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The Netherlands and the Dutch

the Windmill Herald 2 Year Subscription the Windmill Herald 2 Year Subscription

2 year subscription to the Windmill Herald, a Dutch-English language newspaper. 24 pages written in the Dutch language containing: Current affairs (including Background Articles);...

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the Windmill Herald 3 Year Subscription the Windmill Herald 3 Year Subscription

3 year subscription to the Windmill Herald, a Dutch-English language newspaper. 24 pages written in the Dutch language containing: Current affairs (including Background Articles);...

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Indonesian Cuisine Indonesian Cuisine

Selamat Makan

Food and its preparation are an integral part of the lives of the Indonesian people. Cooking is a time of community and celebration, and recipes, techniques and traditions are hand...

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Let's Go Dutch Let's Go Dutch

Taste the legendary flavours of Dutch chocolate, pudding and pastry. Delight in the wonderful stories and recipes surrounding the Feast of Saint Nicholas, Christmas and New Year’s ...

USD 19.95 / CAD 21.95

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Four Years till Tomorrow Four Years till Tomorrow

The surrender of the Japanese in South East Asia on August 15th, 1945 was for Dutch civilian camp internees only the beginning of yet another period of upheaval, hostilities and pe...

USD 21.25 / CAD 22.95

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The Dutch Republic The Dutch Republic

Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806

The Dutch Golden Age - the times of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt and Vermeer was also remarkable for its immense impact on commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was one of...

USD 34.95 / CAD 40.25

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Dutch Immigrant Memoirs and Related Writings Dutch Immigrant Memoirs and Related Writings

This classic collection of mostly nineteenth-century, 114 first-person travel accounts and personal reminiscences by Dutch immigrant pioneers provides a unique perspective on the c...

USD 29.95 / CAD 34.50

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The Autumn of the Middle Ages The Autumn of the Middle Ages

“Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen” - the original title - is a brilliant portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. For Huizinga, ...

USD 25.95 / CAD 23.95

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William III and the Revolution of 1688 and Gustavus Adolphus II William III and the Revolution of 1688 and Gustavus Adolphus II

Historical Essays

F.G. Oosterhoff in ‘Reformed Perspective’: "I recommend this book without any hesitation. The two biographies make excellent reading, and the times the essays describe are of consi...

USD 9.25 / CAD 9.95

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Pirates and Engineers Pirates and Engineers

Dutch and Flemish Adventurers in New Spain,1607-1697in New Spain, 1607 - 1697

In the great age of European Expansion, Dutch and Flemish adventurers appeared in some unexpected places. This book contains long-lost accounts of several who penetrated Colonial M...

USD 11.95 / CAD 13.80

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Sack of Veracruz Sack of Veracruz

The Great Pirate Raid of 1683

On the night of May 17, 1683, a party of several hundred French, Dutch and British pirates stole ashore near the Mexican port of Veracruz, while its citizens peacefully slept. The ...

USD 10.95 / CAD 11.95

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I Will Maintain I Will Maintain

William & Mary Trilogy, Volume 1

In his book ‘History of England,’ Lord Macaulay writes of Dutch Stadtholder Prince William III of Orange: ‘Since Octavius the world had seen no such instance of precocious statesma...

USD 16.75 / CAD 17.95

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Defender of the Faith Defender of the Faith

William & Mary Trilogy, Volume 2

‘It is a desperate situation,’ said William earnestly; ‘as desperate as it was in 1672, for the enemy is not knocking at our door. If we cry peace now, France will see she dare do ...

USD 14.75 / CAD 15.95

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For God and the King For God and the King

William & Mary Trilogy, Volume 3

The Prince was in his thirty-seventh year, at the height of his reputation: the most respected statesman, one of the most feared generals and powerful rulers in Europe, the head of...

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Star Children Star Children

The Holocaust may never be forgotten for its horrible stain on the history of mankind. Pinkhof’s book is about an episode which is unique in itself: a small group of Jews let go fr...

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When Canada Was Home When Canada Was Home

What is the story behind all those tulip bulbs Princess Juliana gave to Ottawa? This pictorial book by Albert VanderMey introduces the reader to a very unique, touching story that ...

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A Friend Among Enemies A Friend Among Enemies

The Incredible Story of Arie Van Mansum in the Holocaust

When the Nazis who had invaded the Netherlands in 1940, started deporting Dutch Jews eastwards in the Summer of 1942, Arie, realizing these fellow citizens were in danger, began - ...

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Freedom's Clothesline Freedom's Clothesline

Dutch citizens during World War II

The author who lived in the southern Dutch province of Limburg tells of her family’s struggles during the war years, interweaving it with stories of friends who gave shelter to bot...

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We Became Canadians We Became Canadians

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a significant number of Canadian soldiers returned home to be followed by their new warbrides, among whom were over a thousand Dutch wom...

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Return to the Hiding Place Return to the Hiding Place

Eighteen-year old, Dutch-born Hans Poley was the first fugitive from the Nazis to find shelter at the Ten Boom’s residence in Haarlem, in 1943. The following year, Poley together w...

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Things We Couldn't Say Things We Couldn't Say

The true story of Berendina (Diet) Eman, a young Dutch woman who, with her fiance, Hein Sietsma, risked everything to rescue Jews imperiled by Nazi persecution in occupied Holland ...

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Faith and Victory in Dachau Faith and Victory in Dachau

The author was a very unlikely resistance leader: a gentle preacher. As a minister he was known for his evangelistic zeal. Yet when the ‘school conflict’ with the Nazis erupted, he...

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Becoming Canadian Becoming Canadian

Memoirs of an Invisible Immigrant

Thousands of Western European immigrants streamed into Canada after the Second World War, seeking refuge from the economic devastation of their homelands. Many wanted to assimilate...

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The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario

Pillars, Class and Dutch Ethnicity

Is there a Dutch-Canadian community or even a Dutch culture in Ontario? And what are the connections among religion, class, ethnicity and language? Schryer who teaches anthropology...

USD 36.75 / CAD 39.95

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Write Back Soon Write Back Soon

Letters from Immigrants in America

This book attempts to provide some essential background for the correspondence by immigrants from the Netherlands, while allowing them to speak for themselves. Brinks was able to f...

USD 13.95 / CAD 16.25

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A.C. Van Raalte A.C. Van Raalte

Dutch Leader and American Patriot

Published for the Holland (Michigan) sesquicentennial, the authors survey Van Raalte’s role and leadership of Secession-ists in the Netherlands, and later in the U.S.A. where they ...

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Sir John's Diary Sir John's Diary

The Fun-Tome of the Opera

“A kaleidoscopic life story in engineering, opera, movies, operettas, television, conducting, stage directing and several other facets, written in an inimitable style.” - Het Binne...

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The Forerunners The Forerunners

Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora

Between 1800 and 1880, some 6,500 Dutch Jews joined hundreds in the USA who had arrived during colonial times. The author gives detailed information, and names individual families ...

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Separation and Inheritance Separation and Inheritance

The story of Jan and Aagje DeGroot

A Dutch-Canadian family’s post-World War II immigration years. It includes the struggle to survive Nazi occupation, harsh winters, and selfishness; the difficulty of moving away fr...

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And The Swamp Flourished And The Swamp Flourished

The Bittersweet Story of Holland Marsh

Draining swamps and marshes, and controlling groundwater levels, come natural to Dutchmen! Throughout Europe they have reclaimed land this way, growing plentiful crops where before...

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Dutch American Voices Dutch American Voices

Letters from the United States, 1850 - 1930

Immigrant experiences of the 19th century are quite different from those of today. This book features letters from immigrants to their family in the Netherlands. The result is a fa...

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American Travels of a Dutch Hobo American Travels of a Dutch Hobo

In 1923, Dutch seaman Gerard Leeflang fell in love with America and soon was an illegal alien. He had become entranced with what he had seen of New York City. He jumped ship and ab...

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From the Prairies With Hope From the Prairies With Hope

Among the scribes in the Dutch press who tried to generate interest in life in Canada, Aberson stands out with her columns that were noted for clarity, humour and poignancy. She qu...

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Secession, Doleantie and Union Secession, Doleantie and Union

1834-1892

Efforts toward reunion among Reformed and Presbyterian churches will succeed to the degree that the truths of Scripture, faithfully echoed by the Confessions, are truly experienced...

