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Hague Girls Part I
Fleeing
Paperback || Ewurabena || Boekengilde B.V.
‘Can you sue President Barack Obama for me?’ After being targeted by a coordi-nated campaign of threats and media harassment, Ewurabena was forced to flee Ghana with her young family. But the last thing she expected was for President Obama to endorse the journalist behind it all.
In this captivating memoir, the first instalment of Hague Girls, Ewurabena sets out her side of the story. She charts the early course of her career as a human rights lawyer, from her student days in Minnesota to...
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The price of freedom
Torture of political prisoners in Europe today
2020 || Paperback || Leyla e.a. || Gopher B.V.
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It's about Building Relationships through Networking
Paperback || Charles D.A. Ruffolo || Galilee
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Culture Clash Part 2
Hoi An, business, storms & corruption in Vietnam
Paperback || Hans van der Broek || Hans van der Broek
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The Essays
Paperback || Frank Libertas || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
Frank Libertas was in Kiev during the Maidan-revolte in February 2014 en this inspired him to write down his experiences and personal observations what really happened behind the scene. In this complex geopolitical forcefield the tensions were rising so high that Frank seriously feared for a total escalation between NATO and Russia, which was later confirmed by president Putin. On the 17th of July 2014 the MH17 airplane of Malaysian Airways was shot down above the Eeastern part of Ukraine an...
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THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
REFLECTIONS OF A YORKSHIRE BARBER
2022 || Paperback || Cecil Hallas || Mybestseller.co.uk || met inkijkexemplaar
A whole life spent between Denby Dale and Penistone on the West-South Yorkshire border, including over 50 years as a local barber, are the inspiration for this hilarious, moving and thought-provoking collection of short stories, poems and recollections.
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Moya's diary
2023 || Paperback || Sean Murray-Dunans || Phoenix Books
Step into the captivating world of "Moya's Diary", an enchanting memoir that illuminates the remarkable bond between a grandson and his extraordinary grandmother. Join Sean on a remarkable journey as he unveils the pages of this personal diary, sharing cherished memories, heartfelt emotions, and unforgettable moments. From the bustling streets of London to the tranquil beauty of Wales, experience the magic of family, love, and resilience that transcends time. With eloquent prose and vivid sto...
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Wings
Psychosis as a way to become a full human being
2024 || Paperback || José Hoekstra || Boekscout
Quote: "The psychoses were not the disturbance. They were the attempt of my soul to heal this disturbance."
Wings is an accessible story of personal experience, in which the author takes you on a journey with psychosis and spirituality. In her psychoses there were clues that exactly the contact with the spiritual world helped her on her way to recover from trauma and a dysfunctional familysystem. Without presenting this as an ultimate truth, she searched her way with past life memor...
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What could go wrong?
How I learned to be an active and resilient patient in just 25 surgeries
2023 || Hardcover || Marijn van den Biggelaar || Trichis Publishing B.V.
In What Could Go Wrong?: How I learned to be an active and resilient patient in just 25 surgeries, Marijn van den Biggelaar recounts the most difficult period in her life to date. Between 2014 and 2023, she underwent 14 shoulder surgeries, eight hip surgeries, two knee surgeries and one thyroid surgery – spending a total of 96 weeks with her arm in a sling and more than nine months on crutches.
Despite numerous procedures in multiple European and American hospitals, as well as the weeks of ...
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Missing, still missed
Our search for Brenda
Paperback || Marjo Searle || Boekenbrouwers || met inkijkexemplaar
When Brenda Searle (27) went on a short holiday in September 2000 to Mexico, all contact with her suddenly stopped.
Brenda seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
Her family, and all Brenda’s friends in the Netherlands and England were very concerned and immediately came into action. They dropped everything to search for “Brennie”.
The search lasted eight months. On the one hand they received a great deal of help, but also they were hindered by the distances involved, by b...