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Julian Barnes Elizabeth Finch
From the Booker Prize-winning author of THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Winner of the Booker PrizeShe will change the way you see the world . . . ''I''ll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I''ve met this year have faded'' The TimesElizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration. Neil is just one of many who fell under her spell during his time in her class. Tasked with unpacking her notebooks after her death, Neil encounters once again Elizabeth''s astonishing ideas on the past and on how to make sense of...
Engels | ePub3, 2,7 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2022
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Jessamine Chan The School for Good Mothers
‘Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere’ ELLE
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN OBAMA''S 2022 SUMMER READING PICKA BETWEEN THE COVERS NOVEMBER 2022 PICK''Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng''s Little Fires Everywhere'' ELLE''Destined to be a feminist classic - kept me up at night'' PANDORA SYKES''The Handmaid''s Tale for the Squid Game generation'' TELEGRAPHFrida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she''d left in the office. She would go get it. Harriet...
Engels | ePub3, 1,6 MB | Penguin (Cornerstone), [Nederland] | 2022
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / F Faust
Goethe’s ‘Faust’ is considered to be his Magnum Opus and one of the best works of German literature ever completed. It is a universal tale of belonging, love, despair and finding ones purpose. Faust is a man in anguish; having dedicated his life to the sciences, to understanding the world around him he now sees that he has learnt all that he can. He is distraught by the notion that he cannot be at one with the cosmic universe and attain the highest form of knowledge. Seeing this, The Devil wagers...
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022
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Hanna Bervoets We Had To Remove This Post
Does what you see change who you are?‘A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle novel of mental unravelling’ - Ian McEwan, author of AtonementKayleigh is broke. Out of options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed. Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a group of friends, even a new girlfriend. For the first time in her life, the future seems bright . . . But soon the job begins...
Engels | ePub3, 0,9 MB | Picador, [Nederland] | 2022
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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
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Neil Humphreys Rich Kill, Poor Kill
When a foreign worker is found dead in a Singapore back street, few people care. But then another victim turns up, and then another, all killed with the same weapon. With its reputation as a safe, global city in ruins, Singapore struggles to come to grips with its first serial killer in decades. And when a famous woman disappears, terror takes hold. In desperation, the authorities turns to the one man they loathe almost as much as the serial killer Detective Inspector Stanley Low. Belligerent...
Engels | 8 uur 29 minuten (381 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Faith Hogan The Place We Call Home
Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills... Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed Corrigan Mills are run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and they don't always stay hidden. Ada has forever lived her life in her sister's shadow. Wanting only to please her mother and take over the family business, now Ada has to take a look at what her heart really wants. Callie has a flourishing international career and a man who...
Engels | 12 uur 31 minuten (556 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Celia Hayes Don't Marry Thomas Clarke
A feel-good romance. Sometimes true love can be found where you least expect it... Perfect for the fans of Mhairi McFarlene and Fiona Gibson. Thomas Clark is a wealthy aristocrat. Sandy Price was the girl next door. They grew up spending their summer holidays on the same country estate, but Sandy couldn't stand Thomas and he hasn't crossed her mind since. Years later, an unexpected turn of events brings Thomas back into her life. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Thomas is set to inherit...
Engels | 8 uur 57 minuten (393 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lady Victoria Howard Mirror Hours
Fun and Fury - a Time Travel Romance
Victoria's adventures continue through the mirror and she embarks on a Viking adventure where she is worshipped in a sexual ritual as a goddess. In the late 1930s, she arrives on the ‘Gone with the Wind’ film set where she has a sexual encounter with Clark Gable dressed as Rhett Butler. In the present-day, she meets the wealthy art collector, George Shervashidze. Then, in Bibury, she meets George’s almost complete opposite, Jude. Victoria finds her mind flitting from various men; Ragnar, George,...
Engels | 6 uur 24 minuten (280 MB) | LUST, København | 2022
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Lady Victoria Howard Mirror Hours
A Change of Direction - a Time Travel Romance
Victoria experiences a time slip that conjures William into her dreams. Fellow time traveller, Ruth, advises her to return the marble to Jude’s home, which she does, but the pair fall out over the ongoing land dispute. What Victoria knows for sure is that she needs to learn more about William and Molly and she wastes no time in travelling through the mirror to the Victorian era, to discover more truths. Back in the present-day, Victoria visits a Scottish castle with George but again she gets more...
Engels | 5 uur 5 minuten (223 MB) | LUST, København | 2022
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Jane Lacey-Crane The Little Shop on Floral Street
In the wake of tragedy, two sisters have to piece their family back together again... Grace never thought she'd have to return home to Floral Street. Having spent most of her life building a successful career in London, she's done everything she possibly can to avoid the flower stall that's been in her family for generations. But when tragedy hits, she's got no choice. It's time to face the demons of the past and support her family. Faith has returned home after years travelling the world. The...
