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| ADOPTION HANDBOOK : Stress During the Adoption Period [Geeri Bakker] Each adoption is a unique event for the people who are personally involved, or for those who feel connected to the parents-to-be. The adoption period takes you to a new world and can wear you down emotionally if you are not prepared for what can be expected. It is not the regular pregnancy with which some people like to compare it. It is a pregnancy between cold bureaucracy on one side and the daily feelings of vulnerable tenderness on the other. Many books have been written about the ins and outs of pregnancies but there was never a book to prepare oneself for that very special time we call adoption. Geeri Bakker takes you there with her positive attitude and her sense of humor. She takes you along the unpredictable, uncomfortable and sometimes seemingly endless path that is the adoption procedure. THE ADOPTION HANDBOOK teaches adoptive parents-to-be how to face stress in its many appearances during the sometimes dark and winding road that leads to their adoptive child. To illustrate the book, Geeri Bakker shares her own story of the procedures that she and her husband endured when adopting their two children. It is not the (Dutch) procedure that makes this story so touching and at times breathtaking. It is the way that stress burrows into hearts that desperately wish to adopt a child; something that anyone going through an adoption procedure will recognize. THE ADOPTION HANDBOOK helps adoptive parents acknowledge their feelings of stress during their long-term 'pregnancy' and deal with them: facing the main goal, and feeling energetically able, both physically and mentally, to 'conceive' their child when the time is right. It is only normal that pregnant couples gather information to prepare themselves. So now it is time that adoptive parents prepare themselves, as well. For the well-being of this special child, given to you to have, hold, love, cherish, and to let it grow and grow up in your family. { October 2006; PB, £13.40, 9059113152:9789059113152 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| BATTLE FOR GINKEL HEATH NEAR EDE : 17 & 18 September 1944 [C E H J Verhoef] Even fifty-nine years after the actual fighting the Battle of Arnhem still represents a most telling defeat for a great many people. The fierce and bloody fighting for the bridge across the river Rhine near the capital of the Dutch province of Gelderland is perhaps one of the best-known episodes in the history of the Second World War. Scores of books, newspaper articles, documentary and even some feature films have been dedicated to the planning and execution of Field Marshal Montgomery's plan of attack. As the liberation of the part of Holland above the great rivers only seemed a matter of time, its tragic outcome had traumatic consequences for all who participated in the fighting. Tragically, the crossing of the Rhine appeared to be ‘a bridge too far'. { 124pp, 135x215mm, January 2003; PB, £11.95, 9059113861:9789059113862 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| BATTLE FOR THE HAGUE 1940 [Lieutenant Colonel E H Brongers] This is the story of the first great air landing operation in history. The plan conceived by Adolf Hitler to capture The Hague by surprise, was carried out as part of the Blitzkrieg offensive in western Europe in May 1940. It became a dismal failure. It also became the only defeat of importance the Germans suffered during their campaign. The so successful course of their offensive, crowned by the surrender of France, enabled them initially to keep silent about the set-back or to present it as a side show. Only after the Second World War it was possible to throw more light on the fighting that took place in the Dutch polders. The defeat of the only German air landing division had not been without consequences. Hitler's enthusiasm for this new arm had diminished, so that its development was slowed down, an advantage for the Allies. Even greater than the heavy losses in air landing troops and paratroopers, were the gaps blown in the ranks of the German air transport fleet. According to authoritative German sources, the Germans never recovered from this blow during the Second World War. An invasion in England thus became a hazardous and difficult to carry out operation; the plans to attack Gibraltar and Malta underwent important changes and were finally cancelled. { 293pp, 155x230mm, February 2004; PB, £15.95, 9059113071:9789059113077 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| CANADA & NOORD-BRABANT : An Eternal Bond [Jan A F M Luijten] Dr Jan Luijten (1932), a neurologist and psychiatrist by profession, was living in Bergen op Zoom during the Second World War. He describes the battles of the Canadian forces for the liberation of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant in this well documented and finely illustrated book. The author offers interesting new insights into the fighting and the decisions made by the Allied Commanders and their German counterparts. { 76pp, 140x215mm, January 2002; PB, £9.95, 9059110714:9789059110717 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| CANADA EN NOORD-BRABANT : een band voor altijd [J A F M Luijten] DUTCH EDITION OF 9059110714. Dr Jan Luijten (1932), a neurologist and psychiatrist by profession, was living in Bergen op Zoom during