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L. Frank Baum A Kidnapped Santa Claus
First published in 1904, ‘A Kidnapped Santa Claus’ by L. Frank Baum is a festive short story from the prolific Oz author. Contentedly living in his castle in Laughing Valley, Santa has become a source of envy for a group of Daemons living nearby; Selfishness; Envy; Hatred; Malice; and the confused Daemon of Repentance. The Daemons try to lure Santa into taking part in their wicked ways, but Santa is too good to be tempted or tricked. When this fails, the Daemons hatch a dastardly plot to kidnap Santa...
Engels | ePub2, 0,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Leif Davidsen The Sardine Deception
In a series of complex double-crosses a menacing mystery builds: Who is the "Sardine" behind the killing?"The Sardine Deception" is Leif Davidsen's author debut book from 1984. The novel takes place in the Basque Country, where a young Danish woman has been killed during an ETA attack. Her husband, Poul, travels to Spain to retrieve the coffin and is involuntarily drawn into political intrigues involving Basque freedom fighters, the Spanish government, civil guards and fascist infiltrated police....
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Mattel Barbie - Spy Squad
Barbie and her friends star as world-class gymnasts who are recruited as top-secret spies!Powerful gems have been stolen, and it’s up to Barbie and her friends to use their dazzling disguises, high-tech glitter gadgets, and trusty teamwork to stop a notorious jewel thief.Come on an amazing adventure with Barbie and all her friends! Solve mysteries with secret doors, sea monsters and messages in a bottle, catch the baddies as a secret agent, sing in Barbie’s rock band, celebrate Chelsea’s birthday...
Engels | ePub3, 39 MB | Saga Kids, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jane Austen Emma
World Classics
Jane Austen famously wrote: "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Emma Woodhouse is perhaps Jane Austen’s most seductive and complicated character, filled with intrigue and uniqueness. Despite having decided to never marry, precocious Emma Woodhouse is a self proclaimed cupid that has taken it upon herself to help her friends find eligible matches. As it becomes evident that the judgement of her matchmaking abilities is misplaced, Emma finds herself at the heart of...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jane Austen Persuasion
"All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one; you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is well past the bloom of her youth. Having been persuaded by her friends and family to break off her happy engagement with the young naval officer Wentworth, whose station lies beneath her own, Anne is seemingly destined for spinsterhood. However, when Wentworth later reappears in Anne’s life, tension...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
World Classics
Does Romeo and Juliet really need an introduction? Of all William Shakespeare’s plays, this might be the best known to date. Lamentable tragedies, star-crossed lovers and feuding families: if you somehow haven’t managed to read the all-time romantic tragedy classic, this is your sign to do so. In the midst of a violence and disputes, two young lovers find each other in a world that continuously contradict their attempt to attain eternal love and happiness. The age-old vendetta between the Montagues...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Margaret Sidney Five Little Peppers at School
World Classics
The Five Little Peppers are off to school - Joel and Davie at a boys' boarding school, Polly, Phronsie and Ben at home. When the boys come home for the holidays, all the children are caught up in plans to help the poor family of a brakeman who was killed in an accident. Meanwhile Polly struggles to keep Jasper's friend from being expelled, Phronsie has a frightening accident and Ben works hard to repay Mr. King.Margaret Sidney was the pen name of Harriett Mulford Lothrop, née Stone (1844-1924)....
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Margaret Sidney Five Little Peppers Grown Up
World Classics
"Five Little Peppers Grown Up" continues the story of Ben, Polly, Joel, David, and Phronsie Pepper. Together with the Kings, the Whitneys, and other friends old and new, the Peppers learn and teach about life and love as they grow into adulthood.Margaret Sidney was the pen name of Harriett Mulford Lothrop, née Stone (1844-1924). She was first published at age 34, when two of her stories came out in the Boston children’s magazine “Wide Awake”. Following their success, the editor asked her to write...