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The Practice of Political Spirituality The Practice of Political Spirituality

Episodes from the Public Career of Abraham Kuyper, 1879-1918

Few Dutch prime ministers or politicians merit international attention a century later. Kuyper, who led a protestant christian program party to become prime minister, still capture...

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Always Obedient Always Obedient

Essays on the Teachings of Dr. Klaas Schilder

At the centre of a decades-long controversy in the Netherlands, theologian Schilder, who taught at Kampen’s seminary, was deposed by GKN’s synod in 1944. The move prompted a major ...

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Letters Written in Good Faith Letters Written in Good Faith

The Early Years of the Dutch Norbertines in Wisconsin

A Dutch Roman Catholic missionary to Wisconsin Indians on furlough in the Netherlands, returned to work in 1848 with in tow a large group of mostly Brabant immigrants. These immigr...

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100 Years Ago 100 Years Ago

Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893

A party of 68 men, women and children may be seen as the vanguard of later Dutch emigration waves to Canada. Who were they and where did they go? This book gives many answers about...

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Dutch Immigration to North America Dutch Immigration to North America

Twelve historians present their papers on thought provoking aspects of Dutch immigration to Canada and the U.S.A. This collection brings out some lesser known episodes in Dutch imm...

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Silent Ethnicity Silent Ethnicity

The Dutch of New Brunswick

In this fascinating book, the author - a Professor of Sociology - relates that the Dutch arrived in what became New Brunswick in 1674, and for three years maintained control over t...

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The Liberation - Causes and Consequences The Liberation - Causes and Consequences

The Struggle in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in the 1940s

Why commemorate a church struggle that happened over fifty years ago in churches in the Netherlands? This collection of speeches and discussions will help to answer that question. ...

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Schilder's Struggle For the Unity of the Church Schilder's Struggle For the Unity of the Church

Dutch Reformed theologian Klaas Schilder (1890-1952) is remembered both for his courageous stand in opposition to Nazism, which led to his imprisonment three months after the Nazis...

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Dutch Farmer in the Missouri Valley Dutch Farmer in the Missouri Valley

The Life and Letters of Ulbe Eringa, 1866-1950

The letters Dutch immigrant Ulbe Eringa wrote home from the United States are rich with information on the family, the household economy, church activities, and school involvement....

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Asia in the Making of Europe vol1 book1 Asia in the Making of Europe vol1 book1

Volume I: The Century of Discovery

The rise to world dominance and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the anc...

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Volume II: A Century of Wonder

In The Visual Arts, the author focuses specifically on the effect of the “silent sources” on European art. These sources are the Eastern art and artifacts, flora, fauna, and crafts...

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Volume II: A Century of Wonder

The Literary Arts surveys the Asian themes, influences, and echoes in the national literatures of Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and England. “These volu...

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Volume II: A Century of Wonder

The Scholarly Disciplines analyzes the fields where the revelation of Asia was most apparent: technology and the natural sciences, cartography and geography, the languages and lin...

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Volume III: A Century of Advance

Trade, Missions, Literature deals with Christian missions and trade and conquest in the East. It examines the various histories, reports, letterbooks, and travelogues printed and w...

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Volume III: A Century of Advance

South Asia examines the European images of the lands, societies, religions, and cultures of the Mughul Empire, Goa, Bijapur, Kanara, Malabar, Coromandel, and insular South Asia inc...

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Volume III: A Century of Advance

Southeast Asia deals with European images of the lands, societies, religions, and cultures of Southeast Asia. The continental nations of Siam, Vietnam, Malaya, Pegu, Arakan, Cambo...

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Volume III: A Century of Advance

East Asia reviews European images of China during the late Ming and early Ch’ing dynasties, ranging from its religious practises, customs, and intellectual life to its geography an...

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Volume I: A Century of Discovery

The rise to world dominance and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the anc...

USD 40.95 / CAD 47.20

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Eight Prison Camps Eight Prison Camps

A Dutch Family in Japanese Java

Eldest girl of eight children, the author was raised in a teacher’s family in Surakarta, Java, in what is now Indonesia. The family was split up when the Japanese imprisoned the fa...

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Jan Compagnie in the Straits of Malacca 1641-1795 Jan Compagnie in the Straits of Malacca 1641-1795

New research among the very abundant records of the Dutch Company (its employees were referred to as Jan Compagnie) enriches our understanding of the effect of the Dutch presence ...

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Song of Survival Song of Survival

They survived three-and-a half years in a Japanese concentration camp for women and children in Sumatra during World War II. But these courageous women - missionaries, teachers, nu...

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Adjustment and Discontent Adjustment and Discontent

Representations of Women in the Dutch

Far-reaching transformations took place in the colonial society of the Dutch around 1900. The number of Europeans in the Indies increased while Western education raised a politica...

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John Company John Company

Toward the end of the sixteenth century, the Dutch were fighting to establish their independence from Spain, and overseas trading and colonial explorations were a vital part of tha...

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Stand By, Boys! Stand By, Boys!

Much has been written about the Flood of February 1, 1953, which inundated many low-lying coastal areas in the Netherlands. Norel uses as his plot a true but amazing story that unf...

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Vollenhoven Vollenhoven

His Early Development

A scholarly exposition and analysis of the early theism of wellknown Reformed, Dutch philosopher Dirk H.T. Vollenhoven, by John H. Kok, professor of philosophy at Dordt College....

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Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope

Dutch Poetry in Translation

The poetry selection ranges from the early Middle Ages to the Twentieth century. The left pages feature the poems in the source language (Dutch) whereas those on the right have the...

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He Gathers the Lambs He Gathers the Lambs

A moving book, written not only with deep insight into the Dutch ecclesiastical, religious, social, and historical situation in which the story takes place, but also with a warm, r...

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William of Orange - The Silent Prince William of Orange - The Silent Prince

F. Pronk in ‘The Messenger’: "If you have ever wondered why Dutch Reformed people of former generations felt such strong spiritual ties with Dutch royalty, this is a ‘must’ reading...

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When the Morning Came When the Morning Came

Volume 1

A very interesting and informative book in which the author weaves his historical story around the life and times of 12-year old Martin Meulenberg and his family. The Meulenbergs f...

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Dispelling the Tyranny Dispelling the Tyranny

Volume 2

A sequel to When The Morning Came, the book takes readers to Count Lodewijk’s ill-fated attempt to invade the Netherlands in 1581 and chase ou...

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Salt in His Blood Salt in His Blood

The Life of Michael De Ruyter

Called the ‘greatest Dutch Admiral’, Michael De Ruyter (1607 - 1676) was feared by his enemies and loved by his men for his fatherly approach to life. De Ruyter has been held up as...

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Forty Days & Forty Nights Forty Days & Forty Nights

The poet’s immigrant family background can be traced in such poems as ‘Pedlars of the Practical’ and ‘Forty Days & Forty Nights.’ ‘Terpstra is not afraid of taking risks. He exper...

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Playing the Trumpet From My Window Playing the Trumpet From My Window

Poet, linguist, novelist, anthropologist and monk Theuws in this book is being introduced by Joseph A. Quinn, professor at the University of Windsor, who writes: (Theuws) is able t...

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Family Games Family Games

Family Games is about knowing who you are, especially in an extended family with strong traditions, or in changing times. In this short-story collection Konrad brings to life chara...

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Buffaloberries and Saskatoons Buffaloberries and Saskatoons

Stories and Poems from Western Canada

Stories by Pleuke Boyce, Aritha van Herk, Dick Dekker and Jane Aberson, and poetry by Sarah Klassen and Alice Van Wart. This is the 1991 anthology in our series of collections of ...

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Dutch Gifts Dutch Gifts

Stories, Poems and Creative Non-Fiction on a Netherlandic Theme

In 1990 the Netherlandic Press asked for submissions to a Literary Competition, held in celebration of its 10th Anniversary. The only prerequisite, apart from entries not having be...

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Light of the World Light of the World

An Anthology of Seventeenth Century Dutch Religious and Occasional Poetry

For this introduction to the poetry of Holland’s Golden Age, the time of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Christopher Levenson has selected a variety of representative poems, and made them a...

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The Andros Papers (1679-1680) The Andros Papers (1679-1680)

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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CORRESPONDENCE (1647-1653) CORRESPONDENCE (1647-1653)

Volume XI of the Dutch Colonial Manuscripts comprises the correspondence of Petrus Stuyvesant from 1647 to 1653. It represents the first six years of his seventeen-year tenure as d...

