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Joost van den Vondel Lucifer

De tragedie Lucifer gaat over een opstand in de hemel, uitlopend op een totale oorlog. In het kosmische geweld delft de aartsengel Lucifer met zijn volgelingen jammerlijk het onderspit. In de hel storten zij, als dierlijke duivels. Spoedig zullen deze monsters op aarde hun verwoestende kwaad aanrichten onder de eerste mensen van Gods schepping, Adam en Eva. Lucifer vertelt de spannende voorgeschiedenis. Het toneelstuk laat indrukwekkend zien hoe de held, aanvankelijk Gods gunsteling, zijn positie...

Nederlands | 190 pagina's (ePub3, 0,9 MB) | Kleine Uil, Groningen | 2024

E-book
Teun van de Keuken De mens is een plofkip

Hoe de voedingsindustrie ons ziek maakt

Echt voedsel met herkenbare ingrediënten heeft de afgelopen decennia grotendeels plaatsgemaakt voor zwaar bewerkt fabrieksvoer zonder enige voedingswaarde, dat zo aangenaam is van structuur en smaak dat we er geen genoeg van krijgen. Via uitgekiende receptuur, slimme marketing en agressieve reclame mest de voedingsindustrie ons vet als plofkippen, met ziekte en hoge maatschappelijke kosten tot gevolg. De fabrikanten zeggen dat wij zelf verantwoordelijk zijn voor ons gedrag. Maar is dat wel zo?In...

Nederlands | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Thomas Rap, Amsterdam | 2024

E-book
Jaap Smit Zonder kompas geen koers

de theoloog als bestuurder in een zoekende samenleving

Persoonlijke verhalen van de Nederlandse bestuurder (1957) over zijn veelzijdige loopbaan waarin de theoloog in hem altijd levend bleef, met analyses en beschouwingen over de hedendaagse samenleving, de politiek en het openbaar bestuur.

Non-fictie

Nederlands | 251 pagina's | Prometheus, Amsterdam | 2024

Gedrukt boek
Timothy W. Ryback Machtsovername

hoe Hitler Duitsland in zijn greep kreeg

Historische verhandeling over de machtsovername van Hitler, met een focus op de periode 1932-1933.

Non-fictie

Nederlands | ePub2, 8 MB | Hollands Diep, Amsterdam | 2025

E-book
Lorraine Kelly De eilandzwemmer

Als haar vader ziek wordt keert een vrouw terug naar haar ouderlijk huis op Orkney. Niet iedereen is blij dat ze terugkeert. Zo ook haar zus waarmee ze al 20 jaar geen contact heeft. Ze sluit zich aan bij een groepje openwaterzwemmers die haar met meer steunen dan alleen het zwemmen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 5 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2025

E-book
Rink van der Velde De fjildferhalen

Rink van der Velde fielde him nearne sa goed thús as yn fjild en bosk. As jonge strúnde er om yn 'e bosken fan Beetstersweach en learde er de natuer troch skerp observearjen fan tichteby kennen. Fiskje en jeie wiene syn lust en syn libben. En harkje nei de ferhalen fan manlju dy't de tiid noch meimakke hiene, dat minsken libje moasten fan fiskerij, mollefangen en de jacht op murden. De fjildferhalen binne prachtich skreaun en steane fol mei sekuere observaasjes fan it hâlden en dragen fan minske...

Westerlauwers Fries | 6 uur 44 minuten (582 MB) | Audiofrysk, Easterwierrum | 2024

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Jetske Bilker Spegel en sonde

As toskedoktersassistinte Doutsen (echtgenoate, mem en minneres) in nije baas krijt, giet der ynienen in soad mis. Om't se it iene nei it oare ferjit, minsken net mear werkent en regelmjittich it paad bjuster is, rekket se yn panyk. Se driget de kontrôle oer har libben te ferliezen en lit it yn har omgean har eardere berop fan keunstner wer op te krijen. As Anniek, har suster dy't se tsientallen jierren net troffen hat, kontakt opnimt, komt alles yn in streamfersnelling en komme dingen oan it ljocht...

Westerlauwers Fries | 11 uur 23 minuten (983 MB) | Audiofrysk, Easterwierrum | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Aggie van der Meer Twa novellen

In moaie dei yn 'e hjerst - Wa rêdt Cesilia Tan

In moaie dei yn 'e hjerst Al te lang sil it net mear duorje dat se, op in moaie dei yn 'e hjerst, de dea yn 'e eagen sjocht. Foardat it te let is, fynt buorman, soe se noch opskriuwe moatte wat har yn it sin komt oer dat hele nijsgjirrige libben fan har. Om har sels hie it noch wol wat spannender kinnen; mar, seit buorman, it giet ek om al dy wûnderbaarlike dingen dy't noch alle dagen yn dyn holle omgean. Dy foaral. Wa rêdt Cesilia Tan It alderleafst lyts famke Cesilia Tan, dat alle manlju om har...

Westerlauwers Fries | 5 uur 50 minuten (504 MB) | Audiofrysk, Easterwierrum | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Sheridan le Fanu Carmilla

Laura lives an isolated life with her father, alone in a castle in the Austrian wilderness. When the mysterious Carmilla, a strange and beautiful lady, arrives in the night, no one suspects the supernatural occurrences that follow. But still more unsuspected is the tempestuous romance that blooms between the two young women, and Carmilla’s nightmarish secret. Written 26 years before Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, ‘Carmilla’ is the original vampire novel. Sheridan Le Fanu combines a chilling Gothic atmosphere...

Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (142 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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Zindzi Mandela | Pelle Hvenegaard Dear Zoe Ukhona

a Journey through Infertility and Adoption

In English for the first time, with a foreword written by Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, this is a heartbreaking memoir of infertility, adoption, and fatherhood from one of Denmark’s most beloved tv personalities. One summer evening, on a blind date that is almost cancelled, Pelle Hvenegaard meets Caroline. He knows right away that this woman is the love of his life and the mother of his children. Their path to a family is not smooth. But after six years of infertility and the trials...

Engels | 11 uur 14 minuten (495 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Gosia Nealon Daughter of the Resistance

In a city scarred by war, can love and loyalty survive? In war-torn Poland, 1944, Julia searches for her missing father - a high-ranking officer - and risks everything to join the resistance in Warsaw. But her mission takes a terrifying turn when she's corralled into the ghetto by Nazis. Just when it seems she'll share her best friend's tragic fate, Nikolaj, her childhood sweetheart, resurfaces in a German uniform. Claiming to be a spy for the resistance, he saves her - but can she trust the man...

Engels | 7 uur 57 minuten (357 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Emma Robinson My Stepmother's Secret

In the blink of an eye, life as Gabbie knows it crumbles. With her deceitful husband gone and her family shattered, she's left with no choice but to return to her childhood home – a house haunted by the woman who shattered their lives. Her stepmother. Her father's final wish was for his second wife to reside in their home indefinitely, a fact her stepmother clung to without a hint of leaving. Their relationship, strained and distant, must now weather an unexpected storm as she seeks her stepmother's...

Engels | 8 uur 22 minuten (378 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
World History Kill Hitler

Six attempts were made by German officers to kill Hitler in autumn 1943 and summer 1944. Explosives in personal gifts, assassins armed with hand grenades and pistols, and even suicide bombers with pockets full of explosives hunted the Führer, who undoubtedly recognised the danger. The security arrangements around the leader of the Nazi regime were therefore enormous when, in July 1944, Officer Claus von Stauffenberg travelled to Hitler's Führerbunker in East Prussia to kill first Adolf Hitler and...

Engels | 4 uur 31 minuten (198 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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Natasha Illum Berg All Will Be Well

Letters to My Daughter

In a series of letters addressed to her daughter, Natasha Illum Berg reflects on her child's forthcoming journey into a world of love, death, and big game hunting. A gorgeous and powerful introduction to the beauty and brutality of the cycle of life, "All Will Be Well: Letters to My Daughter" poetically examines life's greater values. ©2024 Natasha Illum Berg (P)2024 Saga Egmont Natasha Illum Berg (b. 1971) is an author, hunter, and conservationist known for her debut novel "Floder af Rød" released...

Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (204 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Natasha Illum Berg Looking at Harry and Other Stories

From Arkansas and London to Zanzibar and the Tanzanian bush, "Looking at Harry and other stories" follows a selection of unique perspectives on the human condition spanning multiple continents. An inquiry into the dichotomies of life, this short story collection features six beautifully crafted stories that all explore how there is always two sides to one coin... ©2024 Natasha Illum Berg (P)2024 Saga Egmont Natasha Illum Berg (b. 1971) is an author, hunter, and conservationist known for her debut...

Engels | 5 uur 36 minuten (246 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Tove Jansson Art in Nature

Immerse yourself in this riveting short story collection where art takes center stage - but not always for the better. Journey with an elderly caretaker who resolves a couple's spat over a painting, revealing the art market's complexities. Follow a draughtsman whose obsession with locomotives derails his love life, and a cartoonist who risks his sanity to fill in for a troubled colleague. Through tales that are witty yet unsettling, Jansson confronts obsession, ambition, and the pitfalls of artistic...

Engels | 3 uur 55 minuten (170 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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Tove Jansson Letters from Klara

In this collection comprising of thirteen short stories, Jansson masterfully crafts unsettling narratives that delve into unexpected connections, awkward encounters, and solitary moments From reconnecting with childhood friends in "Party Games" to exploring the theme of ageing in "Trip to the Riviera", Jansson's short story collection "Letters from Klara" beautifully and intimately depicts the human condition in all its pain and joy. © 2024 Tove Jansson, Moomin Characters™ Published in the English...

Engels | 3 uur 33 minuten (155 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Tove Jansson Notes from an Island

Set against the rugged backdrop of Klovharun, a barren skerry in the Gulf of Finland, ´Notes from an Island´ invites you into the intimate world of Tove Jansson and her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, known affectionately as "Tooti." Aided by Brunstroem, an unconventional fisherman, Jansson races against time and the elements to build a cabin that would serve as their sanctuary for thirty summers. A declaration of the beauty of solitude, ´Notes from an Island´ is a touching homage to...

Engels | 1 uur 26 minuten (63 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Tove Jansson The Summer Book

On a pristine island in the Gulf of Finland, six-year-old Sophia is awakening to life, while her wise yet cranky grandmother is contemplating its end. This unlikely duo becomes each other's perfect companions for a season of unforgettable adventures. From crafting boats out of bark to creating their own miniature Venice, they explore their island world with youthful curiosity and aged wisdom. Along the way, they tackle the universal questions that captivate young and old: What is life and death?...

Engels | 4 uur 2 minuten (177 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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Tove Jansson Travelling Light

Venture beyond the familiar and discover the fragile line between tranquility and turmoil in 12 gripping and unnerving short stories, masterfully crafted by Tove Jansson. From a professor stranded in a picturesque Spanish village to a holiday in Finland disrupted by an intrusive child, each tale unravels the unsettling facets of journeys that veer off course. Brilliantly evoking the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer, "Travelling Light" is guaranteed to surprise. © 2024 Tove Jansson, Moomin...

Engels | 5 uur 36 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2024

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