Engels | ePub3, 0,6 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 1
Hell; World Classics
'Abandon all hope, you who enter here’ Frightened and helpless, Dante is desperate to escape the darkened wood and join his Beloved Beatrice at the gates of Heaven. But fate and fear have other plans. His Vigil can do little to stop the wrath of God. Nor can Dante hope to escape the clutches of the leopard, lion and she-wolf, all guarding his path. There’s only one way in – with no way out. As he climbs the stairway to Hell, Dante’s realisation, recognition and rejection of sin must begin. But who...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 2
Purgatory; World Classics
Having survived the darkest and deepest depths of Hell, Dante must now clamber and climb up the mountain of Purgatory to secure his seat in Heaven. But reuniting with his beloved Beatrice is far from easy. Seven terraces await him. With seven deadly sins. Can Dante cleanse his soul of each and every one? And is his newfound heavenly hope enough to reject the fierce and fiery hell he left behind? In his second instalment of ‘The Divine Comedy’, Dante journeys through the no-man’s land between Heaven...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 3
Paradise; World Classics
As Dante’s soul ascents to God, he must juggle with the weight of the world’s injustices at his feet. Cleansed of his own sins, his vision and virtues are clear. But how can good triumph over evil back on Earth? With God’s own message so brilliant in Heaven, Dante scrambles to write and record all that he can for mortals on Earth. And as he joins his beloved Beatrice for a final future, he's intent on sharing his moral musing with those treading a troubled path. Only time will tell how his lessons...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Little Women Series
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | ePub3, 0,9 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jane Austen Mansfield Park
World Classics
Mr Darcy and Miss Bennet may be one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, but did you know, Fanny Price was Austen’s favourite? She’s also one of literature’s biggest controversies, but, more on that drama later. Sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle from her poverty-stricken home of Portsmouth, Fanny Price struggles to find her place in the upper-class world of Mansfield Park. Never allowing her to forget her true status, she is at the mercy of her cruel aunt, only finding...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Émile Zola Nana
The Rougon-Macquart Series
She is beautiful, charismatic and destroys every man who dares to pursue her. Before the character of femme fatale was coined in American cinema, Émile Zola captured the seductive female power in "Nana": the ninth installment in the Les Rougon-Macquart series. A daughter of an abusive drunk, forced to live on the streest, Nana manages to rise to high-class prostitute. The novel begins with her debute in Théâtre des Variétés causing all Paris to talk about her. Follow the corrupted and tragic...
Engels | ePub3, 0,6 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Beatrix Potter The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Little Lucie meets the hedgehog Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle in her tiny cottage, and together they deliver fresh laundry to all the animals. This is the original first edition from 1905 of Beatrix Potter’s much beloved, whimsical classic “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle”.Beatrice Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator, and scientist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” (1902) and “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle” (1905). Bron: Flaptekst,...
Engels | ePub3, 0,2 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2019
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 15 - Forbidden Photo
Kara is looking forward to having her class photos taken. Some of the boys take photos with their phones. They share the photos with each other. But suddenly, some of the photos are not so innocent. And some of the girls get really sad.This is the fifteenth book in the series about Kara and her friends. The books can be read separately.Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971. She debuted in 2003 and since then, ahe has written over 50 books for children and young adults. She often writes stories...
Engels | ePub2, 11 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2018
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 17 - Just a Joke!
Kara and her class play a new game on their iPads. It is funny and exciting to see everyone yell and curse, if something bad happens in the game. But it is just a joke. Or is it? Kara does not know, and it makes her feel weird.This is the seventeenth book in the series about Kara and her friends. The books can be read separately.Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971. She debuted in 2003 and since then, she has written over 50 books for children and young adults. She often writes stories...
Engels | ePub2, 20 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2018
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 16 - Totally Perfect
Kara thinks she is doing well in school. But one day, her teacher says something that makes Kara think she may not be doing that well. How can she get better? Or how can she get totally perfect?This is the sixteenth book in the series about Kara and her friends. The books can be read separately.Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971. She debuted in 2003 and since then, ahe has written over 50 books for children and young adults. She often writes stories about friendships between girls. She...
Engels | ePub2, 5,7 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2018
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 14
Am I Fat, Mom?
Julie invites the class to her birthday party. They are going to the pool. Afterwards, they are having pizza. Rose asks if there is anything other than pizza, because she does not want to eat unhealthy food. Kara does not understand. Rose loves pizza. And she is so skinny. And if skinny Rose thinks she is fat, is Kara fat too?"This is a book for 8-10 year-old girls. The girls will love reading about Kara and her friends. It is a friendship triangle of sorts, where three girls have to navigate the...
Engels | ePub2, 13 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2018
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