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Abraham de Kock Pardidoe
Is it better to spend your life moving from place to place, forever having new adventures, meeting interesting people and accepting new challenges, or would it be a curse -- to be always unrooted and adrift, like a wandering spirit far from home? Born in the Dutch colony of New Guinea and raised in the Netherlands, Abraham de Kock spent his professional life travelling the world and working for the UN, rising to the position of acting country director of the World Food Programme in North Korea. Between...
Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Gopher, 's-Hertogenbosch | 2023
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Danielle Steel Without A Trace
A gripping story of a fight for happiness from the billion copy bestseller
Without a Trace is a moving tale of second chances and creating a life worth living, from the billion copy bestseller, Danielle Steel.Charles Vincent feels trapped in his treadmill of a life. He’s wealthy and successful, doing a job he doesn’t want to do, in a marriage to a woman where the romance died many years ago. All that interests Isabelle is his money to fund her extravagant lifestyle. The children have left home and there is nothing for him to look forward to.One evening Charlie leaves...
Engels | ePub3, 1,2 MB | Macmillan, [Nederland] | 2023
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Rebecca Raisin The Little Venice Bookshop
‘Ahhh I absolutely loved this book!… Made me laugh, warmed my heart… Fabulous.’ NetGalley reviewer âââââA bundle of mysterious letters. A trip to Venice. A journey she’ll never forget.When Luna loses her beloved mother, she’s bereft: her mother was her only family, and without her Luna feels rootless. Then the chance discovery of a collection of letters in her mother’s belongings sends her on an unexpected journey.Following a clue in the letters, Luna packs her bags...
Engels | ePub3, 1,8 MB | HQ Digital, [Nederland] | 2023
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Hogan Faith Hogan The Guest House by the Sea
An absolutely heartwarming Irish novel to curl up with in 2023 from the kindle #1 bestselling author
People come to the guest house for fresh air and views across the Atlantic. But if they''re lucky, they might just leave with the second chance they didn''t know they needed...Esme has run the guest house for as long as anyone in Ballycove can remember. But in her declining years, her sight is failing, and when she has a fall on the eve of the summer season, she is forced to take a back seat for the first time in her life.From her chair in the entry hall, not much passes Esme by. There''s Cora, the...
Engels | ePub2, 3,7 MB | Aria, [Nederland] | 2023
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Charlotte Borggreve | Gerda Hahn Ff-tjes koken
Kinderen uit 27 landen van de Europese Unie geven recepten door van hun lievelingsgerechten. Daarbij vertellen ze iets over het land en eetgewoonten. Met veel kleurenfoto's. Vanaf ca. 9 t/m 12 jaar.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 119 pagina's | Becht, Haarlem | 2008
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Eva Vriend Where the Zuiderzee once raged
a story of community spirit, entrepreneurship, and the intimate bond with the water
‘Where the Zuiderzee Once Raged’ by Eva Vriend is a story of the true heroes of the coast, represented by four fisher families from Urk, Volendam, Spakenburg, and Wieringen. Eva Vriend weaves together their family histories into an epic tale of their intimate bond with water, the resilience that has guided them forward, and the fishing tradition in their blood. The charming towns around the IJsselmeer delight visitors with their authentic facades, fishing boats, and picturesque harbors. The people...
Non-fictie
Engels | 359 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
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Good night stories for rebel girls
100 real-life tales of black girl magic
Honderd korte verhalen over bijzondere, inspirerende zwarte vrouwen over de hele wereld. Maak kennis met o.a. astronaut Jeanette Epps, politicus Shirley Chisholm, arts Alexa Canady en tennisser Naomi Osaka. Met portretillustraties in kleur. Vanaf ca. 10 t/m 13 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 240 pagina's | Rebel Girls, [Los Angeles, California] | 2021
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Bob Roetering Warship 13
Tripartite Minehunter Haarlem
In the eighties, the Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 15 minehunters of the Alkmaar-class. They were deployed worldwide in conflicts (the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Libyan Sea). In all European waters they exercised and cleared historical ordnance. HNLMS Haarlem represents the rich history of the tripartite minehunters of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2023
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Yvonne Gillissen The kittycat city
Belle is imprisoned at the police station and Amsterdam is angry! The headstrong and cheeky cats have to show that they actually deserve to live in the capital city, otherwise they are to be banished. The animals themselves have their own ideas on the subject and want to get Belle out of prison. But will they manage? 'The kittycat city' is the sequel to 'The march of the cats' (Part 1) and 'The cats have a plan' (Part 2). These stories are for children and people (9 to 109) and naturally everyone...
Fictie
Engels | 18 pagina's (ePub3, 0,7 MB) | Xpath Design, Amsterdam | 2022
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Sam Bettens All I am
After the release of their hit song 'Not an addict' in 1996, the Belgian band K' Choice started a wild ride along some of the world's biggest festivals. Being an unconventional band right from the start, they forged their own path in the music industry with Sam Bettens as their rebellious leader. But how much space for your true identity is there when you're standing in front of thousands of people? Sam Bettens has spent his entire life searching for who he is and how he was shaped that way. Is he...
