Michael Van Peel Nordkapp Stories - Engelse editie (e-book)

The North Cape is little more than a car park and a gift shop at a misty end of the European continent. Yet it has been a magnet for travellers and oddballs for centuries. When I reached it myself on my trusty old Vespa one endless summer, I was struck by the atmosphere on that last stretch of road. Little expeditions from all over the world seemed to come together. Weekend warriors, world travellers and asphalt munchers, together en route to the finish line. They had left weeks or months ago, from...

Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 111 MB) | Pelckmans uitgevers, Leuven | 2024

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Anne-Marie Kruiper Simply Happy On My Way to Santiago de Compostela

"I walk for weeks. I sleep alone in big dorms. A few items of clothing in my backpack are enough. This is how simple can life be. In Simply Happy, Anne-Marie takes you on a journey to Santiago de Compostela. During this 800-kilometre hike, she learns to let go of certainties and uncertainties, and to accecpt the gifts of life. She meets people from all over the world, but the most beautiful encounter on the pilgrimage is the encounter with herself. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | 159 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | AM Books, Schoonhoven | 2024

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Fifth Wave 2023/1

Fifth Wave offers a platform for the free and independent Russian voice. All contributions are by literary authors from Russia and abroad who are united in their rejection of war and totalitarianism. Vasily Antipov Karine Arutyunova Mihail Ayzenberg Yuli Gugolev Alexander Ilichevsky Oleg Lekmanov Boris Nikolsky Maxim Osipov Dmitry Vedenyapin Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Engels | ePub2, 2,1 MB | Uitgeverij G.A. Van Oorschot, Amsterdam | 2023

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Sam Bettens All I am

After the release of their hit song 'Not an addict' in 1996, the Belgian band K' Choice started a wild ride along some of the world's biggest festivals. Being an unconventional band right from the start, they forged their own path in the music industry with Sam Bettens as their rebellious leader. But how much space for your true identity is there when you're standing in front of thousands of people? Sam Bettens has spent his entire life searching for who he is and how he was shaped that way. Is he...

Engels | 83 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Das Mag Publishers, Amsterdam | 2023

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Abraham de Kock Pardidoe

chronicles of a wandering humanitarian

Is it better to spend your life moving from place to place, forever having new adventures, meeting interesting people and accepting new challenges, or would it be a curse -- to be always unrooted and adrift, like a wandering spirit far from home? Born in the Dutch colony of New Guinea and raised in the Netherlands, Abraham de Kock spent his professional life travelling the world and working for the UN, rising to the position of acting country director of the World Food Programme in North Korea. Between...

Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | Uitgeverij Gopher, 's-Hertogenbosch | 2022

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Anna Chojnacka Kilimanjaro as medicine

Anna Chojnacka is thirty, married with two young children, and running a thriving company. She's living life to the fullest - until she's diagnosed with MS. While searching for a way to live her life without strong medication, she meets "The Iceman" Wim Hof. To gain strength, she takes his courses, exposing herself to extreme cold. Ultimately, she takes part in a climbing expedition he leads up Mount Kilimanjaro, which not only succeeds, but does so in record time. While she's completing this difficult...

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Engels | 99 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | [Uitgever Onmisbaar], [Amsterdam] | 2022

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Maarten A. Oversier The right to be

exposing the surpressed history we still carry within us

Echoes of unresolved trauma from our past, even past lives, can cause physical, psychological, or emotional ailments that present-day humans suffer. But what is the real genesis of these traumas? In the more than 25 years that Maarten Oversier has been a practicing reincarnation and regression therapist, he has discovered that the source can always be found within three specific historical domains. The shocking, and therefore often repressed experiences of our ancestors, the hell of two recent world...

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Engels | 383 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | LondonBooks, [Bodegraven] | 2022

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Stijn Bronzwaer | Joris Kooiman | Merijn Rengers The machine

the inside story of Booking.com

Booking.com, one of the richest and most successful internet companies in Europe, has been a mystery for twenty-five years. Everyone knows the website, but no one knows the people and the stories behind this deeply Dutch company in U.S. hands. Until now. Three journalists from the major Dutch NRC newspaper present a detailed reconstruction of the dark internet fairy tale of Booking.com, from an idea built by a group of engineering students in Twente in the late 1990s to its development into the largest...

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Engels | 232 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022

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Eva Vriend Where the Zuiderzee once raged

a story of community spirit, entrepreneurship, and the intimate bond with the water

‘Where the Zuiderzee Once Raged’ by Eva Vriend is a story of the true heroes of the coast, represented by four fisher families from Urk, Volendam, Spakenburg, and Wieringen. Eva Vriend weaves together their family histories into an epic tale of their intimate bond with water, the resilience that has guided them forward, and the fishing tradition in their blood. The charming towns around the IJsselmeer delight visitors with their authentic facades, fishing boats, and picturesque harbors. The people...

