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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Oscar Wilde De Profundis
"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency with other male persons". In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces...
Engels | 1 uur 49 minuten (81 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Orpheus Institute Ohne Worte
vocality and instrumentality in 19th-century music
The musical thought and practice of canonical composers. What can music tell us-without words? Can it depict scenes, narrate stories, elucidate beliefs? And can it be an instrument through which we access the inner lives not only of musicians from the past but of ourselves, today? In Ohne Worte five scholars and performers probe these and related questions to illuminate both the experience and performance of nineteenth-century music. Drawing on a rich range of sources, they reveal the musical thought...
Non-fictie
Engels | 230 pagina's (PDF, 10 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Ewald Demeyere Johann Sebastian Bach's art of fugue
performance practice based on German eighteenth-century theory
Analyse en achtergrondinformatie bij 'Kunst der Fuge' van J.S. Bach (BWV 1080), ten behoeve van de uitvoeringspraktijk, gebaseerd op Duitse theorieën uit de 18de eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | 254 pagina's (PDF, 4,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Dirk W. de Jong Rock and soul deep south
Overzicht in woord en beeld van muzikanten en steden in het diepe zuiden van de Verenigde Staten. Het gebied waar de rock-'n-roll onstond.
Non-fictie
Engels | 168 pagina's | Concertobooks, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Andreas Dill | Luc Rombouts Zingende torens
Vlaamse beiaarden in beeld; Flemish carillons in pictures
Publicatie over de oorsprong, werking en gebruik van Vlaamse beiaarden.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 205 pagina's | Davidsfonds Uitgeverij, Antwerpen | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Het Vertaalcollectief Awakenings
20 years of techno
Overzichtswerk in woord en beeld van de geschiedenis van Awakenings, een jaarlijks technofestival in Nederland.
Non-fictie
Engels | 576 pagina's | Mary Go Wild, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Mieneke Bakker | Wiel Beijer Ich bau dir ein Schloss
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 54 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Matthias van de Brul Gebergte
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 59 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Erik Bindervoet Hotel informatie v/h hotel de olifant alias hotel information oftewel lekken
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 199 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Jessa Wildemeersch Dagen zonder data
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 104 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Alain Pringels Trojaanse vrouwen
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 125 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Rik van den Bos Find me a boring stone
Fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 48 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Rafaël Rozendaal | Margriet Schavemaker Everything, always, everywhere
Rafaël Rozendaal
Non-fictie
Engels | Japans | 320 pagina's | Valiz, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Annette Förster Women in the silent cinema
histories of fame and fate
This book offers a comprehensive account of the place of women in silent film in Europe. Förster presents an assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne Solser; an exploration of the careers of French actress Musidora and Canadian actress Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and early cinema and the role of women in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch comedy of the silent era; and much more.
Non-fictie
Engels | 560 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Eric Schoones Walking up the mountain track
the zen way to enlightened musicianship
Non-fictie
Engels | 487 pagina's | Agreeable Place Publications, Boxtel | 2017
Gedrukt boek
The practice of dramaturgy
working on actions in performance
Non-fictie
Engels | 303 pagina's | Valiz, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Kevin Hart | Neil Strauss I can't make this up
Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse stand up comedian (1979).
Non-fictie
Engels | 378 pagina's | First 37INK/Atria Boks, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Decoratelier Infini 1 - 15
Fictie
Engels | 125 pagina's | De Nieuwe Toneelbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek