• James Lewis Black Sam

  The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship. When he falls in love with a rebellious New England debutante, he finds out very quickly that he needs more than a dream to win over her socialite parents. After a failed treasure salvaging expedition, Sam makes one last desperate attempt to change his economic standing and...

  Engels | 10 uur 53 minuten (489 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner

  Bertram and his three friends have formed a small gang of thieves called The Ravens. He lives alone with his mom, who works as a waitress. He doesn´t remember his father much, as the latter was arrested for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment when Bertram was only seven years old. One day, Bertram steals an expensive "Schott Made in USA" leather jacket from a restaurant, which will have fatal consequences, and not just for Bertram. Rolando Benito, an investigator at the Police Complaints Authority,...

  Engels | 4 uur 44 minuten (230 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads Head and Shoulders

  “Am I a laboratory experiment on which the janitors as well as the chemists can make experiments? Is my intellectual development humorous in any way?” Once a child prodigy, Horace is living up to the expectations as a young intellectual at university. But when Marcia, an actress, turns up at his door one night and shows him a different world, the course of both their lives are changed forever. And only one comes out the winner. Somewhat different from Fitzgerald's later work, 'Head and Shoulders'...

  Engels | 55 minuten (40 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf

  In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...

  Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder

  Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...

  Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Sheridan le Fanu Green Tea

  "Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is organising the papers of his deceased mentor, the famous German physician Dr. Martin Hesselius. In doing so, he stumbles upon a strange case, dating back sixty-four years. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer, known for his ghost and paranormal stories. He studied law at Trinity College in Dublin....

  Engels | 1 uur 31 minuten (69 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Ambrose Bierce The Parenticide Club

  "The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Lovecraft. Bierce’s death was...

  Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• R. K. Howard Black Machetes

  Benjamin Wilder grew up with sparse shelter, infested provisions, and constant abuse dealt to him by his stepfather: Jessup — a.k.a. the Rabid Dog. Without a sober mother to defend him from the Rabid Dog’s wrath, Ben finds reprieve and adventure in a club of misfit boys called the Black Machetes. But the world as Ben knows it comes to an end when he witnesses an act so psychologically appalling that it forces him to run for his life.  "Black Machetes" is a powerful page-turning thriller that all...

  Engels | 10 uur 28 minuten (456 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• R. K. Howard Error Code

  What do you get when you take a witty housewife with deep, dark secrets and coop her up in a house with a frustratingly demonic dishwasher and a professional killer who just happens to look like The Gladiator? You get a thrilling tour de force of unexpected action that's peppered throughout with comedic beats and seriously dark undertones. From the opening paragraph all the way to the very end, Error Code is a non-stop romp. R. K. Howard is an American author. His "Black Machetes" has been in...

  Engels | 4 uur 32 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Places

  Discover some of the most haunted places around England. Whether you believe in the paranormal, or are just looking for a good scare on a dark night, Steven Plant’s travel through England will take you to some of the most famous, and frightening, places in the UK. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover haunted cinemas and encounter ghostly figures in grand estates. This book’s will take to the following locations: Blackpool, Pluckley Village, the Hellfire Caves, Morley Rectory,...

  Engels | 2 uur 17 minuten (99 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Pubs and Inns

  Discover some of the most haunted pubs and inns around England. Steven Plant will take around the UK, stopping at local establishments that are famous for their unusual guests. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover another side of British pub life, and be taken to the following locations: The Bate Hall (Macclesfield, Cheshire), The Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds), The Miners Arms (Eyams, Peak District), The Viaduct Tavern (London). Steven Plant is a British author of non-fiction....

  Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (72 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

  In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...

  Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime

  "'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...

  Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Walter Parks Jesus

  The Missing Years

  The Bible tells us of Jesus' birth and of His being in the temple in Jerusalem when He was a boy of 12. But then there is no further mention of Him until about 20 years later when He starts His ministry. Where was He? Why did the Bible not say? After an intensive search and study of The Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient documents, I found where God gave instructions, through His Prophets, for the preparation of a place in the wilderness for His Son Jesus. The instructions were followed. A place...

  Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (183 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Ambrose Bierce Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War

  In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source...

  Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (73 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Marcelle Kellermann The Interpreter

  This story is set during the occupation of France of 1940-44, during which time the author fought as a member of the Resistance. It follows her interrogation, imprisonment and her subsequent unexpected release by the German Nazi Officer Frank Van Heugen, the official interpreter in the German Kommandatur of Vichy France. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

  Engels | 4 uur 33 minuten (202 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Beat Poet Experience The Beat Poet Experience

  "The Beat Poet Experience" is formed around the poetry and dynamism of performance artist David O'Kelly, paying more than a passing nod to the Beat Poets of the 60’s. It embraces warmly all that we love and hate about ourselves with a wry twist of phrase and some of the hottest jazz licks his side of New Orleans... Reflecting the major works of Beat works such as Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" (1956), William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch" (1959) and Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" (1957), the Beat Poet Experience...

  Engels | 1 uur 12 minuten (55 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Miranda Watson | James Rosone Prelude to World War III

  In the not-too-distant future, the United States loses its status as a world Superpower. With the military cut to a barebones level and American leaders focused solely on the nation's internal struggles, the door will open for new powers to emerge on the world stage. In the wake of this power vacuum, China and Russia begin to flex their military muscles and expand their dominance in the world. They have the most up-to-date technological innovations ready for battle: railguns, unmanned drone tank...

  Engels | 9 uur 4 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 2

  The Leap

  Roland Benito, who works for the Independent Police Grievance Unit, has been sent with his colleague to interrogate two police officers, who have responded to an emergency. A prison guard has leapt from his fourth-story window, just as the two officers arrive to respond to a complaint about loud music from his flat. On the face of it, there does not appear to be anything suspicious about the situation, but when it turns out the prison guard is the father of Roland’s granddaughter’s best friend from...

  Engels | 46 minuten (36 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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• Inger Gammelgaard Madsen The Cleaner 3

  The Jacket

  Bertram is afraid to go to the police and tell them what he found in the stolen jacket, as he is a wanted criminal and does not want anything to do with law enforcement. He tries calling anonymously one evening, while drunk and after smoking a couple of joints, but the police refuse to believe him. When Bertram later discovers that his mum is in danger for her life, he tries to warn her, but she does not believe him either. He begins following her, and finds out that she is meeting with a man he...

  Engels | 47 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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