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Discovering the Dutch
On Culture and Society of the Netherlands. Third, revised edition
What do you need to know about the Netherlands? The third edition of Discovering the Dutch explores the urgent question of Dutch identity through a rich tapestry of themes that span culture, history, geography, and society. From the legendary William of Orange to today’s populist movements, from sea power to innovative water management, from pillarization to postcolonial diversity, and from the timeless paintings of Rembrandt to the vibrant pulse of contemporary literature, this volume unveils the...
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub2) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
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Charlotte de Winter The Keykeeper
Finlay Reid, a 33-year-old Scottish homicide detective, unexpectedly acquires the 'gift' to access someone's thoughts and memories. An ability meant to help a Halfway, a deceased person still wandering the earth, move on. When he is given the investigation into the brutal murder of an English scientist he stubbornly ignores this unwelcome gift as much as he can. The scientist's wife, Robyn Ashton, is his main suspect but their first meeting turns out very differently than he expected. During the...
Engels | 176 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Zilverbron, Naaldwijk | 2024
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Dieter Penninckx The Man in the Arena
About entrepreneurship: wanting to win, being able to lose, and starting over again
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; () who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so reads a famous speech by Theodore Roosevelt. With those words in mind, Dieter...
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 2,3 MB) | Pelckmans uitgevers, Leuven | 2024
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Anne-Marie Kruiper Simply Happy On My Way to Santiago de Compostela
"I walk for weeks. I sleep alone in big dorms. A few items of clothing in my backpack are enough. This is how simple can life be. In Simply Happy, Anne-Marie takes you on a journey to Santiago de Compostela. During this 800-kilometre hike, she learns to let go of certainties and uncertainties, and to accecpt the gifts of life. She meets people from all over the world, but the most beautiful encounter on the pilgrimage is the encounter with herself. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 159 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | AM Books, Schoonhoven | 2024
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Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Baby Pact
Of course, the one time you break your own strict 'no private parties' rule for two hot men, you realise they're your fated mates after you've already bonded. Gail, a full-blood dragon Omega, has been hiding from other shifters for over half a decade, determined to choose his own path in life, even if that means working two jobs. During the day, he works at a bookstore and, in the evenings, he's an exotic dancer. Everything is going fine, until two men start showing up at the club, their gaze on...
Engels | 310 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Family Pact
After your parents have tried everything in their power to split you and your fated mates up (including nearly killing you), they now try to go through the courts instead... For Omega Gail, meeting his fated mates, Alpha Lucien and Beta Cyrus, wasn't the happy event that it is for most shifters. Instead, in the months since their mating they've been stalked, attacked and now sued by Gail's parents. To hopefully finally get Gail away from his family for good, the three are suing Gail's parents...
Engels | 310 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Michael Van Peel Nordkapp Stories - Engelse editie (e-book)
The North Cape is little more than a car park and a gift shop at a misty end of the European continent. Yet it has been a magnet for travellers and oddballs for centuries. When I reached it myself on my trusty old Vespa one endless summer, I was struck by the atmosphere on that last stretch of road. Little expeditions from all over the world seemed to come together. Weekend warriors, world travellers and asphalt munchers, together en route to the finish line. They had left weeks or months ago, from...
Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 111 MB) | Pelckmans uitgevers, Leuven | 2024
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Rosa Swann | Wolf Specter The Wedding Pact
After you run away from your parents, hiding so they can't marry you off to some stranger, an organisation that's supposed to help you tells them exactly where you are instead... Gail, an Omega, never wanted to find an Alpha or Beta mate, he assumed that as soon as he mated he would have to give up his freedom, that he would have to obey their every command, become the perfect home-maker that his parents tried to raise him to be. The only problem, he doesn't want a life like that. Lucien and Cyrus,...
Engels | 326 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Rob Bakker The Plot of Europe
Amsterdam, during the Euro Summit, the German Chancellor stays in the best-guarded suite of the city's best-guarded hotel. Yet one morning he is found dead in bed: murdered... . While mutually antagonistic German and Dutch authorities feverishly pour themselves into the case, a plot unfolds that betrays unparalleled and very well thought-out planning. The political thriller Het Complot Tegen Nederland is the story of a successful attack and its (euro)political consequences. The Conspiracy Against...
Engels | 252 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Nobel Boeken, Baarn | 2024
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Ewout Storm van Leeuwen A courtyard full of finds
A man with an old Landrover and an invalid son has settled in a remote town in northern France. The war elsewhere and the closure of the cement works have driven out many of the inhabitants and summer visitors. The man is interested in just one thing: an estate where perhaps no one has lived for a century. He sets out to investigate and discovers some disturbing things in the courtyard. On the terrace of the only restaurant open, a young psychologist is fascinated by the way father and son communicate....
