Deze atlas laat op tal van fraaie kaarten zien hoe de Homo sapiens zich over de aarde verspreidde.
Covidwiksel
€ 17,90Covid kin in oar minske fan ien meitsje. It oerkomt Jan de Vries (06-06-1952, Dinnestrjitte 53b, Ljouwert) as er op deselde dei yn Medysk Sintrum Ljouwert opnommen wurdt as Jan de Vries (06-06-1952, Ingelskestrjitte 28, Ljouwert). Fiif wike letter, as de dokters him better ferklearje en mei in taksy nei hûs stjoere, stapt er in oar libben yn.
Men hearde wolris oer lytse poppen dy’t op de kreamôfdieling fan in sikehûs ferwiksele waarden en mei de ferkearde heit en mem nei hûs stjoerd waarden. Dat der soms ek âlde mantsjes – ûnder dy kategory foel er sa njonkelytsen – ferwiksele en nei in ferkeard hûs stjoerd waarden, wie nij foar him.
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.
Hierbak
€ 17,50Sjerp Bak docht foar in regionale krante al tweintich jier ferslach fan de Ljouwerter gemeentepolityk. Gjin sjoernalistyk swiergewicht miskien, wol in betrouber ferslachjouwer. Privee liedt fyftiger Bak it wat grizige bestean fan in frijfeint op jierren. Nei’t syn libben yn ‘Bak’ op de kop set waard troch twa ûngelokkige stjergefallen, komt er yn ‘Hierbak’ foar in ûnmooglike kar te stean: sels dea of in pear lytse kriminelen út ‘e wei romje. Dêr’t Sjerp wekker leit fan it hiermoardnerskip, dreamt deputearre Kerst Sorgdrager fan de ferdûbeling fan de dyk Ljouwert-Boalsert. It is lykwols de fraach oft de baten tsjin de lêsten opweage, en dat net allinne foar de mienskip.
Mei ‘Hierbak’ bewiist Sietse de Vries opnij dat er net allinne in spannend boek skriuwe kin, mar ek in skerp each hat foar de tragykomyske kant fan it libben fan gewoane minsken dy’t har bêst dogge om der wat fan te meitsjen.
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‘Bak is in moaie miks fan in psychologyske misdiedroman, wêrby’t de motiven socht wurde moatte yn it persoanlike flak, en in sosjale misdiedroman, dy’t mear preökkupearre is mei maatskiplike korrupsje en organisearre misdied.’ (Sjoerd Bottema yn de Moanne oer Bak)
