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Asha Dijkstra was adopted from India. As a little girl, she wasn't allowed to grow up with her biological parents. Themes like identity, inclusion and gender equality are intertwined in her personal story supported by research. Asha works at the Dutch Inspectorate of Education to provide input on adoption policies as an expert by experience. She also set up her own charity in India, the Aara Foundation. 'What does it mean to be adopted?>Marten van den Berg, Dutch Ambassador to India

Bart Nooteboom read mathematics and economics, and had a promotion in econometrics. He read philosophy since he was thirteen, and started writing it when he retired. In this book he gives a survey of 'continental' philosophy, which is often contrasted with 'analytic' philosophy in the UK and US. Especially 20th century French philosophy created an upheaval, and evokes fundamental questions. This book sets out how a dynamic perspective, of existence as a process, can bring coherence. For that, it collects ideas from earlier publications, and gives a treatment of the dynamics of knowledge, language, ethics, existence and society. The book avoids jargon and complicated argument, gives illustrations, and is accessible to a wide intellectual audience.

Black clothing, backcombed hair, belts, doom music, berry jenever. The new-wave (or post-punk) culture of the eighties is revived. Learn about an impressive cultural phenomenon or reminisce about your own past.In 1981, after a gig, the author met the band that would change everything. The Comsat Angels were an English band, more popular in Holland than in their own country. New-wave Holland embraced the group, who toured there often. Inge van Sombrië attended many of their gigs, became friends with the band and still thinks they are the best band ever.The new-wave music world is portrayed: what are sound checks and gig posters, how do backcombing and hair spray work, which colours can or can't you wear? Don't be uncool, and learn how (not) to be a groupie. Images of the 'dark' 1980s illustrate this story about a band and a fan who became friends.Illustrated with private photos. A beautiful portrait of a subculture of the 1980s.

Suffering due to the consequences of the border revision of mid-europe, romania, led by marshal antonescu, opted for a pact with nazi germany. it was a deal with the devil. the romanian jews were sacrificed and the romanian army fell at stalingrad. the author sheds a light on the consequences of these fatal events through extensive archive work. Illustrated with special historical images Dr. Perry Pierik is a historian specialised in geopolitics. He wrote various other books on the Second World War and mid/eastern Europe. He was rewarded with the civis mundi prize for his work as a historian and publisher.

At the end of 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union, an idea of collaboration with the Islamic peoples of the Soviet Union arose among the Germans. Although Hitler and high command were sceptic about a partnership with 'Soviet citizens' in order to defeat Moscow, eveyone did agree that the Islamic peoples of the Caucasus and the Krim were reasonably trustworthy allies. Especially the Turkmen were considered reliable. This led to a large-scale military and political collaboration. The SS joined as well and established the 'Neu Turkestan' division, with help from the Grossmufti from Jeruzalem. This partnership came too late and suffered from the unbridgeable differences between the diverse ideologies. The experiment could not end in anything but drama. Furthermore, the collaboration at the Balkan, where Islamic volunteers served in the ranks of the Waffen-SS, is also touched upon.

The dramatic defence of the Netherlands in May 1940 against the German invasion lasted only five days. It started with a massive German airborne landing in the capital west of the country and ended with a, for those days impressive, German air bombardment of the harbour-city of Rotterdam, devastating the city centre and shocking the Dutch supreme command. When hours later another major Dutch community was threatened with destruction from the air the Dutch supreme command decided to surrender. How was it possible that a flat, water-rich country was seized so quickly by only modest German forces? The brief Dutch defence in May 1940 is often mocked and usually dismissed as a logical consequence of its poorly equipped and prepared armed forces. Although to some extent these conclusions may be correct, there was a much deeper cause for that quick Dutch defeat. This book elaborates on the birth of the Dutch defence strategy during the thirties, the shaping processes it went through when the tension rose, the political leverage and the developments of strategic planning within the armed forces. The crucial element that enriches this dynamic pre-war period was a politically driven late change of supreme command that fundamentally changed the military planning from a joint strategy with the southern neighbours to an isolated and disconnected defence of the capital northwest of the country. When the German invasion of 10 May 1940 transformed the Dutch cold war strategy into a hot operational strategy, the book follows the Dutch supreme command during its crucial first hours, its decision-making processes and adjustments and the anticipation of both allied and enemy manoeuvres. The book is extensively enriched with situational maps and endnotes for citations, sources and archive references.

