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Ola Mustapha Other Names, Other Places
"What were we, then, if ‘English’ was a prize out of our reach and ‘Tunisian’ was the mask we wore at home?" Caught between cultures and struggling to find her identity, Nessie, a Londoner with Tunisian roots, navigates the complexities of belonging. With her multiple name - Nesrine, Susu, Nessie - and a yearning for acceptance, she grapples with not being "enough" for anyone. But when Mrs Brown enters their lives, her charismatic presence becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together...
Engels | 8 uur 18 minuten (376 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Marijn van der Poll Rightbrainer
The Survival Handbook of Original Thoughts
This book will reacquaint you with your right brain. It will show you how to harness the power of ideas. In short, it will ensure your career survival. Think about it, your left brain has received a solid 20 plus years of training, your right brain, 0. Your left brain has clever tools such as math, language, and science, your right has small pieces of sticky yellow paper. For all of the business processes that deal with complex problems, we have overlooked the foundational element of it all, ‘the...
Engels | 3 uur 17 minuten (284 MB) | Lev., Amsterdam | 2023
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Sara Marchant Becoming Delilah
Escaping her troubled past and moving into a seaside cottage on a windswept island off Cape Cod with her Abuela, all Delilah wants now is a place of her own - and she’s paid a high price for it... But her wild, colourful garden and scandalous affair with married man Alan have her neighbours talking. And when she crosses paths with the reclusive Anton - who has a secret of his own - sparks fly. Will the past catch up with them? A delicate yet haunting novel about love, trauma, and identity, "Becoming...
Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (295 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Steve Kedie Running and Jumping
Two rivals. One winner. Fresh off his fourth-place finish in his first Olympic final, British long jumper Adam Lowe finds himself standing face-to-face with the man who beat him to a medal. Little does he know, this chance encounter will spark a rivalry that, for Lowe, will become all-consuming. Through epic victories and crushing defeats, Lowe pushes himself to the brink, testing his mental, physical, professional, and personal limits. But when this fierce competition spirals out of control,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alison Ragsdale The Child Between Us
When I first met you, darling Marina, you were just five years old. You took my breath away, with your long, dark waves and pink cheeks. You needed me, and I instantly knew I’d do anything to protect you. When six years ago, my heart was shattered, I was left utterly broken – but I didn’t know just how lost I was until you filled that hole in my heart. You quickly became the centre of my world, your sweet laugh my favourite sound. But then things started to change... I put my pain down to work stress,...
Engels | 9 uur 36 minuten (427 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Pauline Rowson The Portchester Castle Murders
It’s Friday the thirteenth and Detective Inspector Andy Horton’s luck is about to run out. His Harley-Davidson is vandalized, a strange symbol etched into the paintwork. A convicted murderer, Luke Felton, a name he recognizes, has gone missing. A decomposing corpse washes up in Portsmouth Harbour. A mysterious phone call leads him to another in a windswept garden in Portchester. To make matters worse, Horton’s nit-picking boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ....
Engels | 8 uur 13 minuten (364 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lotte Kirkeby The Reunion
Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together. In English for the first time, readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Tove Jansson will be thrilled to discover the debut short story collection of a celebrated...
Engels | 3 uur 20 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Yaba Badoe Wolf Light
A leopard dances under the moon. A wolf prowls. A red-beaked bird flies free. Three girls born on the same day in wolf light, the magical dusk, are bound together to protect the world. They can dazzle or destroy. They have wind-song and fire-fury at their fingertips, but their enemies are everywhere. From the bleak steppes of Mongolia and the tropical forests of Ghana to the stormy moors of Cornwall, the lands they love are plundered and poisoned. The girls must rally to perfect their skills...
Engels | 6 uur 33 minuten (291 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Elizabeth Flynn Game, Set and Murder
Something wicked has happened on court eighteen... When a double grand slam winner is found dead on the first day of Wimbledon, newly promoted Detective Inspector Angela Costello finds herself uncovering a trail through the complicated life of the beloved victim. While she has no way of proving her many suspicions, she gets closer to the truth when a prime suspect overlooks a vital detail... A classic murder mystery in the Christie tradition, "Dead Gorgeous" is ideal for fans of Netflix's "Glass...
Engels | 8 uur 36 minuten (378 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Kane The Angels
Amber. As the top performer at Angel Silk gentleman’s club, she’s seen it all, been forced to do things she never wanted to do. She’s tired of this life... but can she escape it? Lizzy. To the women at Angel Silk, she’s the strong queen bee, mother to the girls. But she’s hiding her own dark secrets - and if they come to light, her life could be destroyed. Jade. The newest dancer at Angel Silk, she’s innocent, beautiful... and trapped. She’s in over her head – but does she have the strength to...
