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A beautiful day in the neighborhood
Een cynische en verbitterde journalist krijgt opdracht een artikel te schrijven over Fred Rogers, de vriendelijke en altijd goed gehumeurde presentator van het kinderprogramma ‘Mister Rogers' Neighborhood’.
Fictie | Biografie
Film
Curtis Sittenfeld Rodham
a novel
Leven en carrière van Hillary Rodham uitgaande van het gegeven dat ze niet trouwt met Bill Clinton.
Fictie | Biografie | Politieke roman
Engels | 435 pagina's | Random House, New York | 2021
Gedrukt boek
Tesla
Biografie van Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), uitvinder van o.a. de wisselstroomgenerator, over de moeilijkheden die hij in Amerika ondervond, o.a. met Thomas Edison, om zijn uitvindingen van de grond te krijgen.
Fictie | Biografie
Film
Shirley
In de jaren 1950 trekt het jonge echtpaar Fred en Rose tijdelijk in bij professor Stanley Hyman en horrorschrijfster Shirley Jackson. Tussen Rose en Shirley, die kampt met depressies en een writer’s block, ontstaat een bijzondere band.
Fictie | Biografie
Film
James Patterson | Kwame Alexander Becoming Muhammad Ali
a novel
De jonge Cassius Clay, ik-persoon, vindt in boksen zijn bestemming. Hij wordt beroemd als Muhammad Ali en draagt bij aan het zelfbewustzijn van zwarte mensen in de Verenigde Staten. Afwisselend verteld door zijn vriend Lucky en Cassius zelf in vrije versvorm. Met zwart-witillustraties. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie | Biografie | Sport
Engels | 310 pagina's | Jimmy Patterson Books; Little, Brown and Company, New York | 2020
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Son of the South
In het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten sluit de kleinzoon van een kopstuk van de Klu Klux Klan zich aan bij de burgerrechtenbeweging.
Fictie | Biografie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Film
Capone
Gangster Capone wordt in 1939 vervroegd vrijgelaten wegens gezondheidsredenen. Verzorgd door zijn vrouw Mae trekt hij zich terug in hun luxe huis in Florida, geplaagd door herinneringen aan zijn gewelddadige verleden.
Fictie | Biografie
Film
Martin Amis Inside story
a novel
Beschrijving van het liefdeleven van de auteur en van zijn relatie met drie bekende auteurs; Saul Bellow, Philip Larkin en Christopher Hitchens.
Fictie | Biografie
Engels | 521 pagina's | Jonathan Cape, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Kate Grenville A room made of leaves
De fictieve memoires van Elizabeth Macarthur, de vouw van de Australische schaapbaron John Macarthur.
Fictie | Biografie | Feministische verhalen | Historische roman
Engels | 322 pagina's | Canongate, Edinburgh | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Worth
De advocaat die het fonds ter compensatie aan de slachtoffers van 9/11 leidt, moet temidden van advocaten die een aanklacht willen indienen en lobby's van luchtvaartmaatschappijen die graag willen schikken, een deal sluiten met de families van de slachtoffers.
Fictie | Biografie | Sociale roman
Film
Charles Rivers The Earp Brothers
"The Earp Brothers" weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful characters that inhabited the West during the 19th century, the most famous of them all is Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), who has long been regarded as the embodiment of the Wild West. Charles Rivers (Editors) in an independant publisher, which had created...
Engels | 2 uur 46 minuten (123 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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)
Marcelle Kellermann A Packhorse Called Rachel
A story of courage, fear, and defiance based on the author's own personal experience. "A Pack Horse Called Rachel" is the remarkable tale of a young woman, half Jewish, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of 1944 France. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, touching lives as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger on a day to day basis. The story is based on personal experience. The description of historical events...
Engels | 5 uur 23 minuten (239 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Sue Chambers A Magical Sense
Sue has been living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 1985. In this very personal audiobook, she explores how MS has affected her, physically and mentally, and provides valuable advice for others in the same position. Throughout the book, Sue's humour comes through making it a life affirming read. It is a must read for anyone affected by MS. A diagnosis of MS was the start of a journey for Sue. This book tells of that journey, from the initial shock of the diagnosis through the education process...
Engels | 5 uur 17 minuten (229 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Cathy Birchall Touching the World
"Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries. From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picchu (first ever...
Engels | 19 uur 7 minuten (835 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Anna Bridgwater Sister on Borrowed Time
In November 2005 a young woman, Margaret, dies of leukemia. In this moving and personal book Margaret’s sister, the journalist and writer Anna Bridgwater, tells about the years leading up to her death – about life as a young woman in Copenhagen, about family, love, heartache and calamities, and about the diagnosis that changed everything. Sister on Borrowed Time is a story about hope and about loving someone with cancer. It is a story about searching for a bone marrow donor in the attempt to cure...
Engels | 4 uur 44 minuten (222 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Henri Patrik The Vitruvian Inspiration
Bram, Edhem, Zuma and Lazar don't know each other, until a series of mysterious events and the ghosts from their past bring them together in a ruthless struggle for life and death. "The Vitruvian Inspiration" is a drama in which traumatized people be heroes. The story takes place in Sarajevo 2002, a city in which corruption, deceit, manslaughter and sex flourish under supervision of the international observers. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 19 uur 14 minuten (1107 MB) | Schrijverspunt (digitaal), Afferden L | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)