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Non-fictie

Nederlands | Engels | 159 pagina's | De Harmonie, Amsterdam | 2010

Gedrukt boek

Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped

Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to sea to be sold as a slave in America. So begins Robert Louis Stevenson‘s adventure novel, Kidnapped (1886), a breathlessly exciting story for fans of action and suspense, and a story about two very different types of Scotsmen. Robert Louis Stevenson...

Engels | 8 uur 8 minuten (371 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

Luisterboek (digitaal)

James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...

Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

Luisterboek (digitaal)

Frank de Zanger A ring

a novella

Novel 'A RING' is a captivating and romantic story about Yara and her young daughter Sasha. Yara is a young Russian woman, who works in St. Petersburg as a call girl to make ends meet. A foreign architect pops up in her life and makes it even more complicated than it already is. She receives a gift that turns her life upside down. A ring plays a major role in the novel - a ring as symbol for friendship, happiness, confidence, and personal initiative. The setting of novella 'A RING' is partly in New...

Fictie

Engels | 105 pagina's (ePub2, 0,2 MB) | Uitgeverij Tournesol, Soest | 2012

E-book

Tilly Bagshawe Scandalous

Twee heel verschillende vrouwen vinden elkaar in hun gedrevenheid om wraak te nemen op de echtgenoot van de een die de minnaar van de ander is.

Fictie | Humoristische roman | Romantische verhalen

Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 0,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018

E-book

Howard Jacobson The Finkler question

Een niet-joodse man doet alle moeite om zich om te scholen tot jood, hetgeen hem erg veel moeite kost ook al wordt hij gesteund door joodse vrienden.

Fictie | Psychologische roman

Engels | 384 pagina's (ePub, 0,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

E-book

Roshi Fernando Homesick

Bundel samenhangende verhalen rond een Sri Lankaanse familie in Engeland.

Fictie | Verhalenbundel

Engels | ePub, 2,1 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

E-book

Karin Slaughter Broken - Will Trent/Atlanta series 4

The fourth Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon, former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence - finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her, but...

Engels | 528 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Jane Austen Emma (Collins Classics)

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself... 'Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...

Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | William Collins, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREIt is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.''McEwan brings Florence and Edward touchingly alive for us'' Guardian Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | ePub2, 0,2 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

J.R.R. Tolkien Letters from Father Christmas

This ebook version of Tolkien''s timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.They told wonderful tales of life at the...

Engels | ePub2, 30 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Cassandra Clare The Infernal Devices 1

Clockwork Angel

First in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy about the Shadowhunters.Love is the most dangerous magic of all... First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa Gray in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Tessa...

Engels | ePub2, 2,6 MB | Walker Books, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Kate Atkinson Emotionally Weird

On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as...

Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Val McDermid Kick Back - PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2

'Kate Brannigan is truly welcome. Hot on one-liners, Chinese food, tabloid papers and Thai boxing, she is refreshingly funny' Daily MailKate Brannigan, feisty Manchester-based PI, is back, investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before Long she's up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery - and murder. But when a favour for a friend puts Kate's own life in danger, bizarre is not the first word she thinks of... Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book

Sophie Kinsella Mini Shopaholic - Book 6

Like mother, like daughter...!Shopaholic Becky Brandon (n e Bloomwood)'s two-year-old is ... spirited. She knows what she wants, whether it's a grown-up Prada handbag or a toy pony (40% off, so a bargain, surely?) When yet another shopping trip turns to mayhem, Becky decides it's time to give Minnie her own pocket money. Is it a bad sign when Minnie goes instantly overdrawn?Minnie isn't the only one in financial crisis. As the Bank of London collapses, people are having to Cut Back. Everyone needs...

Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2010

E-book