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Regime change

Het tweede presidentschap van Donald Trump van binnenuit

door Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...

Donald Trump domineert het nieuws, meer nog dan in zijn eerste periode als president van de Verenigde Staten. In 'Regime change' doen New York Times-journalisten Maggie Haberman en Jonathan Swan nauwgezet verslag van wat er deze tweede termijn van Trump gedaan en gezegd wordt. Ze geven een realtime reportage vanuit de Situation Room, het Oval Office, benefietavonden en van achter gesloten deuren – ... Meer lezen

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Donald Trump domineert het nieuws, meer nog dan in zijn eerste periode als president van de Verenigde Staten. In 'Regime change' doen New York Times-journalisten Maggie Haberman en Jonathan Swan nauwgezet verslag van wat er deze tweede termijn van Trump gedaan en gezegd wordt. Ze geven een realtime reportage vanuit de Situation Room, het Oval Office, benefietavonden en van achter gesloten deuren –
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Bunker Hill

A City, a Siege, a Revolution

door Nathaniel Philbrick ...

What lights the spark that ignites a revolution?What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and mariners in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the British government in pursuit of liberty?Nathaniel Philbrick, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and The Last Stand, shines new and brilliant light on the ... Meer lezen

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What lights the spark that ignites a revolution?What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and mariners in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the British government in pursuit of liberty?Nathaniel Philbrick, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and The Last Stand, shines new and brilliant light on the
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All the Wrong Moves

The must-read, explosive insider story of the biggest mistakes in US history from the host of The Rest Is Politics US

door Anthony Scaramucci ...

The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US, Anthony Scaramucci‘Essential reading’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & RORY STEWART‘This is the Mooch at his most thoughtful and wise’ EMILY MAITLISWe’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from, and how do we get out?From Main Street ... Meer lezen

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The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US, Anthony Scaramucci‘Essential reading’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & RORY STEWART‘This is the Mooch at his most thoughtful and wise’ EMILY MAITLISWe’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from, and how do we get out?From Main Street
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The Republic Of Pirates

Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

door Colin Woodard ...

An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy ... Meer lezen

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An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy
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Bone Black

Memories of Girlhood

door bell hooks ...

One of bell hooks' foundational works introduced to the UK for the first time.'With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell hooks weaves a girlhood memoir you won't be able to put down―or forget. Bone Black takes us into the cave of self-creation' Gloria SteinemStitching together the threads of her girlhood memories, bell hooks shows us one strong ... Meer lezen

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One of bell hooks' foundational works introduced to the UK for the first time.'With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell hooks weaves a girlhood memoir you won't be able to put down―or forget. Bone Black takes us into the cave of self-creation' Gloria SteinemStitching together the threads of her girlhood memories, bell hooks shows us one strong
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La Patria del Criollo

An Interpretation of Colonial Guatemala

Vertaald door Susan M. Neve, W. George Lovell, PhD ...

door Severo Martínez Peláez ...

This translation of Severo Martínez Peláez’s La Patria del Criollo, first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. Martínez Peláez was one of Guatemala’s foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. La Patria del Criollo is his scathing assessment of Guatemala’s ... Meer lezen

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This translation of Severo Martínez Peláez’s La Patria del Criollo, first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. Martínez Peláez was one of Guatemala’s foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. La Patria del Criollo is his scathing assessment of Guatemala’s
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Salerno to the Gustav Line, 1943–1944

door Jon Diamond ...

Serie series Images of War
In September 1943, shortly after the conquest of Sicily, the Allied armies made amphibious assaults on the Italian Mainland at Calabria, Taranto and along the Gulf of Salerno beaches. The Italian Government quickly capitulated but the Germans fought on. Although the British XIII Corps and 1st Airbornes attacks were largely uncontested in Calabria and Taranto, the Allied Fifth Armys beachheads at ... Meer lezen

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In September 1943, shortly after the conquest of Sicily, the Allied armies made amphibious assaults on the Italian Mainland at Calabria, Taranto and along the Gulf of Salerno beaches. The Italian Government quickly capitulated but the Germans fought on. Although the British XIII Corps and 1st Airbornes attacks were largely uncontested in Calabria and Taranto, the Allied Fifth Armys beachheads at
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Just Kids

An Autobiography

door Patti Smith ...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIt was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the ... Meer lezen

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIt was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the
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Papillon

door Henri Charriere ...

