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Octopus Publishing Group Pigcasso
When Joanne Lefson took on a piglet at her animal shelter, the young sow proceeded to eat everything in her stable but a paint brush. In a flash of inspiration, Joanne attempted to introduce the pig to the art of painting - and thus Pigcasso was born.Starting out with a humble canvas on the sanctuary wall, Pigcasso''s paintings are now owned by the likes of George Clooney, she has a Swatch watch design partnership, a wine label, and has eclipsed the previous world record holder for animal art. She''s been commissioned by Nissan and has had exhibitions in Cape Town, Munich and Amsterdam. More than that, Pigcasso''s art funds the food and veterinary services for all the animals at the sanctuary.Pigcasso is the story of this unique pig and of the circumstances that brought her and Joanne together to take the art world by storm and form a unique and unbreakable bond.
£10.99
Faber & Faber Ballerina Dreams
One windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of the magazine. She wore a short pink dress that stuck out around her in a circle. She looked very happy.At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.Beautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, Ballerina Dreams is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince's highly moving memoir, Hope in a Ballet Shoe.
£7.99
Taschen GmbH Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665–1736) was unrivaled in his passion. His amazing collection of animals, plants, and insects from all around the world earned him international fame. In 1731, after decades of collecting, Seba commissioned careful and often scenic illustrations of every specimen. With these meticulous drawings, he arranged for the publication of a four-volume catalog, covering the entire collection from strange and exotic plants to snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, birds, and butterflies, as well as creatures that are now extinct. Taken from a rare hand-colored original, the best-selling collection features an introduction that contextualizes the fascinating tradition of natural collections to which Seba’s curiosities belonged.
£54.00
Peepal Tree Press Ltd Reader I Married Him & Other Queer Goings On
From the first poem to the last, Smartt's new chapbook collection advocates a revolutionary decampment from the madhouse of desires "reigned in" to protect a precarious and often incoherent code of Caribbean respectability. This is Smartt at her sensual and lyrical best. These poems sing, and dance and love passionately 'til morning cum. From the hazardous terrain of same-sex loving in Jamaica for some couples, to the manipulation of heterosexual marriage conventions in Barbados in the name of love, to the freedom of sexual abandon and the fulfilment of desire in Amsterdam, this small body of work is subversive, radical, and surprisingly panoramic. Smartt's cartography renders new the old directive that we love each other, that we build and sustain community, that we protect and care for each other's needs, desires and dreams. Ultimately, Reader, I Married Him & Other Queer Goings On is about Black diasporic love at its most radical and life-affirming.
£6.41
Penguin Random House Children's UK Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World
A revolution on the roads is approaching. Is it time for drivers to Give Way? Guardian news correspondent, Peter Walker, takes us on a journey around the world, exploring the varying attitudes to cycling on our highways. Visit the shining examples of Amsterdam and Copenhagen, where cycling culture is an intrinsic part of the approach of politicians and officials. How have these cities made provision for cyclists and what are the extraordinary benefits?And then take to the less welcoming roads of Britain, USA and Australia, where cycling can still be a terrifying experience. What are the tragic mistakes being made when planning and developing cities, and how do these mistakes lead to aggression towards the cycling community?Millions of us find ourselves frustrated by the motor mentality and fighting for our rights to ride. This brilliant, shocking investigation will prepare you with all you need to know to confidently claim your place on the road.
£16.99
Orion Publishing Co Body for Rent: The terrifying true story of two ordinary girls sold for sex against their will
Growing up in a quiet, middle-class suburb outside of Amsterdam, childhood best friends Anna and Olivia had their whole lives ahead of them. But every parent's worst nightmare came true when the teenagers fell in with the wrong crowd. Eleven years their senior, Ricardo was charming and good-looking - and Anna and Olivia easy prey. Blind to his grooming, the girls were soon trapped in a terrifying cycle of sexual and physical abuse. But their nightmare was only just beginning.Trafficked to the neon-lit windows of Amsterdam's Red Light District, Anna and Olivia were forced to work as prostitutes, servicing countless men night after night against their will. Body for Rent reveals the disturbing truth behind Amsterdam's Red Light District, and the shocking ease with which ordinary girls can be exploited. But despite the unimaginable horrors they endured, the damage done to their bodies and their minds, their friendship remained as strong as ever, giving them hope that one day, they would escape...