Engels | 10 uur 8 minuten (446 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lucy Coleman Snowflakes Over Holly Cove
The perfect Christmas romance for fans of Karen Swan. As the snowflakes start to fall, Holly Cove welcomes a new tenant to the beautiful old cottage on the beach... For lifestyle magazine journalist Tia Armstrong, relationships, as well as Christmas, have lost all their magic. Yet Tia is up against a Christmas deadline for her latest article 'Love is, actually, all around...' So, Tia heads to Holly Cove where the restorative sea air and rugged stranger, Nic, slowly but surely start mending...
Engels | 9 uur 19 minuten (412 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Liz Eeles A Christmas Wish and a Cranberry Kiss at the Cosy Kettle
Amidst the twinkling lights and falling snowflakes, Becca has a wish to make this Christmas... Running from heartbreak, twenty-five-year-old Becca has moved to the cosy village of Honeyford. Living with her best friend Zac in a little stone cottage, and serving gingerbread lattes at the Cosy Kettle, is the perfect escape from her past. But starting over isn’t always plain sailing, and Becca’s shyness is holding her back from making her mark on the café. To make matters worse, her crush on blond-haired,...
Engels | 8 uur 27 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sarah Simpson I Know You're There
Is your house as safe as you think? Natalie spent most of her childhood feeling afraid. So when she moved into her cosy little flat in St Ives and met her three friendly neighbours, she knew at once it was somewhere she'd feel safe. Before long, Natalie's neighbours have become the family she never had. Kind, motherly Morwenna, serious, reliable Nigel, and sweet, anxious Daniel. They collect each other's mail, water each other's plants, and share each others lives. But as Natalie knows all...
Engels | 10 uur 20 minuten (459 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Fay Keenan Summer in the Orchard
Sophie Henderson loves her job at Carter's Cider in the picturesque Somerset village of Little Somerby, but with summer dawning before yet another picking and pressing season, and her boss David showing no signs of wanting to hang up his cider jug, perhaps it is time to move on. She's all set to hand in her notice when Alex Fraser, an intern from Vancouver, comes to Little Somerby to learn everything he can about the cider business. With Sophie as his mentor, attraction between them starts to grow...
Engels | 8 uur 30 minuten (376 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lily Graham A Cornish Christmas
Nestled in the Cornish village of Cloudsea, sits Sea Cottage – the perfect place for some Christmas magic ... At last Ivy is looking forward to Christmas. She and her husband Stuart have moved to their perfect little cottage by the sea - a haven alongside the rugged cliffs that look out to the Atlantic Ocean. She’s pregnant with their much-longed for first baby and for the first time, since the death of her beloved mother, Ivy feels like things are going to be alright. But there is trouble ahead....
Engels | 7 uur 18 minuten (337 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lucy Coleman Magic Under the Mistletoe
Christmas and romance are in the air... It's December 23rd and while everyone else is rushing home for the holidays, workaholic Leesa Oliver is dreading switching on her out-of-office for the festive season. And it seems her equally driven boss, Cary Anderson, isn't relishing spending Christmas at his family's country estate either. Together, they draft an unexpected Christmas contract: They'll spend half of the holidays with each other's families, pretending to be a couple. Leesa knows the insufferably...
Engels | 11 uur 12 minuten (492 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Louise Emma Clarke Mum's Big Break
Life in the spotlight was never going to be easy... Jess's life was turned upside down when her blog went viral. Now, with hundreds of thousands of followers, Jess is now navigating the trials and tribulations of a world online. Being a mummy blogger was originally an escape, but now it seems to be turning into a career. And after one wrong post on her social media channels, Jess discovers that life in the spotlight isn't always peachy. With a new baby on the way, the possibility of starring...
Engels | 8 uur 15 minuten (361 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Karen King Snowy Nights at the Lonely Hearts Hotel
Snowy rooftops, mulled wine, and a hot single dad. Not the Christmas Saffy wished for... but maybe the one she needs? Twenty-nine year old Saffron Baxter knew her holiday plans didn’t stand a chance the moment her sister called to say she was stuck abroad with no hope of being home before Christmas. Saffy would just have to abandon thoughts of wild festive parties in the city and head down to remote Cornwall. Because every year her sister hosts a huge Christmas meal for all the single parents...
Engels | 7 uur 42 minuten (348 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Minna Howard The Christmas Menagerie
Amelia usually loves Christmas, but this year is her first one alone since her husband passed away – though she's not quite by herself. Somehow, she's been lumbered with a menagerie of pets over the holidays, no thanks to the new village vet closing the local kennels. Between a parrot, two tortoises, and god-knows-how-many baby mice, Amelia ends up seeing a lot more of Jules the vet than she planned to. And despite her neighbours' fury for the man who shut down a local institution, she can't...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (326 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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