This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living & working in the Netherlands such as: permits & visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal & legal issues, health care, telecommunications & insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture & habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate both newcomers & expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time. This & many useful addresses, phone numbers & websites make The Holland Handbook an indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat`s partner who does not have a paid or volunteer job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, & professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.” ...

This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living & working in the Netherlands such as: permits & visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal & legal issues, health care, telecommunications & insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture & habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate
- both newcomers & expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time. This & many useful addresses, phone numbers & websites make The Holland Handbook & indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat`s partner who does not have a paid or volunterr job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, & professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.
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Agatha Christie`s ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: ` Henrietta`. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool. Poirot`s enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect
- & each a victim of love.
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There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain`s history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings
- Edward
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The fifteenth century saw the crown of England change hands seven times as the great families of England fought to the death for power, majesty & the right to rule. The Hollow Crown completes Dan Jones` epic history of medieval Engl&, & describes how the Plantagenets tore themselves apart to be finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes & villains in British history were thrown together in these turbulent times: Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt & prudent rule at home marked the high point of the medieval monarchy; Edward IV, who was handed his crown by the scheming soldier Warwick the Kingmaker, before their alliance collapsed into a fight to the death; & the last Plantagenet, Richard III, who stole the throne & murdered his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Finally, the Tudors arrived
- but even their rule was only made certain in the 1520s, when Henry VIII ruthlessly hunted down his family`s last remaining enemies. In the midst this tumult, chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived & the Renaissance began to flourish. With vivid descriptions of the battle of Towton, where 28, 000 men died in a single morning, & the Battle of Bosworth Field, at which Richard III was hacked down, this is the real story behind Shakespeare`s famous history plays.
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Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for ‘myrioramas’, the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities. Traverse an enchanted landscape as you build a perpetual panorama inhabited by fire-breathing dragons, magical unicorns & sinister shadow figures. With many games to play & millions of stories to tell, each turn of the card is a new adventure. Where will the story take you? There are over two quintillion storyscaping possibilities, & you can build a seamless panoramas stretching up to 170cm! ...

The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe`s Jews by the Nazis & their collaborators during the Second World War. An understanding of the historical circumstances that fed the Holocaust remains the essential means of making sense of the inexplicable crimes that occurred. This commemorative volume describes Jewish life before the spread of Nazism in Europe & Nazi ideologies. The author discusses the mass murder, the death camps such as Auschwitz, the perpetrators, the witnesses, the escapees, the refugee havens & the 10, 000 Kindertransport youngsters who were given safe haven in Britain. We are told stories of the resistance, acts of heroism, survivors & those who risked their lives to save the Jews. Finally, we learn about the liberation of the camps, the resettlement of the Jews & how the events are remembered now. The 15 removable documents included in this book have been carefully selected to take us beyond the horrifying statistics & remind us that each number was a person. They include: letter describing Kristallnacht & a diary extract about life in the ghetto; list of Jews to be transported, including place of departure & destination; & drawings by a child incarcerated at Theresienstadt concentration camp. ...

” In an iconoclastic & controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel`s evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of America`s Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset &, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events & are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel & its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski & Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism`s victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, & concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched & closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing & powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed. In a devastating postscript to this best-selling book, Norman G. Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry`s scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, & in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry.” ...

The Holocaust
- the murder of Approx. six million Jews by Nazi Germany & its collaborators in World War Two
- is the gravest

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The prize-winning bestselling historian delivers the first authoritative general account for thirty years This book will answer two fundamental questions about the Holocaust. How, & why, did it happen? Laurence Rees`s answer, based on the latest academic research & twenty-five years of exploring the subject, reveals three themes. First, it was not just about the Jews
- the Nazis would have murdered many more non-Jews
- & it was not just about Germans. Second, there was no single ”decision” to start the Holocaust
- there was a series of escalations, most often when the Nazi leadership interacted with their fanatical grassroots supporters. Third, it took longer than we might think for the world to recognize the importance of what happened
- only in the mid-1970s did the word ” Holocaust” enter the popular consciousness. Through a chronological narrative, featuring the latest historical research & compelling eyewitness testimony, this is the story of the worst crime in history.



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