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Ambrose Bierce Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source...
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (73 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Sue Chambers A Magical Sense
Sue has been living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 1985. In this very personal audiobook, she explores how MS has affected her, physically and mentally, and provides valuable advice for others in the same position. Throughout the book, Sue's humour comes through making it a life affirming read. It is a must read for anyone affected by MS. A diagnosis of MS was the start of a journey for Sue. This book tells of that journey, from the initial shock of the diagnosis through the education process...
Engels | 5 uur 17 minuten (229 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Marcelle Kellermann A Packhorse Called Rachel
A story of courage, fear, and defiance based on the author's own personal experience. "A Pack Horse Called Rachel" is the remarkable tale of a young woman, half Jewish, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of 1944 France. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, touching lives as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger on a day to day basis. The story is based on personal experience. The description of historical events...
Engels | 5 uur 23 minuten (239 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Wieteke van Zeil Altijd iets te vinden
de kunst van het oordelen
In ‘Altijd iets te vinden’ verkent Wieteke van Zeil de kunst van het vormen van een oordeel op haar kenmerkende manier: detail voor detail. Wie naar kunst kijkt, voelt zich misschien geneigd er meteen iets van te moeten vinden. Maar om iets echt op waarde te schatten, kan het juist helpen je mening even voor je uit te schuiven. Ze geeft tips om tot nieuwe inzichten te komen, waardoor je een gewogen oordeel kunt vormen. Het boek bevat daarnaast zestig associatieve beschouwingen over kunstdetails,...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2020
E-book
Rob Luckerhof Frida Kahlo & Gisèle Freund
iconen van de portretkunst
In 1939 organiseert de joodse Duits-Franse fotografe Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) in Parijs haar eerste tentoonstelling van schrijversportretten. In datzelfde jaar volgt in Parijs de eerste Europese tentoonstelling van de Mexicaanse kunstenares Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Freund weet in 1940 naar Argentinië te vluchten. Als medeoprichter van het fotocollectief Magnum werkt zij de jaren erop in heel Zuid-Amerika. In 1950 is ze in Mexico voor een lezing. Ze raakt hecht bevriend met Frida Kahlo en Diego...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 128 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | WalburgPers Algemeen, Zutphen | 2022
E-book
Artur C Jaschke Toekomstmuziek
muziek, improvisatie en de hersenen
Hoe maken we iets uit niets? Door te improviseren. Iedereen kan het. Maar waarom kan de een gemakkelijker improviseren dan de ander? Toekomstmuziek is een lofzang op ons oermenselijke vermogen tot improvisatie. Improviseren wordt vaak in de eerste plaats geassocieerd met theater of jazzmuziek. Niet voor niets concentreert dit boek zich op de manier waarop de hersenen ons in staat stellen om te luisteren naar muziek en vooral ook om zelf te musiceren. Maar de creatieve vaardigheden die daaraan ten...
Nederlands | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 17 MB) | uitgeverij HetMoet, Amsterdam | 2021
E-book
Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Cathy Birchall Touching the World
"Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries. From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picchu (first ever...
Engels | 19 uur 7 minuten (835 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
R. J. Belle After
Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstance. Hear how these incredible men manage to reshape their lives after combat. It also sets these stories within the context of current veteran healthcare, and injury, suicide, and disability statistics, and looks briefly at the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. R. J. Belle...
Engels | 3 uur 41 minuten (160 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Jesse Bryant Wilder Kunstgeschiedenis voor Dummies
Ben je geïnteresseerd in kunst door de eeuwen heen en wil je graag meer weten over de verschillende stromingen en stijlen en hun hoogtepunten? Met behulp van dit complete handboek maak je kennis met de belangrijkste kunstperioden, de evolutie van de kunst en het werk van vele genieën. Je leest hoe bijzonder bijvoorbeeld Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso en Botticelli waren en waarom we nog steeds gefascineerd zijn door hun werk. Ontdek de plaatsen waar de kunstwerken zijn ontstaan en krijg inzicht...
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 347 pagina's (ePub2, 51 MB) | Voor Dummies, Amersfoort | 2018
E-book
Merel Bem Doorkijken
kunst voor het dagelijks leven
Verhalen over het leven van alledag of herinneringen waarin een link wordt gelegd met kunstwerken van diverse kunstenaars.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub | De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam | 2016
E-book
Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Charles Rivers The Earp Brothers
"The Earp Brothers" weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful characters that inhabited the West during the 19th century, the most famous of them all is Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), who has long been regarded as the embodiment of the Wild West. Charles Rivers (Editors) in an independant publisher, which had created...
Engels | 2 uur 46 minuten (123 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Bianca Stigter De ontsproten Picasso
reizen door kunst en tijd
Bespiegelingen over kunst, geschiedenis en film.
Nederlands | 304 pagina's | Contact, Amsterdam [etc.] | 2009
E-book
Laura Cumming Donderslag
over Fabritius, kunst en onaangekondigde dood
Kunsthistorisch onderzoek met een persoonlijke inslag naar het leven, werk en de inspiratiebronnen van de Nederlandse schilder (1622-1654) die om het leven kwam bij de Delftse donderslag in 1654. Met afbeeldingen van kunstwerken in kleur en zwart-wit.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 21 MB | Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2023
E-book
DWDD Popup museum
verborgen kunstwerken uit Nederlandse musea
Catalogus bij de popup tentoonstellingen van 2015 en 2016 van De Wereld Draait Door.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 248 pagina's (ePub3, 36 MB) | Carrera, Amsterdam | 2016
E-book
Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Pubs and Inns
Discover some of the most haunted pubs and inns around England. Steven Plant will take around the UK, stopping at local establishments that are famous for their unusual guests. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover another side of British pub life, and be taken to the following locations: The Bate Hall (Macclesfield, Cheshire), The Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds), The Miners Arms (Eyams, Peak District), The Viaduct Tavern (London). Steven Plant is a British author of non-fiction....
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (72 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Steven Plant England's Best Haunted Places
Discover some of the most haunted places around England. Whether you believe in the paranormal, or are just looking for a good scare on a dark night, Steven Plant’s travel through England will take you to some of the most famous, and frightening, places in the UK. Through Bruce Cullen’s excellent narration, you will discover haunted cinemas and encounter ghostly figures in grand estates. This book’s will take to the following locations: Blackpool, Pluckley Village, the Hellfire Caves, Morley Rectory,...
Engels | 2 uur 17 minuten (99 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)