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Napoleon | Sun Tzu | Niccolò Machiavelli Learn Strategy with Napoleon, Sun Tzu and Machiavelli
Unleash your inner tactician and unlock the secrets of strategic brilliance with "Learn Strategy with Napoleon, Sun Tzu, and Machiavelli." This captivating guide invites you to delve into the minds of history's greatest military and political strategists. From Napoleon's audacious campaigns to Sun Tzu's timeless wisdom and Machiavelli's cunning political insights, this collection offers a treasure trove of knowledge to sharpen your strategic thinking and decision-making skills. Born in Florence,...
Engels | 1 uur 19 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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)
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)
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
E-book
Rogier Overman Van Mensendieck naar oefentherapie
een bewogen geschiedenis van de Opleiding tot oefentherapeut-Mensendieck van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (1921-2021)
In Van Mensendieck naar Oefentherapie beschrijft historicus Rogier Overman de bewogen geschiedenis van de 100-jarige Opleiding tot oefentherapeut-Mensendieck van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. In 1921 begonnen met drie Scandinavische leerlingen in Den Haag groeide deze opleiding uit tot de innovatief flexibele hbo-opleiding die zij anno 2021 is. In het boek komt naast de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de opleiding, de 'kwestie-Cesar' en de Tweede Wereldoorlog ook de wettelijke erkenning van de beroepsgroep...
Non-fictie
Engels | 302 pagina's (ePub2, 8,2 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Luc Vanacker On that war
reflections on a century of historiography on the origins of the Great War
‘The time of the great debates about the origins of the Great War is over,’ German historian Oliver Janz wrote in 2013; but nothing proved less true. German historian Fritz Fischer had already, in the 1960s, caused a ‘controversy’ by attributing to Germany a ‘substantial’ and even a ‘decisive’ share in the outbreak of the war; but his work was only based on German sources. We had to wait till the early 21st century before academic studies appeared about the Russian (in 2011) and the French (in 2015)...
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2019
E-book
Fred Feddes Bike City Amsterdam
how Amsterdam became the cycling capital of the world
The book Bike City Amsterdam, How Amsterdam became the cycling Capital of the World , by Fred Feddes and Marjolein de Lange, is the first comprehensive inside history of sixty years of successful bicycle activism, policy and culture in Amsterdam. As any visitor knows, the bicycle is omnipresent in the streets of Amsterdam, in the rhythm of its people's lives, and in the city's image. To many outsiders, Amsterdam comes close to being a cyclist's paradise. It wasn't always that way. As in many other...
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 66 MB | Bas Lubberhuizen, Amsterdam | 2019
E-book
J.E. Korteweg Breaking new ground
Dutch dredging pioneers
The world-famous Palm Islands in Dubai, the new Afsluitdijk, the Zuiderzee Works, the Delta Works: dredging and offshore company Van Oord is the key player in all these gigantic projects. A hundred and fifty years ago, this extraordinary company was founded by a man called Govert van Oord, an independent trader in osier and other wood products from the Biesbosch region of the Netherlands. In this period, contractors constructed the Nieuwe Waterweg and the North Sea Canal, deepened the rivers and...
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 24 MB | Balans, Amsterdam | 2018
E-book
Geert Mak The many lives of Jan Six
a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty
Geschiedenis van de Amsterdamse patriciërsfamilie vanaf de zestiende eeuw tot en met de periode vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2017
E-book
Carol Ann Lee Anne Frank's story
The life story of Anne Frank, from her early happy childhood in Frankfurt, growing up in Amsterdam, her two years in hiding and the last few months of her life in the concentration camps. Narrated in six clearly written chapters, this biography for children answers the many detailed questions about Anne that readers of the Diary often have, and includes interesting anecdotes from friends who survived her. There is an Historical Note at the beginning of the book and a map of Europe, so that children...
Engels | 96 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Titus Dekker Oosterdok
verhalen van een Amsterdamse haven
De geschiedenis vanaf de 17e eeuw van het Oosterdok, het huidige gebied tussen het Centraal Station en het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 144 pagina's (ePub2, 83 MB) | Uitgeverij Walburg Pers, Zutphen | 2021
E-book
L.J. Giebels Sukarno
a biography
Sukarno – a biography is the first English language biography on Sukarno (1901-1970) – the founding father and first president of Indonesia. The book is both a biography of Sukarno and an account of the birth and ascent of the state of Indonesia. The author reveals many little-known facts and events. He makes the reader realize that to understand the character of its first president is to understand today’s Indonesia.. Sukarno was born in 1901 as the son of a schoolteacher in a country that had been...
Non-fictie
Engels | 572 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns
Congresbijdragen over de maatschappelijke betekenis en het wereldlijke nevengebruik van kerk- en kloostergebouwen in West-Europa tijdens de middeleeuwen.
Non-fictie
Engels | Duits | 248 pagina's (PDF, 1,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Commissie Ontwikkeling Nederlandse Canon A key to Dutch history
report by the Committee for the Development of the Dutch Canon
Many people know the stories behind the tulip mania in the 17th century and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-provoking and timely answer. The democratic process behind the volume is reminiscent of the way in which...
Non-fictie
Engels | 228 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2011
E-book
Saskia de Bodt Children of Holland
the image of the Netherlands in American children's books
Historisch overzicht van Amerikaanse kinderboeken, waarin het stereotiepe beeld wordt gegeven van het platte Holland met zijn molens, klompen, kaas en koude winters. Met kleurenillustraties. Voor vakcollecties jeugdliteratuur.
Non-fictie
Engels | 95 pagina's | d'jonge Hond, [Zwolle] | 2010
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