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Laws and Writs of Appeal (1647-1663) Laws and Writs of Appeal (1647-1663)

The laws reveal the legal thinking of the Dutch on such subjects as Indians, smuggling, trade and crime, as well as everyday problems of wages, fencing, land allocation, and the re...

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Council Minutes (1652-1654) Volume V Council Minutes (1652-1654) Volume V

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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Minutes of the Mayor's Court of New York (1674-1675) Minutes of the Mayor's Court of New York (1674-1675)

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

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Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674 Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674

From 1653 to 1674, 7 volumes

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

USD 235.00 / CAD 270.25

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Books of General Entries of the Colony of New York 1674-1688 Books of General Entries of the Colony of New York 1674-1688

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

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Administrative Papers of Governors Administrative Papers of Governors

Richard Nicholls and Francis Lovelace, 1664-1673

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

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Books of General Entries of the Colony of New York 1664-1673 Books of General Entries of the Colony of New York 1664-1673

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

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The Dongan Papers (1683-1688) The Dongan Papers (1683-1688)

Admiralty Court and Other Records of the Administration of New York Governor Thomas Dongan

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherla...

USD 55.95 / CAD 64.40

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Abraham Kuyper - A Centennial Reader Abraham Kuyper - A Centennial Reader

A Centennial Anthology

Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) is one of the most remarkable men in the history of Reformed Christianity. He was eminent in Dutch public life for half a century and left a deep imprint...

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The Story of Dutch Windmills The Story of Dutch Windmills

A Monumental Story of 4 Episodes - DVD

Ever wondered how one million Dutch people built a global maritime power? As this documentary shows, the thousands of windmills, used for a long list of specific applications, gav...

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A Journey Into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635 A Journey Into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635

The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert....

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In Mohawk Country In Mohawk Country

Early Narratives about a Native Peopleabout a Native People

Various narratives written by Dutch merchants, French Jesuit missionaries, English soldiers and other literate observers provide often biased but always fascinating accounts of the...

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Sources of Secession Sources of Secession

An in-depth history of the ecclesiastical background in the Netherlands of Reformed Christians who settled in the American Midwest. These followers of the Secession of 1834 from th...

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Kamp Westerbork Kamp Westerbork

Transit Camp to Eternity: the Liberation Story

The liberation of Kamp Westerbork in the history of the South Saskatchewan Regiment of Canada continues to be the event that captures the reason why the regiment served abroad in W...

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Patrimony Profile Patrimony Profile

Our Reformed Heritage Retraced, 1795-1946

Reformed history and inheritance - patrimony - explained. The author retraces developments in the Dutch churches which led to the Secession of 1834, the (lesser known) Union of 186...

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Dutch Quintet Dutch Quintet

A Collection of Stories and Poems By Dutch Canadians

Short stories by Rudy Wiebe, Haijo Jan Westra; and Poetry by Sonja de Wit, Marilyn Smulders, Augustinus P. Dierick. In the stories, the subject matter ranges from family in Friesla...

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Sabotage Sabotage

Volume 5

Part of book package: The Shadow series. One of the most exciting children’s series of the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII by...

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The Grim Reaper The Grim Reaper

Volume 3

Part of book package: The Shadow series. One of the most exciting children’s series of the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII by...

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The Lonely Sentinel The Lonely Sentinel

Volume 1

A windmill standing guard over Dutch polders; the miller's family wrestling with death and treachery; innocent children playing adult games of secrecy and intrigue; hapless refugee...

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The Partisans The Partisans

Volume 4

Part of book package: The Shadow series. One of the most exciting children’s series of the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII by...

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When a Neighbor Came Calling When a Neighbor Came Calling

Memories of the occupation of the Netherlands will never be forgotten by those who lived through it. These memories should not fade away either. This book by Albert VanderMey is th...

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Whether a Christian Woman Should Be Educated Whether a Christian Woman Should Be Educated

The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe

Advocate and exemplar of women's education, female of aristocratic birth and modest demeanor, Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was one of Reformation Europe's most renowned writ...

USD 44.95 / CAD 51.75

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Johanna Johanna

A Novel of the Van Gogh Family

Contrary to popular belief, it was not his brother Theo, the gallery manager, who saved Vincent van Gogh’s paintings from the trash heap. When Theo died six months after Vincent, h...

USD 10.95 / CAD 12.75

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Rembrandt Rembrandt

Throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, the Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was a respected source of inspiration for many artists...

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Nathaniel’s Nutmeg Nathaniel’s Nutmeg

The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, however, Run’s harvest of nutmeg turned i...

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New Dutch Swing New Dutch Swing

One of the best book-length critical investigations of creative music, this engaging survey of a vital contemporary jazz scene presents an American music critic’s insightful accoun...

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The Padre The Padre

This is the inspiring story of a remarkable chaplain, who as a “front-line” soldier for nearly three years served with the Irish Regiment of Canada, in England, Italy and the Nethe...

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Roots & Branches - Hardcover Roots & Branches - Hardcover

St. Willibrord Community Credit Union; The first 50 years

Life without banking. That is what thousands of Dutch immigrants experienced before they arrived in Canada in the late 1940s and early 50s. Most of them had few financial assets, m...

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Johannes C. Sikkel Johannes C. Sikkel

A Pioneer in Social Reform

The journalistic work of this 19th century Dutch preacher and pioneer of social reform lies in his Scriptural evaluation of the socialistic ideal of society. He discerned its anti-...

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Journey Through the Night Journey Through the Night

De Vries’ famed book captures the spirit and agony of the five harrowing years of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands remarkably well. "This is more than just a war-time adventure. ...

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Dangerous Diplomacy Dangerous Diplomacy

The Story of Carl Lutz, Rescuer of 62,000 Hungarian Jews

Dangerous Diplomacy for the first time relates the courageous story of Carl Lutz (1895-1975), the Swiss diplomat who single-handedly rescued 62,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi co...

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Of Dutch Ways Of Dutch Ways

This popular book is an excellent introduction to the Netherlands, its history, culture, and contemporary life. Recommended reading for anyone visiting the Netherlands for the firs...

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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

This is the story of a poor brother and sister in long-ago Holland. Here Hans and his sister Gretel experience championship skating, hunger and family hardship, and countless adven...

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Hans Brinker Teacher Guide Hans Brinker Teacher Guide

A Guide for Teachers and Students

Interact with some of the greatest American children’s literature ever written. Intelligent, thought-provoking questions and creative activities will enable students to experience ...

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Die van ons Die van ons

The Brabant saying of 'Die van ons...' (the English term ‘our people’ does not fully express it) already suggests a measure of pride, and respect, for the sons and daughters whose ...

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Netherlanders in America Netherlanders in America

A Study of Emigration and Settlement in the 19th & 20th Centuries in the United States of America

The first general study of 19th Century Dutch presence in the U.S.A. after 75 years still rates as one of the very best. A social georaphy and history teacher in the Netherlands, ...

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The Sensible Cook (Hardcover) The Sensible Cook (Hardcover)

Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World

A window on Dutch colonial cooking as well as on the foodways in the 17th century Lowlands. In addition to historic recipes from the 300-year-old book ‘de Verstandige Kock’, it pro...

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Hideout in the Swamp Hideout in the Swamp

Volume 2

Part of the book package: The Shadow series. One of the most exciting children’s series of the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWI...

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A Short History of Amsterdam A Short History of Amsterdam

A city of paradoxes, and since the late 1500s the epicentre of the Netherlands. During much of the 17th century the city played a dominant role in world affairs as well. Long a glo...

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Grebbelinie 1940 Grebbelinie 1940

The history of the defense line at the Grebbe remains a low in Dutch WWII history. It is here that ill-equipped defenders faced the vastly superior outfitted German army. The outco...

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Oorlog in Zuid-Limburg Oorlog in Zuid-Limburg

10 mei 1940

For Dutch military strategists the defense of Southern Limburg in terms of the overall policy made little sense. For Germany, the protruding tongue wedged between it and Belgium wa...

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De opstand kwam uit de Bergen De opstand kwam uit de Bergen

Een episode uit de strijd der Hugenoten De oorlog in de Cevennen (1702-1710)

A significant number of Dutch people are aware of their French Huguenot ancestry through one or more family lineages. They often only know in general terms why these French ancesto...

