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Benedict de Spinoza, Benedictus de Spinoza
Ethics (Penguin Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback) (Release Date: 2005-07-26)

Published shortly after his death in 1677, Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza’s greatest work—a fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding, moving from a consideration of the eternal to speculate upon humanity’s place in the natural order, freedom, and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection.

Harry Mulisch
The Assault
by Pantheon (Paperback) (Release Date: 1986-03-12)

A novel that probes moral devastation in the wake of the slaughter of an innocent family by the Nazis in retaliation for the association with a Dutch collaborator.

Rian Verhoeven, Ruud Van der Rol
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance
by Puffin (Paperback)

More than one hundred photographs, many never before published, make up a poignant memoir of Anne Frank's struggle to survive during a time that must never be forgotten. Reprint. SLJ. PW. AB.

Wil Huygen
Secrets of the Gnomes
by MacMillan (Paperback)

An account of the life and work of gnomes, based on first-hand observations by the author and artist, who, themselves turned into gnomes, visited with gnomes in Lapland and Siberia.

Hugo Claus
The Sorrow of Belgium (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback)

A classic novel in the tradition of The Tin Drum, The Sorrow of Belgium is a searing, scathingly funny portrait of a wartime Belgium and one boy's coming of age-emotionally, sexually, and politically. Epic in scope, by turns hilarious and elegiac, The Sorrow of Belgium is the masterwork of one of the world's greatest contemporary authors.

Leonhard Huizinga
Adriaan met Olivier natuurlijk (Cultuurserie) (Dutch Edition)
by Zuid-Hollandsche Uitg. Mij (Unknown Binding)

Arnon Grunberg
Figuranten (Dutch Edition)
by Nijgh & Ditmar (Unknown Binding)

Cees Nooteboom
In the Dutch Mountains (Penguin International Writers)
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

“A poet’s fairy tale, elegant and beguiling”(Julian Barnes) that summons up a vast Netherlands encompassing Europe’s highest peaks and a captivating pair of circus performers hunting for work. Translated by Adrienne Dixon.

Gijs Jansen van Beek
De eer behouden (Dutch Edition)
by Gopher Publishers (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-04-03)

De schrijver, Gijs Jansen van Beek, groeide op in Angeren, een klein dorpje langs de Rijn in Gelderland. In de oorlog deed hij zo veel hij kon voor mensen om hem heen en hij hielp verschillende Amerikaanse piloten om te ontsnappen aan de Duitsers. Wat vaak spannende momenten tot gevolg had. Na de oorlog emigreerde hij samen met zijn broer Evert naar Amerika. Zijn vrouw Zwaantje ten Berge uit Westerbork, kwam enige tijd later naar Amerika en zij maakten een enerverende tijd door met voor- en tegenspoed. Zijn levenservaringen vanaf zijn zesde jaar in 1925 tot en met heden, mei 2002, met oog voor de wereldgeschiedenis en ontwikkelingen om hem heen, zijn door Gijs op bijzonder boeiende wijze beschreven.

Harry Mulisch
Last Call
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

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