Biography books from Netherlands
Recommended biography books (8)
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If you are into biography here are some biography books from Netherlands for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 by Etty Hillesum EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A collection of the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914-43) who lived in Amsterdam that were composed in the shadow of the Holocaust, but their interest lies in the light-filled mind that pervades them and in the internal journey they chart.
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Het bittere kruid : een kleine kroniek by Marga Minco NL
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
De lotgevallen van een joods gezin in Nederland in de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Mary oder die Geburt von Frankenstein : Roman by Anne Eekhout DE
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Schweiz, 1816. Ein Vulkanausbruch in Indonesien hüllt ganz Europa in Asche und Wolken. Die achtzehnjährige Mary und ihr Geliebter Percy Bysshe Shelley besuchen Lord Byron am Genfer See. Sie verbringen verregnete, weinselige Abende vor dem Kamin. An einem der Abende fordert Byron sie auf, eine Geistergeschichte zu schreiben. Mary erinnert sich sofort an einen früheren Sommer ...
Schottland, 1812. Als Gast der Familie Baxter kommt Mary nach Dundee und freundet sich mit der jungen Isabella Baxter an. Schon bald streifen die beiden Mädchen stundenlang durch Felder und Wäl... continue
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The Art Thief by Michael Finkel EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."—The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub "Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time. He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight. His girlfriend served as his accomplice. His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion. He never sold a piece, displaying h... continue
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The Boy Between Worlds : A Biography by Annejet van der Zijl EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of An American Princess comes the true story of an unconventional family divided by war and prejudice during WWII. When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands explodes their promising li... continue
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The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis, and their reward was a trip to Hitler's concentration camps. But she survived and was released--as a result of a clerical error--and now shares the story of how faith triumphs over evil. For thirty-five years Corrie's dramatic life story, full of timeless virtues, has prepared readers to face their own futures with faith, relying on God's love to overcome, heal, and restore. Now releasing in a thirty-... continue
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The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Vincent Van Gogh EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A new selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his involvement in humanitarian causes.