Albert Witteveen Knihy

The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship and research, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific and from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert. Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's THE SECOND WORLD WAR never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.

Príbeh ženy, ktorá sa zo somálskej púšte prepracovala do sveta hviezd medzinárodného modelingu. Ako trinásťročná opustila svoju početnú rodinu, aby unikla sobášu so starým mužom. Z púšte si odniesla poznačené telo i dušu tzv. ženskou obriezkou, ktorú ešte i dnes podstupujú africké dievčatá v útlom veku. Waris šťastnou náhodou mohla pracovať niekoľko rokov na somálskom veľvyslanectve v Londýne. Keď jej legálny pobyt vypršal, rozhodla sa v cudzom prostredí ostať a zarobiť peniaze pre seba i pre svoju matku. Zapojila sa i do boja proti ženskej obriezke ako mimoriadna veľvyslankyňa OSN a zástankyňa ľudských práv.

The award-winning author of A History of God shares practical recommendations for promoting world peace by cultivating one's intrinsic tendencies for compassion, outlining a program for achieving mindfulness and engaging in acts of kindness.

One of the most anticipated international debuts of 2004, DavidBezmozgis’s Natasha and Other Stories lives up to its buzz withnumerous award distinctions and a sheaf of praise from reviewers and readers.These are stories that capture the immigrant experience with wit and deepsympathy, recalling the early work of Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth. Anexquisitely crafted collection from a gifted young writer.

Roz Benegal, a feisty young BBC researcher, goes to India to pick up the threads of her life there (she spent part of her childhood growing up in Kerala). She goes to Bombay to visit her sister Miranda, who is married to a prominent Bollywood film director, Prosper. Roz arrives to news headlines announcing the deaths of 8 eunuchs in four months and to rumours that her sister's husband may have murdered his first wife Maya, a film star past her prime. Not satisfied to leave the investigations of these allegations to the Indian police, Roz Benegal begins a dangerous search for the truth. Interwoven with this utterly gripping detective story is a remarkable layering of knowledge gleaned from old books on storms, the monsoon, poisons and magical transformations, the narrator's fascination with chaos theory and her passionate interest in fate.

Een in Tokio werkende jonge Engelse vrouw die verdacht wordt van moord op een landgenote, denkt tijdens het verhoor terug aan gebeurtenissen uit het verleden.

This guide includes an integrated road atlas with index, plus area and city maps. Local tips are highlighted in yellow, covering hotels, restaurants and places to visit. Travel tips are cross-referenced to the atlas.