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Arne Peter Braaksma Human dignity
eleven defenders of human rights at close range
Verhalen van elf mensenrechtenactivisten.
Non-fictie
Engels | 325 pagina's (ePub2, 3,3 MB) | Pixel Perfect Publications, 's-Gravenhage | 2015
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Sylvan Greenfield Seven of druids
an archeology student makes a mystical voyage to save his girl from the Voidshapers - or so he believes
An archeology student makes a mystical voyage to save his girl from the Voidshapers - or so he believes. Seven of Druids – Sylvan Greenfield For hundreds of years, the druids of Eresa have been training in secret. The seven clans are battle-hungry. But nothing could have prepared them for what is coming. Aaron Bishop, an archaeology student from Oxford, is on a holiday trip with his girlfriend Denise, when they are suddenly transported to a mystical realm. Gifted and cursed at the same time, Aaron...
Fictie
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Pixel Perfect Publications, Den Haag | 2015
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Sofie Sun Drugs for the mind
censorship in China
In the eyes of the Chinese authorities books are too often Drugs for the Mind. Sofie Sun (1986) chose this remarkable description as the title of her investigation into censorship and literature in the People's Republic of China. She interviewed representatives of three groups of authors who each have their own view about censorship: writers with no official status living and working in the People’s Republic of China, writers in exile, and those who are members of the Chinese Writers Association....
Non-fictie
Engels | 104 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence
censorship in Vietnam
In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...
Non-fictie
Engels | 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Arend van Dam Exploring the Netherlands
stories about Dutch world heritage sites
Extraordinary Stories about Ten Dutch World Heritage Sites The Netherlands has ten monuments on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Cultural and natural heritage that is considered irreplaceable, unique and owned by the World. In this beautifull book Arend van Dam tells us about the uniqueness of this Cultural Heritage. Stories about the 17th century canals in Amsterdam , about the colourfull city of Willemstad, Curacao or about the former island of Schokland. The atmospheric paintings of Alex de Wolf...
Fictie
Engels | 39 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Van Holkema & Warendorf, Houten | 2015
E-book
Dina Meza Kidnapped
censorship in Honduras
Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the forms of censorship that have been introduced to conceal the truth, but also the creativity of Hondurans who refuse to be defeated in the face of this oppressive system. Kidnapped describes how the Honduran state, responsible for protecting this right,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 72 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Rob de Wijk Power politics
We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why power politics...
Non-fictie
Engels | 216 pagina's (ePub2, 5,7 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Eric Kollen The Amsterdam Tinkerbells
an erotic LGBT tale
Fifteen-year-old Fabian is on his way from New York to Düsseldorf with his father. When one of the passengers becomes ill, the aircraft has to land in Amsterdam, a city under the spell of the imminent Gay Pride. Together with the handsome blond doctor Rodric and the flamboyant Brazilian Rafaela, they decide to postpone their journey to Düsseldorf and instead to throw themselves into the festivities. Fabian is bursting with excitement, for the next day is his sixteenth birthday. Not just any age,...
Fictie
Engels | 58 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Eric Kollen, Amsterdam | 2015
E-book
Telltale Games Minecraft: story mode
Ga in de rol van Jesse met je vrienden op zoek naar leden van de Orde van de Steen om daarmee de wereld van de vergetelheid te redden.
Fictie
Game
Michel Houellebecq Submission
As the 2022 French Presidential election looms, two candidates emerge as favourites: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, and the charismatic Muhammed Ben Abbes of the growing Muslim Fraternity. Forming a controversial alliance with the political left to block the Front National s alarming ascendency, Ben Abbes sweeps to power, and overnight the country is transformed. This proves to be the death knell of French secularism, as Islamic law comes into force: women are veiled, polygamy is encouraged...
Engels | ePub3, 1,1 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Jojo Moyes After you
Na de dood van Will raakt Lou in een depressie, loopt een aantal botbreuken op na een val van haar dak en staat plotseling de tot dan toe onbekende dochter van Will bij haar op de stoep die ze vervolgens in huis neemt.
Fictie
Engels | ePub3, 2,9 MB | Penguin, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Arnaldur Indridason The shadow killer
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog onderzoeken de IJslandse rechercheurs Flóvent en Thorson de moord op een handelsreiziger.
Fictie
Engels | ePub3, 3,4 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Tess Gerritsen Playing with fire
Violiste Julia Ansdale wil achterhalen waarom een indringende melodie, waarvan ze de bladmuziek in Rome vond, een gevaarlijk effect heeft op haar dochtertje.
Fictie
Engels | ePub3, 1,7 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
E-book
Niccolo Ammaniti Anna
FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2017It is four years since the virus came, killing every adult in its path. Not long after that the electricity failed. Food and water started running out. Fires raged uncontrolled across the country. Now Anna cares for her brother alone in a house hidden in the woods, keeping him safe from 'the Outside', scavenging for food amid the packs of wild dogs that roam their ruined, blackened world. Before their mother died, she told them to love each other and never part....
Engels | ePub2, 3,6 MB | Canongate Books, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jennifer Niven All the bright places
Violet en Finch (17, afwisselend ik-figuur) ontmoeten elkaar boven op de klokkentoren van school. Allebei overwegen ze er vanaf te springen. Finch leert Violet opnieuw van het leven te genieten. Maar lukt hem dat zelf ook? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 300 pagina's (ePub, 2,1 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Jeff Kinney Old School - Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10
Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going "old school" just too hard for a kid like Greg? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub3, 66 MB) | ABRAMS, [Nederland] | 2015
E-book
J.R.R. Tolkien Smith of Wootton Major
A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien’s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the ‘Silmarillion’ was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was...
Engels | ePub2, 6,4 MB | HarperCollins, [Nederland] | 2015
E-book
Amanda Prowse A Mother's Story - No Greater Courage
I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The very worst. Jessica's wedding was like a fairytale. Her dress strewn with crystals. Her dad made a tearful speech. Her husband Matthew declared himself the luckiest man alive. But when their beautiful baby girl is born, Jessica is gripped by panic. She can't tell anyone how she feels. Even when her life starts to spiral out of control... This is her story. A mother's story. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | Head of Zeus, [Nederland] | 2015
E-book
Marie Lu The Rose Society (The Young Elites book 2)
Adelina Amouteru''s heart is set on revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.But Adelina is no heroine. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends at the Dagger Society want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But...
Engels | ePub3, 1,2 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2015
E-book
Elena Ferrante The Story of the Lost Child
The 'stunning conclusion' to the bestselling saga of the fierce lifelong bond between two women, from a gritty Naples childhood through old age (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The Story of the Lost Child concludes the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila, who first met amid the shambles of postwar Italy. In this book, life's great discoveries have been made; its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship...
Engels | ePub2, 3,2 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2015
E-book
2015