Asako Yuzuki Butter

Japan is een land waarin overgewicht onder vrouwen nauwelijks voorkomt dankzij een waarschijnlijk ongeëvenaarde vijandigheid tegenover vrouwen die niet aan de norm wensen te voldoen of niet kunnen voldoen.

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Engels | 452 pagina's | 4th Estate, London | 2024

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Siepy Zijlstra-de Roos Marten de eigenwijze merel

Marten de merel (ik-figuur) vertelt hoe hij met vallen en opstaan groot is geworden in zijn tuin. Met tekst in het Nederlands en Engels en met Engelstalige cd. Vanaf ca. 7 jaar.

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Engels | Nederlands | 40 pagina's | [Zijlstra-de Roos], [Drachten] | 2017

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Natalie Sumner Lincoln The Red Seal

Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! Natalie Sumner Lincoln (1881-1935) was an American novelist. A prolific writer, she is best known for her mystery and crime novels, such as "The Red Seal" (1920), "The Moving Finger (1918), and "The Cat’s Paw" (1922). Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 5 uur 28 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Edgar Wallace The Secret House

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day. When two men are found shot to death outside the door of Mr. Farrington the millionaire who just happens to live a few doors from T. B. Smith, the head of the secret police,...

Engels | 5 uur 44 minuten (258 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel

Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...

Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery

When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective

"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...

Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles

When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly from a heart attack, a rumour of a deadly, supernatural giant dog, who may have been persecuted for generations, begins to circulate in the village. When Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from Canada for the legacy of the Baskerville manor in England, the skeptical Sherlock Holmes is called to help with the case. Was the death of Sir Charles Baskerville really a heart attack or maybe an animal lurking in deserted moors? Will Baskerville's new owner become the...

Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (305 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arguably the best compilation of mystery stories ever, `The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1892) is for any lover of intrigue and sophisticated humour. Sherlock‘s talent for solving cases based on things only he notices never disappoints, and everyone‘s curiosity is sure to be sustained till the end of each story. There is a reason Sherlock Holmes has been adapted more than a hundred times for various media. 2009-2011 saw Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock and Watson, and even Will Ferrell...

Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (880 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet

Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric "consultant detective" Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solving adventures. Told partly through Watson, partly through the murderer, ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887) is Arthur Conan Doyle’s first dip into the world of Sherlock Holmes, and one that would make him world famous. This first Holmes novel became the...

Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Siepy Zijlstra-de Roos Negen egels in een zandbak

Elske de egel maakt een nest in de zandbak van Wolter. Ze krijgt negen egeltjes, waar ze voor zorgt tot ze het zelf kunnen. Met tekst in het Nederlands en Engels en met Engelstalige cd. Vanaf ca. 7 jaar.

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Engels | Nederlands | 40 pagina's | [Zijlstra-de Roos], [Drachten] | 2017

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Alexander McCall Smith The house of unexpected sisters

Het detectivebureau uit Botswana neemt de zaak aan van een ogenschijnlijk onterecht ontslagen vrouw.

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Engels | 226 pagina's | Abacus, London | 2018

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Genevieve Cogman The lost plot

Bibliothecarissen Irene en Kai duiken in het alternatieve Amerika tijdens de Roaring Twenties om twee strijdende draken een halt toe te roepen.

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Engels | 341 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2017

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Ronica Black Freedom to love

De lesbische politiesergant Kat Vander ontwikkelt gevoelens voor de ex-gedetineerde Brynn William, die door haar toedoen in de gevangenis is gekomen en opnieuw in de problemen raakt.

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Engels | 228 pagina's | Bold Strokes Books, Valley Falls, NY | 2017

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