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Andrzej Sapkowski The tower of fools
Polen, 15e eeuw. Edelman Reynevan is op de vlucht en zoekt bescherming in de Narrenturm, een gevangenis voor andersdenkenden waar hij een jonge Copernicus ontmoet.
Fictie
Engels | 572 pagina's | Gollancz, London | 2021
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Thomas Christensen Towards tonality
aspects of baroque music theory
This is a collection of essays based on lectures presented at the International Orpheus Academy for Music and Theory on "Historical Theory, Performance, and Meaning in Baroque Music". The often complex connections and intersections between, e.g., modal and tonal idioms, contrapuntal and harmonic organisation, were considered from various perspectives as to the transition (towards tonality) from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Non-fictie
Engels | Frans | 205 pagina's (PDF, 17 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Peter Van Kemseke Towards an era of development
the globalization of socialism and Christian democracy, 1945-1965
A world of difference separates global politics in 1945 from 1965. In the twenty years after the second world war, a 'Third World' was added to the Cold War concepts of the 'First' and 'Second' worlds, and post-war decolonization had ushered in an 'era of development'. For the first time ever, theories and policies to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the global agenda and advanced to the top priority on the United Nations' agenda. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic...
Non-fictie
Engels | 324 pagina's (PDF, 3,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Rockwell F. Clancy Towards a political anthropology in the work of Gilles Deleuze
psychoanalysis and Anglo-American literature
'Political anthropology' as the major contemporary importance in Deleuze's work. This work explores the significance of two recurring themes in the thought of Gilles Deleuze: his critique of psychoanalysis and praise for Anglo-American literature. Tracing the overlooked influence of English writer D.H. Lawrence on Deleuze, Rockwell Clancy shows how these themes ultimately bear on two competing 'political anthropologies', conceptions of the political and the respective accounts of philosophical anthropology...
Non-fictie
Engels | 336 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Annie M.G. Schmidt Tow-Truck Pluck
Als Pluck zijn intrek neemt in het torenkamertje van de Pill Building, maakt hij al snel veel vrienden. Hij is de held en de redder wanneer de andere flatbewoners en zijn dierenvrienden in nood verkeren. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 4 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 196 pagina's | Querido, Amsterdam [etc.] | 2011
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Sarah Morgenthaler The tourist attraction
Graham, restauranteigenaar in Moose Springs in Alaska, heeft het niet zo op met de rijke toeristen die zijn dorpje en restaurant overspoelen, tot hij de schattige, enthousiaste Zoey ontmoet, die haar zuurverdiende geld aan haar absolute droomreis naar Alaska spendeert.
Fictie
Engels | 411 pagina's | sourcebooks casablanca, Naperville, Illinois | 2020
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H.P. De Nooy van Tol | Dieuwke Reuvers | Elke Dens | Herman Toch Tourism is Dead. Long Live the Traveller
Tourism in transition
Travel tomorrow will be quite different from the tourist industry we know today. As of now, we experience a transition with fundamental changes. Even though this may at times be disturbing, it’s a good and necessary evolution: In the next generation of travel, the traveller will need to create a net positive value for the people and the places he visits.Today we are at a crossroads. How do we build that new system? Which roads lead to sustainable or regenerative travel? What are the tradeoffs and...
Engels | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 5,2 MB) | Pelckmans, Edegem | 2023
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Cathy Birchall Touching the World
"Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries. From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picchu (first ever...
Engels | 19 uur 7 minuten (835 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Joe Simpson Touching the void
Twee bergbeklimmers beklimmen succesvol een berg in Peru. Als een van hen op de terugweg zijn been breekt, wordt de ander gedwongen een bijna onmogelijke keuze te maken. Met foto's uit de film, opdrachten en een cd. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 64 pagina's | Scholastic, London | 2007
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Sigmund Freud Totem and Taboo
Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912-13), employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. The four essays are entitled: The Horror of Incest; Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence; Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts; and The Return of Totemism in Childhood....
Engels | 6 uur 23 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Terry Deary | Helen Flook The tortoise and the dare
"750 BC. The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities, so Elena can only watch as her twin brother, Cypselis, prepares for the race. Then she discovers he has made a bet with Big Bacchiad (the school bully). If Cypselis wins he will get a new goat, if he loses then Elena will become Bacchiad's slave. Elena's freedom...
Engels | 64 pagina's (3,6 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
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McDermid The Torment of Others - Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 4
The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller - and serial killer - that will keep you up at night.For some, there is nothing so sweet, so thrilling, as the torment of others ...A dead girl lies on a blood-soaked mattress, her limbs spread in a parody of ecstasy. The scene matches a series of murders which ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of one...
Engels | 576 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009
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Non-fictie
112 pagina's | Hal Leonard® Corporation, Milwaukee, WI | 2015
Bladmuziek
T.C. Boyle Tooth and claw
"This new collection of short stories from T.C. Boyle finds him at his mercurial best. Inventive, wickedly funny, sometimes disturbing, these are stories about drop-outs, deadbeats and kooks. Take the man who shares his apartment with a wildcat won in a drunken bet; the drive-time shock jock hallucinating from sleep deprivation for a publicity stunt; the suburban woman who joins a pack of dogs, eating rabbits and baying at the moon. With a unique deftness of touch and a keen eye for the telling detail,...
Engels | 304 pagina's (2 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Angie and Upesh | Rohini Nilekani Too Many Bananas
Sringeri Srinivas grows sweet bananas on his farm, and yet, no one wants to buy them. Find out what he did with them in this cute story from India. 'Too Many Bananas' (English), written by Rohini Nilekani, illustrated by Angie & Upesh, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2010) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 5 minuten (4,1 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Kyle Lukoff Too bright to see
Bug (11) gaat na de zomer naar de middelbare school. Maar ze voelt zich heel anders dan haar beste vriendin Moira. Tot overmaat van ramp waren er geesten rond in haar huis. Wat hebben die te zeggen? Er volgt een zomer vol ontdekkingen. Vanaf ca. 11 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 186 pagina's | Dial Books for Young Readers, New York | 2021
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Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Tijdens het millennium vinden twee vrienden steeds hun weg naar elkaar terug dankzij hun grote liefde voor games.
Fictie
Engels | 401 pagina's | Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York | 2023
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Jessica Soffer Tomorrow there will be apricots
Een oudere weduwe en een 14-jarige meisje vinden elkaar in New York door hun gezamenlijke liefde voor koken.
Fictie
Engels | 317 pagina's | Windmill Books, London | 2014
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Geetanjali Shree Tomb of sand
Een tachtigjarige vrouw besluit na de dood van haar man samen met haar dochter naar haar geboortegrond in Pakistan af te reizen om met haar traumatische verleden af te rekenen.
Fictie
Engels | 735 pagina's | Tilted Axis Press, UK | 2021
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Alastair Chisholm Tomas and Ironskin
Tomaas (11) ziet ineens een draak in het vuur in de smederij van zijn vader. Maar draken bestaan toch niet? Dan vraagt Malik, een dienaar van de koning, of Tom wil worden opgeleid tot klerk aan het hof. Of heeft Malik een ander plan? Voorlezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 154 pagina's | Nosy Crow, London | 2022
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