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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
Peter Römer DeKok and the kiss of death
Rechercheur DeKok onderzoekt de moord op een geliefde Amsterdamse, wiens man banden met de onderwereld blijkt te onderhouden.
Fictie
Engels | 120 pagina's (ePub2, 5,6 MB) | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2024
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The Dutch Sherlock
Forty Years of Detective Work by the Famous Dutch Forensic Pioneer Co van Ledden Hulsebosch
In the beginning of the 20th century, inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novels of Arthur Conan Doyle, scientists began to make their appearance at the crime scene. It was quickly discovered that studying the ‘silent witnesses’, crime-related physical evidence and traces, could provide a wealth of information. In many countries pioneers started to shape this new science area by formulating key principles and introducing novel methods and instrumentation. In the Netherlands, Co van Ledden Hulsebosch...
Engels | 368 pagina's (ePub2) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
E-book
Rabid
Een jonge vrouw die ernstig verminkt is geneest wonderbaarlijk door een experimentele stamceltherapie, maar de gevolgen zijn gruwelijk.
Fictie
Film
Lisa Scottoline Someone knows
Een in het bos gevonden pistool brengt vier tieners op het idee om een grap uit te halen en ze overtuigen een nieuwe scholier ervan om als ontgroeningsritueel Russisch roulette te gaan spelen.
Fictie
Engels | 387 pagina's | Headline, London | 2019
Gedrukt boek
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
Het verhaal van de planning, uitvoering en nasleep van de ontvoering van biermagnaat Freddy Heineken in 1983.
Fictie
Film
Ewout Storm van Leeuwen Temple of Zong? Never heard of.
novel
Indochina, 1951. Tonkin and northern Annam have been liberated by the Vietminh. In the south, the French are fighting a vicious battle to keep the corrupt regime in Saigon in power. We meet him in Nha Trang, an Annamese port town where he debarked from a French ocean liner in search of a monastery that a dream said had to be somewhere in the mountains of Annam. It was not the only reason for his quest: he had inherited a chest with unusual contents a small skeleton. Accompanying the chest was a manuscript...
Engels | 188 pagina's (PDF, 0,8 MB) | [Artscience], [Amsterdam] | 2023
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Vivian Helena Murdered in cold blood
To get away from her troublesome ex-boyfriend for a while, Kate decides to supervise a ski camp for children at the Les Portes du Soleil ski resort. Before the children have even arrived, the camp is overshadowed by a murder. When another death occurs a day later, the camp is stopped. Kate no longer knows who she can trust. Especially for her roommate Tristan, she has extremely conflicting feelings for. Fear and attraction are dangerously close to each other while a heavy snowstorm rages outside....
Engels | 203 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Zors Books, [Edegem] | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and murder by melody
Inspector DeKok finds himself in the midst of outwardly disparate motives and personalities surrounding the deaths of two reformed junkies and their landlady, a former prostitute. However, there is one connection in the madness, because music threads its way among and around the list of suspects and victims. DeKok discovers that the trail leading to this melodious murderer is as long as a symphonic masterpiece. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and the mask of death
Women are checking in to Slotervaart Hospital, but not checking out. According to hospital files, they were never even there. Inspectors DeKok and Vledder are called upon to investigate this alarming disappearing act. Eerily, the people closest to these vanishing women all comment on a change in their faces: they have become listless, fatigued, and seemingly wear a ‘mask of death’. All indications point to foul play, but the bodies have yet to turn up. DeKok is stumped as to how these women are...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and the somber nude
A beautiful, free-spirited young woman has gone missing, and those closest to her fear for her life. Inspector DeKok is soon called upon to find out her whereabouts. It quickly becomes clear that this Nanette may have harbored a dark side, one that embraced blackmail, emotional cruelty, and a wicked selfishness. The more DeKok learns of the beguiling Nanette, the more he feels that he is on the trail of a dead woman. DeKok’s suspicions are confirmed with a phone call: the dismembered body of a...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
