Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens

a brief history of humankind

Geschiedenis van de evolutionaire ontwikkeling van de mensheid vanaf de homo sapiens tot in de 21ste eeuw.

Non-fictie

Engels | 502 pagina's | Vintage, London | 2024

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Who owns Africa?

neocolonialism, investment, and the new scramble

The independence of African countries from their European colonizers in the late 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in the continent's political leadership. Nevertheless, the economies of African nations remained tied to those of their former colonies, raising questions of resource control and the sovereignty of these nation-states. Who Owns Africa? addresses the role of foreign actors in Africa and their competing interests in exploiting the resources of Africa and its people. An interdisciplinary team...

Non-fictie

Engels | PDF, 2,7 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022

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Ton Toutnu The beginning, the end and everything in between

under the auspices of Dr. anTONius F.W. Morselt

The beginning, the end, and everything in between stars the man. It's about the life of a Dutch man, born in 1939 and up to the end that is yet to come. Preparations have started for that end, however. Judging by the large membership numbers of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrijwillige Euthanasie-the Dutch euthanasia association-he is not the only one. Most of this book, however, is about what happens between birth and death. You have to talk to a Dutchman in half-English; that's what they like...

Non-fictie

Engels | 336 pagina's (PDF, 73 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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Robin Lane Fox The classical world

an epic history from Greece and Rome

Engels | 703 pagina's | Penguin, London [etc.] | 2006

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