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Paulo C. Chagas Unsayable music
six reflections on musical semiotics, electroacoustic and digital music
Profound theoretical and philosophical approach to contemporary music. Unsayable Music presents theoretical, critical and analytical reflections on key topics of contemporary music including acoustic, electroacoustic and digital music, and audiovisual and multimedia composition. Six essays by Paulo C. Chagas approaching music from different perspectives such as philosophy, sociology, cybernetics, musical semiotics, media, and critical studies. Chagas's practical experience, both as a composer of...
Non-fictie
Engels | 300 pagina's (PDF, 4,9 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Emiel Lamberts The struggle with Leviathan
social responses to the omnipotence of the state, 1815-1965
A panoramic picture of international politics and the formation of the modern State. The opposition to the omnipotence of the State - as symbolised by Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (1651) - had a significant impact on the political organisation of European society. A liberal strategy intended to provide a protective legal status for individual citizens, whereas a social strategy aimed to strengthen the social fabric to counterbalance the power of the State. Gradually both strategies became interwoven....
Non-fictie
Engels | 344 pagina's (PDF, 21 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Juan Maldonado Spanish humanism on the verge of the picaresque: Juan Maldonado's Ludus chartarum, Pastor bonus, and Bacchanalia
The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded,Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado's Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives' on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia,...
Non-fictie
Engels | Latijn | 298 pagina's (PDF, 14 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Steven F. Joseph Belgian photographic literature of the 19th century
a bibliography and census; bibliography et recensement
First comprehensive and richly illustrated overview of historical Belgian photographic literature. The development of photography from its roots in 19th-century science gradually transformed book illustration and the dissemination of images. This fully bilingual reference work presents a first comprehensive survey of Belgian photographic literature of the 19th century, both of illustrated books and of technical publications. It makes a major contribution to academic study in the field, with a corpus...
Engels | Frans | 440 pagina's (PDF, 6,2 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Rembrandt Koppelaar | Willem Middelkoop The Tesla revolution
why big oil has lost the energy war
Informatie in de vorm van vraag en antwoord over de ingrijpende veranderingen in de energievoorziening en de gevolgen daarvan voor het dagelijks leven.
Non-fictie
Engels | 334 pagina's (ePub2, 4,3 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
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The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns
Congresbijdragen over de maatschappelijke betekenis en het wereldlijke nevengebruik van kerk- en kloostergebouwen in West-Europa tijdens de middeleeuwen.
Non-fictie
Duits | Engels | 248 pagina's (PDF, 1,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Jennifer Bell The smoking hourglass
Ivy, Seb en Valian komen erachter dat Selena Grimes een doos met al het kwaad van de wereld naar Lundinor wil vervoeren. Ze zijn ook op het spoor gekomen van een kwaadaardige, rokende zangloper. Welk gevaar bedreigt Lundinor? Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 376 pagina's | Corgi Books, UK | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Anthony Horowitz The word is murder
De auteur is zelf de verteller in deze detective, waarin de bizarre moord op een rijke weduwe wordt onderzocht.
Fictie
Engels | 390 pagina's | Century, London | 2017
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Robert Beatty Serafina and the splintered heart
Serafina (12) wordt wakker en ontdekt dat alles en iedereen op Biltmore Estate veranderd is. Ze moet uitzoeken wat er is gebeurd, en de tijd dringt. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 369 pagina's | Egmont, London | 2017
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Auguste van der Molenschot Tears from Brabant
a novel
This is a novel with many themes. It is about Brabant, a land that is presently half in the Netherlands and the other half in Belgium. It is also the story of a little Brabanter boy, born the year Adolf Hitler came to power. The boy wants a good life and that is not so easy because the Catholic Brabanters are kept down by the Calvinist Hollanders. Many other modern themes come by, such as the Second World War, the emancipation (of women but also of the Catholics), the pill and its effects, secularization,...
Fictie
Engels | 286 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018
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Ladee Hubbard The talented Ribkins
a novel
Een oude Afro-Amerikaanse man met een superkracht moet binnen een week een schuld afbetalen waarvoor hij op bezoek moet bij familie en vrienden die hij in geen jaren gezien heeft want in hun tuin ligt geld verborgen.
Fictie
Engels | 293 pagina's | Melville House, Brooklyn | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Rutger Koopmans Your life, your rules
taking back control
In 2008 Rutger Koopmans decided to quit his job as a banker. He wanted to pursue new avenues and explore other talents. Over the following decade this decision brought great excitement to his working life, although it was not all plain sailing. However, he was driven by a motto borrowed from Johan Cruyff, the famous Dutch footballer whose business affairs he had managed: I would prefer to go down with my own principles than with someone else's. In Your Life, Your Rules Koopmans shares his experiences...
Non-fictie
Engels | 174 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Brandt, Amsterdam | 2019
E-book
Adri Blonk Love
Love and happiness: few people will not be looking for these things in their life. Sometimes the search takes up a lifetime. Especially where unconditional love and happiness are concerned, it is not an easy quest. People often look for the answer in money, possessions, prestige, power, relationships and the like. They tend to find that while these can contribute to short-term happiness, they are not a permanent solution. People need to look beyond these things to discover where they can find true...
Non-fictie
Engels | 244 pagina's (PDF, 0,5 MB) | U2pi BV, Den Haag | 2019
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Jérome Phalippou | Olivier Marin Het zilveren spook
Ballonstrip.
Fictie
Nederlands | 47 pagina's | Silvester, 's-Hertogenbosch | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Michelle Smart Vergeten strelingen
Fictie
Nederlands | 174 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Jessica A. Verhagen Forgotten children
chronicle about a transport of children for food from west to east in the Netherlands during the Second World War March 19 – June 23 1945
Non-fictie
Engels | 176 pagina's (PDF, 18 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2021
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Maurits v. Falkenreck Dutch decay
an entrepreneurial answer to the decline of the Dutch welfare state
In this book, Maurits v. Falkenreck describes the decay of the Dutch welfare state, and also presents his innovative projects to counter this decay. During his years as an innovator and entrepreneur, he discovered the failing innovation system and culture in which he was operating. This resulted in a sharp and refined analysis of what he calls 'The Political Ecosystem'. Based on this model and the philosophical concept of 'Model-Platonism', Falkenreck has created a thorough system analysis of Western...
Non-fictie
Engels | 323 pagina's (PDF, 36 MB) | Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2021
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Nanda Roep A Secret Hatch
De vader van Lisa en Luna begint een kinderrestaurant, maar kan hij eigenlijk wel koken? En ze horen telkens vrreemde geluiden in hun nieuwe huis. Is er soms een spook in de kelder? Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 80 pagina's (ePub2) | [Nanda], [Apeldoorn] | 2022
E-book
Gabriel Tallent My absolute darling
Een meisje van veertien trekt vrijwel alleen op met haar vader totdat haar vriendschap met een jongen leidt tot een crisis in haar leven en in haar relatie tot haar vader.
Fictie
Engels | 417 pagina's | 4th Estate, London | 2017
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Kerry Drewery Day 7
Nadat Martha onverwacht is vrijgesproken, wordt haar vriend Isaac in haar tv-cel opgesloten. Hij heeft inderdaad zijn stiefvader Paige gedood, maar om zijn vriendin te verdedigen. Martha wil proberen hem vrij te krijgen, maar zowel de sociale media als de overheid keren zich tegen haar. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 426 pagina's | Hot Key Books, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
2017