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A. Gaaff Debts without redemption
cultural differences in First World War finance
Old war debts never die, they just fade away....... In 2015, Britain finally paid off a large war loan issued in 1917 to finance the First World War. In 2010, Germany made the last payments on some 80-year-old debts originally used to finance part of its reparations bill imposed by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. These were exceptions. The vast majority of the debts made during the Great War have never been paid back, including billion dollar loans from the US to western allies. These debts were...
Non-fictie
Engels | 402 pagina's (ePub2, 5,7 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2022
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Jenny Han To all the boys I've loved before
Geheel onbedoeld ontvangt Josh een oude liefdesbrief van Lara Jean. Om Josh te bewijzen dat ze niet meer verliefd op hem is, begint Lara Jean een neprelatie met de populaire Peter. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 422 pagina's | Scholastic, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Jochem Botman Nazis to the core
the Sassen brothers and their anti-Bolshevik crusade in Latin America
Non-fictie
Engels | 316 pagina's (ePub2, 9,5 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2021
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B.O. van Zanten The Star Mountains expedition to Dutch New Guinea in 1959
personal experiences and impressions
In 1959 the Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (KNAG), together with the Rijksherbarium Leiden organised a multi-disciplinary expedition. This was a remarkable expedition because it was destined to explore the Star Mountains of what was then Dutch New-Guinea. The Star Mountains on the Central Mountain Range were the last area of Dutch New-Guinea not yet under Dutch control or governance. Hardly anything was known about this area, it was even questionable whether there were actually...
Non-fictie
Engels | 200 pagina's (PDF, 2,2 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2021
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Kevin Brooks The danger game
Travis en zijn opa vermoeden dat de politie de ware oorzaak van het ongeluk van de ouders van Travis geheimhoudt. Als Travis probeert een bendeleider en een corrupte agent te betrappen, wordt hij door hen gevangengenomen. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie | Detectiveroman
Engels | 359 pagina's | Macmillan Children's Books, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Sally Green Half bad
Nathan is de nakomeling van een zwarte heks (vader) en een witte heks (moeder). Hij groeit op bij de witte heksen die er alles aan doen om hem te breken, waardoor zijn idee van goed en kwaad ernstig onder druk komt te staan. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Science fiction
Engels | 383 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Chloë Inkpen | Mick Inkpen Pirate treasure!
Zoe, haar hond Beans en buurkinderen Oscar en Evie zijn een dagje naar het strand. Evie vindt een gouden munt in het zand. Dat moet wel onderdeel van een piratenschat zijn! Prentenboek met paginagrote kleurenillustraties. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.
Fictie | Avonturenroman
Engels | 32 pagina's | Macmillan Children's Books, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Marie Lu The young elites
Als kind heeft Adelina (16, ik-figuur) een dodelijke koortsepidemie overleefd. Daardoor heeft ze een bovennatuurlijke gave ontwikkeld. Ze wordt van de brandstapel gered door Enzo, de leider van de Dagger Society. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Science fiction
Engels | 355 pagina's | G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), New York, NY | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Janet Hardy-Gould Journey to the west
De Chinese monnik Tripitaka reist naar India om Boeddha te ontmoeten en de Heilige Schriften mee terug naar China te nemen. Met veel kleurenillustraties, opdrachten en een MultiRom met het voorgelezen verhaal en activiteiten. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 51 pagina's | Oxford University Press, Oxford | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Paige Toon The accidental life of Jessie Jefferson
Jessica (15) wil op zoek naar haar echte vader. Als blijkt dat dit de beroemde Amerikaanse popster Johnny Jefferson is en dat hij Jessica wil ontmoeten, verandert haar leven ingrijpend. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie | Humoristische roman | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 308 pagina's | Simon and Schuster, London | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Suzan Boshouwers Knights
Hoe werd je in de middeleeuwen een ridder? En wat deden ridders allemaal? Prentenboek met een knutseltip, quiz en veel kleurenillustraties. Vanaf ca. 5 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 27 pagina's | Clavis, New York | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Hannah Cuppen Love phobia
how to overcome your fear of commitment and abandonment
'Would you like to have a relationship but do you find that your partner always withdraws? Do you keep falling in love with someone who is already taken? Or do you have the tendency to keep the other person at a distance, just as they are beginning to develop feelings for you? If you keep ending up in situations like this, you might recognise the dance of pursuit and withdrawal. You’re not the only one! The fundamental conflict between our need for intimacy and our need for freedom creates this game...
