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The Battle for Ginkel Heath near Ede
0€ 14,98The heroic and valiant actions by the British and Polish airborne troops at the Arnhem road bridge and in the Oosterbeck perimeter, which latter acted as bridgehead round the headquarters of the 1st British Airborne Division at Hotel Hartenstein, are well known. Less well known is what happened during the first days of Operation Market Garden at Ginkel Heath, east of Ede, where nearly two thousand British parachutists landed on 18 September 1944.
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The battle for The Hague 1940
0€ 25,95The Battle for The Hague-1940 is the story of the first great airborne operation in history. The plan conceived by Adolf Hitler to capture The Hague by suprise, was carried out as part of the Blitzkrieg offensive in Western Europen in may 1940. It became a dismal failure. It also became the only defeat of importance the Germans suffered during their campaign.
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The Beautiful Wound
0€ 24,95Rens heeft alles wat zijn hart begeert: een gelukkig huwelijk met zijn grote jeugdliefde Madelief en hun eerste kindje op komst. Maar onverwacht slaat het noodlot toe en dreigt hij alles kwijt te raken. Dan ontmoet hij na een intense zoektocht naar zichzelf een mysterieuze vrouw, met wie hij meer gemeen heeft dan hij kan vermoeden.
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The beginning, the end and everything in between
0€ 19,95The beginning, the end, and everything in between stars the man. It’s about the life of a Dutch man, born in 1939 and up to the end that is yet to come. Preparations have started for that end, however. Judging by the large membership numbers of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrijwillige Euthanasie-the Dutch euthanasia association-he is not the only one.
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The Beginnings, The Dilemmas, The Solutions, The Glorious Finale
0€ 19,00“Fortunately we can not look in the future and we may never try it either according to Our God, but sometimes He may let us feel what it would look like if we follow our human desires or wisdom, which could never protect us from any not predictable events, which would be always painful and contrary to our expectations, but for ever God has the last Word. Amen”
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The Chinese Revolution and the Theses of Comrade Stalin
0€ 16,95The Chinese revolution of 1925-27 remains the greatest event of modern history after the 1917 revolution in Russia. Over the problems of the Chinese revolution the basic currents of Communism come to clash. The present official leader of the Comintern, Stalin, has revealed his true stature in the events of the Chinese revolution. The basic documents pertaining to the Chinese revolution are dispersed, scattered, forgotten. Some are carefully concealed.
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The Cryptohandbook
0€ 24,95Are you intrigued by the phenomenon ‘crypto’ but unsure where to start researching? Look no further than this book as your entry point into the world of crypto and blockchain. It provides a clear and concise overview of the entire crypto market along with essential insights into the innovative blockchain technology that is the driver between crypto.
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The Demise of a Division German Infantry Success During the Ardennes Offensive 1944
0€ 19,95The focus on the 1944 Ardennes offensive is always on the initial dash of Kampfgruppe Peiper and the battles around Bastogne. The tanks steal the show. Most German forces involved were however infantry divisions with little means of transport. They are often regarded as the weak link: the footsloggers who could not catch up with the tanks.
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
0€ 24,95The Diary of a Chambermaid was written as a satire of Parisian society in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair. Octave Mirbeau brings a journalist’s analytical eye to Celestine’s adventures as she loses her innocence and becomes as corrupt and depraved as the men who exploited her. Since its publication in 1900 it has never ceased to shock and fascinate its readers and has been made into a film by Jean Renoir in 1946 and Luis Bunuel in 1964.
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The Formidable “Arpad Line” of Hungary, 1944
0€ 19,95Historical guiding principles: Leopold von Ranke’s advice, chronicle the past “as it really happened,” is faithfully followed in this rare English language historical treatment of the formidable Árpád Line. The author is mindful of Baruch Spinoza’s plea, “ridicule not, bewail not, nor scorn human actions, but understand them.” Rationality pleads for heeding Albert Einstein’s observation: “Morality is of the highest importance… for our very existence depends on it.”
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The gap between high and low education
0€ 14,95The gap between high and low educated has a long history, since the Renaissance in the 16th century, and she still grows. She creates discrimination and prejudice, and is accompanied by a gap in income.
In the 20th century there appeared to be a rebirth of humanism, in the cultural revolution of the 1960’s, but that faded away when the ‘babyboomers’ joined the game of the established order.
The gap is fatal, not only for the low educated, but for society as a whole, including the high educated. Growth of understanding, knowledge and skill requires assimilation and accommodation, and the gap limits this. For a flou-rishing society, a connection between theory and practice is needed.
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The Geopolitics of the Third Reich
0€ 29,95Besides the persecution and annihilation of the Jewish community, the quest for Lebensraum was a pillar of the Nazi’s ideology. The march east, operation ‘Barbarossa’ (1941), was essentially the final part of the geopolitics of the Third Reich. Historian Pierik takes readers into the world of ideas behind these politics, where cold blooded, rational elements go hand in hand with myths and radical beliefs.
