The worldwide emission of CO2 is an extremely and fast growing problem. The fact that nature is regulating the neutralization of this climate threatening gas for over billions of years is unknown to most people. The fact that olivine, the most present rock on Earth, is playing a crucial role in this proces is unknown as well.

Emeritus professor in geology, Olaf Schuiling, is investigating the meaning of this philosopher’s stone, which is responsable for the preservation of life on Earth. Ol...

Every woman who has been sexually abused feels pain not only in a physical sense, but she also suffers from deep psychological wounds. Nowadays, rape victims can be treated by medical and/or psychological specialists, and most of the time don’t have to hide what has happened to them. However, during the time of Japanese expansion into China in the 1930’s, and during the Second World War, psychological care was not yet as developed as it is today. Severe violations of human rights and huma...

Bastiaan Brink decided to travel the world when he had to interrupt his life as a concert pianist due to an injury. For a year, he travelled the world in search of beauty and moments of higher consciousness. It became the kind of journey people refer to when they talk about their aspirations or look back on the highlights of their lives. In this book, he gives a compelling account of his adventures.

Brink expresses his experiences in such evocative terms that you get the impression you are th...