Engels | 83 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Das Mag Publishers, Amsterdam | 2023
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Bert van Dijk Influencing others, start with yourself
on behaviour and Leary's Rose
'That's just the way I am.' A lot of people think that the way they behave is fixed in stone. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book shows you how you can consciously choose to adopt the most effective behaviour in order to improve your success rate at achieving your goals. This book uses Leary's Rose interaction model to give you an insight into the different communication processes. Leary's Rose is a schematic reproduction of different ways of behaving and the effect this has on other...
Non-fictie
Engels | 92 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Thema, Publisher of Schouten Global, Zaltbommel | 2023
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Mack All about forests
Wat voor soorten bomen en bossen zijn er? En wat voor dieren leven er? Allerlei weetjes over het bos, met ook aandacht voor de seizoenen, kleurenfoto's, stripachtige tekeningen en interactieve vragen. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 74 pagina's | Clavis, New York | 2016
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Yvonne Gillissen The cats have a plan
Those cheeky Amsterdam cats are back. After years of peace and quiet, they've had enough. A few of the more enterprising animals decide to take matters into their own paws and forge a fantastic plan. It will take courage, and also a lot of money. But how do they get that? The story of The Plan of the Cats, for children (9+) and cat lovers (from 9 to 109) is a sequel to The March of the Cats. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 11 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Xpath Design, Amsterdam | 2022
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Marijn van der Poll Rightbrainer
survival handbook of original thoughts
Inzichten van de Nederlandse ontwerper (1973) over de werking van ideeën en hoe creatief denken ingezet kan worden om complexe problemen op te lossen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 152 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | Lev., Amsterdam | 2023
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Adam Kay Kay's anatomy
a complete (and completely disgusting) guide to the human body
Weet je wat zich allemaal in je lichaam afspeelt? Met veel humor en 'smerige' details wordt van alles verteld over de werking van o.a. je huid, longen, haar, voortplanting en nog veel meer. Ook ernstige zaken als roken en handicaps komen aan bod. Met veel stripachtige zwart-wittekeningen en vragen. Vanaf ca. 9 t/m 12 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 405 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2020
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Louis Couperus Psyche
Psyche is based on Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche. It tells us about the king's daughter of that name and her two sisters, Emeralda and Astra. After the death of their father, Emeralda, the eldest sister, ascends to the throne of the Kingdom of the Past. Fearing her unscrupulous sibling, Psyche flees the castle on the back of the flying steed Chimera. She plunges into the unknown world outside the castle walls. On her magical journey she comes into contact with a Satyr, the Sphinx, weeps a river,...
Fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 24 MB) | Reith|Hendriks & partners, Rotterdam | 2021
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Mack Celebrations
In China vieren ze Nieuwjaar later dan wij. In India duurt een huwelijksfeest een paar dagen. Kijk hoe mensen in allerlei landen feest vieren. Met kleurenfoto's, grappige illustraties en vragen. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 5 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 58 pagina's | Clavis, New York | 2015
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Sarah Hegenbart From Bayreuth to Burkina Faso
Christoph Schlingensief’s Opera Village Africa as postcolonial Gesamtkunstwerk?
Opera Village Africa, a participatory art experiment by the late German multimedia artist Christoph Schlingensief, serves as a testing ground for a critical interrogation of Richard Wagner's notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk. Sarah Hegenbart traces the path from Wagner's introduction of the Gesamtkunstwerk in Bayreuth to Schlingensief's attempt to charge the idea of the total artwork with new meaning by transposing it to the West African country Burkina Faso. Schlingensief developed Opera Village in...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 16 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022
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Gideon Karting Never work with your idols
35 commandments for a successful career in the music industry
For more than twenty years Gideon Karting has been a fixture in the music industry. He started at the bottom as a concert billposter and worked his way up to the highest level of concert promotion. He was one of the top promoters in the Netherlands, having promoted all the Dutch shows of a wide range of leading artists, including Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Adele, One Direction, Arctic Monkeys, Bruno Mars, and BTS. For many years he was also responsible for the programming of major festivals like Lowlands,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 180 pagina's (ePub2, 3,1 MB) | Outliner Books, Rotterdam | 2022
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Stijn Bronzwaer | Joris Kooiman | Merijn Rengers The machine
the inside story of Booking.com
Booking.com, one of the richest and most successful internet companies in Europe, has been a mystery for twenty-five years. Everyone knows the website, but no one knows the people and the stories behind this deeply Dutch company in U.S. hands. Until now. Three journalists from the major Dutch NRC newspaper present a detailed reconstruction of the dark internet fairy tale of Booking.com, from an idea built by a group of engineering students in Twente in the late 1990s to its development into the largest...
Non-fictie
Engels | 232 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
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