Nr Titel Auteur Beschrijving Categorie
SCH-04956 Historia 1915 KNACK KNACK HISTORIA 1915 brengt in woord en beeld een diepgaand verslag over het tweede oorlogsjaar 1915. De Belgen bekomen stilaan van de bijzonder gewelddadige inval maar buigen niet. Ondanks de honger wordt verzet en spionage georganiseerd. Duizenden Belgische soldaten verkommeren in kampen in Nederland en Duitsland. Terwijl het westelijke front volledig is vastgelopen, is het een scharnierjaar voor het oostelijke front. Nieuwe wapens zoals gas en vlammenwerpers worden uitgetest. Ook in de kolonies woedt de oorlog in alle hevigheid. Nieuwste Tijd 
SCH-04955 Historia 1914 KNACK KNACK HISTORIA 1914 brengt in woord en beeld een uitgebreid en diepgaand verslag over alle facetten van dit eerste dramatische oorlogsjaar. Ondanks de mooie beloften die de `belle époque' inhield, groeien de spanningen onderhuids om uiteindelijk los te barsten in een nooit eerder gezien inferno. Nieuwste Tijd 
SCH-04953 The Devil Tree KOSINSKI Jerzy Jonathan Whalen's life has been determined from the start by the immense fortune of his father, a steel tycoon. Whalen's childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, a desire to feel life intensely, through drugs, violence, sex, and attempts at meaningful connection with other people -- whether lovers or the memory of his dead parents. Engelse romans 
SCH-04952 Being There KOSINSKI Jerzy The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance - he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into a world of sex, money, power - and national television - he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour - and, who knows, perhaps the next President of the United States of America. Engelse romans 
SCH-04926 On the Road KEROUAC Jack Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, On the Road is the book that launched the Beat Generation and remains the bible of that literary movement. Engelse romans 
SCH-04925 The Flying Classroom KASTNER Erich Quentin Blake Martin's school is no ordinary school. There are snowball fights, kidnappings, cakes, a parachute jump, a mysterious man called 'No-Smoking' who lives in a railway carriage and a play about a flying classroom. As the Christmas holidays draw near, Martin and his friends - nervous Uli, cynical Sebastian, Johnny, who was rescued by a sea captain, and Matthias, who is always hungry (particularly after a meal) - are preparing for the end-of-term festivities. But there are surprises, sadness and trouble on the way - and a secret that changes everything. Engelse romans 
SCH-04924 De Grijze Jager. De keizer van Nihon-Ja. Boek 10 FLANAGAN John Arnaut wordt vermist. Enkele maanden geleden is hij vertrokken op een militaire missie naar het hof van de keizer van Nihon-Ja en daarna wordt er al snel niets meer van hem vernomen. Evanlyn maakt zich zorgen en besluit met Will en Alyss op onderzoek uit te gaan. Aangekomen in Nihon-Ja blijkt Arnaut verstrikt te zijn geraakt in een politiek web. Leden van de Senshi, een kaste die gevreesd wordt om zijn vechtkunst, zijn in opstand gekomen tegen de keizer en Arnaut heeft ervoor gekozen om te blijven en de afgezette keizer bij te staan. Met de komst van Will breekt er een nieuw hoofdstuk aan. Nederlandse romans-jeugd 
SCH-04923 De Grijze Jager. Halt in gevaar. Boek 9 FLANAGAN John Halt, Arnaut en Will zijn Tennyson, de leider van de Buitenstaanders, en zijn volgelingen op het spoor. Tennyson probeert te ontsnappen aan gerechtelijke vervolging voor zijn misdaden in Clonmel en Halt is vastbesloten hem tegen te houden voordat hij de grens van Araluen oversteekt. Will weet een van de huurmoordenaars uit te schakelen, maar er zijn er nog twee over en Halt is in levensgevaar. Nederlandse romans-jeugd 
SCH-04922 De Grijze Jager. De koning van Clonmel. Boek 8 FLANAGAN John Als Will op de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de Grijze Jagers arriveert, blijkt zijn grote vriend en mentor afwezig te zijn. Halt is op onderzoek in het westen van het rijk en als hij uiteindelijk terugkomt, heeft hij slecht nieuws. Er heerst onrust in Hibernia en die onrust dreigt over te slaan op Araluen. Een kwaadwillige religieuze sekte, waarvan de leden zichzelf de Buitenstaanders noemen, probeert er aan de macht te komen. Vijf van de zes koninkrijken van Hibernia zijn al ondermijnd. Het zesde koninkrijk, Clonmel, loopt nu gevaar. Nederlandse romans-jeugd 
SCH-04921 De Grijze Jager. Losgeld voor Erak. Boek 7 FLANAGAN John De Grijze Jager deel 7 blikt terug op de tijd dat Will nog een leerling van de Grijze Jagers was. De Skandiërs hebben in boek 4 ('De dragers van het Eikenblad') een niet-aanvalsverdrag met Araluen gesloten. Daarom zijn Jarl, Erak en zijn mannen gedwongen hun geluk verderop te zoeken. Als zij, op zoek naar buit, langs de kust van het verre Arrida in een hinderlaag lopen, wordt Erak gevangengenomen. Zijn mannen worden naar Skandia teruggestuurd om losgeld voor hun aanvoerder op te halen. Nederlandse romans-jeugd 
SCH-04920 De Grijze Jager. Het beleg van Macindow. Boek 6 FLANAGAN John 'Het beleg van Macindaw' vormt samen met het vorige deel in de succesvolle De Grijze Jagerserie, 'De Magiër van Macindaw', een afgerond verhaal. Wills eerste opdracht als volwaardige Grijze Jager vindt plaats in het hoge Noorden, dat geteisterd wordt door duistere magische krachten ? althans, dat is de mening van de plaatselijke bevolking. De nuchtere Will, die niet in magie gelooft, gaat samen met zijn vriendin Alyss op onderzoek uit. Zij ontdekken dat de strijdlustige Kelten een invasie voorbereiden. Nederlandse romans-jeugd 
