The breathtaking first volume in Rachel Carson's classic and New York Times bestselling trilogy, about the history of the oceans, introduced by Margaret Atwood

The second volume in Rachel Carson's classic and New York Times bestselling Sea trilogy celebrates sea creatures in their natural habitat, introduced by Margaret Atwood

Op haar achtentwintigste besloot sterrenchef en recherchepsycholoog Tamar Valkenier afstand te doen van al haar bezittingen en haar veilige leven. Ze koos voor het avontuur. Twee jaar lang fietste ze de wereld rond. Eerst in het 'veilige' Europa en daarna almaar verder. Ze reisde vier maanden door Mongolië met haar paard, kameel en hond en liep 600 kilometer door Jordanië.

Met Miriam Lancewood, bekend van 'Mijn leven in de wildernis' doorkruiste Tamar het hooggebergte van Nieuw-Zeeland, ter...

In 1998, Princess Irene of The Netherlands bought Bergplaas, a 5000 hectare farm in the heart of the South African Karoo. And so began a highly personal, fifteenyear- long journey during which she embarked on the ambitious plan to return the land to its original pristine habitat and to enable people from around the world to rediscover their reconnection with nature.

Princess Irene writes from the heart, beautifully depicting the harsh climate and conditions of the Karoo's semi-desert while a...

At the onset of the Greek crisis, Manos, a successful middle-aged businessman, loses his job. Without employment opportunities and in serious debts he retreats into a small sea-side town near Athens in what used to be his family's summer house.

Sitting on his balcony one morning he looks at the bright blue sky and the crystal clear sea. He wonders why he is feeling desperate in such beautiful surroundings. He wonders why his country, full of resources and qualified people, is in despair too....

In a derelict, abandoned office in the outskirts of Amsterdam, a small group of visionaries gathers to charge an antiquated but powerful finance industry. Their dream: a fully mobile, truly independent bank focused on people, not money.

Firing off one game-changing innovation after the other, bunq quickly becomes a technological and ideological trailblazer that takes the world by storm.

How did bunq do it?

Defiance, courage, endurance and profound euphoria color the epic journey that gave us...

Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment.

The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to the present day