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Editorial Trotta, S.A. Escritos sobre Spinoza y el spinozismo
No cabe duda de que uno de los más potentes efectos que la filosofía de Spinoza produjo durante los tres últimos decenios del siglo XVII fue el de conferir una unidad de intención crítica, a veces desmedida en su violencia, a judíos y cristianos (ya fueran católicos o reformados), místicos y teólogos racionales, cartesianos y anticartesianos, oratorianos y jansenistas. El odio teológico y metafísico suscitado por el judío de Ámsterdam fue unánime, si bien las estrategias y tácticas desplegadas para aniquilar su doctrina fueron varias.De todas ellas se hace eco Pierre Bayle, guardando y difundiendo por los siglos su memoria. Pero lo hace construyendo a la vez, paciente y laboriosamente, a lo largo de más de veinte años y en prácticamente todas sus obras, una imagen mítica y, como tal, perdurable del famoso y temido ateo de sistema. De esta manera, y dado que los escritos que aquí se ofrecen constituyen una suerte de corpus fundamental ?al que se ha visto obligado a recurrir todo aqu
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A LAS PUERTAS DE LA NADA
29 de enero de 2035Esa es la fecha en que el gran cometa impactara con la Tierra. A Denise, a su madre y a su hermana Iris les han asignado un refugio provisional cerca de su casa de Ámsterdam, hasta después de la colisión. Pero Iris ha desaparecido y, al ritmo al que va la madre drogadicta de Denise, no llegaran a tiempo al refugio.Un encuentro de último minuto las conduce a algo mucho mejor que un refugio provisional: una nave generacional que tiene previsto dejar la Tierra después de la caída del cometa, dispuesta a colonizar nuevos mundos. No obstante, se espera que todos los pasajeros tengan conocimientos prácticos con los que contribuir, y Denise tiene miedo de que no le permitan quedarse a causa de su autismo. Podrá conseguir una plaza antes de que despegue la nave? Qué pasara con su madre y su hermana?Cuando el futuro de la humanidad está en peligro, unas vidas importan más que otras?
£19.57
Spinoza En busca de la verdad y la felicidad Cómic
En Spinoza: En busca de la verdad y la felicidad, Philippe Amador ofrece una adaptación desenfadada en clave humorística del Tratado de la reforma del entendimiento, obra inconclusa y póstuma del genial filosofo judío donde reflexiona acerca de los medios para alcanzar una felicidad que no sea ni vana ni inútil y que pueda proporcionar alegría duradera.El cómic muestra cómo era Ámsterdam alrededor de 1660 y se complementa con una divertida biografía del filósofo holandés que permite abarcar los conceptos principales de su labor filosófica. El autor ha sabido conservar el texto original y acompañarlo con multitud de ilustraciones y pequeñas escenas explicativas que ofrecen un enfoque simplificado pero didáctico de la propuesta ética de Spinoza y sobre su búsqueda de la verdad y la felicidad. La lectura, además de entretenida y sugerente, resulta ser emocionante y reveladora. Un libro que bordea la autoayuda pensado para promover la reflexión por medio del humor intelige
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Das de hambre y miseria
Ámsterdam, finales del siglo XIX. Keetje Oldema tiene nueve años. En su familia, la pobreza es constante. Se agrava con cada nuevo hijo, y el cansancio y el desaliento de sus padres (por quienes siente una mezcla de admiración, piedad, odio e indiferencia) hacen cada vez más frecuentes los embates de la miseria. Con tanta crudeza como sencillez, la narradora relatará años más tarde aquella época oscura de infancia y adolescencia. Tatuada por el hambre, Neel Doff emprende así una novela de acusados tintes autobiográficos en la que evoca con precisión el frío extremo, la humillación, los desahucios, las pulgas, los abusos, la búsqueda vana y desesperada de un trabajo cualquiera y sus comienzos en el mundo sórdido y degradante de la prostitución, tema tabú por entonces. Pese a hallarse enmarcada en un escenario histórico de transición entre el realismo y el naturalismo, la obra trasciende ambas categorías para instalarse en un espacio propio donde la inmediatez de lo real adquiere resonan
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Rowman & Littlefield The European Parliament: Moving toward Democracy in the EU
Exploring the European UnionOs Odemocratic deficit,O this book traces the halting development of parliamentary democracy at the European level. Arguing that the key actor in this crucial process is the European Parliament, the contributors concentrate on two of the classic functions of a parliament: the legislative and the representative. ParliamentOs current role as co-legislator is the result of a continuous and bitter battle with the Council and the member states for more law-making power. This has led to an increase of Parliament's authority, especially under the co-decision procedure embedded in the Treaty of Amsterdam. Essential for its representative function is the development of a Europe-wide party system. The contributors analyze the ongoing tensions between party orientations and national loyalties, between national parties and European party groups, and between representatives at the national and regional level. Representing the cutting edge of analysis and empirical research on the European Parliament, this work will be essential reading for all students of the EU.
£63.94
University of Toronto Press The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth
Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do-Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centres. What are the key factors distinguishing those cities that become wealthy from those that don't? Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive. The Evolution of Great World Cities unfolds through the tales of several urban centres-including Venice, Amsterdam, London, and New York City-at key junctures in their histories. Kennedy weaves together significant insights from urbanists such as Jane Jacobs and economists such as John Maynard Keynes, drawing striking parallels between the functioning of ecosystems and of wealthy capitals. The Evolution of Great World Cities offers an accessible introduction to urban economies that 'will change the way you think about cities.'
£26.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Coastal Management: Changing coast, changing climate, changing minds
The Institution of Civil Engineers’ Coastal Management conference series is the leading forum for the presentation of the latest developments in coastal engineering. The 8th conference took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 8-9 September 2015 and attracted delegates from over 30 countries. The proceedings of this conference, Coastal Management: Changing coast, changing climate, changing minds, comprise more than 70 peer-reviewed papers that present current issues, international research and practical applications. The conference covered a full range of topics, including: innovative coastal planning, design and management social, environmental and climatic change, including coastal erosion, flooding and tsunamis coastal defence including dikes, dams and floodgates shoreline management coastal policy funding and accountability. Coastal Management: Changing coast, changing climate, changing minds is an essential resource for coastal engineers, coastal and environmental scientists, local and central government authorities and coastal stakeholders, all of whom must understand and adapt to the conflicting pressures of modern coastal management.
