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Damion Hunter The Emperor's Games

The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising...

Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (680 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Damion Hunter The Centurions

Against the mighty splendour of the glorious Roman Empire, unfolds the magnificent new saga, perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden. Correus and Flavius. Half-brothers, sons of a brilliant general. One, son of a slave woman, is a born warrior destined to excel. The other, a nobleman by birth, must struggle relentlessly to succeed. When they both join the Centuriate, a position Flavius has always known he will inherit, and one that Correus has long coveted, it is together that they face the brutal reality...

Engels | 15 uur 26 minuten (930 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill A Bridge in Time

Change is coming, but are the people of Camptounfoot ready for it? For generations, the oldest village in Scotland has remained unchanged but now it is 1853 and the railway is coming to Camptounfoot. Shy and beautiful Emma Jane Wylie is determined to fight for her father’s dream – the construction of the railway bridge that will carry the new track southwards. Her father’s demise puts Emma in charge. But during the two years of its construction, the project is beset by drama and tragedy: cholera...

Engels | 21 uur 39 minuten (950 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Mistress of Green Tree Mill

She must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie’s life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster, Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows upon her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill, she is determined to turn things around. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she – and those she loves – will...

Engels | 13 uur 54 minuten (613 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Lark Returning

Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances....

Engels | 12 uur 55 minuten (565 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Wild Heritage

Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times? Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway – in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner... until she rescues newcomer Marie...

Engels | 19 uur 52 minuten (870 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Emily Ruskovich Idaho

a novel

Een vrouw probeert te achterhalen wat voor vreselijks gebeurd is met de eerste vrouw en dochters van haar dementerende man.

Fictie

Engels | 308 pagina's | Random House, New York | 2017

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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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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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R. K. Howard Black Machetes

Benjamin Wilder grew up with sparse shelter, infested provisions, and constant abuse dealt to him by his stepfather: Jessup — a.k.a. the Rabid Dog. Without a sober mother to defend him from the Rabid Dog’s wrath, Ben finds reprieve and adventure in a club of misfit boys called the Black Machetes. But the world as Ben knows it comes to an end when he witnesses an act so psychologically appalling that it forces him to run for his life. "Black Machetes" is a powerful page-turning thriller that all...

Engels | 10 uur 28 minuten (456 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Anonymous B.J. Harrison Reads Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad is a poor man who works as a carrier under the regime of Harun al-Rashid. Every day, obediently, the man carries the heavy load on his head. One day he feels that fatigue taking over him, and he decides to sit and rest for a few minutes. While Sinbad rests, he sees a store full of fascinating luxuries and he thanks Allah for the beautiful sight. When the owner of the shop sees the poor man, he decides to invite him inside. When the two men gets to know each other, it turns out that the storekeeper...

Engels | 3 uur 3 minuten (134 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Kate Kerrigan The dress

Een jonge Engelse vrouw komt via haar werk in de modewereld op het spoor van een bijzondere en verborgen gebleven familiegeschiedenis uit de jaren vijftig in Amerika.

Fictie

Engels | 381 pagina's | Head of Zeus, London | 2016

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Karma Brown The choices we make

Een ongewenst kinderloze vrouw krijgt het ultieme cadeau van haar hartsvriendin, maar het cadeau heeft een te hoge prijs.

Fictie

Engels | 316 pagina's | MIRA®, Don Mills, Ontario | 2016

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Danielle Steel Precious Gifts

Als een man overlijdt, verrast hij in zijn testament zijn ex-vrouw en kinderen met het cadeau dat ze van hem krijgen.

Fictie

Engels | 318 pagina's | Bantam Press, London | 2015

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Mary Alice Monroe The summer girls

Omdat een vrouw denkt dat haar familie uit elkaar groeit, nodigt ze hen uit om haar tachtigste verjaardag te komen vieren in haar strandhuis

Fictie

Engels | 389 pagina's | Pocket Books, New York | 2014

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Elizabeth Jane Howard Confusion

De Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft een verwoestend effect op diverse leden van een Engelse upper-middle class familie en op hun specifieke manier van leven.

Fictie

Engels | 512 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2013

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Tamara McKinley Ocean child

Door een brief van een Tasmaanse paardentrainer wordt een in Engeland wonende jonge beeldhouwster in 1920 geconfronteerd met het verleden van haar ouders en oudtante.

Fictie

Engels | 393 pagina's | Quercus, London | 2013

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Lucinda Riley The light behind the window

De erfgename van een vervallen kasteel besluit dit op te knappen en vindt het dagboek van een vrouw die vertelt hoe haar man in de Tweede Wereldoorlog vele Franse burgers heeft gered.

Fictie

Engels | 483 pagina's | Pan Books, London [etc.] | 2012

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Alyson Richman The lost wife

Een pasgetrouwde vrouw verkiest in Praag bij haar familie te blijven als haar man tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de overtocht naar Amerika maakt.

Fictie

Engels | 344 pagina's | Hodder, London | 2012

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Henry James Washington Square

Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when the handsome Mr. Morris Townsend catches her eye, Catherine falls head over heels in love with him. But does Townsend really like her back, or does he just like all the money she is set to inherit? Based on a true story as told to him by a friend, `Washington...

Engels | 7 uur 3 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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