Loes is getrouwd met een ex-zeeman, die thuis van zijn pensioen geniet. Hij doet de huishouding, omdat Loes hele dagen werkt op het stadhuis.

Zo aan de buitenkant lijkt hun huwelijk harmonieus, maar inwendig knaagt er iets bij Loes. Haar partner ambieert een gezapig leventje, zonder ballast, van vakanties. En zij wil eropuit. Totdat er een wethouder in haar leven verschijnt, die haar vertelt over zijn reis naar Zuid-Afrika.

Haar belangstelling groeit met de dag, en wanneer hij aan Loes laat w...

The complete guide to doing a literature review, step-by-step.

An in-depth analysis of the major battles of Tolkien's works, from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings. Find out how each battle came about and how it shaped the course of Middle-earth's history in this beautifully-bound leatherette volume, the third title in a successful trilogy.

Kien’s job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. This book is his attempt to understand the eleven years of his life he gave to a senseless war. Based on true experiences of Bao Ninh and banned by the communist party, this novel is revered as the ‘All Quiet on the Western Front for our era’.

Inspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo, only thirty years ago, Black Butterflies is a heartrending and utterly captivating portrait of disintegration, resilience and hope.

For courses in Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing About Biology. Developing the tools to effectively write about biologyTeaching biology and strong writing skills simultaneously is a challenge, especially when students exhibit a range of abilities. The Ninth Edition of A Short Guide to Writing about Biology provides tools to strengthen student writing and reinforce critical thinking.

Written by a prominent biologist, this best-selling guide teaches students to express ideas clearly and ...

Updated with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, Nutrition for a Changing World, Second Edition is now available in Macmillan Learning’s breakthrough online platform, Achieve—a comprehensive set of interconnected teaching and assessment tools co-designed with instructors and students using a foundation of learning research and rigorous testing.

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Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists.

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