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Maarten van Rossem Drie grootmachten in de 21e eeuw
Een hoorcollege over de politieke geschiedenis van Amerika, Europa en China in de afgelopen 20 jaar
In zijn hoorcollege over de geschiedenis van de 21e eeuw schetst Maarten van Rossem de grote historische lijnen van de afgelopen 20 jaar. Hij concentreert zich daarbij op de ontwikkelingen in de Verenigde Staten, Europa en China. Welke gebeurtenissen hebben de koers van deze eeuw bepaald? Wat is de invloed van de aanslagen van 9 september 2001 en van de war on terror die daarop volgde? Hoe groot is de impact van de kredietcrisis? Wat is de rol van de E.U.? De opkomst van China als nieuwe wereldmogendheid...
Nederlands | 2 uur 44 minuten (96 MB) | Home Academy Publishers, Gouderak | 2020
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Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird
Betty Baird, the daughter of Doctor Baird, a Presbyterian minister of the village of Weston, is sent away to the Pines, a boarding school. At first, she is ridiculed by the more popular, and wealthier girls. But soon, Betty charms them with her unique and captivating personality, and she and her new friends go on many lighthearted adventures. This is the first volume in Anna Hamlin Weikel’s Betty Baird series, which was extremely popular among young girl in the early 1900s. The audiobook version...
Engels | 5 uur 1 minuut (223 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott. Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair
"He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist." Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins. In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is the 1920s equivalent...
Engels | 1 uur 1 minuut (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Claes Johansen The Boatman and the Boy
By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what...
Engels | 7 uur 38 minuten (358 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Pieter Sijpersma Hans Wiegel
De biografie
In ‘Hans Wiegel’ beschrijft Pieter Sijpersma het roerige leven van een van de meest talentvolle én meest controversiële politici van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog: Hans Wiegel. Er zijn weinig politici die hun stempel zozeer op de vaderlandse politiek hebben gedrukt als hij. Zijn retorisch talent, zijn ‘gewonemensentaal’, zijn gevatheid, zijn vermogen om gecompliceerde onderwerpen tot hun essentie terug te brengen en zijn humor bezorgde Hans Wiegel al snel een grote aanhang. In 1967 kwam hij als 25-jarige...
Nederlands | 30 uur 9 minuten (1737 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2020
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Alles over Historia Politieoperaties en criminele jacht
Sommige misdaden zijn zo onvoorstelbaar dat iedereen met open mond staat te kijken naar wat er net is gebeurd. Maar de politie moet snel en correct optreden om de daders te pakken te krijgen. In 'Politieoperaties en criminele jacht' krijgt de lezer een uniek inzicht in het werk van de politie na enkele van 's werelds meest schokkende moorden en misdaden - de moord op John F. Kennedy, de moord op Olof Palme, de moord op Martin Luther King en de vervolging van de grote crimineel Jacques Mesrine, die...
Nederlands | 2 uur 2 minuten (89 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Alles over Historia Seriemoordenaars en kannibalen
Het boek 'Seriemoordenaars en kannibalen' beschrijft zes verschillende verhalen over enkele van de gevaarlijkste seriemoordenaars uit de geschiedenis. Het bevat gedetailleerde beschrijvingen van onder andere de 'Zodiac Killer', die verstoppertje speelde met de politie, de pers en de bange inwoners van Californië. De sadistische en bloeddorstige moordenaar Ted Bundy wordt ook in het boek geportretteerd, evenals de 'Killer Clown' die jongens verkrachtte, martelde en vermoordde en jarenlang aan de...
Nederlands | 2 uur 58 minuten (130 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Harold Hamersma Onder de rook van de Heineken
Een jeugd in de Pijp
In Onder de rook van de Heineken keert Harold Hamersma terug naar zijn jeugd. Op liefdevolle en aangrijpende wijze beschrijft hij hoe het was om op te groeien in een volksbuurt in de jaren zestig. Prachtig schrijft Hamersma over de avonturen die hij met zijn vriendjes in de buurt beleefde, over de vroege uren waarop hij met zijn vader ging vissen en zijn levenslange weerzin tegen water door de zwemlessen in het Zuiderbad. We lezen over zijn moeder, over de vele huisdieren op de kleine etagewoning,...
Nederlands | 5 uur 54 minuten (340 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2020
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Thijs Bonger Gershwin
Componisten Portretten - Luisterboeken over grote componisten
Wat zou de lichte muziek zijn geweest zonder klassiekers als I got rhythm, They can't take that away from me en The man I love? Stuk voor stuk melodieën die je bijblijven. En dit zijn maar drie van zo'n vierhonderd songs die George Gershwin schreef. Ook in de klassieke muziek heeft hij onuitwisbare sporen nagelaten. Neem zijn Rhapsody in Blue en de opera Porgy and Bess. In New York geboren uit Russische emigranten bouwde hij uit het niets een wereldcarrière op. Een treffend voorbeeld van The American...
Nederlands | 2 uur 17 minuten (132 MB) | Home Academy Publishers, Gouderak | 2020
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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars
Joe Matson has recently moved to Riverside with his family. The wide-awake country boy, who loves baseball, joins the Riverside's local nine and gets the position he wanted — that of pitcher. When not on the diamond, Joe is assisting his father against the foes who are trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the first volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was an American author, who wrote many books for the Stratemeyer Syndicate under various...
Engels | 4 uur 34 minuten (199 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe on the School Nine
"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who loves playing baseball above all. He and his hometown chum Tom Davis enrol in Excelsior Hall and join the school nine. When not on the diamond, Joe is saving lives and assisting his father against the foes who are once trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the second volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Peter Vos | Eddy de Jongh | J.P. Filedt Kok Peter Vos
getekende boeken
Overzicht in woord en beeld van de door kunstenaar Peter Vos (1935-2010) geïllustreerde boeken, soms door hemzelf geschreven en getekende unica, dan weer als handgetekende illustraties in gedrukte boeken.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 263 pagina's | Rubinstein, [Amsterdam] | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird's Ventures
"'Oh, this indigent family of ours! I certainly must bestir myself and do something to support it,' said Betty Baird, airily, to her mother, yet looking determined, and straightening herself up among the cushions piled high on the broad window-seat in her room." Betty is back home with her parents on Long Islands, when she discovers her father is struggling to pay back the mortgage. She decides to help. But can a young girl in 1907 earn enough money to make a difference? And does Betty have the...
Engels | 6 uur 34 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Booth Tarkington Penrod
Eleven-year-old Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke go on a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis. "Penrod" (1914) chronicles his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. His adventures in pre-World War I Midwest have been likened to those of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain), and this first collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington was followed by two further episodes: "Penrod and Sam" (1916) and "Penrod Jashber" (1929). Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American...
Engels | 5 uur 58 minuten (264 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the more he learns to...
Engels | 1 uur 5 minuten (47 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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F. Scott Fitzgerald B. J. Harrison Reads The Offshore Pirate
“You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.” Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she...
Engels | 1 uur 13 minuten (53 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Dragon's Secret
Sixteen-year-old Leslie has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to her ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. But one day, her dog digs up a metal box with an engraved dragon on it. This will lead Leslie not only to a mystery but also to a new friend. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of...
Engels | 3 uur 25 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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