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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)
Richard T. Griffiths History of the European Union
an audio course on the origins and developments of the E.U.
Richard Griffiths invites the listener to look closer at the history and the underlying reasons behind the main developments of European integration. He passionately presents a history that is richer and intellectually more satisfying than much of the elegiac literature on the European union that passes for history. A solid and humorous account on the making of the union. Inhoud College 1 H1. The First Supranational Community. The European Coal and Steel Community H2. A Missed Chance. The European...
Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy Publishers, The Hague | 2008
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Karin van der Wolf Titia Bergsma
Friese charme betovert Japanners
In woord en beeld wordt verteld over Titia Bergsma (1786-1821) die kortstondig op het kunstmatige eilandje Deshima bij Nagasaki in Japan verbleef en over de indruk die zij op de Japanners maakte.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 69 pagina's | Wizbone, [West-Terschelling] | 2021
Gedrukt boek
Maartje M. Abbenhuis The art of staying neutral
the Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918
Non-fictie
Engels | 423 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2006
Gedrukt boek
Adriaan van Berkel The voyages of Adriaan van Berkel to Guiana
Amerindian-Dutch relationships in 17th-century Guyana
Heruitgave van twee reisverslagen uit 1695 naar de Nederlandse koloniën in Rio de Berbice en Suriname. Met wetenschappelijke inleiding over de historische context van de oorspronkelijke uitgave.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 279 pagina's | Sidestone Press, Leiden | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Paul Bijl Emerging memory
photographs of colonial atrocity in Dutch cultural remembrance
Monografie over hoe er in Nederland in verschillende periodes op verschillende manieren betekenis is gegeven aan foto’s van koloniaal geweld, gepleegd door de KNIL (het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | 258 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Ruben Schalk Splitting the bill
matching schooling to Dutch labour markets 1750-1920
Onderzoek naar het aanpassen van scholing aan de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkten, 1750-1920.
Non-fictie
Engels | 220 pagina's | Boom, [Amsterdam] | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Andris J. Kursietis Imperial High Command
a biographical dictionary of British Field Marshals, Admirals of the Fleet & Marshals of the Royal Air Force 1900-1945
Non-fictie
Engels | 253 pagina's | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Joost Willink The fateful journey
the expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864); a study of their travel accounts and ethnographic collections
Bold, headstrong, and fabulously wealthy, Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1834–1869) made several excursions into the African interior, often accompanied by her mother, at a time when very few European women traveled. This book follows her trip with German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin, which took them through Egypt and Sudan in search of adventure and unknown regions in Central Africa.. Drawing upon four years of research in the Tinne archives, and including never before published correspondence,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 455 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, [Amsterdam] | 2011
Gedrukt boek
René P. Bersma Titia
the first Western woman in Japan
In 1817 Jan Cock Blomhoff travelled to Japan and brought with him his young wife Titia and his son. Never before did a Western woman set foot on Japanese soil and the Japanese were astonished. Author and distant relative of Titia René Bersma relates the exceptional and dramatic story of this woman who sails her own course, against all rules of precedent which governed Japanese society at that time, but in the end is forced to leave the country. Shortly after her arrival back in Holland she dies...
Non-fictie
Engels | 24 pagina's | Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam | 2002
Gedrukt boek