the Second World War. He describes the battles of the Canadian forces for the liberation of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant in this well documented and finely illustrated book. The author offers interesting new insights into the fighting and the decisions made by the Allied Commanders and their German counterparts. { 76pp, 140x215mm, January 2002; PB, £9.95, 9059110617:9789059110618 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| DIPLOMACY OF THE 'NEW ORDER' : The Foreign Policy of Japan, Germany & Italy, 1931-1945 [Arthur Stam] Dr Arthur Stam sheds a light upon the diplomacy of the New Order. It is the account of the difficult process of the Axis powers to agree on their targets of war as well as their anti-western and anti-Communist points of view. A fascinating look at the political struggles behind the scenes. { 112pp, 120x200mm, January 2003; PB, £11.95, 9059114361:9789059114364 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| FROM LENINGRAD TO BERLIN : Dutch Volunteers in The German Waffen SS, 1941-1945 [Perry Pierik] In February 1945 the German front at Stettin made one final offensive. What make this extraordinary is the fact that the last desperate push was mounted by non-German volunteers serving in the Waffen-SS. The main body of the division was composed of Scandinavian volunteers, Belgians and Dutchmen. This text presents a history of the Dutch volunteers of the Waffen-SS from 1941 to 1945. { 288pp, 155x230mm, January 2001; PB, £15.95, 9059110048:9789059110045 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| HET LAND DER KATHAREN : Een Historiche Reisgids [Ankie Noel] Text in Dutch. { 342pp, 155x230mm, May 2006; PB, £25.99, 9059111192:9789059111196 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| HUNGARIAN REVIVAL : Political Reflections on Central Europe [Dr Laszlo K Maracz; Foreword by Laszlo Tokes] Since the fall of 'the wall' in 1989 enormous changes have been taking place in Central Europe. Political, national, cultural and geographic patterns that have shaped Central Europe up until the time of the First World War are again beginning to emerge as the power and dynamism of the Wilsonian right to self-determination and autonomy which national communities will inevitably claim for themselves, is asserted. The biggest minority issue is that of the Hungarians. The Treaty of Trianon (1920), which for 75 years has influenced the workings of the power constellation in the region was responsible for depriving Hungary of two-thirds of its territory and for turning millions of Hungarians domiciled in surrounding countries into second-class citizens. Even today Hungarian communities are still being exposed to the cruel and relentless psychological and physical terror that, in some states, has taken on the form of genocide. Things are starting to change though. The structure of countries caught in the grasp of tyranny such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, has already disintegrated and now the Hungarians are struggling for the rights and autonomy. Up to now, the west has not paid enough attention to the Hungarian interest. Dr Laszlo Maracz writes in his book that the opinion about Hungarians is defined by stereotypes and prejudices. The Hungarians are stigmatised as nationalists, revisionists and anti-semitists. This judgment is in violent contrast with those brave Hungarian rebels who in 1956 fought empty-handed against the Soviets to gain freedom. In the upheavals of 1989, the Hungarians supported the revolution to topple the 'Rumanian genius', Ceaucescu. The west makes an error of judgment. In spite of the historical set backs that have led into national disunity. Hungary is the only loyal country in this region to support the democratic west. { 362pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; PB, £16.95, 9075323115:9789075323115 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| HUNGARY 1944-45, THE FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY : Germany's Final Offensives During World War II [Perry Pierik] Using documents from German, American, and Hungarian archives, and previously unpublished photographs, the author describes Hitler's obsession with the Hungarian oilfields near Nagykanisza and how it influenced his military and political actions. He also discusses the tragic extradition of the Hungarian Jews by SS-commander Eichmann. REVIEW: "This is an excellent high quality... paperback... The author has managed to not only write a well researched, scholarly work, but a lucid and readable story... The amount of detail in this work is excellent... Highly recommended..." -- Axis Europa Journal. { 300pp, 140x215mm, January 1998; PB, £15.95, 9075323107:9789075323108 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| INCREASING ROLE OF NUTRITION & GENOMICS IN THE PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT OF DESEASE [Professor Dr M Katz (ed); Translated & edited by Ysbrand Poortman] This book is one of the first scientific publications that the subject food combines with genetics and genomics and information provides about new options for prevention and management of disease. This complex interplay between genes, food and environment is not only a fascinating new field of research but a new vital area for maintaining health and adequate healthcare. The book gives the most recent knowledge about the effects on