£302.00
Princeton University Press Province of East New Jersey, 1609-1702: Princeton History of New Jersey, 6
In 1664, when the English conquered New Amsterdam, the present State of New Jersey had been for some years a part of New Netherland. Dr. Pomfret describes meticulously the founding of the colony, the circumstances of the division between East and West New Jersey, and the various problems which faced the settlers and the proprietors of East New Jersey first under the family of Sir George Carteret and later under the Twenty Four Proprietors. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
£45.00
Octopus Publishing Group Pigcasso: The painting pig that saved a sanctuary
When Joanne Lefson took on a piglet at her animal shelter, the young sow proceeded to eat everything in her stable but a paint brush. In a flash of inspiration, Joanne attempted to introduce the pig to the art of painting - and thus Pigcasso was born. Starting out with a humble canvas on the sanctuary wall, Pigcasso's paintings are now owned by the likes of George Clooney, she has a Swatch watch design partnership, a wine label, and has eclipsed the previous world record holder for animal art. She's been commissioned by Nissan and has had exhibitions in Cape Town, Munich and Amsterdam. More than that, Pigcasso's art funds the food and veterinary services for all the animals at the sanctuary.Pigcasso is the story of this unique pig and of the circumstances that brought her and Joanne together to take the art world by storm and form a unique and unbreakable bond.
£19.80
The University Press of Kentucky Chromatic Homes: The Design and Coloring Book
This coloring book is like no other on the market. It's a celebration of chromatic homes, the alluring and ornate structures that grace our most charming and beautiful cities, such as Louisville, Cincinnati, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Miami, and have been around for centuries in far-flung places such as Havana, Venice, Amsterdam, Brazil, and Moscow. This captivating collection also teaches and explores the art and science of the use of color in historic preservation, architecture, neighborhood design, and planning.As this book illustrates, color is a powerful tool - it enlightens, entertains, and transforms - and when color graces chromatic homes, it can enhance, revive, and regenerate a community. This vibrant, engaging, and inviting book provides an escape to a world of inspiration, artistic fulfillment, and appreciation for these homes. Containing fifty-seven pages of illustrations, this edition is an effective and fun-filled way to enjoy and appreciate the homes' beauty, while also encouraging imagination and the creation of a unique work of art.
£10.80
Peeters Publishers Voltaire in Holland, 1736-1745
This book portrays Voltaire as he was perceived by readers of gazettes and literary journals published in Holland. Among them the literary critic Prosper Marchand, who was allergic to the many factual errors in Voltaire's works, and Henri Du Sauzet, publisher of the Bibliotheque francoise. Also Jean Rousset de Missy, who in 1736 sided with Jean-Baptiste Rousseau in his controversy with Voltaire, and who in his journals Le Magazin and L'Epilogueur often attacked Voltaire: an arrogant little creature, always out to cheat his publishers. We provide a day-by-day chronology of Voltaire's visits to Holland, and illustrate these with a large number of as yet unpublished comments. Thus Henri Du Sauzet tells a correspondent about his problems with Voltaire over Histoire du siecle de Louis XIV, while at the same time his Amsterdam colleague Etienne Ledet clashes with Voltaire over Elements de la philosophie de Newton and 'uvres de M. de Voltaire. Diplomats reported in detail on Voltaire's dealings with Johannes van Duren over the Anti-Machiavel, and on his unsuccessful diplomatic mission to Berlin in 1743. We include an unknown version of Voltaire's Sur un usage tres utile etabli en Hollande, and discuss at some length his Sommaire des droits de Sa Majeste le roi de Prusse sur Herstal, first printed as a pamphlet in The Hague, and published in the Leydse Courant before it appeared in the Gazette d'Amsterdam, the Gazette de Leyde and the Gazette d'Utrecht. As to the Anti-Machiavel, the first edition to comprise variants was not published by Van Duren, but by Pierre Paupie under the false imprints of Colomb (Marseille) and Lacaze (Amsterdam). With regard to Voltaire's very popular Vers a M. Van Haren, composed in June 1743, we publish a letter by Voltaire, written in Dutch. It was a reaction to criticism of his verses by a Dutch reader, and we suggest that the pamphlet L'Anti-Magazin, a more extensive answer to his critic, may well have been by Voltaire himself. As for Voltaire's Representations aux Etats-Generaux de Hollande, only a few phrases of it were used in the memorandum presented by the French envoy in The Hague on 6 October 1745.
£83.43
Peeters Publishers Satricum in the Post-archaic Period: A Case Study of the Interpretation of Archaeological Remains as Indicators of Ethno-cultural Identity
How can material culture be related to written history? The archaeological record of ancient Satricum (Borgo, Le Ferriere, Latium) pents an interesting case study. During the fifth and fourth centuries BC, the area was reportedly invaded by the Volscians. This Central-Italian people had long been archaeologically invisible, but recent investigations at Satricum have brought to light a rich record of material remains from precisely this period. The question is: does it reflect a Volscian presence or prove the continued occupation of the original, Latin inhabitants? This study argues that the material culture does indeed reflect a Volscian presence, but that it in no way confirms the barbarian image presented by ancient sources such as Livy. Marijke Gnade has lectured on Italian Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam since 1987. After participating in the Satricum Research Project for ten years, she became its executive director in 1991. Her first book on the subject, The Southwest Necropolis of Satricum, was published in 1992.