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the Windmill Herald 1 Year Subscription the Windmill Herald 1 Year Subscription

1 year subscription to the Windmill Herald, a Dutch-English language newspaper. 24 pages written in the Dutch language containing: Current affairs (including Background Articles);...

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Dutch Chicago Dutch Chicago

A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City

The story of the Dutch in Chicago until now largely has been below the radarscreen of historians. The dean of Dutch American historians in his latest book has lifted the veil on an...

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An Amicable Friendship An Amicable Friendship

Een Aengenaeme Vrientschap

One of the best researched book of Dutch involved in early Canada when the land was opened and helped to be settled by Dutch immigrants. It in-cludes little known histories such as...

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Tourist Map of The Netherlands Tourist Map of The Netherlands

Great for travelling or as a gift for someone travelling to the Netherlands. • Completely updated to include roads under construction or projected to be built. • Detailed legend ...

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Floral Passion Floral Passion

An explosion of colour and heartwarming stories

This book is a collection of heart-warming stories and stunning photographs. Floral Passion describes a thriving floral industry and recounts the lives of the immigrants, many of w...

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A Short History of the Netherlands A Short History of the Netherlands

The status of the Netherlands of today was developed over a long period of time. Situated between land and water, its people have, for thousands of years, fought to make the best ...

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Geschiedenis van Kampen I Geschiedenis van Kampen I

Volume I

The river port of Kampen rose to prominence as one of the members of the medieval Hanseatic League, an early and successful attempt at ‘foreign' trade relations. Situated on the ba...

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Geschiedenis van Kampen II Geschiedenis van Kampen II

Volume II

Kampen's economic development was based on trade and merchant marine which in this book receives exhaustive attention along with the city's social history. The post-1800 economic c...

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Geschiedenis van Kampen Volumes I and II Geschiedenis van Kampen Volumes I and II

Includes Volumes I and II, see separate descriptions listed on this online bookstore. Combination offer....

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Uit den ash kolk der vergetelheid Uit den ash kolk der vergetelheid

Geschiedenis van de stad Hasselt 1252-2002

A memorable 18th century quote, in essence "From the ash heap of oblivion" makes for the title of this book which highlights Hasselt's 750 years of history. While the first two cen...

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Sporen van verplaatsing Sporen van verplaatsing

Honderd jaar nieuwkomers in Overijssel

Trodden paths of migration, these can be traced in landscapes, in lives of people, in society. The author searched the archives of Overijssel for such traces and discovered materia...

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A Theatre in Dachau A Theatre in Dachau

This book presents the thoughts of a Reformed Christian minister who lived through the horrid experiences of a German concentration camp during World War II. He shares his struggle...

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A Trimaran Sails the Seven Seas A Trimaran Sails the Seven Seas

A former radio-officer in the Dutch Merchant Navy, the author studied celestial navigation in Canada before becoming a Commander with an Ontario Sail Squadron. The Master Mariner b...

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The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949 The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949

Survivors' accounts of the Japanese occupation and eyewitness stories of the ensuing struggle for an independent Indonesia. Unlike in the Netherlands, the liberators in the Japanes...

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Groote Beer Groote Beer

Ceramic Wall Plaque

Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. The Groote Beer, the Waterman and he Zuiderkruis are the three ...

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Volendam I Volendam I

Ceramic Wall Plaque

Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Launched on July 6, 1922 and made her maiden voyage from Rotter...

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Waterman Waterman

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Zuiderkruis Zuiderkruis

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Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Built in 1944 as a freighter it was later converted to a passen...

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Maasdam IV Maasdam IV

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Ryndam II Ryndam II

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DC4 DC4

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Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First trip from Schiphol to Montreal in 1946....

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Constellation Constellation

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Super Constellation Super Constellation

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DC7 DC7

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DC8 DC8

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Boeing 747 Boeing 747

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DC10 DC10

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Boeing 767 Boeing 767

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Across The Atlantic (DVD) Across The Atlantic (DVD)

(DVD)

Between 1928 and 1971, 3.8 million people worldwide immigrated to Canada. The majority of European immigrants landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among them were many from t...

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Across the Atlantic (VHS) Across the Atlantic (VHS)

Between 1928 and 1971, 3.8 million people worldwide immigrated to Canada. The majority of European immigrants landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among them were many from t...

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Exotic Tastes of Sri Lanka Exotic Tastes of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka lies in the Indian Ocean is separated from southeastern India by a mere 30-mile chain of shoals. This proximity has had an inevitable effect on Sri Lanka's cuisine, as di...

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Afrikaans-English English-Afrikaans Practical Dictionary Afrikaans-English English-Afrikaans Practical Dictionary

Afrikaans is part of the Dutch and Flemish language family, although it also has traces of low German and French. Up until recent times, along with English, it was one of the two n...

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Batavia's Graveyard Batavia's Graveyard

The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The ship itself wa...

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American Railroads in the Nineteenth Century American Railroads in the Nineteenth Century

Railroads in the U.S. were the Internet of the 19th century. The whole country opened up. Industry exploded. Numerous fortunes were made, lost, and sometimes made again, and includ...

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The History of Holland The History of Holland

Holland was once a superpower upon whose empire the sun never set. Today it is on the leading edge of social change. This history of Holland, from its earliest beginnings to the pr...

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Railways in the Netherlands Railways in the Netherlands

A Brief History, 1834-1994

Europe’s Lowlands is a country of windmills, canals and ... a very extensive railway system which in addition to freight is a significant people mover. Just like the waterways did ...

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Unspoken Allies Unspoken Allies

Anglo-Dutch Relations since 1780.

This study brings together the expertise of an international group of scholars to survey the development of political and economic relations between Britain and the Netherlands fro...

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American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies-Indonesia American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies-Indonesia

U.S. Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949.U.S. Foreign Policy and Indonesian Nationalism 1920-1949

The book challenges the view that during the period 1945-1949, the American government and its foreign policymakers unequivocally backed the Indonesian Republic's struggle for inde...

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Daily Life in Rembrandt’s Holland Daily Life in Rembrandt’s Holland

This engagingly written study presents a rich picture of a dynamic society that had torn itself away from the mediocrity of its past - a stagnant nation of peasants and fishermen -...

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Touring the Low Countries Touring the Low Countries

Accounts of British Travellers, 1660 - 1720

Touring the Low Countries is an anthology of approximately forty travel documents by British tourists - journals, letters, and financial accounts - most of them published here for ...

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Rond de Runde Rond de Runde

Turf, kunstmest en electriciteit, Triptiek van de Turfindustrie

For centuries, Dutch homes and cottage industries for fuel relied on dried logs of peat, also known as Black Gold. Huge sections of the country - particularly Drenthe and Overijsse...

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Storms, Ice, and Whales Storms, Ice, and Whales

The Antarctic Adventures of a Dutch Artist on a Norwegian Whaler

During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration in 1923, Dutch artist Willem van der Does talked his way aboard a Norwegian whaler and made a daring, often dangerous voyage to Antar...

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My Path to Liberation My Path to Liberation

Reflections on My Life in the Ministry of the Word of God

Rev. D. Van Dijk’s memoir highlights the changes that he witnessed in his life and - in some cases - helped to bring about. The most dramatic of these is the Liberation of synodica...

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The New World Dutch Barn The New World Dutch Barn

The Evolution, Forms and Structure of a Disappearing Icon

An update from the highly acclaimed original edition on the Dutch Barn which at one time dotted the New York and New Jersey areas where Dutch settlers were farming. The author docu...

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Christian Responses to the Holocaust Christian Responses to the Holocaust

Moral and Ethical Issues

In a Europe overrun by Hitler’s armies and his Nationalist Socialist ideology, Christians were forced to respond to the atrocities being committed against their fellow citizens. Th...

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The Battle for the Hague - 1940 The Battle for the Hague - 1940

Dutch Army in 1940 heroically dealt Hitler's paratroopers huge blow.

The story of the first great airborne landing operation in history. The plan conceived by Adolf Hitler to capture The Hague by surprise, was carried out as part of the Blitzkrieg o...

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The Battle for Ginkel Heath near Ede The Battle for Ginkel Heath near Ede

17 and 18 September 1944

Even now, decades after the actual landing, the Battle of Arnhem – Operation Market Garden - still is seen as a most telling defeat by many people. The fierce and bloody fighting f...

