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Simon Singh The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets
Het fascinerende en humoristische verhaal achter de wiskundige grappen in de Amerikaanse animatieserie The Simpsons.
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub, 7,5 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Richard Fitzpatrick El clásico
Barcelona v Real Madrid
Real Madrid versus Barcelona is regarded by many as the most captivating fixture in world football. But it is not only the on-pitch battles that have forged their rivalry. From General Franco and bloody civil war to the Catalan city of Barcelonas lukewarm reaction to Spains recent World Cup and European Championship triumphs, bitterness is never far from the surface. In El Clásico, Richard Fitzpatrick charts the key political and historical flashpoints between the two clubs. With exclusive interviews...
Engels | 256 pagina's (3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Scott Mariani The Nemesis Program - Ben Hope, Book 9
THE EXPLOSIVE, THRILLING NEW BEN HOPE ADVENTURE FROM THE TOP 10 BESTSELLING AUTHORA BRUTAL MURDER.A SCIENTIST ON THE RUN.A PLOT TO KILL MILLIONS.While secretly researching the bizarre discoveries of Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla many years earlier, physicist Claudine Pommier becomes the victim of a remorseless and cruel murderer who breaks into her Parisian apartment. Is he just a serial killer, or is there more to her death than the Paris cops believe?Maverick American biologist Dr Roberta Ryder...
Engels | 448 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2014
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Tishani Doshi The pleasure seekers
Als een 19-jarige Indiase jongeman in Engeland werkervaring komt opdoen, wordt hij verliefd op een Welsh meisje en weigert de verloofde die zijn ouders voor hem hebben gekozen.
Fictie | Familieroman
Engels | 320 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Ed Hawkins Bookie gambler fixer spy
"A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket. For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars per cricket match - as well as the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world and rumours abound. But then...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Daniyal Mueenuddin In other rooms, other wonders
"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders illuminates a place and people as it describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. Servants, masters, peasants and socialites, all inextricably bound to each other, confront the advantages and constraints of their station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. These richly textured stories reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday...
Engels | 256 pagina's (0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Thomas Mogford Shadow of the rock
Een advocaat uit Gibraltar helpt een joodse vriend, die in Marokko wordt beschuldigd van de moord op een jong meisje.
Fictie | Detectiveroman
Engels | 272 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Lorenza Clifford Interview others
"Interviewing prospective job candidates can be a real challenge, and sometimes the interviewers are just as nervous as the interviewee! If you are new to interviewing and need to learn some essential skills, Interview Others is the book for you. Full of advice on how to get the best from others and from yourself, it covers everything from preparing for an interview, to dealing with different types of interview situations, to the right (and wrong) questions to ask, to making a job offer. This book...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Dirk Moelants Improvising Early Music
The history of musical improvisation from the late Middle Ages to the early Baroque.Studying improvised music is always a challenge, due to its volatility and unpredictability. But what about studying musical improvisation from before the age of sound recordings? In this book three experts give their view on aspects of musical improvisation in the late medieval, renaissance, and early baroque periods. Historical sources show us how improvisation was an integral part of music education and how closely...
Engels | 136 pagina's | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2014
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Julia Sweeney If it's not one thing, it's your mother
"Julia Sweeney was nearing forty, and quite famous, when she got on a flight to China to turn her life upside down. She had a flourishing career as a comedienne and performer, ample friends and admirers, but what she didnt have was a child and, after a string of non-committal boyfriends, she decided to adopt alone.Mulan was one-and-a-half years old when she met her new mother, and every bit as feisty as the Disney character (whom she was emphatically not named for). If It's Not One Thing, Its Your...
Engels | 2,1 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Get that job
interviews
"You've got a fantastic CV; now comes the big test. 'Where do you seeyourself in five years' time?' 'What is your greatest weakness?' Get That Job: Interviews providesstrategies to cope with these classic questions and more. The bookcontains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-stepguidance and action points, top tips, common mistakes and advice on howto avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sourcesof further help."
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,3 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Richard Eyre National service
"During the ten years from 1987 to 1997 that he was Director of the Royal National Theatre, Richard Eyre kept a diary - a record that disarmingly captured a life at the heart of British cultural and political affairs. The powerful and the famous inevitably strut and fret upon its pages, but National Service is also a moving personal journey, charted faithfully by a fiercely self-aware and frequently self-doubting individual. The job of grappling with a giant three-headed monster as complex as the...
Engels | 448 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Richard Van Emden Boy soldiers of the Great War
"The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just twelve years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored.Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible...
Engels | 416 pagina's (5,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Brian M. Fagan Beyond the blue horizon
"Enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. From the moment when ancient Polynesians first dared to sail beyond the horizon, Fagan vividly explains how our mastery of the oceans changed the course of human history. What drove humans to risk their lives on open water? How did early sailors unlock the secrets of winds, tides, and the stars they steered by? What were the earliest ocean crossings like? With compelling detail, Fagan reveals how seafaring evolved so that...
Engels | 336 pagina's (9,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The captive celt
"AD 51. Bran is a slave, a prisoner of Rome, but dreams of one dayreturning to his homeland, Britannia, to fight against the Romans. When the proud young slave is overheard criticizing Rome, he is thrown intoprison and faces execution the next day. Luckily, his cell mateCaratacus is a very special prisoner indeed - a British chief. Hebelieves he has a way to save both their skins, but he'll need Bran'shelp. A tale based on a key moment in Roman history, full of Terry Deary's dark humour and dry wit."
Engels | 64 pagina's (2,9 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The Goose Guards
"387 BC. Rome is under attack from the vicious Gauls and the barbarianarmy is now preparing to besiege the Temple of Juno on Capitol Hill,home of Brutus, a trainee priest. The temple's inhabitants are offeredhelp from the army of Lord Furius, but are not sure if he is to betrusted. However, when rescue eventually comes it is from an even moreunlikely source... A tale based on one of the most famous of all Roman legends, full of Terry Deary's dark humour and dry wit."
Engels | 64 pagina's (2,2 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The Grim Ghost
"AD 113. The young boy Pertinax helps his grandmother prepare a feast inPliny's household. As all the workers are busy in the kitchen, theyoung boy keeps Pliny company in the garden. He is told a story by thegreat Pliny himself. The tale is of a terrifying ghost that haunted agarden.But there's no truth in ghost stories ... or is there?"
Engels | 64 pagina's (3,2 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The boy who cried horse
"1180 BC. Young Acheron is a liar. Everybody knows it. Troy is under siege and Acheron tells tales of Trojan bravery to entertain Prince Paris and the beautiful Helen at the palace. But when a stranger comes to the city to announce that the Greeks have departed, leaving a special gift of a wooden horse, Acheron is suspicious. He races to tell Prince Paris about the Greek plot, but will anyone at the palace believe him? Er, no, actually! As Aesop said, "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks...
Engels | 64 pagina's (4,3 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The tortoise and the dare
"750 BC. The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities, so Elena can only watch as her twin brother, Cypselis, prepares for the race. Then she discovers he has made a bet with Big Bacchiad (the school bully). If Cypselis wins he will get a new goat, if he loses then Elena will become Bacchiad's slave. Elena's freedom...
Engels | 64 pagina's (3,6 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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