£124.26
El Batavia
La aventura del Batavia combina en una sola historia el nacimiento de la primera multinacional, la brutalidad de la colonización, el combate entre el bien y el mal, un motín, un primer encuentro entre civilizaciones, amor, barro, sangre, una dictadura de corte fascista, asesinatos, esclavitud sexual, nobleza, supervivencia, rescates, actos heroicos y mucho más.Descrito por el autor como la versión adulta de El señor de las moscas combinado con Pesadilla en Elm Street, la historia comienza en 1629, cuando el orgullo de la Compañía Oriental de las Indias Holandesa, el Batavia, comienza su viaje desde Ámsterdam a las Indias orientales, con sus tripas llenas del tesoro más grandioso que había salido de Holanda. Lo que no sabían muchos de sus tripulantes es que una conspiración para un motín se estaba cociendo en su interior y que justo cuando se divisó la costa occidental australiana, en el momento más peligroso, en medio de la noche y cerca de los arrecifes, todo iba a estallar. Mientr
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Diario de Ana Frank nueva edición escolar
Nueva edición escolar de este testimonio único sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de una niña judía recluida con su familia para huir del HolocaustoIncluye material didáctico de Camila PazTras la invasión de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judíos alemanes emigrados a Ámsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Anne tenía sus oficinas. Eran ocho personas y permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidas y enviadas a campos de concentración. En ese lugar y en las más precarias condiciones, Anne escribió su estremecedor diario: un testimonio único en su género sobre el horror y la barbarie nazi, y sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de la propia Anne, que moriría en el campo de Bergen-Belsen en marzo de 1945.La presente edición incluye material didáctico a cargo de Camila Paz, docente de lenguas clásicas y de literatura, y coordinadora de talleres de lectura
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Simon & Schuster The New Tourist
A brilliantly evocative, surprising, and page-turning exploration of how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse—essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.Through deep and perceptive dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to Angkor Wat—The New Tourist lifts the veil on an industry that accounts for one in ten jobs worldwide and generates nearly ten percent of global GDP. How did a once-niche activity become the world’s most important means of contact across cultures? When does tourism destroy the soul of a city, and when does it offer a place a new lease on life? Is “last chance tourism” prompting a powerful change in perspective, or driving places we love further into the ground? Filled with revelations about an industry that shapes how we view the world, The New Tourist spotlights painful
£20.06
Syracuse University Press Correspondence, 1659-1660
Volume XIII of the New Netherland Documents series includes the surviving correspondence of New Netherland’s director general Petrus Stuyvesant and council from 1659 to 1660. These records reveal the broad range of issues with which the director general and his administration had to deal, including illegal trade, relations with Native Americans, appointments of ministers and other officials in various places in New Netherland, the discovery of copper and minerals, agriculture, and the critical situation in the city of Amsterdam’s colony of New Amstel on the South River. Stuyvesant and council were expected to follow policies stipulated by the directors of the West India Company in Amsterdam, whose insights and motivations greatly depended on the situation in Europe and the financial situation of the company. This firsthand account shows the often competing visions of the Company directors and that of Stuyvesant and council, giving scholars valuable access to the issues that faced the New World colonies.
£89.44
Brill First International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology---invited papers: Festschrift in Honor of Dr. K.L. Mittal on the Occasion of his 50th Birthday
This Festschrift documents the Proceedings of the First International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology, held in honor of Dr. Kash Mittal on the occasion of his 50 birthday, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 16-20, 1995. It contains the full accounts of the plenary and invited lectures, which are divided into the following seven parts: Part 1: Fundamental aspects of adhesion and general topics; Part 2: Contact angle, wettability and surface energetics; Part 3: Surface modification: Relevance to adhesion; Part 4: Adhesives and adhesive joints; Part 5: Adhesion aspects of polymeric coatings, and polymer-polymer interphase; Part 6: Metal-polymer and metal-ceramic adhesion; and Part 7: General papers. The topics covered include many different aspects of adhesion science and technology, and both fundamental and applied issues are addressed. The final section of this volume gives a listing of titles, authors and affiliations of the other 185 papers which were included in the technical program of the conference.
£140.00
D Giles Ltd Jews in America
'Jews in America' documents the remarkable story of the Jewish presence in the New World, from the time of Columbus to the 1920s, when the Jewish community in the United States was four million strong and an essential part of American society and culture. Drawing on a mix of contemporary books, manuscripts, globes, maps and engravings from the world-renowned collections of the New York Public Library, Jews in America is a vivid document of everyday Jewish-American life, worship, law, and commerce. It tells the fascinating story of the first Jewish immigrants' arrival in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1654 (later New York City), Jewish interaction with the four colonial powers in the Western Hemisphere (Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands and England), and on the ideas and beliefs that they influenced. The final chapter looks at the evolving cultural role of Jews in late 19th and early 20th century New York, especially the rise of the Yiddish theatre.