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From Leningrad to Berlin From Leningrad to Berlin

Dutch volunteers in the service of the German Waffen-SS 1941-1945

When in June 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the elite guard division SS appealed to young men in occupied areas to join the crusade against Bolshevism by enlisting in ...

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De Sinterklaas Razzia van 1944 De Sinterklaas Razzia van 1944

Massive manhunts mark the latter period of the five-year German occupation of the Netherlands. The men were needed, so the generally accepted explanation goes, to fill labour short...

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The Roommate of Anne Frank The Roommate of Anne Frank

In the autumn of 1987, a small bundle containing photographs and newspaper clippings belonging to Charlotte Kaletta, was found on the Amsterdam flea market by an employee of the An...

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Canada and Noord-Brabant Canada and Noord-Brabant

An eternal bond

The author describes the battles of the Canadian forces for the liberation of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant in this well documented and well-illustrated book. The very import...

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Cruel Paradise Cruel Paradise

Life Stories of Dutch Emigrants

This book deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the northern region of the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. A skilled stylis...

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Life Lessons From the Hiding Place Life Lessons From the Hiding Place

Discovering the heart of Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch citizen, was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her faith. From her unforgettable experience in a Nazi prison camp during...

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The Hunger Winter The Hunger Winter

Occupied Holland, 1944-1945

Hitler’s Germany invaded neighbouring the Netherlands in May 1940. Life in occupied Holland was hideous enough, but for the Dutch people the worst was yet to come. After the Wester...

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A Bloom of Friendship A Bloom of Friendship

The Story of the Canadian Tulip Festival

Every spring, Canada’s capital, Ottawa, bursts into colour with hundreds of thousands of tulip blooms. These represent the token of appreciation of the Dutch Royal family for the c...

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Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945

Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of horror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, ...

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Indonesia Indonesia

A country of incredible beauty and stupefying extremes, Indonesia sprawls across one-eighth of the globe, stretching between Malaysia and Australia. This is the most complex single...

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Holland Mania Holland Mania

The Dutch Period in American Art - A fascinating and idiosyncratic work of art history.

Holland Mania describes a curious and now little-known era in American cultural history. During this period, 1880-1920, old Dutch master paintings and Dutch antiques moved into Ame...

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Veneklasen Brick Veneklasen Brick

A Family, a Company, and a Unique Nineteenth-Century Dutch Architectual Movement in Michigan

In 1848, the second year of the new Dutch kolonie in West Michigan’s Ottawa County, a much-needed brick manufacturing industry was started in the rich clay fields between the villa...

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Roots & Branches - Paperback Roots & Branches - Paperback

St. Willibrord Community Credit Union; The first 50 years

Life without banking. That is what thousands of Dutch immigrants experienced before they arrived in Canada in the late 1940s and early 50s. Most of them had few financial assets, m...

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Downed Allied Airmen and Evasion of Capture Downed Allied Airmen and Evasion of Capture

The Role of Local Resistance Networks in World War II

Foreword by Colonel J.W. Bradbury In the study of the past, it is sometimes all too easy to forget that history is made not by groups or governments but by ordinary individuals. ...

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The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan

The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942

On December 7, 1941, a new theater of war opened up in the Pacific, a threat for what then was called the Netherlands East Indies. The Dutch, with their Naval Air Force or Marine L...

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The Liberation of Holland DVD The Liberation of Holland DVD

This documentary of The Netherland’s liberation features re-enactment as well as original footage including some rare shots in colour from World War II. This film recognizes the ef...

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The Liberation of Holland VHS The Liberation of Holland VHS

This documentary of Holland’s liberation features re-enactment as well as original footage including some rare shots in colour from World War II. This film recognizes the efforts o...

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Making Choices Making Choices

The Dutch Resistance during World War II

The producer of this widescreen DVD explores the dramatic lives of four Dutch Americans of west Michigan who resisted the seemingly overwhelming power of the Nazis during the occup...

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Verloren land Verloren land

Een herinneringswerk aan Schokland

A unique study of an abandoned island in the Netherlands that reappeared and now is a Unesco world-class protected heritage site. The choppy, and often dangerously stormy Zuiderzee...

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Geschiedenis van de Gereformeerde Kerk van Kampen, 1895-1994 Geschiedenis van de Gereformeerde Kerk van Kampen, 1895-1994

Students of recent Dutch church history quickly will find “Kampen” on their way, the town which since 1854, has been home to the Theological College of the Reformed Churches in the...

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Aartsbisschop in oorlogstijd Aartsbisschop in oorlogstijd

Een portret van kardinaal De Jong, 1885-1955

The surrender of the Dutch army in May 1940 was not the end of warfare in the occupied country. With the military conquest out of the way, the Nazis increasingly were attempting to...

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Family Kinship and Community Family Kinship and Community

A study of Dutch Canadians, a developmental approach

This 1970s study attempts to trace the social and political culture of the Dutch Canadian in the Holland Marsh area (North of Toronto, for decades the vegetable garden of Ontario)....

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The first Dutch settlement in Alberta The first Dutch settlement in Alberta

Letters from the Pioneers Years 1903-1914

Translated for the first time from Dutch to English, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on the early pioneer years of the Dutch community in southern Alberta. T...

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Holland Holland

Many people want to satisfy their curiosity by briefly traveling foreign countries in the comfort of their armchair. Others may need a pictorial appetizer for the country of their ...

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Holland Guidebook Holland Guidebook

A pictorial appetizer of the Netherlands with text summaries in four languages, English, German, French and Russian on every page. Everything from beautiful aerial photographs to c...

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Holland, Holland,

Land of water, dykes and polders

How do the Dutch keep their feet dry in the low-lying Delta? A legitimate question because without their extensive public works systems – dikes, dams and polders – the country defi...

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Tulips from Holland Tulips from Holland

How the tulip became a symbol for the Netherlands is the story line by word and photograph of this handy book. Although fortunes were lost in the seventeenth-century through Tulipm...

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Wooden Shoes of Holland Wooden Shoes of Holland

Everything you need to know about this icon of Dutch footwear. You can match your knowledge with the information by text and image this compact book brings to the table. Included i...

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Windmills of Holland Windmills of Holland

The Dutch can amaze others endlessly. Case in point, of all the landmarks dotting the country, windmills have their own (sign)language and even secret codes. Still, windmills are n...

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Een halve eeuw na de watersnoodramp Een halve eeuw na de watersnoodramp

1953 – 1958 – 2003

This book traces the amazing story of the post-1953 Flood era of the Southwest region of the Netherlands during which a number of isolated coastal islands literally were tied to th...

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Kerk en Wereld Kerk en Wereld

(Een studie over gereformeerden en hun uiteenlopende relaties met televisie in het licht van politiek, cultuur en theologie)

This dissertation analyzes why there is, within the Reformed community in the Netherlands, such a significant difference in the approach to television in the homes. According to th...

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Werken in Duitsland 1940-1945 Werken in Duitsland 1940-1945

Over 100 former slave labourers share the stories of their ordeal in Germany and other occupied territories. These accounts are expertly woven into the story line that runs through...

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Ordening van dienst Ordening van dienst

Achtergronden van en ontwikkelingen in de eredienst van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland

The author in his exhaustive dissertation charts the background of and the changes in the worship services in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (GKNs), since 2004 part of th...

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Archangel Archangel

Nederlandse ondernemers in Rusland, 1550-1785

Dutch traders (and their families) could be found in numerous places, from Japan to Ceylon, and from Thailand to Turkey, and from Nieu Amsterdam (later New York) to Archangel in Ru...

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In This Hour In This Hour

A Story of World War II and the Floods of 1953

The book vividly weaves the tapestry of a small Zeeland island village where several characters passionately debate complex issues tied to events of the day, such as the Nazi invas...

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Afsluitdijk 1940 Afsluitdijk 1940

Met de voorafgaande strijd in de noordelijke provincies

Many people only look at the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 through the lenses of defeat. Vastly outnumbered and poorly equipped, the Dutch fought a losing battle. ...

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Mona Parsons Mona Parsons

From privilege to prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe

Even as a young girl growing up in small town Nova Scotia, Mona Parsons stood out for her elegance, self-confidence, and theatrical flair. But the life of this Wolfville native has...

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Road to Freedom Road to Freedom

Hank Staal's autobiography describes the different events and activities he lived through: Enduring World War II in the Dutch Underground followed by his enlistment in the regular ...