“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was wrongfully convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French Guiana penal colony, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. ... Meer lezen

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“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was wrongfully convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French Guiana penal colony, he became obsessed with one goal: escape.
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The Tornado

door John Edward Weems ...

Serie Boek 83 - Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only ... Meer lezen

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The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only
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Dust Tracks on a Road

An Autobiography

door Zora Neale Hurston ...

“Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerFrom Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition.First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid, funny, bold, and poignant ... Meer lezen

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“Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerFrom Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition.First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid, funny, bold, and poignant
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The Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

door Robert A. Caro ...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: ... Meer lezen

11,86 €

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew:
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La note américaine

door David Grann ...

Vertaald door Cyril Gay ...

1921 Les guerres indiennes sont loin. Leurs survivants ont, pour la plupart, été parqués dans des réserves où ils végètent, misérables, abandonnés à leur sort. Une exception à cette règle : le peuple osage. Il s’est vu attribuer un territoire minéral aux confins de l’Oklahoma. Or ces rochers recouvrent le plus grand gisement de pétrole des États-Unis. Les Osages sont millionnaires, roulent en ... Meer lezen

7,49 €

1921 Les guerres indiennes sont loin. Leurs survivants ont, pour la plupart, été parqués dans des réserves où ils végètent, misérables, abandonnés à leur sort. Une exception à cette règle : le peuple osage. Il s’est vu attribuer un territoire minéral aux confins de l’Oklahoma. Or ces rochers recouvrent le plus grand gisement de pétrole des États-Unis. Les Osages sont millionnaires, roulent en
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

door Mike Brown ...

The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that culminated in the demotion of Pluto from ... Meer lezen

6,24 €

The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that culminated in the demotion of Pluto from
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Open Veins of Latin America

Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

door Eduardo Galeano ...

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has ... Meer lezen

12,29 €

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has
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George B. McClellan

The Young Napoleon

door Stephen W. Sears ...

"Sears has finally unraveled the mystique of this complex, brilliant Civil War general . . . A fascinating story" (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom)."Commander of the Northern army in the Civil War, Gen. George McClellan saw himself as God's chosen instrument for saving the Union. Self-aggrandizing, with a streak of arrogant stubbornness, he set himself above President Lincoln, ... Meer lezen

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"Sears has finally unraveled the mystique of this complex, brilliant Civil War general . . . A fascinating story" (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom)."Commander of the Northern army in the Civil War, Gen. George McClellan saw himself as God's chosen instrument for saving the Union. Self-aggrandizing, with a streak of arrogant stubbornness, he set himself above President Lincoln,
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The Chain

The Award-Winning Suspense Thriller of the Year

door Adrian McKinty ...

THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR CHILD BACK IS TO KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD'A blazing, full-tilt thriller that entirely justifies the hype' GUARDIAN'A heart-stopping roller coaster' DAILY MAIL* * * * *YOUR PHONE RINGS.A STRANGER HAS KIDNAPPED YOUR CHILD.TO FREE THEM YOU MUST ABDUCT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIM'S PARENTS KIDNA... ... Meer lezen

3,49 €

THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR CHILD BACK IS TO KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD'A blazing, full-tilt thriller that entirely justifies the hype' GUARDIAN'A heart-stopping roller coaster' DAILY MAIL* * * * *YOUR PHONE RINGS.A STRANGER HAS KIDNAPPED YOUR CHILD.TO FREE THEM YOU MUST ABDUCT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIM'S PARENTS KIDNA...
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Des têtes dans le désert

Roman policier

door Isabelle Richard ...

Des disparitions par centaines, toutes des filles ou des jeunes femmes, ont lieu dans une ville au nord du Mexique... Quel est le responsable ?À Ciudad Juarez, ville tentaculaire à la frontière nord du Mexique, des centaines de filles et de jeunes femmes disparaissent. Mondialisation, cartels de la drogue ou tueur en série, trafic d’êtres humains, qui est responsable ? Si les faubourgs les plus ... Meer lezen

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Des disparitions par centaines, toutes des filles ou des jeunes femmes, ont lieu dans une ville au nord du Mexique... Quel est le responsable ?À Ciudad Juarez, ville tentaculaire à la frontière nord du Mexique, des centaines de filles et de jeunes femmes disparaissent. Mondialisation, cartels de la drogue ou tueur en série, trafic d’êtres humains, qui est responsable ? Si les faubourgs les plus
... Meer lezen
The Apprentice Tourist

door Mário de Andrade, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ...

Vertaald door Flora Thomson-DeVeaux ...

