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A riot has erupted in New Market Square transforming the normally sedate streets of Amsterdam into a mass of angry protesters So when the body of the King of the local street market is found in his house with his head bashed in the police are puzzled The adjoining street has been closed off all day and the constables stationed outside the scene of the crime didnt detect any unusual activity There are only two people who could have reasonably committed the violent act the victims roommate upstairs and his beautiful sister downstairs Both claim to have seen or heard nothing suspicious when the crime took place But something isnt adding up Is one of them the killer
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No Normal People On the Streets a Victims Face Was Smashed Something Deliberate and Sinister At Work
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Amsterdam is normally sedate but today there is a riot in Newmarket Square Constables have blocked access to adjoining Straight Tree Ditch Road all day When the body of the King of the local street market is found in a room in his house on that street his head bashed in there are only two suspects his lovely sister or the upstairs boarder Which one is the killer Grijipstra and de Gier must discover the murderers identity before another crime can be committed
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In the midst of the bedlam that erupts in Amsterdam a woman calls upon Detectives Grijpstra and de Gier to find the murderer of her brother a hawker and successful importer
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One of the most widely read authors in the Netherlands AC Baantjer continues to captivate a growing audience of American readers This volume contains two of his favorite storiesDeKok and the Sunday Strangler opens with the strangling death of Fat Sonja an Amsterdam prostitute of whom Inspector DeKok was fond Soon a second prostitute is killed and along with his assistant Viedder DeKok begins down a trail of twisted motives and hidden agendas DeKok and the Corpse on Christmas Eve proves that DeKok himself is not above breaking the law to serve the interest of justice as he engages a burglar to commit a breakin and then tampers with evidence to entrap the murderer of a young woman Inspector DeKok is part Columbo part Clouseau part genius part impWest Coast Review of Books
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Hard Rain Amsterdam Cops sold for 64 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
During a random breakin three heroin addicts discover the corpse of banker Martin Ijsbreker They arrange his death to look like a suicide and flee with his valuables but are found dead of an overdose the next day The investigating officer dismissed their deaths as an accident but the commissaris suspects that his cousin and childhood nemesis Willem Fernandus murdered Ijsbreker to protect his own shares in the dead mans bank When the two finally confront each other as adversaries someone will die
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In an attempt to solve the mysterious death of a wealthy banker the Amsterdam Murder Brigade finds itself outside the limits of the law using computerbased espionage and the risky influence of friends
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While on an overnight ferry ride home from a vacation in Amsterdam Scotland Yard chief superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy uncover a web of clandestine relationships that leads to murder
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Told through the voice of a pivotal figure in the Age of Enlightenment this entertaining work of historical fiction explores the world of old Amsterdam and the mysterious death of a young scientist When Peter Artedi and Carl Linnaeus first meet in March 1729 as students at Uppsala University they take an immediate liking to each other and soon form an intense intellectual bond Sharing their revolutionary ideas about order and hierarchy in nature the pair develop elaborate plans to classify plants and animals in ways never seen beforeLinnaeus focusing on plants and Artedi concentrating on fishes In September 1735 thoughnbspjust as Artedi is set to publish his work he drowns undernbsppuzzling circumstances Following up on a pledge to his lost friend Linnaeus retrieves Artedis manuscripts and has them published not before he publishes his own work and makes a name for himself as a historical figure of epic proportions while Artedi is quickly forgotten This story about a littleknown event from a key point in history investigates the untold tale behind the friendship of Linnaeus and Artedi and what may have actually happened between them
