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Freedom is a monetary matter
The path towards a natural, responsible, and free society.
2024 || Paperback || Sander Luiten || Mijnbestseller.nl
“Freedom is a monetary matter” explores the social and economic consequences of monetary inflation in the current financial system and provides a comparison in various areas to a system based on sound money (money without inflation). The book has a strong foundation in world history and its major cycles. Rising prices, growing lines at the food bank, major corporations generating billions of dollars in revenues, an increasing threat of war; This book is written for people that want to fig...
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1
How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens
2024 || Paperback || Yuval Noah Harari || Veltman Distributie Import Books
*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.*
We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world?
The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story . . .
Have you ever wondered how we got here? From hunting mammoths, to flying to the moon?
It is because we are unstoppable. But wha...
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This is Not a New World Order
Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan
2024 || Paperback || Sven Biscop || Owl Press
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same multipolar world for more than three decades. Europeans are only now again getting used to how such a world of great powers works. In the process, the European Union has rediscovered the importance of geopolitics. Without geopolitical awareness, crafting good strategy is impossible. But not every problem is geopolitical, and strategy co...
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Gay is natural
2024 || Paperback || Jasmin Hajro || Brave New Books
Introducing "Gay is natural´´: A Journey to Understanding and Resilience" by the acclaimed author Jasmin Hajro
This captivating book is a powerful exploration of what it truly means to live peacefully and respectfully with others who are different, embracing diversity and understanding the human experience in its entirety.
In "Gay is natural" the author fearlessly delves into their own personal journey, sharing candid accounts of their mistakes, failures, and the valuable lessons they've le...
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Gorky in the Netherlands, 2nd edition
The gods reward the bold, Aeneas
2024 || Paperback || Frank Libertas || Brave New Books
In recent years, Kiev and Russia have been in the news negatively almost every day. In the West, we know very little about Europe's largest border country and they view us there through rose-tinted glasses. Through a number of social issues, the author takes the reader on a quest through thisformer impressive country with a very fascinating history and culture, strongly intertwined with that of Russia. We in the West are far too complacent and have a lot to learn from Eastern Europe. The aim...
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Kafkaistan
Democracy threatened by autocracy and fascism
2024 || Paperback || Frits Bosch || Boekscout
Kafkaistan is an autocracy, a totalitarian state. Citizens have no privacy. Criticism is mercilessly punished. People disappear without a trace. Autocracy, as a form of state, gives the government control over all levels of society, such as media, science, politics, culture and finance. A state ideology prevails. The secret police have far-reaching powers. Czech-German author Franz Kafka (1883-1924) lived in such a fascist country. "Don't go there. It's a miserable country!" he tell...
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Unstoppable Us Volume 2
Why the World Isn't Fair
2024 || Paperback || Yuval Noah Harari || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.
Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?
And why i...
How Ready Are You For Love?
a path to more fulfiling and joyful relationships
2024 || Paperback || The School of Life || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A guided questionnaire to help you understand what you need and want out of a relationship.
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Dynamic Ecology
The Dynamic interaction between man and nature
2024 || Paperback || Bart Nooteboom || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The ecological perspective one has depends on fundamental forms of thought. The old form, with a separation of subject and object, in a static ontology of the fixed identities of things, led to destruction of nature, and we need a new form that is more nature-friendly, robust and flexible, that adapts to changing conditions. That digs deep.
I plead for an ontology of relational dynamics, oriented to change of humanity and nature, resulting from unpredictable interactions between humans among...
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Focus
How ASML Conquered the Chip World. The Power Struggle over the Most Complex Machine on Earth
2024 || Paperback || Marc Hijink || Balans
Without ASML, the world would be a different place. Based in the quiet Dutch town of Veldhoven, this offshoot of Philips Electronics designs the gigantic and extremely complex machines that produce increasingly advanced computer chips. It’s Europe’s most valuable tech company: ninety percent of the world’s chips are manufactured using ASML machines, powering our phones, cars, and the ai revolution.
For years, ASML operated in the background, but a geopolitical earthquake has put it in t...