Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
De László in Holland De László in Holland Tonko Grever 80 p. : 28 cm OL11720415W
Etty Hillesum and the flow of presence Etty Hillesum and the flow of presence Meins G. S. Coetsier "Using the views of Eric Voegelin on the nature of consciousness, Coetsier explores the mystical thought expressed in the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, who died at Auschwitz at twenty-nine, r… OL11804204W
Betraying Spinoza Betraying Spinoza Rebecca Goldstein In 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty--three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge … OL14956545W
Corrie Ten Boom Corrie Ten Boom Janet Benge Relates events in the life of the Dutch woman who survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps to become a Christian missionary. OL1881817W
Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Fran Rees A biography profiling the life of Desiderius Erasmus. Includes source notes and timeline. OL1907998W
Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad s… OL19663706W
Descent Descent Thomas Dekker 213 pages ; 23 cm OL19725824W
Vincent and Theo Vincent and Theo Deborah Heiligman This incredible story about brotherly love and the famous artist who was shaped by it is a meticulously researched account of the Van Gogh brothers' intertwined lives. OL19737567W
Hidden like Anne Frank Hidden like Anne Frank Marcel Prins "Fourteen unforgettable true stories of children hidden away during World War II Jaap Sitters was only eight years old when his mother cut the yellow stars off his clothes and sent him, alone, on a f… OL19975498W
Never turn your back on an Angus cow Never turn your back on an Angus cow Jan Pol "Dr. Pol shares his amusing and often poignant tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan. [He's] not your typical veterinarian: born and raised [in the] Netherlands on a dairy farm, he i… OL19982004W
Love, Henri Love, Henri Henri J. M. Nouwen Over the course of his life, Henri Nouwen wrote thousands of letters to friends, acquaintances, parishioners, students, and readers of his work all around the world. He corresponded in English, Dutch… OL20046325W
Personal recollections of Vincent van Gogh Personal recollections of Vincent van Gogh Elisabeth du Quesne van Gogh "Twenty-three years after Van Gogh's suicide, in the wake of his slowly growing fame, the painter's sister published this memoir. An intimate view of the artist's life, art, and philosophy, the book … OL20050725W
My Turn My Turn Johan Cruyff 1 volume : 20 cm OL20171426W
God's Smuggler God's Smuggler John Sherrill,Elizabeth Sherrill,Brother Andrew "God's Smuggler is the story of how one man came face to face with the living God and how this encounter changed his life forever. After you read this incredible true account of secret missionary act… OL4618305W