SCH-04919 Tales of the Unexpected DAHL Roald Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. The author's short stories have been bestsellers since the 50s and now their addictive air of suspense comes to audio in these ten brilliant stories. Engelse romans 
SCH-04916 Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders JONES V. C. The story of guerrilla warfare during the American Civil War. Engelse romans 
SCH-04915 Dubliners JOYCE James Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. In every sense an international figure, Joyce was faithful to his own country by seeing it unflinchingly and challenging every precedent and piety in Irish literature. Engelse romans 
SCH-04913 Stephen Hero JOYCE James This early version of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in which Stephen Daedalus rebels against church, country and family, is taken from an incomplete manuscript and is supported by literary and bibliographical notes. Engelse romans 
SCH-04911 Death Comes to Pemberley JAMES P. D. The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the Pemberley nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live within seventeen miles, the ordered and secure life of Pemberley seems unassailable, and Elizabeth's happiness in her marriage is complete.But their peace is threatened and old sins and misunderstandings are rekindled on the eve of the annual autumn ball. The Darcys and their guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland, and as it pulls up, Lydia Wickham, an uninvited guest, tumbles out, screaming that her husband has been murdered.In a pitch-perfect recreation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P. D. James elegantly fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her talent for writing detective fiction. Engelse romans 
SCH-04909 Martin the Warrior JACQUES Brian A best-selling fantasy novel recounts the life of Martin, who rises from a childhood of slavery in the stronghold of Badrang the Tyrant to become the most glorious warrior mouse of Redwall. Engelse romans 
SCH-04908 The Remains of the Day ISHIGURO Kazuo 'After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?'In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love. Engelse romans 
SCH-04903 The Remains of the Day ISHIGURO Kazuo Easy reader. It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story: a man's exploration of his own life, and his heart-breaking attempt to make sense of it. Engelse romans 
SCH-04901 Brave New World HUXLEY Aldous The novel opens in London in AF 632 (AD 2540 in the Gregorian calendar). The society described above is illuminated by the activities of two of the novel's central characters, Lenina Crowne and Bernard Marx, and the other characters with whom they come into contact. Lenina, a hatchery worker, is socially accepted and contented, but Bernard, a psychologist in the Directorate of Hatcheries and Conditioning, is not. He is shorter in stature than the average of his Alpha caste?a quality shared by the lower castes, which gives him an inferiority complex. His intelligence and his work with hypnopaedia allow him to understand, and disapprove of, the methods by which society is sustained. Engelse romans 
SCH-04898 The Cry of the Owl HIGHSMITH Patricia In a small Pennsylvania town, Robert Forrester is recuperating from a nasty divorce and a bout of psychological trouble. One evening, while driving home, he sees a pretty young woman framed by her bright kitchen window. Soon, he can?t keep himself away. But when Robert is inevitably discovered, obsession is turned on its head, and he finds himself unable to shake the young woman, nor entirely sure whether he should. Engelse romans 
SCH-04897 Deep Water HIGHSMITH Patricia 'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him ...You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?' Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in flaunting her many affairs to her husband. When one of her lovers is murdered, Vic hints to her latest conquest that he was responsible. As rumours spread about Vic's vicious streak, fiction and reality start to converge. It's only a matter of time before Vic really does have blood on his hands. Engelse romans 
SCH-04895 The Old Man and the Sea HEMINGWAY Ernest This recording was nominated for a Grammy in 1977, and it's easy to see why. . . Heston's experience is evident'rather than simply portraying the fisherman, he becomes the old man, Santiago.\'Philadelphia InquirerErnest Hemingway took great pride in using an economy of carefully measured words and tightly wrought phrases in his writing. Nominated for a Grammy, this recording of The Old Man and the Sea is a perfect example of Hemingway's precision and is read here in its entirety by Oscar(R)-winning actor Charlton Heston.A novella, The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of an old fisherman, Santiago, and his long lusty struggle with a prized fish. In experiencing this story, we see that his struggle isn't so much over one fish, but the act of living'living fully, actively, robustly. Charlton Heston is marvelous in this recording with his voice adding a quality and texture to Hemingway's words that will engage listeners completely. Engelse romans 
SCH-04892 Three Adventure Novels HAGGARD Henry Rider She is the great mythic creation of the 19th century, while King Solomon's Mines and Allan Quatermain are surging tales of adventure, full of sensational fights, blood-curdling perils, and extraordinary escapes. Engelse romans 
SCH-04882 The Firm GRISHAM John Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate, becomes suspicious of his Memphis tax firm when mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago Mob figure into its operations. Engelse romans