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Ann Bryant The fantasy football wall

Harry ontdekt vlak bij het voetbalveld een magische muur. Zou de muur kunnen zorgen dat Harry's team eindelijkt wint van de Yardley school? Vanaf ca. 7 jaar.

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Engels | 47 pagina's | Franklin Watts, London | 2014

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Mark Buchanan$aut$331344246 Forecast

"In this thoroughly researched and piercingly intelligent book, physicist Mark Buchanan shows how a simple feedback loop can lead to major consequences, the kind predictable by mathematical models but hard for most people to anticipate. From his unique perspective, Buchanan argues that our basic assumptions about economic markets - that they are for the most part stable, with occasional interruptions - are simply wrong. Markets really act more like weather: a brief heat wave can become a massive...

Engels | 2,5 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Chris Buck | Jennifer Lee Frozen

Anna gaat op zoek naar haar zus, kroonprinses Elsa, die het koninkrijk in een eeuwige winter heeft ondergedompeld. Vanaf ca. 6 jaar.

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Jessica Bull Miss Austen investigates

Gregory, de broer van Jane, wordt beschuldigd van moord op een jonge vrouw en het stelen van haar ketting.

Fictie

Engels | 452 pagina's | Michael Joseph, UK | 2023

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Ralph Bunschoten The Apples of Milors

Embark on a breathtaking adventure through the realm of Flameheath in "The Apples of Milors," the poignant story of Anath Milor, a fearless warrior determined to rise above his family's violent legacy. As a respected and admired fighter, Anath inspires knights and commoners alike, all while seeking to distance himself from his cruel father's tainted reputation. Despite his noble intentions, Anath finds that the Milor name is synonymous with darkness, and the very realm he's sworn to protect now stands...

Engels | 96 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Godijn Publishing, [Hoorn nh] | 2023

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Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange

Penguin Modern Classics

I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language ... a very funny book' William S. Burroughs Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's ninth. He and his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, and the mind-altering treatment of the Ludovico Technique, he discovers that fun is no...

Engels | ePub2, 0,3 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2011

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Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange

Bekentenissen van een jeugdige delinquent die over zijn criminele uitspattingen en heropvoeding vertelt in de onconventionele taal van zijn generatie.

Fictie

Engels | 140 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2011

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Melvin Burgess Nicholas Dane

Nicholas (14) komt na de dood van zijn moeder in een kindertehuis terecht. Als de adjunct-directeur hem seksueel misbruikt, besluit Nicholas te vluchten. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 408 pagina's | Andersen Press, London | 2009

Gedrukt boek
Melvin Burgess Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father...

Engels | ePub2, 1 MB | Chicken House, [Nederland] | 2013

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Melvin Burgess Sara's face

De uitzonderlijk knappe Sara wil beroemd worden en haar geld verdienen met haar uiterlijk, maar dan ontmoet ze een rockster met snode plannen. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 247 pagina's | Penguin Books, London [etc.] | 2008

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Melvin Burgess Three bullets

In Engeland, de nabije toekomst, ijveren de Bloods ervoor om iedereen wit, christelijk en hetero te maken. Marti, een zwarte transgender, wil dan ook zo snel mogelijk het land uit. Maar haar vriendin Maude haalt haar over samen te vechten voor een betere wereld. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 239 pagina's | Andersen Press, London | 2022

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Rose Burghley The Bay of Moonlight

Everything was more than perfect in the Bay Of Moonlight, located in beautiful Southern Portugal. Yet Sarah was in love with Philip Saratola, who did not seem to have eyes for her but rather his lovely sister-in-law Venetia. Yet as fate would have it, such romantic settings had a world of romance in store for her as well. The love story dating back to the 20th century was written by Rose Burghley, a pseudonym of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and...

Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Carolyn Burke No regrets

"Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance...

Engels | 304 pagina's (5,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Paul Burman Grease Monkey's Tale

For Nic the mechanic 'grease monkey extraordinaire' life is becoming a journey of stories: good, bad, happy and sad. When Siobhan McConnell beautiful, dynamic, but shadowed by secrets - hurtles into his world, Nic's life bounces between tragedy, romance and thriller. Framed for armed robbery, it seems he's on the brink of losing everything until he's offered the 'job-of-a-lifetime' in the remote township of Gimbly, where very little is what it seems to be. Nic, haunted and supported by his past,...

Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Legend Press, [Nederland] | 2016

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Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden

Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them. The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories...

Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2012

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Frances Hodgson Burnett In the Closed Room

One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants’ apartments, the girl sets out to explore the house. A single room is locked, however, but for some reason the girl has access to it. Inside, she meets another little girl ... just as delicate as herself ... ’In the Closed Room’ (1904) is an eerie ghost story by the author of...

Engels | 1 uur 16 minuten (57 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy

"It had never occurred to his honest, simple little mind that there were people who could forget kindnesses." Shortly after his father’s death, the sweet and optimistic boy, Cedric, and his American mother discover that he is a lord and heir to a large fortune. His grandfather invites them to stay with him in England but wants nothing whatsoever to do with them. It does not take long for the loving boy to warm his grandfather’s bitter heart, however, but conflict lurks just around the corner. Someone...

Engels | 5 uur 56 minuten (270 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess

Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father’s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant. Despite being used to luxury, Sara quickly adjusts to her new life and never stops being kind and polite to everyone. Little does she now that someone out there is looking for her, and they might be much closer than they think. Author Frances Eliza...

Engels | 7 uur 30 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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John Burningham The time of your life

"Ageing is that part of the future that we try to keep in the future. And `nobody likes to get old ... that doesn't mean to say you have to be an old fart sitting in the pub talking about what happened in the 1960s' Mick Jagger. John Burningham has collected fine examples of the wisdom and wit that comes with age from those in the know, woven with a rich selection of quotes and fifty poignant drawings by Burningham himself."

Engels | 6,3 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Jimmy Burns Barça

"Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barça, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barça has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship matches attract a global TV audience. Former players include such legendary figures as Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Lineker, and Barça has been managed by greats such as Helenio Herrera, Cesar Menotti and Bobby Robson. The club's honorary members include Pope John Paul II and opera star José Carreras....

Engels | 384 pagina's (4,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014

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