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The first Ramon Mercader assassinated Trotsky near a garden wall beneath the yellow sun of Mexico This is the story of a second Mercader twentyfive years later in Amsterdam But is it the same man Trotskys assassin He is a killer and deeply entangled in a strange kaleidoscope of events When he arrives in Amsterdam on a mysterious mission agents from the CIA the East German Secret Police and the Russian KGB converge on the Dutch metropolis to shadow his every move He sends telegrams roams through the city waits A few days later he is found dead in his hotel room From the moment Mercaders plane lands in Amsterdam to the final tragic climax which turns into a transcontinental manhunt Jorge Semprun grips the readers attention in an important contemporary novel that poses in the guise of a spy thriller taut with suspense On one level an exciting spy story in which the warring agents of Russia America and East Germany clash in the dark byways of Amsterdam The Second Death of Ramon Mercader is far more than a fashionable thriller It is a grand panorama of our violent time that traverses the high hopes of Soviet Communism and the collapse of ideology the death of causes the death of hopes bright new worlds forever turning foul
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In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients lives and highlights the complex mindbody connection Using the plights of twelve very different patientsfrom dignitaries at the nearby UN to supermax prisoners at Rikers Island to illegal immigrants and Wall Street tycoonsDr Eric Manheimer offers far more than remarkable medical dramas he blends each patients personal experiences with their social implications Publishers WeeklyManheimer is not only the medical director of the countrys oldest public hospital but he is also a patient As the book unfolds the narrator is diagnosed with cancer and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others
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From Pulitzer Prizefinalist Steven Nadler an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about lifes big questionsIn 1656 after being excommunicated from Amsterdams PortugueseJewish community for abominable heresies and monstrous deeds the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his familys import business to dedicate his life to philosophy He quickly became notorious across Europe for his views on God the Bible and miracles as well as for his uncompromising defense of free thought Yet the radicalism of Spinozas views has long obscured that his primary reason for turning to philosophy was to answer one of humanitys most urgent questions How can we lead a good life and enjoy happiness in a world without a providential God In Think Least of Death Pulitzer Prizefinalist Steven Nadler connects Spinozas ideas with his life and times to offer a compelling account of how the philosopher can provide a guide to living ones best lifeIn the Ethics Spinoza presents his vision of the ideal human being the free person who motivated by reason lives a life of joy devoted to what is most importantimproving oneself and others Untroubled by passions such as hate greed and envy free people treat others with benevolence justice and charity Focusing on the rewards of goodness they enjoy the pleasures of this world but in moderation The free person thinks least of all of death Spinoza writes and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on lifequotAn unmatched introduction to Spinozas moral philosophy Think Least of Death shows how his ideas still provide valuable insights about how to live today
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A dozen of the best from the British band presented in authentic keyboard transcriptions Songs Amsterdam Atlas Clocks Death and All His Fr
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A dazzling selection of Van Goghs most famous paintings as well as some lesserknown masterpieces many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in AmsterdamNearly 130 years after his death Vincent van Gogh continues to exert a powerful fascination over viewers and historians This superb book offers readers a selection of the artists most unforgettable canvases as well as some lesserknown examples many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in AmsterdamThe volume explores the works in the context of Van Goghs short but brilliant career in which frequent spells of isolation were paired with lively engagement with his peers and the popular ideas of his time Additionally Van Goghs continuous stream of letters written to family and friendsone of the most important archival resources of nineteenthcentury artprovides a narrative thread around which this study develops In the text art historian Belinda Thomson considers Van Gogh as a cosmopolitan figure who combined his art experiences and native traditions absorbed in Holland and in Victorian England and later succeeded in making his mark upon the painting scene in France at one of its richest periodsThis book will be a welcome resource for art lovers offering a different take on one of historys most interesting artists 170 color illustrations
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NoteforNote Keyboard Transcriptions A dozen of the best from the British band presented in authentic keyboard transcriptions Songs Amsterdam Atlas Clocks Death and All His Friends Fix You For You Paradise The Scientist A Sky Full of Stars Speed of Sound Violet Hill Viva La Vida
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Seven Sketchbooks of Vincent Van sold at 52.51 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by VINCENT, and sold by Abebooks.com.