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Frontiers and Sanctuaries Frontiers and Sanctuaries

A Woman's life in Holland and Canada

The story of the challenges of women in the twentieth century told through the life of Madzy Brender a Brandis by her daughter Marianne. Madzy (1910-1984) had experienced war, immi...

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Dutch Identity Package Dutch Identity Package

Learn about traditional aspects of Dutch culture and history. Includes the books 'Tulips from Holland' (ID:726), 'Wooden Shoes of Holland' (ID:727), and 'Windmills of Holland' (ID:...

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'n Fonnie Bisnis 'n Fonnie Bisnis

The Yankee Dutch world of Loe Verlak,

This very popular book has given Dutch immigrants and their offspring much enjoyment over the decades. The new, enhanced edition is a ‘celebration of Yankee Dutch,’ the colourful l...

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In the Shadow of the Cathedral In the Shadow of the Cathedral

Growing up in Holland during World War II

The book takes reader back to the Netherlands, the German occupation and Allied liberation through the perceptive eyes of a young girl. The story opens with Titia's grandmother shi...

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VE-Day 60th VE-Day 60th

Special Commemorative DVD

The tide had turned in Europe during the Spring of 1945, but Canadians were still fighting and dying in Hitler's war. Our brave soldiers were given orders to liberate the people of...

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Taming the Tides Taming the Tides

A documentary on the time from the Flood of 1953 to the completion of the Deltawerken. With actual footage of the ‘Watersnood’ (Flood), this historic video will show the Dutch’s ap...

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Rembrandt - 400 years Rembrandt - 400 years

Get an intimate view of the most famous painter, his work, and his world. Take a look at the private life of Rembrandt growing up in the 'Golden Age' era, and an inside look at som...

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The Reckoning DVD The Reckoning DVD

A compelling 96-minute documentary

War erupts in Europe as Germany invades Poland. Eight months later, Hitler would pulicly broadcast that he would not invade Holland due to their neutrality during world War I. With...

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WWII Dutch Resistance Book Package WWII Dutch Resistance Book Package

Remember the Dutch World War II Resistance. Includes the books Things We Couldn't Say, Lest We Forget, and...

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Song of Survival - DVD Song of Survival - DVD

They survived three-and-a half years in a Japanese concentration camp for women and children in Sumatra during World War II. But these courageous women - missionaries, teachers, nu...

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Rembrandt's Jews Rembrandt's Jews

With so many of Rembrandt's paintings devoted to stories of the Bible, and with his apparent penchant for Biblical themes and the sympathetic portrayal of Jewish faces, it is no wo...

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Cinderella Army Cinderella Army

The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

The author, a military historian, in this book examines the role of Canadian troops in the context of the overall Allied effort to end Hitler’s conquest. The Canadians played a cru...

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Tulipmania Tulipmania

Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age

The meteoric rise and subsequent crash of the Dutch tulip trade in the 1600s, popularly known as Tulipmania, continues to be used in newspaper articles and financial newsletters th...

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Dutch Jewry during the Emancipation Period Dutch Jewry during the Emancipation Period

Gothic Turrets on a Corinthian Building

By the end of the eighteenth century, Dutch Jews enjoyed complete freedom of religion, but economic discrimination left the majority of them penniless. Moreover, a bitter conflict ...

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Decolonising the Caribbean Decolonising the Caribbean

Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective

Much has been written on the post-WWII decolonization in the Caribbean, but rarely from a truly comparative perspective, and seldom with serious attention to the former Dutch colon...

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Opmars naar Rotterdam Opmars naar Rotterdam

Volume 1 – De luchtlanding Volume 2 – Van Maas tot Moerdijk Volume 3 – De laatste fase The author, a Dutch military historian, minutely traces the May 1940 events of the German ...

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Het Streekdrachten Boek Het Streekdrachten Boek

Customs and traditions vary from village to village in the Netherlands. In the late 1890s there were already concerns that, for example, klederdrachten, the traditional clothing wh...

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Holland Frozen in Time Holland Frozen in Time

The Dutch Winter Landscape in the Golden Age

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Willem-Alexander Willem-Alexander

Prins van Oranje

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From Bazooka to Bosnia From Bazooka to Bosnia

Sixty Years (non)Journalistic Experiences

Foreword by Van der Stoel, Max, a former Dutch Foreign Affairs minister. Covering news events has been the life of this author who already at the age of fourteen had already becom...

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A Long Labour A Long Labour

A Dutch Mother’s Holocaust Memoir

In this unusual memoir, the author presents a Jewish mother’s view of life in the Netherlands during the WWII Nazi occupation. The book covers a period that ranges from the author’...

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A Cup of Cold Water A Cup of Cold Water

The Compassion of Nurse Edith Cavell

“The secret password is yorc,” the princess whispered. Edith longed for her girlhood in England, when her secrets had been kept safe by her dog Reddie. But now in God’s timing, Edi...

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Dutch fishing trawler GO-38 Dutch fishing trawler GO-38

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The GO-38 fishing trawler catches sole and plaice in the North Sea. Based in the historic Dutch coastal town of Goedereede – hence the acronym GO – southwest of Rotterdam, the traw...

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Dutch fishing vessel UK-93 Dutch fishing vessel UK-93

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The reliable work horse for the Zuyderzee inland fishing industry, this ship was the mainstay on what is now called the IJssel Lake or Flevo Lake. In 1900, there were over 3000 of ...

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Oosterscheldekering no.11 Oosterscheldekering no.11

Paper model – bouwplaat Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier 1:350

Following the disastrous Flood of 1953 (in Dutch simply referred to as De Ramp), Dutch hydraulic engineers implemented a series of giant public works to raise the coastal protectio...

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Windmill 'De Graanhalm' 1847 Windmill 'De Graanhalm' 1847

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The windmill is more than any other structure, the most popular identity symbol among Dutch immigrants and their offspring. Windmill replicas can be found throughout North America,...

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Dutch freighter ss Salatiga or Samarinda, Sarangan Dutch freighter ss Salatiga or Samarinda, Sarangan

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Water, the seas, lakes, rivers and canals along with bridges, aquaducts and tunnels as well as ships of all types are very much part of the story of the Netherlands, past and prese...

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Dutch tug boat Hudson Dutch tug boat Hudson

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The vessel Hudson in various ways is representative of the famed Dutch maritime towing industry. Originally built for international high seas towing company L. Smit & Co., the Huds...

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Visions of Savage Paradise Visions of Savage Paradise

Albert Eckhout, Court Painter in Colonial Dutch Brazil, 1637-1644

This book is the first major book-length study of seventeenth-century Dutch artist Albert Eckhout to be published in nearly seventy years. Eckhout, who was court painter to colonia...

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European inland cargo barge Ebenhaezer European inland cargo barge Ebenhaezer

Paper model – bouwplaat model spits 1:100 & 1:250

The ’spits’, a vessel which measures about 38 metres long by 5 metres wide, can still be seen on nearly all inland waterways. The popular former work horse of bulk cargo forwarders...

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Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997

Former HAL Flagship Paper model – bouwplaat 1:250

The ship of the future… available today. In 1959, owner Holland America Line used this bold slogan to promote its then state-of-the-art ocean liner to the public, for a memorable j...

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Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 1 Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 1

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Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 2 Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 2

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Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 3 Ocean Liner SS Rotterdam V 1959-1997 - Option 3

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NS Electrisch wagentreinstel 1936 no.9 NS Electrisch wagentreinstel 1936 no.9

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NS Pec en Bak C rijtuig 1936 no.10 NS Pec en Bak C rijtuig 1936 no.10

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NS 3737 Stoomlocomotief (1 to 50 ratio) no.14 NS 3737 Stoomlocomotief (1 to 50 ratio) no.14

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NS OmBC 2901-2908 'Ome Keessie' no.15 NS OmBC 2901-2908 'Ome Keessie' no.15

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NS DE 6400 Railion diesellocomotief no.22 NS DE 6400 Railion diesellocomotief no.22

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NS DE 6400 Diesellocomotief no.23 NS DE 6400 Diesellocomotief no.23

Paper model – bouwplaat 1:87

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NS 27 Drie-wagentreinstel 1934 grey no.25 NS 27 Drie-wagentreinstel 1934 grey no.25

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NS 21 Drie-wagentreinstel 1934 blue no.26 NS 21 Drie-wagentreinstel 1934 blue no.26

Paper model – bouwplaat 1:87

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NS klein onderstation - stijl Van Ravensteijn no.28 NS klein onderstation - stijl Van Ravensteijn no.28

Paper model – bouwplaat 1:87

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Prisma Engels-Nederlands Prisma Engels-Nederlands

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The Hiding Place The Hiding Place

A Dutch watchmaker, Corrie ten Boom became a heroine of the Resistance against the Nazi ideology, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and a remarkable evangelist. In World ...

