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The Star Mountains Expedition to Dutch New Guinea in 1959
0€ 18,95In 1959 the Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (KNAG), together with the Rijksherbarium Leiden organised a multi-disciplinary expe-dition. 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 human inhabitants. The author of this book had the privilege of joining this historical expedition as an expert in mosses.
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The Valley of Fear
0€ 24,95In this gruesome Sherlock Holmes tale, Holmes and Watson are called upon to investigate the mysterious shooting of John Douglas, when he is mysteriously murdered with a sawn-off shotgun at his Manor home in Sussex. The House is surrounded by a moat so the two, are at first, left baffled as to how the murderer entered or existed … or did he? Fans of the fa-mous detective will love this book, as will anyone interested in a thrilling and exciting read.
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The Virus of God
0€ 27,95Towards the middle of the twenty-first century, the Covid-19 (‘Corona’) crisis of the early twenties, which killed millions, is forgotten. Yet the virus has changed Planet Earth irreversibly. It laid bare the naked fact that the world had become too dependent on traditional forms of nutrition, communication and transportation.
When the virus had finally been defeated, brilliant minds applied themselves to developing innovative techniques to elevate what remained of humanity to an entirely different technological platform where people are no more dependent on nature for food, or physical proximity for interpersonal communication.
The down-side: digital viruses now form a threat more deadly than the pest, tuberculosis, HIV, cancer and Covid-19 combined.
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The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
0€ 22,95“This is an account of the wanderings of a spiritualist, geographical and speculative. Should the reader have no interest in psychic things if indeed any human being can be so foolish as not to be interested in his own nature and fate, then this is the place to put the book down. It were better also to end the matter now if you have no patience with a go-as-you-please style of narrative, which founds itself upon the conviction that thought may be as interesting as action, and which is bound by its very nature to be intensely personal. I write a record of what absorbs my mind which may be very different from that which appeals to yours. But if you are content to come with me upon these terms then let us start with my apologies in advance for the pages which may bore you, and with my hopes that some may compensate you by pleasure or by profit. I write these lines with a pad upon my knee, heaving upon the long roll of the In-dian Ocean, running large and grey under a grey streaked sky, with the rain swept hills of Ceylon, just one shade greyer, lining the Eastern skyline. So under many difficulties it will be carried on, which may explain if it does not excuse any slurring of a style, which is at its best but plain English.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945
0€ 27,98‘The Wehrmacht at War 1939 -1945’is the culmination of twenty five years of research and three years of writing, and is a unique, in-depth presentation of the order of battle and commanders of the German Army ground forces during World War II.
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Thule and the Third Reich
0€ 29,95Long before Hitler entered the stage, ariosop-ic thought already thrived in Germany en Europe. This boek provides a peak into one of the oldest sources on this theme: the early work of Rudolf von Sebottendorff, a mystical man who prophesied the downfall of the fatherland as a consequence of the stab-in-the-back myth.
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Timoschenko und die Zweite Schlacht um Charkow
0€ 19,95Im Mai 1942 begannen die Sommerkämpfe an der Ostfront. Sowohl auf deutscher wie auf sowjetischer Seite war man ehrgeizig: Die Deutschen waren voll mit ihren Angriffsplänen am südlichen Teil der Ostfront beschäftigt; diese sollten später im Jahr bei Stalingrad und im Kaukasus scheitern. Bei den Vorbe-reitungen wurden sie von einer unerwarteten Offensive der sow-jetischen Südwestfront unter Befehl von dem sehr ehrgeizigen General T überrascht. Der Inspirator dieser Offensive, bei der mehr als 700.000 Sowjetsoldaten eingesetzt worden waren, war kein geringerer als Feldmarschall Stalin selbst.
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Troilus and Cressida
0€ 19,95Troilus and Cressida is set during the later years of the Trojan War, faithfully following the plotline of the Iliad from Achilles’ refusal to participate in battle to Hector’s death. Essentially, two plots are followed in the play.
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Valletta
0€ 16,95Manoel de Vilhena is renowned as the Grand Master who gave Valletta one of its architectural treasures – the Manoel Theatre. Not so widely known is the fact that in putting up this statue on the corner where East Street meets Archbishop Street, he was also giving Valletta its flag.
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Voices of the Soul
0€ 18,95This searing memoir, written by a son about his mother’s dementia, is set in a town in the Netherlands but the issues reflected are relevant anywhere. The family are devoted, but the mother’s decline reveals undercurrents in their relationships. We hear of the conventional medical approach to this difficult area of care but the family reject the medication so frequently prescribed to control patients.
