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Iris Pinson California dreaming
career, eroticism, and tragedy
Who doesn't want to become rich and achieve fame? A dream that surpasses reality? Isn't that what many people strive for in life? Or does the cherished dream end in a nightmare? Micky and Dana form an ambitious couple. They are at the beginning of their careers and are willing to make sacrifices for it. Dana is a beautiful young woman who has her fair share of admirers but is also critical. She has mapped out a career path for herself, cleverly using her charms. This approach proves to be highly...
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub2) | Pinson Publisher, [Maassluis] | 2023
E-book
H. P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu
One secret. One cult. One cosmic being. When his uncle dies, it’s up to Francis Wayland Thurston to finally uncover the family secret. For too long, recounts of dreams becoming reality had cast a sombre shadow over the family. And it seems these dreams didn’t die with the uncle. But when Francis discovers hidden notes of a mysterious cult, the truth turns darker than anyone could have ever imagined. A monster is on the rise. But one that is worshipped by those touched by evil, rather than feared....
Engels | 1 uur 49 minuten (79 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024
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Jack London The Call of the Wild
The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. He eventually sheds the veneer of civilization altogether and instead relies on primordial instincts...
Engels | 3 uur 23 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Wanda Beemsterboer Call You Right Back, Mum
"She did not call back. Nor will she, ever again. How I started loathing those two little words, never again." In a heartbeat everything can change. This is the gripping, true story of how a young woman was murdered and a family lost a daughter. Like most young girls her age Nadine lives a life filled with family, friends and thoughts about the future. At seventeen she meets Gerold and they fall in love. But a darkness gradually falls upon their relationship and after almost three years Nadine...
Engels | 7 uur 32 minuten (330 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Karin Fossum The caller
Wanneer een jong echtpaar hun baby doordrenkt met bloed in de kinderwagen vindt, is dit het begin van een reeks afschuwelijke, misselijkmakende gebeurtenissen die de inwoners van een Noors stadje treft.
Fictie
Engels | 296 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2012
Gedrukt boek
Mylo Freeman Calling Dr. Zaza
Zaza ziet dat haar knuffels sipjes op de bank liggen. Zou beer Rosie oorpijn hebben? Zaza kijkt in de oren, luistert met de stethoscoop en legt een spatel op de tong. Prentenboek met paginagrote kleurenillustraties. Vanaf ca. 2 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 18 pagina's | Clavis, New York | 2018
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Karin Fossum Calling Out For You - Inspector Sejer
Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside. The local taxi driver sent instead to meet the bride at the airport returns without her. Then the town is shocked by the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby meadow. Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre...
Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2008
E-book
Octave Mirbeau Calvary
a novel
Years and years have passed. Everything that I loved is now dead. Everything that I knew has taken on a new appearance. The church has been rebuilt. It now has an embellished doorway, arched windows, fancy gutter-spouts representing flaming mouths of demons; its new brick belf-ry laughs gaily into the blue; in place of the old house there now rises an elaborate Swiss cottage built by the new proprietor who, in the enclosure, has increased the number of colored glass balls, small cascades and plaster...
Fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's (PDF, 0,9 MB) | Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022
E-book
Kalyan Joshi | Anu Chowdhury-Sorabjee A Camel for Kelam
Pabu’s niece Kelam wants a camel for her birthday. Follow Kelam's adventures as he sets out rom Rajasthan to Lanka to see if he can find one. Find out if he is successful in this Indian tale drawn with illustrations from the Phad painting tradition. 'A Camel for Kelam' (English), written by Anu Chowdhury-Sorabjee, illustrated by Kalyan Joshi, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2019) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in...
Engels | 5 minuten (3,8 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Matthew Kneale The cameraman
In 1934 gaat een gewezen Britse cameraman met zijn familie, enthousiaste leden van de British Union of Fascists, door half Europa per auto op weg naar Rome, waar zijn halfzuster gaat trouwen met een vooraanstaande Italiaanse fascist.
Fictie
Engels | 274 pagina's | atlantic fiction, London | 2024
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John Grisham Camino Island
Een beginnend schrijfster wordt ingehuurd om uit te zoeken of een succesvolle boekhandelaar op Camino Island gestolen manuscripten in bezit heeft.
Fictie
Engels | 290 pagina's | Doubleday, New York | 2017
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John Grisham Camino winds
Als tijdens een verwoestende orkaan op Camino Island een bekende schrijver wordt gedood, betwijfelen zijn vrienden zijn dood natuurgeweld werd veroorzaakt of dat het moord is.
Fictie
Engels | 343 pagina's | Dell Books, New York | 2021
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Frieda Wishinsky Camp disaster
Charlotte mag van haar oma naar een zomerkamp. Maar daar maakt Madison het kamp tot een hel voor iedereen. Kan Charlotte voor zichzelf opkomen? Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 113 pagina's | Orca Book Publishers, [Victoria, BC] | 2016
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Duvilène Pieter | Eunice Anita Can I achieve more in life?
assisting men and women rediscover their purpose in life
A general feeling we all have is that of achieving more in life. Sometimes it is driven by what we see around us and at times it is just a hunger to prove that one can do far more than others see or perceive. Could there be another, a more profound reason for wanting to achieve more in life? Discovering or rediscovering one's purpose in life is the answer that brings fulfillment to the drive of wanting to achieve more in life in the spirit, body and soul of man. This booklet will inspire you and...
Non-fictie
Engels | 56 pagina's (ePub2, 4,6 MB) | Highly Favored Publishing, Veenendaal | 2019
E-book
Ambrose Bierce Can Such Things Be?
"Can Such Things Be?" is a thrillingly creepy collection of short stories from one of the 19th century’s masters of horror. Sit yourself by a campfire or candlelight and enjoy these 24 eerie stories, told in Bierce’s witty, clear prose, filled with ghosts, apparitions, doppelgängers, grave robbers, death omens and other strange, inexplicable occurrences. The story of "The Damned Thing" has appeared in the tv show "Masters of Horror", while "Haïta the Shepherd" and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" have...
Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (340 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Hans Christian Andersen The Candles
The taper, made of tallow, is not as refined as the candle, which is made from wax – there is no doubt that it will be the candle who will have the honour of lighting the ballroom this evening. When the taper is offered to a poor boy, it asks itself if it will ever again have the opportunity of seeing people as happy as those who are going to the ball... Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales...
Engels | 6 minuten (4,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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Michael Cox Captain Codswallop and the flying kipper
"This laugh-out-loud comic romp marks Michael Cox's debut on the A&C Black children's list. Captain Codswallop's pirate ship has been stolen by the ruthless highwayman, Dick Turnip. But it seems that Dick is even more incompetent than the captain and his hapless crew. However, the pirates get more than they bargained for when they find themselves head-to-head with the Spanish Armada."
Engels | 96 pagina's (3,9 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
E-book
Rudyard Kipling Captain Courageous
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (272 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Fred Blunt Captain Falsebeard in a very fishy tale
Kapitein Falsebeard en zijn bemanning vinden een kostbare schat. Dat moet natuurlijk gevierd worden! Tijdens het feest steelt zijn aartsvijand admiraal Swinetoes de schat. Dat laat Falsebeard niet op zich zitten! Prentenboek met grappige stripachtige kleurenillustraties. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 32 pagina's | Puffin, [London] | 2015
Gedrukt boek
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