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  • The Nostalgia Factory

    Memory, Time and Aging

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    "An entertaining discussion" of the role memory plays in our lives as we age, including an interview with Oliver Sacks ( Times Higher Education Supplement).When we can't call to mind the name of someone we've known for years, or walk into a room and forget what we came for, we start worrying. Are these lapses just "senior moments," or something serious like dementia? In this book, a renowned ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Thirty Days

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    ‘Verbeke has written a bold, busy, textured novel. Read it once and you may well read it twice.’—The Irish TimesWith a sharp and observational eye, Annelies Verbeke takes a funny, imaginative and perceptive look at the realities and absurdities of human interactions, relationships and everyday life.Verbeke matches poetic prose with a cast of intriguing characters and unexpected plot twists. Our ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Rebels' Hour

    de Lieve Joris ...
    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    "A compelling, blood-soaked portrait of a young Tutsi rebel who rose to become one of the leading generals in the Congolese Army." — DetailsLieve Joris has long been considered "one of the best journalists in the world" and in The Rebels' Hour she illuminates the dark heart of contemporary Congo through the prism of one lonely, complicated man—a rebel leader named Assani who becomes a high-ranking ... Leer más

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  • Breakwater

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Widely compared to the work of Ian McEwan, with an ending that mocks classical forms and normsMarijke Schermer’s debut novel, published in 2016, before Love, If That’s What It Is, but never translated into EnglishWorld Editions has published Schermers 2nd book already in 2022, to a great Publishers Weekly review: “The author expertly humanizes each of the characters’ desires and flaws as she ... Leer más

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  • Jews in the Netherlands

    A Short History

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Most people know little more than fragments of Dutch Jewish history: the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam; Jewish socialism; the devastating years of the Second World War. So where is the storyline? What happened to the Jews in the Netherlands from the moment they first settled there permanently? This book answers that question. It presents the central points of 700 years of Jewish history in the ... Leer más

    $56.99 USD

  • Inspiration

    Where the Best Ideas Come From

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Inspiration propels us. It’s the basis of every accomplishment. But the idea that it simply falls into your lap is a myth. Inspiration doesn’t come to us in a gust of wind, only to disappear into the mist again. You make it happen; it’s a reward for work that you’ve already done. The combination of perspiration and inspiration takes you to where you want to go.In this ode to what is perhaps the ... Leer más

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  • Freedom of the Border

    de Paul Scheffer ...
    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    There are few issues more contentious today than the nature and purpose of borders. Migration flows and the refugee crisis have propelled the issue of borders into the centre of political debate and revealed our moral unease more clearly than ever. Who are we to deny others access to our territory? Is not freedom of movement a basic human right, one that should be defended above all others?In this ... Leer más

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  • Six in a Bed

    The Future of Love - from Sex Dolls and Avatars to Polyamory

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Love is the most important and intense experience of our life. It pushes us to elation, to heartbreak, to sing for joy and sob in disappointment. Connecting in this way to others is an essential quality of being human: without love, we don’t learn and develop properly as children and we don’t flourish as adults – in short, we’re starved of what we need.But love is on the verge of monumental change ... Leer más

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  • Economic Methodology

    A Historical Introduction

    de Harro Maas ...
    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Series series Economics as Social Theory
    Ever since the inception of economics over two hundred years ago, the tools at the discipline’s disposal have grown more and more more sophisticated. This book provides a historical introduction to the methodology of economics through the eyes of economists.The story begins with John Stuart Mill's seminal essay from 1836 on the definition and method of political economy, which is then followed by ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • The Future of the Past

    When Cultural Heritage Meets Climate Change

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    As the wooden piles under Amsterdam begin to rot, water levels rise in Venice. The 4,500-year-old ruins of Mohenjo-daro flood in Pakistan. Compaction of peat soil in northern England is causing Hadrian's Wall to collapse. The bricks of excavated Babylon are exploding as a result of increasing salt levels. Melting permafrost in Siberia is endangering the ancient burial mounds of the Scythian ... Leer más

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  • Builder of Heavens

    How Eise Eisinga Created the Greatest Planetarium of His Time

    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    In the late eighteenth century, Eise Eisinga, living in the small university town of Franeker, built a magnificent model of the solar system. When it was finished, news of his Planetarium spread rapidly all over the world. In this book, Arjen Dijkstra tells a delightful new story about Eisinga's life and the creation of the Franeker Planetarium. He draws upon dozens of previously unknown sources ... Leer más

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  • In my father's garden

    de Jan Siebelink ...
    Traducido por Liz Waters ...
    Winner of the 2005 AKO Literatuurprijs - a true Dutch bestseller Translated by Liz Waters Throughout his long career Jan Siebelink has brought to life dozens of characters, yet never before has he come as close to his own roots as in this new novel. In My Fathers Garden is the gripping story of a father-son relationship, in which the father becomes obsessed by a fire-and-brimstone Calvinism. Hans ... Leer más

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