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  Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe

  Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon ArmitageDaniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island. The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native...

  Engels | ePub2, 1,9 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021

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  Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at CanterburyThis selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these...

  Engels | ePub2, 36 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2021

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  Saskia Noort Stromboli

  a novel

  Hundreds of thousands of readers enjoy the joined column by writers' couple Sara and Karel on a daily basis, where they report openly about their life as a family. But behind this facade of their bohemian lifestyle a daily life filled with envy, resentment and even violence is festering. After another nocturnal escalation it's game over: Sara decides to leave Karel. Soon after Sara becomes isolated - nobody wants anything to do with her any longer. In order to get her life back on track she checks...

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  Engels | ePub2 | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2021

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  Catherine Steadman De verdwijning

  Actrice Mia Eliot is vanuit Londen naar LA gekomen om auditie te doen – haar kans om definitief door te breken. Ze voelt zich een buitenbeentje in de stad vol beroemde filmsterren en meedogenloze competitie, tot ze Emily ontmoet. Ook zij is actrice, maar ze is vriendelijk en oprecht en Mia kan het onmiddellijk goed met haar vinden. Maar dan verdwijnt Emily plotseling en Mia blijkt de laatste persoon te zijn die haar heeft gezien. Er duikt een vrouw op die beweert dat ze Emily is, maar Mia weet meteen...

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  Engels | 291 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2021

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  Memphis Depay | Simon Zwartkruis Heart of a lion

  Everyone has an opinion on Memphis Depay, but few are familiar with his intense and difficult life story. Now the time has come for him to tell that story in his own words. About a childhood full of aggression and fear, with the ball as a lifebuoy. About a turbulent journey through different schools and host families and football clubs. His breakthrough at PSV, the fiasco in Manchester, his revival in Lyon and on the Dutch national team, the unending commotion about his appearance and image, his...

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  Engels | 194 pagina's (ePub2, 85 MB) | VIP, Amsterdam | 2019

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  Tijn Touber Time bender

  the man who came to save the earth

  Time Bender beschrijft de ontdekkingstocht van een jongeman die wordt meegesleept in een Galactische strijd die zijn weerga niet kent. De mensheid - zo ontdekt hij - bevindt zich in een sleutelpositie om de Kosmische conflicten voor eens en voor altijd op te lossen. De vraag is alleen: worden wij op tijd wakker? 'Ik heb je boek met open mond gelezen. Dit is echt next level.' Karen van Holst-Pellekaan 'Geen woorden die mijn geluksgevoel kunnen beschrijven. Mijn hart bubbelt. Eindelijk antwoorden!'...

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  Engels | 250 pagina's (ePub2) | London Books, Bodegraven | 2019

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  Aad van der Klaauw Taste my words

  poems from the Netherlands

  Aad van der Klaauw, librarian in the Netherlands, lives in Staphorst. A small village in the province Overijssel. Taste me Words Poems published on the world’s largest poetry site Allpoetry. Poems about the seasons, strong people like Nadia Murad, religion, countries and other themes. Read my lines, taste my words. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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  Engels | 80 pagina's (ePub2, 3 MB) | Boekenbent, Barneveld | 2018

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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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  George Eliot The mill on the floss

  Een molenaarsdochter, die door de omstandigheden gedwongen wordt zich te gedragen als een keurig Victoriaans meisje, leeft in voortdurend conflict met haar broer.

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  Engels | 640 pagina's (ePub, 2,2 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018

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  Simon Hammelburg Broken on the inside

  the war never ended

  WWII did not end in 1945 when the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust were released from the concentration camps or came out of their hiding places. Often no longer welcome in their former homes they were forced to leave behind, stripped of their belongings and dignity, they had to move on regardless. Their children suffered too, as there was always fear, anxiety and sadness about countless relatives that were killed during this unrivalled genocide. Simon Hammelburg compiled the accounts of...

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  Engels | 274 pagina's (PDF, 0,5 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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  Auguste van der Molenschot Tears from Brabant

  a novel

  This is a novel with many themes. It is about Brabant, a land that is presently half in the Netherlands and the other half in Belgium. It is also the story of a little Brabanter boy, born the year Adolf Hitler came to power. The boy wants a good life and that is not so easy because the Catholic Brabanters are kept down by the Calvinist Hollanders. Many other modern themes come by, such as the Second World War, the emancipation (of women but also of the Catholics), the pill and its effects, secularization,...

