• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost

  B.J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, "The Canterville Ghost". The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alone in the castle and that the ghost of an old tenant, Sir Simon de Canterville, is with them. Yet the family is not so easily scared, even if the ghost can take many shapes and forms. The short story from the late 19th century mixes humor with the macabre....

  Engels | 1 uur 12 minuten (54 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

  Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....

  Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 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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• Anna Charlotta Petricevic GONE

  Three teenage boys disappear from an exclusive suburb in Sydney. The kidnappers contact the boys' families - but two of the boys' dead bodies are found floating in the harbour before any ransom sums have been paid. DS Morgan Callaghan has taken time off work for personal reasons, but now he's called in to lead the investigations of the kidnappings and the murders - and once again, Morgan must face cruelty and violent deaths... During the course of the investigations, it becomes known that inner...

  Engels | 10 uur 24 minuten (452 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Booth Tarkington Penrod

  Eleven-year-old Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke go on a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis. "Penrod" (1914) chronicles his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. His adventures in pre-World War I Midwest have been likened to those of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain), and this first collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington was followed by two further episodes: "Penrod and Sam" (1916) and "Penrod Jashber" (1929). Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American...

  Engels | 5 uur 58 minuten (264 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair

  "He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist." Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins. In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is the 1920s equivalent...

  Engels | 1 uur 1 minuut (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads The Cut-Glass Bowl

  "Evylyn, I’m going to give a present that’s as hard as you are and as beautiful and as empty and as easy to see through." When New York housewife Evylyn Piper receives a cut-glass bowl from a former boyfriend as a wedding gift, it's like the bowl brings a curse along with it. As years go by, a downward spiral seems to engulf her family and all she has to blame is that cursed bowl. Fitzgerald's descriptions are vivid and spellbinding. In 'The Cut-Glass Bowl' he explores themes of unrealized dreams...

  Engels | 54 minuten (39 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales

  B.J. Harrison reads "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". It features unforgettable characters, such as the happy prince who has never experienced sorrow and a nightingale who accepts a rose for the ultimate sacrifice. These tales have inspired countless...

  Engels | 52 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Zara Zenia Alien Gladiator's Mate

  Can these two mates live in together in harmony? Carina is tired of working hard with manual labor to help serve the now broken down Earth’s society. She wants to have new experiences. She knows the only way off the planet is through Celestial Mates, the mail order bride service, so she decides to sign up. She finally gets selected and gets picked up by a spaceship to take her to her new life. Little does she know, one of her friends who has always had a crush on her, climbs aboard the spaceship...

  Engels | 4 uur 4 minuten (177 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Peter Gotthardt The Adventures of the Elves 2

  The Sorceress, Black Raven

  Continuing the entertaining and beautiful saga about the elves’ adventures, "The Sorceress, Black Raven" is about a tournament taking place in the king’s court. Acorn, our young and brave protagonist, is among the participating knights. As he is about to start, however, a raven flies towards the king and snatches his crown. And, of course, it is up to Acorn and Rosehip to follow the bird and retrieve the crown. Their remarkable adventure is marked by new friendships, dangerous situations, and sudden...

  Engels | 15 minuten (11 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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• David Hume Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

  David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written during the 1750s, it did not appear until 1779. The subject itself was too delicate and controversial, and Hume’s dialectical examination of religious knowledge was especially provocative. What should we teach young people about religion? The characters Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo passionately present and defend three sharply different answers to that question....

  Engels | 6 uur 25 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Peter Gotthardt The Enchanted Castle 5 - Magical Caves

  The girl Ala and the hunters from her tribe save the three girls from a pack of vicious cave lions. But maybe the girls can also help Ala with something? The Enchanted Castle is a series about three girls, who find an enchanted castle, where the most incredible things can happen. Every time the girls Stick, Pop and Mane visit it, they end up in a new exciting world. Peter Gotthardt was born in Denmark close to Copenhagen in 1946. As a child he loved to read, and spent much of his time reading...

  Engels | 40 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Ambrose Bierce The Parenticide Club

  "The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Lovecraft. Bierce’s death was...

  Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Augusta Huiell Seaman The Dragon's Secret

  Sixteen-year-old Leslie has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to her ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. But one day, her dog digs up a metal box with an engraved dragon on it. This will lead Leslie not only to a mystery but also to a new friend. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of...

  Engels | 3 uur 25 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Pamela Douglas Hyam the Cat Who Talked Too Much

  These are the tales of a cat – a very special cat in fact, he is a theatrical cat, a fastidious cat, a funny cat, but most of all, an adored cat. He is most famous for having talked himself out of a part at an audition for a West End production – for this cat is an actor. Here he tells his own story in a series of delightfully readable poems, a pleasure for all age groups. Follow his adventures as he takes us on his travels through the ins and outs of theatre life and his many escapades as a sophisticated...

  Engels | 39 minuten (34 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Inger Gammelgaard Madsen Burning Guilt - Chapter 6

  After working on a TV segment about an art exhibition opening in Randers, Anne Larsen decides to visit Liv Løkke and her brother. When she arrives at Liv’s address, she sees the door to her apartment is open, and she is afraid something happened to her. Liv is not there, but Anne has her horrible suspicions confirmed. They have to find the killer to prevent them from committing any more murders. It will be a nerve-wrecking challenge for Anne Larsen, Roland Benito, and his coworker. Inger Gammelgaard...

  Engels | 53 minuten (39 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead’s The Function of Reason

  Whitehead presented these three lectures at Princeton University in 1929. Although 85 years have passed, his central thesis and his analysis remain remarkably current. The scientific materialism that Whitehead opposed with such vigor continues to dominate in academic circles, and even now those who question that worldview are often accused of being anti-scientific. This is especially true in discussions of the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body (particularly the brain). It is hard...

  Engels | 2 uur 34 minuten (112 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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• Anna Bridgwater Sister on Borrowed Time

  In November 2005 a young woman, Margaret, dies of leukemia. In this moving and personal book Margaret’s sister, the journalist and writer Anna Bridgwater, tells about the years leading up to her death – about life as a young woman in Copenhagen, about family, love, heartache and calamities, and about the diagnosis that changed everything. Sister on Borrowed Time is a story about hope and about loving someone with cancer. It is a story about searching for a bone marrow donor in the attempt to cure...

  Engels | 4 uur 44 minuten (222 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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