I became intrigued by an excerpt I read in the Pretoria news circa twenty years ago where it was reported that there is a graveyard in a town named Ambala near New Delhi India, which contain the mortal remains of eighteen Boer Prisoners of war. I built the novel around these men. The book is largely based on fact and could not have been written without giving credit to various authors who have written about this war. Both factual and fictional characters and events are intertwined in a seq...

This edited collection argues that the Bible remains culturally relevant within our contemporary, secular society.Frank G. Bosman, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté, Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, and their contributors trace how biblical imagery and phrasing are not only traceable but immanent in understanding our present-day cultural and spiritual status quo. Mapping numerous examples of these intertextual relationships, the essays herein compare, at the one hand, bib...

Do you struggle to like yourself? Do you battle with negative thoughts about your body, your worth, or your personality? Do you wish you were like someone else? What if you could learn to love yourself? Falling in Love with Me is a book full of nuggets of wisdom on how to love yourself, even if the world keeps on telling you otherwise. In thirty days, you can grow your self-love muscle and change the way you speak to yourself in your head. And maybe become a more peace-filled and happy per...

Mix together a beautiful ballerina and ballet teacher, a sexy single dad, and a precocious-yet-sweet daughter, and emotions run high. Add racial and cultural differences, work contracts coming to an end, and hurts and memories from the past and sparks fly. Rowena loves to dance but has ended up teaching ballet instead. When she helps out Cameron’s difficult daughter, a bond develops between the two dancers. Cameron makes Rowena uncomfortable because he stirs up new, unwanted feelin...

This book reminds university engineering faculty, staff, and administration of the compelling need to better prepare engineering education students for the workforce by developing an entrepreneurial mindset. To meet the need, this book provides an evidence-based approach to transform engineering education using an integrative and perspectives-taking approach, coupling the entrepreneurial mindset with bio-inspired design and arts integration, to improve engineering retention, completion, an...

In recent years African countries have taken great strides in their response to the demand for reliable contractual and institutional forms of doing business and for high-quality dispute resolution mechanisms. Modern international arbitration has taken root, with certain countries actively embracing modern harmonized arbitral practice, and others in the process of change and development. This unprecedented volume assembles for the first time a country-by-country analysis - both practical a...

This is a Montessori book like no other. It takes the two extreme ends of the world of Montessorian pedagogy and bring them into sync with a refreshed unity of purpose—exploring how to best educate the whole child. The theoretical chapters are comprehensive and profound, only to be challenged and tested by the numerous case studies, practical applications, and teacher reflections. Though the former is not age-specific, the practical experiences cover the kindergarten age groups. You, Me an...

1701. A Dutch chief merchant is stationed in the heart of West Africa. And he writes everything down.Willem Bosman was no mere visitor. For thirteen years, he served as chief merchant of the WIC and second-in-command at Fort Elmina. He bought gold, inspected ivory, and calculated the purchase price of slaves. Between 1688 and 1702, he wrote twenty letters home, not for his bosses but for a friend. That is why his tone is businesslike, direct, and unfiltered.

Simple Path to Amazon Wealth: Master the Art of Online Sales and Build Your Amazon EmpireBuilding a successful Amazon business is not easy, and it will require hard work, dedication, and persistence. However, with the right mindset and approach, it can be one of the most rewarding and profitable endeavors you ever undertake.In this audiobook, you will get a step-by-step on how to achieve massive wealth through Amazon. We'll dive into the specifics of building a successful Ama...

1701. A Dutch chief merchant is stationed in the heart of West Africa. And he writes everything down.Willem Bosman was no mere visitor. For thirteen years, he served as chief merchant of the WIC and second-in-command at Fort Elmina. He bought gold, inspected ivory, and calculated the purchase price of slaves. Between 1688 and 1702, he wrote twenty letters home, not for his bosses but for a friend. That is why his tone is businesslike, direct, and unfiltered.

Buggy, the green Beetle car, is magically transported from the human world to a city where cars drive themselves, talk, and make money. Follow Buggy's adventures in Motoland as he earns his own money, makes enemies and friends, and faces challenges and dangers that test him to the limits.

With only their wit and a dream, the Bosman family set out from a sophisticated city life in South Africa to build a photographic safari lodge in a wilderness area in Rhodesia. They were 90 miles from the nearest paved road, making bricks with sand and cement, cutting timber to build accommodations, and growing everything they were to eat. They encountered many challenges as they created their luxury safari lodge - from curious elephants to hungry buffalo and everything in between. Along t...