£26.96
Liverpool University Press Comedy and Crisis: Pieter Langendijk, the Dutch, and the Speculative Bubbles of 1720
Comedy and Crisis contains the first ever scholarly English translation of Pieter Langendijk’s Quincampoix, or the Wind Traders [Quincampoix of de Windhandelaars], and Harlequin Stock-Jobber [Arlequin Actionist]. The first play is a full-length satirical comedy, and the second is a short, comic harlequinade; both were written in Dutch in response to the speculative financial crisis or bubble of 1720 and were performed in Amsterdam in the fall of 1720, as the bubble in the Netherlands was bursting. Comedy and Crisis also contains our translation of the extensive apparatus prepared by C.H.P. Meijer (Introduction and notes) for his 1892 edition of these plays. The current editors have updated the footnotes and added six new critical essays by contemporary literary and historical scholars that contextualize the two plays historically and culturally. The book includes an extensive bibliography and index. The materials assembled in Comedy and Crisis are a rich resource for cultural, historical, and literary students of the history of finance and of eighteenth-century studies.
£29.99
Pitch Publishing Ltd One Step from Glory: Tottenham's 2018/19 Champions League
The tale of Tottenham Hotspur's extraordinary run to the 2019 Champions League Final in Madrid. Authors Alex Fynn and Martin Cloake examine how Spurs confounded all predictions to enjoy their most successful ever CL campaign - and what it means for the future. They explain why a certain style of football and competing in Europe are central to the club's identity, and look at how manager Mauricio Pochettino drew on these traditions to create a very modern success story. Using match reports from national newspapers to provide the narrative thread, Fynn and Cloake draw on their football backgrounds to explain why this campaign so fired the imagination - in a season with no signings, played mostly without a home stadium. With a rich cast of characters and locations ranging from Eindhoven to Madrid via Barcelona and Dortmund - and one emotional night in Amsterdam - One Step from Glory tells the story of a football odyssey.
£9.99
Page Street Publishing Co. Traveling Europe on a Budget
Unbelievably Affordable Itineraries for Europe's Top DestinationsHave the most incredible European holiday without ever going beyond your budget. Professional travel guide Tonia Hope lays out low-cost itineraries for hot spots such as London and Lisbon, underrated jewels such as Budapest and alluring destinations such as Reykjavík, so you can explore every breathtaking pocket of Europe. Each in-depth guide shows you where to stay, how to get around, which restaurants to eat at and the must-see attractions and day trips to take, all at little to no cost.Tonia's genius hacks and insider recommendations give budget travel a much-needed makeover. Book a luxurious yet affordable hotel with a view of the Eiffel tower, or a new-age hostel in the heart of Amsterdam, full of artists and night life. Discover which Dublin pubs offer the best happy hour, or where to eat authentic cacio e pepe in Rome for only a few bucks. Walk mythical, undiscovered trails in the Greek Is
£17.99
University of Texas Press My Heart Became a Bomb
My Heart Became a Bomb is the first collection of poetry by Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy al-Asheq to be translated into English. Poignant and raw, these poems take the reader along a path of forced emigration from Bashar al-Assad’s prisons in Syria to Amsterdam to Auschwitz to Berlin, Germany, where Al-Asheq is now creating a new home. By turns melancholy and reflective, celebratory and hopeful, Al-Asheq’s newly translated poems offer the English-reading audience a contemporary perspective on the experience of exile in a world facing the phenomeno of mass migration, whether for political or environmental reasons. The translations are the result of a long collaboration between Al-Asheq and Thompson (who also edited this collection). Raising questions about the nature of love, identity, and the role of poetry in the face of constant flux and great uncertainty, My Heart Became a Bomb introduces an important new voice to the world of contemporary poetry.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Design and National Identity
This important study introduces the key theories of national identity, and relates them to the broad fields of product, graphic and fashion design. Javier Gimeno-Martinez approaches the inter-relationship between national identity and cultural production from two perspectives: the distinctive characteristics of a nation’s output, and the consumption of design products within a country as a means of generating a national design landscape. Using case studies ranging from stamps in nineteenth century Russian-occupied Finland, to Coca-Cola as an ‘American’ drink in modern Trinidad and Tobago, he addresses concepts of essentialism, constructivism, geography and multiculturality, and considers the works of key theorists, including Benedict Anderson, Eric Hobsbawm and Doreen Massey. This illuminating book offers the first comprehensive account of how national identity and cultural policy have shaped design, while suggesting that traditional formations of the ‘national’ are increasingly unsustainable in an age of globalisation, migration and cultural diversity. Javier Gimeno-Martinez is Lecturer in Design Cultures at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
£26.95
Verso Books The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2's iconic frontman, Bono-a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist-indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money-Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation-and helped make it worse.
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Vintage Publishing Deep In A Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared in the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz - until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. At once sexy and forbidding, the so-called 'James Dean of Jazz' struck a note of menace in the staid fifties. In this first major biography, the story of Baker's demise is finally revealed. So is the truth behind his tormented childhood. Behind Baker's icy façade lay something ominous, unspoken. The mystery drove both sexes crazy. But his only real romance, apart from music, was with drugs. Gavin brilliantly recreates the life of a man whose journey from golden promise to eventual destruction mirrored America's fall from post-war innocence - but whose music has never lost the power to enchant and seduce us.
