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The remarkable adventures of a loafer and Einsteins Error
0The famous physicist Olivier Loos compares his life with that of the loafer Tobias Vlek, he knows from his youth. As time goes by his appreciation for Tobias Vlek grows, realizing how he had failed in meeting his own expectations. His opposition against Albert Einstein met resistance with settled reputes and damaged his career. Therefore he chose for safer subjects due to sense of duty for his family.
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The silent final
0Could the twin brothers be considered lucky, being the only concentration 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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The Star Mountains Expedition to Dutch New Guinea in 1959
0In 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 unofficial war between russia and japan in 1939
0At the edge of the world, The First Turn of the Wheel…
The Battle of Khalkin Gol (also called Nomonhan), sent shockwaves through world history. It was a testbed for future Soviet doctrine and a catalyst for the Japanese political upheaval that brought the United States into every theater of World War II. -
The Valley of Fear
0In 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
0Towards 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 Voice of Leadership
0Het Voice of Leadership System van Irma Lohman helpt jou in 5 stappen en met behulp van 10 instrumenten jouw eigen stem (terug) te vinden en jouw volle potentieel (weer) te benutten.
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The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
0“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‘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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Thuisland
0Emigratie voor en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog leek de oplossing voor allerlei problemen: het vooroorlogse politieke klimaat, de naoorlogse economie en bevolkingsgroei, veranderde familieomstandigheden. Emigreren was meer dan je leven voortzetten in een ander land in die tijd. Het was een definitief afscheid van alles wat vertrouwd was. Het betekende dat je moeite moest doen om het nieuwe zo snel mogelijk te omarmen.
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Thuisland | GLB
0Voor en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog kwam de emigratie van tallozen naar overzeese continenten op gang. Het leek de oplossing voor allerlei problemen: het vooroorlogse politieke klimaat, de
naoorlogse economie en bevolkingsgroei, veranderde familieomstandigheden. Emigreren in die tijd was meer dan je leven voortzetten in een ander land. Het was een definitief afscheid van alles wat vertrouwd was en moeite doen om het nieuwe zo snel mogelijk te omarmen.