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Dr. Oma Dr. Oma

The Healing Wisdom of Countess Juliana von Stolberg

Juliana von Stolberg (1506 – 1580), the mother of Prince William of Orange the Taciturn, the maternal ancestor of the Royal House of the Netherlands, long was cherished by the Dutc...

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Samenleven in het nieuwe land Samenleven in het nieuwe land

Een schets van de sociale, culturele en geestelijke ontwikkelingen in de Noordoostpolder 1942-1970

The early history of a young land. The Noordoostpolder (Northeastpolder), the largest recent Dutch reclamation project at that time, went dry in the very early 1940s. In 1941, the ...

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Om het spel en de knikkers Om het spel en de knikkers

495 kinderspelen uit de jaren veertig en vijftig

The book describes in an easy to read style how children grew up in Genemuiden, Overijssel, in this somewhat isolated but very characteristic community, located in the rural Nether...

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Vergeten levens Vergeten levens

Geschiedenissen van het Sallandse land

The book’s title which translates into Forgotten Lives examines the author’s ancestors over a period of several centuries. Initially, he prodding his aging mother for answers as he...

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Het Katholieken boek Het Katholieken boek

This pictorial volume covers Dutch Roman Catholic social and church history in six very interesting but unique periods. The book starts with the Restoration of 1853, continues with...

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Toen zij uit Rotterdam vertrokken Toen zij uit Rotterdam vertrokken

Emigratie via Rotterdam door de eeuwen heen

Among all the immigrants departing Rotterdam for America is the group departure of the Pilgrim Fathers likely the best known. Before, but also after that June 1620 departure, colon...

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Beatrix in Ballingschap Beatrix in Ballingschap

Vijf jaren uit de jeugd van onze koningin 1940-1945

The author details the Canadian years (1940-1945) of Dutch Queen Beatrix, based on interviews with people who remembered the Royal family's stay in Ottawa. Helped by the photograph...

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Iseult, We Are Barren Iseult, We Are Barren

Dutch born, Maria Jacobs has as a poet and publisher, played an active role in the development of Canadian literature, and in the League of Canadian Poets. ‘In this publication (he...

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Dutch Medley Dutch Medley

Poems and Stories

Pleuke Boyce, a writer, poet and literary translator, shows in her distinctive poems and stories an understanding of both Dutch and Canadian society. ‘She has the ability to deal w...

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Special Nests Special Nests

Special Nests is the story of Ricky van Hout, a high school history teacher, recuperating from an operation at her son Paul’s home. She is preparing her lessons for her class, usin...

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Captain Kintail Captain Kintail

Captain Kintail is a long poem. The setting is a campground on the shore of Ontario’s Lake Huron, where a group of people have gathered for a weekend retreat - a weekend made longe...

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Dutch Voices Dutch Voices

A Collection of Poems and Stories by Dutch Canadians

“As usual (these books) are published with care and a fine feeling for variety. The cover is after a painting ‘On the Heels of Winter’ by Dick Dekker, and is in harmony with the fi...

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Naked Trees Naked Trees

This book is prose, written with the sensibility of a poet and has been divided into two parts: ‘On the Street Where She Lives” and ‘A Deciduary’, a book of tree lore. Doug Watling...

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What Happens To Memory What Happens To Memory

This collection of poems includes many previously unpublished, as well as a selection of Vanderlip’s earlier work. “What happens to memory in this work is that it becomes the raw m...

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Distant Kin Distant Kin

Dutch-Canadian Stories and Poems

Significant and worth reading for several reasons. As the work of first- and second-generation Dutch immigrants to Canada, they bring a new dimension to the already considerable bo...

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Transplanted Lives Transplanted Lives

Dutch-Canadian Stories and Poems

Stories by Ine Schepers, Miep van der Zwaan-Verkley, Lini R. Grol, Marieke Jalink-Wijbrans; and Poetry by Leon Meersseman, Marieke Jalink-Wijbrans, Lini R. Grol. “This book itself...

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Insight Insight

Canadian Writers View Holland

A Collection of Poems about Holland and the Dutch by Canadian Writers. “This anthology works the other way around. It brings together poems, written by Canadian poets, which have H...

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The Fort Orange Court Minutes (1652-1660) The Fort Orange Court Minutes (1652-1660)

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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Land Papers Land Papers

Volumes GG, HH, & II

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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The Andros Papers (1674-1676) The Andros Papers (1674-1676)

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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The Andros Papers (1677-1678) The Andros Papers (1677-1678)

New York Historical Manuscripts. Records translated from the Dutch language have added a new dimension to early American history. This book is one of a series by the New Netherlan...

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Dutch Heritage William and Mary Trilogy Package Dutch Heritage William and Mary Trilogy Package

The imperialistic ideals of France’s Louis XIV suffered a series of great setbacks when Prince William III of the United Dutch Republic led a widely-supported campaign to thwart th...

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Dutch-English---English-Dutch Standard Dictionary Dutch-English---English-Dutch Standard Dictionary

Over 35,000 entries are included in this useful dictionary. Pronunciation is provided for each entry, as well as a basic pronunciation chart for the Dutch language. A list of abbre...

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Dutch-English---English-Dutch Concise Dictionary Dutch-English---English-Dutch Concise Dictionary

With a brief introduction to Dutch grammar. This compact portable dictionary contains also a concise overview of English grammar for Dutch speakers. Over 7,000 entries each way....

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Indonesian-English---English-Indonesian Practical Dictionary Indonesian-English---English-Indonesian Practical Dictionary

Ideal for the foreign executive. Extensive listings of words and phrases that appear in everyday business. Concise and easy to follow. Alphabetical listings according to prefix of ...

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Speak Standard Indonesian Speak Standard Indonesian

Learn from 213 dialogue exercises, the key to those numerous situations that make the merest day-to-day communication an obstacle course: meeting new acquaintances, identifying and...

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Children's Illustrated Dutch Dictionary Children's Illustrated Dutch Dictionary

Dutch-English/English-Dutch. Each word is accompanied by illustrations of objects and actions common to a child's everyday experience: people, animals, flowers, colours, numbers, a...

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'Koos' Michel 'Koos' Michel

Mijn verzet in de tweede wereldoorlog

The resistance men of Wierden, in Overijssel, rattled nerves at the German occupation command centre with a well-executed railway derailment in May 1943, nearly three years after t...

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A Key to Dutch History A Key to Dutch History

The Cultural Canon of the Netherlands

In recent years, a debate has been taking place about Dutch history, culture and identity, largely prompted by a perceived growing ignorance of these subjects. Neglect was detected...

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The Occupied Garden The Occupied Garden

Recovering the Story of a Family in the War-Torn Netherlands

The authors, two Canadian born sisters, share in this book the powerful story of their grandparents, a Dutch market gardener and his very devout wife, who were living a simple life...

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Verzet en verlangen Verzet en verlangen

Het platteland in de greep van mkz en stedeling

News coverage of the disastrous 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the Netherlands brought live drama to every home in the country, and dominated the headlines for months on e...

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Traag door oneindig laagland Traag door oneindig laagland

De mooiste gedichten over rivieren & dijken

Much has been written about Dutch rivers and their dikes. Throughout Dutch history rivers have been both a lifeline and a destroyer, a friend and a foe, a vast opportunity and a hu...

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Kerkgeschiedenis van de Graafschap Kerkgeschiedenis van de Graafschap

Discover the roots of Gelderland’s picturesque Achterhoek

The Gelderland region east of the IJssel River is commonly known as the Achterhoek because most of the province lays west of this waterway. The author approaches the history of the...

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Thuis in de jaren '60 Thuis in de jaren '60

Dagelijks leven in een roerige tijd - Volume 1

The book covers a time most of the Dutch in North America missed, examining the decade between their 1950s departure and before their return visits of the 1970s started. Mostly a p...