E-book
Baantjer DeKok and the dead harlequin
Inspector DeKok is faced with a grotesque double murder in a well-known Amsterdam hotel. He finds the murder victims looking like macabre wooden harlequins. Inspector DeKok must unravel clues from two unexpected characters: a six-year-old girl who has trouble sleeping, and a respected accountant who seeks DeKok’s advice on committing the perfect crime. But when DeKok meets with the murderer, he tries everything possible to prevent the man from giving himself up to the police… Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and the death of a clown
Without the slightest trace, an antique jewel collection disappears from a house along one of the great canals in Amsterdam. Inspector DeKok feels compelled to help the victim of the theft, unknowingly signing up for a homicide case, as well. Soon after commencing his investigation into the robbery, DeKok and his partner Vledder are called to the foot of The Criers’ Tower. A clown lies dead along the canal with a large, shining knife protruding from his back, creating a blossom of blood around the...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and the geese of death
DeKok takes on Igor Stablinsky, a man accused of bludgeoning a wealthy old man and his wife. To DeKok’s unfailing eye the killing urge is visibly present in the suspect during questioning, but did he commit this particular crime? All signs point to one of the few remaining grand estates in Holland. The answer lies within a strange family, suspicions of incest, deadly geese, and a horrifying mansion. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
E-book
.. Baantjer DeKok and murder on Blood Mountain
At the request of the Belgian police, Inspectors DeKok and Vledder attend the funeral of a murder victim. The body was fished out of Antwerp’s Scheldt River, but brought back to Amsterdam to be laid to rest there. During the service DeKok spies the face of a man long known to be dead. Further bodies are discovered, apparently they too were poisoned and dumped in the river. DeKok is forced to venture from his beloved Amsterdam and travel to Bloedberg (“Blood Mountain”), a notorious neighborhood in...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and the dead lovers
Inspector DeKok and his partner Vledder are ordered to protect the eccentric Manfred Nettelhorst’s art treasures, exhibited during a special showing in Amsterdam. But before the exhibition has come to a close, the two detectives are called away to a nearby apartment building to investigate the murder of a man handcuffed to a radiator, shot execution style. That same night, an exquisite silver ewer is stolen from the exhibition. Following the trail, DeKok stumbles across an invisible line between...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Baantjer DeKok and murder by installment
Although at first it seemed to be a case for the narcotics division, this latest crime soon evolves into a series of sinister murders, which seem almost impossible to solve. Never before have inspectors DeKok and Vledder been so involved in a case where murder, drug smuggling, and child prostitution are almost daily occurrences. Blackmail enters the picture, and meanwhile bodies continue to be found. In the past even a single murder used to dominate the front pages of the newspapers for weeks, but...
Engels | ePub2 | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
E-book
Peter Römer DeKok and the lost child
Rechercheur DeKok wordt geconfronteerd met twee moordzaken. Hij vermoedt dat het gaat om een oude vete in de onderwereld.
Fictie
Engels | ePub2, 5,7 MB | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
E-book
A.C. Baantjer DeKok and Variations on Murder
As has been her habit since the death of her husband, Mrs. Van Haesbergen does nightly rounds in the large office building where she resides. Her husband had been the building superintendent, and an apartment on the top floor came with the job. One night she encounters the managing director in the boardroom, sitting in his chair at the head of the table. She hastily walks up to him, and to her horror, she finds him dead. She rushes up to her apartment to call someone, but who? Deciding it better...
Engels | ePub2, 5,8 MB | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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Django Mathijsen RoboRights
Een robottenprogrammeur in de nabije toekomst wordt verdacht van betrokkenheid bij een terroristische aanslag en komt in allerlei moeilijke situaties terecht als hij probeert klaarheid in deze zaak te brengen.
Fictie
Engels | 146 pagina's (ePub2, 5,2 MB) | Zilverspoor, [Naaldwijk] | 2022
E-book
Spanning & Thrillers