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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)
Life
Als fotograaf Dennis Stock een rondreis maakt met acteur James Dean voor een reportage voor Life Magazine ontstaat er een vriendschap tussen de twee ambitieuze mannen.
Fictie
Film
Sam Bettens All I Am
After the release of their hit song 'Not an addict' in 1996, the Belgian band K' Choice started a wild ride along some of the world's biggest festivals. Being an unconventional band right from the start, they forged their own path in the music industry with Sam Bettens as their rebellious leader. But how much space for your true identity is there when you're standing in front of thousands of people? Sam Bettens has spent his entire life searching for who he is and how he was shaped that way. Is he...
Engels | 2 uur 44 minuten (392 MB) | Das Mag, Amsterdam | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Danny White BRITNEY
Breaking Free
She has sold more than 150 million albums, wowed sell-out audiences around the globe and starred in iconic music videos but Britney Spears’ success has come at an almost unbearable price. As she enters her third decade in the spotlight, read the story of how a church-going girl from the Deep South became an objectified teenage sensation and the Princess of Pop. Go behind the scenes of Britney’s battle to free herself from her notorious conservatorship and the impact it has had on a highly talented...
Engels | 6 uur 40 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Carlo Gébler I, Antigone
"I, Antigone, have closed my eyes. My voice is deep and quiet, dark and slow, like a river moving over rocks, never stopping, never ceasing, endless. He was wholly at fault, and he was entirely innocent. This is true of us all if we only knew it. His fate is everyone’s. I, Antigone, have opened my eyes." The mythical Greek king, Oedipus, is no stranger to tragedy. As a baby, he is left to die on the mountainside of Thebes by his royal parents after the Oracle of Delphi prophesies that he will...
Engels | 9 uur 3 minuten (401 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Marianne Lee A Quiet Tide
At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed...
Engels | 11 uur 21 minuten (502 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Louisa May Alcott Little Women
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 | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Gary Schwartz Rembrandt
an audio course on the artist's life and work
In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn. He reflects on both the 17th century historical context in which Rembrandt emerged as an artist, as well as on his superb techniques. Schwartz presents the listener with a unique re-introduction to the artist's biography in which he gives a vivid description of Rembrandt's life and his rich and varied drawings, etchings and paintings, such as the Nightwatch. Inhoud College 1. A Dutch artist's...
Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy, The Hague | 2008
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Paulo Coelho The spy
Het leven van de beroemde Friese spionne Mata Hari (1876-1917).
Fictie
Engels | 190 pagina's | arrow books, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Experimenter
the Stanley Milgram story
Biografie van de sociaal psycholoog Stanley Milgram die in 1961 een sociaal experiment uitvoert waarin de bereidheid om autoriteiten te gehoorzamen onderzocht wordt.
Fictie
Film
John Connolly he
a novel
Fictionele biografie van de Britse komiek Stan Laurel (1890-1965), toneelpartner van Charlie Chaplin en filmpartner van Oliver Hardy, waarmee hij wereldberoemd werd als het komische duo Laurel & Hardy.
Fictie
Engels | 453 pagina's | Hodder & Stoughton, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Race
In 1936 wordt de zwarte atleet Jesse Owens onder druk gezet om de Olympische spelen in Berlijn te boycotten.
Fictie
Film
Anne-Marie Kruiper Simply Happy On My Way to Santiago de Compostela
"I walk for weeks. I sleep alone in big dorms. A few items of clothing in my backpack are enough. This is how simple can life be. In Simply Happy, Anne-Marie takes you on a journey to Santiago de Compostela. During this 800-kilometre hike, she learns to let go of certainties and uncertainties, and to accecpt the gifts of life. She meets people from all over the world, but the most beautiful encounter on the pilgrimage is the encounter with herself. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 159 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | AM Books, Schoonhoven | 2024
E-book
Michael Van Peel Nordkapp Stories - Engelse editie (e-book)
The North Cape is little more than a car park and a gift shop at a misty end of the European continent. Yet it has been a magnet for travellers and oddballs for centuries. When I reached it myself on my trusty old Vespa one endless summer, I was struck by the atmosphere on that last stretch of road. Little expeditions from all over the world seemed to come together. Weekend warriors, world travellers and asphalt munchers, together en route to the finish line. They had left weeks or months ago, from...
Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 111 MB) | Pelckmans uitgevers, Leuven | 2024
E-book
Sam Bettens All I am
After the release of their hit song 'Not an addict' in 1996, the Belgian band K' Choice started a wild ride along some of the world's biggest festivals. Being an unconventional band right from the start, they forged their own path in the music industry with Sam Bettens as their rebellious leader. But how much space for your true identity is there when you're standing in front of thousands of people? Sam Bettens has spent his entire life searching for who he is and how he was shaped that way. Is he...
Engels | 83 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Das Mag Publishers, Amsterdam | 2023
E-book
Abraham de Kock Pardidoe
chronicles of a wandering humanitarian
Is it better to spend your life moving from place to place, forever having new adventures, meeting interesting people and accepting new challenges, or would it be a curse -- to be always unrooted and adrift, like a wandering spirit far from home? Born in the Dutch colony of New Guinea and raised in the Netherlands, Abraham de Kock spent his professional life travelling the world and working for the UN, rising to the position of acting country director of the World Food Programme in North Korea. Between...
Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Uitgeverij Gopher, 's-Hertogenbosch | 2022
E-book
Memphis Depay | Simon Zwartkruis Heart of a lion
Everyone has an opinion on Memphis Depay, but few are familiar with his intense and difficult life story. Now the time has come for him to tell that story in his own words. About a childhood full of aggression and fear, with the ball as a lifebuoy. About a turbulent journey through different schools and host families and football clubs. His breakthrough at PSV, the fiasco in Manchester, his revival in Lyon and on the Dutch national team, the unending commotion about his appearance and image, his...
Non-fictie
Engels | 194 pagina's (ePub2, 85 MB) | VIP, Amsterdam | 2019
E-book
Priya Parmar Vanessa and her sister
Het levensverhaal van de Engelse schilderes Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), de zus van de schrijfster Virginia Woolf.
Fictie
Engels | 352 pagina's | Bloomsbury Circus, London | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Bianca Grootfaam I was looking for love
powers on the earth
The non-fiction story in this book is about me and some of the situations my family members and I went through. I rather not talk about others, but you need to understand what my background is and what my foundation was made of in order to understand my struggle in life. I want you to learn from my mistakes. All I can tell you in short about my story is that I was looking for love. Are you too looking for love? It is necessary for you to understand that there is a power that guides your destiny....
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 4 MB | Highly Favored Publishing, Veenendaal | 2017
E-book
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