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Proust at the Majestic
Richard Davenport-Hines
Reizen zonder John - Op zoek naar Amerika
Geert Mak
April 2013
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Tokyo Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs)
The use of stars is quite useful, but the content is rather outdated.
April 2013
06
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Trees, maps and theorems
The three rules for effective (scientific) communication: adapt to your audience, improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and use ...
April 2013
03
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December 2012
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Duet met valse noten
I do prefer the author's newer books. This one was written when he was still a teenager and well... it's noticable. The two m...
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Duet met valse noten
Bart Moeyaert
December 2012
05
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Comingout / druk 1: verhalen over vertellen wie je echt bent
My main problem with this little book: the stories are too short.Usually, I am very emotionally touched by this kind of stori...
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Coming out: Verhalen over vertellen wie je echt bent
Nine Cornelissen, Miriam Van Damme
November 2012
24
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De alchemist / druk 70
This is more a fairytale than a story, but a very beautiful one. Every sentence, every paragraph is crafted into a piece of j...
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De Alchemist
Harrie Lemmens, Paulo Coelho
November 2012
22
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Hersenschimmen / druk 52
A novel on dementia. Maarten Klein suddenly notices that part of his memories are disappearing. He cannot remember if it is m...
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Hersenschimmen
J. Bernlef
November 2012
19
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Extreem luid & ongelooflijk dichtbij / druk 28
The nine-year-old Oskar Schell finds a key that belonged to his father, Thomas Schell, who died in the attacks of nine/eleven...
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Extreem Luid & Ongelooflijk Dichtbij
Jonathan Safran Foer, Gerda Baardman, Tjadine Stheeman
November 2012
10
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Ben X - niets was alles wat hij zei
Ben X is a success story - a book, a film, a musical. The story is, though short, quite touching. Ben, a teenager with a (not...
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Ben X - niets was alles wat hij zei
Nic Balthazar
October 2012
30
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Stories for Life
Dimitri Verhulst, Erik Vlaminck, Rachida Lamrabet, Tom Naegels, Tom Lanoye, Margot Vanderstraeten, Bart Moeyaert, Joke van Leeuwen, Dimitri Leue
October 2012
29
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Lens on Life: Documenting Your Life Through Photography
Stephanie Calabrese Roberts
October 2012
26
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Sinaasappelen zijn niet de enige vruchten
Jeanette Winterson, Geertje Lammers
October 2012
11
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Denkwaar / druk 1: spelen met getallen, woorden en vormen
An amusing collection of mathematical and linguistic problems with (most of the time) an adequate answer in the back of the b...
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Denkwaar: Spelen met getallen, woorden en vormen
Jaap Klouwen
September 2012
20
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Tonio / druk 2: een requiemroman
van der Heijden has written an intensely touching and intimate requiem for his 22-year old son, who died in a car accident in...
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Tonio : een requiemroman
A.F.Th. van der Heijden
September 2012
14
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Het leven van Pi / druk 35
A very entertaining novel about an Indian boy lost at sea after his ship sank, with only a zebra, a hyena, and a vicious tige...
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Het Leven van Pi
Yann Martel, Gerda Baardman, Tjadine Stheeman
August 2012
03
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Het symmetrie-monster / druk 1: een wiskundige op zoek naar het geheim van een van de belangrijkste natuurverschijnselen
As with all popular scientific books on mathematics, the sometimes incredible stories about famous mathematicians in history ...
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Het symmetrie-monster
Marcus du Sautoy
June 2012
19
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Alsof het voorbij is / druk 16
A very enjoyable book that I'll definitely read again someday, not too long and not too overly complicated. The first part ab...
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Alsof het voorbij is
Julian Barnes, Ronald Vlek
June 2012
18
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Heldere hemel
An interesting idea, but too short, too many loose ends, and too little character depth.
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Heldere hemel
Tom Lanoye
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