Engels | 104 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Artscience, [Nederland] | 2024
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Sophia Molen Violet Syrup
In pursuit of color, fire, and the unknown. Ophelia abandons her home in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey of self-discovery that takes her across the globe. Led by strange connections and coincidences, she sets out on a solo trip to Lanzarote, travels to Arizona and California, and finally settles on the island of Bali, where she grapples with heartbreak and rebels against life. Ophelia senses that life could easily flip upside down. Where is the edge of it? How far is she allowed to go? ...
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Paris Books, Bodegraven | 2024
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Layla Heart Raging Heat
With the man Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb were fleeing from finally dead, things were supposed to calm down. But they've only gotten more hectic... Vera's week has been lively. After being on the run for six years from the pack leader she was supposed to marry, the criminal organisation run by the infamously ruthless Mathew Page was the first one to succeed and capture Vera and Caleb. Though, when the pack leader tactlessly tried to renegotiate the fee, he paid the ultimate price. And, to top it...
Engels | 156 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Layla Heart Stolen Omega
For six years, Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb have been fleeing from the pack leader she was supposed to marry. But it seems their luck has run out... The worst day of Vera's life turned into the best day when Caleb, a random passerby, stole her out of the wedding car and drove off. Their fated bond was intense and immediate. But the two haven't had a moment of rest since then, always looking over their shoulders, trying to stay ahead of the people sent to return Vera to her promised husband. In what's...
Engels | 150 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Arne Zuidhoek Normandie
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, Normandie was not a commercial success. During service the flagship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings and held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 36 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Paul Van Den Bosch Lead like a coach (English edition)
7 top sports principles for leaders
In this inspiring book, top sports coach Paul Van Den Bosch introduces you to the fascinating world of coaching. Thanks to his years of experience working with European and world champions, he is able to demonstrate why the principles of sports coaching are just as valuable and effective for anyone in a leadership position. Discover a unique perspective and in-depth insights into how to achieve top performance. What are the crucial factors that determine (sports) performance? And how can those factors...
Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 2,1 MB) | Pelckmans uitgevers, Leuven | 2024
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Sven Biscop This Is Not a New World Order
Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same multipolar world for more than three decades. Europeans are only now again getting used to how such a world of great powers works. In the process, the European Union has rediscovered the importance of geopolitics. Without geopolitical awareness, crafting good strategy is impossible. But not every problem is geopolitical, and strategy covers...
Engels | 101 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Owl press, Edegem | 2024
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Rick Hayes | Philip Wallage | Peter Eimers Principles of International Auditing and Assurance
This groundbreaking textbook redefines auditing education by seamlessly incorporating International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and other IAASB assurance standards at its core, establishing a new paradigm in how auditing principles are taught. Recognized worldwide as the hallmark of auditing excellence, ISAs set the highest benchmarks for audit quality. This latest edition meticulously unfolds the evolution, application, and global integration of ISAs, alongside other assurance standards and key...
Engels | 704 pagina's (ePub2, 17 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
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Lieven Scheire AI
A gentle and intuitive introduction to the astonishing new kind of software that will change the world
Artificial Intelligence. It's certainly become a buzzword. But what does it mean? How does it work, and what can it do? This book aims to give you a gentle and intuitive introduction to all of that. Yes, AI can do amazing things, but what digital cogs are spinning under the hood to make it work? Should we be fascinated, worried, or a bit of both? How will it reshape the world, and do we get a say in that? Lieven Scheire is one of the most successful comedians and science communicators in Belgium,...
Engels | ePub2, 5,6 MB | Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, Edegem | 2024
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The Dutch Sherlock
Forty Years of Detective Work by the Famous Dutch Forensic Pioneer Co van Ledden Hulsebosch
In the beginning of the 20th century, inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novels of Arthur Conan Doyle, scientists began to make their appearance at the crime scene. It was quickly discovered that studying the ‘silent witnesses’, crime-related physical evidence and traces, could provide a wealth of information. In many countries pioneers started to shape this new science area by formulating key principles and introducing novel methods and instrumentation. In the Netherlands, Co van Ledden Hulsebosch...
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
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Ewout Storm van Leeuwen Oldtimers
A lonely widower inherits his mother's remote farmhouse. To have something to do, he applies to the local Volunteer Center. He goes to work in his old style, park maintenance, with an old lady who lives alone on an estate. One day he enters a barn ... Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 44 pagina's (PDF, 0,3 MB) | Artscience, Amsterdam | 2024
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