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Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Off with her head!" yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became an instant success, and author Lewis Carroll broke ground with his unique take on children‘s stories: Instead of the overly simplistic and sometimes dry tales that characterized the genre in the Victorian age, Carroll...
Engels | 2 uur 40 minuten (124 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Gods of Mars
After ten long years away from Barsoom and his beloved red Martian princess Dejah Thoris, John Carter is finally back! Unfortunately, Carter appears in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart... The second installment in Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic sci-fi Mars series, "The Gods of Mars" is the thrilling follow-up to "A Princess of Mars". Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American novelist. His most notable creations include the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter,...
Engels | 7 uur 37 minuten (347 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur
Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur‘s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom,...
Engels | 11 uur 43 minuten (526 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Robert E. Howard Red Nails
Red Nails is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its grim themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars...
Engels | 3 uur 23 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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George MacDonald Phantastes
A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature, he was the mentor of Lewis Carroll. Among his notable works are "Phantastes"...
Engels | 6 uur 29 minuten (300 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...
Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Poison Belt
"Bring oxygen – Challenger." The gang from `The Lost World‘ is back together, but the reunion is much more dramatic than they had hoped. As Professor Challenger has predicted, the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether and their only chance of survival is joining him in his house and watch the whole shebang go down together. Though very different from the first in the series, `The Poison Belt` (1913) is equally interesting and can be enjoyed in its own right. Like in his Sherlock Holmes series...
Engels | 3 uur 18 minuten (150 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz
"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...
Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The town of Sleepy Hollow is told to be haunted by a headless huntsman. Ichabod Crane, a lanky, superstitious schoolmaster in the little town competes for the hand of young Katrina Van Tassel. But the morning after the Van Tassel’s harvest party, someone has disappeared... Among the countless adaptions of Irving's gothic Halloween classic, Disney’s animated "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" stands out, as well as Tim Burton’s 1999 "Sleepy Hollow" starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. ...
Engels | 1 uur 22 minuten (62 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jules Verne The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island (French: L'Ile mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of Robinson...
Engels | 21 uur 42 minuten (978 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edith Nesbit The Book of Dragons
A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins ‘The Island of Nine Whirlpools‘, one of Edith Nesbitt’s eight dragon stories in ‘The Book of Dragons’ (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing...
Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Told in the form of a series of letters ‘Frankenstein’ follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation to life which instead of being his crowning glory, terrifies him. The nameless monster escapes from his lab, taking many innocent lives before Frankenstein can track it down again. Shelley took inspiration from her trips through Germany and the legends of...
Engels | 7 uur 59 minuten (430 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Kathy Reichs Firalen
In magysk en tige spannend fantasyferhaal yn it sjenre young adult fiction fan de hân fan de populêre skriuwster Kathy Reichs. In wolk luts foar de sinne del en smiet in skaad oer de lytse romte dêr’t ik op ’e knibbels siet. Imerkes tsjirpten op ferburgen plakken. It swit plakte myn shirt oan myn rêch fêst. Neat kaam by my binnen. Myn geast siet kompleet fêst oan dy lytse brune foarwerpen foar my. Ik twong mysels om de wierheid ûnder eagen te sjen. Ik hie de bonkjes fan in minsklike hân...
Westerlauwers Fries | 12 uur 22 minuten (653 MB) | Elikser, Easterwierrum | 2016
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J.R.R. Tolkien De Hobbit
Oersetten troch Anne Tjerk Popkema
Let op: dit luisterboek is Friestalig. It tiidleaze mearke fan Bilbo Balsma, in fatsoenlike hobbit dy't ynbrekker wurdt en yn sân hasten mei trettjin dwergen en de tsjoender Gandalf op 'en paad moat om in legindaryske dwergeskat ûnder de wjukken fan in grimmitige draak wei te stellen. Ûnder de lange reis nei de Berch fan de Draak komt it selskip troch bergen en bosken, oer richels en rivieren. Hja befjochtsje trollen, ierdmannen, spinnen en wolven yn 'e mande mei elven, minsken, earnen en bearen....
Westerlauwers Fries | 8 uur 39 minuten (567 MB) | Elikser, Easterwierrum | 2011
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Koos Verkaik Na de UFO-crash
De geniale Arthur Croft stuurt een capsule de ruimte in, hopende dat deze wordt onderschept door buitenaardse wezens. Velen houden zich bezig met ruimtereizen en geloven er heilig. Jasper Froch, een Amerikaanse hippie, beheerst het fenomeen synchroniciteit en ontdekt dat toevalligheden hem in een bepaalde richting sturen. Ondertussen stort er een UFO neer in Sanguine, Florida. De mensen daar vertonen bizar gedrag en het leger staat paraat om de stad te vernietigen. Dan doet Jasper een belangrijke...
Nederlands | 214 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Fantascifi, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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Vuurspuwers
Brandende verlangens, opvliegende figuren en verzengende vlammen. Wie durft het vuur te trotseren en de magie ervan te omarmen? Betreed werelden waar draken hun vurige adem gebruiken om wraak te nemen, waar circusartiesten hun plekje in de wereld zoeken en magiërs angstvallig hun kracht proberen te verbergen. Vuur kan mooi en betoverend zijn, toch staat zijn vernietigende kracht centraal in deze verhalenbundel. De vuurspuwers wachten op je, klaar om je mee te nemen op een reis door schitterende...
Nederlands | 296 pagina's (ePub3, 0,8 MB) | Godijn Publishing, Hoorn nh | 2024
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Genie Janee De vervreemding
Het leven van de gemeenschap is uiteengevallen. Ondanks dat de monniken proberen de rust te herstellen, zijn er een aantal vreemde incidenten. Ma-Nander en Linde krijgen een confrontatie. Voor de reizigers lopen de zaken niet zoals ze verwachten. Beas mengt zich dieper in het 'doen en laten' van de kampleden en stuurt Hereal naar de hoofdstad om de autoriteiten in te lichten. Si-Mare en Si-Had'l worden gehinderd in hun reis naar Axcaliri; de lokale bevolking helpt hen verder. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Nederlands | 660 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Elikser, Leeuwarden | 2024
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Denise Meijer Tussen fantasie en werkelijkheid
Coupeuse Liv is dankzij haar buurvrouw in de wereld van prinsessenjurken, cosplay en larp beland. Bovendien bleek de mysterieuze Friso een stuk leuker dan gedacht, en zijn hij en Liv nu een setje. Liv trekt de stoute schoenen (en haar middeleeuwse jurk) aan en gaat met haar nieuwe vriendengroep mee larpen. Als blijkt dat Friso zich in het spel heel anders gedraagt dan in het dagelijks leven, raakt Liv echter behoorlijk in de war. Het is allemaal maar een spelletje, toch? De larpwereld lijkt ergens...
Nederlands | ePub2, 1,2 MB | Loft Books, Amsterdam | 2024
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Piet van Dieren Nieuwe kinderen
Nieuwe kinderen. Duivelsperspectief, deel 4. Dit boek, het vierde en laatste deel van de serie 'Duivelsperspectief", gaat verder waar 'Engelgambiet' is geëindigd. De supercomputer 'TRIQC', die aan de internationale gemeenschap was overgedragen, heeft zichzelf uitgeschakeld en bevindt zich op een geheime plaats ergens in wereld. Door een ongelukkige samenloop van omstandigheden zijn de Slapers geactiveerd en begonnen met hun verwoestende activiteiten. Daarbij worden ze gesteund door een systeem dat...
Nederlands | 236 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Davey Jones Publishing, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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