Democracy does not solve all the problems in the world, but democracy is always better than dictatorship. To promote credible elections, the EU, OSCE, Carter Centre, AU, OAS and many other organizations field international election observers. These observers are a special kind of people. They go where nobody else goes. To the local people in far-off provinces they are a shining light. To (semi)dictators it means that there are limits as to what they can get away with. In this book, journalist Jos Tesselaar describes the twenty observation missions in which he participated in Africa, Latin America and Asia over a period of 25 years. The book is not only about elections, but also about interpersonal and intercultural relations as well as physical hardships, like extreme heat, extreme cold and life-threatening situations. After all: each mission is an adventure. Jos Tesselaar was born in Tuitjenhorn and grew up in Warmenhuizen, two villages in the north-west of Holland. After graduating as a development economist at the Free University of Amsterdam, he worked ten years as an aid worker in Mozambique, Bolivia, Ecuador, Pakistan and The Gambia. Back in Holland, he worked 23 years as a journalist for the Westfries Weekblad. He has been an elected member of the town council of Enkhuizen for eight years and he has been an international election observer since 1994.

Besides the persecution and annihilation of the Jewish community, the quest for Lebensraum was a pillar of the Nazi's ideology. The march east, operation 'Barbarossa' (1941), was essentially the final part of the geopolitics of the Third Reich. Historian Pierik takes readers into the world of ideas behind these politics, where cold blooded, rational elements go hand in hand with myths and radical beliefs. An example of solid and, more importantly, understandable historiography>Important step in a necessary discussion>Orpheus-like descent- Herman Veenhof

About 1 million inhabitants of the Soviet Union collaborated with the Nazis. This is a remarkable fact because the Nazis can not really be seen as allies due to their racial policy. And yet it happened. The aversion to Bolshevism and hope for new freedom a new horizon emerged in which collaboration between the Soviet peoples and the Germans might offer a better alternative to the 'Soviet paradise'. Historical oppression and bloody experiences played a major role in this, especially among the Ukrainian, Crimean and Caucasian peoples. But there were also Russians who longed for the tsarist times of old. Within Nazi Germany, there was much resistance to this collaboration, but others were more practical and saw in the help of Soviet collaborators precisely the solution to the long campaign in the east. This led to a difficult but ultimately large-scale collaboration. Using documents and literature, this book gives an insight into the broad outlines of this extraordinary event. It was also a dramatic event because the collapse of the Third Reich put the Osttruppen's desire for freedom into question, and met a dark end.

Tipping the Balance was inspired by love for the author's birth-place, Warnsveld in Gelderland's De Achterhoek; the seasons, small farmlets with golden fields, the leafy lanes and rivers flowing slowly through the landscape. Jenneken's life is shattered when she learns that her mother Alida's knowledge and use of herbal remedies is considered to be witchcraft and that she must undergo a weighing trial in Oudewater. Jenneken fears also for her own safety as she has followed her mother's teachings regarding the healing quality of flowers and herbs. Both mother and daughter experience persecution and after a horrific discovery realise that their lives are truly in danger. Their only option is to run for freedom. Where will they go? Will they survive?'Set at a time in history when women were persecuted for their knowledge and wisdom, Tipping the Balance is the entrancing story of the power of a mother and daughter to transcend injustice. Based on true occurrences and movingly written, this is a book which ex- poses ignorance but speaks also of the capacity of the human spirit to endure and to thrive.'PADDY RICHARDSON (fiction writer, New Zealand)Huberta Hellendoorn was born in The Netherlands in 1937 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1960. Her articles have been published in Dutch and New Zealand publications, and her short stories have been broadcast on Radio New Zealand National and published in literary journals such as Sport and Takahe. Her poems have appeared in The Otago Daily Times.In 2009 Huberta published The Madonna in the Suitcase, a book about her daughter with Down syndrome which was adapted for radio and broadcast on National Radio. Her memoir, Astride a Fierce Wind, was published by Makaro Press in May 2017.

In de schaduw van de Moerasdraak is een indringende, historische roman over een jonge Bosschenaar die tijdens het beleg van 1629 zijn stad en zijn geliefden wil verdedigen tegen een aanval door het Staatse leger van Frederik Hendrik, de Prins van Oranje.Peter Stevenszon is een huurling die na omzwervingen terugkeert naar zijn geboortestad 's-Hertogenbosch. Onzeker over de vraag of zijn familie en vriendin van vroeger nog leven gaat hij naar hen op zoek. Tijdens zijn zoektocht raakt hij, net als alle andere Bosschenaren, gevangen in de omsingeling van de stad. Op zoek naar liefde, erkenning en vergiffenis vecht hij tegen verraad en onrecht, terwijl zijn geliefde stad wordt verwoest.Slaagt onze jonge held in zijn missie om zijn geliefden te beschermen, of gaat hij ten onder in de hel van de maandenlange uitputtingsslag om de onoverwinnelijk geachte moerasdraak?Rob Manders is in 1962 geboren in Oisterwijk (NB). Na een internationale carriere van meer dan 30 jaar in de informatietechnologie, woont hij tegenwoordig met zijn vrouw in de binnenstad van 's-Hertogenbosch. Zijn interesse in de vaderlandse geschiedenis en liefde voor de stad waarin hij leeft, zijn een belangrijke inspiratie geweest voor dit eerste boek.