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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Unexpected

Edith Whittlesey is born in a country district of England, where life flows as per the rule of thumb. She is married to an honest and hardworking miner, who works together with four other men. Usually no unexpected things happen, but one day it all changes. One of the miners bursts into the hut where his partners are sitting together with Edith. The man kills two of them but is stopped and tied up thanks to Whittlesey’s quick reaction. Why did the miner tried to kill his partners? Is it because...

Engels | 51 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Call of the Wild

Buck is a 140-pound dog, a mix of St. Bernard and sheepdog, and lives in Santa Clara Valley with his owner, Judge Miller. However, Buck’s happy and comfortable life comes to an end when he is kidnapped from Miller’s estate and forced to pull sleds in the Klondike region of Canada. The poor dog does not want to obey his new owner and as a result he is beaten and tortured. After Buck arrives in the cold North, he meets another dog named Curly, that is mercilessly killed by a pack of huskies. Who kidnapped...

Engels | 3 uur 30 minuten (152 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Sheridan le Fanu B.J. Harrison Reads A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family

"A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family" is a Gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu focusing on a young woman who marries a Scottish landowner with a dark past. A short story whose haunting and semi-supernatural elements might have influenced Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre", Le Fanu’s tale combines a lot of elements – horror, romance, thriller, and drama – to create a compelling and sophisticated world from which there is no easy escape. All this, together with the countless secrets, murders,...

Engels | 1 uur 36 minuten (69 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Sheridan le Fanu B.J. Harrison Reads The Room in the Dragon Volant

"The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a mysterious story about a premature burial, a theme favoured by Poe some years previously. When a chivalric young man tries to save an innocent countess from the clutches of a greedy count, little does he suspect that the whole situation could be a trap. With plenty of Gothic elements and some remarkable episodes of horror, "The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a haunting mystery story that will keep readers at the edge of their seat. B. J. Harrison started his Classic...

Engels | 4 uur 43 minuten (204 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Henry James B.J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw

A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not surprised and tells the governess that the ghosts are those of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. What are the ghosts doing in the house? Were Peter Quint and Miss Jessel murdered? Are they seek revenge? Will the governess...

Engels | 4 uur 36 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Sheridan le Fanu B.J. Harrison Reads Schalken the Painter

"Schalken the Painter" is a ghost short story by Sheridan Le Fanu, taking place in the 17th-century Netherlands. An aspiring painter falls in love with his master’s niece but one day, a mysterious man comes to ask for the niece’s hand, and the master agrees. Yet the heartbroken painter can’t help but feel that is something totally wrong with this new suitor. This is a short story of about greedy family relations, and is a psychologically unnerving and ghastly tale that fans of horror fiction will...

Engels | 58 minuten (42 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Sign of the Shadow

From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. On 15th April, every day, Louise d’Ernemont leaves the house in the morning with her daughter and does not return home until nightfall – and nobody knows where she goes. It turns out that she is in fact the granddaughter of the wealthy d'Ernemont, who was guillotined on that exact date years earlier. A lost fortune, hidden jewels, a family mystery, it’s time for Arsene Lupin to step in to help the heirs of d’Ernemont. The...

Engels | 47 minuten (34 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Wedding Ring

From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. Yvonne d’Origny’s life is full of misery, hatred and fear. She has tried to divorce her malicious husband, but he is willing to go to great lengths to get what he wants – and that’s her. He even uses their son as a pawn. How will Yvonne’s story unfold, and what will Lupin’s role be in it? The second story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection "The Confessions of Arsène Lupin" about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene...

Engels | 39 minuten (28 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads To Build a Fire

A man travels through the frozen wasteland bordering the Yukon River, accompanied by his best friend – a large husky dog. The dog tries to dissuade the man from walking farther into the frozen land, but the man pushes on. At some point the man decides to stop and build a fire. Unfortunately, snow falls from one of the trees and extinguishes the fire. This is the moment where the problems truly begin. Why is the man travelling through the Canadian frozen lands? Where is he heading to? Will he manage...

Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Leopard Man's Story

"King" Wallace is a lion-tamer, who has been viciously murdered by a man who hated him. Now everyone wants to know who the murderer is. The "Leopard Man" is a leopard trainer with mysterious scars on his arms. He finds out that the murderer attended every performance of the lion-tamer in hope of seeing the lion tear his trainer apart. Who is the murderer and why did he hate the lion trainer so much? Who does the "Leopard Man" suspect and will he be able to reveal the truth? What will happen to...

