Dutch Art

This book, the only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. When Ronald Reagan moved into the White House in 1981, one of his first literary guests was Edmund Morris, the...

Live like the Dutch and create space for peaceful moments in your hectic life with the calming addition of silence into your daily routine. ​ Life can get hectic, as we continuously hop from one thing to another. Days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do...

Master the basics of Dutch conversation the fun, fast and easy way! Start speaking Dutch in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes with Introduction to Dutch. Our native Dutch hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way! This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn basic beginner Dutch conversation that you can use immediately!

The Art of Is contains breath-of-fresh-air thinking about how to cultivate the kind of game-changing creativity everyone seeks. Stephen Nachmanovitch shows exactly how the passion and immediacy of improvisation can be cultivated and how, in fact, we all improvise all the time - whether we are driving or deep in conversation.

Niksen is not a form of meditation, nor is it a state of laziness or boredom. It’s not scrolling through social media, or wondering what you’re going to cook for dinner. Rather, to niks is to make a conscious choice to sit back, let go, and do nothing at all. With this book, learn how to do nothing in the most important areas of your life.

In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the Dutch in the decades-long war against Spain included numerous foreigners, largely drawn from countries in northwestern Europe. Likewise, many settlers of Dutch colonies were born in other parts of Europe or the New World.

Embark on a thrilling journey through the ancient and fascinating world of Muay Thai. Are you new to Thai Boxing? Or are you currently trying to keep up with the martial art? Would you like to learn practical and efficient techniques to boost your Muay Thai skills? Muay Thai is an art using different areas of your body. It has several techniques to prepare you for an unarmed fight, making you mentally and physically fit.

From the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Netanyahus, a virtuoso new novel, a haunting epic of decline and fall, about the doomed family of Theodor Herzl The father of political Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was a journalist, playwright, and novelist, as well as a figure of immense fame and...

Rom-com lovers and fans of Elise Bryant and Jenna Evans Welch will adore this next summer read from Hot British Boyfriend and Dungeons and Drama author Kristy Boyce. No one has ever accused Sage Cunningham of being easily distracted. She has a plan, and she won’t be swayed. She’ll spend the...

When his father dies, Prince Jauna Khan succeeds to the throne of Delhi as Muhammad bin Tughlaq. His reign will prove to be epic and bloody, but unsurpassed in splendour, innovation and defeat. A formidable strategist and remarkable scholar, the Sultan will go down in history for his brutality...

Spirit Trap not only reunites the Fort Worth detective with his friends, Slant Face and James Alto; it also brings back favorites like Ruthie Nell Parker and Verbal and Noble Whitaker. There's a dead family in a small country house, a blind man working in a gun store, a vindictive dancehall owner, and a wild animal waiting at the edge of the woods. All have one thing in common, and it isn't their love for the Texas two-step.

When a billionaire hotelier and political operator attempts to pit his three daughters against one another, a brutal struggle for primacy begins in this modern-day take on Shakespeare’s King Lear. Set in contemporary India, where rich men are gods while farmers starve and water is fast running...

In dit multidisciplinaire college kijkt Kitty Zijlmans naar de vele aspecten van kunstgeschiedenis, waaronder esthetica en kunstkritiek. Maar ook naar de rol van de kunst in de maatschappij en de veranderingen daarin als gevolg van de opkomst van moderne kunst en de mondialisering.

Alvis Curridge is an ex-employee of the Fort Worth Sheriff's Department. When he isn't found at Peechie Keen's Bar & Kanteen, drinking and swapping stories with buddies, he is busy trying to keep things in line around Cowtown - even if that means occasionally tangling with his former boss.

Anderen beïnvloeden en overtuigen om iets te doen wat je wilt dat ze doen, of dat nu goed voor ze is of alleen maar goed voor jou, is een kunst. De juiste dingen zeggen, de juiste houding en charisma uitstralen, en subtiele lichaamstaal gebruiken om anderen zoals jou te maken of meer geneigd zijn iets te doen ... daar komt het allemaal op neer.

Lang werd aangenomen dat moraal was voorbehouden aan de mens. Maar Jan van Hooff laat zien dat ook dieren coalities aangaan, in harmonie proberen samen te leven en altruïstisch gedrag kunnen vertonen. Hoe leggen dieren hun ruzies bij, hoe zorgen ze voor elkaar en welke moraal hebben ze? Van Hooff vertelt energiek over de evolutionaire aspecten van de moraal bij mens en dier.

The Netherlands had a great century in the 1600s, until it all ended about three-fourths of the way along. Trading was all around; business was good. Their vast empire that reached across the world made money from spices, raw materials, metals, and so much more, with an extensive network of ships and merchants, and an entire army fleet. The Dutch Golden Era was a time in Dutch history varying from about 1588 (the start of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the "Catastrophe Year"), throughout which Dutch trade, science, and art, and the Dutch armed force, were amongst the world's best.

Het christendom heeft in vele opzichten een stempel gedrukt op de Westerse cultuur. Duidelijke voorbeelden daarvan zijn het ordenen van tijd en de kalender van feesten en bijzondere dagen. Wat is de betekenis van die feesten? Hoe en wanneer zijn ze ontstaan? Spelen voorchristelijke motieven een rol? Werkt de joodse feestkalender door in de christelijke? Hoe worden de feesten tegenwoordig gevierd, hier en elders in de christelijke kerk? In dit twee uur durende college beantwoordt Marius van Leeuwen deze en vele andere vragen op meeslepende en inspirerende wijze.

Zowel Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) als Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) zijn in hun filosofische denken diep door de muziek beïnvloed. In deze colleges zet Herman Philipse de denkbeelden van Schopenhauer en Nietzsche uiteen en plaatst ze in hun tijd. Vervolgens buigt Leo Samama zich over de manier waarop elk van hen zich met de muziek heeft bezig gehouden, als filosofen vanzelfsprekend, maar evenzeer als liefhebbers en kenners van de muziek. Download de synopsis van het hoorcollege Schopenhauer, Nietzsche en de muziek.