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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...
Non-fictie
Engels | 232 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam | 2022
E-book
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...
Non-fictie
Engels | 383 pagina's (ePub2, 14 MB) | LondonBooks, [Bodegraven] | 2022
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
Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
E-book
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
E-book
Bianca Grootfaam I was looking for love
powers on the earth
The non-fiction story in this book is about me and some of the situations my family members and I went through. I rather not talk about others, but you need to understand what my background is and what my foundation was made of in order to understand my struggle in life. I want you to learn from my mistakes. All I can tell you in short about my story is that I was looking for love. Are you too looking for love? It is necessary for you to understand that there is a power that guides your destiny....
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 4 MB | Highly Favored Publishing, Veenendaal | 2017
E-book
William Blake Poems of William Blake
Poems of William Blake includes; Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel. All three are books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen syllable line. William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter...
Engels | 55 minuten (41 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
E-book
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
E-book
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...
Non-fictie
Engels | 99 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | [Uitgever Onmisbaar], [Amsterdam] | 2022
E-book
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
E-book
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
E-book
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
E-book
Go ask Alice
Het relaas van een 15-jarig meisje dat verslaafd raakt aan verdovende middelen en er uiteindelijk aan ten gronde gaat.
Fictie
Engels | Arrow Books, London | 2011
Gedrukt boek
Iris van Dongen Iris van Dongen
suspicious; tekeningen 2003-2009
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 56 pagina's | BnM, Nijmegen | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Gary Schwartz Rembrandt
an audio course on the artist's life and work
In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn. He reflects on both the 17th century historical context in which Rembrandt emerged as an artist, as well as on his superb techniques. Schwartz presents the listener with a unique re-introduction to the artist's biography in which he gives a vivid description of Rembrandt's life and his rich and varied drawings, etchings and paintings, such as the Nightwatch. Inhoud College 1. A Dutch artist's...
Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy, The Hague | 2008
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Hans van Manen
meer dan een halve eeuw dans
Portret van de vermaarde choreograaf en danser Hans van Manen (1932) ter gelegenheid van zijn vijfenzeventigste verjaardag.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 119 pagina's | Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam [etc.] | 2007
Gedrukt boek
Piet Hein Eek Piet Hein Eek 1990-2006
Overzicht van het werk van een Nederlandse ontwerper (1967) die bekend werd met zijn meubels gemaakt van sloophout.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 447 pagina's | De Boekenmakers, Eindhoven | 2006
Gedrukt boek
Marjane Satrapi The complete Persepolis
Ballonstrip.
Fictie
Engels | 341 pagina's | 2007
Gedrukt boek
Biografie & Waargebeurd