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Nico Keuning Het geheim van de Ventoux
literaire dwaalwegen van een wielrenner
Fietsen is verwerken, verheugen, plannen maken, ideeën krijgen. Vrij zijn, los van de anderen. Fietsen is het landschap verkennen en ermee samenvallen. In de bergen van Wallis, rond het Comomeer, tussen velden vol lavendel in de Drôme, langs eindeloze akkers in de polders van Noord-Holland, door de duinen naar zee. In Het geheim van de Ventoux beschrijft Nico Keuning wat wielrennen voor hem betekent, lichamelijk en geestelijk. Waar hij ook klimt, daalt, zoeft of stoempt, de literatuur is nooit...
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Nederlands | 180 pagina's (ePub2, 13 MB) | Walburg Pers, Zutphen | 2021
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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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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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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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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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Dick Pels Nymphaea
Autobiografie van een jacht
Al meer dan veertig jaar woont socioloog Dick Pels op een klassiek motorjacht dat vaak (maar ten onrechte) ‘het jacht van koningin Emma’ wordt genoemd. 'De Nymphaea' (Latijn voor ‘Waterbloem’) werd in 1917 gebouwd voor de Rotterdamse reder Albert Goudriaan, naar een ontwerp van de bekende scheepsarchitect H.W. de Voogt. Het is nog steeds de grootste salonbakdekkruiser die rondvaart op de Nederlandse wateren. Dit boek volgt de kleurrijke geschiedenis van dit unieke varend monument, die vanaf 1978...
Nederlands | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 98 MB) | Walburg Pers, Amsterdam | 2022
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Bob Roetering Warship 13
Tripartite Minehunter Haarlem
In the eighties, the Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 15 minehunters of the Alkmaar-class. They were deployed worldwide in conflicts (the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Libyan Sea). In all European waters they exercised and cleared historical ordnance. HNLMS Haarlem represents the rich history of the tripartite minehunters of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2023
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L.J.K. Setright A day to remember
the writings of L.J.K. Setright in GranTurismo Magazine (1993-1996)
From 1993 to 1996 L.J.K. Setright contributed 10 articles to the Dutch car magazine GranTurismo. In these witty, erudite articles Setright, one of the 20th century's most influential motoring journalists, wrote about historic GP races, racing cars, contemporary cars, automotive history and the people in the automotive industry. Setright's writings have to be savoured, they are not always easy to read (let's call it an acquired taste), but anyone with a heart for the motoring scene will enjoy reading...
Non-fictie
Engels | ePub2, 4,9 MB | Nobelman, Groningen | 2017
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