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No Return Flight / druk 1
13 Platoon at Arnhem 1944
2019 || Paperback || H. Walburgh Schmidt || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
‘No Return Flight” tells the story of the search for the 27 men that glided into the Arnhem area on 18 September 1944. Their Horsa, one among hundreds of plywood gliders, launched them into the cauldron that would be remembered as the Battle of Arnhem.
After landing the Glider Pilots and the Air Landing soldiers wished each other good luck and went their separate ways. Possibly never to see each other again. More than fifty years later one of the Glider Pilots, Sergeant Morley ‘Taffy’...
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The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945 / druk 1
the units and commanders of the German Ground Forces during World War II
1999 || Paperback || Andries J. Kursietis || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
'The Wehrmacht at War 1939 -1945'is the culmination of twenty five years of research and three years of writing, and is a unique, in-depth presentation of the order of battle and commanders of the German Army ground forces during World War II. Although there are numerous other books that have been published on the order of battle of the German Army, none contain the depth of detail concerning the commanders of the units and the biographies of the Generals that are included in this work. Indee...
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The Formidable "Arpad Line" of Hungary
2020 || Paperback || Endre B. Gastony || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The author: From a youthful observer in Hungary, Endre B.
Gastony evolved into a student of history at the University
of Oregon. As professor at Augustana University, he combined
teaching, with research and writing on the topics of nationalism,
international events, and Hungarian history. He also conducted
college study tours in Europe, until retiring into a life of more
research, writing, besides tennis and sailing.
Historical guiding principles: Leopold von Ranke’s advice, chronicle the p...
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Hemingway's Last Flame
Swedish Liaisons unravelled
Paperback || Jan Sigurd || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
After his first legendary safari in 1933, Hemingway left Africa on the Swedish luxury liner Gripsholm, where he and his new hunting partner, Baron Bror Blixen, tried the patience of their fellow passengers and crew. But Karen Blixen’s ex-husband wasn’t the writer’s only Swedish friend: Ingrid Bergman, Hemingway’s choice for Maria in For Whom the Bell Tolls, became a part of the inner circle, and they corresponded frequently until his death in 1961.
Jan Sigurd uncovers Hemingway’s ...
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
Paperback || Octave Mirbeau || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The Diary of a Chambermaid was written as a satire of Parisian society in the wake of the Drey-fus Affair. Octave Mirbeau brings a journalist’s analytical eye to Celestine’s adventures as she loses her innocence and becomes as corrupt and depraved as the men who exploited her. Since its publication in 1900 it has never ceased to shock and fascinate its readers and has been made into a film by Jean Renoir in 1946 and Luis Bunuel in 1964.
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Susanna Shakespeare / druk 1
Shakespeare's daughter and doctor John Hall
2014 || Paperback || Alida C. Rijnders || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
One can find plenty of literature on the life and works of William Shakespeare. Much less if any can be found and read about his three children. This is the first book about the married life of his eldest daughter Susanna with her husband doctor John Hall, a general practitioner in the Stratford-upon-Avon of those days. Through the eyes of Susanna and with her husband’s original notes on his patients we get acquainted with the family, neighbours and friends of her famous father. In this w...
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Homosexuality in Africa (17,95)
a disturbing love
2016 || Paperback || Bart Luirink e.a. || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Plagues of locusts, drought and ebola. In Africa homosexuals are getting the blame for everything. It's open season. Homosexuality is called 'un-African', 'in direct conflict with its own distinctive culture', a 'western disease'. What's the motivation behind those leaders who are fighting to keep their continent 'morally pure'?
There's another story. More and more African gays and lesbians are coming out of the closet. Equal rights activism has become a reality and a passionate debate is rag...
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The live bait squadron / druk 1
three massgraves off the Dutch coast, 22 september 1914
2014 || Paperback || Henk H.M. van der Linden || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
On September 22, 1914 between 06.20 am and 07.55 am three British cruisers went down o the Dutch coast, HMS Aboukir,Hogue and Cressy. Of the combined crew of 2296 no less than 1459 men perished on their ships or in the sea. ere were 837survivors. e perpetrator was a simple German submarine, U-9. is event in the early days of the First World War came as a big boost to the Germans. But for the British it was a dire blow, the biggest loss ever in icted on the Royal Navy, hitherto deemed invinc...
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Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (Heruitgave)
2022 || Paperback || S. Baring-Gould || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, first published in 1866, is a collection of 24 of the most commonly held superstitions of the Medieval era. For each story, Baring-Gould presents his research into the history and possible inspiration for the myth. Included among these familiar tales are: The Wandering Jew, the story of the Jewish shoemaker who is doomed to wander the earth until the Second Coming. William Tell, the Swiss hero who shot an apple off his son’s head. Saint George, a Christian...
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The Beginnings, The Dilemmas, The Solutions, The Glorious Finale
GOD IS IN CHARGE
2023 || Paperback || Johan Ayiter || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
“Fortunately we can not look in the future and we may never try it either according to Our God, but sometimes He may let us feel what it would look like if we follow our human desires or wisdom, which could never protect us from any not predictable events, which would be always painful and contrary to our expectations, but for ever God has the last Word. Amen”