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Zora Neale Hurston | Oluale Kossola Barracoon
Oluale Kossola, overlevende van het laatste slavenschip
Het relaas van een van de laatste naar Amerika getransporteerde tot slaafgemaakten, in 1927 geïnterviewd door schrijfster en antropologe Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 267 pagina's | De Geus, Amsterdam | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Billy Collins | Kees van Kooten Zo wordt u gelukkig
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 159 pagina's | De Harmonie, Amsterdam | 2010
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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)
Hans den Hartog Jager Brave New World
zestien schilders voor de eenentwintigste eeuw
Catalogus met her werk van zestien jonge kunstenaars.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 199 pagina's | Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam | 2023
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William Blake Poems of William Blake
Poems of William Blake includes; Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel. All three are books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen syllable line. William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter...
Engels | 55 minuten (41 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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
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
Leo Vroman Misschien tot morgen
dagboek 2003-2006
Dagboek van de Nederlands-Amerikaanse dichter (1915- ) over zijn dagelijkse leven.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 696 pagina's | Querido, Amsterdam | 2006
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Benjamin Moser Frans Hals op de tweesprong
De tekst van de door de Amerikaanse journalist/biograaf Benjamin Moser (1976) gehouden derde Joost Zwagerman Lezing (2020) over Frans Hals, afgedrukt in het Nederlands en Engels.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 54 pagina's | Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2020
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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
E-book
Primo Levi | Leonardo De Benedetti Auschwitz-rapportage
Rapport van de Italiaanse schrijver (1919-1987) over de medische omstandigheden in concentratiekamp Auschwitz.
Non-fictie
Engels | 95 pagina's | Meulenhoff, Amsterdam | 2008
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Geert Mak The angel of Amsterdam
seven city stories
Many people star in this Amsterdam chronicle but the one and only protagonist is the city itself. The Angel of Amsterdam combines the dissection of the Dutch capital with a series of personal portraits. It brilliantly reveals the magic, the feel, the rituals and the forgotten world behind and beneath present-day Amsterdam. This special edition of The Angel of Amsterdam offers the international audience not only stellar writing by one of the finest of Dutch authors, but also a unique glimpse into...
Non-fictie
Engels | 177 pagina's (ePub2, 2,2 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2014
E-book
Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens
a brief history of mankind
Geschiedenis van de evolutionaire ontwikkeling van de mensheid vanaf de homo sapiens tot in de 21ste eeuw.
Engels | 498 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2014
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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 | 440 pagina's | Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Oscar Wilde | Alfred Douglas Two loves
gedichten en brieven van Oscar Wilde en Lord Alfred Douglas
Bloemlezing in brieven en gedichten van de literaire liefdesgeschiedenis tussen schrijver Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) en dichter Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 47 pagina's | Uitgeverij HetMoet, [Amsterdam] | 2023
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Aan der droomen torentrans
werk en leven van Vincent Weyand (1921-1945)
Bijdragen over leven en werk van de Nederlandse dichter (1921-1945).
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 286 pagina's | Van Gruting, Westervoort | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Timothy Garton Ash Homelands
a personal history of Europe
Geschiedenis van Europa na de Tweede Wereldoorlog aan de hand van de persoonlijke ervaringen van de auteur als historicus.
Non-fictie
Engels | 363 pagina's | The Bodley Head, London | 2023
Gedrukt boek
Gilles Dal Belgium art cetera ...
a history of Belgian art in press cartoons
Aan de hand van min of meer recente politieke cartoons wordt de Belgische kunstgeschiedenis uit de doeken gedaan; vanaf de Vlaamse primitieven tot de hedendaagse postmodernisten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | Frans | 179 pagina's | Van Halewyck, Kalmthout | 2017
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