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | AnkhHermes, Utrecht | 2021
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Dick Hoogeveen Rembrandt
the Nightwatch man
Als Rembrandt zijn eerste schilderij maakt, denken de mensen dat hij een 'wonderkwast' heeft gebruikt. Als dieven proberen de kwast te stelen, verzint hij een list. Met korte Engelstalige teksten op rijm en zwartomlijnde illustraties in heldere kleuren. Vanaf ca. 4 t/m 6 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 26 pagina's | WollekeWorld Productions, [Doesburg] | 2014
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Xandra Lammers The woman who vanished
“When a woman enters a forest alone, there is always someone who sees her …” Lisa Small, the mother of Chloe, is married to Henry, university researcher working on his dissertation entitled “The Growth of a Cucumber Without Light.” Following a marital fight, she leaves their home, not knowing whether she will ever return. After driving around for some time, she ends up in a hotel near a river, where she books a room. That night she dines with Gerald, who she has met in the hotel restaurant. Gerald...
Fictie
Engels | 105 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Boekenbent, Barneveld | 2016
E-book
J.B. te Boekhorst The christmas treasure hunt
The Christmas Treasure Hunt This year will be toy store Salfrinchs hundredth anniversary. A celebratory year, one might think. But for two years Salfrinch arent quite the market leaders in toys they used to be. Nevertheless, ceo John Bowman wants to seize the opportunity to make this a memorable year. Salfrinch will hold a competition: people are challenged to create a toy. There is only one condition: it has to be about either Christmas or winter. The inventions of four winners will be manufactured...
Fictie
Engels | 411 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | CD publishers, Zutphen | 2014
E-book
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Advising on research methods
proceedings of the 2007 KNAW Colloquium, Amsterdam, March 28-30, 2007
This reader contains a collection of articles based on presentations held at the KNAW Colloquium `Advising on research methods' held in March 2007 in Amsterdam. Contribution by Janice Derr, Hilde Tobi, Gerald van Belle, Victor van Daal, Robert Pool, Jules Ellis, Bo Lu and Herman Adèr on a variety of topics but all related to statistical advising. For a table of contents, see: http://www.knaw.nl/colloquia/advising/index.cfm#proceedings Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Non-fictie
Engels | 138 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Johannes van Kessel Advising, Huizen | 2014
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Pascal Borry | Gert Matthijs The human recipe
understanding your genes in today's society
A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if...
Non-fictie
Engels | 232 pagina's (PDF, 3,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Rob de Wijk Power politics
We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why power politics...
Non-fictie
Engels | 216 pagina's (ePub2, 5,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Leo Samama The meaning of music
For virtually all of our lives, we are surrounded by music. From lullabies to radio to the praises sung in houses of worship, we encounter music at home and in the street, during work and in our leisure time, and not infrequently at birth and death. But what is music, and what does it mean to humans? How do we process it, and how do we create it? Musician Leo Samama discusses these and many other questions while shaping a vibrant picture of music's importance in human lives both past and present....
Non-fictie
Engels | 211 pagina's (ePub2, 9 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2016
E-book
Secrets of Amsterdam
1000 questions & answers
"Secrets of Amsterdam The ebook 'Secrets of Amsterdam' contains more than 50 suggestions on what to do and where to go in Amsterdam: museums, theatres, concert halls and much more. But you have to work for it! Each listing is presented in 15 questions that, we hope, will increase your appetite. Where is Rembrandt buried? How many bicycles are there in Amsterdam? What is the Miracle of Amsterdam? All the answers to the almost 1000 questions are given at the end of each chapter. Learn about the Rijksmuseum,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 140 pagina's (ePub, 6,6 MB) | PixelPerfect Publications, Den Haag | 2014
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