£14.99
White Star City Atlas
Take an unforgettable trip to the world's most spectacular cities through this richly illustrated atlas! Did you know that you could board a real aircraft carrier in New York or solve a case like a real private detective at London's Sherlock Holmes Museum? You'll learn these and other fun facts in City Atlas. On these detailed, information-packed pages, Eric and Iris, a travel-savvy brother and sister team, reveal all about the places they've been. You'll visit monuments and museums, learn interesting trivia, and discover cool things to do in cities ranging from Lisbon, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Cairo, and Cape Town to Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and Washington, DC. For each metropolis, you'll get a map of where it's located, the flag and language of its country, and whether it's considered small, medium-sized, big, or a megalopolis. Are you ready for an adventure? Ages: 8 and up
£12.99
Pitch Publishing Ltd Ipswich Town On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year
Ipswich Town On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the Tractor Boys' illustrious past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable blue-and-white diary - with an entry for every day of the year. From Town's Victorian formation through to the Premier League era, the Portman Road faithful have witnessed promotions and relegations, League and Cup triumphs, hard-fought derbies and unforgettable European nights - all featured here. All-time greats including John Wark and Ray Crawford, Billy Baxter, Arnold Muhren and Mick Mills all loom larger than life. Revisit 18 January 1969: Bobby Robson's first game in charge, a 2-2 draw away at Everton. 30 October 1926: Barclays Bank beat Town 3-1 at Portman Road, the game being held up to clear an invasion of rats. Or 20 May 1981: The night that Town won the Uefa Cup in Amsterdam!
£9.99
Vintage Publishing Midwinter Break
A Guardian / Sunday Times / Irish Times / Herald Scotland / Mail on Sunday Book of the YearWinner of the Bord Gáis Novel of the Year‘Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms – to an honest reckoning – with love and the loss of love, with memory and pain...this is a novel of great ambition by an artist at the height of his powers’ Colm TóibínA retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly to Amsterdam for a midwinter break. A holiday to refresh the senses, to see the sights and to generally take stock of what remains of their lives. But amongst the wintry streets and icy canals we see their relationship fracturing beneath the surface. And when memories re-emerge of a troubled time in their native Ireland things begin to fall apart. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are – and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves.
£9.04
GMC Publications Biographic: Rembrandt
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher, a master of light and shadow who is regarded as one of the greatest of all portrait artists. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he taught over 50 apprentices; that he produced over 2,000 artworks, of which 120 were self-portraits; and that, after buying one of the finest houses in Amsterdam, he ran up so many debts that he was forced to sell his wife's grave. Biographic: Rembrandt presents an instant portrait of his life and work, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures.
£9.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Diary of a Young Girl
'One of the greatest books of the [last] century' - Guardian'In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart ...'A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl.First published over sixty years ago, Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl has reached millions of young people throughout the world. In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such close quarters, and her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up. Her diary ends abruptly when, in August 1944, they were all betrayed.Since its publication in 1947, The Diary of a Young Girl has been read by tens of millions of people, now reissued with a revised Foreword, Afterword, Chronology and Glossary.
£9.04
Orion Publishing Co The Last Survivor
''This is an extraordinary biography. A gripping narrative that opens as derring-do wartime escape drama rapidly turns into a horror story about man''s inhumanity to man...Important and unforgettable'' Jonathan Dimbleby, bestselling authorThe international bestseller that is perfect for readers of Last Stop Auschwitz, The Volunteer and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.---- The awe-inspiring and gripping true story of the young man who survived not one, but three concentration camps, only - in the final days of the war - to be bombed while aboard a Nazi prison boat. Stowed away on top of a train, twenty-year-old Wim Aloserij escapes the obligatory work camps in Nazi-ruled Germany in 1943. The young man from Amsterdam then goes into hiding on a farm - sleeping for months in a wooden chest hidden underground. But it''s not to last.In the cover of night, Wim is captured during a raid and transported to t
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Meze Publishing Den Haag Cook Book: A celebration of the amazing food and drink on our doorstep.
Den Haag Cook Book is the latest in Meze Publishing’s `Get Stuck In’ series of regional cook books, celebrating the best of the city's food scene with over 25 recipes from a wide selection of local foodie businesses. It follows hot on the heels of The Amsterdam Cook Book, released in 2017, and includes some of the city's finest local restaurants, delis, gastro pubs, cafes and suppliers. The book includes recipes and a foreword from Michelin-star holder and owner of four Den Haag restaurants Marcel van der Kleijn, who features Calla's, Oogst, BIT Grill & Café and his latest enterprise, Restaurant Tapisco. Also featured are wine experts André Kerstens, family-run for almost 150 years, trendy Hawaiian sushi eatery Ohana Poké and Bites and Stories, a walking food tour showcasing Den Haag’s eclectic food scene. So whether your taste is fine dining or no nonsense, hearty food, there will be a dish for people of all cooking abilities and tastes.
