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iDe Haan
seaside resort from the Belle Époque
De Haan, from dune region to residential area. Belgium Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 125 pagina's (ePub3, 234 MB) | [Van Driel Publishing], [Brugge] | 2023
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Arne Zuidhoek Normandie
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, Normandie was not a commercial success. During service the flagship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings and held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 36 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Bert Lamers America
The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as s.s. 'America'...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 29 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
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Arne Zuidhoek Achille Lauro
The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being hijacked by Palestinian warriors (PLO), in October 1985, the blue liner and cruiser made international headlines. Swept by a catastrophic fire Achille Lauro sank December 2, 1994, off the Somalian coast. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 25 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Engels
Toeristische conversatiegids.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | ePub2, 0,6 MB | Kosmos Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2020
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Jantinus Mulder S-class destroyer Piet Hein ex HMS Serapis
Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for service in the Far East. HMS Serapis was renamed HNLMS Piet Hein and served in the Indonesian War of Independence and saw action in the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1962. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Marieke Voorsluijs Kleine kersttruien haken
met Club Geluk
Daar is ie dan: Kleine kersttruien haken met Club Geluk! In 2018 konden we de boom volhangen met gebreide foute minikersttruitjes, dit jaar en op veler verzoek, kan iedereen nu foute kersttruitjes gaan haken! Dit boek bevat een basispatroon, plus ruim twintig ontwerpen om te haken en te borduren. Om het allemaal nóg feestelijker te maken, zijn er nu ook patronen van bijpassende minikerstsokjes, mutsjes en wantjes. De patronen zijn in het Nederlands en Engels opgesteld, inclusief teltekeningen en...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | ePub2 | Kosmos Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2020
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Lorenza Clifford Interview others
"Interviewing prospective job candidates can be a real challenge, and sometimes the interviewers are just as nervous as the interviewee! If you are new to interviewing and need to learn some essential skills, Interview Others is the book for you. Full of advice on how to get the best from others and from yourself, it covers everything from preparing for an interview, to dealing with different types of interview situations, to the right (and wrong) questions to ask, to making a job offer. This book...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Richard Van Emden Boy soldiers of the Great War
"The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just twelve years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored.Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible...
Engels | 416 pagina's (5,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Hugh Barker Hedge Britannia
"Creations. Fromformal garden features to emphatically rustic barriers, Hugh exploresour hedges in all their diversity. Hedge Britannia offers a wittyinsight into the history of hedges and the way they relate to ourculture as well as our landscape. Hugh travels the breadth of Britainmeeting fellow enthusiasts who range from horticultural experts to theBrixton man who lovingly cultivated a whale-shaped hedge and ran intotrouble with the local council."
Engels | 336 pagina's (13 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Michael Mansfield Memoirs of a radical lawyer
"A radical lawyer with an unparalleled commitment to his clients, driven by anger at injustice and hypocrisy, intelligent, handsome and dynamic, Michael Mansfield has been tearing down the citadels of arcane legal conventions for more than forty years. Unafraid of rejection or failure, Michael has taken on the most difficult and challenging cases of our times and despite the odds, won plenty. In Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer Michael dissects many of them, revealing his motivations, meticulous approach...
Engels | 512 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Keith Jeffery MI6
"A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the first half of the twentieth century, MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 is a uniquely important examination of the role and significance of intelligence in the modern world."
Engels | 864 pagina's (8,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Emma Smith Maidens' trip
"In 1943 Emma Smith joined the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company under their wartime scheme of employing women to replace the boaters. She set out with two friends on a big adventure: three eighteen-year-olds, freed from a middle-class background, precipitated into the boating fraternity. They learn how to handle a pair of seventy-two foot-long canal boats, how to carry a cargo of steel north from London to Birmingham and coal from Coventry; how to splice ropes, bail out bilge water, keep the engine...
Engels | 240 pagina's (0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Niki Segnit The flavour thesaurus
"Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspirationfor what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus is thefirst book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair.The book follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus. The back section lists,alphabetically, 99 popular ingredients, and suggests classic and lesswell known flavour matches for each. The front section contains anentry for every flavour match listed in the back section and isorganised into 16 flavour themes such...
Engels | 400 pagina's (0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Carolyn Burke No regrets
"Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance...
Engels | 304 pagina's (5,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Suzanne Braun Levine The woman's guide to second adulthood
"Second Adulthood is a new stage of life for women over fifty. The first generation of socially emancipated women have reached an important frontier; they have fulfilled all their roles - daughter, wife, mother, career woman. Yet with longer life expectancy and better health they have no intention of retiring from the world. At the same time these women are experiencing an often bewildering array of physical readjustments: their brains experience a growth very similar to that in adolescence, they...
Engels | 272 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jimmy Burns Barça
"Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barça, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barça has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship matches attract a global TV audience. Former players include such legendary figures as Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Lineker, and Barça has been managed by greats such as Helenio Herrera, Cesar Menotti and Bobby Robson. The club's honorary members include Pope John Paul II and opera star José Carreras....
Engels | 384 pagina's (4,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Philip Dwyer Citizen emperor
"Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon's skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accepted...'This second volume...
Engels | 816 pagina's (3,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Manage teams successfully
"Managing just one person can be difficult enough, but pulling together a team of people can be tricky even for experienced leaders. This book helps you create an effective team that can really get things done. It helps you form a good team in the first place, deal with tensions that may arise, communicate well, and motivate team members towards your overall goal.Most of us have to work with other people for some or most of our day. If you're a project manager in particular, you'll need to be able...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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