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Joop Hazenberg Next Europe
how the EU can survive in a world of tectonic shifts
"The EU is in deep trouble. As the eurozone crisis keeps raging on, the European dream lies shattered on the ground. Euroscepticism and nationalism are on the rise, tens of millions are unemployed, Great Britain is heading for the exit door, while Russia flexes its muscles and the Middle East burns. Is there any hopeful future for the European Union? Are we going to lose the race with the BRICS? Will Europeans ever truly engage with the EU institutes in Brussels? Next Europe gives some compelling...
Non-fictie
Engels | 64 pagina's (0,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2014
E-book
Nadia Murad | Jenna Krajeski The last girl
my story of captivity and my fight againt the Islamic State
Nadia Murad, een jezidi-meisje uit Irak, vertelt haar schrijnende verhaal over mishandeling, verkrachting en de dood van haar zes broers, moeder en bijna alle jezidi-mannen uit haar dorp door ISIS-strijders.
Non-fictie
Engels | 306 pagina's | Virago, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Patrick Develtere | Huib Huyse | Jan Van Ongevalle International development cooperation today
a radical shift towards a global paradigm
Over the past 60 years high-income countries have invested over 4000 billion euros in development aid. With varying degrees of success, these investments in low-income countries contributed to tackling structural problems such as access to water, health care, and education. Today, however, international development cooperation is no longer restricted to helping by giving. Instead, it is rather about opportunities, mutual interests, risk taking, and an inclusive societal approach. With the arrival...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 5,7 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
E-book
Kate Raworth Doughnut economics
seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist
Aanzet tot een nieuwe manier van denken over welvaart en de verdeling daarvan.
Non-fictie
Engels | 372 pagina's | RH Business Books, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
RBG
Portret van de 84-jarige Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg, één van de negen rechters van het Hooggerechtshof van de Verenigde Staten en voorvechter van gelijkheid tussen mannen en vrouwen.
Non-fictie
Film
Bernie Sanders | John Nichols It's OK to be angry about capitalism
Uiteenzetting van de politieke visie van de Amerikaanse senator (1941), waarbij hij het moderne kapitalisme bekritiseert.
Non-fictie
Engels | 293 pagina's | Crown, New York | 2023
Gedrukt boek
Demain
Door lokale initiatieven te tonen op verschillende plekken in de wereld worden mogelijke oplossingen zichtbaar gemaakt voor de huidige problemen op ecologisch, economisch en sociaal gebied.
Non-fictie
Film
Dina Nayeri The ungrateful refugee
Aan de hand van de verhalen van diverse vluchtelingen wordt een beeld geschetst van de problemen waar zij in de landen van opvang mee te maken krijgen, en hoe het vluchtelingenbeleid te weinig rekening houdt met cultuurverschillen.
Engels | 370 pagina's | Canongate, Edinburgh | 2019
Gedrukt boek
M.E. Pontier Dodencel
wetten, zaken en verhalen over de doodstraf in de Verenigde Staten
De hedendaagse stand van zaken rond terdoodveroordeelden in de Verenigde Staten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 180 pagina's | Celsus juridische uitgeverij, Weert | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Alexis Caught Queer up
an uplifting guide to LGBTQ+ love, life and mental health
Engelstalige gids voor jongeren die onderzoeken of ze behoren tot de LHBTI+-gemeenschap.
Non-fictie
Engels | 255 pagina's | Walker Books, London | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Foreword By Adele Daimond | Nineteen international Montessori experts | Twelve renowned Authors Perspectives on Montessori
The pedagogy of Maria Montessori
The pedagogy of Maria Montessori. This book provide an international platform for professionals where they can voice their perspectives on how the Montessori philosophy has impacted them. Nineteen international Montessori experts from around the world share their views. The aim of the book is to highlight and celebrate the success and uniqueness of the Montessori method to inspire and enrich readers with respect to the ways in which the Montessori method is envisioned and implemented. The book also...
Engels | 196 pagina's (ePub2, 4 MB) | Saxion Progressive Education University Press, Lierderholthuis | 2022
E-book
Katelijne Depoortere I don't want you to die
‘You can be my Grandpa for a hundred years more,’ smiles Merlin. But Grandpa does not smile and his eyes avoid Merlin’s. Something has been present in this room for a while. It whispers through the house. It keeps turning around inside Merlin. Grandpa is far too ill to live much longer. ‘I don’t want you to die’ is a story full of courage. Grandpa speaks with his little grandson during his final days. The great sadness is acknowledged, but the story above all speaks of hope. This story book holds...
Fictie
Engels | 40 pagina's (ePub3, 13 MB) | Van Driel Publishing, Sint Andries - Brugge | 2020
E-book
David Brandsma The silent screams from Myanmar
Fear, Love, Hope, Arrests, Intimidation, Friendship, Despair and Violence. Based on true events, the Silent Screams from Myanmar tells the frightening story of refugees. They are threatened in their home country by a violent junta regime, and exploited and mistreated in a seemingly open and tolerant society. It tells the story of a few and of millions of people alike, who are hoping to build a better future for themselves and their families. The refugees were reluctant to obey his order. They looked...
Engels | 88 pagina's | ClusterEffect, Breda | 2013
E-book
Arne Peter Braaksma Human dignity
eleven defenders of human rights at close range
Verhalen van elf mensenrechtenactivisten.
Non-fictie
Engels | 325 pagina's (ePub2, 3,3 MB) | Pixel Perfect Publications, 's-Gravenhage | 2015
E-book
Rutger Bregman Humankind
a hopeful history
Speurtocht naar een positief mensbeeld aan de hand van historische voorbeelden, met adviezen voor een beter samenleven.
Non-fictie
Engels | 463 pagina's | Bloomsbury Publishing, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence
censorship in Vietnam
In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...
Non-fictie
Engels | 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Dina Meza Kidnapped
censorship in Honduras
Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the forms of censorship that have been introduced to conceal the truth, but also the creativity of Hondurans who refuse to be defeated in the face of this oppressive system. Kidnapped describes how the Honduran state, responsible for protecting this right,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 72 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Jonathan Van Ness Over the top
my story
Autobiografie van Jonathan Van Ness (1987), een non-binaire kapper, acteur en activist in Los Angeles.
Non-fictie
Engels | 275 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Pascal Gielen Vertrouwen
bouwen op het cultureel 'gemeen'
Cultuur moet door iedereen vrij gedeeld en gemaakt kunnen worden, omdat het de basis is van de samenleving.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 239 pagina's | Valiz, Amsterdam | 2023
Gedrukt boek
Willem Middelkoop The big reset
war on gold and the financial endgame
Kritische analyse van het wereldwijde financiële systeem, met een pleidooi voor grondige hervormingen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 364 pagina's (ePub2, 3,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book