£13.46
Taylor & Francis Ltd Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground
Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground comprises a collection of 118 papers, four reports on symposium themes, and four invited lectures presented at the seventh International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, held in Rome, Italy, 16-18 May 2011.The symposium was organized by the Technical Committee TC28 “Underground Construction in Soft Ground” of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). This is the latest in a series which began in New Delhi in 1994, and was followed by symposia in London (1996), Tokyo (1999), Toulouse (2002), Amsterdam (2005), and Shanghai (2008). The Rome symposium was organised by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Italian Ministry for Public Works, and sponsored by various national and international companies.Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground includes contributions from 30 countries on research, design and construction of underground works in soft ground. The contributions cover:- Construction, design, and measured performance of bored tunnels- Physical and numerical modelling of deep excavations and bored tunnels- Construction, design, and measured performance of deep excavations- Design methods and predictive tools for deep excavations and bored tunnels- Ground movements, interaction with existing structures and mitigation measures- Activities of TC204 working groupsThe general reports give an overview of the papers listed in the symposium’s technical sessions. The proceedings include the written version of the four invited lectures covering topics ranging from the geotechnical aspects of construction of the new Mexico City deep sewerage system (as a special contribution of TC214 “Soft Soils”), to the long-term settlement mechanisms of tunnels in Shanghai, the lessons learned from the deep excavations for the North-South Line in Amsterdam, and the evaluation of the effects of tunnel excavation on historical buildings, drawing on experience gathered during construction of subway line C in Rome.Similar to previous editions, Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground represents a valuable source of reference on the current practice of analysis, design, and construction of tunnels and deep excavations in soft ground. The book is particular aimed at academics and professionals interested in geotechnical and underground engineering.
£325.00
La Esfera de los Libros, S.L. De noche sueo con la paz los diarios de una nia juda que sobrevivi al horror nazi 19431945
Este diario original, sin censurar, de una adolescente judía afincada en la ciudad neerlandesa de Róterdam, arroja una nueva luz sobre la historia de los judíos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Una peripecia vital similar a la de Ana Frank pero con final feliz, como afirma Carry Ulreich, la autora, sobreviviente que cuenta hoy con noventa años. Un testimonio conmovedor y a la vez esperanzado.De noche sueño con la paz es un diario cuya existencia se desconocía hasta hace muy poco. Refleja la historia de una joven neerlandesa entre los años 1943 y 1945, escondida también, como Ana Frank, y viviendo bajo una amenaza permanente. Un relato que hace sentir el lector en carne propia lo que la protagonista y su familia pasaron día a día, en los cuales fue tomando notas del horror nazi hasta llenar una libreta y seis cuadernos.El Dr. Bart Wallet, profesor en la Universidad Libre de Ámsterdam especializado en historia judía, subraya el inestimable valor de los escritos de Carry Ulreich, a q
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Editorial Universidad de Sevilla-Secretariado de Publicaciones Murillo y Sevilla 16182018 conferencias en la facultad de Geografía e Historia
1618. Coincidiendo con el bautismo de Murillo los impresores de Amsterdam timbran con el proverbio "Quien no ha visto Sevilla/ no ha visto maravilla" las postales de la capital hispalense que comercializan en Europa. Ajena a esta propaganda, la sociedad sevillana vivió una época de crisis que se acentúa con la peste de 1649 y el motín de hambre de 1652. Hundida en el desengaño, los santos de Murillo la empujan a la esperanza con sus arrebatos de gloria.2018. Al cumplirse los 400 años del artista, geógrafos, historiadores y antropólogos de la U.S. echan una mirada multidisciplinar a la metrópoli del siglo XVII para anunciar al más sevillano de los pintores de Sevilla y uno de los colosos del arte barroco europeo.El texto repasa las transformaciones urbanas y los nuevos usos portuarios, el clima y las catástrofes naturales, la devaluación de la moneda y el alza de los precios, el vestido y la alimentación, la clientela y el coleccionismo, la religiosidad y el poder de las imágenes,
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El fill del perruquer
En Cornelis és perruquer a Amsterdam. El 1977, quan la seva dona li diu que està embarassada, se?n va de casa i desapareix sense deixar rastre, després d?estavellar-se el vol que havia agafat cap a Tenerife.Anys després, en Simon, el seu fill, hereta la perruqueria que havia estat del seu avi. Ara bé, no gaudeix amb el seu ofici i el cartell de tancat sovint decora la porta del seu local. La seva relació amb la perruqueria canviarà quan comenci a indagar sobre la desaparició del seu pare.Gerbrand Bakker, guanyador del premi Llibreter, l?Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Booker International) i l?IMPAC, ens ofereix el millor de la seva escriptura amb aquesta impactant obra. Una història escrita amb gran sensibilitat, amb els seus silencis eloqüents i diàlegs singulars, per parlar-nos dels vincles familiars, el dol i el sentiment de pertinença.El millor llibre de Bakker fins ara! J. M. CoetzeeHa escrit una novella irresistible, en la qual demostra el seu atreviment literari
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La semilla de la jacaranda
El aforo limitado en el salón de baile del palacio barroco traía de cabeza a la gestora cultural del ciclo. El público más entendido, el aficionado y hasta el más curioso se dejaba atrapar por la buena música clásica.La vida del editor Miquel Revert cambia radicalmente cuando recibe la inesperada invitación al cumpleaños de la mujer de un amigo. En esa fiesta se desencadenará la intriga en torno al cuadro Amapolas de Vincent van Gogh, desaparecido del Museo Mamoud Khalil, en El Cairo, en agosto de 2010, provocando una locura de personajes que girarán alrededor de la venta ilegal del cuadro por parte de La Sociedad que controla el mercado ilícito de obras de arte en Europa. Para evitarlo, un grupo de personas infiltradas, lideradas por el propio Miquel, comprometerán sus vidas con el fin de recuperar el cuadro y devolverlo al Museo Van Gogh de Ámsterdam.El viaje constante que plantea la novela de Vicente Vercher le sirve para recrear el popular barrio de Ruzada, el más compromet
