Deze atlas laat op tal van fraaie kaarten zien hoe de Homo sapiens zich over de aarde verspreidde.
Vliegers op de vlucht
€ 22,50De crash van de Amerikaanse bommenwerper Seattle Sleeper opzondagmorgen 26 november 1944 bij het Friese Haulerwijk staat diep in het lokale geheugen gegrift. Er zijn nog steeds ouderen die hierover kunnen vertellen. Latere generaties hebben zich via overlevering een beeld gevormd van de crash en de lotgevallen van de betrokken vliegers.
In de loop van de tijd is dit beeld echtervervaagd. Voor Jan Slofstra en Jaap de Boer aanleiding om de geschiedenisvan de Seattle Sleeper opnieuw te bestuderen aan de hand van nieuwegegevens afkomstig uit archieven, publicaties en interviews. Dit leidde tot de gedetailleerde reconstructie van de gebeurtenissen die is weergegeven in dit boek.
Wat het boek bijzonder maakt is de plaatsing van het onderwerp in de brede context van de luchtoorlog en de oorlogsgeschiedenis is van het Fries-Gronings-Drentse grensgebied.Bij het volgen van het spoor van de vliegers van de Seattle Sleeper raakten de auteurs onder de indruk van de moed die veel gewone mannen en vrouwen hebben getoond bij de hulp aan geallieerdevliegers. Aan hen en hun nagedachtenis dragen zij dit boek op.
Victor Horta and the Frison House in Brussels
€ 19,90In the middle of the Lebeaustraat in Brussels, sandwiched between neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic houses, stands an Art Nouveau jewel designed by Victor Horta: the Frison House. It was
commissioned by Maurice Frison, a lawyer and friend of the architect, and was built in 1894-1895. Horta designed not only the house, but also all its furniture and decoration, right down to the smallest detail: from door handles to marble fireplaces, from mosaic floors to elegant banisters, from wall lamps to the gratings for the cellar openings. The absolute eyecatcher is the winter garden, whose elegant design allows soft yellow light to flow subtly into its perfectly proportioned space.Nupur Tron is the author of this book and owner of the house. In recent years, she has breathed new life back into Horta’s masterpiece. She pieced together bits of the old chandeliers she found in one of the cellars. She had items of furniture designed by Horta lovingly restored. With great passion, she continues to search for the funds that will allow her to restore the entire house to its former glory, one step at a time.
Horta and the Frison House in Brussels is an ode to the architect and his creation.
Nupur Tron is from India. She studied Design, Marketing & Merchandising and Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She designs jewellery, in which the different styles of east and west meet in harmony.
Humanity is not a plague
€ 15,00In Humanity is Not a Plague, Cees Buisman argues that it is possible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – provided that the richer part of the world no longer merely focuses on its own health, prosperity and happiness, and instead starts working seriously on developing a higher consciousness.
In this essay, Buisman sharply analyzes some of the problems facing mankind, such as fresh water shortages, whilst overturning several clichés and offering unexpected, positive solutions. Overpopulation is not the problem; the effects of our actions on the rest of the world have a much greater impact. ‘Back to nature’ is not the solution, nor is an overreliance on science and innovation. Large-scale technologies could even increase our problems. It seems that the growth of humanity will depend on the growth of our consciousness.
Cees Buisman studied water purification engineering, in addition to business administration, communication theory and applied integral psychology. Throughout his life he has worked on new environmental technologies, which are used in industry all over the world. His scientific work is highly cited. Buisman is the Director of Wetsus – European Center for Sustainable Water Technology, and Professor at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.