Until the publication of this book the sketchbooks of Vincent van Gogh were available to only the few scholars who traveled to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam where the sketchbooks have been preserved on permanent loan from the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Since Van Goghs death a limited number of these drawings from the sketchbooks have been reproduced in various publications on the artist Now however the seven sketch books are published in their entirety with approximately 150 drawings from the sketchbooks published for the first time For this special publication the pages from the sketchbooks have been reproduced in their original size Further more the author Johannes van der Wolk has been able to reconstruct through careful research the sketchbooks that have not remained intact Van der Wolk formerly director of the Rjksmuseum Vincent van Gogh is now Van Gogh curator at the Rijksmuseum KröllerMüller in Otterlo The Netherlands In his text Van der Wolk guides the reader through his search for the original form and subsequent reconstruction of the sketchbooks The results are exhaustive but not finalthe reader is invited to make his own discoveries as well The sketchbook drawings are also discussed in relation to Van Goghs major works and are reproduced in the text section next to the paintings for which they were the genesis For anyone interested in Van Gogh and his work this book offers new insight into his working processes as well as an extraordinary opportunity to see many works by the hand of Van Gogh rarely seen before
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A reevaluation of Gabriel Metsu one of the leading genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age Gabriel Metsu 16291667 employed an unusual variety of styles techniques and subjects making him a particularly difficult artist to characterize From his early days in Leiden until his death in Amsterdam at the height of his career his unparalleled mastery of the brush allowed him to paint a remarkable range of history paintings portraits still lifes but most of all exquisite genre paintings And whatever his subject matter his work reveals an unrivalled talent for imbuing figures with a human and personable characterDuring the 18th and 19th centuries Metsu held a place as one of the most celebrated painters of the Dutch Golden Age and his works were acquired for noble collections throughout Europe while his contemporary Johannes Vermeer was almost unheard of In the 20th century their positions were reversed as Vermeers reputation soared This enlightening book resituates Metsu as one of the leading genre painters of his time It offers a portrait of the age through his patrons and his wide network of contacts and colleagues in Amsterdam as well as analysis of Metsus technique as a draftsman and as a painter and it documents the fashions and fabrics of the time through his work
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I think its fair to say I was rewarded praised applauded more than most fathers Peter Collie is adrift in the wake of his wifes death His attempts to understand the turn his life has taken lead him back to the past to dismaying events on an Amsterdam houseboat in the seventies returning to New Zealand and meeting Moira an amateur painter who carried secrets of her own and to a trip to Europe years later with his family An unexpected revelation forces Peter to navigate anew his roles as a husband father and son Set in Wellington after the fall of the Twin Towers and traversing London Europe and the Indian subcontinent The New Ships is a mesmerizing book of bloodties that stretch across borders A novel of acute moral choices it is a rich and compelling meditation on what it means to act or to fail to act
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In 2019 on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt 160669 Amsterdams Rijksmuseum is honoring the artist with an unprecedented exhibition appropriately titled All the Rembrandts The Year of Rembrandt also brings us Rembrandt Biography of a Rebel an authoritative biography of the Dutch Master written by acclaimed Rembrandt scholar Jonathan Bikker and designed by Irma Boom The Rijksmuseums collection of Rembrandts paintings offers a coherent overview of the artists lifefrom his early SelfPortrait as a Young Man c 1628 to his late SelfPortrait as the Apostle Paul 1661and Rembrandt Biography of a Rebel fills in the context around these and other works painting an unparalleled picture of Rembrandt as a human being as an artist as a storyteller and as an innovatorJonathan Bikker born 1965 has worked at the Rijksmuseum since 2001 and has been Curator of Research since 2006 He studied Art History at McMaster University and Queens University in Canada In the Rijksmuseums Fine Arts department he primarily works as writer and editorinchief of a series of catalogs of 17thcentury North Dutch paintings He has also contributed to a number of Rijksmuseum exhibition catalogs
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Until the publication of this book the sketchbooks of Vincent van Gogh were available to only the few scholars who traveled to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam where the sketchbooks have been preserved on permanent loan from the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Since Van Goghs death a limited number of these drawings from the sketchbooks have been reproduced in various publications on the artist Now however the seven sketch books are published in their entirety with approximately 150 drawings from the sketchbooks published for the first time For this special publication the pages from the sketchbooks have been reproduced in their original size Further more the author Johannes van der Wolk has been able to reconstruct through careful research the sketchbooks that have not remained intact Van der Wolk formerly director of the Rjksmuseum Vincent van Gogh is now Van Gogh curator at the Rijksmuseum KröllerMüller in Otterlo The Netherlands In his text Van der Wolk guides the reader through his search for the original form and subsequent reconstruction of the sketchbooks The results are exhaustive but not finalthe reader is invited to make his own discoveries as well The sketchbook drawings are also discussed in relation to Van Goghs major works and are reproduced in the text section next to the paintings for which they were the genesis For anyone interested in Van Gogh and his work this book offers new insight into his working processes as well as an extraordinary opportunity to see many works by the hand of Van Gogh rarely seen before
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