In 1975 Jan Brokken first visited St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad. Communism was far from over. Now, forty years later, he returns to the city to rediscover it. He takes walks remembering the past and evoking the spirit of poets and dissidents, fools and geniuses of desperate and loved ones, Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Brodsky, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Nabokov, Berberova, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and many others. --

Sommige mensen kiezen helemaal zelf hun weg in het leven. James Rebanks niet. Hij is de oudste zoon van een schaapherder, die zelf ook de oudste zoon van een schaapherder is. Zijn familie woont en werkt al sinds mensenheugenis in het Noord-Engelse Lake District. Dit stukje aarde is vooral bekend door de romantische beschrijvingen van de dichter William Wordsworth en de geïllustreerde kinderboeken van Beatrix Potter. 

Maar de wereld van James is heel anders. Zijn manier van leven volgt het ritme van de seizoenen en het werk dat ze vereisen. Er is in al die eeuwen niets aan veranderd: de schapen naar het hoogland drijven en hooi maken in de zomer; vervolgens de bezoeken aan de herfstmarkten waar de kuddes worden aangevuld; het zware werk in de winter als de schapen in leven moeten worden gehouden en de dartelheid van de lente, als de lammeren worden geboren en de schapen terugkeren naar de heuvels en dalen.

Reis door Rusland aan de hand van leven en werk van de schrijver Anton Tsjechov (1860-1904).

Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last . . . even getting there is an adventure in itself! The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible and mysterious things begin to happen. Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then Ron's sister Ginny disappears . . .

James Henry Trotter heeft geen ouders meer. Door zijn tantes wordt hij erg wreed behandeld. Hij weet niet wat hem overkomt als er een reusachtige perzik groeit, waarin hij kan ontsnappen om met hele grote insekten een avontuurlijke reis te maken.

Vijf verhalen waarin de trein een belangrijke rol speelt.

"If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do," write the authors of Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. This engaging overview of the field combines an accessible account of some of the discipline's guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work.

Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropology's most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic, its doctrine of cultural relativism, and its methodology of fieldwork and ethnography. Drawing on examples from their own fieldwork in Indonesia and Mesoamerica, they examine specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Including an assessment of anthropology's present position, and a look forward to its likely future, Social and Cultural Anthropology will make fascinating reading for anyone curious about this social science.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

In de nacht van 8 op 9 september 2003 overleed in haar slaap 'nazi-cineaste' Leni Riefenstahl. Hitlers laatste 'vriendin' werd 101 jaar. Ze zal voornamelijk worden herinnerd als de maakster van Triumph des Willens en Olympia, die te boek staan als voorbeelden van de meest geniale propagandafilms uit het Derde Rijk. Thomas Leeflang schetst in deze monografie een boeiend portret van een eingezinnige dominante vrouw die opgroiede in de Weimar-republiek, carrière maakte 'onder Hitler' en na de oorlog de zondebok werd van de nationaal-socialistische film.

This is a reprint of Norman Vincent Peale's classic self-help tract, read by millions in the last half century who were inspired by Peale's belief that faith in yourself makes good things happen to you. It explains the ways in which self-confidence can help an individual lead a happier and more relaxed, energetic, and satisfying life. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) was an American minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking. He served as the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, New York, from 1932 until his death, leading a Reformed Church in America congregation. Peale was a personal friend of President Richard Nixon. President Donald Trump attended Peale's church while growing up, as well as marrying his first wife there. Peale's ideas and techniques were controversial, and he received frequent criticism both from church figures and from the psychiatric profession.

Beschouwend werk. Het sadistische universum 1, Annum Veritatis, De laatste resten tropisch Nederland, Het sadistische universum 2 : Van Wittgenstein tot Weinreb, Machines in bikini, Dinky Toys

Overpeinzingen van de schrijver bij zijn kennismaking met zeven schilderijen van Jheronimus Bosch op de plek waar deze normaliter te zien zijn.

Documentatie over leven en werk van de Nederlandse schrijver (1927-2010).

Spontaneous talks given by the author in Gautama the Buddha Auditorium, Pune, India.

I am not really taking on Sufism. I will be talking Sufism. If you are ready, if you are ready to go into this adventure, then you will attain to a taste of it. It is something that will start happening in your heart. It id something like a bud opening. You will start feeling a certain sensation in the heartas if something is becoming alert, awake there; as if the heart has been asleep for long and now the first glimmer of the morning and there you will have the taste. Luminous and numinous, Oshos words dance like fire yet refresh the reader like cool river water. At the core of his message one encounters the celebration of consciousness, the bliss of awareness, the power of presence, the serenity of silence, and the courage to free oneself form social conditionings and unconscious patterns. Perhaps thats why every attempt to categories Osho falls short. What remains true is that his talks and meditations continue to inspire millions around the world. Hailed as one of the most innovative and creative contemporary6 geniuses, Osho is an experience impossible to ignore.

Eleven classic anecdotes provide starting points to demonstrate the relevance of Zen to every aspect of 21st-century life. From the professor so full of his own ideas that he has no room for any new learning, to the monastery cook who solves a koan by kicking over a jug of water, readers will see themselves, their friends, and even modern-day celebrities and politicians reflected in the characters who populate these fascinating Zen stories. In each chapter, following the discussion of the story at hand, Osho responds to questions from his audience about matters of love, life, relationships, and the search." Throughout the book he emphasizes the importance both of honoring our ''roots'' in the simple pleasures of everyday life, and nourishing the ''wings'' that allow us to experience our connection with that which is universal, transcendent, and eternal.