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Cabin Fever
The Harrowing Journey of the Cruise Ship Zaandam at the Dawn of a Pandemic
2022 || Paperback || Michael Smith e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A harrowing narrative of the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowaway—COVID-19—days before the world shut down in March 2020.
In early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading on different continents, and no one knew what the coming weeks would bring. Far from the hot spots, the cruise ship Zaandam, owned by Holland America, was preparing to sail from Buenos Aires, Argentina, loaded with 1,200 passengers—American...
British Cultural Identities / 6th Edition
2022 || Paperback || Mike Storry e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Analyses contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today, thereby offering the perfect introductory text for students of contemporary British society. - This edition has been fully updated to reflect the seismic shifts in Britain over the last few years, thereby offering the reader the most up-to-date text on British identity and recent events in Britain. - Highly illustrated w...
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Arnhem after Arnhem
The Arnhem and Oosterbeek Civilians Fight for Survival
2022 || Paperback || Robert Stopforth || Brave New Books
Arnhem after Arnhem.
Why this reissue? As a child I experienced the first week of the Battle of Arnhem. On September 25, 1944, our family was granted refugee status. For nine months we and many others roamed the country from haystack to farm, from chicken coop to cowshed, from guest house to paper mill. Travelling on farm carts, handcarts and on foot. And as bonus the bombing, shelling and V-1 missiles.
Returning home to the ruins of the city of Arnhem, the burning and smelly waste in the onc...
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Medieval Europe
2022 || Paperback || H.W.C Davis || Aspect Publishers
William Stubbs (1825–1901), is one of the leading historians of his generation, pursued his academic research alongside his work as a clergyman. He was elected Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1866 and ap-pointed a bishop in 1884. Stubbs was a major figure in medieval English historiography, with special interests in legal and constitutional history. This work was first published in 1870. It begins with an outline of English constitutional history, which he urged should be pa...
The Making of Modern Korea / 4th edition
2022 || Paperback || Adrian Buzo || Taylor & Francis
This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs.
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A History of Suriname
2022 || Paperback || Hans Buddingh’ || Sidestone Press
A History of Suriname presents the first comprehensive overview in English to cover the distant past as well as current events in the former Dutch colony located on the Wild Coast of South America where Spanish and English adventurers once presumed El Dorado. This study concerns original Indigenous inhabitants, the arrival of enslaved Africans who toiled away on plantations, the colonial economy with its trade relations with both Europe and North America, the immigration of Asian indentured l...
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Papyrus
The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
2022 || Paperback || Irene Vallejo || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions
Resonance of Violence
Bersiap and the Dynamics of Violence in the First Phase of the Indonesian Revolution, 1945-1946
2022 || Paperback || Esther Captain e.a. || AUP Algemeen
The battle cry ‘Bersiap!’ resounded in numerous cities and towns across Indonesia during the first months following the declaration of independence on August 17, 1945. Heard from all sides, this call to ‘stand by’ for the young nation’s fight for freedom marked the start of the Indonesian national revolution, heralding a period of extreme violence. These acts of violence were aimed primarily against civilians and served no military purpose. Resonance of Violence outlines the dynamic...
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The Last Jewish wedding
The 'Marriage book' of Leendert and Betty van Rooij-Frank
2022 || Paperback || René van Rooij || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
They get married at the Utrecht synagogue two weeks after meeting for the first time. The bride’s earlier fiancé has taken his life during the first week of the occupation. With many other Jewish Dutchmen the groom’s parents have already been arrested, before being transported to extermination camps. More than a hundred friends and family, many with a yellow Star of David, attend the reception. The cou-ple escape twice from the Dutch Theatre where the Germans hold Jews in custody pending...
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Messerschmitt ME 163 'Komet'
2022 || Paperback || Bart Vandamme || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The Me163 ‘Komet’ was the world’s first operational rocket plane, a milestone in military aviation history.
This book focuses mainly on the story of 6 American fighter pilots who each had a chance to achieve one victory over the fastest aircraft of the Luftwaffe.
Author Bart Vandamme (b. 1964) has been nurturing a passion for speed records in aviation for several years. After The Fastest Man in the World, this is his second book on this extraordinary subject.