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Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
0€ 24,95Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, first published in 1866, is a collection of 24 of the most commonly held superstitions of the Medieval era. For each story, Baring-Gould presents his research into the history and possible inspiration for the myth.
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David Bowie on stage in Holland
1€ 9,95At the age of 11, in December 1975, I became interested in pop music. Aside from David Bowie’s music, I was tremendously fascinated by his strange hair and clothes. Santa Claus brought me my first single titled “Fame” and I played it again and again. When I saw the German film “Christiane F”, in 1982, the soundtrack was filled with Bowie’s music. “Heroes” was my favorite song. From that time on Bowie’s was the only music playing on my record player. Ultimately I had some 30 LPs and about 40 singles.
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Destination
0€ 19,95Could the twin brothers be considered lucky, being the only con-centration camp survivors from the Jewish community in Elburg. And what about the few dozen out of 660 men deported from Putten who returned after the war, were they lucky? In the Silent Final Henk Vaessen shows that for those who survived the war camps the suffering did not stop when they were liberated. For the spectator the war lasts from the beginning till the end… for the victim it lasts the rest of his life. And even then it is not over…
The story confronts the reader with controversial subjects like the ‘second and third generation syndrome’, the relationship Judaism-Christianity and anti-semitism. At the same time the author interweaves humour and gravity in the daily life of the main characters.
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Dunkirk 1940
0€ 19,95After the collapse of the front in France, a Stalingrad-like defeat was looming over the British expeditionary army in France. The soldiers were trapped like rats. German tanks rolled towards the town of Dunkirk after their successful ‘Blitzkrieg’, where tens of thousands of soldiers were huddled together. Then, out of nowhere, came Hitler’s halting order and the tank divisions stood still. From England, meanwhile, hundreds of ships were on their way to help perform a miracle. Before the eyes of the elite German divisions, the British expeditionary army escaped destruction. To this day, many questions remain unanswered.
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Dynamic coherence of Continental Philosophy
0€ 19,95In this book he gives a survey of ‘continental’ philosophy, which is often contrasted with ‘analytic’ philosophy in the UK and US. Especially 20th century French philosophy created an upheaval, and evokes fundamental questions. This book sets out how a dynamic perspective, of existence as a process, can bring coherence. For that, it collects ideas from earlier publications, and gives a treatment of the dynamics of knowledge, language, ethics, existence and society.
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Dynamic Ecology
0€ 16,95The ecological perspective one has depends on fundamental forms of thought. The old form, with a separation of subject and object, in a static ontology of the fixed identities of things, led to destruction of nature, and we need a new form that is more nature-friendly, robust and flexible, that adapts to changing conditions. That digs deep.
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Early Dutch entrepreneurship and its contribution to modern economy
0€ 24,95Based on the ’theory formation of entrepreneurship’, as has been developed over the past few decades by political economists, sociologists and social-economic historians on the notion ‘entrepreneurship’, this study will focus on how entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, specifi cally during ‘Trade Capitalism’ (1350-1815), took shape and what its contribution has been to the period of ‘Total Capitalism’ (as from the late 1980s).
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Ebola. Behind the mask
0€ 14,95In this book, they describe their experiences in the Ebola crisis up close and personal. From the decision to commit to a mission, the training with MSF in Amsterdam, the journey to Kailahun,
and most importantly, the work in the Ebola Management Centre. Working alongside dozens of men and women from Sierra Leone, they cared for more than 150 patients with Ebola. These patients were more than a mere statistic; all have their own story.This is life and death, a true inside story of the outbreak.
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
0€ 27,95In this book, Hein Pirenne, the great Belgian economic historian, traces the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century. From the breakup of the economic equilibrium of the ancient world to the revival of commerce, the redevelopment of credit, the trade of commodities, the origins of urban industry, and the rebirth of new forms of protectionism, mercantilism, and capitalism, Pirenne presents as complete a picture of the Medieval world as is possible in one volume. “I have tried,” says the author in his preface, “to envisage this great area as a single whole, of which the parts were in constant communication with each other; in other words I have adopted an international standpoint… I have been careful not to resort to theories lest I shoeld do violence to the facts… Finally, I have throughout tried to give s clear an account as possible, even of the most controversial problems.
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Embedded in the universal consciousness
0€ 17,95Most people unwillingly limit their awareness to a life as it literally appears before their eyes. Few experience an ‘above’ in everyday life. But to feel truly connected, to be in it, is different. Are there experiences that surpass human understanding? Yes of course there are! Science begins with trying to picture something you want to know more about: something which is in fact already present in our experience or observation but which apparently causes enough curiosity to investigate further. In order to gain an interpretation of spiritual experiences the necessity of the heart consciousness seems the more obvious choice of instrument. This book is about reclaiming, fully living and sharing your own truth about spiritual experiences.
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Erich Ludendorff
0€ 39,95There are several biographies about Erich Ludendorff. What most of them have in common is that they stop at the year 1918, the end of the First World War. This is un-justified. At the peak of his long career, between 1915 and roughly 1925, Ludendorff developed into the strongest man on the ‘right
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Expats & Asian Women
0€ 24,95About the book:
Dr. Coen van’t Veer – historicus:
Joop Heilijgers, is a born story teller. Entertaining with a lot of humor. He gives the reader a colourful insight in the expat life in the tropics. His stories are not only a pleasure to read, but also a modern way of history writing. I loved the book, and read story ofter story with a big smile on my face.A Director of Human Resources of a multinational:
This book, should be compulsory reading for new ExpatsThe writer Jacob (Joop) Heilijgers – a Dutch national – is a business man and writer of columns, articles and short stories. He has been living for 30 years in Singapore and Indonesia. Where he witnessed many strange things from close-by. Joop turned these into a book of 300 pages, with 16 independent true stories. Many are about amorous relations of fellow expats with much younger Asian women. The ideal wife in their eyes, but the big differences in age and culture often became a recipe for disappointment. Divorce, loss of money and even dead. Certainly, many mixed relations are going well. But hard to write a juicy story about, according to Joop.
