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Zora Neale Hurston | Oluale Kossola Barracoon
Oluale Kossola, overlevende van het laatste slavenschip
Het relaas van een van de laatste naar Amerika getransporteerde tot slaafgemaakten, in 1927 geïnterviewd door schrijfster en antropologe Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960).
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 267 pagina's | De Geus, Amsterdam | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Harold de Haan Voortleven
Nationaal Monument MH17; National Monument MH17
In korte beschouwende hoofdstukken komen betrokkenen bij de realisatie van het Nationaal Monument MH17 voor de 298 slachtoffers van de op 17 juli 2014 neergeschoten vlucht MH17 aan het woord.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 160 pagina's | Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle | 2018
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Raymond Rutting Staan voor recht
het Openbaar Ministerie in beeld; The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service in focus
Fotoboek over de dagelijkse gang van zaken op het Openbaar Ministerie.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 183 pagina's | Boom, [Amsterdam] | 2024
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Koen van Zon | Matthew Broad | Aleksandra Komornicka | Paul Reef | Alessandra Schimmel | Jorrit Steehouder The Unfinished History of European Integration
Revised Edition
The Unfinished History of European Integration is a companion to the history of the European Union. From the aftermath of the First World War to the EU of 27 member states and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it guides the reader past the main events, crucial sites and key actors that shaped the EU we know today. How did it evolve from a market project to a geopolitical force, what explains the expansion of its membership, institutions, policies and the resistance to this growth, and why does it function...
Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 3 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Arne Zuidhoek Achille Lauro
The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being hijacked by Palestinian warriors (PLO), in October 1985, the blue liner and cruiser made international headlines. Swept by a catastrophic fire Achille Lauro sank December 2, 1994, off the Somalian coast. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 25 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Arne Zuidhoek Normandie
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, Normandie was not a commercial success. During service the flagship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings and held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 36 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Bert Lamers America
The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as s.s. 'America'...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 29 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Bert Lamers SS Australis
The ss 'Australis' was a well known ocean liner which entered service in 1940 as the ss 'America' for the United States Lines. The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and served until 1977 very succesfully on the route Western-Europe-Australia-New Zealand. Later the route became a full round-the-world-service. After her Australian period the liner sailed under the names of 'America' (for the third time), 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and finally 'American Star'. In this volume of Liners...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Anne Applebaum Autocracy, Inc.
the dictators who want to run the world
Analyse van het wereldwijde netwerk van autocratieën en de manier waarop zij samenwerken om meer macht en welvaart te vergaren, met aandacht voor wat democratische landen kunnen doen om dit netwerk van dictators een halt toe te roepen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 228 pagina's | Allen Lane, UK | 2024
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Jantinus Mulder S-class destroyer Piet Hein ex HMS Serapis
Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for service in the Far East. HMS Serapis was renamed HNLMS Piet Hein and served in the Indonesian War of Independence and saw action in the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1962. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens
a brief history of humankind
Geschiedenis van de evolutionaire ontwikkeling van de mensheid vanaf de homo sapiens tot in de 21ste eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | 502 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2024
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Bob Roetering Warship 13
Tripartite Minehunter Haarlem
In the eighties, the Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 15 minehunters of the Alkmaar-class. They were deployed worldwide in conflicts (the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Libyan Sea). In all European waters they exercised and cleared historical ordnance. HNLMS Haarlem represents the rich history of the tripartite minehunters of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2023
E-book
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...
Non-fictie
Engels | 359 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
Anton Anthonissen Queer!?
beeldende kunst in Europa 1969-2019
Beschrijving van de ontwikkelingen in de beeldende kunst tussen 1969 en 2019 waarin gender en mannelijke homoseksualiteit centraal staan.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 432 pagina's | Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Jantinus Mulder | Henk Visser Dutch Leander frigate Van Speijk
The Van Speijk class frigates were equipped with Dutch electronics/sensors. The British Leander design was chosen to enable rapid construction to replace elderly escorts for ASW duties and NATO patrol. The ships were thoroughly modernised in the late 1970s. Between 1986-1990 all six were transferred to the Indonesian Navy. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Non-fictie
Engels | 72 pagina's (ePub2, 55 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2023
E-book
States of emergency
architecture, urbanism, and the First World War
More than one hundred years after the conclusion of the First World War, the edited collection States of Emergency. Architecture, Urbanism, and the First World War reassesses what that cataclysmic global conflict meant for architecture and urbanism from a human, social, economic, and cultural perspective. Chapters probe how underdevelopment and economic collapse manifested spatially, how military technologies were repurposed by civilians, and how cultures of education, care, and memory emerged from...
Non-fictie
Engels | 351 pagina's (PDF, 15 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022
E-book
Margaret A. Hagerman Children of a troubled time
growing up with racism in Trump's America
Interviews met kinderen over racisme in de Verenigde Staten tijdens het presidentschap van Trump.
Non-fictie
Engels | 229 pagina's | New York University Press, New York | 2024
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Bob Woodward War
Journalistiek verslag van de oorlogen tussen Rusland en Oekraïne. Israël en Hamas en de alom aanwezige Donald Trump achter de schermen.
Non-fictie
Engels | 435 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, London | 2024
Gedrukt boek
Angela Y. Davis Women, race and class
Non-fictie
Engels | 247 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Yuval Noah Harari Nexus: a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI
Beschouwing over de relatie tussen informatie en macht in de menselijke geschiedenis, met aandacht voor hoe samenlevingen en politieke systemen in het verleden informatie gebruikten om hun doel te bereiken, en de rol van kunstmatige intelligentie bij het verspreiden van waanideeën en onwaarheden.
Non-fictie
Engels | 492 pagina's | Fern Press, [ London] | 2024
Gedrukt boek
Archeologie