During a medieval wedding party at Cleves, the poet Veldeke reads from an unfinished romance. The next day, the manuscript has disappeared from the chest in which it was kept. But what is the point of stealing an unfinished book, and who would do such a thing? Master Henric tries to find out.

At the summer residence of the Metternich family in Bohemia, the governess Franziska is found in a pond, drowned. Was it truly suicide because of an unwanted pregnancy, as the doctor claims and many othe...

Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, had previously announced possible plans of undertaking investigations on the role played by entrepreneurs in financing violent conflicts in which core international crimes such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide have been committed. However, till this day investigations of this kind have not taken place. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the current impunity to gross human rights violations by corporations,...

FLAME LILIES

from Deventer to Rhodesia

- autobiography -

Lia Zwanikken-van Noesel was born in Deventer (The Netherlands) in 1937.

She met her husband Paul Zwanikken in 1956 and together they went to

Africa to what was then called Southern Rhodesia.

There they lived over 40 years and raised a family of three,

two daughters and a son.

She went to school in Deventer to Het Geert Groote College (1956).

In Africa she studied for a Bachelor of Arts Degree with the University

of South Africa by corresponden...

The night was over

is a collection of poetry written by the hand of Ivan Grud

Ivan Grud, the writer who is not ashamed to name the things by name.

Clearly and non smooth language is what he uses.

A must for anyone who likes the realistic Poetry.

Night Love

The night was over

yet I did not want to awake

could not throw off the death mask

to lovingly start the death dance

with tears on my tearstained pillow

Dancing in the depths of your eyes

still believing in the love I see

I am overcome with...