chronic diseases such as neurological and cardio vascular disorders and a number of rare metabolic disorders such as phenylketonuria (PKU and coeliac disease. The meaning for pregnancy and the first years of life is prominently described. The situation in developing countries (India) is discussed with proposals for structural improvements. The authors have written their contributions on request of patient organisations who wish a scientific basis for health policy and action in this field. The book will be published under auspices of the World Alliance of Organisations for the Prevention of Birth Defects. { 140pp, 155x230mm, May 2004; PB, £18.95, 9059114078:9789059114074 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| JESUS WAS CAESAR : On the Julian Origin of Christianity. An Investigative Report [Francesco Carotta] The question is: Is Jesus Divus Julius? (Is Jesus the historical figure of Divus Julius, the god to which Julius Caesar was elevated?). The iconography of Caesar do not fit our idea of him. In our minds Caesar is a field marshall and a dictator. However, authentic images portray the idea of the clementia Caesaris, a clement Caesar. Jesus' life is congruent to the life of Caesar. Both Julius Caesar and Jesus began their careers in northern countries: Caesar in Gaul, Jesus in Galilee; both cross a fatal river: the Rubicon and the Jordan; both then enter cities; Corfinium and Cafarnaum; Caesar finds Corfinium occupied by a man of Pompey and besieges him, while Jesus finds a man possessed by an impure spirit. There is similarity in structure as well as in place names. People in the stories of Caesar and of Jesus are structurally the same people, even by name and location. Caesar's most famous quotations are found in the gospels in structurally significant places. REVIEW: "The territory in which the new Christian religion spread two thousand years ago can be defined as the Imperium Romanum. This process met with success because after three centuries the late Roman emperor Constantine the Great made Christianity the official cult of the state. Historical research has always emphasized the tight interconnection between this religion and the Roman world empire. The book at hand ties in with this fact but goes further and reveals new connections which have never been seen that way." -- Erika Simon PhD, Professor emeritus of Archaeology, Würzburg. { 512pp, 155x230mm, December 2004; HB, £24.95, 9059113969:9789059113961 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PSYCHOLOGY & RELIGION : Issues & Trends in a Century Long Quest [Peter H M P Roelofsma et al (eds)] { 189pp, 155x230mm, January 2003; PB, £19.50, 9053838724:9789053838723 , V U University Press } |
| PICTURES INTO WORDS : Theoretical & Descriptive Approaches to Ekphrasis [Valerie Robillard & Els Jongeneel (eds)] { 230pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; PB, £45.99, 9053835954:9789053835951 , V U University Press } |
| PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & REFUGESS [Anke van der Kwaak & Ivan Wolffers (eds)] { 106pp, 165x240mm, April 2004; PB, £8.95, 9053833331:9789053833339 , V U University Press } |
| PUBLIC SPACE, PRIVATE LIVES : Race, Gender, Class & Citizenship in New York, 1890-1929 [William Boelhower & Anna Scacchi (eds)] Working imperial New York as an archaeological/archival site, the essays gathered here offer a wide range of theories and practices of reading the city in terms of its endlessly heterotopic disposition. In doing so, they also cover a series of dynamic constellations and novel juxtapositions of public space and private lives in New York from 1890 to 1929 and apply such indispensable city codes as race, gender, class and citizenship. These essays are exemplary not only for the centrality of their themes, which restore to us an amazingly nuanced and kaleidoscopic city, but also for the innovative approaches they use to illuminate them. { 392pp, 155x230mm, April 2004; PB, £30.99, 9053838880:9789053838884 , V U University Press } |
| ROOMMATE OF ANN FRANK [Nanda van der Zee] Van Der Zee re-creates the life story of Fritz Pfeffer, a German born Jewish dentist, who under the name of 'Dussel' -- which means 'day-dreamer' or even 'dullard' -- prominently appears in the diary of Anne Frank. In Het Achterhuis, Anne Frank describes this man, who was her roommate in hiding for almost two years, as a narrow minded, irritating and gloomy figure. This material, including Pfeffer's last letter to Kaletta, his lover, dated 15 November 1942, came into the hands of the well-known Dutch historian Nanda van der Zee. With the help of Pfeffer's son, who gave her a wealth of unpublished photographs, as well as friends and acquaintances of Kaletta and Pfeffer from Germany, Holland, Belgium and South Africa and the Pfeffer archives of the Anne Frank Foundation, she re-created the story of his life. This book, which was published in the Netherlands in 1990, is the merit of Nanda van der Zee that she corrects the image that Anne Frank gave of Pfeffer and in essence rehabilitates him. He emerges as an affectionate man and a caring, warm lover. This new image proves to be a correction to the 'Diary' and may alter some of the hagiography surrounding Anne Frank. The testimony this book provides will penetrate deeper than a more empirical, historical account. It is a valuable supplement to the 'Diary'. The most significant value however lies in the author's underlying message: that war has a total, senseless and destructive effect on everybody. { 94pp, 140x215mm, January 2003; PB, £10.95, 905911096X:9789059110960 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| SACRED & PROFANE : Secular & Devotional Interplay in Early Modern British Literature [Helen Wilcox et al (eds)] { 345pp, 155x230mm, January 1996; PB, £24.50, 9053833676:9789053833674 , V U University Press } |