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The Distinctive Character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005 The Distinctive Character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005

A Commemorative History

The Vrije Universiteit (VU) was started in 1880 as a Reformed Christian alternative to the secular Dutch public universities, which were dominated by a liberalism originating in th...

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For the Heart of Holland For the Heart of Holland

Volume 4

Spanish General Valdez had cordoned Leiden off with his troops. Rather than attack the city, he used a different tactic to do the work for him: starvation. When the food rations ra...

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Andy Man Andy Man

The story of Andy, the orphaned son of a London policeman at the beginning of the twentieth century, lives on with every reprint of this book by prolific children’s author Amy Le F...

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How Sleep the Brave! How Sleep the Brave!

The Scottish Covenanters endured harsh persecutions by the King’s Inquisition, but the mysterious name of the Black Avenger sent thrills of hope and courage to many of these tormen...

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De Bijzondere Rechtspleging 1944 tot 1952 De Bijzondere Rechtspleging 1944 tot 1952

The author became fascinated with the postwar settling of accounts of the Dutch authorities with those who had supported the Nazis as members of the Dutch National Socialist Party ...

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Hooibergen in Nederland Hooibergen in Nederland

Geschiedenis en behoud van een agrarisch cultuurmonument

For centuries, Dutch farmers stored their hay in an open-air structure capped by a height adjustable, thatched roof. The ‘hooiberg’ –every dairy farm had at least one a short walk ...

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Leven met het water in de IJsseldelta Leven met het water in de IJsseldelta

At one time, the area around the Eastern Dutch city of Zwolle and neighbouring Kampen was served by as many as twelve diking districts, in Dutch known as ‘waterschappen.’ In 1970 t...

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Leven in Blankenham Leven in Blankenham

Een Overijsselse plattelandsgemeenschap in het tijdvak 1650-1850

Why introduce a history book on a local Dutch village to a North American Dutch-reading audience? This volume, Life in Blankenham is one of two, Vergeten levens. Geschiedenissen va...

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The Netherlands in a Nutshell The Netherlands in a Nutshell

Highlights from Dutch History and Culture

Many think they know the legends behind Tulipmania and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history should be passed on to future generatio...

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Braving Troubled Waters Braving Troubled Waters

Sea Change in a Dutch Fishing Community

The Dutch fishery sector, and not it alone, daily faces unpredictable fishing stocks in the sea, a volatile market and state interventions. In his book, the author shows how Dutch ...

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In His Milieu In His Milieu

Essays on Netherlandish Art in Memory of John Michael Montias

Published in memory of Paris-born U.S. economist and Dutch art historian John Michael Montias (1928-2005), this book consists of significant number of excellent essays by experts i...

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The Bastion of Liberty The Bastion of Liberty

Leiden University Today and Yesterday

Leiden University was founded as an institution that would embody a particular set of academic ethics that sought to improve society through the acquisition of knowledge. In this v...

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Civic Charity in a Golden Age Civic Charity in a Golden Age

Orphan Care in Early Modern Amsterdam

"What will make this volume's reputation as an important book is the author's use of economic evidence and methodology to produce important insights into behavior and attitudes." -...

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Het Gereformeerden Boek Het Gereformeerden Boek

About 375 photographs tell the story of the Reformed Christian community in the Netherlands. Although each of them, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words, they still have a...

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Het Boerderijen Boek Het Boerderijen Boek

Dutch society has its roots in agriculture, with a significant number of people named after a field, a farm or an agricultural occupation. In this book, the authors focuses primari...

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Het Indie Boek Het Indie Boek

Few people will know this, but a public request in 1872 by a Haarlem-museum for photographs of life in the Dutch East Indies, is the basis of a 150,000 entries image bank on the fo...

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Het Socialisten Boek Het Socialisten Boek

Socialism, Liberalism and Christian Democracy are the three main pillars of Dutch society, which revealed themselves in the social-cultural and political movements. This book prese...

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Het Zeeland Boek Het Zeeland Boek

A very unique province deserves a very unique book. The former islands have a largely untold history in the larger context of the Dutch experience, yet are very much part of it, pa...

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Het Biesbosch Boek Het Biesbosch Boek

This book can be viewed as a monument to the Biesbosch Museum on its 25th anniversary. There are three hundred short stories on the country’s largest and most untouched nature park...

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Het Rotterdam Boek Het Rotterdam Boek

In his book, the author gives a colourful presentation of Rotterdam, starting with the Middle Ages when the world-class port was a village located at the dam in the River Rotte. Si...

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Het platteland Het platteland

in het Mauritshuis

The visual record of the past four centuries of Dutch agriculture is world reknowned in Dutch landscapes and paintings of rural life. Interestingly, that genre of paintings was cre...

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Het 40-45 Boek Het 40-45 Boek

During the German occupation years, the Dutch could barely afford film for their cameras even if they could find such supplies in those years of great scarcity. However, some profe...

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Piraten Encyclopedie Piraten Encyclopedie

The rise of the The Netherlands as a nation can be attributed, in no small measure, to its ability to sail the waters, from rivers and lakes to coastal European waters to the seas ...

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De IJssel De IJssel

Levende rivier

The River IJssel is one of the least appreciated rivers in the Netherlands, likely because it covers a relatively short distance, splitting off from the Rhine near Arnhem to empty ...

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Nederlanders, Japanners, Indonesiers Nederlanders, Japanners, Indonesiers

Een opmerkelijke tentoonstelling

Those interested in Dutch history quickly discover a vast amount of foreign influences in every period of Dutch history, from the Romans in pre-medieval times to Afghanistan and WW...

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Het Vaderlandse Geschiedenis Boek Het Vaderlandse Geschiedenis Boek

1600, Battle at Nieuwpoort. The dates were drilled into anyone attending Dutch schools, at least till the late 1950s by droning a list of such events. Less obvious was where Nieuwp...

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Het Den Haag Boek Het Den Haag Boek

The Hague has a rich history, and one that is unique in the Netherlands. No other provincial capital developed from a coastal summer residence of Holland’s medieval counts into a c...

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Dutch Heritage School Dutch Heritage School

Order this Dutch Heritage School package for your (grand)child(ren) and we will top up the order with a (dated) but very helpful NBT fold-out Map of the Netherlands (with English t...

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Prince and Heretic Prince and Heretic

A Novel on William the Silent, Prince of Orange Nassau, Vol.1

William of Orange, also known as the Taciturn, received his education at the Royal court before becoming Holland’s stadtholder, or governor, of the deeply devout Roman Catholic Phi...

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William, by the Grace of God William, by the Grace of God

A Novel on William the Silent, Prince of Orange Nassau, Vol.2

The sequel to Prince and Heretic. In an attempt to regain his control of the Lowlands, King Philip II of Spain is prepared to make any concession, except that of freedom of conscie...

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The Baron of Salgas, and other stories The Baron of Salgas, and other stories

The Cross and the Crown, Alcock, Deborah

The Carpenter of Nimes, Alcock, Deborah, see below

The Baron of Salgas, A True Huguenot Story is ...

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Bobby's Friends! Bobby's Friends!

“Lights!” Jessie announced loudly.

Suddenly everyone was awake.

Karachi appeared beneath them on the left-hand side. At first they saw only a narrow strip of t...

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Let's Go Dutch Again Let's Go Dutch Again

Many people have been looking for recipes for these (and other) very traditional Dutch specialties. The cookbook provides those recipes along with one for Grunneger Kruidkoek and m...

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Lest We Forget Lest We Forget

A Dutch-Jewish family’s thriller-true story of Nazi persecution and survival in the Netherlands. Mandy and her younger sister lived with various Dutch families in the country’s Sou...

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Leaving Home Forever Leaving Home Forever

Were they the reconnaissance men to ‘spy’ out Canada for Dutch settlement? Two bachelors from Jubbega, Friesland wrote their immigration story for all to read... and to follow. The...

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Prisma Nederlands-Engels Prisma Nederlands-Engels

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Berlitz Dutch Phrase Book and Dictionary Berlitz Dutch Phrase Book and Dictionary

Unique quick reference colour-coded system, over 1200 phrases for situations such as arrival, basic expressions/accomodations, eating out, travel, stores and services, health, sigh...

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Holland and the Hollanders Holland and the Hollanders

Nature and Nostalgia

Exquisite nature scenery, architecture and daily life photographs, all full colour, that reveal the stunning landscapes and cultural variety of the Netherlands. The photographer wh...

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