Engels | 10 minuten (7,3 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. After Arsene Lupin is suspected of the theft of an antique desk holding a winning lottery ticket with his mysterious blonde accomplice, the Parisienne police are at their wits' end. Time to call in Sherlock Holmes. Will Lupin be able to outwit England’s most famous detective and come out on top or has he finally met his match? Two fast-paced adventures full of twists and turns, "The Blonde Lady" and "The Jewish Lamp" will...

Engels | 7 uur 5 minuten (307 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway

Immerse yourself in the enchanting prose which makes ´Mrs Dalloway´ a timeless classic, celebrated globally as one of Virginia Woolf's greatest novels. While Mrs Dalloway meticulously prepares for a grand evening soirée, she is interrupted by the arrival of an old admirer, who unknowingly ignites a cascade of memories and reflections that threaten to consume her. Weaving you in and out of her characters' minds, ´Mrs Dalloway´ will leave you convinced that Virginia Woolf possesses an unparalleled...

Engels | 6 uur 44 minuten (293 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Tineke van Roozendaal Koffers vol tranen

roman

Een vrouw, haar moeder en haar dochter worstelen alle drie met verlies in hun leven en gaan daar ieder op hun eigen wijze mee om.

Fictie

Nederlands | 306 pagina's | Uitgeverij Artenon, Oudebildtzijl | 2021

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Frits Marnix Woudstra Wonderjaren

Herinneringen van een man aan zijn jeugdjaren in Enschede en Haaksbergen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 128 pagina's | Uitgeverij Brooklyn, [Leiden] | 2021

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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scrooge is visited by three separate spirits who confront him with Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Will the horrors and the joy Scrooge sees make him change his ways? Adapted for film and television more times than any other...

Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (145 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Arnon Grunberg De dood in Taormina

In een gebed dat geen gebed is, een bekentenis die geen bekentenis is, een liefdesbrief, nee, een verlaat antwoord op een liefdesbrief, vertelt Zelda (26) over haar leven als lokeend in dienst van een jeugdbende, als drager van eigen en andermans geheimen. En over de rest van haar leven,dat begon nadat ze haar vader op haar zestiende beloofde niet vroegtijdig te zullen sterven. Een verloren opschrijfboekje (toeval? noodlot?) voert haar naar de acteur Jona (tweevoudig winnaar van de Louis d’Or)....

Fictie

Nederlands | 250 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Amsterdam | 2021

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Kristien Hemmerechts Een zuil van zout

Als een jonge Vlaamse vrouw die in Amsterdam studeert, zwanger raakt, besluit zij terug te keren naar haar ouderlijk huis.

Fictie

Nederlands | 167 pagina's | Houtekiet, Antwerpen, Amsterdam | 2006

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Christina Moormann Verborgen sonates

Een vrouw verlaat man en kind en overdenkt jaren later haar moeizame leven.

Fictie

Nederlands | 223 pagina's | Elikser Uitgeverij, Leeuwarden | 2021

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Hein Jaap Hilarides Beppe Xenia

Harkboek, foarlêzen troch Geartsje de Vries

Xenia is grutbrocht yn de Dravadelte fan Slovenië. Dêr treft se Freek Wassenaar, in boeresoan út It Bilt. Freek en Xenia wurde fereale en sette har nei wenjen yn Fryslân. Se trouwe yn 1933, it jier dat Hitler oan de macht komt yn Dútslân. Yn it begjin fan de Twadde Wrâldoarloch rint Xenia in âlde leafde tsjin it liif, Dietrich Kleeblatt, in SD'er dy't yn Nederlân wurket. Mei om't Xenia Dútsk prate kin en goed sjonge, brûkt hy har en bringt sa it libben fan Xenia en Freek bot yn ûnstjoer....

Westerlauwers Fries | 7 uur 15 minuten (625 MB) | Audiofrysk, Easterwierrum | 2021

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Gustaaf Peek A.D.

Vlammende historische roman over een keerpunt in de geschiedenis ‘Er zweeft veel op zee vanaf de mars. Een school vliegende vissen kan onverwacht in een horde ratten veranderen, verre golven kunnen op verloren geliefden gaan lijken, de horizon kan opeens bomenrijen herbergen, en hoeveel uitgehongerde mannen hebben niet meerminnen zien wegglippen in de watervlugge wentelingen van dolfijnenstaarten.’ 1597. De jonge Republiek der Nederlanden stuurt reusachtige schepen oostwaarts. Om buit te vergaren,...

Fictie

Nederlands | 259 pagina's (ePub2, 2,3 MB) | Em. Querido's Uitgeverij BV, Amsterdam | 2021

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