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CABI Publishing Introgression from Genetically Modified Plants into Wild Relatives
Introgression is the incorporation of a gene from one organism complex into another as a result of hybridization. A major concern with the use of genetically modified plants is the unintentional spread of the new genes from cultivated plants to their wild relatives and the subsequent impacts on the ecology of wild plants and their associated flora and fauna.The book reviews these issues, focusing on the ecological and evolutionary effects of introducing GM cultivars. It presents current knowledge of crop-wild relatives hybridization and introgression, and the measurement and prediction of their consequences. As a result it represents a major contribution to the debate about the risks of GM crops and measures, such as post commercialisation monitoring, required to determine the longer term impacts of GM crops on ecosystems.The book presents edited and revised presentations given at a conference of the same name, organised in January 2003 by the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and the Robert Koch Institute (Germany), on behalf of the European Science Foundation funded program for Assessment of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants (AIGM ).
£229.69
Liverpool University Press Going for Gold: Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes
This book examines the art of the gold box in 18th and 19th century Europe. Distinguished international scholars explore the contributions made by individual workshops in major European centres of production in the context of contemporary patronage and the international market for such boxes. Consideration is given to the design of gold boxes with reference to the V&A's important collection of design drawings. Leading experts explore the ways in which different techniques of gold box decoration -- portrait miniatures, gems, enamels, mosaics and hard-stones -- were developed. Contributors to the volume include experts from Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and St Petersburg. Senior museum curators, auction house specialists and independent scholars illustrate and discuss examples from private and public collections in their cities and elsewhere. The result is a unique record of the state of knowledge on the European production of gold boxes and of the history of collecting. This book will appeal to international collectors, scholars, dealers, museum curators and museum visitors, and all those interested in gold and silver fine art.
£101.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Farrow & Ball Decorating with Colour
Interiors fashions come and go, but iconic British brand Farrow & Ball transcends passing trends and has become a byword for its sophisticated wallpapers and highly pigmented paint. Following on from the best-selling Farrow & Ball Living with Colour, this exciting book features a diverse range of fabulous homes. Whether a converted factory in Paris, the attic of an Amsterdam canal house or a family home in Southern Germany, these interiors are full of fresh ideas and clever ways to use paint and wallpaper. The book is divided into three main chapters: Classical, Country and Contemporary. Under these headings, 18 locations are presented as case studies. In addition, spread throughout are ten informative Decorating Principles, each one discussing a different decorating concept and enabling the reader to put it into practice in their own home. At the end of the book there is a glossary of Farrow & Ball’s popular neutral colour palettes and information on choosing the right type of paint. Practical, intriguing and often surprising, this is a book certain to inspire creativity in all home decorators.
£31.50
Faber & Faber 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded
WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZEA GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELLAward-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's monument to the year that shaped the future of global pop cultural history.'One of Britain's most trusted cultural historians.'THE FACEIn America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas fomenting since the late 1950s reached boiling point, culminating in a year in which the transient pop moment burst forth. Exploring the canonical figures, from The Beatles and Boty to Warhol and Reagan, 1966 delves deep into the social and cultural heart of the decade through masterfully compiled archival primary sources.'A marvel of hisotrical reconstruction and pop insight.'OBSERVER'Absorbing . . . this is not only fine pop writing, but social history of a high order.'GUARDIAN'Savage is rightly regarded as one of the finest cultural critics of the past 40 years . . . an enthralling, exhiliarting read.'IRISH TIMES'Exceptional.'MOJO(This book is part of a reissue of Jon Savage's seminal works: 1966, Teenage, and England's Dreaming)
£12.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Practical Cryptography
Security is the number one concern for businesses worldwide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography because it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. Written by Niels Ferguson, lead cryptographer for Counterpane, Bruce Schneier's security company, and Bruce Schneier himself, this is the much anticipated follow-up book to Schneier's seminal encyclopedic reference, Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (0-471-11709-9), which has sold more than 150,000 copies. Niels Ferguson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a cryptographic engineer and consultant at Counterpane Internet Security. He has extensive experience in the creation and design of security algorithms, protocols, and multinational security infrastructures. Previously, Ferguson was a cryptographer for DigiCash and CWI. At CWI he developed the first generation of off-line payment protocols. He has published numerous scientific papers. Bruce Schneier (Minneapolis, MN) is Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, a managed-security monitoring company. He is also the author of Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (0-471-25311-1).
£31.46