Engels | 10 uur 33 minuten (473 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Kane The Housewife
Even perfect mothers have secrets... Meet Leah, the perfect wife and mum with a closet full of skeletons - and if the secret gets out, her carefully crafted world could crumble. Then there's Annie, the gangster's moll with a sharp mind. She's not afraid to get her hands dirty, but no one knows the devastating secret haunting her. And lastly, Terry, the king of Glasgow gangland. He's ruthless when it comes to growing his empire, but his weakness is women. As their three stories collide, the lives...
Engels | 10 uur 37 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lilac Mills Waste Not, Want Not in Applewell
George can’t throw anything away. But he’s in danger of throwing away a chance at love. George Nightingale is a hoarder with a house full of junk. For years he’s kept it a secret, rarely leaving his house and keeping social interactions to a minimum, but his carefully balanced system is now under threat... Nessa Millbrook can’t wait to get settled into her new home in quaint, rural Applewell. Everyone in the village is so friendly – except her neighbour, George, who wants nothing to do with her....
Engels | 9 uur 11 minuten (409 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis Smash All the Windows
"Smash all the Windows" won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when...
Engels | 10 uur 19 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Donna Ashcroft The Christmas Countdown
It’s that time of year again, snowflakes are fluttering and the countdown to Christmas has begun! Twenty-seven-year-old Holly Devine has just had her heart well and truly broken. Hurt by the two people she loves the most, she flees to her eccentric Aunt Clara’s cosy cottage to hide away over the winter season. But kind, impulsive Aunt Clara has other ideas... She’s not about to see her favourite niece wallowing in sadness during the most wonderful time of the year. So, with the help of her close...
Engels | 10 uur 18 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Elizabeth Flynn Season to Kill
Beneath the blooms of Chelsea Flower Show, danger lurks behind every petal... When a suspicious death occurs at the high-profile book launch party of Welsh TV chef Griff Madoc, DI Angela Costello finds herself entangled in yet another tantalizing web of intrigue With cyanide-laced champagne and a long list of suspects, DI Costello and her team must unravel the truth behind the deadly incident before it's lights out for another victim... A thrilling and entertaining read, "Season to Kill" is the...
Engels | 9 uur 18 minuten (407 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Kane The Mother
Being head of a family is what she knows best A decade ago, Cara Fraser, wife to one of Glasgow’s most notorious gangsters, was left a widow after Kyle Fraser was slain on the city streets. The intervening years haven’t been easy – not least as Kyle’s murder left her to bring up little Ryan and Sean alone. Now, Ryan and Sean are adults, and honouring their father’s memory by rising up to become the top gangsters on the dark streets of Glasgow. Cara’s kept her head down, but has spent the last...
Engels | 9 uur 19 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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H. C. Andersen The Little Mermaid
How much are you willing to sacrifice in the name of love? In the beloved fairy tale ´The Little Mermaid´, Hans Christian Andersen beautifully depicts a mermaid princess' tranquil but tragic life under the sea. Curious about humans, the princess daringly ventures above the surface and finds herself drawn to a human prince. However, being unable to do anything about her growing love for the prince, she eventually seeks help from a mystical sea witch, who changes her life forever - but at what cost?...
Engels | 51 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Graeme Hampton Shame the Devil
Exposing old lies can be deadly... When a young father and well-liked sports coach is stabbed to death on his front doorstep in East London, D.I. Matthew Denning and D.S. Molly Fisher are quickly thrown into an investigation with no leads to follow... And when the body of a respectable schoolteacher is discovered, the two murders mirroring each other, the case gets even more complex. As the mystery unfolds, Denning and Fisher unearth a sinister connection between the victims. But the closer they...
Engels | 8 uur 44 minuten (394 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Cecilia Sahlström Without a Trace
A Sara Vallén Thriller
Chief Inspector Sara Vallén receives a tip that could help solve a 20-year-old cold case about a two-year-old boy who disappeared from his preschool without a trace. Meanwhile, Sara’s daughters Klara and Bella are being harassed by a group of young Nazi sympathisers for starting a student association supporting unaccompanied refugee youths. One of these youths, Reza, is found dead in Höje with a swastika carved into his forehead. A hunt for the killer begins while Vallén and her colleague, Torsten...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (424 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Justin David Tales of the Suburbs
Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city. Will he choose to play it safe in Welston or take a chance on a new...
Engels | 3 uur 2 minuten (133 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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