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  Engels | 286 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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  Jan Puylaert | Ilia Chidzey Worldwideforest.com

  Save the planet! Want to know how? Read this book. Two brothers inherit their ancestors' farmhouse. Surprising discoveries become the basis of the WorldWideForest.com movement. A very inspiring and intriguing story that deals with our present-day climate problem. This international project was developed by the Dutch/Italian designer-author Jan Puylaert and Australian designer-author Ilia Chidzey and includes designs for eco furniture. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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  Engels | 84 pagina's (ePub2, 3,7 MB) | De Vrije Uitgevers, Nijmegen | 2017

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  Herman Adèr Father, mother

  In this novella from Herman Adèr, the autobiographical elements are more obvious than in his previous novellas and stories. Yet, the first-person narrator is nowhere centre stage, the father and the mother remain the main characters all along. However, this detached manner of writing emphasizes how very evocative various scenes are. It could be said that the novella deals with Death. With the sudden death of the father, and with the slow, painful deterioration of the mother into her dementia, followed...

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  Engels | 80 pagina's (ePub2) | Johannes van Kessel Publishing, Huizen | 2017

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  Bianca Grootfaam I was looking for love

  powers on the earth

  The non-fiction story in this book is about me and some of the situations my family members and I went through. I rather not talk about others, but you need to understand what my background is and what my foundation was made of in order to understand my struggle in life. I want you to learn from my mistakes. All I can tell you in short about my story is that I was looking for love. Are you too looking for love? It is necessary for you to understand that there is a power that guides your destiny....

  Non-fictie

  Engels | ePub2, 4 MB | Highly Favored Publishing, Veenendaal | 2017

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  Geert Mak The many lives of Jan Six

  a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty

  Geschiedenis van de Amsterdamse patriciërsfamilie vanaf de zestiende eeuw tot en met de periode vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

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  Engels | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2017

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  Carine Green Stress reset

  based on a true story

  For years, the Antwerp born and raised Carine Green (34) has been suffering from physical complaints, for which she can't find a solution. That's when she meets a mysterious man, J.P. He claims he's able to help her. She meets up with him and, little by little, he shares his insight with her. It's an insight that will change her life for good as well as the life of anyone who reads this book. The cause of pain, of being unhappy, is revealed and a solution is presented to deal with the physical and...

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  Engels | 108 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Beefcake Publishing, Gent | 2016

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  Esther J. Ending Ibiza's child

  IBIZA, THE EIGHTIES. At the dawn of the techno and ecstasy era a lonely teenager sees her world going into a tailspin. Marianne, born on the island to a hippie mother and a drug dealing father, is trying to keep the pieces of her life together while one of her parents is in prison in Liverpool and the other is chasing her spiritual endeavours. When an officer from the notorious Guardia Civil offers her a ride and shelter, Marianne becomes deeply fascinated by him. Embarking on a vodka and drug fueled...

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  Engels | ePub2 | Lebowski, Amsterdam | 2016

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  L.J. Giebels Sukarno

  a biography

  Sukarno – a biography is the first English language biography on Sukarno (1901-1970) – the founding father and first president of Indonesia. The book is both a biography of Sukarno and an account of the birth and ascent of the state of Indonesia. The author reveals many little-known facts and events. He makes the reader realize that to understand the character of its first president is to understand today’s Indonesia.. Sukarno was born in 1901 as the son of a schoolteacher in a country that had been...

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  Engels | 572 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015

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  Patricia Snel The expat

  Dutch expat Julia de Rijck uses husband Paul's telescope to spy on Dave across the pool in their luxury Singapore condominium. Despite their mutual attraction there is something about the man that makes Julia uneasy. When Dave's maid, Angelica, dies in suspicious circumstances, Julia gets pulled into a world of secrets and discovers a less visible Singapore of exploitation and prostitution. The Expat is a gripping story of greed, love, infidelity and crime in Singapore. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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  Engels | 223 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2015

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  Hanna Bervoets We Had To Remove This Post

  Does what you see change who you are?‘A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle novel of mental unravelling’ - Ian McEwan, author of AtonementKayleigh is broke. Out of options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed. Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a group of friends, even a new girlfriend. For the first time in her life, the future seems bright . . . But soon the job begins...

  Engels | ePub3, 0,9 MB | Picador, [Nederland] | 2022

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