The history of Sparta is legendary. The author starts his journey in 1888 BC in a small settlement on the Peloponnese to continue via the route Sparta Rotterdam 1888 to the present-day hamlet of Sparta. The gods put you on the horse only to ruthlessly knock you off again. This book traces the early history of Sparta up to the foundation of the city-state of Sparta in roughly 1100 BC and then continues this historical journey through the many highs and lows of the city-state that inspired awe...

Amsterdam, 2030. Household AI companions are commonplace. For Elisabeth Visser, age 73, suffering from arthritis, her gleaming CH-9 unit, Rosie, isn’t just a helper – she's a lifeline, meticulously managing her care, organizing her home, even indulging her playful experiments with personality patches.

But Elisabeth guards a secret from her pioneering past—a digital legacy locked away decades ago, forgotten, yet immensely powerful and making her a target for organized crime. Rosie becom...

The Blue Road is a spiritual odyssey in which Aneia, as keeper of the Blue Light, embarks on a far-reaching Rite of Passage to open portals, vortexes, and sun gates in service to a new humanity.

The Blue Light is a transformative flowing force that lies at the source of all existence and connects everything like mycelium. This unique light can support humanity in breaking free from old traumas, traditional paradigms, control systems, and conventional limitations. This reveals hidden wisdom a...

High above the clouds, in the floating city of Wolkenstad, Monty the Mole works tirelessly on the towering airships of Luchtfabriek. It's a life of oil, rivets, and endless noise — until one day, he overhears a secret meeting behind closed doors. The factory’s owner is speaking with two elusive elves from the Mushroom Breweries. They've created a mind-controlling elixir that makes the Molefolk more obedient and efficient — but the withdrawal is always fatal. Shaken to his core, Monty re...

In "Out of the blue", a scenario is sketched in which the Warsaw Pact unexpectedly invades the North German plain with the aim of reaching the North Sea coast with a conventional attack. The attack stalled and the Warsaw Pact resorted to a nuclear weapon to force a breakthrough, causing a nuclear explosion over the city of Utrecht. There is an appropriate response from the Western side, followed by summit talks between world leaders via the red telephone, which is unsatisfactory. It brings ab...

Elevate your mobile app design with our sketchbook, crafted for iOS and Samsung platform developers. This tool bridges the gap between initial concepts and polished designs, offering a layout conducive to detailed interface sketching. It’s an essential companion for both seasoned designers and newcomers aiming to make their mark in the digital world. Each page is designed to facilitate creative flow, ensuring precision in bringing your visionary ideas to life. Ideal for refining workflows a...

In today’s ever-changing world, leadership requires more than just vision—it demands transformation. drs. Walter H. Visser invites you on a journey to unlock your full potential as a leader and foster a culture of innovation, resilience, and authenticity in your organisation. This groundbreaking book explores the science of perception, the art of conscious leadership, and the power of alignment to achieve extraordinary results. Combining personal insights with proven strategies, Visser de...

It's the idea of Plato: our soul/mind (whatever we call it) can be viewed as two horses: one, very beautiful, the other not. And we are sitting on the carriage and have to manage the two horses in order to work together... This may be the reason why we can be happier than animals, but also the reason why we can be much more sad than them Also it is the reason why only we humans have religions.

Ideas of Spock, Hirgoyen, Plato, Aristoteles, Heidegger, Miller, the Script, the Beatles... And a d...

This book is an essential business reference, summarising all nine fundamental disciplines that are required for an MBA course: Marketing, Ethics, Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Quantitative Analysis, Finance, Operations, Economics, and Strategy. The author addresses all disciplines by means of case studies, which can be used by students to improve their knowledge of specific MBA topics. The value of the case study method is: that it simulates a real environment and helps to prepare th...

In The Dream Facilitator Roy Sá Klijnstra explains in easy to understand language why we do what we do and why we feel how we feel. With Sá Klijnstra's nine step program you will learn how to master your mind and body in order to progress yourself to the person you want to become. Once you understand the principals and techniques behind the nine steps you will find out that the happiness and fulfillment you are searching for lies in the expansion of the human being that you are today.

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