| SKULL & BONES : Amerika's geheime machtselite [Andreas von Rétyi] Text in Dutch. { 236pp, 140x215mm, March 2007; PB, £14.50, 9059115112:9789059115118 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| SOUL SURVEY / ZIELSTOCHT [Sebastian van Haasteren & Marion Altena] Text in English & Dutch. "Soul Survey" is an expedition through the dark corners of our mind. It registers our reaction to loss, illness, addiction, death ... or actually anything that challenges our balance in life. In eleven chapters, the book displays a number of very recognisable emotions and beliefs through Victorian-Romantic photography and poetry, quotes and words of wisdom. Each chapter is introduced by an image of "One Cup...", a still life photo project about the passion of Jesus Christ. Drinking that one cup meant pain, loneliness and death for Him, but eventually resulted in new life... { 168pp, 235x170mm, February 2008; PB, £18.99, 9059116380:9789059116382 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| STRADDLING BORDERS : The American Resonance in Transitional Identities [Rob Kroes (ed)] This volume explores the possibilities and implications of transnational citizenship in terms of its cultural affinities and political affiliations. The historical experience of the US, as a federal and multi-cultural project, first inspired the concept of transnationalism. The development of the EU constitutes a more recent daring project that opens up all manner of questions concerning such transnational citizenship. The US offers a rich store of comparisons of relevance to the ongoing formation of the New Europe. This volume brings together contributions by American Studies scholars from such various transnational settings and asks them to address questions of transnational citizenship and of the American resonance in its formation. { 135pp, 155x230mm, April 2004; PB, £19.50, 9053839038:9789053839034 , V U University Press } |
| TANNENBERG : Erich Ludendorff & the Defense of the Eastern German Border in 1914 [Perry Pierik] The encounter at Tannenberg went into history as a decisive historical battle. The actions of Erich Ludendorff indeed formed the highlight of a series of battles that prevented the tsarist army already advancing to Berlin in 1914. It was also the prelude to the enormous power Ludendorff accumulated later during the war and would turn out to be so disastrous for the German empire. { 102pp, 125x195mm, October 2003; PB, £11.95, 9059111060:9789059111066 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| TEMPLARS : Laying A Legend To Rest [Koert ter Veen] There is scarcely an historical subject which arouses the fantasy as much as the history of the secretive Order of the Temple. Although it has been disbanded for nearly 700 years, books continue to appear about these religious knights. In these books it is claimed that the Templars uncovered the grave of Jesus, that they were the discoverers of America and the guardians of the Turin Shroud or that they found the Holy Grail. There are also critical writings about the Templars. They were supposed to be drunkards and devil worshipers. Koert ter Veen decided it was time that the truth behind the sagas and myths was studied and told. In this impressive, elaborate and richly illustrated book, he tells the factual tragic history of the Order. At the beginning of the fourteenth century, the French King Philip IV, due to shortage of money, ensured the misbegotten name of the Templars. The King wanted to possess the supposed riches of the Templars by discrediting and destroying them. The position of the monk-soldiers was weakened by their lack of success against the Islamic forces during the Crusades. The Order was destroyed, but its undeserved bad reputation lingers on. This informative and interesting book will entertain a large readership, from scholar to layman. { 327pp, 155x230mm, October 2006; PB, £11.40, 9059113748:9789059113749 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| WEBMASKERS : Bedrog op internet [Irma Ellens Maat] Text in Dutch. { 151pp, 140x215mm, March 2007; PB, £11.99, 9059115007:9789059115002 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |
| WEHRMACHT AT WAR, 1939-1945 : The Units & Commanders of the German Ground Forces During WW2 [Andris J Kursietis] The culmination of twenty-five years of research and three years of writing, and a unique, in depth presentation of the order of battle and commanders of the German Army ground forces during World War II. Although there are numerous other books that have been published on the order of battle of the German Army, none contain the depth of detail concerning the commanders of the units and the biographies of the Generals that are included in this work. Indeed, it was with the express purpose of filling this gap in information that existed on the subject that this book was written. { 600pp, 155x230mm, January 1998; PB, £19.95, 9075323387:9789075323382 , Aspekt Uitgeverij BV } |