Ontdek de schoonheid van de Italiaanse taal op een natuurlijke en ontspannen manier. Deze audiocursus is speciaal ontworpen voor Nederlandse beginners die graag op een effectieve manier Italiaans willen leren. Via 50 boeiende korte verhalen wordt u meegevoerd naar het leven in Italië. Elk verhaal wordt eerst duidelijk en langzaam in het Italiaans voorgelezen, waarna de Nederlandse vertaling direct volgt. Deze unieke opzet – luisteren, begrijpen en herhalen – stimuleert uw taalgevoel en laa...

South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. South African sport is awash with steroids, a habit that formed in the late 1980s and continues unabated today, with participants and champions alike opting to play dirty.Guns and Needles infiltrates an extraordinary en...

The Yearbook Commercial Arbitration continues its longstanding commitment to serving as a primary resource for the international arbitration community with reporting on arbitral awards and court decisions applying the leading arbitration conventions, as well as on arbitration legislation and rules. Volume XXXVII (2012) includes: excerpts of arbitral awards made under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); notes on new and amended arbitration rules, including reference...

This title was first published in 2003. This multi-disciplinary reading focuses on the latent meaningful and contextual strategies that are often implied and included in bordering processes. It demonstrates that the border as a concept is not so much an object, but rather an ongoing process. The book also consciously and provocatively balances the modernist trap of universalism, exclusive ordering and state-centrism and the postmodernist trap of moral nihilism. Leading specialists in their...

In a Manhattan brownstone that has long served as a manse for him and his predecessors, the Rev. Seth Ludington discovers the bones of an infant...49 years dead. With his sidekick, the acid-tonged Harriet van der Berg, Ludington struggles to resolve the mystery of the bones long hidden in the ash pit of his home while trying to outrun a dark secret from his past. The answers he discovers set Ludington onto an ominous path from which he cannot return, forcing him to explore haunting questio...

THE CURSE OF THE DRY LAND - HORROR SHORT STORY - BREDEVOORT VAN DEN BERGBeneath the vast, merciless silence of the Karoo, a broken family is about to awaken a ancient thirst. Johan and Lena’s life on their once-fertile farm is a portrait of despair, until a single, crimson drop of rain breaks upon the parched earth. From that moment, their world is twisted by forces both eerie and malevolent. Unexplained handprints stain the windows at night, children vanish without a trace, and th...

MOUNTAIN DREAM OF THE OLD TIMES - HISTORICAL FICTION DARK FANTASY STORY - BREDEVOORT VAN DEN BERGIn the shadow of the mountains, where the rock faces are as ancient as the world itself and the whistle of marmots marks the passing of days, a forgotten kingdom lies buried. This sweeping epic, rooted in the rich mythological traditions of the Alps, resurrects the oldest stories of the mountains and breathes new life into the legends that have haunted these peaks for millennia....

Versterk uw Engels op een leuke en moeiteloze manier. Deze audiocursus biedt een beproefde methode voor Nederlandstaligen die hun Engels naar een hoger niveau willen tillen, of nu eindelijk eens goed willen begrijpen wat er wordt gezegd in films en series. Door te luisteren naar 50 onderhoudende korte verhalen, traint u uw oor voor de Engelse taal. De sleutel tot succes is de directe vertaling: elke Engelse passage wordt onmiddellijk in het Nederlands herhaald. Dit stelt u in staat om de c...

Deze audio-cursus bevat 50 tweetalige verhalen in alledaagse scenario’s – eerst in het Chinees, vervolgens in het Nederlands. Elk verhaal is zo opgebouwd dat je actief luistert naar de uitspraak en de natuurlijke cadans van het Mandarijn, gevolgd door directe betekenis en context in je eigen taal. Deze methode maakt leren intuïtief: je hoort hoe de zin wordt gevormd in het Chinees en begrijpt meteen de betekenis door de vertaling erna. Door te beginnen met de originele taal train je je oor...

"This novel is dangerous, devastating, and deeply alive—literary crime fiction at its very best." —Ivy Pochoda, bestselling author of Sing Her DownAfter her sister’s body is found in an abandoned house, a young boxer unravels a shocking web of family secrets in a twisty, harrowing crime novel from the literary iconoclast Laura van den Berg.Sometimes survival is an ugly thing. Especially in Florida.Tina Chance knows...

A South African policewoman has found the perfect way to make sure people in her witness protection programme stay hidden: she kills them! Then Daniel Enslin enters the programme… A tense, spare tale which contrasts the claustrophobic interiors of its perfectly cast characters' lives with places nobody willingly goes [...] Edgy and truly frightening. The writing is superb.- Michelle Hewitson, New Zealand Herald

John and Julia friends since they were kids fall in love, but just after John asked Julia's hand in marriage, trouble arises as Julia gets kidnapped. Little did John know that the path ahead would be treacherous and fought with unexpected twists and turns. Will John be able to save Julia from Roxy and Benjamin's evil clutches?