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The Sound of Light
When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden. American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to leave Copenhagen and abandon her research--her life's dream. While printing resistance newspapers, she hears stories of the movement's legendary Havmand--the merman--and wonders if the mysterious and silent shipyard worker living in the same boardinghouse has something to hide. When the Occupation cracks down on the Danes, these two passionate people will discover if there is more power in speech . . . or in silence. Bestselling author of more than a dozen WWII novels, Sarah Sundin offers pens another story of ordinary people responding to extraordinary circumstances with faith, fortitude, and hope for a brighter future.
Hans Christian Andersen
“Andersen provides a fascinating backdrop for the life of the acclaimed fairy tale writer . . . a budding genius placed in the context of his time.” —Publishers Weekly Hans Christian Andersen was a storyteller for children of all ages, but he was more than that. He was a critical journalist with great enthusiasm for science, an existential thinker, an observant travel book writer, a passionate novelist, a deft paper cut-out artist, a neurotic hypochondriac, and a man with intense but frustrated sexual desires. This startling and immensely readable, definitive biography by Danish scholar Jens Andersen is essential to a full understanding of the man whose writing has influenced the lives...
De roeier van Kopenhagen
Een meeslepende oorlogsroman vol moed, verzet en romantiek. ‘De roeier van Kopenhagen’ van Sarah Sundin speelt zich af in Denemarken ten tijde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De Amerikaanse natuurkundige Else Jensen weigert Kopenhagen te verlaten wanneer de oorlog uitbreekt. Ze maakt deel uit van het verzet door illegale kranten af te drukken. Als ze verhalen hoort over de legendarische Havmand, de Zeemeerman, vraagt ze zich af of de mysterieuze scheepswerfarbeider, die bij haar in het pension woont, iets te verbergen heeft. Ze gaat samenwerken met Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt, die zijn adellijke status heeft ingeruild voor anonimiteit om met een roeiboot geheime boodschappen naar Zweden te vervoeren. Deze roman is geïnspireerd op de heldendaden van de Deense roeier Knud Christiansen, die Joden hielp onderduiken en hiervoor een Yad Vashem-onderscheiding kreeg. Sarah Sundin schrijft verhalen over vrouwen die een onmisbare schakel vormen voor het verzet in de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Sextants at Greenwich
Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum. The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and used for that purpose, between about 1450 and the 1970s. The instruments in the catalogue form the main thread in these chapters. The catalogue consists of 347 entries of instruments for celestial navigation, the octants, sextants and related instruments preserved in the National Maritime Museum. Each entry includes the place of the object's origin, its maker, the object's date, inscriptions (by the maker and/or relating to an owner), the graduated scale, the instrument's dimensions and a general description that includes details such as used materials and detached parts. Finally the object's provenance (previous owners and/or users) and references to literature on its history and handling are given.
Spaces of Enlightenment Science
Spaces of Enlightenment Science explores the places, spaces, and exchanges where science of the Early Modern period got done, bringing together leading historians of science to examine the geographies of knowledge in the Enlightenment period.
The Amusement Park
Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Huntington The men who ultimately destroyed the pa...
Old Book Value Guide
Listing nearly 25,000 book titles with current values, this updated and revised 11th edition features a simple and easy-to-use format.
