Cruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. A skilled stylist with an unassuming presence, Hylke Speerstra brings readers along as he circles the globe interviewing transplanted Netherlanders in the United States, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand ...
The protagonist of this taut novel, first published in 1966 in the Netherlands, is no saint. He's done prison time for poaching, brawls and shooting at a forest ranger. Yet, he is a secret hero, a North Sea fisherman in Nazi-occupied Friesland who hides Jews and others seeking refuge in his cottage. Arrested on suspicion of working with the ...
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Charles Townsend Copeland (Editor), George Gordon Byron Byron, Baron, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Robert Browning, Henry Milner Rideout
Research on French theologian John Calvin is flourishing around the world, and his quincentennial in 2009 has given such research even greater momentum. Designed to support and stimulate this research, The Calvin Handbook gathers contributions from internationally renowned scholars. Offering a comprehensive view of Calvins life, his theology, and ...
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