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Engels | 359 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022

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Laurence Bollen | Mugisha Maisha Safari

The nature of humankind emits light

Mukisa was an inquisitive Muslim boy who was gradually brainwashed from when he was 8 years old to help recruit other children from the Kampala ghettos to become child soldiers. Mukisa has a close relationship with his mother Ayana and his true faith and refuses to accept the situation. When it becomes unbearable, escaping to Europe is his only option. This means leaving everything behind, including his mother and sisters. In Europe, he falls into the hands of human traffickers and is forced to sell...

Engels | 196 pagina's (ePub3, 0,9 MB) | Droomvallei Uitgeverij, Breda | 2022

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Marry de Gaay Fortman Don't drown a dead duck

the art of gentle effectiveness

Adviezen aan vrouwen die streven naar een topfunctie in het bedrijfsleven.

Non-fictie

Engels | 151 pagina's (ePub2, 2,2 MB) | Business Contact, Amsterdam | 2019

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Memphis Depay | Simon Zwartkruis Heart of a lion

Everyone has an opinion on Memphis Depay, but few are familiar with his intense and difficult life story. Now the time has come for him to tell that story in his own words. About a childhood full of aggression and fear, with the ball as a lifebuoy. About a turbulent journey through different schools and host families and football clubs. His breakthrough at PSV, the fiasco in Manchester, his revival in Lyon and on the Dutch national team, the unending commotion about his appearance and image, his...

Non-fictie

Engels | 194 pagina's (ePub2, 85 MB) | VIP, Amsterdam | 2019

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Geert Mak The many lives of Jan Six

a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty

Geschiedenis van de Amsterdamse patriciërsfamilie vanaf de zestiende eeuw tot en met de periode vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Non-fictie

Engels | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2017

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Carine Green Stress reset

based on a true story

For years, the Antwerp born and raised Carine Green (34) has been suffering from physical complaints, for which she can't find a solution. That's when she meets a mysterious man, J.P. He claims he's able to help her. She meets up with him and, little by little, he shares his insight with her. It's an insight that will change her life for good as well as the life of anyone who reads this book. The cause of pain, of being unhappy, is revealed and a solution is presented to deal with the physical and...

Fictie

Engels | 108 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Beefcake Publishing, Gent | 2016

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L.J. Giebels Sukarno

a biography

Sukarno – a biography is the first English language biography on Sukarno (1901-1970) – the founding father and first president of Indonesia. The book is both a biography of Sukarno and an account of the birth and ascent of the state of Indonesia. The author reveals many little-known facts and events. He makes the reader realize that to understand the character of its first president is to understand today’s Indonesia.. Sukarno was born in 1901 as the son of a schoolteacher in a country that had been...

Non-fictie

Engels | 572 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2015

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Geert Mak The angel of Amsterdam

seven city stories

Many people star in this Amsterdam chronicle but the one and only protagonist is the city itself. The Angel of Amsterdam combines the dissection of the Dutch capital with a series of personal portraits. It brilliantly reveals the magic, the feel, the rituals and the forgotten world behind and beneath present-day Amsterdam. This special edition of The Angel of Amsterdam offers the international audience not only stellar writing by one of the finest of Dutch authors, but also a unique glimpse into...

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Engels | 177 pagina's (ePub2, 2,2 MB) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2014

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Jan C. van der Heide Anna

dancing in my mind

ANNA - dancing in my mind For those who knew her, Anna van der Heide had become a household word. Her name stood for love, warmth, humanity and kindness. She was for one and all a large loving mothers heart. Anna, the wife of psychic and hypnotherapist Jan C. van der Heide, has passed away. Jan wrote this book about his dearly beloved Anna. `The flower of his heart, the woman he owes so unprecedented much to. While reading, we can bask in her unlimited love, and in her deep warmth and spirituality....

Non-fictie

Engels | 150 pagina's (PDF, 14 MB) | Citadel, Oegstgeest | 2013

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Frank van Empel | Caro Sicking JES!

towards a joint effort society

The joint effort society is a new political engagement model. One reviewer stated: 'JES! is more of a manifest or at least a book filled with ideas how to shape society. Fascinating, ambitious and worth reading.' This book shows how decisionmaking, behaviour and institutionalization / technology can contribute to a rising level of wellbeing for all people. It also describes how to create a joint effort society, where all individuals are equal and freely associate into the new political engagement...

Non-fictie

Engels | 374 pagina's (PDF, 2,3 MB) | Leanpub, Vancouver | 2013

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