became a mother, Elara's life - and the relationship with her husband - has altered drastically. A new colleague starts working at her firm, a handsome, mysterious man who makes every effort to keep his past tightly under wraps. Her days become ruled by the excitement he brings into her life, and she finds herself increasingly addicted and obsessed. His darkness slowly corrupts her... will she ever see the light again? Rachel Elisabeth lives with her family in Brabant. She is known...
Engels | 174 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Sextories, Prinsenbeek | 2025
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Anna Katharine Green The House in the Mist
"Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive..." When young traveller Hugh Austen, hungry and weather-beaten, seeks refuge in a lonely mansion, he finds himself entwined in the gruesome business of an appalling family. Mistaken for a relative himself, he soon learns that the will of a dead man is about the be read, an inheritance about to be divided. But only between the family members who are present at the appointed hour. With `The House in the Mist‘ (1905), detective writer Anna Katharine Green departs...
Engels | 1 uur 50 minuten (83 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Alex Van Tol Oracle
Owen (14) is verliefd op Kamryn. Helaas ziet zij hem niet staan. Om het lot een handje te helpen zet Owen samen met oude vriendin Hannah een blog op om tieners met relatieproblemen te helpen. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 114 pagina's | Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC [etc.] | 2012
Gedrukt boek
Lauren Asher Love unwritten
Ellie komt bij billionaire Raphael in huis om op diens acht-jarige zoon Nico te passen en hem muziekles te geven.
Fictie
Engels | 430 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Love Books, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Elle Kennedy The Dixon rule
Diana Dixon heeft last van een stalkende ex-vriend. Deze verwondt haar. Gelukkig krijgt ze een nieuwe relatie.
Fictie
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub2, 7,6 MB) | Love Books, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Elle McNicoll Some like it cold
De 18-jarige Jasper komt van de universiteit tijdelijk terug naar haar ouderlijk huis. Vanwege een wedstrijd filmen een aantal jongeren alles in haar oude woonplaats. De film legt meer bloot dan Jasper lief is. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 362 pagina's | First Ink, London | 2024
Gedrukt boek
Layla Heart Stolen Omega
For six years, Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb have been fleeing from the pack leader she was supposed to marry. But it seems their luck has run out... The worst day of Vera's life turned into the best day when Caleb, a random passerby, stole her out of the wedding car and drove off. Their fated bond was intense and immediate. But the two haven't had a moment of rest since then, always looking over their shoulders, trying to stay ahead of the people sent to return Vera to her promised husband. In what's...
Engels | 150 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Layla Heart Raging Heat
With the man Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb were fleeing from finally dead, things were supposed to calm down. But they've only gotten more hectic... Vera's week has been lively. After being on the run for six years from the pack leader she was supposed to marry, the criminal organisation run by the infamously ruthless Mathew Page was the first one to succeed and capture Vera and Caleb. Though, when the pack leader tactlessly tried to renegotiate the fee, he paid the ultimate price. And, to top it...
Engels | 156 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
E-book
Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Wedding Pact
After you run away from your parents, hiding so they can't marry you off to some stranger, an organisation that's supposed to help you tells them exactly where you are instead... Gail, an Omega, never wanted to find an Alpha or Beta mate, he assumed that as soon as he mated he would have to give up his freedom, that he would have to obey their every command, become the perfect home-maker that his parents tried to raise him to be. The only problem, he doesn't want a life like that. Lucien and Cyrus,...
Engels | 326 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
E-book
Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Baby Pact
Of course, the one time you break your own strict 'no private parties' rule for two hot men, you realise they're your fated mates after you've already bonded. Gail, a full-blood dragon Omega, has been hiding from other shifters for over half a decade, determined to choose his own path in life, even if that means working two jobs. During the day, he works at a bookstore and, in the evenings, he's an exotic dancer. Everything is going fine, until two men start showing up at the club, their gaze on...
Engels | 310 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
E-book
Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Family Pact
After your parents have tried everything in their power to split you and your fated mates up (including nearly killing you), they now try to go through the courts instead... For Omega Gail, meeting his fated mates, Alpha Lucien and Beta Cyrus, wasn't the happy event that it is for most shifters. Instead, in the months since their mating they've been stalked, attacked and now sued by Gail's parents. To hopefully finally get Gail away from his family for good, the three are suing Gail's parents...
Engels | 310 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
E-book
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