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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
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
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
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
Advising on research methods
selected topics 2014
Advising on research methods: Selected topics 2014 results from a research master course Methodological Advice that was given at the University of Amsterdam at the end of 2014 by Gideon J. Mellenbergh and Herman J. Adèr. The course had the same format as the course given in 2013. The objectives of the course were: (a) to acquire methodological knowledge that is needed for advising researchers in the behavioral and social sciences, and (b) to get experience with methodological consultancy. Bron:...
Engels | 59 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Johannes van Kessel Advising, Huizen | 2015
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Ryoko Kui Delicious in dungeon
Wanneer de jonge avonturier Laios en zijn gezelschap diep in een kerker worden aangevallen en neergeslagen door een draak, verliest de groep al zijn geld en proviand en een lid. Manga. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 191 pagina's | Yen Press, New York, NY | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Harry Bingham This thing of darkness
Inspecteur Fiona Griffith ontdekt dat er een verband is tussen een ongeluk, een zelfmoord en een inbraak.
Fictie
Engels | 502 pagina's | Orion Books, London | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Anna McPartlin Somewhere inside of happy
In een paar dagen tijd verandert het leven van Maisie, dat toch al niet over rozen gaat, drastisch als haar 16-jarige zoon Jeremy spoorloos verdwijnt.
Engels | 426 pagina's | Black Swan, London | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Seré Prince Halverson The house of frozen dreams
Na door zijn vriendin het huis uitgezet te zijn keert een man vanuit Texas terug naar de boerderij van zijn overleden ouders in Alaska en begint een nieuwe leven.
Fictie
Engels | 388 pagina's | Harper, London | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Priya Parmar Vanessa and her sister
Het levensverhaal van de Engelse schilderes Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), de zus van de schrijfster Virginia Woolf.
Fictie
Engels | 352 pagina's | Bloomsbury Circus, London | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Linda Chapman Cupcakes & contests
Hannah (11, ik-figuur) geeft zich samen met haar vriendin op voor de bakwedstrijd Junior Brilliant Baker. Het komt goed van pas dat haar stiefvader bevriend is geraakt met een jonge Duitse bakker. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 166 pagina's | Orion Children's Books, London | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Patricia Harman The reluctant midwife
a Hope River novel
Tijdens de Grote Depressie (1929-1940) in de VS gaat het leven gewoon door en mensen leren improviseren om problemen op te lossen; verpleegkundige Becky en vroedvrouw Patience tonen voorbeelden van deze zelfredzaamheid.
Engels | 409 pagina's | William Morrow, [New York] | 2015
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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
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
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
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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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
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
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
2015