**A Brazilian masterpiece, now in English for the first time: a playfully profound chronicle of an urban sophisticate’s misadventures in the AmazonA Penguin Classic**“My life’s done a somersault,” wrote Mário de Andrade in a letter, on the verge of taking a leap. After years of dreaming about Amazonia, and almost fifty years before Bruce Chatwin ventured into one of the most remote regions of ... Meer lezen

6,88 €

**A Brazilian masterpiece, now in English for the first time: a playfully profound chronicle of an urban sophisticate’s misadventures in the AmazonA Penguin Classic**“My life’s done a somersault,” wrote Mário de Andrade in a letter, on the verge of taking a leap. After years of dreaming about Amazonia, and almost fifty years before Bruce Chatwin ventured into one of the most remote regions of
... Meer lezen
Power Failure

The Inside Story of The Collapse of Enron

door Mimi Swartz, Sherron Watkins ...

*“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”Sherron knew Enron well enough to know that the company was in extreme spin mode…Power Failure* ... Meer lezen

8,26 €

*“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”Sherron knew Enron well enough to know that the company was in extreme spin mode…Power Failure*
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A Moment in the Sun

Black Manhattan Before the Civil War

door Shane White ...

**A Moment in the Sun dispels the pernicious narrative that in New York City, slavery was followed by a hundred years of poverty and destitution."Captivating . . . A Moment in the Sun is a potato-chip book; I could barely put it down. This was indeed an early Harlem Renaissance." —John McWhorter, New York Times**Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in ... Meer lezen

21,40 €

**A Moment in the Sun dispels the pernicious narrative that in New York City, slavery was followed by a hundred years of poverty and destitution."Captivating . . . A Moment in the Sun is a potato-chip book; I could barely put it down. This was indeed an early Harlem Renaissance." —John McWhorter, New York Times**Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in
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First Casualty

The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

door Toby Harnden ...

An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan—where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the ... Meer lezen

9,49 €

An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan—where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the
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US ARMY Survival Manual FM 21-76

Department of The Army Field Manual

door Department of Defense ...

Serie series Surviving
FM 21-76 SURVIVAL. 649 pages + 1 blank page with Black and White Illustrations and a section of color pictures. Teaches many skills to survive.Some of the chapters are:Survival Actions, Pattern For Survival, Psychology for Survival, Survival planning, Basic Survival Medicine, Survival Kits, Shelters, Water Procurement, Firecraft, Food Procurement, Survival use of Plants, Poisonous Plants, ... Meer lezen

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FM 21-76 SURVIVAL. 649 pages + 1 blank page with Black and White Illustrations and a section of color pictures. Teaches many skills to survive.Some of the chapters are:Survival Actions, Pattern For Survival, Psychology for Survival, Survival planning, Basic Survival Medicine, Survival Kits, Shelters, Water Procurement, Firecraft, Food Procurement, Survival use of Plants, Poisonous Plants,
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De Japanse minnaar

door Isabel Allende ...

Vertaald door Henk van den Heuvel ...

‘Een familiesaga in de beste Zuid-Amerikaanse traditie. ****’ ElsevierDe bejaarde Alma en de jonge Irina ontmoeten elkaar in het verzorgingstehuis waar Alma haar laatste dagen slijt. Beiden dragen een groot geheim met zich mee: Alma haar liefde voor Ishimei, een jongen die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in een concentratiekamp in de Amerikaanse woestijn werd opgesloten vanwege zijn Japanse wortels ... Meer lezen

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‘Een familiesaga in de beste Zuid-Amerikaanse traditie. ****’ ElsevierDe bejaarde Alma en de jonge Irina ontmoeten elkaar in het verzorgingstehuis waar Alma haar laatste dagen slijt. Beiden dragen een groot geheim met zich mee: Alma haar liefde voor Ishimei, een jongen die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in een concentratiekamp in de Amerikaanse woestijn werd opgesloten vanwege zijn Japanse wortels
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eBooks in de categorie Amerika

Regime change

Bunker Hill

All the Wrong Moves

The Republic Of Pirates

Bone Black

La Patria del Criollo

Salerno to the Gustav Line, 1943–1944

Just Kids

Papillon

The Tornado

Dust Tracks on a Road

The Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

La note américaine

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Open Veins of Latin America

George B. McClellan

The Chain

Des têtes dans le désert

The Apprentice Tourist

Power Failure

A Moment in the Sun

First Casualty

US ARMY Survival Manual FM 21-76

De Japanse minnaar