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This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.

Een roman over dé ideale 'Nederlandse man' uit de 17de eeuw. Het boek is geschreven in de 19de eeuw als 'verzet' tegen de Franse overheersing. Ook voor de 21ste eeuw is het boek nog actueel, al zouden we dan 'Nederlandse man' beter kunnen vervangen door de term 'Wereldburger (m/v)'. In dit eerste deel wordt de jeugd van Maurits Lijnslager besproken en met name zijn liefde voor Maria van Vliet en zijn reis naar Italië. (Marcel Coenders)

“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”

What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.

In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his ...

The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stories is as complex, charismatic and clever as a cat.

Eerste van de drie koningsromans van Louis Couperus. Het is een van de populairste romans van Louis Couperus, getuige het aantal herdrukken en vertalingen dat het boek te beurt viel. Kroonprins Othomar van het imaginaire land Liparië. Othomar wordt gekweld door angsten en twijfels in verband met zijn hoge positie. (Samenvatting geschreven door Marcel Coenders)

Eine Auswahl der schönsten Märchen der Brüder Grimm.

Brødrene Jacob og Wilhelm Grimm, samlede og nedskrev mere end tohundrede folkeeventyr tilbage i 1820’erne. Mange af os erindrer, at have fået de mest berømte af disse historier læst højt som børn.
Også som voksen, kan man imidlertid have glæde af et genhør af disse fortællinger og dermed opleve, eller genopleve, moralerne, humoren og dramaet i et anderledes perspektiv, end det man ser mens man er barn. Denne samling rummer et lille udvalg af både kendte og mindre kendte Grimm eventyr.

These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. They were published regularly in the New York Mercury Sunday newspaper for the four years of the war. In the letters, Newell pokes fun at northern generals, politicians, and has hard things to say about southerners. Although Newell is rarely serious, I imagine the letters reflect the bitterness and frustration of many northerners at the time. (Introduction by Margaret)

By conservative estimates, more than 6.8 million out of earth's population of 7 billion have access to cell phones. This has happened in just over 20 years. It's safe to assume that almost all these people would prefer to communicate via their phones rather than by snail-mail, post or courier. Which leads us to the question: “Does this mean the death of the love letter?”

For those of us who still remember the joys of receiving and sending romantic epistles, couched in purple prose, expressing our deepest feelings, these little messages were the most delightful way of keeping in touch with those we loved. The Love Letter Collection 2008 by Various takes us back to a mo...