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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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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Scarlet Plague
Sixty years ago, a plague wiped out mankind and only a handful of people managed to survive. The survivors established their own civilization and rules in the wild and destructed world. Now, sixty years later, an old man named James Howard Smith walks together with a young boy through the desert. The two travelers walk along an old and long forgotten railway track with an important mission, a mission that can change the life of all the survivors. What was this plague and where did it come from? How...
Engels | 2 uur 19 minuten (101 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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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...
Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray
B.J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wish to never lose his beauty and retain eternal youth. Meanwhile, his age and sins continue to live on in his portrait. The late-19th-century classic by Oscar Wilde, a charming yet horrifying Gothic novel, has been adapted countless times to the screen....
Engels | 8 uur 47 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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 The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 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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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders
“Am I a laboratory experiment on which the janitors as well as the chemists can make experiments? Is my intellectual development humorous in any way?” Once a child prodigy, Horace is living up to the expectations as a young intellectual at university. But when Marcia, an actress, turns up at his door one night and shows him a different world, the course of both their lives are changed forever. And only one comes out the winner. Somewhat different from Fitzgerald's later work, 'Head and Shoulders'...
Engels | 55 minuten (40 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Derek Keilty The ghost of Scarletbeard
Weeskind Flyntrock Bones vaart als scheepsjongen mee op de Black Hound, een schip dat wordt bemand door ex-piraten. Samen gaan ze op jacht naar de geest van de gevreesde kapitein Scarletbeard. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 179 pagina's | Scallywag Press Ltd, London | 2022
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Umi Sakurai A man & his cat
Belevenissen van een oude man en zijn kat uit een dierenwinkel. Manga. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 155 pagina's | Square Enix Manga, [El Segundo, CA] | 2022
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Lucy Diamond An almost perfect holiday
Verschillende families ontmoeten elkaar omdat ze vlak bij elkaar een cottage hebben gehuurd. Het veroorzaakt veel ongemakkelijke situaties.
Fictie
Engels | 470 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2020
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Paul Tremblay Survivor song
In New England waart een dodelijk virus rond en Natalie die acht maanden zwanger is, raakt besmet bij redden van haar man. Samen met een bevriende dokter probeert ze een ziekenhuis te bereiken.
Fictie
Engels | 320 pagina's | Titan Books, London | 2020
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Susan Choi Trust exercise
a novel
Een verliefd jong stel wordt samen met medestudenten aan een toneelopleiding van de buitenwereld afgesloten.
Fictie
Engels | 257 pagina's | Serpent's Tail, London | 2020
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Alex Reeve The butcher of Berner Street
Als in 1881 journalist Leo Stanhope in Londen een anonieme brief krijgt over een moord in een club waar worstelwedstrijden plaatsvinden, gaat hij op onderzoek uit.
Fictie
Engels | 381 pagina's | Raven Books, London | 2020
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Victoria Hislop One August night
De terugkeer van de genezen bewoners van een leprakolonie op een Grieks eiland naar het vasteland in 1957 gaat gepaard met een moord.
Fictie
Engels | 229 pagina's | H Review, London | 2020
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Jennifer Wolfthal A real friend
Benny en Max zijn beste vrienden. Toch krijgen ze ruzie. Benny knutselt zelf een robot als nieuwe beste vriend. Die doet tenminste alles wat hij wil. Maar hij is ook een beetje saai. Vierkant prentenboek met paginagrote, vrolijk gekleurde illustraties. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 28 pagina's | Clavis, New York | 2020
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Renée Ahdieh The damned
New Orleans, 1872. Na het gevecht wordt Bastien herboren vampier, Celine (17) leidt aan geheugenverlies. Ze heeft een aantal gebeurtenissen in gang gezet die tot haar ondergang kunnen leiden én die van Bastien. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 401 pagina's | G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York | 2020
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Sue Miller Monogamy
Na het overlijden van haar man komt Annie na 30 jaar huwelijk tot een aantal verrassende ontdekkingen die haar tegelijkertijd helpen bij het verwerken van haar verdriet.
Fictie
Engels | 338 pagina's | Bloomsbury Publishing, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
2020