Prometheus: 561 books

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by Herman Tjeenk Willink
Language: Dutch
Release Date: December 7, 2018

Het gaat goed met Nederland. De economie groeit, de werkloosheid daalt, de financiën lijken op orde. Gaat het (dus) ook goed met onze democratische rechtsstaat? Bij Herman Tjeenk Willink, voormalig voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer en oud-vicepresident van de Raad van State, rijst steeds vaker de angstige...
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The Legacy of Jihad

Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims

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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010

This book reveals how, for well over a millennium and across three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - non-Muslims who were vanquished by jihad wars became forced tributaries (called dhimmi in Arabic) in lieu of being slain. Under the dhimmi religious caste system, non-Muslims were subjected to...
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by Michael Parenti
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010

A noted author and activist brings his critical acumen and rhetorical skills to bear in this polemic against the dark side of religion. Unlike some popular works by stridently outspoken atheists, this is not a blanket condemnation of all believers. Rather the author's focus is the heartless exploitation...
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God: The Failed Hypothesis

How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist

by Victor J. Stenger
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010

Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology, while science has sat on the sidelines. Despite the fact that science has revolutionized every aspect of human life and greatly clarified our understanding of the world, somehow...
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A Long Silence

Memories of a German Refugee Child, 1941-1958

by Sabina De Werth Neu
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011

After more than sixty years, the nightmarish sufferings of so many victims of Germany's Nazi regime have been documented extensively. Rarely, however, does one hear about the experiences of German children during World War II. Coming of age amidst the chaos, brutality, and destruction of war in their...
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The New Atheism

Taking a Stand for Science and Reason

by Victor J. Stenger
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009

In recent years a number of bestselling books have forcefully argued that belief in God can no longer be defended on rational or empirical grounds, and that the scientific worldview has rendered obsolete the traditional beliefs held by Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The authors of these books—Richard...
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by Fleur Jurgens
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 13, 2018

Drakensteyn, droomkasteel is het op feiten gebaseerde verhaal van het turbulente huwelijk van Minnie en Anton Mandemaker, de eerste maar kortstondige kokkin en butler van kasteel Drakensteyn. De roman is gebaseerd op de memoires van Minnie en speelt zich af achter de schermen van het sprookjeskasteel,...
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by Miquel Bulnes
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 14, 2018

Tegen het einde van de elfde eeuw, tijdens een expeditie om voor koning Alfonso VI de beschermingsgelden te innen van de stadstaat Sevilla, raken de jonge Castiliaanse neven Eloy en Carmelo van elkaar gescheiden. Carmelo wordt in Sevilla onder de hoede genomen van een islamitische vizier, leert Arabisch...
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by Prometheus MMS
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016

First book about bitcoin. The Only book  A Complete guide to bitcoin.  Unlocking Virtual Currency World.  Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its infancy and it’s already spawned a multi-billion dollar global economy. This economy is open to anyone with the...
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by Prometheus MMS
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016

This book will save your time of search and get help.It contains all windows command prompt commands. Command Prompt is a command line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems. Command Prompt is officially called Windows Command Processor but is also sometimes called the...
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by Carlo Rovelli
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 15, 2016

Ons verlangen om te willen weten is oneindig: wat is de oorsprong van het heelal, wat is tijd, wat zijn zwarte gaten, hoe zit de kosmos in elkaar? Deze vragen vormen het uitgangspunt van Carlo Rovelli’s Zeven korte beschouwingen over natuurkunde. In dit overzichtelijke boek behandelt hij de belangrijkste...
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by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2009

Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience. The world was to learn a new political...
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by Philip Pullman
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 25, 2012

Het gouden kompas is het boek van de zoektocht van Lyra naar haar verdwenen vriend Roger, die haar naar de bleke schoonheid van het Noorden brengt. In Het listige mes ontmoet Lyra de twaalfjarige Will, die een man heeft vermoord. En in De amberkleurige kijker ondernemen Lyra en Will een onontkoombare...
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by Philip Pullman
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 20, 2017

22 jaar na Het gouden kompas, het eerste deel van de beroemde Noorderlicht-trilogie, keert Philip Pullman terug naar de parallelle wereld die al meer dan 17,5 miljoen lezers wereldwijd wist te betoveren. Malcolm Polstead is een eerlijke en hulpvaardige jongen - maar hij is ook vreselijk nieuwsgierig....
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